Isekai Sagishi no Consulting

First of all, I want to tell you something.

Regina's story began with such words.

"The serious disease of the wetland is not like the curse of the spirit god Han.... that was a calamity created by human malice - a man-made disaster."

Estella breathes briefly.

Man-made disaster.....

Are you saying that the great disease of the wetlands was caused by human hands?

"I, there are two things I don't want to shut up about myself and not say here right now, right?"

Saying that, I made him laugh.

The corner of my mouth is shaking and I am not laughing well.

"The color of the pants I'm wearing today is ~...... as usual, it's a mess......"

Regina grabs her hand as the sound plunges.

Your hand is trembling.

"Regina"

I lay my hands like I grabbed them. [M] At the same time, I grabbed it firmly.

“It's okay, I'll listen to you.”

Don't be afraid to talk.

"All you want to say, all the colors of your pants."

"... ahhh. The color of the pants hasn't been told."

Normally, Estella was dumbfounded and could not relieve Regina's nervousness. Regina's words could not be smoothed out.

"Anyway, it's dirty with mud and it's pitch brown..."

He leaned down and said such a joke, "... hah", exhaling a heavy breath, his cheek moved slightly as if he was biting his back teeth...

The first thing is, don't apologize.

He lifted his face and looked at us with eyes that were about to start crying.

"I... I volunteered for the survey team, didn't I?"

In order to utter words that are difficult to say, I manage to turn them into sounds as I go around.

I know that because I have experience.

Words don't come out of my throat.

Even though I think I have to say it in my head, the words that come out of my mouth become like running away regardless of my own will.

I'm angry with myself.

Regina must be having the hardest time right now.

Maybe you can compete for first and second place in life.

"When I heard about the serious disease in the wetlands... I heard about the symptoms... maybe it was something... but there was a disease that I remembered..."

Words are slowly and uninterruptedly exhaled.

In proportion to that, Regina's tremor grew louder and stronger.

Regina's fingertips clenching her fists were also putting strength into it.

"Kuhaha..."

The sound of forced inhalation spews out Regina's most elusive words.

"I'm sorry, but I... I was told." Maybe... no, 'maybe'... run away, like this.... I... can't even run to protect myself. "

Tears were accumulating in Regina's eyes.

Preservation.

By offering to know the symptoms, I wanted to escape some kind of emotion that could be directed at me.

Regina never turned her back on a disease.

But Regina turned her back for the first time and turned away.

”So, I joined the survey team, looked at it with my own eyes, and I wanted to get a definite proof of [that kind of thing]...... really, if I made a mistake, I was going to shut up for a long time...... even now, forever......”

I didn't want to admit the possibility that came to my mind, and I didn't want to be known. If I had verified it myself and made a mistake, I would have tried to slip it into my own chest again.

Until then, for Regina, it was something she didn't want to know.

"But... after all, the world is so sweet... Homma, from the time she heard the symptoms of the previous Lord Han, maybe..."

Regina's struggle was ticking in her chest long before this disturbance.

”But that's impossible, and if it happens, it's a stupid thing to do. Absolutely, absolutely ahhhh...”

Just a little change in Estella's expression.

Eyebrows frowned bitterly.

"... I'm sorry. Maybe the previous Lord Han's illness could have been diagnosed earlier..."

"No..."

Her expression changed, and when she learned that Regina was pissed off, Estella covered her face with her hands to cover her face.

She stroked her lightly and turned her face back to her usual Estella face.

"I was the one who couldn't get in touch with you while recognizing your presence. If I said that, I should have gone to ask you for it sooner."

"I won't." I've done a lot of bad things with my rumors, and with the previous lord hang in the hospital bed, the lord hang who took the proxy should be able to do something nonsensical. "

A mysterious witch whose "Spirit Referee" doesn't work.

There was such a rumor.

It couldn't have happened that Estella was so careless that she could use strange curses and sorcery.

At that point, neither of us was able to step in.

At that time, the 42nd arrondissement really seemed to be on the brink.

If Regina is rumored to be suspicious and Estella is poisoned, the 42nd arrondissement will collapse.

