Chapter 25: The Coming of the Magical Age (II)

While Doraemon is making a cameo appearance as a robber cat in the dock warehouse, and Shizuka Jukawa is saving sentient beings in the church and pretending to be a saint, Wang Qiu and Ma Tong are also wearing wings and cat ears, temporarily serving as chengguan team members and mobile medical teams, patrolling the sparsely populated abandoned neighborhoods of Port Marseille from the air.

It's not that they don't want to be down-to-earth and close to the people, it's because it's hard to find a place in the city where people ⊥can stay

The medieval European cities of the Renaissance era in the 14th century, although they have made slight progress compared with the previous Dark Ages, are still not free from the category of "dirty and messy" in terms of urban appearance - most of the houses are thatched, only the most prosperous neighborhoods can see wooden tiles and terracotta, and the only place that beats the thatched huts in the countryside is probably the snow-white lime painted walls. As for the marble luxury villas in the ancient Roman style, I haven't seen a few in the whole city. Religious places such as monasteries and churches are among the cleanest and most luxurious in the city.

What makes modern people even less accustomed is that there is almost no greenery in the city, there are few trees, the lawn is not visible at all, and even the rich do not necessarily have the leisure to build gardens, but some flowers are planted on the windowsills of some houses, but they are rare. The city as a whole is more like a jungle of buildings, or rather a slum of modern India, with a frighteningly high density of people. Aside from the church, there is hardly much to see in the city.

If it is only a simple house, then it is just a folk village equivalent to the modern world. But the problem is that the terrible cities of medieval Europe are much more terrible than that, even the most wealthy families can live in luxurious marble villas, but if you want to open the windows to look out at the street, you must cover your nose in advance to avoid the smell - even in the inner city walls, most people are used to living under the same roof with livestock, and pigs and geese can often be seen roaming the streets in a big way, covered with cows, sheep, chickens and ducks; Pedestrians on the streets become covered with mud as they walk, and the excrement and fresh garbage dumped from the upper floors of every house keep the mud on the streets of the city never dry, forcing those who love cleanliness to walk on stilts to avoid staining their pants and skirts with feces.

Due to the sewers left over from the Roman Empire, which have long been in disrepair after thousands of years of wind and rain, the residential areas of Marseille are generally surrounded by excrement and various wastes; Buzzing mosquitoes and flies disappear only temporarily during the coldest winter months, and when it rains, the air is always filled with all kinds of rotten stench; Narrow and winding streets are often clogged with all kinds of debris, including horse manure, and when the weather is clear, it becomes a new fire hazard. Right now, there are rotting corpses lying all over the ground...... Although the gravediggers of some churches tried their best to collect the bodies, they were often left behind.

Therefore, after leaving the vicinity of the only cobblestone paved cathedral, Wang Qiu and Ma Tong quickly lost interest in wandering around this disgusting garbage heap, and hated the rotten road that would inevitably cover their legs with mud and urine as long as they walked a few steps, so they simply flew all the way and never landed again.

In fact, today's port of Marseille has not yet entered its dirtiest years. At this time, the Black Death had just exploded, and the quacks in Europe had not yet pushed the cause to the bathing thing, and Marseille was one of the most famous soap producing areas in Western Europe at that time, the cost of bathing was relatively low, and there were many large and small public baths in the city - although they had recently been closed due to too many deaths, all those who were able to afford it would also take a bath at home every once in a while. Although the poor people's bodies were still quite dirty, at least the smell of the wealthy citizens was not too strong, and they were not fainted as soon as the traversers approached. However, just those dirty streets full of human and animal feces and urine were really enough for Wang Qiu and them.

-- Before the Black Death, Europeans were at least cleaner than their houses; After the Black Death, Europeans who did not bathe were even dirtier than their houses.

It is conceivable that in such a dirty, damp and unsanitary environment, it is normal for plagues to break out regularly. What is even more terrifying is that even if you escape from this purgatory and run into the beautiful countryside outside, the Black Death will still spread rampantly there. The desperate people of the Black Death could only huddle in their filthy abodes, silently waiting for death or deliverance...... According to the original history, the vast majority of them would have died in obscurity. Fortunately, in this time and space changed by the time-travelers, what they are waiting for is salvation - the salvation of the "angels".

