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Marsh of Epidemics | Main Episode
MahoYaku Masterpost & Translator's Notes
CHAPTER 1
Akira: We’ve arrived at the Southern Tower. Today I’d like the Southern wizards to head to the Marsh of Epidemics.
Mitile: I’ve heard of the Marsh of Epidemics before. It’s actually a massive swamp where you can find all sorts of plants and creatures, right?
Rutile: I’ve heard there’s a lot of delicious fruit that grows in the region. All the fruit from the Marsh of Epidemics tastes great.
Akira: Even though it’s called the Marsh of Epidemics?
Lennox: It was plagued with disease in the past. But after much development, the region has become habitable for humans.
The area frequently experiences droughts and floods, so living there can be rough.... But during the rainy season, it’s paradise on earth.
Akira: I see.... But our current mission relates to a strange disease that has been affecting people living near the swamp....
Figaro: Lots of birds of passage live in that region — maybe one of them brought along a pathogen.
> Option: Have you been there before?
Figaro: Yes, in the past. It’s a beautiful place overflowing with nature. Humans settled down there only recently.
> Option: A pathogen....
Figaro: Don’t worry. We just need to prepare in advance. And most importantly, I’ll be with you, Sir Sage.
Akira: What do you mean, Figaro?
Figaro: Have you forgotten that Dr. Figaro is a physician?
> Option: So there are birds of passage in the region.
Figaro: The climate is warm, and there are many sources of water, after all. The richly-colored birds are absolutely beautiful — though some of them carry poison.
Figaro: Can you describe the symptoms of this disease?
Akira: Yes. Numbness, and a fever... And feathers that begin to grow from the head.
Figaro: Feathers?
Akira: Yes. They find yellow, red, blue, green, white, and black feathers — like the feathers of the birds of paradise — growing alongside the hair on the head.
Figaro: That doesn’t sound like a normal disease. I see. Let’s go.
CHAPTER 2
Figaro: That’s right, Sir Sage. I’m still a little worried, so I’ll perform a quick medical checkup
once we arrive at the Marsh of Epidemics.
Akira: As a preventative measure, right? Got it.
Figaro: Honestly, it would be great if I could perform check-ups and keep medical reports of all the wizards in the magic headquarters.
Because you never know when or where someone’s going to catch a strange curse or disease.
But I can’t imagine the Northern wizards would let me place my stethoscope to their chests, so.....
Maybe I’ll take them to the Marsh of Epidemics to make them go through with their checkups.
Akira: I guess being in a place full of pathogens might encourage the Northern wizards to pay attention to their health.
Figaro: I’ll leave a medical report after each examination, then. Could you take a look every once in a while?
Akira: So you want me to double check the medical reports. Got it. We need to pay attention to everyone’s health, after all.
✦✧☾✧✦
Akira: So this is the Marsh of Epidemics.... What a lush region; there are so many sources of water. It really does feel like paradise.
Rutile: Truly. It’s also very hot. ....I’m covered in sweat already.
Mitile: I agree.... I want to take a swim and cool off. How are you handling this so well, Sir Sage?
Akira: Summer was always like this back in my world, so.... It was hard to get through without an AC, though.
Lennox: AC?
Akira: Um.... It’s like having a Northern wizard in the room.....
Figaro: Sounds like a horrible harem. Mitile, please don’t step into the water. Water parasites might carry disease, after all.
Mitile: Y-yes.
Akira: There’s the village. Let’s keep walking.
CHAPTER 3
Marsh resident: Uugh... I’m sorry, Dr. Figaro.... You came all the way here, but I can’t even offer you some juice to cool down.....
Figaro: Don’t worry about it. Just lay still. So you were the first one in this village who caught the disease. Do you recall anything out of the ordinary?
Marsh resident: I was just living my life as usual: I got on my boat to go fishing as usual, and then exchanged my fish for some fruits with a farmer.... And then I came home.....
Figaro: Was the fruit-seller from a different village? Did they look ill?
