Legend

What is spreading in front of you is a mansion that would have no problem describing as huge.

The size itself is not so different from that of the Lords' Hall in the Guild. If there's a difference, it's building construction.

I did see from the side that the mansion in front of me was made using good building materials. But because of the excessive combination of good objects, it makes its own claims to the extent that it dislikes them.

(What no longer well... this unexpected? No, can we think of it as what we expected in a way? The carriage was a good hobby... this mansion has a good hobby in a different way)

While thinking that way, Ray and Elaine go inside the mansion.

Naturally Seto could not enter the mansion, as he had been told beforehand, and was led into the garden to fall asleep in the shade of the growing tree.

Yellow also behaves with such a ceto.

"This way. I'll tell you in advance, Master Schaffner is someone who has a lot of difficulty. It would be helpful if you could understand the area and respond."

"... I know what you're saying, but then I don't think I should see you."

"I'm sorry, but even this one, I have to show you more than my husband has told me.... this way."

Inside the mansion, a man who has led us this far, not the maid, takes Ray and Elaine straight down the hallway.

However, I guess the only reason I didn't bother calling the maids was because of the short distance they took to guide the Rays. Arriving in front of one door in less than a few minutes, he knocks and calls out.

"We've brought a guest"

"Get in."

The door opened with that word, and what came into Ray and Elaine's eyes was a room about 50 tatami tatami in size. Despite its size, there is a table in the center of the room… I could have described it as a lonely room, but the room was decorated with several pieces of so-called art, such as paintings and statues, as a substitute for burying its loneliness.

"This is..."

Perhaps this is more of a dining room than there is a table with many dishes on it. However, a number of pieces of art surrounded by noisy decorations deny it.

It was obvious that Ray could not calm down and eat at least in a place like this.

But behind Ray's surprise, Elaine nods small toward the old man who greeted herself without showing any particular facial changes such as this.

I suppose it would be polite to state a social dictionary if it were meant to be, but I have to take this attitude towards my opponent, who has only a third of the power, even though as a Keller Duke's wife she says she is ruling an autonomous city because of her differences of position.

"Dear Elaine Kelevel, Welcome aboard. And your deep red palace."

Ray already understood who this old man looked like in his 70s to 80s in front of them, who greeted themselves with a favorable grin.

Because it was obvious who the person who originally summoned us was, and if we had heard rumors about the Levisole family flowing to Exil, it would have been Schaffner Levisole in front of us.

However, if there's anything different about it than rumors...

(Short-hearted, easily bloody and arrogant on my head... that's how I heard it. No, is this a pose on the surface or something?

Ray thinks inside as he turns his gaze to the old man with a moody grin.

Neither would I have noticed Ray's idea, but Schaffner invites Ray and Elaine to the table where Potsung is placed in the large room.

"Here you go. So I'll finish my meal first. You just came out of the dungeon and you'll be hungry. Because we prepared better dishes than the usual buying and eating."

"... I see. Ray, let's sweeten Lord Schaffner's words."

Only for a moment, a slightly frowned Elaine prompts Ray.

Nodding at the words, Ray sits silently in his chair.

A short exchange of words, but I was able to get some information on that alone.

(When they knew we were buying and eating on the way home from the dungeon like we do every day, they naturally made us look into the information in advance. Well, I know that. In the first place, Elaine was giving us the name of the Duke of Kelp when we entered Exil. I just wonder if it's a bit of a priority for my convenience)

Just got back from the dungeon... it just got back from the desert hierarchy too. It would be a natural flow to want to do something about it, thanks to dragon robes and coats that make the sweat scarcely scratched.

But Schaffner prioritized his thoughts and neglected to do so. I mean, I guess that's all I have in mind, you know?

(That would be strange because I feel this smile thin too)

While I thought of it that way, it was true that I was still hungry, so I reached for the dish as recommended.

The roasted meat was hung with sweet and sour sauce, white fish wrapped in pie dough and cooked, and the soup had a light saltiness, but a meat and vegetable flavour.

In other rare places, dishes similar to Terrine catch Ray's attention.

When placed in the mouth, the intense lever flavour spreads and entertains Ray's tongue.

Elaine also has a full taste of the salad, where vegetables and fruits that can be picked from the dungeons are used at all costs.

"What do you think? Our meal."

Shafner asks, nodding satisfactorily at Elaine's slightly opened eyes, who carried the salad to her mouth.

"Um, very tasty. You know, like a labyrinth city."

"Oh, did you see that?"

"I've had it several times before."

There are such things as plants and animals that are only present in the dungeon thanks to certain environments. The same goes for example for things like the desert roses that Ray and Elaine encountered on the 11th basement floor that the Preades were collecting.

And the deeper the hierarchy, the more susceptible such things are to the influence of magic by the nucleus of the dungeon.

Materials such as salads that Elaine is carrying in her mouth and monster levers, vegetables and spices used in Terrine's ingredients that Ray is pounding on her tongue drums. Aside from those, all the dishes on the table were made from ingredients picked from the dungeons, and a reputable cook was hired to make them among the eggzils.

Whether it's a piece of art decorated in a dining room that should be described as eye painful for Ray or Elaine, every one of them is definitely something to be bought and sold at a high price, something to entertain your eyes.

