Chapter 586: The True Nature of the Endemic Diseases

Chapter 586: The True Nature of the Endemic Diseases

Should we go talk to Lovren Right away? Well, I think it was better for us to go back to Weena Rhyn first and report about Rhyn’s stall. I was sure she had calmed down by now.

But before we left, I remembered that there was something I wanted to ask Grandma Jill.

「Hey, does the scarlet waterweed medicine have any effect on the surroundings?」

「What do you mean?」

「Yesterday――」

She explained that when she saved a boat from the Modoki attack, she felt some discomfort with her Water Magic and that the cause may have been the spilled Scarlet Waterweed potion or the Modoki’s dissolved body.

Then Grandma Jill nodded her head in agreement.

「I see... If it’s someone in your class, they might be able to feel it. Perhaps that’s the effect of the Scarlet Waterweed potion」

「Is that so?」

「You can use the Space-Time Magic, can’t you?」

「Nn」

「Then it’s no wonder that you’re so sensitive」

Then Grandma Jill explained to her.

「The water in this lake has a slight amount of magic power in it」

「Magic power?」

「Yeah. It’s a magic power similar to Space-Time magic?」

「Hmm, but why?」

When they took the medicine, the Haste effect on their body was further enhanced. As a result, the brain would be aware of any sensory discrepancies and adjust to them immediately.

The human body was an amazing thing, it seemed that once it understood the feeling, it would never get sick again.

「According to a guy who had an aptitude for Space-time magic, it’s only 1/100th as effective as Haste, even after they have taken the potion and are enhanced」

But to Fran, who was used to using Haste regularly, it must have felt like a big discrepancy.

Moreover, if the water itself was filled with magic power, it was even more difficult to act as usual.

However, some questions remained.

From what we just heard; an endemic disease was not the kind of thing that can be transmitted. So how was it possible that an epidemic like this year’s could happen?

It was inevitable that there would be a certain number of cases every year, but I didn’t understand why there would be a sudden epidemic.

When Fran asked that, Grandma Jill gave a few reasons.

「It’s caused by various things. First, the number of children born. Do you know how some years, after a war or something, there are more children born than any other year?」

In addition to that, the number of patients could also increase after a few years of accepting immigration from foreign countries. After all, if there was an increase in the number of people who were not resistant to the disease all at once, it could be a trigger.

「It also depends on the climate. In years when it’s a little warmer and there’s a lot of fog, the amount of water that gets into the body increases. That’s sure will increase the number of patients」

「I see」

「Other reasons include the popularity of new types of crops that use a lot of water and the development of new methods of making sake. Aah, there was even a time when the popularity of water-soluble incense led to an increase in the number of patients」

Since water was an inseparable part of human life, trivial reasons could lead to an increase or decrease in the number of endemic patients.

「So what’s the reason for the increase in patients this year?」

「I don’t know why it’s so widespread this year. Maybe you could ask Weena Rhyn-sama about that」

So, it was not under the jurisdiction of the Adventurer’s Guild? Certainly, the reason for the epidemic disease was the responsibility of the government and research institutions.

We were going back to Weena Rhyn after this anyway, so let’s ask her then.