Chapter 154 (1/2)

Chapter 154

Translator: Mii

Editor: [QueenieZhuz]

Chapter 4 – Dragon-san and Guardian’s Affair

「Really, I thought that there was a raid happening here……」

For the time being, as we walk out of the shrine’s road, we took her into a sweet shops nearby, and Carla let out a loud sigh.

However, when the food we ordered arrives, Carla grabs the freshly baked Imagawayaki with joy.

And when she stuffed her cheeks with the food, she immediately relaxed her expression.

During our stay in Kayou, ever since I found out that she likes sweet things, I have been indirectly paying for her sweets expenses.

Great, it looks like she has cheered up, and I exchanged my gaze with Nectar while feeling relieved.

Nectar, who just took a break of her work is currently accompanying me.

Ligurila sulks as she obediently tidies up the devastated room, while Senjiro helps her with it. Kyle took Belga out to patrol around the forest’s outskirts.

Even when we are having our Iwayagaki’s share, Carla-san continues to drink something from her unglazed cup.

…If I’m not wrong, what’s inside her cup is sweet sake, though. As expected from someone with super sweet tooth.

When Nectar and I twist our face, Carla looks satisfied. She fixed the rim of her glasses, returning to her neat appearance.

「I finally understand what is the premature white ghost’s overflowing source is, and I found a solution for that, but…」

「Yeah. I am currently preparing for that.」

Even though I said that, most of the preparations were taken care by grandpa, so I only have to have him teach me the ceremony to start the operation.

Ten already sealed the other side of the space-time. According to Grandpa and Ten, the erosion that spreads over Towa this time is a response to Adversa’s awakening.

Bur since the emperor and Carla-san isn’t related to this matter, we only discussed about the outline of the problems.

「Is that so? Then I’m relieved.」

Carla-san lets out a breath of relief, but I don’t think that she will come to this place just to ask for that.

「Carla-san, do you perhaps have another business here? 」

「Yeah. Me and my covenant thought that it would be better to request you for this matter, so…」

Even when Nectar gave her a look of warning, Carla-san looked like she was already determined to say it.

The moment Carla-san snapped her fingers, a barrier that keeps voices from leaking out spreads out around us.

「I got reports about something that made me feel uneasy, so I wanted to ask your opinion about that.」

「What is it?」

「Do you know about an illness where one will just keep sleeping, and never wake up?」

Nectar and I exchanged our glances towards Carla-san’s bewildering words.

Carla-san took out some papers that might be connected with her subspace, and gave them to us. We widened our eyes after looking at the list of numbers.

Nectar, who is more familiar with this kind of thing, uttered.

「What is this graph……？Is this the number of people in each village with this sickness?」

「That’s right. This is a table that lists the number of people who have been confirmed that they can’t be awakened from their sleeping in Kayou.」

I made a sidelong glance towards Carla-san, and I read the table carefully, without rushing.

「There’s not much……」

The total number written in the list of people is only on two digits at Kayou alone. You can say that they’re not many, but this certainly could not be ignored.

「What kind of symptoms do the people with the sleeping sickness specially have in common?」

When Nectar asked her that question, Carla-san turned over the pages and showed him the paper, then started to explain.

「The symptoms are simple. They just fell asleep one day and won’t wake up no matter what. Even if you call and shake them, or even with Miko’s purification technique, there’s no effect. Other than that, their breathing is normal, as if they are really sleeping.」

The confused Karla continued even further.