Legend

"I really didn't expect to draw a meadow wolf in. Damn it, Ray's gonna go beyond my expectations."

Luno squeaks smudgingly in the carriage. The knights of the escort who were listening to it were similarly turning a surprise glance at Ray.

"Speaking of meadow wolves, it would be the most famous bandits around here. I certainly didn't expect to bring that on my side..."

"In the meantime, if they're here, we might not have to be on guard with the other bandits."

Ray unexpectedly frowns at the words of the knights who speak that way.

"Are the bandits getting their hands on you? To this great army?

It is a force of more than 5,000 men in the Larks' army alone, and given the number of Abu Ero troops that have already joined, there are a total of more than 7,000 men in this army. It didn't seem very good to Ray that there were bandits out there giving a little bit of a shot.

But Luno smiles bitterly and shakes his head at Ray's words like that.

"If you do think of it as an army of over 7,000 people, you won't be able to get your hands on it a little softly. But when I say over 7,000 people, the people I'm talking about are people. We don't always get together and act in large numbers. Especially the night watch. You should try bandits. He's a general soldier who's not that strong because he's got a few people all wrapped up, and he's basically a lookout. And it's dark at night..."

"That's the thing. Most importantly, Master Dusker thinks about the area. We're talking about a couple of adventurers on the lookout to improve the quality of combat."

"Adventurer, huh?"

Ray mutters to the words of the knights, remembering the faces of the facial acquaintances who are participating in this war.

The Larks Army is also home to many adventurers from the city of Gilm. For example, as promised to Ray before, Rank A Party Thunder God's Axe secretly thinks that to protect this country... and keep Seto from injury in the war, Rank C Party Burning Wind, purely the long-standing power of Rank D Party for rewards.

Ray, as an individual, I'm not very good with people, and I don't know that many people, but that's all people I know participate in this war just to think of.

"Well, either way, the bandits are out of line. They're looking for supplies. But nearly half of the supplies are stored by Ray in the item box, and even for the rest of the supplies, security is tighter than about half.... Well, there seems to be some damage in the army sent from the city of Abu Ero"

"I guess. There's not going to be an item box like Ray over there, so it's going to be a normal organization."

The other knight nods at the words of his colleague.

If it had been originally planned, supplies other than the Larks would have been carried in Ray's item box. In fact, when I hire Ray, Dusker also makes a statement that makes me smell it. However, as a result of the actual replenishment work, Ray's mental fatigue was high, and it was found that Ray might not have the replenishment for the rest of the army when Ray handled it, so he was supposed to be in charge of replenishment for the Larks Army alone as it stood.

"Nevertheless, you never thought military mobility would be such a hassle"

"Ha ha, well that's right. Try Ray, who travels on Seto every day, and you rarely travel on foot like this, do you?

One of the knights laughs and tells that to Ray's words, which are also close to blurring.

It is quite famous amongst the adventurers of the city of Gilm that Ray is travelling on Ceto. It's not that I sneak eyes or anything, but that I ride Seto in public with dignity. The adventurer, on the contrary, even the general public, who was a little familiar with the circumstances, knew that Ray was travelling on the ceto.

And because the knight knew the rumor again, he made a laugh and pointed it out to Ray.

"Even so, this was normal for me to take."

If you try Ray, he created Ceto in Warcraft as soon as he entered the flesh of today in this world called Elgin. Therefore, he has the realization that it is normal to act with Seto.

That's why I also understood that Seto would be lonely and sweet because he was acting differently with Ray for a long time, as he did last night.

That's what I felt during my previous rank-up exams.

"Walking around to it was a lot when I was working as an adventurer.... Well, even then, the travel speed wasn't so slow."

The slowest moving speed ever would have been Ray's request for an escort with Shizuku Reishi some time ago. Oddly, the goal then was the city of Subrusta, currently on its way to rendezvous. At the same time, the loan to the meadow wolves that we were talking about earlier was at that time.

"... all the while I was rumoring. Here."

While Ray remembers it that way, Luno, who was looking outside, tells him that as he looks far out the carriage window.

What Ray saw following Luno's gaze was the city of Sabursta, dyed with colors close to a sunset when the sun was about to fall.

"Uh... it's fine to rendezvous, but what are we going to do?

"Hmm? What?

One of the knights reacts to Ray's words, whining casually.

"No, the higher number of people means that's how slowly we should travel. Then it will take longer to reach the battlefield."

"Really? From what I've heard, the reinforcements coming out of the city of Subrusta don't reach 1,000 people. I don't think there's much difference in travel time."

"… less than 1000 people? Not much more."

In the words of the knight, Luno speaks unexpectedly.

The knight who heard the words shook his head with a slight frown.

"The Lords' deputies in the city of Subrusta are people with a lot of bad rumors. He seems to be particularly obsessed with gold..."

"Whoa, whoa, wait a minute. Then what is it? You're telling me that if we formed a large army, it would cost us a small amount of money, so we could do it with a minimum of people?

To Luno's shuddering whine, Fu Ray recalls rumors he heard on his previous escort assignment.

"With that said, I've heard rumors that Sabrusta's Lords' deputies are connected to the bandits?

"Probably true. Otherwise, the more unnatural there are bandits around here, starting with meadow wolves."

"Why don't you just ask Egg and get some backup?

To such Ray's suggestion, the knight shakes his head small.

