Legend

"... um... uh..."

One room in the wheat pavilion at dusk, in that bed, Ray was groaning.

It also lasts a few minutes, and when the bell rings all over the city at 6: 00 in the morning, it rises.

"Wow... you slept well. Or you overslept."

Exactly, even with Ray, this request for an Elaine escort was exhausting, and I went straight to bed last night after coming back to the inn for a little early dinner.

"In the meantime, today's appointment is to drop off Elaine and the others... or you should go a little early and ask because I didn't distribute the monsters stored in the mysteries or anything"

He remembers the countless monsters he defeated in this dungeon and turns his gaze to the mysteries that are nestled in his right wrist.

"... Yikes! It's a little early, but after breakfast, we'll go to the lord's hall."

He shrugged and quickly went down to the dining room on the first floor of the inn.

"Oh, you're early today"

It was Lana, also the general of the wheat pavilion at dusk, who welcomed Ray down to the dining room on the ground floor.

"Oh. I have some business to attend to. Breakfast, please."

"Okay. Sit and wait in your favorite seat."

I drop off Lana, who is just busy in the morning or just briefly greeting her, and she just walks into the kitchen, and as soon as she sits in the right seat and waits as she is told, Lana comes and arranges breakfast on the table. Black bread, ham steak, potato salad, soup that adds acidity, and wine divided by water, like copper bread. But all of that is laborious and convinces Ray that the wheat pavilion at dusk is quite a luxury inn.

Hang about 30 minutes for a slow breakfast and go to the stables to pick up Seto...

"Seto, look at this. Now try this."

"Grrrrrrrr"

For some reason, there was a woman swordsman there who looked familiar and gave her the dish she held in one hand to the next to Seto.

"... mileyne"

Yes, the lady swordsman is Mileine, a burning wind leader who is a Rank C party.

"Ah, Ray. Good morning."

"... good morning. Still, you smelled us coming home pretty soon."

"Haha, what are you talking about? It's not like you and Seto aren't going to be so prominent and talkative.... That was a shame. If I'd come home any sooner, I could have come to see Seto by the end of the day."

"Ha, you're the same."

"That's right. It hasn't been a month since we last saw Seto, has it? I'm sure it won't change that much."

Miraine continues her conversation with Ray as she embraces Seto's furrows.

"I would have liked it to have been at least that way since I met you there."

"Haha. I might have thought so if Ray was older than me. Look, I prefer older people."

Even as Ray and I conversed, his face was directed towards Seto, and he was smiling and offering soups full of meat served side by side in skewers, fruits, or bowl-like dishes.

"... I save Seto a lot of trouble and help, is your money better?

I remember Ray repeating his crusade request for money with Seto while he was taking the rank-up exam and I ask him that, but he just nods that there are no problems.

"I was originally short of money because I bought the gear for the oak thing, and because of Seto, I took it off. I'm living a pretty comfortable life right now."

"I see. Uh, Seto, what do we do? I'm going to drop off Elaine and the others, but are you here with Mileyne?

"Grrrrrr...... Grrrrrr!

It was a set that bothered me for a few seconds, but I immediately nod small and come out of the place assigned to me.

Incidentally, the horses and other beasts in the stables were quite used to Seto until they went to the dungeon, but the mercenary regiment, the owners of the horses and beasts they were used to while away for a while, has already traveled and now the innkeepers are mostly new guests, so nature and the horses and beasts in the stables have also been replaced by the new ones. For this reason, when Seto shows up, most of them will quiet down.

There are a few residual sets since the last time, and they were relaxed without my involvement.

"Damn, I knew you were still no match for Ray"

I turn my gaze to Ray in envy of Seto's actions... No, Mireine staring at me halfway.

"Sooner or later... Sooner or later you'll let Seto take my captivity. Wow!

And he walked out of the stables crying lies.

