Water Magician

Chapter 278: Concerns of the Kingdom

TLN: Houshoku-tei changed to Gochisotei

Editor: Tseirp

The only one who wasn’t trembling was Priest Zeke, who was talking to Priest Etho from Room 10.

“Etho, can I ask you a question?”

“Hm?”

Zeke glanced at Ryo and continued.

“About Mr. Ryo...”

“Sure but... I may not be able to help much with your question.”

Etho chuckled as he said that.

“Who in the world is Mr. Ryo, really?”

“See, I knew it, I can’t answer that question.”

Etho answered Zeke’s question, wearing an even more sullen expression than before.

“Even if you ask me that, I guess I can only tell it exactly as it is. He was our roommate, a water-attribute magician... oh right, and he’s always been into alchemy. He’s hardly taken up any quest in the last three years, so it seems he’s still stuck at C-rank.”

“For a magician, his skill with the sword was unbelievable.”

“Ah? Have you seen Ryo wield his sword before, Zeke?”

“Yeah... he beat the shit out of me with it.”

Zeke looked dejected as he said that.

“Oh, it must have been when he shattered Harold’s shoulder, huh? Wait a minute, but according to Ryo, he said your staff technique was pretty good...”

“No, I was no match for him.”

“Etho, I can’t really say that I’m impressed with you giving away my information for free.”

Ryo suddenly interrupted their conversation.

“Ahaha...”

Etho chuckled, as he scratched his temple with his index finger.

“You should only give out such information if you’re getting paid for it!”

“So it’s fine as long as I get paid?”

“Sure. Or in the form of portable cakes, cream puffs, and so on.”

Ryo turned to Zeke and said in a strong tone.

“Sorry, but I don’t have any cream puffs...”

“I see, that’s too bad.”

When Zeke told him that he didn’t have any, Ryo replied with a look of regret from the bottom of his heart.

He wasn’t being mean, he genuinely was just craving for it.

“You see? That’s the kind of person he is.”

“Yes... I think I understand what you mean a little bit.”

Etho said softly, and Zeke replied in an equally soft voice.

“Ah!”

Ryo cried out sharply.

And thus unfolded the reason.

“My cake privilege from Abel... will cease again since I joined the delegation...”

The Prime Minister in front of him knew about his plans.

“Duke Rondo left a message. His Majesty the King will try to escape from the castle and eat out, so I’m to prevent him from doing so. Especially stimulating food like curry is not good for the stomach, so it’s off-limits for the time being.”

“RYOOOOOoooo!”

Abel’s cries faded away in vain.

It took Abel thirty seconds to recover.

“...Fine, I’ll forget about eating out for now. So, how’s the investigation going?”

“Oh yes. The one on the Eastern Demon, right?”

They’ve been able to deduce that the cause of Harold’s ‘Rupture Spirit Curse’ was probably the work of the ‘Demon Sealed in the East’, according to folklore.

However, it was also true that there was no more information about the Eastern Demon than what has been passed down in folklore.

Nevertheless, the viciousness of the ‘Demon sealed in the East’ was no joke, just from what’s recorded in folklore.

According to folklore, it reduced three cities to ashes in a single day.

Humans are hopeless before its legion.

It fought King Richard in deadly combat.

All those were more like legends or fairy tales than folklore.

Although the time periods were sometimes inconsistent... at any rate, it was vicious and powerful.

Moreover, the folklore claimed that the demon wasn’t alone, and that it had ‘generals’ who followed it, with tens of thousands of soldiers....

If it were to be revived in the present day, it was likely that the eastern part of the Kingdom, as well as the western part of the Handal Union, would be destroyed... within a matter of days.

That was based on the analysis of the temple folklore officers, led by Rashata.

And these folklore officers had ventured into the eastern part of the country to investigate the area around the place where Harold was supposedly cursed.

“Viscount Rashata Debuo reported that they had identified the spot where Master Harold was cursed, but that it’s highly unlikely for another person to be cursed anew.”

“I see.”

Abel was clearly relieved by Marquis Heinlein’s report.

If nothing else, for ascertaining that it wouldn’t turn into a situation where one person after another would end up getting cursed by the ‘Rupture Spirit Curse’.

“So, what about where the demon itself is sealed?”

“There’s still no progress on that at the moment.”

Marquis Heinlein answered Abel’s question.

“Honestly...there’s not much we can do even if they found it.”

“Yeah...”

There’s a consensus surrounding entities like demons, as existences that humans can’t do anything about.

They are legendary creatures like dragons, griffons, or behemoths.

Humans are helpless to resist them.

Nevertheless, as the king of the country, he could not ignore it.

Even more so now that there’s a victim who had fallen under the influence of its spirit curse.

“Speaking of which, the demon sealed in the south flew to the west, right...?”

“Yes. After that, its whereabouts became unknown...”

“I hope the seal on the Eastern Demon hasn’t broken either...”

Marquis Heinlein couldn’t utter anything in reply to Abel’s muttering.

Support me and read the next chapters in advance on Ko-fi and Patreon!