That was something that we absolutely had to avoid.

Even with Regina, I couldn't go out and see the patient.

If you had known exactly what you were talking about and how you were being seen from around you, you would have known that moving yourself would cause extra confusion in District 42.

Not to mention, if you can, you can't step in for someone who is not wanted, has not built a relationship of trust, and has never spoken to you.

"So, right? Regina, let's not talk about the old days anymore." The timing was bad, for me and for you. "

"...... That's a good idea. I wish I could have been able to talk to you from that time on."

Tears spilled out of Regina's eyes.

Shinobi, who was almost standing on his eyes, was overflowing with a little relief.

Tears falling down Regina's cheeks.

"Ahh, Akan. Even if you cry."

Regina wipes the back of her hand and consciously makes a bright voice and looks up.

There is one more thing left to tell.

I'm sure that's...

"One more thing, don't be silly-"

--It's heavier than it is now.

The apology I just gave you was enough to put you in the front seat.

"The flower I found earlier..."

Spooky shaped flowers, like the sun in the demon world.

Looking at it, Regina's emotions shaken off.

He knows the flower.

In detail, too.

"That flower is not born naturally." Artificial new species of flowers developed in Baokuria, a pharmaceutical mecca. "

Artificial objects that are not found in nature.

Somehow, the flowers produced in Baochrea bloomed in the wetlands of the 42nd arrondissement, which was said to be the poorest district in All-Bloom, and the deepest - people did not lean on it.

"That flower blossoms three days and three nights after seeds are sprinkled in a watery place..."

Regina's expression changed.

"With flowering, it's a bacterial weapon that spreads bacteria on spores that kill people."

My eyes were drowning in such fierce anger that I had never shown before.

From the strongly bitten lips, a strand of blood falls.

"Don't tell me, Akan, another story--"

Regina murmured with a pale face as she traced her cut lips with her fingers.

"The fact that I apologized and was completely forgiven..."

The eyes that lost the light look at us.

"I'm the one who made that flower."

Who is this guy?

And, to the point of being lost for a moment, Regina's expression was different from any face she'd ever seen before, and she looked like someone else.

Neither I, nor Estella, could say anything.

I never thought of what to say or what to say, as if my brain had dropped.

When we can't say anything, Regina reopens her mouth in the face of someone else.

"This is Regina Englinde who created a bacterial weapon that indiscriminately kills a large number of humans."

The voice finally activates the brain.

I see.

Acknowledge briefly and move on to the main point.

So, where's the mastermind?

It's a simple story.

Regina doesn't like to build weapons of mass murder.

He used to say, "If you sell a powder of medicine to make someone suffer,"

If you use it incorrectly, even if it is a dangerous medicine, it is prepared to help people, and I try not to sell it to people who are likely to use it incorrectly.

In other words, a pharmacist named Regina Englind is a thorough professional with a "super" attached to her head and who values human life more than anyone else.

Regina can't build a bacterial weapon like that.

"Was it made by someone? Or have they stolen your research and made it worse?"

"...... I'm amazing myself."

Look at me with red eyes and lift the corner of your mouth.

This time, it feels a little natural.

"Mostly clams."

That bacterial weapon wasn't created by Regina.

However, Regina was deeply involved in its birth.

I heard about Regina's past at her house.

He was in the center of Baochrea, where he was studying medicine.

I was taken by the great of the country and pulled out on a tour of the city controlled by Baochryea.

And it was powerful enough for the powerful to pull in and try to pull in a different mind from the current king.

Where they are, there are a lot of people with similar skills and knowledge.

"My father tapped me into the fundamentals of medicine and medicine." My father was a good pharmacist with five fingers in Baochrea. "

After receiving a brilliant education from her father, Regina became a leader in medicine at a young age.

It succeeds in developing a cosmetic against diseases caused by water pollution at the age of seven.

With it, Regina was approved by the Pharmaceutical Society, a leading group in the running Baochrea, which is at the cutting edge of pharmacy.

Regina, who earned the highest title in the youngest record, will then advance in pharmaceutical research as a scholar at the heart of the country.

”... no, you're amazing”

"Well, Oton is a fool, and [still cumming, still cumming] is packed..."