"... what do you want, that guy"

Though stunned by the way things were going, Ray was thankful to Mileyne. Whether it was on the way to crusade the orc settlement or because Miraine took the initiative to make Seto cute, Seto became familiar with the crusaders' faces and at the same time became widely accepted in this city of Gilm.

"Grrrrrrrr?"

What's the matter, one and one leaves the stables, grinning at Seto's condition as he rubs his head all the time? Heading there is the Lords' Hall as originally planned.

"Oh, isn't that Ray? I heard you came back from the request, but I hear it was true. What do you say, usual guy?"

"Ray, I heard you're back, so I'm taking a skewer. Buy it, buy it."

"I've got a new sandwich product, how would you like it?

Walking all over the city with Seto will be heard from food related dewstores repeatedly, and Seto will show interest in it and end up appropriately buying and fishing and going on a eating walk as usual.

Ray had just had breakfast and, even though he had been plugged into it by Mireine all the way to Ceto, he was happily cheeky about the food he was given out of Ray's hands just saying he was still okay.

"Grrrrrrrrrr"

Seto sounds delighted to eat a sandwich of fangboa grilled meat seasoned with a sweet spicy sauce with shaky leafy vegetables.

And the open-air shopkeepers who look at Seto like they really know where he is.

Ray pays for the food, even as he smiles bitterly at how it goes.

That was one person and one person going down the road, albeit with the usual exchange.

But just as we get closer to the Lords' Hall, there's less of an open-air shop, and instead, people like the soldiers of the guards and the knights of the Knights stand out.

Naturally when that happens...

"What can I do for you, my lord's mansion?

I get asked a lot like that.

Not sure what to answer, but Ray himself has no ill feelings for the soldier in front of him. Rather, even though I said that I was hung around my neck with obedient devil's necklace, I even felt safe in that attitude of trying to fulfill my duties without being so frightened by myself being able to follow a griffon that was over 2m long. Speaking of Larks Borderline Uncle Dusker, he's a big man known among the neutrals as a central figure. Naturally, some people will release the kind of assassin just because they are in the way, and they will not be too wary of such an opponent.

"Hey, I don't mind that one"

When Ray tries to open his mouth, another soldier shows up from behind a soldier who has been asking questions inadvertently.

"Why?

"You don't know the rumors about this guy? Adventurers who followed the griffon. The story is that the rank is low as D, but its strength is also comparable to rank A. Looks like the lord made a nomination request in anticipation of that. You're here because of that, aren't you?

"Well, you're not wrong"

"Huh?"

"I'm sure if you say so.... You can go."

"Helpful"

Tell that to the two soldiers, then proceed with Seto towards the Lords' Hall and you will eventually see a fortress-like building.

In front of the hall was a soldier as a gatekeeper, gazing at Ray and Seto as they approached the gate.

Ray, who has already come to the Lords' Hall several times, so I guess the fact that we are familiar with each other but still not alarmed is high proof of our level as soldiers.

"What can I do for you, Lord?

Arrive in front of the gate or be asked no, but shake your head small Ray.

"No, it's up to Lady Elaine Kelevel to do something for you. Leave what you have to decide at the request of the escort. I want to talk through this before we leave."

Okay, hold on a second.

That's right, Elaine in front of the gatekeeper, Ray, who doesn't have to be called aside.

About 10 minutes after one gatekeeper headed for the mansion, everyone at the gatekeeper, Ray and Seto just shut up and looked uncomfortable somewhere.

No, Ray is the only one who seems uncomfortable, to be precise, and the gatekeeper man is just silent on the spot with little movement in his expression, and Seto is reluctantly absent.

(... Am I weird?

When I ask myself that way, the gatekeeper from earlier finally returns from the gate.

"Master Elaine is waiting for you. To follow her guidance."

What was at the end of the gatekeeper's gaze was the appearance of Arla, whom I was already totally used to seeing. On its back is a Power Axe conceded from Ray, which strengthens the impression of a warrior rather than a knight.

