Legend

"Oh, you guys... are you all right"

Elaine and the others can speak up when they leave the dungeon.

At the end of that gaze was the appearance of the same guild staff as when entering the dungeon.

But I shake my head small with a sorry face when I see the number of Elaine and the others partying is decreasing.

"It was a shame the party members died.... They want you to contact the Alliance when you get out, okay?

"Oh. Of course I don't mind. But we need to do something soon. Please leave a message that it will be too late to go out to the guild."

"Okay. The... what. Don't let it get too distracting. You'd better think you were lucky to dive into a dungeon for many nights and still just didn't wipe it all out"

"Care, thank you. If you have any urgent business, come to the inn and I'll take care of it."

Speak up to the Alliance staff, and Elaine and the others will follow the scene.

I would have liked to head to the Inn a little sooner, but to Elaine, who has a beauty that attracts people and doesn't stop, Griffon's Seto, a Rank A monster. There was no reason to show people panicking to their surroundings because there was more attention around them than there was one of them.

Now if Ray had stayed dead size in his hand, it would have been even more noticeable.

And walk about 15 minutes on the road early. Eventually we arrive at the inn that Elaine and the others are taking.

"Ah, gentlemen! You're safe... No, the"

I saw Ray and Seto. Linde, who is hired as an inn chore, shines his face and says so, but I guess he soon noticed that he was running low on numbers. Clouding the words.

Elaine smiles at Linde like that and opens her mouth as she strokes her head in a cushy way.

"What, it's not something you care so much about. More than that, tell the innkeeper to be ready to deliver the letter as soon as possible."

"Yes!

Linde is called by a woman who can be said to be the most beautiful woman she has ever lived, dyeing her face red but rushing into the inn. Ray strokes Seto's back and opens his mouth as he drops him off afterwards.

"I'll take Seto to the stables."

"Oh. I'll have to write to Father about Ver as soon as possible, so I won't be able to get my hands off him for a while. Take your time in the meantime."

Nodding at the words, Ray heads with Seto to the stables. Dropping off behind it, Elaine then turns her gaze to Ara.

"Ara, so are you. I won't be able to get my hands off you for a while, so just take a break while I can."

"... if it were meant to be, I would have liked Lady Elaine, who performed the ritual, to take a break"

"What, I'll take a break when I write to you, too"

That's what I say, I quickly look around to make sure there's no shadows, and then I put the rest in my mouth.

"You've taken in the power of the Enchanted Dragon to get out of the dungeon as soon as you can, even though it's not complete. Exactly tired."

"Still, it was just Master Elaine who was safe.... If it's true, there must have been some Custe here..."

The sound of a gibberish, backtooth bite echoes around you.

Put your hands on that shoulder and tap gently to calm it down.

"Right. The kingdom of Mireana... and the reward of betraying us will surely come to you. He said the reason the Viscount Sails family betrayed him in the first place was because he decided he had no winning chance on the Kingdom's side in the next fight. Then I'll tell Ver it was a mistake."

"Yes, and I will definitely give it to you then."

"... well, that doesn't necessarily mean he'll be on the front line"

I was shrugging, remembering what Ray told me.

I lose my left arm, and I hear that face burned to pieces with the liquid that Ver himself had prepared, and that my leg was stabbed with a needle that dripped the venom found in the dungeon.

Still, if what happened to Ver, whom Ray himself spoke to, were true, any day would appear before us. But I don't know how long it will take for that body to get back on track.

"Well, it's a waste of time doing this. We have to send a letter to your father soon. If we're lucky, we might be able to do something within the kingdom before we let the Viscount Sails escape."

"Right. Now, Tamer, who manipulates magic or birds, so that he can carry them as soon as he finishes writing..."

"So you rest a little. But I just got back from the dungeon, so I'm not sure about my strength, so I'll have to take a break."

To Elaine's words, hold the power ax that was in her hand.

"It's okay. With this Power Axe, I can't believe how strong you are!

