Volume 2 - CH 102

We entered the building safely and headed for the warehouse.

After entering the building, turn left and follow the path until we see a forked road.

Turn left again and go forward, ignoring the door on our right twice, and the next door is the warehouse.

It seems to be unlocked, so I open the door a bit and go in through the gap.

Things are messed up, but I jump over them and find the door to the basement in the corner.

After finding it, break the window so that we can escape immediately.

Unlike in Japan, the windows of this mansion are large, so it seems easy to escape.

But here’s the problem.

The door to the basement has no handle.

I guess as expected from a wizard …… someone has to pour magic power into these places to open them.

Neither Uchikage nor I could do that.

“What are we going to do, Ouren-sama?”

“It’s okay.【Haze Manipulation】”

I create water and let it get under the door.

Then pour MP into the water to increase the pressure.

And I lifted it from below.

It was surprisingly light and easily lifted.

I carefully placed it on the floor next to me so as not to make any noise.

Good.

“let’s go”

Uchikage nodded and followed.

He jumped down without using the ladder.

I followed suit and jumped down.

I couldn’t land as soundlessly as Uchikage, but I tried to kill as much noise as I could.

Please pardon me.

When I got off, it seemed that the lamp was turned off and it was pitch black.

However, Uchikage and I have good night vision.

We could see what was going on around us even in the dark, so this was no problem.

I knew as soon as I entered that this place smelled very bloody.

The smell of something rotten filled the room.

I almost vomited and hastily covered my mouth with my hand.

This smell must be coming from the door at the back of the room.

Just being here makes me feel sick.

The same seemed to be true for Uchikage, who looked as if he had been biting a bitter bug.

Even without seeing what was going on inside, I could roughly guess what was going on here by the smell alone.

The basement walls were made of stone and that is what makes this place very cold.

This alone creates a harsh environment for children.

We hurried to the prison where only the children were kept in.

For the time being, I’m deploying 【Haze Manipulation】 haze on the door of the warehouse.

This is to respond immediately when anyone comes.

You have to be able to hide as soon as someone comes.

However, it would be the worst if he came back.

When I went to the prison and looked inside, everyone was sleeping in shabby clothes.

I hastily created two prison keys with 【Infinite Water Manipulation】.

I opened the jail and hurried inside with Uchikage.

I picked up a nearby child and checked his condition.

His eyes are closed and he is sleeping, but there is something abnormal about him.

His face is really pale.

It felt like he was one step away from being dead.

Maybe this is what they call a state of suspended animation.

When I checked his pulse, his heart rate seemed very low.

Does an unconscious person have this slow heart rate?

“Ouren-sama …”

“What happened?”

“This, these kids are … cursed.”

“Say what?”

Curse?

By the way, there is something called a curse in my resistance skill list.

I don’t know the details, but I only know that there are such skills.

Will the cursed people be like these children …?

“How can they be saved?”

“Ah, as far as I know … we should have needed a special purification skill. The purification skill is said to be effective against various curses, corruption, uncleanness, etc. I have never seen this. I only know about that … “

……ah…….

I have that.

I have 【Purification】.

Oh man, I’m sorry to betray Uchikage who gave me such serious concern, but I probably have that skill.

I never thought it would be useful here ……!

That daftworm …… really does a great evolution!

But let’s not say I have it here.

He;ll be surprised again anyway.

Let’s get these kids out of here for now.

“Well, …… but we can’t just leave them like this. Let’s just carry them outside for now.”

“Yes”

Uchikage takes charge of this room and I checked the kids in the next room.

There was Alena.

“!!”

I quickly approached Alena and held her in my arms.

Unfortunately, it was not an emotional reunion, but we managed to meet again.

I was terribly relieved.

She was still breathing and didn’t seem to have suffered any significant injuries.

But I could not let my guard down yet.

I stood up with all three children in my arms at once.

The children were very light.

As far as they were concerned, they probably weren’t fed well.

Everyone was thin.

Their ribs were also protruding.

Of course, Alena was the same.

She was dehydrated and her skin was a little rough.

How long has it been for this girl?

I’m sorry that I’m very late …….

I was left feeling sorry and at the same time worried about these children, but then the anger started to boil over.

I was angry at Lequam.

