Legend

"Oh, are you the adventurers who came to the village?" In this cold weather, often..... "

The village chief was an old man in his 60s or 70s.

However, for her age, she still shows a solid appearance.

"No, I think Theo already told me, but I have a follower named Set." I didn't struggle that much because I was flying. The cold can also be handled with some magic items. "

"Hahaha. An adventurer is Hao Yi."... so you wanted to stay at my place today. That's fine, but there's a problem with the room... there's only one available room. ”

I'm sorry, the village chief bows his head.

Basically, only pedestrians come to this village.

The pedestrian is never a large group, only one.

That's why until now I wish I had a vacant room in the village chief's house... but there are three of them here: Ray, Marina, and Vihella.

Besides that, it is not strange that the village chief thinks that it may be a problem to let these three people sleep in one room.

"Oh, I can stay with Ray." How about Vihera? "

"I agree with Marina."

"Oh my..."

The words of Marina and Vihera were enough to surprise the village chief.

Even from the perspective of the old man, the village chief, the beauty of the marina and Vihera is about to be blinded.

Hmm, Dad?

The village chief's daughter coughs while taking care of her children.

If you're rude to the opponent like this, that's what you think.

"Well, I don't know what kind of relationship you guys have, but I want you to avoid that kind of behavior in this house."

The woman apologizes to the village chief... for not pointing it at her father, and tells Ray and the others.

At first, Vihera couldn't understand the meaning of the word, but she shook her head to the side in a panic.

"I'm not going to do that, so don't worry." "Hey, Marina."

"Huh? If Ray wants me to..."

Marina!

Usually the marina keeps Vihera under control, but what is happening is the opposite.

It was Ray who saw the exchange, but it was Vihella who blamed it.

Ray? How do you think Ray feels?

"Ah... I see. I can sleep in this living room, or I can go outside if I want."

That's not true.

That's what Vihera wants to say, but the village chief's daughter thinks it's bad for her child's education, or she opens her mouth before she says anything.

"Now, please use this living room." Even though I came to this corner village, I can't let you sleep outside the house. "

I see, I'm sorry.

As for Ray, she's more comfortable in a magic tent than sleeping in a living room, but she can't help but accept the courtesy of her opponent.

Also, sleeping in this living room has no particular problem, so I will say thank you to the village chief's daughter.

The village chief's family... the village chief, his wife, daughter, husband, and two children.

Time for a good dinner with such a family is passing.

Of course, more than staying at the village chief's house, Ray and the others are paying the appropriate amount, and they are also giving Gamerion's meat as an ingredient for cooking.

In such a village, few have eaten the flesh of Gamerion.

Even at the village chief's house, the village chief had eaten a little dried meat of Gamelion in his youth.

I got the raw meat of Gamerion in blocks, so I'm not happy about that.

... but she said she couldn't get such precious meat after receiving a fee to stay at her house.

As for Ray, Gameron's flesh is not that precious.

After all, I was working with Nielsen this year, so it wasn't near the Gilm, it was farther away... that's why I took a ride from the Gilm to Seto, where it would take a few days to defeat a large number of Gamerions and store them in Misty Rings.

Therefore, Gamelion did not show much in this year's Gilm at first, and the price increased compared to the usual year.

Still, Ray stopped hunting for Gameron along the way, so Gameron gradually came to the vicinity of Gilm, and eventually the meat was traded at the usual price.

That's how Ray got the Gameron meat.

Even though the village chief's daughter does not know the situation, she probably understood that the meat she received was of high quality.

Even so, I received the meat from Ray, Marina, and Vihella.....

"It's delicious! Hey, Mom, this is delicious!"

The village chief's grandson...... a child of about ten yells happily as he eats Gameron's meat.

The rest of the crowd drummed at the dish fried with Gamelion meat and vegetables that came out for dinner.

"Hey, brother. Did you get this meat?"

Another child, different from the one who was screaming, turned to Ray and asked strangely.

Ray wondered why he looked strange there, but he nodded honestly to the words.

"That's right. It's the flesh of a monster in a place called Gilm."... however, I'm not alone on the side of the Gilm. "

For Ray, Gamelion was a specialty of Gilm's winter, but when he was involved in the civil unrest of the Vestibular Empire, he received information that Gamelion was also present in the Vestibular Empire.

However, for the inhabitants of such a village, even though they know the name of the neighboring Vestia Empire, they probably do not know what kind of country it is.

And I can't imagine that Vihera was actually the former princess of the Bestian Empire.

"Hmm. If you can defeat me, can you defeat me?"

"Hey!"

The village chief's daughter scolds the child in a hurry.

That's because what I'm saying is that Ray is weak.

I don't know exactly how strong Ray is when I try to be the village chief's daughter.

I don't know, but I still tamed a powerful monster called Griffon, so I didn't think it was weak.

My own weak child told me that, so I was worried that it would hurt Ray's mood.

But Ray laughed at the opposite of the worry.