Most importantly, it is completely pointless as a result of the unwrought collection of valuable works of art.

All in all, even in labyrinth cities, the material picked from the dungeons is definitely expensive. I guess that's all Schaffner means is that he really cares about Ray and Elaine because he serves dishes with such ingredients.

Understanding it, Elaine finishes her salad gracefully with a fork and a knife, mouths the wine and then turns her gaze toward Schaffner again.

(Sure, every dish is delicious, but when it comes to drinks, it doesn't compare to Ray's running water dagger)

While I think inside like that.

"Well, so, Lord Schaffner. Shall I ask why you called me and Ray? I know you didn't have to respond to the kind of disrespect that would have bothered to summon me."

"Oh, that's... I'm sorry. But as you can see, I can't go out easily because of my age, so it would be helpful if you could understand the area."

As a duke...... that too, Elaine stabs the nail as a courtesan of the Duke of Keller, who is also the central figure of the aristocracy.

I guess I figured that out. Schaffner snorts breathlessly again, too.

If Elaine were the kind of person who misunderstood the nobility's pride, she would still have spoken the word Netineti here. But fortunately, Elaine didn't have such a misguided pride. Therefore, open your mouth directly into the room.

"So didn't you invite us to dinner because you had something to do?

I summoned someone who was in a higher position than me... to change my words to say that I had invited him to a meal instead, and to implicitly tell him that there was nothing that would make the matter problematic.

I guess Schaffner figured that out, too. Exhale gently in relief, mouth to the wine glass to calm your feelings, place it on the table and then open your mouth again.

"Well, it seems that there are some words from Master Elaine, and let's be frank here. I hear about Master Elaine frequently diving into the dungeon. Naturally, they also sell many demonic stones to guilds.... there, bye. I was wondering if you could leave the Levisole family to buy demon stones and materials, if that's all right with you, and this is how you got your feet... what do you want me to do?

Only Elaine, as the word goes, has her gaze pointed at her. It treats Ray almost as if he doesn't exist.

If you try Schaffner, I'm sure Ray is smart enough and well-known enough to have an alias. But even with the same alias, Ray's deep red, which had just spread in the spring, was different from the weight in Elaine's princess general, which had been spreading for several years. More to the point, the Duke of Keller and just adventurers. I can't help but treat it differently.

Schaffner's mistake was that Ray thought he was following Elaine. There's no point in thinking about each other's positions, but the mistake was fatal in a way as well.

"... Ray, what do we do?

Chirali, and asks Ray, who is stretching a fork and a knife to a white fish pie wrapped grill.

The person takes the word, thinks for a few seconds and shakes his head small.

"I'm sorry, but I have an advance from the guild, so you're a little impossible. In the first place, why are you so close to collecting demon stones? I heard in the guild that there are fewer demon stones out there, thanks to the Levisole and Marchelle families buying up demon stones."

Shafner frowns slightly at Ray's words like that.

But I immediately smile and shake my head small.

"I'm sorry, but it's the Levisole family's top secret. You can't talk to Elaine and her party members."

"I don't want to sound impossible. But it seems that the inhabitants of Egzil are experiencing various inconveniences because they are collecting demonic stones, but is that good as one of the three houses that rule Egzil?

"I do worry about the matter, and that's why the adventurer has slightly but increased the amount of Demon Stone purchased. But if collecting demonic stones is not good, then it's not just the Levisole family in Nong, as you know. No, the Ning Lo Mars Cher family will collect more than the Nong family. If the Lord really wants to solve the demonic stone shortage of the people of Egzil, he should not only tell the House of Marchelle, but above all the House of Silva, where the Lord himself is taking the initiative to the dungeon, to get more demonic stones?

That's good, Ray and Elaine frown when they see Schaffner, who just tells them it's a good idea.

Because Schaffner's words were the same as telling others to be careful because they weren't the only ones doing anything wrong.

At the same time, I notice that even the plating of the person in front of me as a possessor is about to peel off.

As I speak about other houses, there are colors in their eyes that I can even say are abusive.

Yes. When Elaine, who is also the Duke of Keller, definitely works in her favor if she says what she says to the other two houses.

As Shafner himself, I smile like I would say it's absolute truth.

It's a sticky grin that makes me want to describe it as nitrous in one way or another, even for that type of grin.

(It would certainly work as Schaffner said if Elaine mouthed it.... Yes. Actually, if you do, but)

I whine inside and reach for the dishes on the table with Schaffner sideways, whining only about a future that is convenient to me in my mouth.

It's a dish that uses ingredients from the dungeon, which until a while ago seemed delicious enough, but it doesn't taste so good as strange considering it's in the presence of Schaffner.

Did you receive that feeling of Ray, or did you yourself? Elaine speaks clearly when she puts the fork and knife on the table.

"I'm sorry, but I'm not involved in Exil's power struggle at the moment. At least now I'm not here as Elaine Kevel of the Duke of Kevel, I'm here as an adventurer challenging the dungeon."

Turn it down clearly, leave the shuffner on the spot, and signal Ray with his gaze to take a seat.

"Please wait!

"Terrible."

Cut off any more words you tried to say and leave the dining room straight away.

Only Schaffner, who has his proposal lightly rejected and is dyeing his face bright red with anger, is left on the spot.