Marsh resident: No, she was a healthy-looking child... She was humming a tune the entire time....
Lennox: Well, I hope she’s still doing well.... Dr. Figaro. I’ll go check the neighboring village just in case.
Rutile: I’ll join you. Mitile, can you and Sir Sage stay with Dr. Figaro?
Mitile: Got it.
Marsh resident: ....Uugh.... I’ve heard that the people who approached this swamp in the past ended up getting ill and dying in no time....
Maybe that same illness has come back.... Will I, too......
Figaro: You’ll be fine. Let me give you some magic sugar. Dr. Figaro’s sugar works like a charm.
You’ll feel energized and relaxed. It’ll even make you more handsome. Open your mouth.
Marsh resident: Ah.....
Figaro: Good job. Please keep an eye on him, Mitile. Sir Sage, can you come with me?
Akira: Yes....
CHAPTER 4
Akira: Figaro, how far are we going....? We’ve been walking along the edge of the marsh for a while now......
Figaro: Judging by his symptoms — he’s not sick. He’s been poisoned.
Akira: Poison....?
Figaro: Yes. While it’s true that this region is prone to outbreaks, the reason it came to be called the Marsh of Epidemics in the first place was due to poison, not a disease.
Akira: Are you saying that someone poisoned the villagers....?
Figaro: Humans and wizards are not the only beings who utilize poison. Animals do too: bugs, snakes, fish... Even plants and flowers.
As well as birds. In the ancient past, this swamp was the nest of a poisonous, legendary bird called the Zhen.
Their poison was incredibly powerful, you see. If you soaked their feathers in a pool of water, just one droplet would be enough to create a poison that could murder a human in an instant.
One after another, the Zhen’s poison killed the wizards who came to Southern Country, and the humans who came to develop the region.
Akira: But according to Lennox, the region became habitable because the sickness subsided, right? Where did the Zhen go?
Figaro: I killed them all. So that humans and wizards could live here.
Akira: ....You killed them all.....
Figaro: Keep it a secret from Shylock, okay? He’d definitely make a face — he loathes how arrogant humans and wizards can be, after all.
But personally, I can’t tell if this is arrogance to begin with. I simply adore humans more than poisonous birds.
Hey, Sir Sage. Do you think I did the wrong thing? Do you think I should have let this paradise on earth become a place uninhabitable by humans?
Akira: ....I don’t know.... But I would like to help the sick villagers. Why did the Zhen emerge again?
Figaro: Who knows. I thought I had annihilated them, but maybe some of them survived. Or they were revived by the < Great Catastrophe >.
Zhen disguise themselves as humans. Some of them can even talk. They’re magical creatures, so you can harvest mana stones from them.
If it were a grown Zhen, the villagers would be dead by now. So it must be a young, adorable bird. Rutile and the others couldn’t possibly kill such a creature.
So I’ll do it alone.
CHAPTER 5
Fruit-selling child: .....La~. Lalala~.....
Akira: Figaro.... There’s a child carrying fruit in her basket over there.... Let’s ask her about the Zhen.
Figaro: That is the Zhen.
Akira: Huh....?
Figaro: What a beautiful, adorable child — with big eyes, round cheeks, and sun-kissed skin. An excellent mimicry to keep it from getting killed.
I do feel sorry for the creature, but I’m going to get rid of it. You can avert your eyes, Sir Sage.
Akira: W-wait.... You don’t need to kill her.....
Figaro: If we just chase it away, it’s going to find another source of water to spread its poison. And if that happens to be by a bigger city, the damage will be insurmountable.
Don’t let its adorable guise fool you. That child is just like a poisonous snake or spider. You don’t feel any remorse when you crush those, right?
Fruit-selling child: ....La~, lalala~.....
Akira: ...She’s coming near us.....
Fruit-selling child: Lalala......
Figaro: Hello. I’m the Southern wizard Figaro.
Fruit-selling child: ....Figaro.....
...The wizard who became a human puppet and murdered all of my friends....?
