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Fugitive Poison User ~I Am Somehow Recovering in a World Full of Miasma~-Chapter 65
Chapter 65
Itโs the middle of the night. ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฆ๐๏ฝ ๐ฃn๐ฐ๐ทeฦ.c๐ฐ๐บ
Nature calls, so I head out of my room and into the hallway to the washroom. There, I caught a glimpse of someone sitting in the living room.
Everyone should be asleep by now, so whatโs going on?
Taking a closer look, a candle on the table reveals Celes sitting there.
โHmm? Ah, Cohgray. Is something the matter?โ
โRight back at you, Celes.โ
โAh, hmm... say, Cohgray...โ
โWhat is it?โ
The dimly lit figure calls me over.
โI am wondering if I could... speak to you for a little.โ
โOf course. Iโll listen to whatever you have on your mind if youโre fine with just me.โ
โAh... it is something on which I would like your opinion.โ
My opinion, eh?
I kinda had the feeling that something was bothering her.
She wasnโt really hiding it either.
I take a seat and give her my attention.
Celes looks back at me and begins to softly speak.
โThis is regarding someone who dreamed of living life as an adventurer and then made it their reality...โ
That adventurer gradually became more and more powerful and made a name for themselves.
However... a turning point came upon them.
The adventurer only became an adventurer for the moneyโso that their family could live comfortably.
But, their family... the little sister whom the adventurer so cherished had been cursed.
The one who placed the curse was an abhorrent dragon.
Learning of that fact, the adventurer joined forces with others who were suffering the same fate and enlisted as knights and sorcerers to slay the dragon.
There, they formed a dragon slaying squad with others whose families were affected or killed by that curse.
The adventurer was more than a knight... a hero, even. They led men and womenโthese dragonslayersโto wage war against menacing monsters and dreadful dragons.
Their goal was their family... to destroy the root of the curse that was causing so much misery.
If not... the adventurerโs beloved sister would perish.
It mattered not how despicable their tactics, how cowardly they foughtโwhat matters was to slay the dragon.
โBut... one day...โ
โ...โ
Itโs as if Celes were engaged in a monologue; she fixed her gaze to the starry skies and words simply spilled out of her lips.
โ... the adventurer encountered someone else afflicted by that same curse tormenting their sister. That person had their curse lifted. The adventurer even discovered that the curse was not caused by a dragon but a man. This was all in front of the adventurerโs other dragonslayer ally as if obvious...โ
โShe... hath been vague, but however...โ
Yeah, I get you.
โI am sure you have seen the posters up in taverns and such, but I represent those who transformed the dragon into a human. The adventurer is now too pursuing the dragon to defeat it.โ
I feel Veno staring at me.
So, sheโs the dragonslayer that was leading the group when they brought me into the world with Forced Possession Summoning.
I remember the dragonslayer was clad in armor... but to think it was Celes all along.
If you think about it, the signs were there.
Celes is a follower of the Teachings of the Sacred Yggdrasil, an extremely powerful adventurer, and had merely swung by Wayneโs residence while she was on an assignment.
Wayneโs a well-known blacksmith too. Heโs someone who Celes is indebted to and was afflicted by a curse much like her sister... Celes couldnโt help but to help those who are suffering.
โAnd then... this curse was caused by a greedy man in order to profit from the adventurers putting their lives on the line. Someone had placed a curse on a religious symbol used by many for praying.โ
But thereโs someone using Celes.
The villain... heโs the one who placed Dragonfallโs Charge on the job-changing altar.
Still, we donโt know who the culprit is...
โWhat do you think the adventurer should do?โ
... Celes probably has an answer in her heart already.
Still, sheโs asking the person who showed her that the curse can be lifted for support.
โThatโs a no-brainer if you ask me. Never mind whether or not the curse can really be lifted; the adventurerโs priority should be their precious baby sister. Helping their sister is way more important than finding the culprit.โ
Thatโs obvious, right? Youโre only risking your neck to save your dear family.
But the adventurerโno, Celesโ objective is to slay the dragon, not to catch the mastermind.
Itโs just to save her sister.
โI... think so too. It is exactly as you said. Nothing else matters more than the adventurerโs beloved ones. It is true for all of the adventurerโs comrades too.โ
Celes looks at me with her piercing gaze.
โCohgray, tell me... are you absolute in that the curse can be lifted? And it... shall not return?โ
Yo, Veno, what do I say here?
โ... repeatest after me.โ
Gotcha.
โโThere are no absolutes in this world. However, that abhorrent magic has reared its ugly head in the past. If we lift it before it evolves or gets changed, then there is no threat of being cursed again. But, the source of the problem is within the body. The mastermind may very likely to have already prepared another illness or hex. If it seems incurable, then it very may well be an entirely different problem at hand.โโ
Celes and that friend of hers fought for their loved ones.
Their emotions are being controlled like a tool by some bastard.
If his tools donโt work... then heโll fix them by subjecting their loved ones with another illness.
We canโt let the bastard have his way.
โI... see. It is ironic how the stronger one is, the farther the goal seems to slip away.โ
Celes continues to mutter to herself.
โ... that silly adventurer seems to have taken a detour from her destination. Aye, neither the culprit nor the curse matters. The fact of the matter is that the sister is sick, and the adventurer should be helping her.โ
Whatever doubts or hesitations she might have had, Celes seems to be free of them now.
โThat is all the sappiness to which I shall subject you. Tomorrow is another day, so we need to rest well.โ
โYou got that right. You never know when you have to get back to your work too.โ
โAh... that is certainly true.โ
With the candle in hand, she begins to head back to her room.
โYou have my gratitude, Cohgray.โ
I could but barely hear her faintly mutter out her thanks.
โI know not who or where, but that being is more repulsive and despicable than any monster.โ
Veno, who had been pretty positive as of late, spits out his words.
He did say that the miasma that chokes this world is mankindโs just deserts. fr๐e๐ฌ๐๐๐เซฆฮฝ๐๐.cเซฆm
In a sense, he lost his life so that the world tree may live on, but as if it meant nothing at all, there are people who are determined to make it wither.
And the one who shifted the blame onto Veno and Arleafโs ancestor is Virage, huh?
I guess people are more despicable than any king of demons could ever be.
After that, I finished up my business in the washroom, and headed back to sleep.