Legend
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"Oh, don't feel like I haven't been back in a long time"
Standing in front of a marina's house in the aristocratic district, Ray squeaks smudgingly.
Somewhere, a house that even makes you feel a kind of nostalgia.
It was a little surprising to Ray himself to look at such a marina's house and feel smudged and that way.
Nevertheless, I don't dislike the unexpectedness of it so much.
"Right. Something I've been in the other world for quite some time. More than that, it's nice to be feeling nostalgic, but it's time to go inside. How many of you are watching?
It was some adventurers walking down the road that pointed the gaze of Vihera who told him so.
Escorts hired to protect the nobles' mansions in this aristocratic neighborhood and keep strange opponents from entering the premises.
The number of its escorts is clearly higher than before the construction of the additional works began.
Some say they got lost by chance as additional construction began to take place, while others enter the aristocratic district with some strange idea.
For those reasons, the number of adventurers employed by aristocrats in aristocratic neighbourhoods is clearly higher than before.
… Most of all, the adventurers employed in the aristocratic district are questioned for their skill and credibility.
In that sense, they are basically adventurers recommended by the Alliance, and if they are such, they naturally know about the Rays.
In fact, the gaze of the adventurers who see the Rays standing in front of the marina's house on the edge of the aristocratic district is stronger in colors such as the question of what they are doing rather than being alert to suspicious opponents or the gaze of seeing them smile somewhere.
It would be an attitude because I understand that faces like Ray, Vihera and Seto are staying at the marina's house.
"... come in"
Ray, who noticed the adventurers gaze in the words of Vihera, groans so slightly in the blindfold.
Vihera also has no objection to Ray's words and enters the premises of the Marina's house with Seto.
Marina houses are quite small compared to other large mansions built in the aristocratic district.
But still, it's only built in an aristocratic neighborhood, and its size is obviously up there compared to a whole house in the city.
And most importantly, what makes the marina house different from other noble mansions would be that it is protected by the spiritual magic of the marina.
A malicious person cannot enter the premises of the Mansion, and if he or she intends to force himself or herself into the premises in such circumstances, he or she will be attacked by the Spirit.
In that sense, what other nobles are hiring adventurers to do is done with their own spiritual magic in the case of marinas.
This alone shows how skilled Marina is as a spiritual wizard.
In fact, Ray watched as Anastasia, the same spiritual wizard, was surprised to come to the marina's house.
I guess I stayed at the wheat pavilion at dusk instead of staying at the marina's this time for some reason around.
Ray and Vihera, Seto proceed on the premises of the Marina's house.
Heading is the courtyard, not the house......
It's always where Seto plays with Elaine's user-demon yellow.
Normally, there is no such thing as being outside in the middle of summer, but here again, due to the spiritual magic of the marina, the temperatures on the property are set to be amazing.
In Ray's case, I'm wearing a dragon robe, so I don't benefit from it.
"Oh, Ray. Vihera and Seto too. … apparently safe."
Place the cup of tea you were drinking at the table that was brought into the courtyard. That's what Elaine tells you with a grin as she scratches up her vertical roll of hair.
I'm pretty sure the Rays are happy to be back, but at the same time it looked like they were sure the Rays would be back safely.
"Oh, I managed to get it done for now.... but there's been a new problem."
"Well, that's interesting. Let me tell you a little more about it.... Ara, have some tea for Ray and Vihera too. And Ceto has something to eat... No, I'll cook for Ceto later"
Watching the yellow fly through the sky and approaching Seto... and Seto also seems happy to see such a yellow.
Seeing as how those two were doing, it was easy to imagine that even if they served some kind of dish to Seto right now, they would leave it alone and start playing with Yello, if it was Elaine... no, whoever was on this scene.
"I'm sorry, but you do that. It's been a long time since Seto's been able to meet with Yellow, and I'm sure he's happy."
"Those two, they're different races, but they're close."
Quickly we ran around the courtyard with two of them together - the yellows were flying - and Vihella squeaks smudgingly as she sees how they are.
Normally, there are griffons over three meters in length and black dragons, even though they are children.
If anyone with no previous information sees this sight, it will undoubtedly be confusing… for the case, they will even remember despair rather than fear.
But the Rays, who know the character of Seto and Yellow, don't mind seeing such a sight in particular... on the contrary, they have the same thoughts of seeing it even in a smiling sight.
With that thought in mind, as soon as Arla sits in the chair she brings from inside the house, tea is ready.
"So what did Lord Dusker ask you to do next?
"It's a fairy."
Originally, Elaine would not be the right person for Ray to talk about fairies, although she is one of them.
Dusker had given me permission to speak to the person I really had to talk to, but Elaine was one of Ray's people, as well as someone sent by the nobility.
Given the circumstances around it, you might still want to not mention the fairy thing... but for Ray, someone named Elaine is someone you can trust from the bottom of your heart.
If the information is leaked because of what I told Elaine, I don't regret it.
That's how much I trust Elaine.
This is not just about Elaine, it's also about faces like Marina and Vihera.