(Well, he's a weirdo at the point where he's a knight and uses an axe)

"Okay.... and take Seto to the stables."

To Ray's words, he nods small with his gaze toward Seto, who is unflinchingly lacking.

"I don't mind, but you don't bite, do you?

"It's all right around there. If you don't get a little weird, there's no problem."

Then I'll take care of it.

"So wait a minute."

"Grrrrrrrr"

Seto answers by ringing his throat to Ray, who tells Seto's head with a tight scratch.

At the end of the day, stroking his head slightly rampantly, he approaches Arla, who is waiting for Ray on the front porch of the mansion.

"Good morning, Lord Ray. It's early, there's still plenty of time until the 9: 00 bell you're due to leave, isn't there?

"No, I forgot I had something to check with Elaine."

"To Master Elaine? Well, Lord Ray will have no problem with that, please. Elaine will be waiting in her room."

Then, after a short walk, you reach a room with a luxurious door.

"... the same goes for the office, but is Larks Borderline Uncle stiff on the door?

Arla smiles bitterly at Ray's words, who squealed by accident.

"I'm sure there are some aspects to that, but I think this is special because it's a room for high-profile guests.... Dear Elaine, It's Ara. I've brought Lord Ray."

"Um, come in."

Elaine's voice is heard from inside the room, and Ara opens the door.

The first thing that came into my eyes was a bunch of expensive condiments. From the ceiling hangs what appears to be a magic item, a chandelier, and the walls of the room contain marble-like shiny stones without joints. Even as a carpet laid in the room, a few cm on foot was a substitute for sinking in, and everything else, such as chairs, tables and sofas, could be seen at a glance by lay unfamiliar with such items.

"We're still nearly two hours away from leaving, but you've come a long way early.... Well, fine. I was just getting ready to leave. Sit down, let's talk."

Keep your hips down to the couch as Elaine advances.

As much as the sofa for the visitors that was in Dusker's office...... no, it's softer than that. When I'm unintentionally surprised that I take Ray's weight and sink in, Elaine smiles.

"This room is for important people to stay in. It's not strange that this much sofa is placed. Perhaps when a nobleman higher than Lord Dusker arrives, he will be put through here."

"What kind of a nobleman is that? Well, that's good. That's why I'm here today... the monster I knocked down by the time I got to the dungeon. And you didn't decide about the monster you knocked down in the dungeon."

"Mm, you certainly would have if you said that. After we got out of the dungeon, we were so busy, we weren't there, we forgot."

Sure to Elaine's explanation, Ray is convinced.

Regardless of Ray, Elaine is the betrayal or death of a fellow who has acted with her for years. He had to confirm the power of the Enchanted Dragon, which he had taken over in the ritual of inheritance, on top of actions such as letting his father, the Duke of Kelp, know.

If there were someone to blame for this matter, that would probably be Ray, who had the most free time in the line.

"I don't care about monsters like goblins, though there are quite a few quantity and quality monsters in conditions like Lizardman, Lizardman General, Water Monkey, Precious Species of Water Monkey, Auga, Sprigan, Emerald Wolf"

"If you say so, you are. When Lord Ray tells me, I am amazed at the number of monsters he has defeated again.... Well, it must be the quality and quantity of it because it's a dungeon"

Arla sitting next to Elaine squeaks smudgingly.

It's Ara's behavior to take, if it's supposed to be, to be escorting behind Elaine, but what Elaine herself is allowing Ray to do. And did Arla also learn to be familiar with Ray in this one more time, returning the words with a soft grin as if his unquestioned and slashed attitude was a lie when he first met her.

"Speaking of which, you had the case. That said, I've decided what I need to do."

"Elaine?"

"This whole thing annoyed Ray a lot, and I wouldn't have been able to drink tea like this here by now without the presence of Ray. I don't mean to thank you, but I can do whatever you want with the monsters I put inside the item box."

The word leaked from Elaine's mouth as if it was nothing.