Legend

First, we need to introduce ourselves.

Sitting on an empty seat in the guild's tavern, the woman asks the clerk to bring the proper food, and then says so to Ray.

The people around me heard people who had already finished their work drinking.

A lot of people are making noise because of the joy of finishing their work and the regret of failing their request.

Only in such a place would Ray's conversation with the woman not reach anyone.

"I'm Lindy. Rank D Adventurer."

What about you?

That's how Ray opens his mouth.

"Rank A Adventurer, Ray. Is it easy to understand when you say you have a dark red synonym?

"... eh?

Lindy, who heard Ray's words, gets stuck in the words.

I think I heard something wrong with the voices of the noisy people in the tavern.

But in Lindy, I understood that there was nothing wrong with listening.

Still, I want you to hear me wrong if possible, so I open my mouth with fear.

"Uh, Deep Red Ray? I heard that you were a Rank B Adventurer...."

"Until a little while ago, that's for sure. I just became a Rank A Adventurer a few days ago."

To be precise, Ray had already passed the promotion exam before the festival, but Ray was publicly announced as a Rank A Adventurer when he was presented to Dusker during the festival.

In that sense, it was certainly not that long since I became a Rank A Adventurer.

Anyway, you didn't think it would convince you to put an Alliance card on the table that was removed from Mystering.

If you look at it, it says "rank A adventurer."

... but if you still suspect it, someone might think that the Alliance Card was forged or stole it from the owner, even if it was authentic.

"If you can't believe this, why don't you go outside the guild once? Seto's out there... with my partner, so we'll be clear soon. You just told me you flew in the sky.

It is widely known that I am subordinating Griffon Seto, who has the nickname Crimson.

That's why it was clear to me that I was Ray when I showed Seth's existence.

"No, that's fine.... that's fine. I knew enough that you were Rey the Crimson."

"Oh, no, it's just the same tone as before. I don't like tough tones."

"Really...?

Are you sure that's it? Lindy turned to Ray.

As for Ray, I don't particularly care about that area.

In the first place, Ray's position as an adventurer is unchanged, so as Ray's perception, it doesn't matter if it's a normal tone of voice.

Of course, that's on the assumption that Lindy is friendly.

Ray would have behaved differently if he had been a hostile opponent from the beginning.

"Well, that's fine with the tone, but did you understand that I stopped by the orphanage before I came to Egginis?

"Yes, well... that's why Anne wrote to Goliath.... considering Anne's personality, I don't think it's that easy to introduce Goliath."

"I guess that's how much you appreciated it."

Hmm?

She seemed doubtful about the word "thank you," explaining that Ray helped Camilla and gave her wolf meat, fur, and fangbore.

Lindy was surprised to hear Ray explain... how painful the orphanage was.

After thanking Ray for what happened to Camilla,

"But... why? When I was there, the orphanage wasn't rich, but I didn't have any trouble eating.

"I heard everything, but it seems that the president of the Chamber of Commerce, which was funding the operation of the orphanage, has changed or somehow been cut off."

"Oh no...."

Lindy was amazed at Ray's words.

It's summer now, so I can handle it even if I don't have enough money yet.

But now it's late summer, though.

Autumn is coming, followed by winter.

In winter, it is naturally necessary to keep warm, but if it is firewood for just over a winter, it will be a reasonable price.

With Ray, you can do anything because you have all sorts of magic items, or you can imitate going to the woods to get firewood, but it will be difficult for the orphanage.

Lindy is surprised because she also understands the area.

"I think I can afford some food because I have a fangbore."

Ray's fangbore is a fairly large individual.

However, it will be difficult to dismantle it, and if it is not successfully dismantled, there will be fewer edible parts.

However, if there is meat on the bones, if you cook each bone, you can eat it normally, so there will be no problem.

"Still... I'm in trouble. I'd like to give you the money if possible, but I don't have that much room. And if the money is small, it will only be about two days a day."

Rank D Adventurers are ranks that are called veterans out of beginners.

It is only around this time that we can finally afford to make money, but still dozens of people in orphanages don't make enough money to survive the winter.

There are quite a few other adventurers from orphanages, but that's all.

Because many people move to work elsewhere, not in Egginis.

Also, even if you become an adventurer, it's not so easy to become a veteran or a rank D adventurer called a one-person adventurer.

And adventurers are, of course, dangerous.

Like Lindy, some of the adventurers from the orphanage have died in the middle of their clients.

Not to mention....

"With Goliath, I might have been able to handle this one...."

Ray questions Lindy's murmuring.

Originally, Ray came to the Guild to meet Goliath... and give Anne a letter for more information.

