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Thank you very much, doctor. We're always imposing on you.

I should be the one thanking you. It's all thanks to those Originium Slugs Miss Tina caught that we have enough painkillers for the next few months.

So, these 'Originium Slugs' really can cure diseases?

How do I put it...

Oripathy is incurable......This remedy made by fermenting the body fluids of Originium Slugs can only help to relieve the pain, it cannot actually cure the disease.

However, being able to relieve the pain is already a great blessing to the Infected. Crystallization on the skin will affect normal life, and the pain is so unbearable for some that they cannot even move.

It's great that we can be of help.

This is the book that you asked me to look for you last time. I specifically looked for one in the Ursus language.

Oh, great. Let me take a look.

Right......

......Hmm......

Can you understand it?

......With some difficulty.

At a glance, it looks like Cyrillic.

But when I look closer at it, there are many differences.

At least you have something to do now, just treat it as learning a foreign language.

It should be more interesting than playing with a snail.

Speaking of language, what do you call the language we're speaking now?

Your accents are a little weird......

But it is undoubtedly the Victorian language.

Victoria......

What about the locals, what do they speak?

The people here speak Sargonian, though Sargonian itself has a lot of dialects.

For example, most Sargons can't understand the Sargonian spoken by the tribes from the rainforest in east Sargon.

That's complicated.

Ursus.......Ursus.

What kind of place is Ursus?

Right......

I'm not too sure myself......

Back in school, they used to say that Ursus was in the far north and covered in snow year-round. It's ruled by a Tsar.

But I don't know anyone who's ever been to Ursus, haha.

Tsar? ...Tch.

What's wrong, you seem disappointed.

A little.

If I have the chance, I'd really like to take a look at this place called Ursus.

Travelling to faraway places......that sounds nice.

Perhaps only great people like you are able to do it.

If possible, I also hope to travel to Columbia to complete my studies and become a real doctor.

Alas, I don't have that much money, and the patients here still need me.

You're still young, there's always a chance in the future.

......Maybe.

Oh right, there's one other thing.

Please don't go outside for a while, and hide that car of yours as well.

What happened?

Did something happen in town?

Yes......

How did you know?

Last night, I saw the lord's soldiers patrolling by the wall. That was unusual.

Actually, the lord's soldiers have been doing night patrols in the infected zone for a week now......

Recently, monsters have been appearing in town. They've attacked many people.

Monsters?

Man, all the animals in this world are already so strange, I don't dare imagine what a monster would be like.

The townsfolk have been complaining about the Infected lately. Do you want to move to the second floor of my clinic for a few days? The lord's soldiers will come to inspect this ruined house sooner or later.

Will it be fine, doctor? It might bring you trouble.

You've helped me out so much, I don't think it's a big deal.

I agree with the doctor. Clashing with the lord's soldiers will just get us involved in the local issues and bring more trouble upon us.

I don't want to get into a fight with those two-meter tall dog-head people.

......Dog......what?

(Cough) Err, I'll tell you about that next time.

Someone's coming.

'I did not order pizza.'

Alexsandr! Open the door!

It's Tina.

Hold on.

Calm down, what happened?

Cohen! Trouble.

A group of armed townsfolk are blocking the road to the infected zone, and the Infected are confronting them.

Those people are acting very aggressively, demanding that someone be handed over to them.

You see, what did I say earlier?

......Speak of the devil......

Townsfolk? Armed?

Why? The lord's soldiers do not allow normal townsfolk to approach the infected zone.

That just means the lord's soldiers no longer have the time to care about this place anymore.

Wait! What about Kötz? Didn't Kötz go to the town this morning?

Kötz said he was going to look for a mechanic in town this morning, but he hasn't returned yet.

Oh no.

What do we do?

Go check it out first. At least make sure if Kötz is there.

Should we bring weapons?

......Bring them just in case, but don't attack unless absolutely necessary.

Alright.

No! Wait.

Don't worry, let me handle it first. I'm more familiar with the townsfolk, let me negotiate with them.

......Alright, doctor. Please be careful.

It's fine, the townsfolk......They're reasonable.

Hand that person over!

Give us that suspicious person! All of us saw it!

What the hell are you talking about!

Don't lie to us, you damn pollutants! I know all the recent happenings were you guys' doings!

You ungrateful maggots, the lord should never have allowed you to stay! !

I saw a large and heavily wrapped up person leave town and sneak over here earlier! Hand him over!

I don't know what you're talking about!

Fine, since you refuse to give up this false pretense, we don't need to be courteous anymore.

Everyone! Get them!

Don't you dare! Do you really think we're pushovers!

Everyone! They want a fight!

Hey, stop! Don't fight! Let's talk first, alright?

Wah! Mister Kötz, didn't I ask you to hide......

It's fine, don't worry. Let me talk with them.

This accent, you're not from here!