The doctor didn't bring the plague Chapter 2: Doctor of decay

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The world had not always been peaceful. Its history was written in blood and endless turmoil, relentless wars against the Demon King and his legions. When that war finally ended, the world came to know peace or so it believed that even before the fourth century could pass He appeared Document 001 Designation: First Recorded Manifestation Subject: ???? The earliest confirmed record of the subject’s appearance dates back 943 days prior to this document. According to the testimony of Viscount, the subject manifested during the night within the viscount’s private chambers, seated motionlessly upon a chair. No sound or disturbance accompanied the appearance. The viscount initially dismissed the incident as a stress-induced hallucination. At the time, he bore sole responsibility for overseeing one of the kingdom’s most anticipated harvests, a burden widely acknowledged as considerable. On the following night, the figure reappeared. This time, it spoke. Only then did the viscount report registering the subject’s appearance in detail: a pale, beaked plague doctor mask, its dark lenses described as resembling pools of ink rather than glass. The subject was dressed in a tailored formal black suit likened to be an attire worn for a funeral. As the subject attempted to initiate conversation, the viscount fled the chamber in visible distress and summoned his guards. A search of the room and surrounding corridors yielded no intruder. Over the subsequent week, the viscount’s mental state deteriorated. He reported a persistent sensation of being observed, accompanied by the continuous presence and cawing of crows wherever he traveled. Those around him attributed these symptoms to anxiety and exhaustion. No one aside from the viscount ever reported seeing the figure. The next encounter occurred in broad daylight, within the viscount’s office. Upon blinking, he found the subject standing directly before him. The subject spoke in a calm, subdued whisper “This harvest will fail, and there is nothing you can do. The seeds of deception and self-deception were sown long ago. Do not be harsh on yourself , no one could have prevented this. But you still have time. Prepare more steadily for the next one.” The viscount thereafter believed himself to be losing his sanity. Though he attempted to report the incidents to the king, his claims were dismissed by royal advisors as mere delusions. Throughout that month, the crows’ calls in the surrounding fields reportedly never ceased, described by witnesses as echoing rather than merely calling. In a final act of desperation, the viscount secretly diverted his personal funds toward independent agricultural contingencies outside the kingdom’s official projects. Shortly thereafter, reports of crow activity abruptly ceased. One month later, the Great Harvest was reduced to ashes. Despite extensive security measures in place for the king’s forthcoming visit, no definitive cause of the fire was identified. Several witnesses claimed that, within the flames, the silhouette of a crow-like figure could be seen standing motionless. Document 007 Designation: Seventh Recorded Encounter Classification: High-Profile Manifestation Subject: The crow whisperer The seventh confirmed encounter with the subject occurred 867 days prior to this record. This incident is widely regarded as the first major escalation, as all previously documented encounters excluding the initial manifestation had been limited to minor disturbances, including but not limited to alleyway robberies, missing domestic animals, and, anomalously, interpersonal disputes such as marital conflicts. This encounter differed significantly due to the presence of multiple eyewitnesses of high political and social standing. The incident took place within the Elven Kingdom during a scheduled gathering of the Prince’s Arcane Research Circle, an organization founded by the Elven Prince himself. The group was dedicated to the study and preservation of magical creatures a