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Chapter 211: The Cursed Stone

Tauro noticed a cursed stone in the store and approached it.

“Tauro, don't touch that!”

Aeris stopped him.

Aeris warned Tauro, perhaps using her intuition or feeling something because she did not have appraisal skills.

Ragune and Ankh react to Aeris's words.

“What's wrong?"

“That stone, there's something disgusting about it.”

When she said that, Riryo also noticed the stone.

“I've never seen this stone before....... The surface is polished and clean, but is there something wrong with this stone?"

Riryo, the client, wondered and tried to touch it.

“Don't touch that stone! That's probably a curse stone, it's meant to curse the subject, so if you touch it, you might get cursed!"

Aeris said and cast a spell, creating a ward over the store.

“This should eliminate the interference of the sorcerer from the outside, but The curse on the stone itself has not disappeared, so be careful”

“A cursed stone? ......, why is that thing here!”

Riryo stared at the cursed stone in amazement, almost as if it were piercing a hole.

“For now, I'll try to break the curse with my 'purification' technique."

Tauro said and immediately chanted "Purification.”

Then the surface of the cursed stone cracked a little.

“...... Aeris, is the curse lifted?”

Tauro checked with Aeris.

“It's probably fine. But I can feel the residue of the curse from the back of the room. Could it be Riryo's mother? Tauro, her too, lift the curse.”

When Riryo hears this, he rushes into the room, calling out, "Mom!"

Tauro followed him into the room.

There was a woman lying on a bed, her cheeks hollow and pale.

“Riryo, welcome back ....... I'm sorry, I was lying here because I was feeling a little under the weather."

His mother tried to get up when she said that, so Riryo stopped her and put her back to sleep.

Riryo looked at Tauro for help, Tauro immediately nodded and chanted "Purification".

Aeris looked after the scene and saw the black haze disappear from the woman.

“It looks like the curse has been lifted.”

Aeris said, and the woman's rough breathing somehow calmed down.

The client, Riryo, was relieved to hear this.

Tauro and Aerith left the room and returned to the store.

"This is going to cause a lot of problems."

Tauro whispered to everyone with a sigh.

“I guess so. Maybe this is what happened to the father, who died suddenly.”

Aeris pointed to the curse stone.

“Oh dear, I don't think we're going to get out of here anytime soon."

Ankh answered, taking note of the situation.

“We'll have to catch the person who cast the curse!”

Ragune was full of enthusiasm.

“I'm sure we will. Well, we can avoid the curse problem if we move to the village of Dansas, so it might be better for Riryo's mother to be accompanied in the carriage. Ragune, Ankh, and Aeris please be the escorts. I'll stay behind and check on the people who will be visiting here later."

"Hey, hey, leader. Are you sure you can handle this by yourself?”

Ankh looked at me as if he didn't want me to do that.

“Of course, come back as soon as you drop them off. I'll just stay here, so it'll be easy, but the three of you won't have time to rest.”

Tauro laughed as he said this.

“...... Tauro, don't be reckless, okay?"

Aeris said with a serious face.

“ Of course. Besides, I'm the only one who can break the curse, and I have high resistance to darkness. I'm also the best person to keep an eye on things, so why not?"

“I guess so. The leader’s right. Our job is to escort the client and his mother back home. Let's follow the leader's decision for now.”

Ankh nodded and Ragune agreed with him.

When I told this to Riryo, he looked puzzled at the idea of leaving the child alone, even though he was an adventurer, but when he was told that it was to catch the culprit, he had no choice but to agree.

The next morning.

The mother was feeling much better after a good night's sleep, so they decided to move to the village of Dansas as planned.

They also decided to carry their personal belongings in Ragune's magic storage, and Tauro would store the other items in the magic storage in advance and dispose of them after the appraisal.

Fortunately, there is a branch of the Garfish Trading Company in this town.

The goods would be cheaper, but they would be able to buy them.

According to Riryo's mother, the cursed stone was left as a thank you for giving a discount by a customer she has never seen before.

That was the only clue I had, so I needed more information, but I decided to see Aeris and the others on the way.

“Tauro, please take care of the rest.”

Riryo, the client, shook Tauro's hand as he said this.

“Yes, I don't know how it will turn out, but I will try to find the culprit.”

After shaking hands, Tauro sent the group on their way.

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