Legend

"Welcome home.... oh? What's the matter, look tired."

Marina shouts strangely as she sees Ray coming into the courtyard.

But I nodded immediately convinced myself of the reason.

"I know Ray doesn't like ceremonies, but when he becomes a Rank A Adventurer, he can do that. You should get used to it."

"Ah... yeah. That's what I'm tired of."

In fact, between entering the noble city and coming to Marina's house, I was called by adventurers on the road several times.

There were some people who didn't have a seto and were hiding their faces under the hood of a dragon robe, but I still didn't think that I could speak up many times... and there were many things I thought about my situation.

Because it was a festival, there were more tourists than usual, which is probably why many people recognized Ray as a suspicious person.

Some of those who are walking around are familiar with Ray.

If they were like that, they might have known Ray right away... but since they had almost no contact with Ray, they had to take off their hood and show their faces, or show them the guild cards they were given as Rank A Adventurers.

"Oh, what else happened?... well, that's fine. Look, it's Ray's promotion celebration today, so I've made it more luxurious than usual."

That's how Ray looks at the table in the courtyard.

As Marina said, the dishes on the table were clearly more luxurious than usual.

"Ooh."

Ray shouted at the cuisine.

Particularly surprising in that context was meat dishes.

The meat was cooked in an orange sauce, but the problem was the meat.

Ray knew what that meat was... as a matter of course.

"This is Gamelion meat, right?

Gamelion meat itself is not so uncommon.

No, only if it's a ray with a large amount of Gamelion meat and an undismantled corpse in it.

Gamelion is a prey that can be caught in the fall.

And now it's late summer... which means it's the hardest time to get Gamelion meat,

Of course, if we had preserved food like salted or dried meat, we would have been able to eat the Gamelion meat of last year as usual, but the meat on the plate was obviously raw meat baked.

"Yeah, it's not just Gamelion meat, is it? I put a lot of effort into saving it. In that sense, it's definitely better than the Gamelion meat in Ray's mystery."

"... is that so? Still, I'm surprised that last year's Gamelion meat is still fresh."

That's what Ray said, but anyway, in Japan, there are magic items in Elgin.

In fact, Ray's mystery is definitely one of the magic items, too.

Thinking like that, I remembered that it was mature meat.

The idea is that the meat is managed with proper temperature and humidity, aged, and then scraped off and eaten before eating... that's the aged meat.

Nevertheless, Ray's only knowledge of aged meat is that seen on TV and in culinary cartoons.

Only Ray, who lived in the countryside of Tohoku, naturally didn't know whether such a stylish expression was appropriate, but there was no place to serve food.

(No, but it's not. No matter how much aged meat is, it can't be imitated without being aged for nearly a year.... if I had magic items, I might be able to do this.)

In the meantime, I decided that I wasn't looking at aged meat...

Nh!

Head to Ray talking and raise your voice as if Bune were going to eat fast.

Ray didn't know, but it's been nearly thirty minutes since the dishes were prepared, so it's natural that the noisy Bune wants to eat as soon as possible.

I wonder why the food I prepared 30 minutes ago is still warm, but on the contrary, it's getting hot... thanks to the magic of the spirits of Marina.

Though I think it would be convenient for Ray to hear that, I'm not more surprised if she's already accustomed to the extraordinary magic of the Spirit of Marina.

Well, now that Ray is here, it's time to eat.

Everyone sits in a chair in Elena's words.

Seth, who had returned one foot ahead of Ray, was waiting at the table with Yero.

The marina will prepare the glass immediately.

Considering Ray, who is not very good at alcohol, we have prepared fruit water.

Did Elaina and the others learn from Ray, too? They prepare fruit water instead of alcohol.

Naturally, fruit water is firmly chilled by the magic of the marina spirits, making it the perfect drink to drink on summer nights.

In Ray's case, he was wearing a dragon robe with simple air conditioning, and before that, the house's grounds were made comfortable by the magic of the marina spirits, such as cool summers and warm winters.

"Okay, Ray. May I have a toast?"

"Me?... thanks to everyone's support, I was able to become a Rank A Adventurer. Thank you... Cheers!

Cheers!

Everyone drinks the glass with a toast and mouth to match Ray's words.

(In this case, aren't I the one who gets the toast?

It was Ray who felt that way, but I am not particularly dissatisfied with the current situation, so I will not say anything about it.

"Still, today's stage was amazing.... that's Ray's new kind of dragon..."

Vihera looks at Ray enviously.

If Vihera wanted to fight the mighty, Ray would be very envious when he fought a new type of dragon from Rank S monsters.

The corpse of a crystal dragon that was alive on stage by spiritual magic was enough to ignite Vihera's willingness to fight.

It seems that there are quite a few monsters in the Magic Forest.

"... heh"

Vihera smiles militantly.

That's why if Ray hadn't said anything, it wouldn't be strange to go to the Devil's Forest right now.

