Legend

"The scholar... I think I've got something for you."

During dinner time, while eating in the courtyard of Marina's house as usual, Ray talks about what happened today… especially about the crab that fought in the lake, Marina says with her eyebrows slightly raised.

Prior to that, Ray told me about his face in the basement of the Trent Forest, but there was nothing particularly disturbing there, so he was lightly passed on.

Grimm was busy with the experiment, and Ray didn't react even if he called.

"You know what? He seemed to hate me a lot, but what kind of action do you think he'll take?

The scholar Ray talked about and suggested that Marina might know is the one who negotiated with Ray with the crab material… but rather the one who talked ruthlessly, such as catching the crab alive, not killing it, not hurting it.

If it's Ray, it's not very good, but it's impossible to have a good impression.

"You said you'd report it to Miss Dusker, do you really think so?

"You will. But whether or not Dusker will take it up with him is another story."

Ray is relieved by Marina's words.

Given Dusker's personality, I didn't think I'd ever take on such a scholar, but I was still a little worried.

But if Marina, who has known Dusker since she was a kid, says so, she can feel safe as Ray.

"But...."

And while seeing Ray reassured in that way, Marina continued her words, making her slightly sorry.

"I don't think Dascar would want to fight him, but the scholar... he's called Salte, but he must have had a connection with a royalist aristocracy. I hope this doesn't bother you."

In such a marina's words, Elena... instead, she had the expression that Aara was convinced of.

"Salté? I've heard of it too. Everything has a strong desire for honor. He's doing a lot of research with the help of some of the most prominent kings. I just hear that you're circulating information about the nobility you serve to a hostile nobleman. They're using academic freedom as a shield."

"That's again... a typical parasite."

Ray honestly agrees with Aara.

Marina said that she was connected to the nobles and kings, but if she was Ray, she only seemed to be parasitized by the bugs inside the lion.

Ning, that nobleman seems to be more pathetic.

"I see. But because they're such parasites, there are many people who profit, and many who seek profit and help.... maybe this case will cause a lot of trouble."

Trouble.

That was Ray's candid feeling when she heard from Marina and Arla.

A parasitic aristocracy, so cut off the scholar.

I think that's the way it is, but there's a reason why it can't be that way.

As a matter of fact, it's not strange that Dasker knew anything about it, as long as it's what Aara knew.

And yet, Dusker has a scholar named Salté participating in the lake investigation.

It's only natural to think that there's a good reason for that.

"Well, after tomorrow's festival, I'm going to Egginis, so I'll be fine."

"Ray, don't you think we should just sprinkle the seeds in question and mow them?

Such stupid words were thrown out of Elena's mouth.

But as for Ray, I don't think there's anything wrong with my behavior in today's lake.

... so if Ray hadn't been such an adventurer, he might have had to retreat to the nobility behind Salte and his authority, but Ray didn't think about it at all.

That's why Ray would attack relentlessly if Salte were to be clearly hostile to herself.

Even if the aristocrats are against him, Ray makes a quick move.

Even if it were an authoritative scholar - and judging from what Aara and Marina told me, it seemed to be just an authoritative scholar - it would relentlessly shake the Death Size.

It's like the great sickle of the Reaper.

They become aggressive because they are in a safe place.

If I judged myself to be dangerous, Raising the white flag lightly was Ray's idea of dealing with the opponent until now.

"If they do something, I'm going to deal with it... but after all, Salte is a King scholar, right? Then there's only so much you can do with the Gilm."

If this is the city or city where the Kings belong, it is possible that Salté has been playing tricks on Ray.

But this is the Gilmore of the Neutral Dusker.

If you try to reach Ray in such a place, it will be a quick counterattack.

And there is no one to shelter the Salté more than it is a city ruled by kings.

No, nobles in the noble city may try to shelter Salté, but Dascar would not have listened to it, even if he claimed that Salté did so for academic freedom.

Considering that it is an action from a selfish desire, the punishment will naturally be commensurate.

Not to mention Ray's a big deal for Dusker.

In fact, Ray doesn't intend to, but Dasker is misleading others into thinking that Ray is his own kaiser.

That being so, if Ray is obviously bad, if Ray is not bad, and if he has set it up from Salté, then it's only natural that Dusker should be on Ray's side.

"Anyway, let's start with tomorrow's festival.... I hope there's no noise about the crystal dragon again."

"Crystal Dragon... A new kind of dragon of Rank S monsters that inhabit the Magic Forest, right? I think there are a lot of people who want to make it their own, even if it's not Salté.

In Marina's words, Ray remembers one thing he told Egg's men.

At first glance, the owner of the stall is everywhere.

But the eyes were different.

He was looking around like he was finding his prey.