Are you alarmed because of what you said about yourself? The usual way of calling is spilled.

Regina is amazing enough because she has made the stuffed knowledge her own.

Really, when I was nine years old, O'Ton - my father died of illness and was a servant

"A genius pharmacist?"

"Well, let's see." I don't care about the doctor. But, that's right, I don't know. "

Baochrea's pharmacists were producing new medicines every day.

Unknown bacteria.

A vicious bacteria that no one can overcome.

We continued to try to develop a cure to overcome them.

“Our father studied drugs to defeat the terrible bacteria that were said to be insurmountable at the time. If infected, the lethality is 100%. No medicine, no cure, terrible bacteria."

Doing the research means being close to the bacteria.

Like Hidesei Noguchi, who died of yellow fever after studying yellow fever.

If you suffer from a situation where the countermeasure against the bacteria has not been established, you will not be able to resist it. There is no doubt that the foremost men are the most dangerous.

Do they know [immunity]?

I know, of course, but Estella was a little confident.

Antibodies are like weapons for self-defense that your body can take to get rid of bad bacteria that have entered your body.

Apart from the "innate immunity" that is naturally provided, humans have "acquired immunity" that creates a mechanism that remembers the newly invaded bacteria and quickly eliminates them after the second time.

The acquired immunity produces antibodies.

Vaccination against influenza and the like is carried out to produce this antibody in the body.

"And [immunity], including that antibody, is a grateful thing that protects the body from bacteria, but it's also a bit troublesome -- sometimes it causes an overreaction, and on the contrary, it hurts the body."

Hay fever and allergies are caused by an overreaction of the immune system.

It's a terrible thing that threatens people's lives when it's too late.

"When allergies get worse, they can take your breath away, your vision away, your senses away, and eventually your life away."

Cases of respiratory distress and loss of life due to food allergies have been reported worldwide.

There are many people who take it as lightly as an allergy, but it is something that should never be underestimated.

"Among the bacteria that cause the overreaction of the immune system, there is a bit of a nuisance..." If you allow the same bacteria to penetrate your body again after getting an allergy once, it can kill you with shock. "

It's anaphylaxis.

"Shit. That's why my father died."

Regina's father was researching bacteria that cause excessive allergic reactions to the human body, and what a nasty way to rampage the human immunity.

Instead of pumping poison into the body, it kills people by rampaging antibodies from within.

What terrible bacteria.

"After my father's death, I entered one of the state institutions, followed my father's trail, and studied the bacterial cure. The director is a friend of my father, and I have done it since I was a child. He welcomed me with pleasure after losing my family, and made me live a life without any limitations."

The father's friend was a person entrusted with one of several national institutions and the director of the laboratory where Regina was brought in.

"Regina, where's your mother?"

"When I was little, I was as sick as my father." Really, my father said that he made a drug to defeat the bacteria. "

Did you lose your parents to the same disease?

And after that, Regina started researching the antidote.

"After my father's death, as I checked the blood my father collected, I noticed a certain law -- well, I skipped that area for a long time -- and finally succeeded in developing a cure."

It was said to be a great invention of the century.

A little ten-year-old girl created a drug that no single scholar could produce in the country's proud institutions, Baocrea, which runs alongside the cutting edge of pharmacy.

Despite her age, the feat was known throughout the country, and Regina jumped to the top of the country at once.

It's not the number one, but at least it's recognized for its authority to enter the top ten.

"Temporarily slows down the immunity of overreacting humans. Really, while the symptoms were being suppressed, pseudo-antibodies instead of antibodies were used to eliminate bacteria in the body."

The original antibody is stopped and the body is protected by the artificially produced antibody that is harmless to the human body.

And a drug that kills the bacteria that runs the immune system.

A wonderful potion that specializes in attack and defense.

"--that was abused."

And such a groundbreaking invention creates gold and power.

"I took out my research without permission, and I modified it without my knowledge to create a terrible and terrible bacterial weapon - a friend of my father's whom I trusted." The director of the laboratory did it. "

Could it have been the purpose to enclose Regina, who had been showing off her head since she was seven years old and who might have shown more talent than her father?