"Reliance on magic items to heal is forcing you to recover health. I'm not saying it's bad for you, but I'm never saying it's good. Plus, I just borrow that power ax from Ray. Don't forget you'll have to give it back."

Hearing Elaine's words, Ara turns her gaze to the power Axe she had, as she returned to me all the time.

Somehow he was so familiar with his hands that he completely forgot that it was borrowed.

"... so to speak, this was borrowed, wasn't it?"

That, Elaine, smiles unexpectedly at the look on her face like a child who was taken away with a toy she cared about.

"What, if you like it that much, you can negotiate it with Ray and give it away. Naturally, that's all there is to it, so you'll need to pay for it, but from what I've seen when I lent it to Ara, it looks like I forgot that Power Axe even existed."

"Yes, I would like to see the opportunity and ask for it"

The two subordinates nod and head into the inn.

By then, Ray and Seto had come near the stables behind the inn.

"Gru."

And right in the vicinity of that stables, he spends a slow time doing nothing on the side of a potpound and growing tree.

Seto falls asleep in the grass that is bush around the tree, and Ray strokes Seto's head as he keeps his weight on that sleeping seto and closes his eyes.

"This request, well, you managed to succeed..."

Squeeze small as you close your eyes.

The request concerns Elaine's escort, who is the only daughter of the Duke of Kelevel and is also famous as a princess general. You can say that the request to escort at least is complete.

But I let the traitor out of the party, and by that traitor I was never close to myself - I didn't even acknowledge its existence, to be exact - and I let the party members die.

(more... gotta be strong)

The consciousness is swallowed up into darkness by the sleeper as he whines in his heart and invites him to the fatigue he has not felt in a long time.

"All right, this will do as far as letters are concerned"

Elaine groans and re-reads the letter as final confirmation and puts it in the envelope.

"Ara is... oh, I still am"

It was Arla who insisted on waiting for Elaine to finish writing the letter, but she still had something hard to resist fatigue in the dungeon. I let go of the power ax I had that looked important and smile at my mouth unexpectedly at the way I was asleep falling into bed.

I am also a subordinate and friend of a lot of places where I feel like a pig, but I have no doubt that he admires me purely. For Elaine, who is the Duke's Lady, that alone was so precious that there was no more.

(... Custe, your carelessness will always be cleared by me with this hand. That would be what I should have done that was your boss)

To be honest, there were times when Custe made it easy on emotions similar to the worship he had been turning to him. But it was also a sign that I cared about myself. It was a typical nobleman who did not see it as a person except for nobility, and thus caused various problems as well. But still, in a place like this... and not one who believed in his companions, and who had spent the same time with him, could manipulate him to death.

"No, you didn't have time to be immersed in sentiment right now. I need to write to you as soon as possible."

Whimpering, ask the innkeeper to give five gold coins to the summoning magic user.

In this era, most communications take place mainly by letter, except for magic items that connect the guilds to each other. For this reason, luxury inns often have contracts with people who use subpoena magic to deliver letters as soon as possible.

Especially since this inn is a village built around the dungeon, its size can already be called a city. Sometimes it will be necessary for large merchants and aristocrats who visit in search of supplies, etc. obtained in the dungeons to contact them as soon as possible for any reason, in which case monsters flying in the sky, raptors, or simply personnel who are summoning or taming birds will undertake the delivery of the letter. Naturally, the wizard releases the monsters he serves, so in the meantime, it's a pretty expensive service in relation to not being able to work as an adventurer or anything.

Still, for the most part, one piece of gold is exquisite, but the amount Elaine paid for this time is five pieces of gold. That's why I asked a high level wizard to be sure as soon as possible.

"Well, I also sent out a letter that was the biggest problem. Then I'll get some rest too... hmm?

As he stretches out, he looks out the window and sees one and one sleeping near the tree. I knew right away who that was. We've been acting together for a while now. And even though it's not complete with the ritual of inheritance, it inherits the power of the enchanted dragon. Naturally my eyesight is also many times sharper than before.

