How the Reincarnation Seat Destroys the Original - Chapter 50
Only Noblemtl
Episode 50. Life and Death (1).
“Mabel, have you ever seen the knight in person?”
“Stupid Tak! The knight is next to the princess!”
“In my opinion, Mabel is prettier than the princess?”
“Mabel is more precious to Tak- more more! What a pity!!!”
“What?! That’s not it?!”
Noisy. Mabel listened to the lively voices of the children gathered around her with one ear and let them naturally flow out the other.
The children who received divine powers every other day did not show any improvement in their symptoms, but perhaps it was because they were growing up.
He was so energetic that it was hard to believe he was sick.
If only Chloris had told the other adults that the original symptom-relieving medication worked better for children.
At first, the adults who had been kind to me for a moment gave me a suspicious look, and Mabel trembled slightly, unnoticed by the children gathered around her.
Even though I had lived for over 30 years, including my age before reincarnation, I felt ashamed of myself for overreacting to the ill will and similar emotions directed at me.
“Tteing… .”
Mabel pouted.
I feel frustrated too!!! But when this young body thinks of something that doesn’t fit its age, it throws a tantrum and says, ‘No. No. You’re 8!!!’ What can I do!
What was also concerning was that Kael’s expression had not looked very good for the past few days.
To a third party, it might seem like his expression was no different from usual, with a sensitive and ill-tempered look, but Mabel thought that his expression looked somehow angry or sad.
It didn’t take long for him to notice that the rare gazes he received were complex.
Sighing deeply, Mabel now held onto her arms and stared blankly at the entrance visible from the center of the village, shaking at the hands of the children who were asking her, “Have you ever seen a real article?” and “How is a real article?”
“Um… the article… .”
It’s a knight.
Certainly, children of this age would be full of dreams, fantasies, and hopes of becoming princesses, princes, and knights.
At that moment, a figure in blue uniform riding a brown horse appeared from afar.
“That kind of person is a knight.”
The children’s eyes simultaneously turned to where Mabel was looking at the words blurted out without thinking.
But why is there a person who is supposed to be a knight here?
Mabel blinked her eyes blankly and wondered, but she felt that the clothes worn by the person in the distance, even if faintly, and the short gray hair were somehow familiar. And even the unusually large body.
“…Eww?!”
Mabel’s eyes came into focus as she heard the strange noise, and she sat up abruptly.
“Tariq-?!”
Mabel ran towards the village entrance, shouting loudly the name of the one approaching her. She stopped and looked back at the children trying to follow her, placing both hands on her hips.
“That’s it for today!!!”
“Huh?! Already?”
“It’s not time to go home yet!”
The children complained about the earlier-than-usual dismissal, and Mabel thought for a moment before thinking of a way to calm them down.
“Instead of dismissing you early today, I’ll give you more interesting stories and delicious snacks tomorrow!”
The snacks that Chef Shab, the chef of the Damier family, had prepared for her were in Mabel’s bag, which was under the spell of another space, and she would sometimes take them out and share them with the children.
The kids, who already knew the taste of sweet, melt-in-your-mouth desserts that were not commonly available in small towns, magically stopped complaining at the word “snack” and instead tried to negotiate.
“How many will you give me?”
The negotiations were led by Tark, the eldest of the children. Mabel held up two fingers, and Tark shook his head and held up five fingers.
“Five is too many.”
“Then how about four?”
Tack’s fingers folded one, and this time Mabel shook her head and opened another finger.
“Three.”
“Three per person?”
“Of course! So let’s all disperse now!”
After the snack negotiations were quickly over, Mabel waved at the children as they turned away, unable to hide her regret after doing the ‘fingers crossed promise’ she had told them about.
When Mabel arrived at the village entrance after checking that the children were going into the house, the person riding the horse also arrived at the village entrance.
It was Tariq who dismounted with a light stride from a horse much taller than Mabel.
“Meet the young lady.”
As soon as he got off his horse, Tariq felt happy for a moment as he saw him bowing politely and thought that he was now like a real knight.
“What’s going on, Tariq? It’s dangerous here!”
Mabel immediately asked him why he had come all the way to Whidin Village when he should have been safe at the Damier estate.
“If I get hurt, won’t you treat me, young lady?”
“Of course… this is not it!”
Mabel nodded in response to Tariq’s calm reply, then stomped her feet.
A faint smile appeared on Tariq’s lips at the sight of the cute, not at all threatening, foot cloud.
“Really! So why did you come? Did something happen at the writer’s house?”
Mabel, who had been speaking quickly without giving him a chance to respond, looked up at him with a ‘no way’ expression.
“Has anyone among the writers contracted an infectious disease?”
“No. The people of the Count’s House have been living in the safest conditions possible within the Count’s House since the plague spread to the capital by the Master’s order.”
Mabel let out a sigh of relief at the resolute answer that came back with a slight shake of the head.
“The reason I came is because I have something urgent to report to you, Master.”
