Nozomanu Fushi no Boukensha

Episode 405: The Tower and the College, the Cane Talk

"... that wand has the effect of weakening the evil that exists in the land of this Yarlan only if it is owned by a true king. It has no strong effect in or around the labyrinth, and weakens as we leave the king's capital, but still..."

Her Royal Highness said rush, but isn't this a surprising effect?

Depends on what exactly it means to weaken evil...

I guess Lorraine also cared as a researcher.

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"Weaken the evil, you said, but the word is perhaps polysemy. It can be perceived as weakening demons, or it can mean paying attention to disease or poison. Also, I may use it even if it simply means cleaning the air...... may I ask what exactly it does?

Her Royal Highness nods and says to the words.

"Well...... it is said that the Lord, to some extent, has the effect of suppressing its occurrence and also reducing its abilities with regard to demons of the immortal lineage. Of course, only if well buried...... There's nothing you can do until you leave the body around there. It just doesn't seem to work in or around the labyrinth. But that's the circumstance, so in cemeteries around Wang Capital, bone men and so on don't occur first. Sometimes it occurs somewhat away from the Wang capital, but generally, the less powerful immortals are in a difficult situation to be born in Yaran. How about this place?

"... No, I understand very well. But such an effect on the Wang Wand... If you ask me, you certainly don't see many boners around here..."

Of course, I see it around the malt, but it's just the edge.

They say it's so rural that the King's Wand can't help it.

But don't make me want to break my cane certified or something... I won't do it because I'm not going to have to just get caught if I do.

"Because that's the effect of the wand. But there is no price for any tool and nothing that can work. You need the power of water flow to move the water wheel, and you need magic to use magic props. And in the case of the Wand, it is the King's own, vital force…"

"... it's another noise..."

It was Augley who told me to groan.

I also know what makes you want to say that.

I may say that it is certainly commensurate with the effect if you think that it is at the price of the king's life to protect the country, but I feel that it is little of a curse.

But to this, Her Royal Highness says, shaking her neck to the side.

"No, I didn't originally want to pay that much, but at best, after using it, I get tired for about an hour. But now it has become a dangerous tool for sipping His Majesty's life."

"Why, to such a thing?

Lorraine asks why.

"According to the analysis of the court magician, the wand is overburdened. The Wang Wand has been severely degraded by years of agony. I actually saw it in front of me, but it was everywhere."

"... Perhaps it's terribly inefficient to convert forces into effects. If it's a simple demonic tool, I can make it too, but it can still be as simple as that, for a few years, if I torture it without even taking care of it, I can get into it, and even I can be amazingly magical at making it myself. I'm guessing the wand is in that situation, too."

"Yes. But His Majesty is not going to stop focusing on the wand. If we stop doing that, there will be tragedies all over Yarlan. Indeed, if the King's Wand ceases to work, the ability of demons of the immortal lineage will certainly increase, as will their incidence. But still, there are knights and adventurers' unions everywhere, and many subordinates advanced to let go of the wand that it is possible to contain some of its influence..."

That didn't seem to be listening.

Her Royal Highness shook her head unfortunately.

As a matter of fact, if His Majesty the King lets go of his wand and says what happens if the incidence of immortality rises and he gets somewhat stronger again... that could be a bit harsh indeed.

Somehow, it is also significant that Yarlan was at peace with fewer demons appearing near the streets.

Near the streets is where demons of immortal lineage tend to occur in every country.

That's where the gunmen are dying.

Not only people, animals, demons.

If you don't know how much of those incidences are but you were suppressing them... it's not hard to imagine what will happen when it's gone.

There will be more deaths in the streets, and consequently weaker distribution.

We will need a lot of escorts, and we think there will be a huge impact on the economy.

It's not easy to stop.

For adventurers like us, it feels like it's time to make money, but I don't expect that to happen until we get more victims.

Neither would the kings or nobles necessarily want to increase the number of victims, but I suppose he advised them to stop using the wand because he thought the king's life was more important first.

It's just that the king himself may be quite a noble figure.

I don't know if there's any other reason for that, but I keep using the cane anyway.

"... but still, if you'll excuse me, for another year or so... don't you need any action?

Think about it after you die too clearly, etc., you get caught for disrespect, so I blurted it out somewhat.

This may still be out, but Her Royal Highness does not say it is disrespectful, but takes it in a different way than the intent of my question and answers it.

"Yeah, you're right. So I... headed to Ancient Sacred Tree Country."