Legend
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Tomorrow the story of the opening of the war spread, and as those taking part in the war were busily moving around, Ray was being taken inside the headquarters of the Royal Mireana Army by a knight, a Dusker's man.
It's a giant tent, right at the end of your gaze. The huge figure to see is already big enough to call it a single house rather than a tent.
But Ray, who turns his gaze to the giant tent, never gets a single look of surprise.
Anyway, it's certainly a huge tent at the end of my gaze, but it's just a tent. It's not a tent as a magic item used by Elaine or Dusker. That alone had already determined in Ray's eyes that the position and faction ahead of him were lower than the two earlier in his ability as a nobleman, including financial power, anyway.
Most of all, strength as a nobleman has a lot to do with how much influence you can have around you. In that sense, it is not surprising to say that it belongs to the Kings that we are about to meet, and that only the General of the Expeditionary Army and those entrusted to its Tabernacles have the strength.
Before that, Elaine, the daughter of the noblest of the nobles, the Duke, with the princess general's prestige, or Dasker, the Larks Borderline uncle, who controls the land called the border, is incorrect compared to the nobles in general.
"I got it....... Master Dusker doesn't care when it comes to courtesy, but typical nobles like the Kings and Renodis are courteously loud. Don't be rude."
"In the first place, I have trouble being asked to be polite by me, the adventurer... well, let's do something good"
Sighing bitterly at Ray's words like that, the knight calls out to the soldiers of the guard in front of the tent.
"This is Sanju serving Lord Larks Borderline Birdascar. I brought Ray who was called in. Please take care of him."
"Ha! Please wait a moment"
When one of the soldiers on the guard gives a salute that quickly lets the clench of his right hand touch his heart, he goes straight into the tent.
Ray, who was watching the situation, decides that the quality of the guards is not so bad.
(From what I've heard, it felt like the Kings were winning this war and taking it for granted... but that's a lot of soldier practice for it. I just thought it was all over the place. No, the nobles are the only ones who are full of it, and the soldiers who actually stand on the battlefield can't do that? If you were all over the battlefield, you'd be dead for sure first)
I've never been to an actual war before, but still only Ray, who has quite a lot of experience fighting monsters and interpersonal fights, was quick to convince.
"Ready? Don't be rude, okay? If you imitate it like that, you're going to make Master Dusker scratch his shame."
As I nod at how the knight Sanju tells me so while I wait, eventually the earlier soldier returns from within the tent.
"Go ahead, gentlemen. Please wait."
(... Gentlemen. Well, what kind of people are you)
I see Sanju keeping the sheath containing the sword with the guards, and Ray also hands me the misrill knife he had hidden inside the robe again.
Then try to follow Sanju, who entered the tent first, and Ray goes inside again.
In the tent, Ray sees the nobles split into three groups as the letter of Co has become vertical.
"Well, was that guy in the conversation?
"What, you're not a child yet. This is certainly not the kind of person Lord Renogis said he was not good at."
"No, no. Even adventurers will be important in strength. As far as I'm concerned, if you actually have the strength to leave it up front, you don't mind at all?
"Then you'll still need to show them your strength directly."
"Renodis imitates it all too. It may be this one because I'm confident in my power, but even me, that child... no, I can understand that the adventurer has powers that are not ordinary."
"Hmm? I was surprised your lord praised others. You think you have that much strength?
"An adventurer is not like our nobles with precious blood. With a wall of meat. You could use it."
"Ri, Ri. I'm worried about the fate of the Marquis Imergen."
"Hino... Hino, no, no!
And as soon as those who were inside saw Ray, various voices were heard from the nobles who were in the tent about the size of a house. Most of them were as insulting as Ray himself had expected, but there were other voices of those who felt their strength at a glance, and Ray himself didn't think they were as hostile.
But things change in the tent, where one of them was busy with actions taken abruptly.