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“…… Dear Angels, the sick citizens of this neighborhood, who can still breathe, have been gathered here according to your orders. The total is about two hundred people. There may be some patients left behind at home, but we are not familiar with the roads and cannot find them from house to house. ”

A handyman servant who was riding on the ground to guide them on horseback stopped in front of a humble inn that had been requisitioned as a temporary hospital, stopped, then looked up respectfully and said to Wang Qiu and Ma Tong in mid-air, "...... I don't know what to do next? ”

“…… Alas, are there only so many living people left? This place looks like it can live at least tens of thousands of people, forget it, let's rescue it first."

Ma Tong couldn't help but sigh as he looked down at the large area of thatched huts and shacks crowded next to each other, as well as the few brick houses dotted around. Then, she took out a small notebook from her bosom and read the Japanese spell that was copied from the [Encyclopedia of Magic] and could be called a malicious cuteness.

“…… Meow something brighter than the sun, something more adorable than a holy cat, appear in the flow of time, in your great name, I swear in this light, to these lambs who believe in the Lord, to give equal salvation meow group healing meow (Japanese)"

So, a warm white light fell from the sky like a waterfall, pouring into the inn, which had housed a large number of sick people, bringing light, warmth, and vitality, instantly destroying the germs on everyone's body, healing their rotten internal organs and skin, and replenishing their energy and body......

Bathed in this brilliant holy white light, the family members and volunteers who took care of the patients day and night suddenly felt full of energy and their bodies were full of inexhaustible vitality. The dying patients who were festering all over their bodies were pleasantly surprised to see that all the large and small abscesses and tumors on their bodies were healing rapidly and clearly with the naked eye...... Even the servants on horseback who led the way for the "angels" felt a warm current pouring straight into their internal organs, so comfortable that they almost groaned, and their ears seemed to hear the beautiful Sanskrit sound from heaven......

When the warm white light finally dissipated, looking at the sick bodies of themselves or their loved ones, most of the survivors in the temporary hospital felt the heartfelt excitement and joy of the temporary hospital, and rushed out of the room or out of the window to give the most enthusiastic thanks and cheers to the angels in the sky.

However, Ma Tong, who was flying in mid-air, did not care about the cheers and thanks of those people on the ground, but looked at his hands and frowned in confusion: "...... It's really strange, obviously put such a big spell, except for the spell is a little shameful, why is there no sequelae such as weakness, fatigue or physical overdraft? I feel like I'm going to put another 100 individual healing techniques, and it won't be a problem."

“…… Because this body healing technique is completely the credit of the [Encyclopedia of Magic], it has nothing to do with you at all. ”

Wang Qiu, who was hovering next to her, pursed his lips and replied, "...... It's like Nobita's guy, no matter how many times he has followed the machine to go to the sky and the earth, fight the gods and subdue demons, and go to the bottom of the sea to break into the universe, he is still just a clumsy and inferior student who scored zero points in the exam......"

“…… Belch...... I can't argue with it...... It sounds like a hurt to my pride, but that's what it is......"

Ma Tong sighed a little frustratedly, and then changed the subject, "...... Alas, speaking of which, I remember that the magicians in most Japanese cartoons are obviously Japanese, but they always like to pretend to speak German or English to cast spells. But now we're turning upside down and casting spells on the territory of the Europeans in Japanese...... It feels a little weird, why do you do that? ”

“…… There's no way, after all, the threshold for our magic is too low, and there is no need for any qualifications and other prerequisites, as soon as you get started, you can learn as long as you recite the spell correctly, whether it's a dead old man or a little Lori, even a parrot can rub fireballs and cast magic."

Wang Qiu shrugged his shoulders, "...... If we record spells in European languages, and then cast spells in public to save people, and some European with keen hearing and extraordinary memory steals them, or someone steals the small notebook that records spells, then wouldn't it be a cure for the flood of magic? When the time comes, a large group of people will be proficient in healing, so how can we raise money by treating the plague? Well? Tear off the pages of the Encyclopedia of Magic and write it again? How many pieces of paper do you think in a [Encyclopedia of Magic Dictionary] can withstand such a wasteful toss? ”

“…… This statement seems to make some sense, but ......" Ma Tong nodded and rolled his eyes, "...... Why not Chinese? ”

“…… First, Shizuka Jukawa, the guy who is most suitable for playing an angel, is Japanese; Second, this [Encyclopedia of Magic] is also Japanese, and may not support other language systems; Third, in order to avoid mistakes, we must make a notebook to write down the mantras......"

