"I saw it! It's the city of Barr!"

　On Seto's back, Ray screams involuntarily in front of the city above ground.
　In the end, last night the band of thieves did not attack again, and we were able to rest in Seto's fur.
　Then, waking up early in the morning, still a little dim around, the sun was beginning to rise, Ray and Sett hurried off after a light breakfast, passing over the village, the last stop to the city of Barr, and finally reaching their destination before dawn.

"Grull?"

　Seto was in a good mood because Ray was happy, but beyond his sight. He exclaims, "What do you do when you see dozens of soldiers in what appears to be the main gate of the destination city of Barr?"
　Ray noticed the city was blocked by the cry, but decided that he had to deliver it now that he had brought the powder of the Aurani grass.

"Seto, get down a short distance from the person blocking the main gate. for it would be a battle if you descended directly before them."
"Gurgling!"

　Ray's words make a little noise, fluttering his wings down to earth.
　The soldiers must have noticed Sett. Each person is on guard with a spear or sword in his or her hand, albeit in a row.
　Ray, who jumps from a few meters above the ground with a small smile on his face and still looks demoralized, screams loudly.

"I'm Ray! I'm an adventurer of the town of Guilm! I brought you powder of Aurani grass, which is the ingredient of the magic fever medicine that is prevalent in this town! Contact the guild of Baal as soon as possible!"

　Ray's voice echoes around him.
　However, when the soldiers heard the words, they looked delighted for a moment, but Ray looked about 15 years old and had a poor body. Then they find themselves empty-handed despite the fact that they say they brought the powder of the Aurani grass, and they exchange puzzled glances.
　Eventually a man steps forward from among the soldiers and approaches Ray.
　The young man in his twenties, with a strange calm, pauses about five meters from Ray and opens his mouth.

"I am Sasanas," I'm playing a sort of part in the organization of the soldiers there. So I'd like to ask you, you said you brought the powder of the Aurani grass, but where is it? It looks empty‐handed. Well, of course, I'd be saved if I had a little. But if you come all the way here from the town of Gilm, don't you think you've brought a decent amount?"

　A small nod to Sazanas' words takes the crate out of the mistling.
　Sasanas, who suddenly emerged from an empty space, reflexively reaches for the sword at his waist. But soon they find out that the crate is nothing to harm them, and turn to the crate again.
　The crate contained large quantities of small bottles about 5 cm tall.
　and there was something like powder in the little bottle...

"What!"

　At that point, Sasanas understands what is in front of her.

"Oh, this is... by any chance..."
"Yes. It's a powder of the aurani grass used as a remedy for fever."

　Ray's words buzz not only Sazanas but also the other soldiers who heard them.
　The reason for this is, of course, the large amount of Aurani powder, but above all, the presence of item boxes.

"Itembox... I see. It certainly looks real as far as I can see."
"... Is it real?"

　Ray hears words leaking from Sasanas' mouth and asks back without thinking.
　Sasanas bows down to Ray.

"I'm sorry. Let me give it a try. Actually, I heard from the guild master in our city that an adventurer was coming from the guild in the city of Guilm. However, as you know, there is an explosion of magical fever in this town of Barr, which should never have been in fashion. There were some researchers who were interested in where we heard it from. Of course, Mr. Deerlogo rejected it because it was dangerous to let such people into the city..."
"Why? Researchers might be able to identify the cause of the epidemic."
"Well, I don't care if that's really the end of it,"

　The words must have made you realize that there are some complicated circumstances. change the subject without mentioning anything more

"And may I come in?"
"Oh, oh... that Gryphon doesn't attack people, does it?"

　Sasanas turns to Seto, who is sitting still behind Ray, and asks anxiously.

"Glu?"

　Seto bends his head asking, "What?" But he takes a step back, wondering if he feels threatened by the existence of a glyphon just after we meet.
　Ray caresses Seto's neck, recalling the first incident that happened when he first entered the town of Gilm.

"There's no problem. You'll be as quiet as this if you don't interfere in me."
"Grull".

　A set that graciously purrs at the comfort of being stroked.
　They give him the same devil's necklace used in the streets of Gilm, looking at it with incredible eyes.
　As Ray received it, he also handed over his guild card and completed the process of entering the city.

"Open the gate!"

　In accordance with Sazanath's words, soldiers open the gates and the city of Barr, which had been blocked, is opened.

(...I wish I hadn't done such a trouble if I had entered from the sky. Well, in that case, I'll be treated as an intruder.)

"Then, captain, I'll go to the guild one step further."
"Oh, I'm sure Mr. Seith will be glad to know this. I asked."

　The soldier nods softly to Sazanas' words and enters the city ahead of Ray.

"If you go straight down this main street, you'll see the guild. ... the magic fever has reduced the number of people in town, so head to the guild as soon as possible. -- last but not least, thank you for coming to this town."

　Say so, bow deeply. The men were as deeply bowed as their bosses.
　Many families, friends, or lovers may have fallen ill with a magical fever. Tears are falling from some of the soldiers bowing.
　It was obvious to everyone that these were tears of hope, not grief, but hope of survival.

