“After that, we explored the Archdemon, including the priest, C-Rank adventurers, and B-Rank adventurers… but in the end, the Archdemon didn’t appear.”
“Last time, only one appeared after six hours. Could it just be that it didn’t appear by chance?”
“Well, this time we investigated for a week. Since it appeared twice, I don’t think it’s a coincidence, but if it doesn’t appear even after this long… I’ll have them investigate for another week, but it’ll be difficult beyond that.”
So, what exactly was that Archdemon?
“I don’t know, but since nothing came up even after investigating, we have no choice but to report that there are no abnormalities. However, we will restrict access to the cemetery for a while.”
In the end, there were still so many things we didn’t understand… Well, let’s forget about it for now. There’s no point in worrying about it. And so, I accepted a Goblin subjugation request.
After finishing the Goblin subjugation, I reported to the Guild.
On my way home, I decided to stop by the church.
“Um… excuse me. I’d like to buy some more Holy Water…”
I used it up in the fight against the Archdemon. Holy Water is essential for Demon types and Undead.
“Yes, here you go. It’s 10 Silver Coins per bottle.”
Ugh! It’s still quite expensive… As I was searching for 10 Silver Coins in my wallet, the church person said,
“…Huh? That equipment is cursed.”
“Eh!? This is cursed!?”
I never knew that the shield and armor I always used were cursed… But, nothing has happened until now…
“I don’t know the details of the curse, but it’s probably a curse from some kind of monster. Was this something that belonged to a deceased friend? When a monster kills a person, it’s the easiest time for a curse to take hold.”
Not a friend, but that’s correct.
The Blacksmith shop owner did say that a noble was attacked by an Archdemon, or something like that…!?
“Could it be that, because of the curse, monsters can evolve?”
“Ah… it’s rare, but it does happen. If you bring a cursed item near a monster of the same type that cursed it, the monster can be strengthened or evolve.”
Oh… this is bad.
“Um! Is it possible to remove this curse?”
“It’s not impossible… but it costs money, you know?”
“That’s fine! Please do it quickly!”
“If you insist…”
And so, I exchanged the contents of my wallet for a secret I would take to the grave.