Vihera, just in case, you're forbidden to go to the Devil's Forest.

Elaina tells her to be careful.

Otherwise, it would have felt just like Ray if he had to go to the Devil's Forest because he was really driven to fight.

"I know.... I'm not moving without thinking about anything either."

"If you could believe that, Elaina wouldn't even be careful."

Marina also fully understands the character of Vihera.

However, Vihera seemed slightly dissatisfied, but carried Gamelion's meat into her mouth... the next moment, her face turned from dissatisfaction to surprise and joy.

That's how good the meat was for Gamelion.

If you look at Vihera like that, of course Ray is also interested in Gamelion meat, stabbing her with a fork and carrying it to her mouth.

At first, I didn't know what I was eating... if this was really Gamelion meat.

That's all the meat I brought into my mouth was delicious.

The taste and texture of the meat itself is no different from Ray's known Gamelion meat.

But the taste of gamelion meat is many times... no, it's like it's been concentrated dozens of times.

"This is... delicious..."

Only the word "delicious" comes out.

The meat had an overwhelming taste, as if it was just a labour-intensive one.

Others eat such meat as they deserve, and chew its taste.

As for Bune, he had already eaten about half of the meat.

So everybody concentrates on eating the meat, and the marina opens her mouth when she stops.

"I prepared it myself, but it's amazing meat."

"Oh, honestly, if you can eat this meat as much as you like, I think you can pay for it."

Ray says that even if he's reborn a few times, he owns enough money to play and live for the rest of his life, which is not fashionable.

... actually, what Ray said was not fashionable or anything, but I meant it.

"That's what Ray would normally do. Nevertheless, I think it would be nice to eat this kind of meat only on special occasions."

"Nh...."

Bune voiced dissatisfaction with Marina's claims.

If you could always eat such delicious meat in Bune, it wouldn't be strange to think that it wasn't a problem.

Is it the same with Seto and Yellow? They each scream and insist on agreeing with Bune.

"This sauce is also delicious. Because the meat is so delicious, it's not strange that the sauce loses to the taste of the meat...."

In Aara's words, other faces, including Ray, once again turn their attention to the source.

When I tasted the sauce again, I was convinced by Aara's words.

The marina that made the sauce had a good smile.

Even if it were a marina, the sauce would have been confident.

(Nevertheless, the marina that I should have talked to the worker about a lot can make the sauce in this way... no, shouldn't I make the sauce separately today? If it's just sauce, yesterday or something is fine. I've seen a genuine consomme soup where the cook has to be in front of the pot without sleeping for a few days.)

I'm sure you haven't done so much, but it's still the only sauce that tastes like this.

It is not strange that it takes a reasonable amount of time to make it.

"I used all kinds of spiritual magic. Still, it's tough... it's a celebration of Ray's promotion, so sometimes it's okay. Besides, if it's a sauce that matches this meat, it's not something that most people can do."

I eat while listening to such a marina.

Naturally, Gamelion's meat is not the only dish that is more luxurious than usual.

It tasted a few steps better than the usual meal, from other dishes to soup and bread.

The food I always eat is not by any means unpleasant.

On the contrary, it's a dish with such a flavour that it doesn't seem strange to come out of the restaurant.

However, the dishes that came out today are clearly better than such dishes.

Ray usually eats delicious food, but today's food is more delicious than usual.

"That's it, Ray. You're going to Exinis tomorrow, aren't you? But are you okay in the morning?

Vihera asks Ray unexpectedly, eating bread that is softer than usual and enjoys the taste of wheat and the sweetness of butter.

If you look at Vihera, there is no doubt that there is no choice but to look at the body of the crystal dragon and see that Ray, who is the best in a mock match, will disappear.

"Are you saying... that I can get out safely?

Ray also understands what Vihera wants to say, which is why she returns the words exactly.

My position today is dangerous in many ways.

The ceremony was largely held as a pocket knife for Dusker, and he became a rank A adventurer.

He is an a.k.a. expert and owns an item box.

Has a new dragon corpse of Rank S monsters defeated in the Magic Forest.

There are many other things, but it is not strange that Ray is crowded with many people, even one of them.

Even if you leave first thing in the morning, the main gate opens at six in the morning.

That said, even though many people will not be crowded in the middle of the day, there are still many opportunities to encounter adventurers and merchants.

Especially for the merchants, Ray with the body of the crystal dragon would definitely want to negotiate.

If the negotiations succeed and you can buy Crystal Dragon materials, it will be a huge profit.

If possible, just like when I came back from the Alliance today, by myself... if I could move around hiding my face under the hood of a dragon robe, I wouldn't be found by anyone else, but Seth, Ray's subordinate, had to act together, rather than move around the city and go out.

I was worried about that.....

"Oh, I'm fine with that. Dusker gave me special permission to fly directly from the city. They won't have to leave the main gate for a while until the disturbances are cleared. I'll give you the papers later."

In Marina's words, Ray's concerns were quickly resolved.