As soon as one of the nobles waiting in the tent saw Ray, he jumped out of the chair where he was sitting screaming, trying to hold his head and crouch into the ground. Yes, as if a little kid would endure fear by being scared of the thunder that rang at night and twirling into a futon.
I guess that action was unexpected for most nobles who were in the tent. He was just squatting to the ground, gazing at those dressed like he didn't want to see anything, hear anything, or just don't want to say it.
In the meantime, a few of the nobles who are said to be powerful, or who originally knew Ray's own strength, understand what caused this to happen.
(... I see)
And that, too, happened to Ray. Because I have had the same experience many times before, I wonder if the aristocrats who are now kneeling in had the ability to sense their magic.
"... what the hell is wrong with you?
Potsuri and the whining voice of one of the nobles echoes back into the quiet tent.
And most of the gaze of the other nobles is directed toward Ray. I know, that Ray caused it. But you can't decide who did it any more than that Ray did something, and silence dominates the tent.
But eventually one of the nobles. I sat in the center and yelled at a guy in his 50s in flashy decorated armor crouching into irritation just wondering if this was it.
"Yes, the shame of the Kings! Whoa, you guys take this guy!
The man again turns his gaze to Ray when he commands the knights of the escort who were around him and his figure disappears from the tent.
Feeling that gaze, Ray was also able to afford to turn his gaze to the nobles in the tent for the first time.
There were many people there who looked familiar. In the closest example, it would be Dusker, Ray's direct employer. There are other figures of the nobles who were around Dusker when he took on the lead, and at the edge of the position where the royalist nobles are lined up, there is a siminar looking to Ray with some funny face. And some of the aristocratic groups across the street from the Neutralists have the appearance of Renodis, who would have caused this disturbance, especially to Elaine, who is turning her trusted gaze to Ray without changing her expression. In an instant, but when Ray and I gaze at each other, Renodis gives me an unpleasant look, even though I said I saw it on the body of a goblin rolling down the road. And...
(... who?
The heart of the aristocrats. In neutral terms, one man in the same position as Dusker. The moment he sees the man, Ray is attacked by some preoccupied sense of vision.
It's like we've met somewhere before, in that mood.
You must have noticed you were staring at yourself. The man also returns his gaze to Ray.
(Well, did you notice? He must have hidden his face when he did it in the city of Gilm.)
Whimpering as I admired inside, I held the title of Knights of the Duke of Kelp. It was Filma Dezier who led the army of the Duke of Kelp in this war as a nominee for the Duke of Kelp. I had previously fought Ray in the city of Gilm because of the life of Liberté Kelevel, who was asked by Elaine about Ray's abilities. But Ray now almost instinctively looked uncomfortable with how the film was, even though it was only concealing his face.
But anyway, there's no way Ray could have fought the film that leads the Knights of the Duke of Kelp when it comes to abdominal arts. I hardly change my expression when my gaze matches mine, and I begin to think that Ray may have been worried about his thoughts as well in the film where he turns his gaze as if he were the first person I've met.
That's when one nobleman, who was a short distance from the film, suddenly moved forward.
"Hey, you! What's with the adventurer flair turning a blind eye to the Knights Commander of the Knights of the Dukes of Kelp! Give me some more of your share!
Some of the nobles unexpectedly frown at the superiority that seeped into their voices and the way they take it for granted by trampling others, but the person turns his contempt gaze on Ray without realizing it at all.
Renozis Immerhen. He was the person responsible for what Ray was to be called to this occasion this time.
As a Renodis, I suppose you have the idea of reminding Ray, the adventurer, of the difference in identity from ourselves, the aristocrats. And when it came to why Renodis acted like that, it was also evident from the fact that his gaze was sometimes directed at Elaine next to Filma.
However, Elaine herself is throwing her gaze at Renodis, which can be described as extreme cold, but she is in a sense unhappy.
……
Reminds me of the advice of the knight Sanju, who guided me so far - it would be a nuisance to Dusker if I had a problem - and I just shut my mouth and turn my gaze towards Dusker.
