A Request For Help From The Water Spirits

After being attacked by bandits at Mount Riikura.

“I’m back.”

“““Welcome back!”””

Cherge the robot maid and I returned to the carriage where the slave girls were waiting.

The one who jumped at me first was Daphne-chan of the rabbit tribe.

“Whoa there.”

“Are you okay? You’re not injured?”

With her ears flattened, Daphne-chan asked with an uneasy expression.

How admirable.

“No problem. I beat up every one of the bandits.”

“Waa! Waa! Amazing!”

After beating the boss, I also dealt with the remaining bandits since it was troublesome.

Rather than being attacked little by little, better to clean them all at once.

“See, Daphne? I told you. My lord is strong so she won’t get hurt.”

“But still… big sis is gentle and frail… I thought she might get hurt…”

What a kind child.

I vigorously ruffled Daphne-chan’s fluffy hair.

“Master was happily beating the bandits to a pulp. Over.”

“Shut up, robot. Anyway nothing happened, so we can move forward now.”

At that moment—

“Gwaa gwaa, gaa gaa!”

Chi-chan, the earth dragon pulling the wagon, began making noise.

Daphne’s rabbit ears twitched.

“Daphne-chan, what is Chi-chan saying?”

“Umm… ‘We’re surrounded by spirits!!’”

Daphne could understand animals and monsters.

However… surrounded by spirits, huh.

“I’ll go check. Everyone else stay here.”

“…Seyi-sama. Isn’t it dangerous?”

“Well, it should be fine. If they meant harm, we’d already be attacked.”

When I got down from the wagon, the slave girls also got down.

“Hey hey, what are you doing?”

“Protecting my lord is a slave’s duty!”

“…If something happened to Seyi-sama, that would be bad.”

“Daphne will protect too!”

It seemed everyone was worried about me.

Such kind girls.

“Master, I may rest inside, correct? Over.”

“You should worry about me a little…”

“After annihilating a bandit gang, a bit late. Over.”

Well, whatever.

I stepped down with the slave girls and approached Chi-chan.

There were many water spirits there — like transparent naked girls.

“Hello. What happened?”

One water spirit floated closer.

“Gwaa gwaa, gaa!”

“Umm… she says ‘Thank you for earlier.’”

I see… Chi-chan understands spirits.

And Daphne translates Chi-chan.

“Nice teamwork Chi-chan, Daphne-chan. Continue.”

Summarizing the spirits’ story:

A contagious disease was spreading among water spirits, and they were troubled.

They heard I used strange medicine and asked me to save them.

“A contagious disease, huh.”

Whether I had obligation to cure them — no.

As I always say, I’m an alchemist, not a saintess.

“I’ll cure you. In exchange stop this rain.”

“They say they’ll negotiate with Queen Undine who causes the rain.”

Well that benefits us.

Fine, I’ll help.

“Then take me… wait, first let me examine your body.”

“They ask why.”

“You’re infected too, right? I want to make the cure first.”

If we go meet the sick and get infected ourselves, that’s ridiculous.

Especially making my beloved slave girls suffer — impossible.

“Understood! …What does understood mean?”

“It means OK. Anyone, come with me.”

The spirit girl I saved earlier volunteered.

We returned to the wagon.

“Already finished? Over?”

Cherge was lying with elbow pillow.

What a personality.

“Now we begin. Cherge, draw blood and bring the test kit.”

“Understood. But couldn’t Master heal with Recovery Potion? Over.”

“Maybe, but if it only affects spirits, human potions won’t cure it.”

Cherge nodded and took out a syringe.

“Uuu…”

“What is it, Daphne-chan?”

“The needle… scary…”

“It won’t hurt.”

…She might cry later.

“I’ll draw blood. Show your arm.”

The spirit nodded and offered her right arm.

“…Do spirits even have physical bodies? Robot maid, your turn.”

“Yes yes. My master works me hard. Over.”

She had conserved energy earlier.

Her power source was my mana.

I had her scan the spirit’s body.

After locating the vein, I drew blood.

Then I dropped a drop on glass and made a smear sample.

“Cherge, enlarge this.”

“…Seyi-sama, what are you doing?”

“I’m checking for the cause of disease. This robot has a microscope function.”

A slit opened in her arm and she inserted the slide.

The magnified image appeared on the wall.

“My lord, what are these red grains?”

“Red blood cells.”

“…Red blood cells?”

“They carry oxygen… ah, don’t worry.”

Explaining while working was tiring.

“Understood! I won’t worry!”

“Daphne will quietly wait!”

The two covered their mouths.

Examining the blood, I found the microorganism.

“A bacteria I’ve never seen… specific to spirits. Human antibiotics might work… no, adjust a bit…”

I placed the sample into a potion bottle.

I had Cherge produce herbs and compounded medicine.

“Done. A spirit antibiotic… Spirit Medicine.”

“…Already finished?”

“Yes. Now inject it.”

““Amazing!””

I approached the spirit.

She trembled.

“It’ll sting but you’ll feel better.”

She looked at me and nodded.

I injected the medicine and waited.

Then—

“She says the fatigue is gone and she feels energetic!”

The spirit jumped.

Daphne jumped too.

“Yaaay! Big sis cured the sickness! Good!”

They held hands and hopped.

“…Amazing Seyi-sama. Curing a spirit disease is unheard of.”

“Really?”

“Yes! Truly amazing!”

Now the medicine was ready.

“Now injections for everyone.”

“““…eh?”””

“What?”

“Injection…”

They trembled.

Ah, afraid of needles.

“You’ll stab us like that spirit?”

“We’ll die…”

“…Calm down. It’s medical so you won’t die… probably…”

They hugged each other shaking.

Even calm Zenith looked scared.

“Alright, line up.”

I injected the three.

Honestly, afraid of injections — children.

“Let’s depart.”

“Please wait Master. Over.”

The robot grabbed my arm.

“…!”

“W-what?”

“Master’s injection remains. Over.”

“I-I’m fine! I’m strong!”

They tilted heads.

“Big sis…?”

“My lord too…?”

“You dislike injections?”

They found out!

Yes I hate injections!

“I have sacred power so I’m fin—hey why restraining me—stop! I hate injections—AAAA!”

Cherge stabbed me…