"All I can do is procure the ingredients for the drug. From now on, we have no choice but to leave it to the pharmacists and alchemists of this city."
"Still, if you don't have the ingredients for the drug, you can't do it in the first place. It's a relief."

　Sazanas thanked him and the gates of Barr's city were closed again.
　When this blocked city is opened to the public, will there be no more cases of the disease... or will all cases of the disease die? Sazanas watched the gate shut completely, praying that the reason was the former.





"...there are certainly very few people."a muttering Ray, looking out over the streets of Barr from the main street.
　Fortunately, people have not disappeared like ghost towns, but the number of people is still far smaller than that of Gilm.
　One of the reasons for this is that the population of the city itself is less than that of Gilm.
　Even though the city of Gilm is a remote area, merchants, adventurers, and blacksmiths naturally gather because of the monster material that can be taken away from it. In comparison, this is only a rural town, so it is understandable that there is a difference in the number of people.
　The few inhabitants are equally surprised when they see Ray and Sett, who are not familiar with the city, and bow politely the next moment.

(What's that?)

　I bowed inwardly at the scene, but in fact, there was news all over the city that adventurers were on their way from the city of Gilm on a Gryphon to deliver ingredients for the deadly fevers. This is also what Deerlogo did to avoid panic. The townsfolk therefore knew nothing of themselves... and the joy of being saved was more than astonishing to see Ray with Gryphon as his follower.
　Originally, I wanted to thank Ray directly, but I could only bow from afar because it was prohibited by the Deer logo to make the medicine as soon as possible.
　Ray, completely unaware of the circumstances, wonders what the inhabitants are like, but follows the main street as taught by Sasanas, before long he sees a huge building. I nod softly when I see a sign reading Adventurer's Guild.

"Set".
"Glu".

　That alone would have made sense of what Ray meant. Seto moves to a magical space in the city of Guillum, just as Ray was in the guild.
　In the town of Gilm, children and other adults who love cute things come to visit, but that's not the case in the town of Barr.
　Seto's own lack of publicity, but the biggest problem was still the magical fever. The reason is that many children have little magical powers, and most children living in the city are infected with a magical fever.
　He pats Seto on the head and opens the guild door and goes in.

"... I see,"

　The first thing I muttered was that remark.
　Guild staff are usually busy working, and there are very few people in the guild, even though some adventurers are eating in the bar.
　There's barely one receptionist on the counter who's a little older than Kenny and a few guild workers behind her. There is not a single adventurer in sight.
　However, if the city is closed and most of the food is rationed, it can't be helped because you can't drink in bars.
　Still, the receptionist bowed to Ray, who came into the guild, with a smile on his face.

"It's Ray. He brought the powder of the Aurani grass and all the other relief supplies from the city of Gilm."

　Fear. The receptionist pauses the moment she hears Ray's words. It was at the same time the other guild workers inside the counter.

"Would you show me your guild card, just in case?"
"Oh,"

　He nods to the receptionist, who says so in a trembling voice, and pulls out the guild card from the mistling.

"'Oops!"

　Guild staff members who use item boxes in front of them and cheer that what they were hearing was true.
　Ray hands a guild card to the receptionist, saying it's no wonder to think of the magic fever.

"Yes, it's Ray, a Rank D adventurer who belongs to the Guild of Guillum. I've checked.

　Reinventing the guild card returned by the trembling hand into the mistling, Ray opens his mouth again.

"And where should I put the relief supplies that I brought? It's a reasonable amount, so I think it's better to have a bigger place."
"Wait a minute, please. I'll call the guildmaster right away!"

　When the receptionist screams so, the counter clerk hastens to the back, but Ray stops her.

"Wait a minute. Give this to the guildmaster. a letter from the guildmaster of the town of Guilm to the guildmaster of the town of Baal."

　Ray hands over a letter from Mistilling.
　When the guild receives it, it runs to the back of the counter with its head lowered.

(If it had the same structure as the guild in the city of Guillum, there would be the guildmaster's office over there.)

　Looking back inwardly, he thinks so, and looks at the receptionist as a chance to get a little bit of information about the city of Barr.
　She's a receptionist, but she looks better than average. Unlike the city of Gilm, there was only one receptionist.
　Is it not because of the fever, or because it is in the middle of the frontier, like the city of Gilm? Ray couldn't tell the difference, but he still had someone to gather information with.

"Did you say you had a magical fever?" According to what I heard in the town of Gilm, about 40% of the residents are infected, but how widespread is it now?"

　You must have known the question was coming. shake one's head slightly and open one's mouth

"The number of people developing the disease has increased to about 60 percent of the people in this town."
"...so much?"
"Yes, I'm afraid," If you had delivered the powder of the Aurani grass to this city, you would know, but if you had no magic more than a certain amount of power, you would develop a fever."

　She was a receptionist who breathed a sigh, but there was a person who interrupted her.

"In other words, this time's magical fever was quite high."

　Along with the words appeared an elderly man in his fifties from behind the counter. Given his appearance at this moment, it's easy for Ray to predict who the man is. And the receptionist's words proved that the prediction was correct.

"Guildmaster..."