The Peerless Kobold - Chapter 83
During the time when the First Army Battalion hurried to return from Easteria Forest in the Ferias Territory, the white-masked entity spun around and danced wildly in a deserted back-alley.
“Y-y-y-your p-p-pra-prayers a-are u-useless…… o-o-open y-your eyes, brothers!”
The reddish-black rain fell on the alleyway in the middle of the night in Selkram.
“Augh… kuh, kahah!?”
“H-huh? My… my strength is…. Nngh!!”
Even though there are signs that the epidemic has been spreading throughout the capital, there is still a minimum amount of human activity to sustain life so the flow of people and the economy does not stop.
Thus, there are people that have collapsed on the streets today as well.
“O-overcome th-t-this tra-tragedy, m-my d-de-dear humans! O-overc-come it w-with your pe-persistence!!”
Unnoticed, the dancing entity declared madly in a string of stuttered words even though nobody heard him….
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“Your Majesty, there are an estimated 4,300 people who are affected by the bleeding disease in the country right now. The medical facilities of the holy cathedrals and the city hospitals in each part of the city are already at capacity and the city government cannot support the rising number of cases anymore.”
The indecisive, middle-aged King’s expression was dark in contrast to his bright golden hair when he received the report from the old Head Magician.
“… A short while ago, Sir Eiward proposed that we ban all the victims of the bleeding disease who cannot be accommodated by the medical facilities from the capital. It is supposed to decrease the number of secondary infections, but what do you think of it?”
“Well, it would be effective, but the risk of the city falling into chaos is quite high… we could also opt to make temporary quarantine facilities outside of the Royal Capital, but…”
“Then let us go with that option. However, instead of a quarantine facility, let us make a treatment facility instead. We must consider how to avoid discriminatory prejudice against those affected with the bleeding disease and their families.”
Sitting on his throne, Alexius let out a deep sigh.
“But I wonder if it will be alright?”
“What are you talking about?”
“I am talking about the ‘pledge’ that my foster daughter brought with her, Sire.”
“Oh, that… it’s fine, it’s something concerning the Royal Capital, after all, so we cannot ignore it. I’m sure that if I were a mere citizen, I would not pay for it with only my voice.”
Whether it was a subconscious action or not, the King lightly stroked his throat.
Upon seeing the behavior, Greio Elballard let out a tired sigh.
(I know Ernesta pushed strongly for this, but for the King of a country to sign a ‘pledge’ with a monster…he is just too good of a person… caring for his people is a good quality to have, but he is a King ruling in a peaceful time…)
“By the way, I’m curious about the High Kobold that Ernesta says she’s bringing with her. I have never seen a Kobold after all.”
So he has never seen an actual monster before…
“Rest easy, Your Highness… everything is being taken care of as we speak, so let us wait for the good news.”
Greio turned on his heel and left the audience hall. There were a lot of things that needed to be done.
For now, there was the matter of building a treatment facility outside the Royal Capital as we discussed earlier, and the consultation regarding the acceptance of the Papal Office’s request to dispatch the Templar Knights’ Special Forces to the Capital.
(They are quite enthusiastic even though the tables always turn on them and most of them end up dead from the disease.)