Figaro: That’s right.
I bear no grudge towards you, but you’re causing trouble by existing here. So I’ll need you to turn to stone.
Fruit-selling child: ........
Figaro: What?
Fruit-selling child: Don’t let their adorable guises fool you. They’re just like poisonous snakes or spiders. They’re humans.
Figaro: .........
Fruit-selling child: We’re more like wizards than humans are.
Figaro: Even so, I still love humans.
Fruit-selling child: ....Please don’t kill me......
Figaro: Sorry.
<< Possideo >>
CHAPTER 6
Rutile: I’m back, Dr. Figaro. I asked around, but all the villagers said they never saw a child selling fruit.....
Marsh resident: ....Welcome back, everyone.....
Rutile: You can sit upright now! I’m glad....!
Mitile: It looks like Dr. Figaro’s sugar really worked! And according to Dr. Figaro, the source of the disease was probably a pathogen brought along by a bird of passage.
Figaro: So I purified all the water in the region with magic. Let’s keep an eye out for a while — if we don’t get any new patients, then we should be good.
Lennox: That’s good to hear. Hopefully everyone can go back to their lives now.
Figaro: Yes.
Mitile: Hey, Dr. Figaro. Once you’ve rested, we should take a look around before we leave. The villagers told me about a very beautiful place!
Rutile: Apparently there are many strange birds and creatures in this area. Have you ever heard of a crocodile? It looks kind of like Mister Mithra.
Figaro: Ahaha. Now that sounds terrifying.
Lennox: Are you all right, Sir Sage? You look unwell..... Did you catch the disease?
Akira: No, I’m all right.... This is a very lovely place.
Lennox: I agree. Ah.... Dr. Figaro, there’s something on your back.
Figaro: Huh?
Lennox: A feather. It looks like it belongs to a bird of paradise.....
Figaro: Oh, don’t touch it. I’ll do it myself.
There we go.... Ah, you’re right. A deep blue color, mingled with yellow and red — it reminds me of the marsh sunset.
It was very beautiful.
CHAPTER 1
Akira: We’ve arrived at the Southern Tower. Today I’d like the Southern wizards to head to the Marsh of Epidemics.
Mitile: I’ve heard of the Marsh of Epidemics before. It’s actually a massive swamp where you can find all sorts of plants and creatures, right?
Rutile: I’ve heard there’s a lot of delicious fruit that grows in the region. All the fruit from the Marsh of Epidemics tastes great.
Akira: Even though it’s called the Marsh of Epidemics?
Lennox: It was plagued with disease in the past. But after much development, the region has become habitable for humans.
The area frequently experiences droughts and floods, so living there can be rough.... But during the rainy season, it’s paradise on earth.
Akira: I see.... But our current mission relates to a strange disease that has been affecting people living near the swamp....
Figaro: Lots of birds of passage live in that region — maybe one of them brought along a pathogen.
> Option: Have you been there before?
Figaro: Yes, in the past. It’s a beautiful place overflowing with nature. Humans settled down there only recently.
> Option: A pathogen....
Figaro: Don’t worry. We just need to prepare in advance. And most importantly, I’ll be with you, Sir Sage.
Akira: What do you mean, Figaro?
Figaro: Have you forgotten that Dr. Figaro is a physician?
> Option: So there are birds of passage in the region.
Figaro: The climate is warm, and there are many sources of water, after all. The richly-colored birds are absolutely beautiful — though some of them carry poison.
Figaro: Can you describe the symptoms of this disease?
Akira: Yes. Numbness, and a fever... And feathers that begin to grow from the head.
Figaro: Feathers?
Akira: Yes. They find yellow, red, blue, green, white, and black feathers — like the feathers of the birds of paradise — growing alongside the hair on the head.
Figaro: That doesn’t sound like a normal disease. I see. Let’s go.
CHAPTER 2
Figaro: That’s right, Sir Sage. I’m still a little worried, so I’ll perform a quick medical checkup
once we arrive at the Marsh of Epidemics.