And I guess Dusker also noticed that Ray remained silently told to keep his face open. Open your eyes to the royalist nobles and to the man in his 50s who is also at the centre of it.
"Lord Arius, anyway, that's the problem. Ray came this way, but what are we going to do?
"Hmm, is the original question whether that adventurer is strong enough to be left in the lead?
"Seems so. Of course, as far as I'm concerned, I understand its strength beyond being an active adventurer in the city of Gilm. I have no anxiety at all about letting the lead. Anyway, after registering for the Adventurer Guild in the City of Guild, you've got the strength to run up to Rank C in the fastest possible way, right? Follow that and even Griffon."
The surroundings stir at Dusker's words.
Griffon was so impactful.
But naturally some Dusker's words are not funny.
"Ha, Larks Borderline Uncle likes jokes too"
Yes. The cause of this disturbance, Renodis. That's the man.
"Well, you're kidding? You want me to tell you what a joke is."
"It must be up to the man's strength. Sure, the guy probably ran up to Rank C fastest after registering for the guild. Let's admit it more than we actually have proof. But isn't that because of Griffon, not just the man?
Hearing the words of Renodis, once again the nobles around him shrug.
If you bring a monster like Griffon, that's what makes it harder for children to rank up, especially those who are aristocratic and close to Renodis and those who welcome this rub among the Kings.
Many kings in particular have fomented conflict that the war with the Bestian Empire would drain the wars between the two forces more intensely if the relationship between the aristocrats and the neutrals were to be worse as a result of this rub.
(Shit, idiots. But even as things stand, the Bestian Empire is in our favor, so what are we going to do with more sparks here?)
It was a tongue-in-cheek dusker inside, but it's not a situation where things can be done in peace around you already.
Alternatively, we decide that some of the royalist nobles may be referring to colleagues who exposed themselves to indifference when Ray came in.
If Dasker's memory is certain, it is because the nobility that was so strongly threatened at that time was noble among the Kings, and at the same time a man famous as a competent wizard. Being crushed in the face would be enough reason for the nobles to turn a hard eye on Ray.
It was Dusker who was wondering how to govern this place, but in that one person and gaze unwittingly intertwine.
The man was at the heart of the aristocracy and was regarded as a vigilant figure, even in Daskar. Filma Dezier, Knights Leader of the Knights of the Duke of Kelevel. A man possessed of what can be described as a harsh and hegemony.
(Heh. Sounds like you mean the same thing to me over there)
That moment when the gaze fits. Dusker and Filma, who exchanged views with each other with their eyes and eyes, nodded at the same time, and Filma raised her voice.
"Quiet!"
That's just what they call the best samurai of our time, and the words spouted out of their mouths were caged with power. Everyone will have to convince themselves of the power of Filma if they see that they have stopped the words of the nobles around them with just one voice.
"If you want to identify the power of someone named Ray there, all you have to do is actually show me the fight.... Renojis, this commotion started with your words, right?
"... Yes"
Exactly the arrogant Renodis also nods honestly here without imitating what it would take to eat and hang on Filma, the nobleman general.
"Then the story is simple. Renozis, you fight that adventurer named Ray. And see for yourself what you can do."
"Tell me to fight adventurous," he said?
"That's right. Any objections?
"... No, I'll follow your word"
While my parents are the same as the Marquis, I am the next Lord. Compared to that, the other side is the second son of the Lord. In other words, it is only a substitute for the next period. That's what I thought Renodis was, but still I can't go against the pressure released from the film, and I honestly nod.
"Do you mind, Lord Arius?
Seeing Renodis nod, he asks Arius, who is also the general general-in-chief of the Royal Mireana Army, to make him a royalist nobleman who can also be considered the chief officer of this occasion.
"Well, I'd like to see the power of the young man there."
Arius nodded to Eagle Deep, and thus the battle between Renodis and Ray would be decided.
By the way, Siminar, who was on the edge of the Kings, was watching as he smiled funny at a series of events.