Chapter 309: The Diarrhea Has Stopped!
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The boss of the lake thanked me…or rather than calling it thanking, it felt more like being hit by a wave of gratitude.
“No, no, it’s fine. This is my pay for you telling us about the history of this place, so don’t worry about it. Anyway, I’m going to keep Wobblin, okay? I’ll love him dearly. Promised!”
I had already introduced Wobblin to Slirin. Slirin seemed happy to have gained another friend (capable of talking with him). He cheerfully jiggled around with Wobblin.
“Mufufu.”
Watching them, I instinctively started to breathe roughly through my nose, causing Sword to scold me with a grimace.
“Come on, stop it with the disgustin’ face and voice, will you? If you claim to be a beautiful girl, then don’t such act like a perverted freak.”
Claim!? I’m not claiming it! I am a beautiful girl! Moreover, how dare he call me a perverted freak!
……I’m deeply shocked here…..
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Once we returned to the adventurer guild, the receptionist immediately went to call the guildmaster for us. Her treatment of us has visibly improved compared to our first visit. She must be quite happy about me having traded water for magic gems.
“Oh, so you’re already done? So, how was it?” The guildmaster asked with a voice that showed he hadn’t expected us back so quickly.
I feel like it took quite a good while, but maybe it was actually fast?
“We have various things to report, so let us move to another room.”
After being told so, the guildmaster led us to his office.
“The investigation of the water quality proved that there was no problem with the water itself. However, that lake is made and maintained by artifacts. Together with the buildings over here it forms a historic ruin that was originally created by ancient people.”
The guildmaster froze upon hearing the first part of my report.
“……Why do you know?”
Sword and I looked at each other when the guildmaster finally squeezed out such a question.
“….A warden lives inside the lake. We heard from that person. By the way, people dying from severe diarrhea after drinking the lakes water stems from a 『Curse』, triggered as warning by the artifacts due to the water level dropping too much.”
Sword added to my explanation, “It’s just a guess, but I suspect that holy magic or anti-curse potions might work against it. Well, the water level has already returned to normal, so it should be okay to drink the water now, but we’ve got no positive proof of it. A curse or poison of such level won’t work on Indra and me, so we can’t test it either.”
Which reminds me, Sword also possesses a constitution making it difficult for abnormal conditions to affect his body, doesn’t he?
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Hearing about the results of our investigation, the guildmaster pondered, “………I thank you for all the information. Where is that person you called 『Warden』?”
Since the guildmaster had asked earnestly, I answered in kind, “Inside the lake.”
He stared at me blankly with his mouth half open. Seeing that, Sword shrugged his shoulder and explained, “In short, it’s a monster. ――This girl and I possess skills allowin’ us to communicate with intelligent monsters. Rather than a 『Warden』, that thing is just purifyin’ the lake. The lake’s water level and warnings are handled by the artifacts. I’m sure you’d love to meet and talk with it, but if you don’t have a skill allowin’ you to talk with monsters, it’ll be impossible, you know? In the worst case, you might get eaten instead.”
At that point, the guildmaster completely froze, becoming unable to respond.
“Hmm? You okay?”
Once I waved a hand in front of his face, he apparently rebooted.
“……Is that true?”
He asked us, but what exactly is he talking about?
After Sword and I glanced at each other, Sword replied, “All of it is true.”
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“…With that said, you mustn’t kill the boss of the lake. The lake’s water quality will degrade and you won’t be able to drink it anymore. It’s got that water quality because of the boss’s purification to begin with. Also, if the water level drops too much, the artifacts will cast a diarrhea curse on the lake’s water, so it’ll be a bad idea to draw too much water from there. Lastly, in case you drink the lake’s water, do it after preparing anti-curse medicine and someone capable of using light magic. …I don’t know whether either will work since it’s a curse created by the ancients. Those are our investigation results, I guess,” I summarized and concluded my report.
I decided to keep the fact that I had repaired the artifacts a secret.
Sword said with a shrug, Well, the lake’s boss is a fairly powerful monster, so you probably won’t be able to defeat it unless you got strength at our level. After all, it’s been alive all the time since ancient times. It might be at the same level as an ancient dragon.”
Hooh. I see. Wobblin is incredible! Nothing less of that transparent wobbler! Cuteness isn’t all that’s speaking for him!!
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After listening to our report, the guildmaster immediately took action. Because this town is ideal and has undead monsters appear, a powerful light magic practitioner was serving at the local church. They apparently got holy water as well. It’s a lot more expensive than in other towns because water is so limited over here.
Having the ability to get a cure by drinking holy water if you get an upset stomach from drinking water is very reassuring to the residents over here, I heard. The guildmaster talked with the priest, after preparing holy water in exchange for water, he personally tried the lake’s water.
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