Riedel, who lived on the outskirts of Gurain City, ran a small ranch where he raised Unicorn Sheep unique to the Southern Continent.
Not only were Unicorn Sheep sturdy and highly enduring, making them an excellent choice for pulling black hearses, but their meat was also pleasantly chewy and quite popular among certain gentlemen of the North Continent.
Of course, some ladies and young misses who liked novel things kept them as pets, but such cases were ultimately rare... After all, while Unicorn Sheep looked distinctive, they were not particularly cute once fully grown.
Relying on the ranch's income, the Riedel family had entered the middle class. Not only did they have no worries about food or clothing, but they could occasionally travel to the Rhodes Archipelago for a holiday.
Yet recently, Riedel had been deeply troubled. He often worried himself sleepless, and even his beloved youngest daughter, Valeria, did not dare speak loudly at home.
That was because his Unicorn Sheep had contracted an Unknown disease. They grew thinner by the day, and some could no longer even stand, liable to die at any moment.
To Riedel, he could not accept the loss of even a single sheep, much less all of them falling ill... If he could not find a solution, he would likely go bankrupt and might not even be able to keep this small ranch...
Thus, over this period, he went into the city every day to seek help from all kinds of experts, scholars, doctors, and even priests of the Church of the Lord of Storms. He spent quite a bit of money, yet the problem remained unsolved.
But yesterday, after once again entering the city and failing to find a solution, he heard his youngest daughter Valeria say that she had picked up a