I Just Raised Men for Revenge (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 136

Sesenia’s hand froze as she stepped out of the carriage, speaking to give him something.

“An illness that magicians must beware of?”

“Yes. It’s less an illness and more… how should I say? They call it a sort of parasite—a parasite that hops from host to host. The disease once known as ‘magician’s plague’ exhibited symptoms exactly like that.”

“But that disease ravaged two entirely different eras and killed ordinary people…?”

“It depends on how someone uses that parasite. Yet the symptoms match perfectly—too perfectly to deny it. But that illness vanished completely, you see? Originally, it was created out of curiosity by a particularly inquisitive magician.”

He stroked his chin, seeming to have much more to say, then slowly nodded.

“A parasite….”

“They suspect someone deliberately engineered it. A parasite that vanished entirely shouldn’t just reappear. And what if someone recreated that parasite—the one that once only drained magicians’ power—but this time made it smarter, capable of precisely selecting whom to kill with clear intent?”

“A disease that couldn’t arise naturally. That’s what you’re really getting at.”

“I had mages under the Tower Master investigate for weeks, but found nothing beyond this.”

“Ah….”

“A parasite created by someone. A parasite engineered with intent to kill specific people. If one knows the formula, crafting it wouldn’t be difficult. And… Archbishop Chester’s condition, the mysterious deaths of those children….”

“Intent. What could that intent have been?”

Even as she asked, she felt a strange sensation—as if she already knew the answer.

“Forty years ago, regarding Archbishop Chester… they must have wanted him dead. They knew he’d go there the moment an epidemic broke out, given his nature.”

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