Akira: As a preventative measure, right? Got it.
Figaro: Honestly, it would be great if I could perform check-ups and keep medical reports of all the wizards in the magic headquarters.
Because you never know when or where someone’s going to catch a strange curse or disease.
But I can’t imagine the Northern wizards would let me place my stethoscope to their chests, so.....
Maybe I’ll take them to the Marsh of Epidemics to make them go through with their checkups.
Akira: I guess being in a place full of pathogens might encourage the Northern wizards to pay attention to their health.
Figaro: I’ll leave a medical report after each examination, then. Could you take a look every once in a while?
Akira: So you want me to double check the medical reports. Got it. We need to pay attention to everyone’s health, after all.
✦✧☾✧✦
Akira: So this is the Marsh of Epidemics.... What a lush region; there are so many sources of water. It really does feel like paradise.
Rutile: Truly. It’s also very hot. ....I’m covered in sweat already.
Mitile: I agree.... I want to take a swim and cool off. How are you handling this so well, Sir Sage?
Akira: Summer was always like this back in my world, so.... It was hard to get through without an AC, though.
Lennox: AC?
Akira: Um.... It’s like having a Northern wizard in the room.....
Figaro: Sounds like a horrible harem. Mitile, please don’t step into the water. Water parasites might carry disease, after all.
Mitile: Y-yes.
Akira: There’s the village. Let’s keep walking.
CHAPTER 3
Marsh resident: Uugh... I’m sorry, Dr. Figaro.... You came all the way here, but I can’t even offer you some juice to cool down.....
Figaro: Don’t worry about it. Just lay still. So you were the first one in this village who caught the disease. Do you recall anything out of the ordinary?
Marsh resident: I was just living my life as usual: I got on my boat to go fishing as usual, and then exchanged my fish for some fruits with a farmer.... And then I came home.....
Figaro: Was the fruit-seller from a different village? Did they look ill?
Marsh resident: No, she was a healthy-looking child... She was humming a tune the entire time....
Lennox: Well, I hope she’s still doing well.... Dr. Figaro. I’ll go check the neighboring village just in case.
Rutile: I’ll join you. Mitile, can you and Sir Sage stay with Dr. Figaro?
Mitile: Got it.
Marsh resident: ....Uugh.... I’ve heard that the people who approached this swamp in the past ended up getting ill and dying in no time....
Maybe that same illness has come back.... Will I, too......
Figaro: You’ll be fine. Let me give you some magic sugar. Dr. Figaro’s sugar works like a charm.
You’ll feel energized and relaxed. It’ll even make you more handsome. Open your mouth.
Marsh resident: Ah.....
Figaro: Good job. Please keep an eye on him, Mitile. Sir Sage, can you come with me?
Akira: Yes....
CHAPTER 4
Akira: Figaro, how far are we going....? We’ve been walking along the edge of the marsh for a while now......
Figaro: Judging by his symptoms — he’s not sick. He’s been poisoned.
Akira: Poison....?
Figaro: Yes. While it’s true that this region is prone to outbreaks, the reason it came to be called the Marsh of Epidemics in the first place was due to poison, not a disease.
Akira: Are you saying that someone poisoned the villagers....?
Figaro: Humans and wizards are not the only beings who utilize poison. Animals do too: bugs, snakes, fish... Even plants and flowers.
As well as birds. In the ancient past, this swamp was the nest of a poisonous, legendary bird called the Zhen.
Their poison was incredibly powerful, you see. If you soaked their feathers in a pool of water, just one droplet would be enough to create a poison that could murder a human in an instant.
One after another, the Zhen’s poison killed the wizards who came to Southern Country, and the humans who came to develop the region.
Akira: But according to Lennox, the region became habitable because the sickness subsided, right? Where did the Zhen go?
Figaro: I killed them all. So that humans and wizards could live here.
Akira: ....You killed them all.....