I was so angry that he would do such inhumane acts to the children. ……

He is not an S-rank adventurer, but just a madman.

I will never forgive him.

But I don’t know what kind of effect this curse …… has.

We have to cure her as soon as possible. ……

The same goes for the other children.

We have to do something about this.

If it were true, we would have to rescue all the people here, but …… we can’t afford that right now.

Anyway, our goal this time is to avoid war.

Apologizing in my heart, I headed for the ground with Uchikage.

Fortunately, no one seemed to come and we succeeded in escaping safely.

We were really lucky.

That was a miracle.

When it came time to climb over the fence, we could not have Uchikage to throw us over the fence, so I used 【Infinite Water Manipulation】 to slowly carry us over the wall.

All of us were soaked once, but I used 【Infinite Water Manipulation】 to get rid of the water.

In the meantime, we must leave here immediately.

The nearest safe place from here is …….

Yeah, I’m sorry, but let’s go pay a visit there.

Uchikage and I headed to the Irza Magic Tool Store.

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“Irza! Irza!”

I bang on the walls and shout Irza’s name loudly.

This is a state of emergency.

It may be disturbing the neighbors, but I hope they’ll forgive me.

After a while, Irza appeared in her nightgown from an upstairs window.

“Shut up! What time do you think it is? Who the hell are you?!”

“Irza! It’s me! Ouren!”

“Ah, Ouren-san !? What’s going on!?”

“Please pardon me and let me in! It’s an emergency!”

“I- I understand! I’m coming down now!”

The sound of slamming doors in the house comes down from above.

And soon the door opened and we were able to get the five children inside the store.

We hadn’t told her what was going on yet, but she saw something in the kids’ condition and immediately set up a bed for them.

There was only one bed, but it was big enough for five children to sleep side by side.

Thank you Irza.

“Oh, Ouren-san. What’s happened with these children being cursed?”

“! You know what it is? !?”

“Y-Yeah. Well. This curse is a very advanced curse. I don’t know what effect it will have, but the more advanced the curse is, the harder it is to break. In this case, it may be difficult unless you use …… purification skills. “

It seems that the curse was far stronger than we had imagined.

But the curse itself seems to be manageable.

The problem is after the curse is lifted.

As far as I can see, they have weakened considerably.

Will they be okay even if we lift the curse?

“Irza, what happens if we break the curse as it is?”

“Wait a minute”

With that said, Ilsa begins to examine the children’s bodies to check their condition.

She opens their eyes to look at their pupils and puts her hand on their neck to measure their pulse.

She finishes examining all five of them in a very familiar manner.

She recites the situation in a mumbling voice and reconfirms the children’s condition.

Then she tells us.

“They seem to be dehydrated. You have to give them water as soon as they wake up. But they don’t seem to be malnourished since there isn’t any sign on their stomach. It seems that they have been fed at least the minimum amount of food. …… However, the way their body has lost weight is a little unusual. Their chest is ribbed, but their cheeks are not calloused, and there is nothing wrong with their arms. It’s as if the flesh has been sucked out of just here …… something like that. But anyway, it won’t be a problem to purify them and wake them up. I can’t do it, so you need to bring in someone who can purify them as soon as possible. … “

“That’s no problem. 【Purification】”

This was also a skill I was using for the first time.

When I activated it, my arm glowed a pale blue.

However, this alone did not seem to make sense.

So I put my hand on the child’s head.

Then a pale blue light spread throughout the child’s body, and after a while it disappeared quietly.

The color of the child’s face has returned to a healthy skin color, and he turns over and sleeps comfortably.

Apparently there is no problem with this method.

I’ll cleanse and purify everyone else in the same way.

Everyone’s complexions seemed to have returned to normal, and their shallow breaths were replaced by deep ones.

When I checked the child’s chest area, I noticed that he no longer had his ribs sticking out.

Apparently, this skill has healed the body as well.

Nice skill.

“Good … Irza, Uchikage. Is this okay …?”

When I looked at them, something was wrong.

The children’s color had returned, but for some reason the blood had drained from their faces.

What’s wrong ……?

“D-dear Ouren-sama please ……. Never, never, ever use that skill anywhere else.”

“………… is that the kind of skill you feel like using again??”

I feel like my skills are being sealed away more and more. ……

Oh, Irza is down.