Trails with Cuddle-Cuddle Osbon
Translator: Tsukii
Editor: Helen
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Author Note:
Thank you for the typo reports as always.
Chapter 077 – Fufufu, Son. It’s the July Field Study⑤ [A]
“Roselia-san~! We have an emergency patient here~!”
“Hey, do you think Eryn is a hospital or something?”
After teleporting to Eryn, Rean left Valimar at the square and carried Gideon to Roselia’s house.
Rean was relieved to see that Roselia, who was often away from the village, was present at the right time, and explained the reason for his visit.
Roselia looked at the black mist emitting from Gideon and nodded.
“It is true that this man is under the influence of miasma. But if it’s only to this extent……”
Saying this, Roselia placed a talisman like object on Gideon’s forehead as he was laid on the bed.
Gideon’s body twitched as soon as the talisman was placed on him, but soon calmed down.
While she was at it, Roselia cast a healing spell on Gideon, causing his body, which had turned pale, to turn slightly red.
Rean had also administered first aid using orbal arts, but as expected, his speed of recovery was different, as it depended on his skill level.
“The miasma will leave him after a while. Have him rest until then.”
“I’m glad to hear that.”
“But if a terrorist supported by Vita is like this, there’s a good chance that the Awakener she’s guiding is also subject to the curse.”
“A simultaneous investigation has been carried out on the terrorists in the Imperial Capital and they should have been arrested. If Roselia-san goes there and removes the curse from everyone, perhaps we can find the Awakener among them?”
“That’s like trying to plug a leaking water pipe using your hand. There’s no point in trying to do this if the source isn’t dealt with.”
“But the Dark Dragon was defeated, and we also defeated the one who resurrected it using the remains, you know?”
“That’s more of a temporary measure. Once the miasma fills the Imperial Capital, it will revive again…… Schmidt, is Schmidt around!”
“Fool, stop calling me so loudly.”
When Roselia called out, the door to another room opened and Schmidt walked out.
He still had his usual sullen expression, but there was a hint of exhaustion on his familiar expression from Schmidt’s classroom.
“Professor, it’s been a while! Are you tired?”
“Hmph, I just had a bit of an all-nighter. But why are you here, Schwarzer?”
With a wry smile and seeing Schmidt’s attitude likely to remain unchanged no matter how many years passed without seeing him, Rean explained the reason he came to Eryn.
“The curse of Dark Dragon sounds a bit far-fetched, but there’s no doubt that there is some kind of energy at work here.”
“Hmn? I was asking for your cooperation in dealing with the curse but you actually didn’t believe in its existence?”
“Eh, does that mean the curse from Testa-Rossa still can’t be removed?”
“Don’t be stupid, the design for that is already complete. That said, I still don’t know whether it will be within or exceed my predictions. The curse that infected Ashen was just an inferior version. It’s better to not think that the same thing can be pulled off on the real thing using the same thing.”
“As expected of you, how reliable!”
“We know it’s weird for us to say it, but he’s really more of a sudden mutation among ordinary humans.”
Having finished his business of leaving Gideon in her care, Rean was about to return to the Imperial Capital as he was still in the middle of his field study, but before doing so, he asked Roselia a question.
“It’s almost the end of July, but has Testa-Rossa not been brought to Eryn yet?”
“Permission has already been given. However, the problem is, simply moving it here is meaningless. That’ll just simply change the sealing location from the Imperial Capital to Eryn, after all. Schmidt, how’s things going in that regard?”
“I told you that the design itself was already complete just earlier. But given the current circumstances, there’s a high possibility that it’ll exceed our expectations. Therefore, a few more adjustments are necessary to ensure its safety……”
“But will Eryn be okay with that? If the curse spreads here, I’d hate to lose my future home.”
“He takes it for granted that he will live here in the future.”
[“Fufufu, sorry about that, Miss Rose. I’m sure he will obediently return to Ymir after living here for a year, but on the other hand, he’ll keep pursuing you for it until then.”]
“Uumu, that’ll be difficult.”
It seemed like Roselia hadn’t yet realized that the reason Rean really wanted to migrate to Eryn was because Rean liked seeing her conversing so naturally with Osbon like this.
“By the way, how will you suppress the curse?”
“It’s basically a larger version of the pendant you’re wearing. It’s like we’re isolating an alternate dimension and specializing in its function, slowly extracting the curse while minimizing its effect.”
“It’s like a daring blood-withdrawal operation.”
“To be more precise, we’ll be modifying the Spirit Cave to specialize in the sealing. Although we witches will support you in constructing the seal, this guy is really amazing for trying to carry out the task previously done by the gnomes on his own……”
Rean heard that the Spirit Cave was a special place created for producing Zemurian Ore.
By acquiring knowledge from the witches, Schmidt had devised a way to use the Septium Energy to suppress energy rather than generate it.
“The Divine Knight is made of Zemurian Ore. Therefore, it makes sense that the Zemurian Ore itself can act as a medium for sealing energy.”