"Fairy?... What's wrong with the fairy?
"No, you come back this way from the other world, and when you get out of the underground space, you suddenly have a fairy in front of you. Of course the fairy found us and ran away.... Now I should have caught him somehow then."
If you had captured fairies then, why did you come to Trent Forest and it is still the fairies who are playing pranks in Trent Forest?... Other than that, I'm pretty sure I could ask a lot of questions.
That was not possible because the fairy appearance was too unexpected.
I had no idea for Ray that there was a fairy all of a sudden the moment he got out on the ground.
That's why the moment I saw the fairy I was stunned... the fairy escaped in that gap.
Nevertheless, if anyone other than Ray were able to capture the fairy, I don't know if anyone would say it would be okay if it were me.
"Fairy...? I've never seen a fairy in person either.... once asked, what are the possibilities of a mistake?
"No. In the first place, besides me, Vihera, Anastasia and Fana are watching fairies."
"... I see"
"Besides, they've been playing a lot of pranks in the Trent Forest lately. Or a deadly prank that simply can't be imitated as a prank."
Changing the contents of the sheath that holds the long sword is lethal if you try to be an adventurer.
If you encounter a monster and pull out a long sword, the upset you feel when the long sword is not your own should be fatal.
Even less, if the enemy Ray was fighting against showed such agitation and gaps, he was confident that in an instant he would use Death Size and Dusk Spear to tailor his opponent.
Also, fairy pranks can be deadly other than that.
This is nothing. It's not harmful to the person the fairy plays a prank on, it's different perceptions in the first place.
... Otherwise, I wouldn't be playing the same evil hobby prank Ray saw on the Seremus Plains.
"So? Find the fairy, what are you gonna do?
"In the meantime, see how many fairies are in the Trent Forest right now for a request from Master Dusker, and how long are they in the Trent Forest?"
Having a fairy is a big positive factor, but also a negative one at the same time.
Given the whimsical fairy's character, that's the big side of it that depends on your luck which way you roll.
"That sounds... tough again. I've only heard rumors and games, but I hear fairies are really hard to find, right?
"I guess. I remember hearing about that area, too. Besides, fairies are strong no matter what you care about fighting normally."
Of course, a fairy is about the size of a palm.
Fairies are quite vulnerable if they are to wage a decent physical battle just against such an opponent.... Most of all, some people, like Ray, have physical abilities that are small and human apart, so it's not necessarily equals to be weak when they're small.
Still, as far as Ray knows... that's the Monster Dictionary - subtle as to whether classifying a fairy as a monster or not - from the information that was on it, other than that, the gaga, or those who say they've met a fairy before - I don't know if that's a lie or a truth - and other things like telling, there was no doubt that the fairy was strong.
Nevertheless, that strength is not physical strength, but strength through the use of magic or skills or special abilities.
Not to mention, given the fairy's size, it would be pretty hard for those fighting to hit the attack as well.
And the fairy is now out there in the Trento woods, where the trees growing there become a powerful barrier for the fairy.
"And yet... Hmm, a fairy"
"Master Elaine? For once, who wants to see you again tomorrow?
Having only acted with Elaine for years, Arla anticipates what she thinks the moment she hears Elaine's words and tells her so.
Nevertheless, as Ara, who knows what Elaine thinks of Ray, it's also true that she feels backward about taking away the opportunity to act with Ray.
"I know that. But it wasn't absolutely about the interview, it was about if it was possible.
With the alias General Princess and also the side of the Keller Duke's house, which leads the aristocracy, Elaine is naturally many who would like to approach you.
That's why, like every day, people come to see you.
... Because naturally, the person you meet will be chosen on Elaine's side over all the people you want to meet.
In that sense, I don't even need to see Elaine if she really doesn't like it.
Nevertheless, it is better to have face-to-face knowledge with many aristocrats and merchants, as a matter of course, than to come to Gilm as an aristocratic person.
"That's right...... ok. But tomorrow's the only day off, right? You'll have to work hard the day after tomorrow."
Even if I say any more, Ara, who understands that she can no doubt bend Elaine's thoughts, pulls back so.
For Ara, too, it's definitely a pleasure to have more time for Ray and Elaine to be together.
I guess that's why Ara decided to back off, too, because of those thoughts.
"So tomorrow with Elaine... what about Ara?
"Master Elaine is going, so naturally I will let her go with me. And... I'd like to see a fairy."
It was Ara who was trying to stop me from talking about Elaine, but if Ara herself could see the fairy with her own eyes, it's true that she had a desire to.
If I skipped the Elaine thing, it would mean that Arla had a strong interest in fairies, too.
"Okay."
Even if Ara says she's going too, Ray isn't going to say anything in particular about it.
If this is a total stranger, it's still there, because Ara is definitely a trustworthy person for Ray as well.
... The first meeting between Ray and Arla was such a first meeting, like when Arla and Elaine met and saw each other feel something, and she made an attack by deciding that Ray had tried to do something to Elaine.
Such two people believe that they now have a firm trust in each other… Ray found it somewhere interesting.