"Is this the patient?"
Fang Zheng carefully examined the groaning villagers lying in the beds before him and could not help asking. Hearing his question, the nurse beside him nodded.
"Yes, Hero. Quite a few people here have fallen ill recently. At first, it was just headaches and fevers. We thought they had colds, so we gave them potions. But the potions did not work very well, and with each passing day, the villagers' conditions worsened..."
The nurse paused, then looked curiously at the top of Fang Zheng's head.
"Hero, what is that?"
Hearing the nurse's question, Fang Zheng's face darkened. Raphtalia and Rifana behind him giggled, while Akemi Homura merely stood to the side with a silent smile.
"Never mind that. Continue."
Of course Fang Zheng knew what she meant. In fact, almost everyone who had greeted him along the way had asked the same question.
And the culprit was the fat bird currently perched on his head!
At first, Fang Zheng had not paid it much attention. When it hatched, the Filo Bird had merely looked like an unusually plump chick, so he had not thought much of it.
But Fang Zheng had not expected this little thing to eat, sleep, and grow so quickly. They had spent only two days traveling from the royal capital to their destination, yet this fat bird had already grown to half the size of his head. Perched atop him now, it looked like one of those tall fur hats worn by Siberians.
Not to mention that its feathers were pink...
Fang Zheng had tried several times to shoo it away, but the fat bird had fixated on his head and refused to leave. With no other choice, he could only let it stay there for a few more days.
At its