Episode 287

I gathered information from the cat man, Izushi, about the treasure of Ason, a god.

"Well, it's a tradition of cat people, so I think the details are awful .... Nya"

Nya is good.

One of the worries of Ason, the first metamorphosis father who became the father of Wa, was "I do not know the cause of desertification that threatens the land of Wa."

Apparently, the desertification was stopped on Yin-Yang Road, but it has not solved the problem.

So he apparently escaped the city and headed for investigation into the Wind Ridge Desert.

I like the fact that my footwork is light, but I wonder if my father is going abroad.

That should be left to the deputy secretary.

No, it's not the job of a deputy secretary ... whatever.

"Would you like to hear the story of the three cats who attended at that time?"

"It's good again."

After a lot of hard work, he brought back from the deepest part of the Kamon Desert to a mysterious treasure that uses magic. Apparently a very important magical tool.

Later, Asson said, "Look for someone who knows how to treat this treasure."

That's all that remains in the traditions of the cats.

It is a different matter from this one, but you need to look at the real thing.

Izushi flatly denied the theft in a nearby town. It is rude to ask too many questions, so it seems likely that this matter will be put on hold.

In the case of cats, the smell of sweat can't tell the truth.

The wolf's abilities are overwhelmingly advantageous for humans because it specializes in humans, but not so much for other races.

"By the way, could you show me Asson's treasure?"

"OK"

Izushi responded as usual, as it became more and more troublesome to put on “Nya”.

"Asson-sama's treasure is a bit away from here. Come on."

If it's so important, you should leave it in the city.

I thought so, but when I arrived at the shrine where the treasure was enshrined, I understood the situation.

There is a local jungle in the middle of the arid zone.

I was even more surprised when I got inside.

A pumpkin larger than a cat. Suzunari eggplant. Out of season apples.

Abundant crops are growing in fields that are not well maintained.

"What is this?"

The wolves are stunned, but I frowned a little.

Izushi makes a special face while flapping with a straw hat.

"How good is that? If you throw away your leftovers there, they will sprout and produce fruit."

Indeed, you don't have to work.

"Catch rabbits and birds to eat crops and you'll get meat, and you won't have to worry about it. It's annoying to steal food into a human town."

"Yes, yes. Is this the power of Ason's treasure?"

"That's right. The land where Ason-sama's treasure is placed is very rich .... It's a bit inconvenient to live."

It used to be a city, but the cobblestones and ramparts have been destroyed by the explosion of vegetation. Both the road and the building are bumpy with tree roots.

No matter what you build, it will be hard to live here because the trees will break in a few years.

But they don't live, but they all come here for food.

There are many cats from all over the villages. Harvesting and eating on the spot, everyone is doing whatever they want.

I kept walking with the Jerikh squad, staring at the surrounding soil. Then, enter the shrine where the treasure is enshrined.

It seems that cats are doing their best here.

The shrine, which seemed to be a religious institution, was an old but majestic building.

A golden cup is set on the altar in the back, and cats in reckless kimonos worship enthusiastically. I heard a singing scripture.

"Namia Myana, Ason Ason"

"Namia Myana, Ason Ason"

I was almost blown out, but they were very serious. I struggle to keep my face straight so that I can't be rude.

Then Izushi boasted, beating his beard.

"That's Asson's treasure. It's like a guardian god of cats."

I stared at it and nodded at rest.

"Oh, it's a good thing. Yeah, I think it's really good. Thank you."

I was the only one to say it.

As he pokes on Jerilik's flank, he hastily takes all members out.

"Hey, what's the matter, general?

Jerikh wondered so strangely that I conveyed in Milaldia as calmly as possible.

"Let's get out of here now. That's bad."

"Is that so?"

It is natural that Jerikhs who are not magicians do not know well.

So I will explain.

"That cup, certainly a magical tool. It's been running. It's always been. It's probably a thousand years."

"What's wrong with that?"

"Um ..."

I translated hard in my head to avoid using jargon.

"That cup seems to suck up the magic that is all around, but it's over the storage limit."

"Are you overflowing?"

"Oh, that's why it's this stupid crop that's stupid because it's a versatile power that transforms into magic."

Magic power is an undifferentiated power, an unknown power. It becomes kinetic energy, chemical energy and potential energy.

And like fuel, it explodes easily with some momentum.

That's exactly how the magic gun works.

That cup is probably drawing magic from nearby lands. That's a fairly wide range. It is a tool for such purpose.

But now he can't store the magical power he has collected, and he keeps hitting it.

The pump is drawing water, but the area around the pump is flooded because the tank is full.

Probably different from what it should be.

And that's generally called "unusual."

By the time the transferor Asson brought it back, it would have been just a device that could inhale magic.

Ason is probably a Japanese during the Heian period, so he knows nothing about this magic theory. This would not have been predictable.

However, magical power overflows from that cup, which has inhaled magic for millennia, polluting the surrounding land. The unusual fruit of the field is the result.

I tell Jerikh and others.

"It's the same as we are on a bonfire covered with oil. At this moment, it's no wonder that the magic runs away and this forest blows off."

"If the general says that much, it would be better to stray."

Jerryk nods with a serious face.

But he immediately said,

"But it's a general, so you're going to be crazy again?"

"No, I haven't rarely done it ..."

Shutting down or recovering that device is urgent. I don't know because I'm not a magician, but if it runs away, it may not be enough to blow away the forest.

I leave Jerikh and Geor from the Jerikh squad, and dispatch the other two as courier to Tamonin and Iria.

Then, Izushi came out of the shrine and shouted, squeezing rice and eating slowly.

"A good place?"

"Oh, oh ..."

Izushi squeezed his throat while pinching and eating the rice grains on the beard.

"I'm glad this peace will last forever"

"I sincerely hope so"

Call the investigator kite and the magician Rykko from Uralda as soon as possible.

Whatever method you use.