Reincarnation into the Barrier Master
Episode 144: The Blue Sky Thunder
"I'd like to ask you a few questions, would you mind?
Rhoni of Posei opens his mouth.
"What?"
I'll give you a blank response. If you can't cure Rico, you can't help it if he's here. Hopefully, I get a bumpy look as I want you to go home soon.
"Since when did this kind of pain occur to Master Ricolette?
"This morning. The pain itself started yesterday or so."
Roni nods and notes something on the paper at hand.
"Did you take anything, any medications, etc?
"Looks like May formulated some pain medication and gave it to me. Besides, Fairy Dragon Fairy gave Rico scaly powder to reduce the pain."
"What's the healing magic?
"I called."
"Is it a high heel?
"No, it's extra heels"
"Extra heels..."
Loni is taking notes as he says something with the bumps.
"I'm afraid the medication you gave me and the... scaly powder, is it? Can I see it?
"I don't know about drugs. May made it. Scale powder can produce fairies. Hey, Fairi."
"Okay -"
Fairy ants move their feathers to create scaly powder. Roni carefully collects it and observes it squashed with his fingers, smelling it, licking it a little.
"Yeah, this is neurotic stuff, isn't it? Probably something that paralyzes the pain. This is no problem."
Write down crisps and notes. That's when May came back.
"Master, I've handed Rico his letter. King Dwarf and Sheikh Vival said they would take it with great joy, but Mr. Matkal bowed in awe... and seemed so sorry. What the hell was that supposed to say?
"... for the most part, I can guess, but that's not where it is now. This Roni wants to ask Mae about the medicine."
"You mean the medicine...?
May went to Loni's and started talking about something. Apparently we're talking quite professionally and we had no idea what that was about. Do it, we're talking about what kind of plants we used, the percentages, the refining methods, in quite some detail.
"I see, then, you don't seem to have a problem with the human body. However, do not use that medicine in the future. And refrain from using healing magic."
Roni speaks up clearly. The way I put it, it got in my way.
"Hey, you, come on, man, just now, okay?
"No less...?
"Oh, I've been hearing so much about the medicine and how the scaly powder doesn't make sense. Go home when you're done. You can't cure Rico's illness, can you? I want you to at least reduce the pain, but you can't do that either, can you? Then even if you were here, you'd just get in the way."
Roni stretches his spine sharply and bows down to Pioco.
"This was my lack of explanation. Forgive me. It was a question to show Mr. Ricolette's body. Because if it's a very strong medicine, it will impair your health. However, as I heard from you earlier, none of the medicines that Ricolette has taken are strong, so no problem."
"But you, you told me not to take May's pills in the future!
"Yes, Mae's medicine stops the movement of the affected area that causes pain in your body. That's not very nice, so I asked you to stop."
"Huh? I don't know what that means, huh? What's wrong with stopping the painful affected area from moving!
"If you do that, you won't be excreted, so..."
"Is that excretion?
"I've touched it, and Master Ricolette doesn't seem to have had a bowel movement for the last 10 days. Severe abdominal pain is what is happening to try to excrete stools. So if you take Mae's medicine, your bowels will stop your excretory exercise. So I said stop."
"... and that means that Rico's abdominal pain is caused by... constipation?
"That's what happens"
My body lost its strength at once, and I lowered my back so that I could get into the chair.
"Just in case, I did a palpation and a urine test to see if there were any other illnesses, but it doesn't seem to have any particular major problems. In the meantime, Mr. Ricolette has taken medicines that will allow the stools to be loosely excreted, so I think all stools will be excreted after a while. Perhaps that will make the pain go away."
"Right... good... But wait, okay? Rico's never had constipation before, has he? You didn't even hear that, did you? May, Ferris, Luara, are you guys listening to anything?
Ferris and Ruara are looking at each other.
"No, from your sister Rico, we've never heard of it"
May's been thinking about it for a while, too.
"Right. You've never heard of that either..."
Everyone twists their necks. Loni looked around at us,
"Does it not mean that Master Ricolette's lifestyle has changed?
"Oh, sure, in the last few months, the place to work has changed"
"What about exercise?
"Almost, don't. About the time you do your chores?
Roe II opens his mouth with a nod, yeah, as he moves his long ears with a pimple.
"Constipation is a regular diet and exercise that you have a good chance of preventing. Wait a minute, please."
With that said, Roe II took out a new piece of paper and started writing something crunchy and there.
"... Hi, I got it. This is the ingredient that helps relieve constipation. I think you should use these to make a meal."
I looked through, but more than half of the ingredients that were written were things I didn't know. I give the paper to Pallis and squeal like a scream.
"And don't be surprised. You're suddenly constipated."
Roe II looks strange and puts on his little neck.
"It's not unusual, is it? It happens all the time, doesn't it?
"Really?
"Yes, as an early symptom of your pregnancy, it is not uncommon"
"... what? What did you just say?
"Uh... it's not uncommon as an early symptom of your pregnancy..."
"Or, a pregnancy? That could be..."
"... that? Didn't you know? That's... excuse me. Congratulations on this one. Dear Ricolette, indeed, you are pregnant. I don't know if I've looked into it in detail, but I think it's probably already in the second month. As I said earlier, your pregnancy is not a disease, so it is not possible to cure symptoms related to your pregnancy, such as stress or constipation. Sorry for the lack of explanation"
Roe II bows down and smiles and explains to me. When I get up out of the chair with the flirtatious, I head to the room where Rico sleeps with all my might.
"Rico!"
Rico, already awake in his upper body, is surprised to see me suddenly jumping in, eyes round.
"Hey, what is it?
"Rico... Rico..."
I hold Rico in tears. And I cried oily.
"Li... linos.... hey, linos..."
"Rico, good. Good..."
"The door stays open. Ha, I'm embarrassed. Please don't..."
"Rico... Rico..."
"Okay, okay, so please let me go. Hey... get off me!
Rico wields my arm with incredible force. Surprised I look at Pocan and Rico with a crying face. Rico looked shy as he leaned over,
"T... to the bathroom... please let me go to the bathroom!
Rico, who jumped out of bed, went out of the room as a shedding.
Pata, pata, pata... the sound of Rico running away echoes all over the hallway. And, Batan! And I thought there was a loud noise, and after that, Rico kept caging in the bathroom for about an hour.
It was the following day that Ricolette's birth control was announced to the State of Agarta and its allies.