The group had stopped for a rest under a natural arch. They tied their horses on nearby rocks, and set up camp as it was getting dark. As they sat around a campfire, cooking rabbit stew, I listened in on their conversation.
"So, why are ya' headed to the Harpy Kingdom?" asked the cowboy man.
Harpy Kingdom, Frey's territory? Was there a place like that mentioned in the books?
«Answer──The Harpy Kingdom, Fullbrosia, is indeed ruled by Demon Lord Seed Frey»
Aha──! A thought struck me, an idea that, at the time, sounded like a good "get strong quick scheme".
If I eat Frey, I could get the Demon Lord Seed and then kill all of the Harpies to become a True Demon Lord!
After all, those other fanfiction Protagonists that reincarnated as Rimuru could do it, why couldn't I? Well, Great Sage provided that reason.
«Answer──To trigger the [Harvest Festival], only Human souls can be collected»
O, oh, right.
As I continued to eavesdrop on these horseback travelers, I managed to glean the names of two individuals: the cowboy man named Varga and the green haired woman named Sayu.
The other three travelers however, I couldn't hear anything about their names. The cowboy man, Varga, called them "Boy", the boy's "Mama", and the boy's "Sister".
The boy told them that his visit to the Harpy Kingdom was due to his mother's illness, a disease that affects blood-tinged coughs, weight loss, night sweats and fever.
Sounds like tuberculosis, I thought after listening to the mother's symptoms.
"Why go all the way to a Demon Lord's territory?" The green haired woman, Sayu, asked.
"We already checked all of the nearby medical facilities. I asked our local physician and he couldn't