We walked to the Adventurer's Guild.
Although the snow is being shovelled, the packed-down snow dyed the streets in white.
Since the snow storms strengthen at night, no matter how much you remove the snow you can't keep up.
Creating an underground drainage system to remove the snow using modern technology would be a very profitable business in this situation.
"Hey, Rudeus, are you listening?"
"Yes yes, I am listening."
Cliff has been proudly talking about the current situation for a while now.
He seems to have recently started researching curses.
It's for the sake of breaking Elinalise's curse.
Curses have been around since ancient times and research has been continuing until now, but it's not something that can be removed so easily.
It seems that there have been practically no results in this past half year.
"Didn't you say there have been no results?"
"I'm a genius, so I'm sure I'll be able to do it sooner or later!"
Cliff said that while brimming with confidence.
What an incredible person.
I know I have places where I won't succeed no matter how much effort I put in, so I can't try that hard.
Diving head first in a field long deemed impossible, that's the mark of a genius.
For me, I lack that talent.
"Hey Rudeus, if you know anything regarding curses can you tell me?"
"Hmmm..."
After being asked that I start thinking.
Curses, huh?
I heard that keyword a few times when travelling here from the Demon Continent.
"Let me see."
Okay, let’s see, where did I hear that?
Curse, curse.
Trying to remember about curses causes me to freeze up, probably because Orsted has a curse.
That's what I heard from Hitogami.
…Come to think of it, he also said that Laplace had a curse as well.
He transferred that curse to spears and caused the history of persecution of the Supard Tribe.
"Laplace once placed his own curse on a tool and transferred it to another race."
"A tool?"
"Yeah, the spears that the Supard Tribe used in the Laplace campaign. Thanks to that the Supard warriors went mad and their tribe ended up being persecuted…"
When I said that, Cliff looked at me with wide eyes.
"The Supard Tribe!? Is that true!?"
"Beats me, I just heard it from someone else, so I don't know whether or not it's true…"
Who told me about this?
Hitogami again?
Well, I can probably trust him on that.
There's no reason for him to have lied about that, after all.
"But, I see… curses can be placed onto tools?"
After hearing what I said, Cliff placed his hand on his chin and thought.
"I don't know how it was done, though."
"No, knowing it has been done before is a huge step forward."
Has anyone else tried to transfer curses since Laplace?
Well, he's the Demon God, so what he's done might be considered evil.
Maybe it's deemed taboo?
Now that I think about it, miko's power is like a curse as well.
Transferring their powers with tools and using it would be convenient, I wonder why no one has tried it.
"I wonder if no one considered trying to transfer miko abilities…"
"Hm? Why did you mention mikos?"
Cliff was puzzled.
Eh?
Is there something strange about it?
"No, I mean, aren't they the same? Both have unnatural flow of magic from birth, and have a unique ability. It's just a matter of that ability being positive or negative."
"… It's my first time hearing this."
Elinalise was looking at me with a surprised face as well.
It seems to be their first time hearing this.
That's unexpected, they didn't know this?
But I'm pretty sure someone told it to me matter-of-factly…
Oh, this is also from Hitogami.
All of this was from him.
That bastard, telling me things that nobody knows as if it were common sense.
"But, I see… That's right, a tool… Certainly… Maybe if I…"
After hearing me out, Cliff starts mumbling as if he came across a clue.
I think it’s better not to take it too seriously.
However, does the word "curse" have any relation to the word [God]?
Human God, Dragon God, Demon God.
Also Miko.[2]
They might be connected, but maybe not.
"Thank you Rudeus-kun, thanks to you, I think I figured something out."
Cliff said that with a radiant face.
While you're at it, I'd like this curse-like illness of mine removed as well.