“You’re probably the only one who can say it’s natural to tamper the flow of energy that was adjusted to create the Zemurian Ore.”
“It’s basically just making a slightly larger orbment. As long as I have all the data, it’s not that difficult.”
“I think even those so-called geniuses out there would be astounded to hear that.”
As expected, even Schmidt wouldn’t have enough time to create a Spirit Cave from scratch.
It would be possible if they had years to spend, but it had only been a month since Schmidt was brought to Eryn, and during this period of time, he had been teaching the witches about orbal technology.
Normally, this would be considered to be still in the preparation stage, but they were Roselia and G. Schmidt.
A magic circle was constructed in part of Eryn and synchronized with the modified Spirit Cave.
It seemed they had jointly developed a bold technique that allowed an effect of continuously summoning the Zemurian Ore within the magic circle.
They hadn’t tested it yet, but time would tell.
[“It seems that 250 years ago, the sealing was done in cooperation with the chief of the gnomes at the time, but this time it would be with the joint efforts of Professor Schmidt, who could be considered a modern-day gnome. I guess it’s natural for Miss Rose to feel very motivated.”]
“It’s not like that, but whatever.”
“Is there anything I can do to help?”
Meeting Schmidt for the first time in a long time brought back memories of Schmidt’s classroom for Rean.
Rean said this casually, as if it was another extension of work for him, but Roselia put her hand to her head as if to endure a headache.
“Schwarzer, you know this is still a task of which the future of the Empire is……”
“It doesn’t matter, does it? Isn’t the curse and Schwarzer’s power of ogre considered the same thing in the first place? In short, if the curse that was eating away the Vermillion could be controlled and accepted, the problem would be solved without the need of any tinkering. In that case, we can retrieve Vermillion right away without having to wait for the adjustments we’re currently making.”
“Is that so? Then let’s go to the Empire right away……”
“Fool. That would be like sacrificing Schwarzer. Forcing a person to make a sacrifice is taboo.”
“Roselia-san……”
“Eh…… aah, no, cough cough. Either way, you will need to activate Valimar when we remove Testa-Rossa from its seal. There’s a possibility that you will be affected this time, so we should be prepared for that.”
Perhaps feeling embarrassed, Roselia closed her eyes and coughed exaggeratedly.
Although Rean was happy with that sentiment, he felt that if the terrorists were all made up of members who had been infected by the Dark Dragon’s curse, he would need to resolve this issue quickly.
After all, there’s no guarantee that Elise and people who lived in the Imperial Capital wouldn’t be affected by the curse.
Besides, he acted on the basis of trust that Schmidt would produce good results and that even if he was injured, Roselia would heal him up.
“That won’t do. Up until now, I thought that it would be fine as long as the Vermillion is sealed away, but if the leaked curse had an effect like on Gideon’s, then it needs to be resolved as soon as possible. If my help can make it happen, then I’m fine with it, Roselia-san. Professor, please use me to your heart’s content.”
“Eei, wait, will you, not get excited on your own!”
Roselia pulled Rean away from Schmidt.
But due to the difference in height, it only looked like a child hugging him from behind, so when Rean turned around, he couldn’t help but direct a gentle gaze at Roselia.
Roselia, unaware of his gentle gaze, continued to hold Rean back as she spoke.
“There’s no way you, a human, could endure something that even the Vermillion couldn’t, in the first place. The same could be said for Ashen. We would only see you going berserk from an overload of power. Anyway, leave Testa-Rossa to us.”
“Uumu……”
“In the first place, you are in the middle of your field study, aren’t you? We will definitely call you when this man, called Gideon, wakes up and when we retrieve Testa-Rossa, so you can go back for now.”
“Muu.”
{“Rean, shouldn’t you trust adults, as Sara has told you?”}
“Yes, well said, Valimar!”
Rean wasn’t entirely convinced, but since Valimar had said so, he had no choice but to nod.
Moreover, perhaps because Roselia was happy to be treated like an adult, she tapped Rean’s heart from behind.
It probably felt like she was stroking on Valimar from her perspective, but Rean, who was actually being touched by her, felt ticklish.
“Well then, please excuse me, both of you. Please contact me via ARCUS if you need help.”
“We can already use ARCUS perfectly. You can look forward to it.”
Perhaps still in a good mood at Valimar’s words, Roselia continued to smile.
Rean wondered if she should be happy, considering she was usually treated with respect in the witch village, but it seemed Osbon had its guess.
Recently, Roselia had basically been acting together with Schmidt, and naturally, she didn’t receive the respect as chief witch, and furthermore, she learnt the orbal technology slower than other witches.
At one point Roselia was equated with Nina’s younger brother Albireo and Sigyn, and was treated like a child.
Having to ask other witches such as Dallier to teach her about orbal technology caused a deep wound on her pride.
This was probably why she had acted so dramatically like an adult towards Rean when he visited.
Her efforts paid off as her feelings were as her expression suggested.
That said, things would continue after Rean leaves, but ignoring Osbon’s hope that she would smile for at least one more day, Rean left Eryn.
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