"The director took out only the 'temporary suspension of the immunity of the human body' effect from the antidote we made, and amplified it to create a poison that deprived the human body of immunity"

Immune-losing humans are defenseless against bacteria.

A little cold turns into a miracle that could take a life.

"Besides, I made modifications that inhibit the transmission of nerves..."

In addition to losing immunity and making it more susceptible to infection, the signals from the brain are inhibited to move the body, obstruct breathing and digestion.

I'm afraid I won't even be able to stand up from this terrible dullness.

"And until you can spread it efficiently, that demon will create a servant."

Regina's body trembled.

I can see that my anger is rising as my hair is standing upside down.

The art of turning poison into poison and spreading it to help others.

Maybe that flower?

Seya

Regina's eyes pour into the creepy flowers that bloom in the swamp.

That flower is a demon flower that sprinkles terrible bacteria all over the area as it blooms.

Seeds are sprinkled in watery places, and flowers bloom just by leaving them for three days and three nights, and at the same time, demonic bacteria are spread throughout the area.

Exactly, a bacteriological weapon.

"The bacteria soars into the sky on spores with flowers and spreads over a wide area on the wind. One of those flowers will contaminate a radius of a few kilometers."

A few kilometres radius.

From this place, it's about in front of the main street beyond Yangtze Pavilion.

It corresponds exactly to the extent of the major disease in the wetlands.

”And then it infected people to people... the calculation is that if those five flowers bloom, the town will be destroyed one by one.”

Estella's throat twitched.

”I created such a prototype of a demon flower...”

That's the darkness that Regina has been holding in her heart for so long.

With such a heavy object, has he escaped this far?

"I'm sorry... everyone's parents and the previous Lord Han's illness is all my fault..."

That's not true, is it?

Gabby, Estella hugs Regina's face.

"Huh!? The Akan is sticking to the mud in the swamp!?"

"Never mind, that's okay."

With all her strength in her arms, Estella pushes Regina's face against her chest.

Don't let him speak sad language anymore.

"Ouch, ouch, ouch! Somehow it hit my cheekbones!"

It's so annoying!

Oh, I can't really see it there, "I don't care."

Abala hurts a lot when you're freaking out.

"What you've done is, as always, research to help people." There is a bad guy who abused it. That's all I'm talking about. "

"Let me--"

"If anyone ever talks badly about you, I'll preach to him." No one knows the future. Regina is now doing her best to help someone. The bad is the abuser, and I will not forgive Regina. "

Release Regina's face from her hard chest, wrap her hands around her cheeks, and peek into her eyes.

"You're no exception, Regina."

"... hehe?"

Shaking her red hair, Estella laughs.

"I won't allow you to say bad things about my friend. Even if it's you."

Regina answered nothing of those words.

But quietly, tears fell on Regina's cheeks.

Staring at Regina's face, Estella smiles with satisfaction.

Stick swamp mud on your flat chest.

"Palm trees, my face is noisy."

And I'm so scared to look at you.

It's discrimination, isn't it?

Regina leaned down and waited for the tears to stop.

Next to it, Estella and I summarize what we just heard for ourselves.

Besides all the surprising information, it was a little tricky.

In short, you can't resist germs anymore, can you?

"Besides, if you get hit by the transmission system, walking will be difficult to stand upright."

"My father was just like that." It seemed like it would be hard to get up. "

Many of those suffering from major diseases in the wetlands had symptoms like pneumonia.

The bronchi are prone to bacteria because they are where the air passes through.

My tonsils are swollen just because I'm a little dry. It's not hard to imagine bacteria diving into your lungs when your immunity drops.

So this swamp mud has nothing to do with it?

Maybe the spores that were scattered with roses were adhering to the bacteria, and it was releasing a bad smell.

What about bugs?

It just so happens.

Then, a person who had been stung by a bug that had come into contact with bacteria was infected with secondary infection. It is easy to think of such a possibility.

"... but just in case, I'm going to investigate this mud... if it's a strange mutation, I'm going to be in trouble."

Regina is unusual to let her nose groan and talk, and she looks very sloppy.

