//Melki: Hey, I'm back. It's already been over a month since my last update, and also since school started again for me. You can think of this time as a hiatus or something, my upload schedule will be slowing down for a while for now though, I'll try at least 1 update per month, aiming for 2, and increasing as I can. Thanks for being patient, well then here we go
After that, there was a short battle between the doctor, who wanted to use magic on Augusto-san's mother, Vaneila-san, right away, and me, who wanted to prepare myself, but it was a losing battle for me, who had already given the OK.
This is why I'm currently in Vaneila-san's private room, where Alfred has arranged for me to be taken to, sandwiched between Vaneila-sam, who is looking at me with a curious look on her face, and the doctor, who looks excited.
"Clifford, what's going on? Who is this person?”
"...... is your doctor."
“Oh? Was that so. …… My, recently I've been a little forgetful."
"It happens."
I couldn't tell her that you have that kind of disease, so I said only that, feeling uncomfortable.
I wondered if Vaneila-san was aware of my condition, or if she didn't have enough memory to care.
I'm not a doctor, and I haven't used the magic of scanning yet, so I don't know.
I'd like to check it out, but I'm not sure what to do.
I don't know what I'm hesitating about, it's obvious to me, I mean.
I'm afraid that if I find out the cause and Vaneila-san's illness is completely cured, then maybe she'll realize that I'm not Augusto-san.
I'd like to take it seriously if that happens, but I don't think this fear will ever go away.
It's very vague, and it's one of the reasons why even Augusto-san's great intuition has shown that he doesn't know what will happen.
I know I can't help it, but I'm afraid of what I'm afraid of. That's why it's so hard for me. I can't take it anymore.
"Now, Madam Vaneila, would you mind if I examined you?"
"Yes, that's fine, but would it be better if I took off my dress?"
"No, it's fine to leave it."
After such an exchange, the doctor held out his hand to cover Vaneila-san's eyes.
Then, Vanaila-san fell towards the doctor as if she had lost consciousness.
The doctor gently held her in his arms and nodded in satisfaction.
"Okay, that should make things easier."
Thank you for your concern, Doctor.
But I think it would be good if you could at least ask me first.
I almost panicked for a moment because I didn't realize what had happened when she suddenly collapsed... What the hell are you doing, you idiot?
The doctor, who had laid Vaneila-san down on the luxurious bed with almost skipping glee, looked at me with a kind of angry glint in her eye.
"Come on! We're all set! Let's do it!"
But first, I want to shake you to death, is that okay? Is that okay?
Oh, no, Augusto-san's intuition is telling me this is a bad idea. That's why it's no good.
I wondered what it meant if even a doctor who is supposed to be a wise man is not allowed to strike, but I had a bad feeling about it, so I decided not to think about it.
Okay, I'm through. Good luck to me.
"...... can't help it, ......."
While lightly reacting with a sigh of relief, I decided to solidify the image of magic.
I'd be lying if I said I wasn't scared.
But what's the point of being afraid, being impatient, and leaving nothing to be done?
I just feel like I'll regret it and wonder why I didn't do it then.
According to the doctor, if this continues, Vaneila-san will forget everything, even how to breathe, and she will die of weakness.
Vaneila-san is Augusto-san's mother.
I'm sure Augusto-san would help her.
Besides, I don't want to see an unreasonable death either. No way. Absolutely not.
Then there's no other choice but to do it.
I inhaled and exhaled to suppress my overwhelming feelings.
The image I had in my mind was that of a CT scan often seen in human health checkups.
A CT scan that is completely harmless to the human body.
I'm pretty sure I heard somewhere that real CT scans aren't completely harmless, so I have to imagine that it is here.
I began to formulate the image of a new magic that would be different from the one I had used on the frozen Julia-san just a few minutes ago, with the intention of creating a new magic from scratch.
I felt like it would be safer that way, so maybe it was the right choice. It's probably the right answer.
No matter how much I thought about it, I couldn't even figure out what the magic was, but it was probably this! I created a magic wave that looked like it almost by intuition.
The reason I created it instead of imagined it was because I felt it would be better to do so, which is also my own rough intuition.
It's not as if I don't have a sense of anxiety when everything I do is based on intuition.
I don't know what it is, but I just feel like I can do it, so I'll let it happen, or something like that.
I'm really lacking in intelligence, is all I can say, please tolerate me.
It may seem irresponsible because I'm leaving everything to my intuition, but I think it's more irresponsible to throw everything at someone else or do it half-heartedly and leave it at that, so I'm trying my best in my own way.
There's something I can do, so I will. That's it.
This weird fear of mine can be left alone. Because it doesn't make sense.
In contrast to my messed up inner world, Vaneila-san is sleeping soundly with a peaceful expression on her face.
I approached her and slowly irradiated her, starting with her feet, while holding out the magic wave I had created from my palm.