“Kael… no, to Dad?”
“yes.”
Mabel looked embarrassed when she heard that Kael had something to do. After his expression changed strangely, Kael would show up at mealtimes on time, but he would disappear after the meal.
“Where is your master?”
“What should I do? I don’t know where it is….”
“Here it is.”
“Ugh!-!!”
Mabel jumped at the sound of Kael’s voice coming from behind her without any sound.
“I see you, master.”
“What’s going on?”
“That is….”
Kael nodded slowly to Tariq’s greeting and immediately asked why he had come, and Tariq’s gaze briefly turned to Mabel.
At that gaze, Mabel seemed to understand and took short steps to distance herself from the two people.
I was curious as to what was going on though.
He didn’t want to make Tariq, who was already worried about himself and Kael, worry even more.
Mabel waved at the two men as she walked away without hesitation, knowing that if she asked Kael later, he would tell her.
“I’ll go home first! But make sure to say hello to Tariq before you go!”
“All right.”
Kael spoke to Tariq as he looked around the village, where Mabel was moving away and he could feel the disarray in his gaze.
“There are too many eyes watching and ears listening here, so let’s go outside.”
“all right.”
Kael briefly tied up his horse at the village entrance and went to the carriage on top of Damie that he had taken out of the other dimension to manipulate the situation. He lightly snapped his fingers and cast a sound-blocking spell to prevent his and Tariq’s voices from leaking out to the surrounding area.
“say it.”
“The epidemic has been spreading rapidly in the capital recently.”
Tariq’s explanation continued.
In the capital, the number of people who have been infected with the epidemic has been increasing exponentially since two days ago. People who have been infected with the epidemic for which there is no cure have begun to feel extremely anxious, and this anxiety soon spread to pharmacists and doctors.
?Is there no cure? Any medicine that slows down the symptoms would be good.?
What started out as a plea and a request gradually took on an aggressive form as the words said there was no cure.
“It is said that the number of people invading pharmacies and clinics in the capital is increasing, and that they are even attacking the guards who are trying to stop them.”
“Why are you intruding?”
“It is because most of those who are not infected are pharmacists and doctors. They claim that they are hiding the medicine that they already have in order to sell it at a higher price.”
Kael nodded.
Certainly, given the culture of the empire, where cleanliness was considered fundamentally important in the practice of treating people and herbs, the likelihood of contracting this epidemic was low, and it seemed that the current situation arose as more and more people became anxious and unable to think clearly.
“Did the attacked pharmacists or doctors leak out word that Flora Youngae was in the village?”
Tariq rubbed the back of his neck as if embarrassed at Kael’s leisurely words.
“I thought you might know, but I came to let you know the situation just in case.”
When he met the Emperor, Kael had thought that people might come to the village of Whidin to obtain the medicine, but he had already contacted Jack, the information broker, with the token he had, and obtained the necessary information.
The nobles and merchants in the capital heard that Flora Youngae, who was an expert in medicine, was making a healing potion in the village of Whidin, so they hired mercenaries and assassins, and they expected them to come soon.
The number easily exceeded two digits. It was a scale and speed that ordinary people could not have imagined, considering that it happened in just one or two days.
“Since you’re here, try using what I’ve taught you in real life. You brought the sword, right?”
What I’ve told you so far.
It meant that Kael had told Tariq, who had come to see him the night Mabel shared the lucky soap, that he wanted to become stronger, whenever he had time.
“Yes. I brought it.”
“The planned invasion is tonight.”
“…Tonight, you mean?”
Tariq, who had thought they would invade after at least a day or two, asked his master again when he heard that it was tonight, and Kael nodded and continued giving instructions to Tariq.
“You take charge of the east side of the village.”
“The remaining area is….”
“I’ll take care of the north and west. Someone with a separate request will come to the entrance.”
To be honest, it wasn’t a very big village so he planned to take care of everything himself, but since he had already come, there was no reason not to use Tariq.
“Move quietly so that Mabel and Flora Youngae don’t notice.”
Tariq had a slight suspicion about who Kael had commissioned, but he didn’t bother to ask.
I just bow my head and follow my master’s orders.
The day was quickly coming to an end, and Kael came to find Tariq, who was hiding in the eastern part of the village, looking somewhat tired.
“You look tired.”
“Ah, Mabel just won’t sleep.”
?What did Tariq say-!!!?
Kael, who had been persistently asking questions as if he was going to grab the hem of his own trousers and hang on, finally let out a sigh of exhaustion after telling Mabel that Tariq had been secretly training to become a Sword Master and had come to him for advice on something he was stuck on.
“You didn’t forget the precautions, did you?”
“You will deal with the intruder using only the basic movements that the master has taught you. Move quietly and without making any noise.”
“Okay. Then, I’ll go.”
Kael, who had lightly tapped Tariq on the shoulder, disappeared. Left alone, Tariq looked up at the darkening sky.
It felt like it was going to be a long night for the first time in a while.