Something like a desire for protection, but a desire for shelter, is stimulated.

"But why didn't you infect the child?" Is that also a coincidence? "

"Ah, that's probably..."

Regina raised her face as she groaned.

My eyes are bright red.

"It has to do with the age of the cell."

Huh, am I?

Estella tilts her head with an asshole face.

But I'm surprised and my eyes are wide open.

"Is there any research going on in Baochrea on cells?"

I knew I knew it after all.

I thought it was a country where pharmacy was advancing, but I didn't think it was even researching cells.

I don't know how you do it without an electron microscope.

Is there a centrifuge or something?

"Cells are so small that they make up humans and other creatures. A collection of cells that are so small that they are invisible are human beings and creatures."

"What? A collection of invisible little things?"... eh? "

"Well, I don't know, I don't know." The cells are slowly and gradually dividing and increasing. "

Eh, do you mean you're going to increase?

"Shit. With more cells, the creature grows." Cells grow repeatedly through division, replacing old cells with new ones. Repeat this until you die. "

"Split... Grow......"

Estella's gaze pours into her gentle chest.

"It's a cell neglect."

"Good luck, my cell!" Split up! I believe you can do it! ”

"No, there's genetic stuff in the cell... you know what I'm saying?"

Regina looked at me with her dazzling eyes.

No, come on, you want to make people stronger, don't you? I wonder if I should let him hold it for as long as he wants.

"So!? When can I get a drug that promotes cell division?!"

Can you do it!? If you use such medicine, your life will all at once disappear!

"Eh, you're going to die!?"

If the cells can't divide anymore, humans will die.

”That's............ Eh, so I'll live for a long time?”

Cells in your chest are skipping divisions.

Phew... it's funny how he gave me his knowledge halfway through.

“Why don't you take a look at that face? That's the right answer."

YAAAAAAAAAA!

Wait, wait, wait. I didn't say anything.

While holding back Estella's impending face, she urged Regina to continue.

Quick, get off the subject! Quick!

Really, there's tissue in the cells that diminishes every time they divide.

In human cells, there is a thing called chromosomal DNA packed with genetic information, and there is a thing called "telomere" at both ends of the chromosomal DNA.

This telomere gradually shortens with each cell division, and when it gets to the point where it can't get any shorter, the cells can't divide.

This is the mechanism of aging.

"In that tissue, there is an organ that attracts certain bacteria and sends out special signals."

"What, what is that!? I've never heard of it!"

I've never heard of Telomere not attracting cells.

Is this a unique phenomenon in our world?

Or is what I think and what Regina says different?

"The signal gets weaker as you grow up, and it disappears completely around the age of 16."

"In other words, only adults were infected because the" signal "wasn't coming out."

"In my hypothesis."

Wow... I didn't mean to come here and leave you.

I thought you knew more about bacteria and cells than anyone in this world...

Could it be that as an alien, I don't have such a "signal"?

Ah, either way, if you're not 16 anymore, then we're together.

... but I feel like I've lost somehow.

"Regina, do you know what a mosquito sound is?"

"I don't know what you're burning up against, but when you listen to me quietly"

I mean, come on, I'm sorry!

I still have a lot of hidden balls here!

A surprising knowledge that you don't know is still engraved in your brain!

Do you know the jerking phenomenon?

"If I go to bed in a strange position, I'll be like," Oh my God! ”Isn't that what it's supposed to be?”

"What!? That's what it's called!?"

Damn it, you know that!

And, as always, you're an excellent [Forced Translation Magic]! Well, I was able to translate the jerking phenomenon!

You're not even registered to use words that no one will ever use, are you?

"Anyway, I just figured out three things."

Estella claps her hands, draws our attention, and puts her chest up.

"The first was that the great disease of the wetlands was not a curse. It's completely proven."

"Shit.... why is that flower blooming in a place like this so mysterious?"

Yes, that's the biggest problem.

Unless someone brings it in, there can't be a bacteriological weapon in All Bloom created by Baochrea.

"... what is suspicious?"

Nature's gaze leads to the cliff.

Well, I can't say anything without investigating it.