But as far as Lindy is concerned, Goliath is not in Egginis right now.

There's nothing strange about that.

That's because they may have been asked to leave Egginis to acquire materials that only exist in distant places, or they may have been asked to escort them.

However, from the feeling of Lindy's words nowadays, that doesn't seem to be the case.

"What happened to Goliath?

"I see.... if Anne-san sent me a letter, then Ray would be another HR."

No, it's someone else.

It was Ray who tried to say that, but he thought he would not be able to get the information in such a case and urged Lindy to go ahead.

"About ten days ago, I told him I had a little errand, but he disappeared right after that. I haven't heard from you since. Goliath's party members seem to be looking for a lot of things, and I'm looking for adventurers from orphanages like myself....."

Seeing the language cloudy, it was clear that the search was not working at all.

(Oh, so you overreacted to me by naming Goliath?)

Recall and convince Lindy that the expression "eating" seemed appropriate to me, who spoke Goliath's name in the Alliance.

"They didn't find you."

"Yeah."

"... by the way, there's another missing adventurer in Egginis lately... No, I don't have to be an adventurer, but is he gone anyway?

"Huh? Hmm, I don't know. Given the size of Egginis, it's hard to figure it out."

"So you got caught trying to capture an illegal slave trader?

In the past, there was an organization that tried to enslave people from other countries because of the large number of people gathered in Gilm.

As a result, the organization was destroyed by Ray's activities, but even if it is not so large, it is not strange that anyone is trying to forcibly gain slavery in this Egginiss.

"Slave? Then, even if you don't come all the way to Egginis, it's better if it's a village with fewer people..."

Lindy was right to say so.

I'm not mistaken, but that's normal.

"Do you think there are a lot of alchemists who are good at golem production as the only characteristic of this egginis?

"... I see."

Lindy nodded immediately to Ray's words.

I was confused about the Goliath case, so I couldn't imitate it to think deeply.

But when you think calmly, you realize that getting a slave in Egginis means a lot.

"Nevertheless, this is only one possibility. Maybe he's just gone for something completely different."

Lindy looked at Ray with a resentful look, she was told it might be a different reason.

If you think of Lindy, you just think you've found a clue to Goliath, but you can't imitate suddenly removing the ladder.

"To be honest, Goliath is gone, and I'm in trouble.... about the information..."

"I'll tell you what I know, but what do we do?

In Lindy's words, Ray nodded after some thought and took out a letter.

"Just read this. Originally, it was a letter to Goliath, but if that Goliath isn't there, and Lindy can give me a lot of information, then Lindy should read it."

"... that's right. I understand."

Can I read the letter that Goliath is supposed to give me?

He seemed to have such feelings, but he decided that Goliath was still missing and opened the letter.

What was written there is no different from what Ray told me.

Anne said that she wanted Ray to help her as much as she could because she took great care of her.

I believed Ray's story by looking at Ray's explanation and, above all, the Alliance Card of the Rank A Adventurer, but I can still feel more comfortable seeing Anne's letter like this.

"I understand the contents of the letter. So, you said you wanted information, but what kind of information do you want?

"Don't worry, I don't want to know confidential information. You will see the set outside the guild later, but I want you to tell me about a place with a good reputation and a highly skilled shop because I am thinking about buying golem. After that, it's a delicious restaurant."

"... eh? Really?"

Even though Ray said he wanted to hear a lot of information, it was Lindy who wanted to tell me information that the general public would not know, but I was surprised by the words that Ray said he wanted to hear.

Of these, the only ones who were convinced were reputable and highly skilled shops selling golem.

Lindy is also working as an adventurer in Egginis, so naturally, there's a lot of information coming in.

... there may be rumors that try to discredit rival stores, and there may be rumors that have been circulated in half of the fun, so I need to choose to throw them away.

"As for the stores that sell golem, there's information that circulates among the adventurers, so I can give it to them. However, all I know is rumors, so if you actually go to the store, it might be different from the rumors.

"I understand."

Until now, I had been doing my job carefully, but suddenly a lot of guests came, and as a result I became a Tengu and neglected my job... Such an event is not uncommon not only in Japan, but also in Elgin.

It is doubtful whether the expression "strength" is appropriate to identify that area.

"Yes, and that's just a little more than Anne knows about the lodging.... I can't stay in such a luxurious accommodation."

Lindy, a Rank D Adventurer, can't possibly stay in a lodging for aristocrats or big merchants.

It might be a different story to do as a guard, but in such a case it would hire a higher-ranking, skilled adventurer.

Thinking like that, Ray listened to Lindy while eating a light meal.