I, a Holy-Attributed Healer, Am Surrounded by Beautiful, Big-Breasted Women of the Female Knight Brigade - Chapter 84 - The Disappearing Man

Chapter 84 – The Disappearing Man

After promising Honey-sama that I would solve the case, I began to investigate the Disappearing Man.

After asking around at several brothels, they confirmed that the man had indeed been spotted disappearing suddenly in the early hours of the morning.

However, everyone remembered him as a cheerful man who paid well, but strangely, no one could recall his face or appearance.

Also, all the courtesans who had been with him fell ill, and showed the same symptoms as the women I had seen, resulting in several casualties.

“Master.”

“What’s wrong, Eris?”

Although we had information about the Disappearing Man, we still hadn’t been able to capture him, and in the midst of this, Eris whispered in my ear.

“I sense a monster’s presence.”

“A monster’s presence?”

Guided by Eris, I headed towards a brothel.

There was a cheerful, fun-loving man there.

Could that be the rumored Disappearing Man?

“Do you sense a monster’s presence from that man?”

“Yes.”

I had visited the sick people in the city, but I couldn’t learn anything about the man’s characteristics.

So, all I could do was observe, which frustrated me.

Seeing him enter the brothel, I followed him.

I’ve let the entire red-light district know that I’m investigating on behalf of Honey-sama, and when I told the clerk that the man seemed suspicious, she promised to cooperate.

Since the man had already paid for a night’s stay and was recognized as a guest, I couldn’t do anything reckless that might inconvenience the brothel.

Therefore, they let me into the next room, where I could keep watch on the man as if I were another guest.

“I wonder if he’s the cause of this?”

The voice coming from the next room sounded cheerful and happy, and the courtesan seemed to be enjoying her time with the cheerful and fun-loving man.

The man’s words and actions weren’t all that suspicious either.

He drinks, compliments the courtesan, and seems to be having fun with them.

There’s no ominous or unpleasant vibe to be had.

Other than Eris’ comment that she sensed a monster’s presence, I couldn’t find anything suspicious about the current situation.

I took a brush and paper to try to draw the man’s features from a distance, and continued observing.

“Master.”

“Huh?”

I noticed the change in the atmosphere when Eris called me.

If Eris hadn’t been with me, I might have thought that the lively scene in the red-light district was still continuing.

The cheerful and fun atmosphere from earlier was instantly shrouded in a cold, dark darkness.

No, perhaps it’s only because of my holy attribute that I didn’t succumb to it.

The courtesan in my room had fallen asleep, as part of my act of pretending to be a guest.

“What does this mean? What’s going on?”

The fact that the people outside hadn’t noticed meant that some sort of barrier had been placed around just this brothel.

“Is that guy the one causing the disease after all?”

Eris suddenly darted out of the room, emitting a pale bluish light, and attacked the man.

“What!”

The man looked surprised at Eris’ sudden attack.

The man was holding something that looked like a liquid in his hand.

“So you’re the one who spread all these diseases.”

“Who are you?”

“I’m Salt, I was investigating this incident.”

“Hmph, so that’s it. I thought all the courtesans were just fools, but it seems they’ve managed to track me down.”

“Is that thing in your hand the cause of the disease?”

“Oh, I don’t know what you’re talking about. This is just a potion to make the courtesans more excited.”

I observed the man, who was now trying to play dumb.

“You wouldn’t need to put up a barrier and isolate the entire brothel just for that. Besides, only magic of the Dark attribute or space-time attribute could create such a large-scale spell.”

“Hahaha, you’re quite knowledgeable, aren’t you?”

The cheerful man laughed happily at what I said.

“That’s right. This is a space-blocking magical tool that I got from that person to temporarily block out space. And this monster is a slime that has been fed a special disease.”

I understand from the man’s words that the thing he was holding in his hand was a slime, and that it was the cause of the series of incidents.

But I couldn’t help but wonder about his comment regarding that person.

When he mentioned a magical tool that can block space, Cynthia’s face came to mind.

If Cynthia is involved in this as well, what does she really want?

“You seem to have a lot of questions for me.”

“Sorry, but I don’t have any for you. Now that I’ve been found out, I’ll just get through this and move on to the next town.”

“You think I’m going to allow that?”

“Just the fact that you can move around in this space makes you a troublesome guy. But even so, this power isn’t mine, it was borrowed from that person. I don’t believe my strength is inferior to yours.”

The man’s presence seemed to waver, making it hard to pin him down visually.

Even though I tried to focus on him, I felt an odd sensation, as if my attention was being diverted.

“When it comes to escaping, I’m better than anyone. My recognition-disruption ability has never failed to help me escape.”

It’s true that the man’s presence is becoming weaker, and it’s becoming harder to perceive him.

But no matter what, I was determined to get my hands on that slime, the cause of all this.

“Eris!”

Eris, who had been hiding since the first attack, had become smaller and was within range of the slime.

“Gah! Where did you come from?!”

“Got you!”

The man who was good at surprise attacks panicked when he was caught off guard.

“Bind!”

I activated a holy attribute binding spell to capture him, but by the time the spell took effect, he had already vanished.

“Damn it! Eris!”

Though my spell failed, Eris managed to snatch the container holding the slime from the Disappearing Man.

“Well done!”

Even though the culprit got away, obtaining the cause of the illness was a significant victory. I immediately began investigating the slime that had become a plague monster.

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