I don't know. If you take back the thief who was targeting the royal family and dump the body in the wetland, you can even think about it.

Is there such a possibility?

"Just to be clear, Baochrea is willing to get an all-bloom." I want this fertile land and the mercy of the Spirit God Han, who protects the whole city, so much that my hand comes out of my throat. "

Certainly not in such a livable land.

Food is fruitful throughout the year, and all words and letters are translated.

If you have the strength and ambition, this is the place to aim.

"It's difficult to prevent only such small seeds from being brought in."

Is that something you should advise your royalty about?

”No... I think it's better not to do it yet”

“Yes, I agree with Regina.”

Natalia joins the conversation with nature.

"If the thief brought it in, and it blossomed here in an accident, then reporting it to the royal family would be a countermeasure."

Then I turned my gaze to the cliff.

Otherwise, if they take the lead, we may be able to get dressed if we are aiming to overthrow the throne.

Bring it in with a temele, and make it look like it's coming from someone else.

An aristocrat's skill.

Especially when you're like Estella.

After all, I struggled to make an appointment with the royal family.

“This is Regina from Baochrea, and the bacteriological weapons were discovered in the territory of District 42.”

"Wow... if Lord Han asked me to make poison, it would be hard to argue." If the nobility fights, it doesn't even mean the truth. "

If this was brought to the 42nd ward by the hand of [someone else], then [someone else] would have known the cause of the great disease of the wetland.

However, at present, the royal family has not brought in the story that "the 42nd ward is trying to overthrow the throne".

It doesn't look like it's being monitored in particular.

Thinking about that, it is possible that "someone somewhere" did not intentionally spray the bacteria, but that the bacteria was sprayed unintentionally for some reason.

As a result, a major disease of the wetland occurred, and 42 wards suffered great damage.

Naturally, an investigation team was formed and the investigation proceeded.

As a result, it was reported that "bacteria developed due to mud from the wetland being taken outside the wetland."

"When I heard that, I came up with the idea of 'Okay, let's shiraba', it was most likely an accident that that flower blossomed here. There's no pursuit coming."

In the first place, the 42nd arrondissement did not have the appeal of invading at risk.

"That's why [someone] still thinks that we are not aware of the existence of this bacteriological weapon." If you don't do it badly, you won't be able to get dressed right now. ”

"I think you're probably ready to respond anytime something comes up." Someone else is rumored to be very cunning. "

Well... that's right.

With her arms together, Estella exhales.

Then, he glanced over the cliff and showed a cold expression that he had never seen before.

"I'll wait for you to serve your sentence." Until we finish our investigation. "

I feel the same way.

I'll wait for you. Not for a while.

Really, what's the second thing I've understood?

Regina called out softly to Estella, who was staring at the cliff with an icy expression.

We need time.

Regina, Estella, me.

I have time to look back at my feelings and calm down.

For that reason, it's no good letting emotions run rampant right now.

I need to get soft air and face forward properly.

It has a wide field of view that allows you to grasp the surroundings.

"Yeah. The second thing is, I'm glad you're here."

Estella's expression changed from an icy expression to her usual smile.

Point to Regina and fly the wink.

I'm expecting a cure.

"Lord Haha... ahhh, when you're doing this..."

With Regina, I'm not afraid of getting sick.

It was clear that this was not a curse.

If it is caused by bacteria present on this earth, it is equivalent to Regina not being able to cure it.

And the third thing--

"Have you discovered the possibility of your boobs growing?"

"Ah, but Lord Han's mistake--"

"That's not true!" And it's not a mistake! "

No, it was a mistake.

Because it is impossible to activate only some cell divisions against genes.

Third one.

Estella laughed loudly.

It seems that I'm more of a passionate person than I think.

The red eyes burned like flames.

"It seems like you're about to feel the limitations of sticking to your defenses, right?"

It looks like Estella's feelings, which she had never had before, are sprouting up when she gets hit on her own.

In my words...

Let's smash it without a trace.

Such emotions, perhaps.

Seya

Regina rose from the murmur.

Regina was running, crying, and withered, but now she's standing on her firm legs.

