Legend

From the place where the bandits were defeated... specifically, about two hours away by Seth's wings, there was a meadow with lots of flowers under it.

It was just before noon, so when Ray suggested lunch while looking at the flowers in the meadow, Seth descended happily toward the ground.

For Seto, flowers are not so unusual a substitute.

That's why it usually blooms outside of the Gilm, and naturally there are various flowers in the Magic Forest that I was in for the promotion exam a while ago.

... but Ray was usually convinced that only the flowers that were blooming in the Magic Forest were actually a kind of monster.

"Gruuuuuuuuuuuuu!"

Seth, who went down to the meadow, left Ray there and ran happily around the flowers.

It is not a flower with any special effect, nor is it a rare flower.

In the first place, it's summer now.

This is probably the peak time for plants.

There are many plants that bloom in spring and autumn, so it's not absolute.

"Seth, come back when you're happy playing all the way."

Gruuuuuu!

In Ray's words, I understand! And when I raise my voice, I run around in the flowers again.

Why is it so funny to run around in flowers? I doubted Ray, but if Seto is enjoying it, I'm not particularly dissatisfied with it.

"If Seth is happy, that's all that matters."

While saying so, Ray lays a cloth on the meadow and lowers his hips.

When you think about what you'll eat for lunch, you're surprised at the signs and look at them.

The sign comes from the forest a little further away.

It's not just coming, it's going to be followed by something else.

"Adventurer?

As for Ray, even though I think it's been a hassle, I'm ready to react immediately if anything happens....

"Hey, seriously?"

Five children around the age of ten showed up.

Three men and two women.

Some have daggers in their hands, but some have stones.

Those children came running from the woods desperately.

"Why is there a child?

It was a doubtful ray, but wolves from the woods... five animal wolves that are neither monsters nor nothing appear.

If you look at it, it's not hard to predict why this is happening.

Abandoning the child has a bad aftertaste, so he runs away with a Death Size and Twilight Spear.

"This way! Come here! Come here!

The children listen to Ray and run faster.

The other children are about fifteen years old and Ray looks about fifteen years old.

In that sense, it would be difficult for Ray to deal with the wolf again.

Well... only if Ray is a normal fifteen.

These are children who run desperately toward Ray, but naturally they are about ten years old, so they don't run fast.

I guess it's because my life is still at stake. I desperately came to Ray....

"Well done."

Saying that to each other, Ray broke between the children and the wolf herd.

Wow, wow, wow!

One of the wolves that was leading the way attacked Ray.

Normally, even though Seth was there, he never approached me, but he was excited about attacking the children, and he attacked without giving a damn.

But.....

"Sweet"

It's not a monster or anything, it's a regular wolf.

When Ray waves Death Size, the wolf's neck is cut clean and he flies through the air.

It was so sharp and smooth that the wolf who lost his neck landed on the ground and walked a few steps before falling out of balance and starting to bleed a lot from his neck.

Did the other wolves not notice that the first wolf was killed while they were focused on hunting down the children? If they hit Ray like this, each one of them would soon die.

It took seconds for the swarm of wolves to be wiped out.

In a few seconds, the wolf died, like his head was cut and shattered...

"Now, that's it... hey, are you okay?

Ray kept running for a few seconds while he was fighting, calling out to the children who were further away than before.

The children will finally return to me with the words of Ray, stop their feet... and look at Ray with fear.

What the hell happened?

Kids are desperate, whether they're monsters or nothin '.

I had a dagger or a stone, but I couldn't defeat it.

Such a desperate... existence, to put it mildly, a symbol of death, was defeated by Ray.

I'm sure it's hard to believe, but seeing the bodies of wolves rolling on the ground doesn't make it sound like a denial.

"Did... did you save me...?

One of the children who had the stone murmured with fear.

Ray nods with his Death Size and Twilight Spear in a mistilling to a child who trembles with fear and weeps.

In front of the child, the twilight spear, whatever the size of the death, thought the shock was too great in appearance, but it was the act of the dead.

Fortunately, the children only focused on what they had saved, and they didn't realize that Ray had a Death Size or Twilight Spear.

"Oh, thank God.... and what the hell are you guys doing alone?

"Eh? Ah, uh..."

A child with a dagger looks back at me in Ray's words.

And then he opens his mouth with fear.

"Um... I'm looking for something to eat..."

"Food?

The words convince Ray and at the same time raise another question.

In summer forests and forests, you can imitate a variety of edible plants or, hopefully, animal hunting.

That's true, but that's why children alone are not allowed to enter the woods or the woods.

It was a wolf that attacked me this time, but there is also a good chance that monsters will attack me.

Even weak monsters like Goblins are not the kind of monsters these kids can handle because they are not on the border like Gilm.