It might be better to irradiate the entire body at once, but my intuition told me that if other people were to use this magic, their brains might be punctured by too much information and malfunction, so I decided to use the only way I could.
Also, it's still a trial run, so I don't want to do it all at once and have something happen that can't be undone. Insurance is very important.
That's why I'm going to start with the feet.
Let's see, there's. a sign of a past sprain in the right ankle.
A injury from youth maybe, because of that there's a habit of walking in a weird way that puts a lot of pressure on one leg.
I think that's probably it, because the way the muscle is attached seems strange.
Maybe that's why the left knee cartilage is a little worn out.
I think there's a problem with bone density.
But these are probably due to aging, so I think I can make up for it with things like calcium and collagen.
It's also feeling a little swollen.
Also, there's some swelling around the thighs. ......, I think this tends to happen when the blood is sluggish.
Come it be there's not enough water being taken in, this might also be the cause of the swelling.
In that case, there's a need for a dietary review..
Hn?
Suddenly, while examining the blood clot in varicose veins in detail, I noticed that there was something in the center of the clot that could be called a nucleus.
It was a magic stone, so small that it was invisible to the eye.
With the illusion that my skin was softly bubbling, what came to my mind was a fuzzy anger.
The curse is accumulating in people...
I remembered that fact, and then I felt as if it was corroborated, I understood it, but now it finally made sense.
Haaah!! Oh, no!! Neighboring countries, you bastards, you fucking idiots!!
This ......! Oh, ......! Oh, shit!
"Uhm? What's wrong?"
"...... No, don't worry about it."
The doctor asked suspiciously, as if they could sense the blurring of my performance due to my emotions.
I regained a bit of my composure thanks to this, and fooled myself by letting out a small breath.
A magic stone is a kind of stone of magic power that only occurs in places where the magic is abundant.
Therefore, it is known that the formation of magic stones in the human body is an event that cannot occur naturally, unless the person has a high level of internal magic power.
Perhaps this is the knowledge that Augusto-san had taken in when he discussed it with the doctor in the past.
Vaneila-san's illness may have been caused by that curse.
In order to find out, I had to use this unknown magic.
... having made it myself, to not even know what it is, seriously!!
It's simply because I'm not smart enough! Goddamn it!!
I'm not sure what I'm supposed to be doing, but I'm still moving my hands to continue scanning.
As I continued to irradiate her abdomen and chest, I was able to confirm that there were invisibly small magic stones scattered all over Vaneila-san's body.
The mere presence of a foreign substance in the body is an abnormal situation, but I think I can eliminate it with some sweat or something if I do it right, so I'll leave it for now.
There doesn't seem to be any abnormalities caused by magic that I was worried about, and it's even scary that I'm able to scan without any problems.
In fact, I'm afraid that things are going too well. Oh no-.
In the meantime, when I finally started to scan the head in question, I discovered that there were many problems.
I'm not a doctor, so I'm not supposed to know much about it, but even from a layman's point of view, I could tell it was in bad shape.
I don't have any technical knowledge and I don't have the vocabulary, so I'll have to rely on Augusto-san's knowledge to explain.
A part of the brain was discolored.
This is most likely due to necrosis caused by lack of oxygen due to blocked blood vessels.
This alone is bad enough, but what's even worse is that there are tumors of various sizes scattered all over the brain.
"...... has she been suffering from headaches lately?"
"She's had headaches for a long time, but they've gotten worse lately. ...... No way. ......"
"There are foreign bodies all over the ...... brain."
"Clevenous Thyumakah. ......!"
Uhm, sorry, wait, what's that?
Don't suddenly bring up technical terms, I don't know.
I guess that's what we call it in this world, isn't it? I don't know anymore.
I don't know. I can't think!
No, I can easily get into Augusto-san's specs. I take back what I said before. There's nothing wrong with that.
"So, how big is that thing?"
"About the size of a pebble. ......"
"You're not talking clearly. What did you get?"
"In the center of the foreign body there is a very small but still magical stone."
"What the hell!?"
The doctor's eyes widened in surprise, and their breasts shook grandly as they did so.
It's supposed to be a serious atmosphere, but the big tits of a doctor of unknown gender and age are obstructing my view. Are you proud of yourself? Yes, you are. I want to rip them off.
Wait, wait, calm down, me. Breathe in, breathe out. Okay, I'm calm.
I was just about to rip it off. Watch out, watch out.
Pretending that such irritations and thoughts did not exist, I opened my mouth gravely.
"It must have been the dead tree disease, I suppose."
"But I don't think she had the dead tree curse."
With such words from the doctor, I suddenly understood.
"Hmm, you didn't know that, did you?"
"What do you mean?"
"It was spread by water."
Maybe the doctor had only identified the pathogen and how to cure it, but hadn't been able to find out what had transmitted it.
