It began abruptly one day.

　At first, the inhabitants of some areas of the settlement at the foot of Mount Gorun complained of abnormalities.

　Fatigue, joint pains, and unusually high temperatures.

　The number of patients, which started out as a very small number, exploded with each passing day.
　The symptoms were different from those of the so-called common cold, and some children and elderly people were beginning to be seriously injured to the point of being life-threatening.

'Influenza, hey, what's this?'
　Foldente says as he looks over the documents.

　I've heard of it, too.
　It's a type of vicious cold that is rare and pervasive in many parts of the continent.
　It differs from mere colds in that it can easily become severe and emit particularly abnormally high temperatures, and there is no drastic cure.

　Although this is the first time I've come across this cold in person, I learned about it when I was studying pharmacy in the royal capital.
　I studied the books that I had in my possession to find out everything I could about this disease.
　In some of these books, I found a detailed description of cases of the common cold and its prescription.
　It was written by a wizard named Stelum.
　Based on the description in the book, I immediately produced a vaccine and administered it to the patient, with great success.
　The high fever disappeared immediately, and all symptoms were cured in less than a week.

　This led to a rapid increase in the production of this vaccine.

　Even though the outbreak was spreading in only some parts of Liberty, I had a bad feeling that it was not going to go away here alone, because I had a bad feeling about it.

　This prediction was to be true.

　It seems that this year was a hit year for this cold, and not only in Liberty, but also in the neighboring small frontier cities of Picks and Eads, the frontier city of Batcombe, as well as the King's City, patients have begun to appear in the city.
　Fortunately, thanks to the early increase in vaccine production, they were able to respond to them early, and this pernicious cold that had begun to spread in many places was rapidly subsiding as they all began to show signs of expansion.

　The widespread spread of this common cold had a lot to do with
　There was probably no doubt that the regular operation of the magic ship was involved.
　If people were to come and go over a wide area, this kind of problem could happen... I thought again that it was necessary to anticipate this kind of situation to some extent.

　As a result, we were able to increase production of vaccines as soon as possible, and this time, we were able to make a success of it.

　Thanks to the fact that the damage from colds around the country has started to subside.
　I was relieved, too, when I finally felt a sense of relief, but it was a mistake.

　It's not that I was caught off guard, but.................I've fallen ill with this cold.

　Not only was I busy dealing with this malignant cold, but I think I was also tired from working without a break, including procedures and meetings related to the launch of the magic ship, cooperation talks with surrounding cities, business negotiations with the Quinn Chamber of Commerce, etc.
　The symptoms were quite severe, and it seems that his lungs were even inflamed....

"I would be ashamed to admit it if I hadn't had Wunya by my side.
　While she was taking care of me, her cat person (cat people), Unna, looked apologetic.
　She seems to feel even more responsibility since she takes care of me on a daily basis, even taking care of my personal affairs.
I hope you don't mind that this illness is my failure to take care of myself because it's only my fault.
　I tell him that, and tell him over and over again not to worry too much about it.

　A few moments later.

Are you all right?
　Erdena, who was directing the generation of the Influenza vaccine, jumped into my room with great speed.
　For a while, Eldena and I had been taking the lead in generating this vaccine as well, but because I was down, she was left alone to do it.
　I tried to tell her how sorry I was for leaving her to orchestrate the vaccine production, but her symptoms were too severe for me to put into words.
　
　I've already prescribed and taken medication that works for this disease.
　It would take at least a week for me to fully recover, and this is just the time when my symptoms are at their heaviest.

　I heard that after Eldena, Nirvana, Biblina, Aura and Aela and others came to visit me one by one, but I didn't remember much at the time because I was almost unconscious due to the high fever.

　Three days later
　With the help of the medication, I was finally clearer and my general symptoms began to subside.
　I wondered if I would be able to resume my work in bed.

...work? What are you talking about?　I will never forgive you until you are completely healed, will I?
　I had no choice but to lie down on the bed meekly as Erdena gave me a chilling smile that sent a chill down my spine, and....

　However, it's still a new frontier small city in Liberty with many problems.
　I hear there are some small problems and some urgent matters that need to be voted on.
　The majority of them have been very helpful, with Foldente settling on behalf of me while doing the work of keeping the requirements brief for me.

　That said.

　Foldente has been discussing cooperation with the neighboring small cities on the frontier, as well as with Batcombe and Greencombe, and negotiating with the various parties in King's Landing, which makes me wonder if she's the one who will collapse from overwork.
You may have forgotten this, but I don't have a body anymore.
　Saying that, Foldente giggles as usual.

　
　She's the kind of person who...
I've been using the hot springs every night to nourish my spirit, and I'm still going strong.
　By the way, if you feel sorry for me, you need to get some rest and get well.
　I couldn't help but smile back at Foldente's words.

　As my symptoms improved.
　The previous members started to come to visit me again.

　They brought fruits, snacks, flowers for my room, etc., but they all brought so much that my room was filling up in no time.
　To that state.
"...he's a sick man, you know?　You need to be a little more careful.
　Eldena chided everyone, but
　I dare not look at the fact that she took the initiative to bring me food and flowers.

　And within a week, my condition was almost fully recovered.
　By that time, the influenza, a malignant cold that had been prevalent in many places, had gone downhill a lot.
　However, the number of patients has not been reduced to zero, so we have continued to increase production of vaccines, but through the King's Capital's Quinn Chamber of Commerce, we have been inundated with requests to purchase vaccines from outlying cities and small towns throughout the country.

This year was just like that," he said. Maybe this year was just a coincidence.
　I could only hope that Foldente's words would be brought to an end as soon as possible, but
You worked too hard, and that's the reason you're tired, so you should be more aware of yourself in the future.
　Saying that, Foldente pressed my forehead with his index finger.

　This time, all I could do was nod meekly....