Nozomanu Fushi no Boukensha

"... yes, with that said, I found only one resurfacing individual of the slime today. I managed to take it down because it was too sticky... but I ended up with one of them and one of the boners..."

Report today's battle to Lorraine as she mouths her knobs and ales at the table at the tavern.

"Oh, have you brought your body fluids?

"Naturally. I'll give it to you later."

"All right, all right... thank you because you're polite about the right place. When you ask adventurers around, quality doesn't reach the standard... and you pay well."

"Oh, that helps."

Aside from the usual requests, Lorraine sometimes brings me requests that seem very special and unusual to the adventurer.

Fluid collection of slime that specifies the quality in detail is something like that, but because of it, my nostrils are very helpful.

... Sometimes I feel kind of like a hippo, but it's a legitimate consideration to be paid, and nothing should make me that humble.

Before, I asked the Adventurers Union Alliance if it would be cheaper to ask directly, not me, to make sure it was done, but they explained to me how low quality products they would be able to grasp and how high the asking fee would be, so we are convinced of each other.

It's nothing like asking the Adventurers' Union Guild to catch something that bad, but Lorraine doesn't handle it that far because the material designation can be detailed.

Well, I think it's okay that we're helping each other out there.

Probably.

Where Lorraine cares about me, of course, I wouldn't say zero.

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"... that the Yellow Tea Unicorn (Pura Supi) is out?

"Oh, in a nearby street."

"Was the guy you saw okay? From what I hear, it would be a fairly ferocious story. I don't see much around here..."

"A group of merchants was attacked. I hear one of them is dead... but that's it. You'd be better off."

I hear such talk from the hustle and noise of the tavern.

"... the yellow tea unicorn" Pura Supi "? The unicorn was different in the first place."

Lorraine nods when I'm worried about Lorraine.

"Ah. Unicorn is also treated as a holy beast in some countries and regions, but Pura Supi, a yellow tea unicorn, is only the same where one horn grows, because its appearance is very different. A goat-like hair, a demon the size of a rabb. As the name suggests, it is yellow brown hair, which is sometimes also used in magician's robe ingredients. The corners have a powerful detoxifying effect and will be treasured...... come hunting?

"Don't be silly. He's not the kind of guy I can take down right now."

"Well, I guess so. It's a monster I rarely see around here. I'd throw a party and go hunting if I had time too, but I don't have much time here. Try your best to make time..."

He wants it quite seriously, and it is Lorraine who has begun to seriously consider it.

I can't wait to be followed.

Looks like you should just cut it off today......

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A few days later.

Wandering around in the Adventurers' Union Guild,

"... Lent. I got the request. I need your help at last. Will you come with me?"

Lorraine called and said so.

"What, the other day the yellow tea unicorn, Pura Supi, hadn't given up yet?

When I asked, Lorraine unexpectedly shook her head to the side,

"... No, I'm not. Let's talk more."

That's what I said.

In an atmosphere that seems unexpectedly serious, I change my mind that this needs to be properly talked about.

When I got to the table set up at Lorraine and the Adventurers' Union Guild, after taking a deep breath, I spoke out like I was ready.

"The beginning is just Pura Supi, a yellow tea unicorn..."

Her story, which began with such an offering, was a surprise.

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"... Since when is this?

Before the girl asleep in bed, I ask.

Next to the bed sits the girl's mother and the therapist.

The question is, either of you could have answered, but the mother opens her mouth better.

"It's been three days. Since then, I haven't woken up at all. At first I thought he was just a sleeper...... no matter how much I woke him up, he didn't wake up at all and the therapist asked me to come and see him. But this won't heal with medicine..."

Here the baton of the story is given to the therapist.

"From the results of the diagnosis, we concluded that this was not a disease. I suspected every disease that showed such symptoms and looked into them in various ways, none of them fragrant...... but during that examination, for a moment, I discovered that a suspicious light was shining on her head. I also thought it might be a mistake to look at it, but then again and again I saw it... it seemed like some kind of creature's shadow... so I remembered. This... this symptom is the dream demon's."

"Dream Demon? Like Sacubus or Incubus. But that... somehow, it must have been possessed by an adult."

It is assumed that children do not possess it for various reasons.

It was Lorraine who supplemented this.

"You're right about that. But there are different kinds of dreamers as well. Typical is the kind you just said...... Probably possessed by this girl is the alp. This guy is also the type to possess children. Wait, I'll look into it... Are you sure?

When she checked with her mother, she nodded, so Lorraine took out various pieces of equipment and checked them out.

And when I cast a spell and pointed at the wand, the light was emitted from beyond, and reflected the shadow of the demon over the girl's head.

It's smaller and thinner than goblins, shaded like a man with wings on his back.

Seeing it, Lorraine nodded,

"Again, it's an alp"

say.

The reason I'm asleep is clear, so...

The Dream Demon is a monster.

Demon possession is not a therapist or healer, it is the realm of magicians and alchemists.

So Lorraine will be called.

"... So, can this dreamer do something about it? Sacubus and Incubus can be overcome to some extent by their own will…"

I ask, Lorraine says.

"Alps are basically the same. There are many things adults can do with their own will... it's just that it's the children who are now possessed. I didn't know this kid had enough mental power to rip it off..."

To Lorraine, who said so, her mother,

"No! Can't you do something about it! Please! This child... I just lost my father during this time... and I can't believe even this child..."

That's what makes me cry.

Lorraine pounded such a mother's shoulder, and slapped,

"I didn't say there was no way. Because we're here to help. And I got the request because I think I can. So don't worry."

"Ho, is it true...?

"Yeah, sure. Hey, Lent. Right?

Lorraine will confirm.

I had been briefed on how to do that by the time I got here.

So I nodded and answered.

"It's okay. I will definitely help... Leah."

Yes, a girl who sleeps in bed, possessed by a dreamer.

She was, uh, Leah.