But once again, Ray sees the children and convinces them why they came to such a place.

(Orphan)

Yes, the children's clothes are old to see and there are several scratches.

It is clear that all the children are thin and have not eaten enough.

In other words, even if they say they came to the woods to get food, they can only convince Ray.

"Yeah, everybody else is hungry and waiting. That's why we...."

The child who was talking to Ray rubs it in a hurry while tearing in his eyes.

Looking at such a child, Ray wonders what to do in this case.

You're not going to an orphanage? Should I ask?

Or should I give Ray the food and golden objects in his mystery?

Ray doesn't know where it is.

If this is an adult, I'm just asking you to do your job.

"For now... I don't want the body of that wolf, so I'll give it to you."

"What? Are you sure?!?

Ray told me to give him the body of the wolf, but he was lucky to give it to the kids.

If this is a wolf monster, the meat is quite delicious by magic, but this wolf is just an animal.

Of course, you won't be able to eat that meat either, but it would be more delicious to eat monster meat normally than wolf meat.

Nevertheless, it is different for children.

Depending on how many wolves there are, you don't have to be hungry enough.

"So, what do we do? The body of this wolf... if you want to take it back, you can take it back, or I can help you dismantle it here."

"Huh?... will you help me? How did you get there?

If you're an orphan... or someone close to you, why are you doing this to me?

It's not strange to wonder.

"Whatever you say. It is bad aftertaste to imitate abandoning a child in such a place. Once the wolf is dismantled, I'll take you to where you live, so rest assured."

Ray's words brightened up the children's faces.

It's nice to be in the woods, but if we could get back from here to where we lived alone, that would have been another story.

In fact, if I hadn't run into Ray, I'd have been eaten and killed by a wolf.

Gruuuu?

"Uuuuuu!

One of the children screams at Seto, who shows up unexpectedly.

Only one of them screamed, but the others were afraid of Seth and retreated.

"Gruuuu....."

Seth sighs at these children and groans sadly.

It's not unusual to be scared by someone you've met for the first time, but it's not sad because it's not unusual.

"Rest assured. This is Griffon's set. My subordinate... buddy."

I don't think I can understand the word "obedient to the children," Ray says.

As Ray said, the children stopped acting slowly.

For the children, Ray was the one who helped them.

Wouldn't it be safer if Ray said that than that? I don't think it's strange.

These kids don't usually believe in each other so easily, except for Ray.

I didn't think they were planning anything, because they helped me where they were being attacked.

In addition, giving away the wolf's meat was probably one of the reasons for believing Ray's words.

"Do you want to dismantle it for now?... just so you know, is there anyone among you who can dismantle it?

It was Ray who asked the children, but as a matter of course no one responded to the words.

If you're a hunter's kid or an adventurer's kid, it's no wonder you can dismantle it at about ten.

However, as far as these children were concerned, it was unlikely that any of them had such parents.

Children who look regretful, sad, or sad.

Ray thinks a little and opens his mouth to such children.

"Okay. Then I'll show you how to dismantle it easily."

"What? Are you sure?!?

Children who look surprised.

Of course not. I didn't think it would benefit us from doing something that wasn't very good in our lives so far.

Of course, if Ray is stuck in a cut, he won't imitate it like this.

This imitation is made only because I can afford it.

I have a goal to go to Egginis, but it's not like I have to hurry up, but I think Gilm will be in trouble with the crystal dragon corpse, so I want to do something about it.

In that sense, there is nothing wrong with slowing down until we arrive in Egginis.

No, it's convenient for Ray, who wants to squander time, because slowing down like that slows down his stay in Egginis and puts more time behind for sightseeing in Egginis and buying golem.

"Here, use this. If you dismantle it with such a dagger, it seems to have a negative effect on the meat you can eat."

Ray gives a knife removed from the mistering to a boy with a rusty dagger.

"Are you sure you want to use this?

"Oh, it's cheap anyway. I'll teach you how to dismantle it."

That's how Ray dismantles the wolf.

Although it is not a monster but an animal, the way it is dismantled is no different.

The difference is that there are no magic stones buried in your heart and you don't have to cut out the Crusade Proof Site.

In that sense, dismantling is easier than dismantling monsters.

"All we have to do is eat it ourselves, but otherwise... for example, if we're going to sell this fur, we need to dismantle it beautifully."

There is no demand for gems because there is more fur as a material for monsters, but this is not a frontier gem.

Even so, Ray predicted that if the animal fur was peeled off well and the aftertreatment was properly done, it would sell for a reasonable amount of money.

Of course, from the looks of the children, they may be bought cheaply and difficult to negotiate.

While thinking like that, Ray thinks he can't possibly teach himself how to dismantle...