"I see. If you grow older and become an adventurer... maybe you can defeat it."

There was nothing in the child's words to make a fool of Ray.

That's why Ray didn't seem particularly concerned about it.

Judging from Ray's appearance, he was a weak opponent, and if he had imitated Marina and Vihella to make a strange mess, Ray wouldn't have been able to leave him like that.

"Adventurer... if you can eat such delicious meat, I will become an adventurer too!"

I see, good luck.

While saying that, Ray was going to enjoy his meal.

Well, I'm sorry to bother you, but I'd like to do it here.

“Never mind. In this cold weather, you don't have to sleep outside. Thank you."

I said that to the village chief's daughter and looked at the living room.

The tables and chairs that were in the way of sleeping were moved to the corners of the room.

The living room wasn't that big, but there was still plenty of room for Ray to sleep.

"Well then, take your time... it may not be possible, but please rest."

The village chief's daughter goes to her room when she says that to Ray.

Seeing off behind him, Ray laid the cloth from the misty ring on the floor and laid it on his side... before placing his hand in the dragon robe.

"Are you asleep?"

Nielsen, who was inside the dragon robe, must have been free.

Nielsen was already asleep.

Should I leave it here without contact?

Gently place it on the cloth on the ground next to Ray.

While Ray was talking to the village chiefs... no, it's been quite a while since I got into the dragon robes before making contact with Theo and the others.

Given the amount of time, it's no surprise that Nielsen is sleeping in his spare time.

Not to mention the fact that the dragon robes are very comfortable thanks to the simple air conditioning function.

"After that... I don't have anything more to do, so I'll go to bed."

Normally, I would read a monster atlas, but in this situation, I don't read a monster atlas.

All I can do in this situation is fall asleep.

After all, Ray sleeps in the living room.

That means that in the morning, the mayor's family will have to get up and start preparing breakfast.

With that in mind, Ray couldn't sleep slowly either.

I wanted to avoid interrupting Ray more than staying with me.

In other words, Ray needs to wake up as soon as the mayor's family wakes up.

... luckily, it's winter this season.

I don't have any field work, so it's early in the morning... it's not like getting up at 5: 00 in the morning or anything like that.

"Still sure to get up early, so go to bed... hmm?"

Let's go to bed.

Ray tried to say that, but suddenly I could hear Set's voice from outside.

Set?

Could it be that someone from the village called in a strange mess?

Thinking like that, Ray changes his plans to go to bed and leaves the mayor's house.

And then.....

"Hey, damn it, why is there a griffin in a village like this?"

Ray doubted the voice he heard.

At first, Ray thought that someone in the villagers was ignorant of Ray's presence, or that Set was trying to steal it because it was a high ranked monster's griffin, or that the villagers had done something about it.

However, the content of the words I heard was like I didn't know Griffon was in the village at all.

I thought I was trying to fool myself, but Set was catching me... to be precise, the man who was holding the back of the person who was lying face down by putting his forefoot on it was making a noise without even noticing Ray's existence.

In other words, I'm not screaming to trick Ray.

If so, who's being held by Set?

With such a question in mind, Ray approached the man being caught by Set.....

Oh, I see.

Look at the man who is stuck by Set's forefoot and understand what kind of man he is.

Dirty clothes, all-you-can-grow beard, I don't know if it's from the source or from Set's attack, but the part of the blade is missing.

It's not a battle axe, as it's called, it's the type of axe used when a tree is cut down.

The battle axe and the battle axe are similar and different.

Specifically, it's a difference between dealing with a creature or a tree.

Of course, you can't cut down trees with a battle axe, or fight enemies with a battle axe, but it's definitely not right for you.

In that sense, considering the axe this man has.....

Bandit?

"Ah!?"

The man held by Set breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Ray's words.

I guess you didn't think you'd be able to see through your identity.

... Or maybe the villagers in this village managed to mislead me, but Ray and I have the experience of defeating bandits to the point that they are called bandits.

Even in Ray's eyes, the man in front of him was definitely a bandit.

The question is, why are there bandits in a village like this?

(No, it's a village like this, so wouldn't it be strange if the bandits targeted it?)

The perimeter of the village is surrounded by wooden planks, but not thick wooden planks.

It's a wooden board that could be broken by a goblin over time.

As a bandit, it wasn't so difficult to break into the village.

That's no problem. From the state of this village, it is likely that it has never been attacked by bandits, but it is probably because of the small size of this village.

Even if you attack this village, the fact that there are few inhabitants means that the bandits have little income.

In other words, the bandits won't attack this village unless they have some reason to do so.

(The question is, why did the bandits come only when I was there...? Fortunately, the village is not noisy, and perhaps this man came in a scouting role.)

Ray knew that he was the one who was initially causing trouble, but this incident was a little unexpected.

"In the meantime, will you wake the village chiefs?" Set, don't let him get away. "

Grrrr!

"Hey, wait!"

Leaving the screaming bandits behind, Ray went into the village chief's house.