"It will certainly be true that we are connected to bandits. But the merchants aren't attacked by the devastation. Even though I'm committing fraud, I guess there's a sense of balance around it. I'm holding back to the point of being blinded by the nobles who are entrusting their territory to me."

"And the number of reinforcements who can make good excuses for that nobleman... that's why"

Another knight watching the city of Subrusta through a carriage window groans as he frowns.

The city of Subrusta, visible through its windows, was gradually growing, and the contingents waiting in front of the city could also be confirmed from inside the carriage.

Seeing the number of people, Ray opens his mouth as if he was frightened somewhere.

"... instead of a thousand, isn't it about 500?

Of course, Ray doesn't have the special ability to count numbers just because he sees them like Keo in charge of supplies. But even so, I didn't think the number of people at the end of my gaze was as high as 1,000.

And that was the same for the knights and for Luno.

"I guess. However, it is true that there are no more than 500 people. I'm not lying."

"You're going to imitate me for a long time."

In the words of the knight, Luno grunts, trying to add tea.

"Still, we have no right to instruct Master Dusker to do anything more than differ from our faction. … at all, I want you to consider the possibility of losing the war at all costs"

"What, you don't think this country will ever lose anyway. And when he's in trouble, he gets away first."

"Ray, that's a little too much"

That's how one of the knights speaks to Ray, who tells him with a mockery in his mouth.

Even if it was cautioned that way, it only seemed foolish to Ray to act as a lord's deputy who would only send minimal force to get the money.

"Don't worry. It's weird to say... but if the noblemen found out about this, it'd be a lot of fun later."

That's what another knight tells Ray as he smiles at his mouth.

"Funny thing?

"Oh. Master Dusker will always have a big hand in this fight. In fact, we've got as much power as we can get. In other words, you can get quite a say in postwar merit awards. If I talk about this then... Well, what will happen? As an aristocrat, I'm not talking about getting smashed in the face. The guy who did his job properly for his own benefit is good and heads up the Lords' deputy. If you do poorly, your neck will literally fly in a physical sense. But I don't know if the Lord's Representative here is aware of it."

The carriage begins to move again as the knight tells it to look interesting somewhere.

Since it was about 500 people who joined us, it would have taken little time to decide on such things as the queue when marching, as it did in the city of Abu Ero.

"Anyway, now the city of Subrusta has passed. After... Hmm? Surely the road ahead was divided into two parts, wasn't it? One road leads to the capital, the other to the countryside."

Luno asks nobody as he looks out the window of the carriage he starts to move on.

It was Ray, not the knights, who answered that. Anyway, it was only a few months ago that I passed over here and delivered the powder of Aulani grass, a special potion of satanic fever, to the city of Barr, because it was still new to my memory.

"Oh. The countryside is the road that leads to the city of Barr.... We're moving on to the city of Barr, aren't we?

Ray asks the knight what confirmation means.

Kingdom of Mireana and the Bestian Empire. It has been customary so far to become the Seremus Plain, which is also a vast plain where its forces of war can be described as a folding zone between the two countries, only to a country known as a major power. Sometimes, of course, plots are used to infiltrate enemy countries and destroy them, but basically it was common to fight on the Seremouth Plains.

And the knights nod at Ray's words unleashed with such anticipation.... but with a slight frown.

"Basically, there's no doubt about what Ray is saying. If the battle is to proceed with the same flow as before, the battle on the Seremouth Plains is the right one..."

"Master Dusker thinks this war is different than before. If that happens, we'll see if the battle on the Seremouth Plains will happen as well as ever."

To those words of two knights, Luno asks as he tilts his neck.

"But the kingdom of Mireana and the Bestian Empire will never have less than tens of thousands of troops, will they? Then I guess the battle from the front is definitely on the Seremouth Plains?

"... oh. Normally, that's fine. But... na"

To Luno's words, the knight shrugs and shakes his head in a small way because of his lack of confidence somewhere.

"This is the first time I've thought that Master Dusker should be wrong."

"Don't worry. We have Ray's skills, so if we don't have too much time, we can beat them."

"... I hope so"

The knight groans with a sigh, and as it is, the carriage quietly returns.

Would silence have lasted for a few minutes or so? Fujiray takes some fruit out of the mistering.

It looks like a Sacramento in a bite size, but the colour is blue, reminiscent of the summer sky, a strange fruit that the texture and flavour are close to persimmons.

The name is Ketty's fruit. Spring is the fruit of the season, and just from now on it is the fruit of the season.

"Ray?"

I will not answer Luno's strange inquiry, but will hand over the fruits of the removed Ketty to the knights and Luno.

Because it had been stored in mysteries since it was cooled, the knights have a surprising look at the cold of Ketty's fruit. Luno should just say that, or he just gently moves his eyebrows to receive Ketty's fruit.

"What are we going to do in fear of our enemies before we get to the battlefield yet, that would be the pot we think over there. Now I won't even tell you to eat and forget your anxiety... but still don't put it on the table. If you, knights in this army, are anxious, your anxiety will shift to soldiers and volunteers."

"What did you give me, too?

I just didn't think I was anxious, Luno asking Ray.

But Ray, who answers it, opens his mouth with some mean grin.

"When you only feed the two of you, you're the one who didn't get anything, right?

"Kuck, kuck... yah, that's true. If we're going to pay for this, we have to do it equally."

Luno smiled unexpectedly, making sure the knights were dragged by it and smiled bitterly... as a result, the dark atmosphere in the carriage could disappear beautifully and refreshingly.