Wang Qiu raised his arm and raised the small notebook in his hand, "...... However, in this way, the book with the spell may be lost or stolen. In the European Catholic world in these years, there may be some guys who can read Chinese characters, such as Marco Polo, who wrote "Oriental Observations", and those Jewish merchants who took the Silk Road. But what kind of guy who knows Japanese...... Hehe, you can't find it......"

――Before the Age of Discovery, Europeans who could understand Japanese and Japanese were basically the only ones found in fantasy novels......

Therefore, the Japanese "magic book" in each of the "angels" is indeed one of the best choices for secrecy in this era.

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Once in a lifeless situation, those who are desperate can easily do many terrible things that are frustrating, but in the same way, as long as people see enough hope, they will also change their minds in an instant for a chance to survive.

After performing a "miracle" in public and curing them of the Black Death in an instant, both family members and patients were grateful to the two omnipotent angels...... Then, under Wang Qiu's command, these people began to split up, conducting a door-to-door search of the entire block, and finally searched out the remaining patients from the house one by one, and concentrated them in the open space. And Senior Sister Ma Tong performed another group therapy technique.

As a result, all the patients were cured, but less than 400 people survived in this slum, which once lived in tens of thousands of people.

Then, considering that the sanitary environment in this place is really terrible, Wang Qiu mobilized the survivors to pack up their poor belongings and move to a wealthy area with slightly better sanitation - so many people have died recently, and even the rich area has vacated many houses.

After the last few hundred survivors also went to the empty house, they overlooked this abandoned slum from the air, which was "dirty and messy", with the smell of corpses, the breeding of insects and rats, and the contamination of the plague bacillus, Wang Qiu and Ma Tong, the two "pseudo-angels", couldn't help but scratch their heads for a while.

It is absolutely impossible not to deal with such a source of Black Death pollution, but how to deal with it?

“…… Quite simply, the Black Death was spread by rats, and the only way to get rid of the rats here was to bring in cats."

Senior Sister Ma Tong said without thinking about it, "...... Therefore, we have to organize a group of cats from the modern world to help here, whether it is a bobtail, a shorthair, a raccoon, a tiger cat, a Xibei cat, a blue cat, a hell cat...... Anyway, no matter what the breed is, but it must be fast."

…… Hey, is there something strange mixed in? Senior sister, you can't maliciously sell cuteness in disregard of the occasion like this

Wang Qiu couldn't help but roll his eyes, silently complained in his heart, and then patiently dismissed this unfeasible claim.

- Although cats are indeed traditional rat catchers, and today's citizens of Marseille have also learned a lesson丨 They will never be stupid to mutilate cats, but they have learned a lesson from the previous cat abuse tragedy! The machine qì cat, who was already "once bitten by a snake and afraid of the well rope for ten years", sent most of his stray cat friends back early, and no longer dared to let these old friends come to this murderous world to adventure, leaving only a few two or three cats still by his side.

In this way, Wang Qiu can only buy cats from pet stores, but those pet cats in the modern world who have been pampered since childhood and fed with milk, canned cat food and vitamin nutrition pills have long been greatly degraded in their ability to catch rats, and it is estimated that the combat effectiveness of the children of the Eight Banners in the late Qing Dynasty is comparable to that......

“…… So what did the machine qì cat do when it was searching the dock warehouse? There must be a lot of rats over there," Ma Tong asked curiously.

――As we all know, Doraemon has always had a strict phobia of any rat due to the psychological shadow left by the mouse biting off his ear...... In short, there is absolutely no way to remain calm.

“…… Very simply, he took out the [Evolutionary MN Degraded Light Generator], aimed at a bunch of mouse traps for a while, and turned these rat traps into dozens of twenty-second century [automatic mouse traps], under the control of artificial intelligence, these machines quickly burned all the rats in every dock warehouse to ashes, and then Doraemon was able to move things. Wang Qiu shrugged his shoulders and replied to Ma Tong. Ma Tong immediately asked for the same method, and also used the [Evolved MN Degenerate Light Generator] to make a bunch of [Automatic Mouse Traps] to eliminate the rat infestation instead of cats.

Therefore, Wang Qiu explained to Ma Tong the second difficulty of cleaning up this polluted neighborhood: after the Black Death has exploded and spread, it is not enough to just eliminate rats, because the real carrier of the plague bacillus, the direct host of the Black Death to humans is not mice, but fleas parasitic on mice. However, fleas can parasitize many animals...... Therefore, in the epidemic area where the Black Death has exploded, a mammal with long hair on its body, including cats, dogs, donkeys, horses, pigs, sheep, etc., and even humans themselves, are also mobile sources of Black Death infection

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