After talking, I feel a little calmer.

"Hey, that flower, let's see it again."

Isn't it dangerous?

It could be dangerous.

You can't leave a dangerous flower there after confirming that it's there.

If you don't look at yourself, you may be hurting someone else.

This Regina was the one who couldn't forgive it.

Well, let's go too.

"Ahh. If you inhale the spores, you might die, right?"

Well then, I'll inhale all the spores that have been splashed, so you can come home safely and make me an antidote.

Being down with you is the biggest problem for the 42nd arrondissement.

"... overprotect yourself."

“Absolutely. Someone is trying their best to lower the average bust size, so I can't keep my eyes off the higher than average boobs.”

"Isn't it natural for me to get my eyes off my boobs?" Your eyes are full of greed. "

"First your appetite, then your intellectual appetite, now your protective appetite."

"The most important thing is to take your greed away, and you're on your own"

Regina smiles and smiles sharply on my shoulders.

With such a gentle mix, a strong blow slams into your shoulder.

"...... Who is trying their best to lower the average?"

"Well, Regina, let's get to the investigation." Land is dangerous. "

That's how I evacuated to the swamp. Frogs, frogs, frogs.

I'm scared of the land.

If you run into the swamp, they won't come after you.

I'm a little sympathetic, frogs.

"Don't slip."

"It's okay, there's no such thing as a manager."

Even though I jumped in earlier, Regina was dangerous when I entered slowly.

Even if it's not as good as Ginette, you don't have any motor nerves.

I also had a sprain at the athletic meeting. In the first place, the routine range of movement would be about the same as going to and from the bedroom and toilet.

It's good to be reckless to go into the swamp, so it's hard to be too careful.

Join Regina as she walks into the swamp toward the cliff.

Walk about forty meters and dance back to the creepy flower of the example.

It's a strange flower to look at again.

A toxic red petal and four red-purple petals. A needle thin like a radiating needle behind it... or a leaf?

And a semi-transparent, gel-like plumage that covers the whole.

It doesn't look like any flower I know.

"That's a creepy flower."

Let's do it? I don't like the stems stretching out from the back of these petals.

"Is it a stem, like a needle behind a petal?"

"Shit. This flower stem is under the flower." And this myriad of thin spores that radiate from the back of the petals,

This plant seems to be a collection of two kinds of plants that coexist with countless spores that grow in a toxic hue of flowers.

"This fungus can't grow without the nectar of this flower." On the contrary, this flower germinates without the mycelium of this fungus. It's in a coexistence relationship. "

When it is a seed, the fungus attached to it sucks up nutrients from the surroundings and grows the seed at once. If you immerse it in water, it will blossom in three days, and it will grow rapidly.

And when the flowers bloom, this time the fungus grows rapidly, nourishing the nectar.

The fungus blooms more, and the flowers nourish the fungus.

It seems that there is such a dependency.

"However, the flower can be nourished by fungi, and it will wither away in a long time." It grows rapidly and dies in an instant, and it's a defect to life. "

A bacteriological weapon created by forcibly twisting the laws of nature.

It seems impossible to adapt to nature. I can't afford to be bred.

”... this is blooming, isn't it?”

"I'm in a hurry. I was in a hurry."

This flower scatters the area with toxic spores as it blooms.

And then it quickly withered and withered away.

So the spores were scattered recently?

Naturally, that's it.

"But I didn't hear that report."

"I don't know. City people usually come and go around here, right?" It's strange that there's not even a single infected person. "

In order to get to the wetland, it is necessary to go off the street and follow the aisle, but if the spores are scattered over a range of several kilometers, it is not strange that some people who pass by this street are infected.

Especially recently, the construction of the harbor and public baths have increased, as has the gathering place of people on the west side.

"I wonder if it just blossomed... it seems to be different."

Say, Regina points to the stem of the spore stretching from the back of the petal.

"The spores are coming out, right?" As soon as the flowers bloom, white spores like cotton wool should multiply and form rounds on these stems. "

White, round spores surround the petals. It seems that this flower will grow at once.

They say it stops along the way.

Was it a mistake?

"It's hard to think of, but... hh? Huh?"

