Chapter 78
Shia suggested that the pieced together fragments were from a tool used to summon an evil god .
If that was true, it was a frightening thing .
“It is an idol of the god of the dark ones . They put curses inside to summon it . ”
“Does that mean the god of the dark ones looks like this?”
“Of course, I have never seen this god myself . But yes, so it is said . ”
Seventeen legs and seven arms . And bat wings .
As the head was broken off, we had no idea what its face looked like .
“Something like this exists? The horror!”
Milka said with a shudder .
Indeed, this Evil God was most frightening .
“You know a lot, Miss Shia . ”
“It is one of the gods that the vampires worship . ”
As a beastkin wolf, Shia’s tribe were vampire hunters .
And vampires were one of the best-known races of the dark ones .
And so Shia was well versed on their culture and faith .
“Shia . Is this what the idol looks like after it’s been used to summon? Or is it before? Can you tell?”
This was very important . If it was after, that meant we would have to find a way to defeat the Evil God .
That would be harder than preventing it from being summoned .
“I do not know that much . ”
“I see . ”
“I am so sorry that I could not be of use . ”
Shia said apologetically .
“No . We didn’t even know what this was, much less what it was used for . ”
“Yes, Miss Shia . Well done!”
“No-no, I didn’t do anything . ”
Shia said shyly, but her tail was wagging wildly .
“Groof-groof!”
Grulf was also quite excited, and he was wagging his tail as he walked around Shia .
We cheered her up for a while before Milka said seriously,
“So, who spread these things in the sewer then?”
“Really . I have no idea . ”
“Yes, indeed . I don’t see what advantage there could be in spreading these things in the sewers . ”
“Are they able to attract demon rats and make them bigger?”
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“I do not know that either . ”
Shia said she did not know .
But thinking about it, it did make sense that the curses and evil power could attract the rats .
And it wasn’t impossible that it caused them to grow faster .
“I think I will inspect the sewers again tomorrow . ”
“Yes . You might find something . And it would be trouble if the demon rats started repopulating the place . ”
We had killed all the demon rats that we saw .
And Grulf had sniffed around to see that there weren’t others hiding .
But still, that didn’t mean we hadn’t missed any .
And rats only needed a few survivors to start breeding again .
“Well, we gathered the Evil God fragments, so I don’t think it’s likely they will increase so rapidly again . ”
“But, it hasn’t been confirmed that the Evil God fragments affected the sudden increase of rats?”
“Luchila is right . But it would be hard to believe that it was completely unrelated . ”
“That’s true, but I’m worried . ”
Luchila said uneasily . He was worried that the people of the city might suffer .
As if to comfort Luchila, Gerberga waddled up to him .
Luchila then picked up Gerberga and petted him gently .
Then Serulis suddenly spoke as if remembering something .
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“Miss Shia . By the way, how did the missing person request go?”
“Ah, that is right . I forgot to tell you because of this Evil God idol thing . ”
“Does that mean you have some information?”
“Nothing like proof or anything . I think you should consider it something like a basis for speculation…”
Shia said in advance, then she began to explain .
“So I looked through all the recent missing person requests . ”
“All of them, huh? That must have taken some time . ”
The royal capital was huge . And so was the population .
There was usually always about 10 requests .
“I only read them . Still, these requests have been increasing recently, so it wasn’t easy . ”
“There were at least thirty, right?”
“That much? That’s unusual . ”
It had increased by three times . That could not be a coincidence .
“I mostly checked the requests that were released this month . ”
“Yes, yes . ”
“Among the thirty-three people that had gone missing, ten of them were apprentices and servants for nobles . ”
“That’s a lot . Which houses?”
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“There were three servants from Marquis Mastafon, which was the highest number . ”
“And the others?”
“All scattered . There were two servants from Count Markle’s house and Viscount Fria’s house . The others were all alone . ”
Milka listened to this and said,
“In other words, we should be suspicious of this Mastafon person!”
“Hmm . Not necessarily . ”
“Sister Serulis . Why is that?”
“There is not a large difference between three and two . ”
“…I suppose so . ”
Milka now agreed with Serulis .
Shia nodded and then continued .
“The real problem starts here . The people who disappeared were servants to different houses… But the houses were all in the same district . ”
“Ah ha…”
“Houses aside, I suppose we can assume that there is something in this district we should know about?”
“Which district is it?”
“…The thing is, it’s this district, Mister Locke . Around your mansion . ”
Shia said grimly .