AIWON Mall Isekai Store, Grand Opening Today! - Chapter 56
Episode 6-7
“The one who used recovery magic this morning! Is she available!”
At the Aion Mall otherworldly store during closing hours, a carriage rushed in.
It was the covered wagon we passed when Anna and I were returning from the town.
“What’s the matter?”
“Oh, store manager! Is there anyone here who used recovery magic on my daughter this morning?”
“Ah, it was the traveling merchant from that time. Anna-san is working inside.”
“Haha, don’t forget about me, Naoya! I can use recovery magic too, just rely on me! The holy knight, Chloe!”
“Come to think of it, that’s right. Mr. Merchant, if anyone who can use recovery magic is fine, and what happened if I may ask you?”
Talking to the coachman who parked the carriage in front of the store entrance during closing hours.
The coachman, or rather, the plump traveling merchant who had come to the store in the morning, jumped out of the carriage in a fluster.
“My daughter suddenly fell ill since noon! That’s the reason I hurried back!”
“Noon… She seemed unwell when she ate beef stew in the morning, so could it be food poisoning!?”
My face turned pale when I heard the merchant’s words.
Certainly, the child seemed unwell, but she ate our beef stew, and her complexion improved with Anna’s recovery magic. Could it have worsened from there?
“Call an ambulance, take her to the hospital, and contact the health department, and yes, report to the headquarters.”
“Calm down, Naoya! Merchant, where is your daughter now?”
Ignoring my flustered state, Chloe confirmed the situation.
It’s usually the other way around.
“She’s in the back of the carriage now. Can you check her? What’s the condition of my daughter!?”
The merchant turned around the back of the carriage and his wife, carrying the child, came down.
The child was limp with a red face.
No, not just a red face.
“We made it to the gate before closing, but they wouldn’t let us into the city! That’s when I remembered this place!”
On her face, red spots appeared.
I saw them on her hands when they briefly appeared.
Perhaps panicking after seeing her daughter’s condition, the merchant approached Chloe, who said she could use recovery magic.
“I’ll pay as much as you want! Please, heal my daughter with recovery magic!”
The merchant clung to Chloe, pleading with a desperate cry. Chloe pushed the merchant aside and approached the wife and daughter.
Unusually serious, Chloe peered at the child’s face.
“Chloe, for now, lay her on that bench. I’ll go get something that might help.”
Even though we don’t sell it, the Aion Mall otherworldly store has daily necessities and items from the drugstore section.
Since the people in this magical world and I, from the world I came from, seem to be different, I don’t know if it will work, but I’ll get something that might help.
“Wait, Naoya.”
I was stopped by Chloe’s stern voice.
“Oh, right, recovery magic. Chloe’s recovery magic is more effective than medicine.”
“No… Mr. Merchant, even though it was just before closing, why didn’t the gatekeepers let this child into the city?”
“Well… This child is suspected of having a contagious disease, and I’m sorry, but they said they couldn’t let her into the city.”
“I see.”
Chloe frowned. The always bright and energetic Chloe might have some idea.
“Chloe? What’s wrong? Is it really a contagious disease?”
“Yeah, Naoya, no mistake. It’s Red Death.”
“Red Death…? Um, there was a character like that in a fantasy story. A mask?”
“Not like that! That this child has Red Death!”
Chloe said with a serious expression, and the merchant let out a cry of despair.
Looking at it, the mother holding the child’s face changed quickly.
“Chloe, what is Red Death? Is it not a problem? It’s a contagious disease that can be cured with recovery magic, right?”
“Naoya, you don’t know… This disease, Red Death, can’t be cured with recovery magic. There’s no medicine either.”
“… Huh? Oh, I see, so you have to wait for natural healing! There was such a disease in my world! Colds are like that too, right?”
“Naoya.”
My words were interrupted even by Chloe.
The merchant couple twisted their faces, holding back sobs.
“Naoya, it’s incurable. This disease, Red Death, spreads red spots all over the body, causing high fever and claiming lives. No one who contracted Red Death has survived.”
“Are you kidding, Chloe? This world has magic! Recovery magic, medicine, and medical advancements are beyond what I thought! Besides, Red Death might be a misunderstanding on Chloe’s part!”
“That’s possible. O… Spirits, restore this person to their proper form, ? Heal? “
Chloe’s hands faintly glowed, casting the light on the child with red spots on her face and hands. The light was absorbed by the child, and her redness slightly diminished. However, the red spots didn’t disappear. Soon, the redness returned to her face.
“There’s no doubt about it. Damn it! I’m a holy knight! I’m an elf! I can’t heal a suffering child! What have I been honing my powers for all this time!”
Not only the merchant couple but Chloe also shed tears. She lamented her powerlessness, unable to heal.
“So, it’s Red Death. Then, it’s natural that they were refused entry into the city. Ahhh…”
“How heartless! The church has an inpatient ward! There are healers, doctors, medicine, and things that can be done in the city!”
“It can’t be helped, store manager. Red Death is a contagious disease, and if you catch it, death is inevitable. The spreading power is strong. Considering the history of that city, they won’t let us in.”
The merchant shook his head powerlessly. His wife, without denying anything, just embraced the child.
“Well, we can’t stay like this. You.”
“I’ll follow you wherever you go. With this child and you.”
“I see. Store manager, holy knight, thank you. Also, please thank the woman who used recovery magic in the morning for us. I hope you all stay safe from infection.”
The merchant bowed and tried to return to the carriage. Chloe clenched her fist, bit her lip, and looked down.
The merchant’s family seems to intend to go somewhere so as not to transmit Red Death to us. To quietly die from the deadly disease without infecting others.
“Wait, at least wait. I’ll prepare some cold packs, maybe effective cold medicine, sleeping bags, blankets, and nutritional foods like energy gels. I’ll get them ready now.”
In the medical situation of this world, which was harsher than expected and not visible in the city, I wanted to help as much as possible. I was about to go inside the Aion Mall otherworldly store to get something useful.
I noticed someone approaching from the store side.
“Wait, everyone.”
Wearing a robe, exuding an unusual dark aura, she walked slowly.
The Lich. A creature of undeath. The ‘Death Lord.’
“Once, this place was called the ‘Cursed Land.'”
Anna approached with an aura of death around her.