……

Thinking for about a few seconds, smiling small and nodding one, the armor weaves only the cape without wearing it and heads outside.

Walking towards the tree, Seto opens his eyes just a little.

But when she confirmed that it was Elaine who was coming, she went straight back to sleep.

I sit back a few steps away from Seto and Ray while I am subtly happy to know that I am somewhat trusted by Seto.

(The wind is cool. Autumn already...)

Moving from the summer heat to the autumn coolness, I lean against Seto and turn my gaze toward Ray, who is asleep, shaking his golden hair in that breeze.

A man who is a boy about 5 years younger than himself but who is strong enough to be weighed down by common sense.

(And...)

Mumble inside, softly approaching to see how Ray is sleeping.

The hood of the robe I always wear is dropped off to get in the way of sleeping, and its red... it peels out my hair so that I can say it's crimson.

Now the meditated eye is as bright blue as an ethereal, and the contrast with its hair is strongly impressive.

If you look at your face alone, you might say that it's either pretty neat, but still, it's not like you'd be so eye-catching if you tried to make Elaine familiar with the nobility.

"But..."

He groaned small and gently reached out and stroked Ray's crimson hair as he slept.

(... what?

Ray, sleeping wrapped in the silky hairs of Seto, wakes up from his sleep remembering the feeling of being gently stroked somewhere by someone.

(Seto...?

I felt somewhere uncomfortable while I wondered if you were stroking with Seto's wings, and when I opened my eyes... what was in front of me was Elaine's beautiful face.

"Elaine?"

"I'm sorry. Are you awake?"

"I don't mind that..."

While whining, Ray is surprised that Seto didn't take any action even when he got so close.

Get up and look around as you lean against Seto's back.

It should be said fortunate to be unhappy, or understand that there was no one around but Elaine, and therefore Seto was not particularly vigilant either.

"Letters…"

"Yeah?"

"No, what happened to the letter? He said he'd send a letter to the Duke of Kelp about this."

To Ray's question like that, Elaine nods as she strokes Seto's silky furrows.

"Oh. I've already sent it to your father about that. The inn's prized bird with four wings has been summoned to carry a letter quickly.... Even though it's not that cold yet, it's autumn. If you sleep outside like this, you'll catch a cold."

"I don't have a soft body to catch a cold to that extent. And there's Seto."

"Sure Seto's body temperature and this hairy hair are great...... oh yeah. Well, that's a different story, but there would be a power ax for the magic item you're lending Ara, wouldn't there? He seems to like him greatly, so he said he'd like to give it to me if he could... what do you say?

"What do you say? Even if they ask. Originally I'm not the type to use an axe, and I'm not partying with other guys, so I don't mind giving in. You can't just give it to me for free, can you?

Elaine snorts with a bitter smile at Ray's words.

"Absolutely. I'm not telling you to just give me the magic item. Naturally, we are prepared to pay accordingly. How about two pieces of white gold?

Ray thinks about a few seconds into words from Elaine.

Speaking of two white gold coins, I would say quite a lot of money for the general public, and for adventurers.

If that's all you can offer, perhaps enough to buy more high-performance magic items.

"Isn't that a little too much?

"There was a lot going on this time. I don't really want to see Ara depressed. Besides, that's all I always get from Ara, so that's a thank you gift."

"... well, I don't mind that"

It's a good thing I wound it up off eagle claws in the first place, but it's a weapon I even forgot I was storing in mysteries until this one happened. If you want it, give it up and nod as there's nothing particularly wrong with it.

"Right. It helps."

Elaine smiles brilliantly and hands me two white gold coins from the porch. Put out your hand to receive it... The next moment, for some reason, I grab that hand and stare at my palm.

"Elaine?"

"... this hand"

"What happened to your hand?

"Not so different from my hand.... I don't think this hand is the hand of an artificial life form."

Ray had an unexpected look on Elaine's whining words.