Neither Egg's men had any information about the owner.

The information from Ray immediately led us to where the stall was, but there was no stall there.

The man who learned from Ray's appearance that he was suspected would have fled immediately after Ray's disappearance.

If you think so, you can say you have a high crisis detection capability.

Gilm currently has a large number of people, including such men, in connection with the construction work.

From that point of view, it would be difficult to warn all suspicious opponents in the first place.

"Some of you may be trying to steal Crystal Dragon materials.... as far as I'm concerned, I'd like to believe there's no such person in the nobility."

Elaina hopes that no one in the aristocracy will try to steal material from Ray's crystal dragon corpse more than she has been representing the aristocracy.

However, just because Elena represents the aristocracy, it is impossible to fully grasp all the actions of the aristocracy.

Not to mention, many aristocracy still take for granted the privileged status of aristocracy, and many do not find it interesting that they do not prioritize the privileged status of aristocracy as neutrals.

In fact, Elaina's presence in the Gilm is also due to the cooperation between the aristocrats and the Neutralists, which was hindered by those who thought it interesting that the Gilm owned by the Neutral leader Dusker would be converted from a city to a city by building additional buildings.

But if the aristocrats try to steal Crystal Dragon materials in this situation, Elena's face will be crushed.

If that happens, of course, Elena will not forgive the aristocrats who imitated them, and will need to be punished under the name of the Kelvin Duke, who leads the aristocracy.

As for Elaina, I didn't want this to happen as much as possible, so I told the aristocrats well.

Fortunately, many of the nobles who want to make contact with Ray have come to this house in the last few days.

With that in mind, it's not hard to advise Ray not to make strange jokes.

However, some people have meaningless confidence that even if Elena advises them, they will be ordered to do so by their parents, or that they will not be found if they act.

Those people would be meaningless for Elena to say anything.

It is also possible that not only aristocrats but also kings and... in some cases neutral aristocracy move in this way.

On the contrary, there was a possibility that people from outside the country would come forward.

"Egg, you look really busy for a while."

"I see. But they're replenishing it because they know Dusker.

"I know. When I went to Eggs' base today, I saw faces I'd never seen before."

That's what Ray said, but Ray doesn't know the faces of all of Egg's men.

That's why if that happens, you'll need to deal with Ray as an egg.... it's another story about whether or not you can do it.

"Oh, did you see that? Anyway, that's why Egg has a lot of talent. The strange thing is, how do we gather people like that?"

Certainly.

According to Marina, Ray thinks so.

There are many things that are obviously not obvious just in the back of the job.

Choosing and pulling in half-way talent is just a trick.

If there is room for time and manpower, I think it is okay to imitate it after some training, but in the current situation, there is no such room.

In other words, all we need is immediate combat power.

Beyond that, it is doubtful how we managed to gather those who could be used in immediate combat.

"If you can think about it... did you crush the underground organization in the Gilm and pull it out on the condition that you don't capture the people there?

Only Gilm, the only frontier that exists in the Kingdom of Mireana, gathers enormous wealth here.

However, there were many underlying organizations with a view to their wealth.

Until now, several organizations have suffered a lot by teasing Ray and destroying him, and even if he didn't go there, it was implicitly agreed that he would not be hostile to Ray.

But that's just for Ray.

Not to mention the fact that many people are looking for work in the current Gilm construction work, but there are a lot of ducks that should be the back of the organization.

When you cross the line around the duck that you shouldn't have crossed... the eggs come out.

If you're protecting the line you shouldn't cross, the eggs won't do it.

Although the underworld is certainly an illegal organization involved in many crimes, it is a fact that it maintains a certain order in the underworld.

As a dasker, when he became lord of a place like Gilm, he had to swallow it together with the turbidity.

In that sense, there is a certain line… Beyond that line will be recognized and crushed as an opponent to be processed.

In such a crushed organization, if the opponent is somewhat decent and has no capability problems, the egg will pull out.

That's how we're replenishing, but Ray... no, nobody else knew about the area.

Ray doesn't think that the words she said somehow hit her.

"Anyway, if we do something about tomorrow's festival, the rest will begin to be dismantled in the Alliance's warehouse, and even the Alliance will hire a skilled adventurer to escort them. Me too... well, sometimes I need to come back, but I don't know what to disguise and accept the demolished materials."

Considering the stripping off of the Crystal Dragon material, this is how it feels.

Over time, naturally, the freshness of the ingredients will be worse, and it would be best for Ray to stay in Gilmore for a while... when that happens, a lot of people will definitely come to see Ray first.

Given the circumstances around it, Ray should get out of Gilm and go to Egginis as planned until the disturbances calm down.

Ray enjoyed dinner thinking that she would definitely have a busy day.