I Was a Sword When I Reincarnated - Chapter 577: The Survival Training Begins
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Chapter 577: The Survival Training Begins

Chapter 577: The Survival Training Begins

It was the day after we had arrived at Lake Vivian.

The Academys students were dispatched in groups of ten around the town of Sheftent. They were asked to gather medicinal herbs and defeat any magic beasts with a threat level of F there.

Since it was an official request from the Adventurers Guild, each group must have a student registered with the Adventurers Guild, and the other students would be treated as their party.

Many students were active as Adventurers in Lady Blue, not only in the Special Battle Cla.s.s but also in the Advanced and other cla.s.ses. They must have thought that the request this time would be quite easy for them, but actually, it was not that easy.

It was because the vegetation, animals, and weather around Lady Blue and Lake Vivian were quite different. If they thought it would be the same as usual, they might have a hard time later.

Each group was accompanied by one instructor and one Adventurer, and the spirits seemed to be following us as well. So, without any abnormalities, there wouldnt be much danger for them.

Im Charles

Fran

Im looking forward to working with you. Its rea.s.suring to know that the Black Lighting Princess is with us

Likewise

Fran was also a.s.signed to accompany one of the groups. The adventurer who was a.s.signed to accompany the same group as us was a young E-ranked Adventurer.

They seemed to have balanced the instructor and Adventurer pairs, with strong Adventurers paired with weaker Adventurers and the weak instructors paired with stronger Adventurers.

And that was the reason why Fran, the strongest instructor they had, was paired with Charles, the weakest of the Adventurers. Moreover, I dont know if they were aiming for it or not, but Charon and Khanna were in the same group as us.

I look forward to working with you, Fran-san

Nn

Me too, Im glad to be in the same group with Fran

At first, the students were uneasy when they saw how unreliable Charles looked, but when they knew that Fran would accompany them, their smiles returned.

The uppercla.s.smen probably knew that Fran was second only to Weena Rhyn in terms of ability.

But still, it was the new students who seemed anxious. They only saw Fran as a fledgling Adventurer.

They should have seen her riding on Urus.h.i.+s back before, but she hadnt properly shown them her abilities yet. They must think that she was a strong magic beast user, but Urus.h.i.+ was now hiding in her shadow, and they only saw Fran alone.

Thus, they might think that their escort was the newbie duo of Charles, who was a fledgling, and Fran, who looked just like a child. That was probably what made them feel uneasy.

Currently, Fran and the third group were asked to gather medicinal herbs and defeat a pack of wolves. Our location now was in the middle of the mountains, a little away from the lake.

Charon was walking in the lead while looking at the map. Those requests could be done in no time if I or Fran helped, but this time we had to let the students do it.

Lets pick some herbs around the river ahead

But then, it was Khanna who replied to Charons words with an uneasy expression.

Eh? But you sure you want to come closer to the water?

Its the lake that we should stay away from. So, there wouldnt be a problem on the river, right, Charles-san? Its safe for us to go near the river up ahead, right?

Eh? Yeah, youre right. Its fine if it is the river up ahead

Thank you very much. Lets head there then

Yes

Charon, she was quite good, wasnt she? She casually extracted the information that there was a river up ahead. Charons map was taken from the Adventurers Guild in Sheftent, but Im not sure how accurate it was.

Some rivers would disappear depending on the season, and if the information was old, there wouldnt be a river anymore. However, Charles slip made her sure that the river was still there. That was unless Charles hadnt purposely told a lie.

Well, I guess it was simply just a slip from him. He doesnt even seem to be aware that he had given her a hint, as he was talking to Charon in a carefree manner. So, it was unlikely that he had told a lie to her.

There were some restrictions set for the students in this off-campus survival training. One of them was to stay away from Lake Vivian. This restriction was not set by the Academy, but by the Adventurers Guild.

It was because the Modoki sightings were increasing and it had become too dangerous for the students to be there.

When we reached the river, Charon and the others started looking for medicinal herbs. Then one of the students shouted with joy.

Ive found it! This must be some kind of medicinal herbs, right?

Ooh, isnt that a Scarlet Water Weed!? Theyre short in supply right now, so they must fetch a high price!

It was the Scarlet Water Weed that we had found before. We were told that there was a shortage of it back then, but it seemed that there was still a shortage now.

The Scarlet Water Weed was supposed to be a cure-all for this countrys unique endemic disease, but was the endemic infection still spreading?

I asked Fran to ask him about that. But even Charles didnt seem to know the details either.

Its not a big deal around here. But in the eastern part of the country, the demand seems to be rising. You all came from the Magic Academy, right? Im sure you know a lot about it, dont you?

Well, I havent heard anything about an endemic disease spreading though

I dont know

Really?

How about you, Charon?

I dont think there is that kind of problems at the Academy. Even last year, there were only a few students from other countries had been affected by it

It seemed that Charon didnt know much about the endemic disease either.

Is that an epidemic in other towns?

No, Fran-san. Thats not possible

They told us that children were more likely to be affected by this endemic disease and that the number of patients increased at the Academy of Magic when there was an epidemic. In other words, the disease couldnt be prevalent elsewhere when it was not prevalent at the Academy.

Then, from where is it?

I dont know about that either. Maybe its only prevalent in the coastal areas in the eastern region

Oh, and by the way, Fran was fine. The potion made from the Scarlet Water Weed was supposed to be preventive medicine, and Fran has already taken it.

Khanna, whats wrong?

Eh? No, I was just wondering if I could make some money by procuring the medicine that is short in supply

Ooh, as expected of a student of the Academy. I didnt know you could come up with something like that from what we just talked about for a while

Im the daughter of a trading companys owner after all