Regina reaches for her petals in horror.

What is this membrane?

Isn't it originally a flower like this?

"No, this membrane is no good." If you're wrapped up in this stuff, the spores won't fly. "

That's true, but....

"...... Rotten?"

"Is it because of the mud in this swamp?" Look, should we be affected in any way? "

No, I've been down here once before, and you're already rotten, so you might just be deactivated.

"Hey, you're spinning around, right?" It's packed with mud, isn't it? "

Regina, who was focused on the flowers, looked back and opened her eyes.

I look back, too.

There was a frog.

A frog stands in the swamp.

He's a lot shorter than us, about 80cm tall.

And the frog was... dressed.

"... frogs and frogs"

After staring at the frog for a while, I heard Regina murmuring and returned to me.

I stared at it without words.

This is probably the frog from that time.

You were still here.

"Yo, I see you again."

Raise your hand and say hello, but the frog will not answer.

“You don't remember? Nearly two years ago, we met here, didn't we? Yeah, you fell from the top all of a sudden, and you made a mess of your place. I'm sorry."

When I come here, the wetlands are always noisy.

That's not what you want.

I'm really sorry.

"Hey, this flower--"

Pointing at the creepy flowers that bloom beneath my feet, I asked what I had in mind.

"Did you guys stop me?"

A vicious poisonous weed that Regina is unaware of.

If he's undergoing an impossible metamorphosis that deviates from his natural growth process, it's probably due to some kind of influence in this place.

Recently, there have been two events that I don't understand.

A suddenly protruding wall and a bacterial weapon that stopped growing.

Neither is it the work of men to make them do anything.

And both of these occur in places where there were frogs.

Is that a coincidence?

"Can you tell me a little bit about you guys?"

While spreading his hands and appealing to his lack of hostility, he took a step towards the frog.

At that moment, I heard Estella screaming.

"Whoa!?"

Looking back, there were frogs all around the swamp where we were.

Hundreds of frogs peek into the swamp.

None of them was dressed.

Estella seems to be protected by Natalia's back behind the frogs.

There was a frog in clothes in front of me, and the swamp was surrounded by frogs.

It was the same situation as then.

However, unlike that time, it wasn't pitch dark, and we have friends over here.

My heart is not dominated by fear.

He looks back again and speaks to the dressed frog.

"Where have you been hiding so much?" No, more than that, should we ask why it just came out? What do you want to stay here? "

One more step toward an unanswered frog.

At that moment, the frog lifted his right arm.

Point your arms straight at me.

The "Spirit Referee" stance?

Kero!

You were thinking the same thing as me, and Regina turned to me with an impatient expression on her face.

However, the "Spirit Referee" does not trigger.

More than that, I can hear the sound of my voice now.

"Huh!?"

Regina raised her voice in amazement, and the heavy sound of water around her rose almost simultaneously, making it temporarily noisy around the swamp.

The frogs that surrounded the swamp jumped into the swamp all at once, and Regina, who spoke out, stared at the cliff.

"... that frog went into the rocks"

I overlooked it, but Regina saw it.

At the edge of the cliff between the rock and the rock, the frog slides in.

I looked up and found no holes that seemed to be frogs 80cm long.

Even after a light beating, there was no sound of collapse or concealed strange spaces.

... is this one of a kind?

There are three kinds of magic that the people of this city recognize.

"Forced Translation Magic", "Conversation Records", "Conversation Records", and "Spirit Referees".

But no one can prove that there is no other magic prepared just for frogs.

However, no one was trying to find out about it.

"... it's not human work, is it? No matter what"

Now my hypothesis is quite realistic.

The frog is hiding with the help of a spirit god or someone close to him.

The frog is not in a wetland.

The wetlands are the pathway to the frogs' quarters.

Let's get out of here.

"...... Mega......"

Regina nodded with a somewhat tired face.

Somehow, I heard that sound just now, 'Go home'.

Huh, that's a coincidence.

"That's what I heard." Fuck you!

If they pointed out and said, "Go home," I guess I'd better go home.

Bending the hedgehog looks troublesome, the people related to the spirit gods.