"Continuous fever, pain like needle pricks..."
"Huh? Isn't that terrifying?"
Hearing Rita's words, Freya was startled. Even if it would not kill someone outright, weren't the consequences of poisoning, as Lady Rita described them, still terrifying?
Looking at the unlucky customers in the shop, Freya silently mourned for them.
"Not everyone will necessarily be poisoned. If their resistance is strong enough, they may be fine."
In fact, even if Rita had not stopped Freya just now, nothing would have happened to her. Heroes generally had high poison resistance, and ordinary poisons were ineffective against them.
Still, the best choice was not to drink something like that.
"Cough, cough, cough. Cough, cough, cough."
At that moment, a customer not far away suddenly began coughing...
"That should be the initial symptom."
Rita merely glanced over at him without much reaction. After all, it had nothing to do with her. Besides, most of the people in this city were hardly good people.
Even if they all died, Rita would not feel guilty.
As for why the city's water supply had been poisoned, Rita did not know yet, since they had only just arrived. But given all the circumstances surrounding the Free City, there were plenty of reasons for someone to poison it.
People with grudges against one another, or the various factions targeting each other.
Anything was possible...
"What is it? Freya, do you want to save them?"
At that moment, Rita noticed Freya's expression. She seemed unable to bear it, much like the way she had acted in public back when she was still a princess.
But considering her true personality, it made the contrast especially amusing.
"So many people are suffering..."
Freya hesitated at Rita's words. She truly did feel a little sorry for them.
But...
"But we have no way