Figaro: Keep it a secret from Shylock, okay? He’d definitely make a face — he loathes how arrogant humans and wizards can be, after all.
But personally, I can’t tell if this is arrogance to begin with. I simply adore humans more than poisonous birds.
Hey, Sir Sage. Do you think I did the wrong thing? Do you think I should have let this paradise on earth become a place uninhabitable by humans?
Akira: ....I don’t know.... But I would like to help the sick villagers. Why did the Zhen emerge again?
Figaro: Who knows. I thought I had annihilated them, but maybe some of them survived. Or they were revived by the < Great Catastrophe >.
Zhen disguise themselves as humans. Some of them can even talk. They’re magical creatures, so you can harvest mana stones from them.
If it were a grown Zhen, the villagers would be dead by now. So it must be a young, adorable bird. Rutile and the others couldn’t possibly kill such a creature.
So I’ll do it alone.
CHAPTER 5
Fruit-selling child: .....La~. Lalala~.....
Akira: Figaro.... There’s a child carrying fruit in her basket over there.... Let’s ask her about the Zhen.
Figaro: That is the Zhen.
Akira: Huh....?
Figaro: What a beautiful, adorable child — with big eyes, round cheeks, and sun-kissed skin. An excellent mimicry to keep it from getting killed.
I do feel sorry for the creature, but I’m going to get rid of it. You can avert your eyes, Sir Sage.
Akira: W-wait.... You don’t need to kill her.....
Figaro: If we just chase it away, it’s going to find another source of water to spread its poison. And if that happens to be by a bigger city, the damage will be insurmountable.
Don’t let its adorable guise fool you. That child is just like a poisonous snake or spider. You don’t feel any remorse when you crush those, right?
Fruit-selling child: ....La~, lalala~.....
Akira: ...She’s coming near us.....
Fruit-selling child: Lalala......
Figaro: Hello. I’m the Southern wizard Figaro.
Fruit-selling child: ....Figaro.....
...The wizard who became a human puppet and murdered all of my friends....?
Figaro: That’s right.
I bear no grudge towards you, but you’re causing trouble by existing here. So I’ll need you to turn to stone.
Fruit-selling child: ........
Figaro: What?
Fruit-selling child: Don’t let their adorable guises fool you. They’re just like poisonous snakes or spiders. They’re humans.
Figaro: .........
Fruit-selling child: We’re more like wizards than humans are.
Figaro: Even so, I still love humans.
Fruit-selling child: ....Please don’t kill me......
Figaro: Sorry.
<< Possideo >>
CHAPTER 6
Rutile: I’m back, Dr. Figaro. I asked around, but all the villagers said they never saw a child selling fruit.....
Marsh resident: ....Welcome back, everyone.....
Rutile: You can sit upright now! I’m glad....!
Mitile: It looks like Dr. Figaro’s sugar really worked! And according to Dr. Figaro, the source of the disease was probably a pathogen brought along by a bird of passage.
Figaro: So I purified all the water in the region with magic. Let’s keep an eye out for a while — if we don’t get any new patients, then we should be good.
Lennox: That’s good to hear. Hopefully everyone can go back to their lives now.
Figaro: Yes.
Mitile: Hey, Dr. Figaro. Once you’ve rested, we should take a look around before we leave. The villagers told me about a very beautiful place!
Rutile: Apparently there are many strange birds and creatures in this area. Have you ever heard of a crocodile? It looks kind of like Mister Mithra.
Figaro: Ahaha. Now that sounds terrifying.
Lennox: Are you all right, Sir Sage? You look unwell..... Did you catch the disease?
Akira: No, I’m all right.... This is a very lovely place.
Lennox: I agree. Ah.... Dr. Figaro, there’s something on your back.
Figaro: Huh?
Lennox: A feather. It looks like it belongs to a bird of paradise.....
Figaro: Oh, don’t touch it. I’ll do it myself.
There we go.... Ah, you’re right. A deep blue color, mingled with yellow and red — it reminds me of the marsh sunset.
It was very beautiful.