They seems to be a person who has knowledge, but is not good at applying it.
It seems that my words were correct.
"Water ............, no way! That's ridiculous, then. ......?"
They must have realized what had happened 12 years ago from just that one clue.
The doctor muttered impatiently and put a hand to their chin as if in thought, moving their eyes here and there as if they were following the words in a book.
"...... Yes, it means that the people of this country remain cursed."
"............ My disciple, there are many things to be confirmed, but can I go and destroy the neighboring country for a while?"
As if in agreement with my words, the doctor asked as if he suddenly remembered something.
And apparently, I can only admire the doctor's powers of deduction, as they were able to guess the mastermind from just that. Wow, that's amazing.
But please don't try to destroy the country with such a light touch like going shopping, it's scary.
"Wait a minute, we have plans for that too."
Oh, I made a mistake in stopping them.
No, but I'm planning to do so if I can gather enough information, so I guess this is good.
"Okay, let's get going."
"But first, I'd like to treat my mother."
"Oh, that's right."
Uhm, I'll kick your ass.
"Hey, Arri, Vel."
"What's the matter, Grandma?"
The old woman, who was knitting, looked up with her eyebrows raised in annoyance.
The first to react was Arrieta, the older of the two granddaughters.
She paced up to the old woman and asked her what she wanted.
"Are you sure you don't want to go to church?"
"Even grandmother says that? Stop it already!"
Velvet, the younger sister who was following behind her sister, replied to her grandmother, who tilted her head anxiously.
Although she seemed to be in a bad mood, perhaps it was because of her own temperament, or perhaps it was because she was only 12 years old, but she didn't seem to be sarcastic at all.
"Even so, there is such a thing as neighbourly relations, isn't there? At least you guys."
"Grandmother, I was told by the spirit that there are only men in the church."
With an annoyed grimace, Arrieta tells her grandmother what she knows.
She had thought to have implicitly told her of her reservations on going there, but apparently it did not reach her grandmother.
"Well, ......, then I guess they need a woman's hand even more than that. ......"
The grandmother's words seemed to have some truth to them.
But from the young girls' point of view, the fear of what they might do to them was more than enough, as it could see from the subtle expressions on the sisters' faces.
However, the grandmother's eyes could not see the distance, even though she could see her hand.
Therefore, she was unable to notice the expressions on the sisters' faces.
"Grandmother! Vel definitely doesn't want to! I don't want to go to that disgusting place!"
"But you know, Father ...... has little boys there, right?"
From my grandmother's point of view, the whole town was in an uproar.
She probably thought that if something happened, it would be better for her to be protected in a church with men than in a house with only women and children.
That feeling was very appreciated, but the church had that priest.
If it weren't for that, the sisters would have gone to church without any worries.
"You know, grandmother, the spirits say that the atmosphere is very deadly and scary.
If my sister and I were to visit such a place, we would probably be slowed down."
"So, ......, it's no use then."
The older sister's words finally convinced my grandmother, and she resumed her knitting with a practiced hand.
"You're so carefree, Grandma!"
Velvet complained as she placed a basket full of laundry at the feet of her sister, who was standing outside the house on a clothesline.
The older sister sister smiled an annoyed grandmotherly smile and appeased her younger sister.
"That's the beauty of being a grandmother, isn't it?"
"But you have no sense of danger! Two super beautiful girls like us walking into a cage full of animals is an act of brutality!"
"You don't know what you're talking about, Vel. You don't even know what the word spirit means."
She took the laundry out of the basket and handed it to her older sister, while Arrieta let out a sigh.
"Well, excuse me! I know what that means!"
"Then even more so it's no good, who knows who's listening.
"The spirits will help us, so there is no problem!"
"That's not what I meant. ......"
The younger sister's words and actions made her want to hold her head, as if the sigh she had let out once before would leaked out again.
The older sister's expression was distorted by doubts about how she had grown up like this, and regrets about the mistakes she had made in her education.
Seeing her younger sister's crisp and confident chest, she could not say anything and could only smile.
"Instead, let's think about how we're going to meet the wiseman."
"...... Yes, let's do that."
The older sister's hands were used to pulling the laundry out of the dryer with a bang.
"So, what to do. What does older sister think?"
"Hmm, don't think about it, we don't even know who the wiseman is or where he is."
"That's true. ......"
The sisters were troubled by the voice of the spirit who was always watching over them.
'The wise man is in the biggest building in town.'
'Yes, the big building on the hill.'
"On the hill ......"
"The big building ......."
The older sister muttered as she turned her head to think, and the younger sister said the same words.
And then the sister looked up as if she noticed something.
"That's the lord's house ......?"
The older sister's words were muttered with her eyes wide open in surprise, and the spirits giggled as if to say that she was right.
Wb thanks for the chapter