Legend

The day after the crusade for the anomalous species was over, Ray and Elaine, who are staying at the Golden Wind Pavilion, were coming to the dining room for breakfast.

I was concerned about the strange crookedness in the dining room, but what caught Ray's attention more than that was the dish several guests were eating as breakfast. That is...

"Udon, you say?

Yes, it is undoubtedly udon that the customer is eating. The utensils and juice are subtly different from what Ray knows, but there was still no mistake in udon, which is probably the first noodle dish brought to Elgin.

"Oh, you know what? It's the dish that Eggzil recently told me about. Whatever it is, it's a culinary dish conceived in the famous Guild as a city on the edge."

"... I see"

In a word returned by a waiter who heard Ray whine, Elaine nodded small when she realized what Ray was surprised by.

Gilm and Exil are quite far apart in distance. That's about as long as it takes a few months each way to walk and travel normally.

I guess I was surprised that the dishes devised in the gilm were conveyed to a place where that was all the distance.

Of course that's one of the reasons, but that's not all. It is true that udon was the dish spread by Ray in the first place, was it topical, or by the cook's arm, and that the dish udon was becoming a sort of common food in and around Guild. But I just had to open my mouth and be surprised that such a dish I taught had spread all the way to Exile.

(No way, seafood okonomiyaki won't spread all over the country in time, will it?

Even though I think about it that way, to try it out. So Elaine and I order some udon and get to our seats.

Stay put for a few minutes. Even the udon is boiled in minutes because it was a rather thin udon, and is brought to the bowl with udon, utensils and juice.

Exactly what should be called a luxury inn, all the ingredients used were first-class. The meat of the rank C monster, known as the Armored Sheep, which lives in the deep tier of the dungeon, and this one, starting with the young buds of Arlaune, is simmered with a rare area in an intense sauce, so much flavor that even though it is intensely flavored as a dish to be eaten in the morning.

(Udon 't matter what Udon is, that's a big difference from what I know about Udon)

When it comes to Ray's known udon, it's almost like serving it in a mass cafeteria. But what I'm eating now was dishes that should be described as upscale dishes made with plenty of scarce ingredients and labor time by leading cooks.

"Well, this is delicious"

"Oh. When you get here, you look alike, but you can almost say something different about the flavor."

Using a fork, taste the noodles along with the meat that dissolves in your mouth the moment you chew while leaving moderate elasticity.

As I learn from Ray like that, Elaine also tastes udon with Arlaune's young buds again.

Stay focused on each other eating without words, and eventually the bowl will be empty in about 10 minutes.

The spoon carried the last soup into my mouth, leaking my sigh satisfactorily... and finally I could afford to listen to the noise around me.

"Is that story true!?

"Oh. Definitely. Soon after I woke up and heard the story, I sent our people to see how it was going. Definitely burning it all. And surrounding buildings."

"But why... there's nothing like a fire around there..."

"Well. But since we're talking about corpses rolling around, it wouldn't be like accidents at least. Maybe he was attacked by someone."

"Raid? But what happened around there?

"About that, apparently, the Silva family rented the warehouse that was at the heart of the fire."

"Hey, wait. The Silva family? Then..."

"Oh. There's definitely going to be a retaliatory disturbance against the person who started the fire. Anyway, most of the bodies that were rolling around were adventurers serving the Silva family."

"... don't be rough..."

"Oh. Or maybe you should just leave Exile. I'm sorry I got caught up in a retaliatory disturbance."

"Should we do that, too? But the very act of getting out of Egzil could be judged by the Silva family..."

"We'll have to pick our own neighborhood. Stay in Eggzil and get into retaliatory disturbances, or leave Eggzil knowing you're suspected of being a party to this case."

That kind of talk is being told everywhere in the dining room.

Just because it is a golden wind pavilion known as a luxury lodge among the Eggzils, most of those who use it are wealthy merchants, or aristocrats and high-ranking adventurers. Therefore, it stands out that he is consulting with a familiar opponent on how to escape the uproar that will happen on the stage of Exil.

"... Elainea"

"Oh. I hear you. But the warehouse?

To Ray's call, Elaine returns the words as she frowns.

We both already know that. Where is the warehouse where the bodies were all burned and rolled, which is in the surrounding story?

They said they were the warehouse that brought in Spear Frog's anomalous species yesterday.

"When that warehouse was attacked, maybe it was..."

Turn your gaze toward Elaine without further ado.

Elaine snorted silently that the idea was right in Ray's gaze like that.

The two agree that whoever is creating the anomalous species must have attacked the warehouse in order to obliterate the evidence.

(But... which one? Levisole and Marstelle families. Both of these houses were buying and collecting demon stones, so it's not weird which one raids)

While I summed up my thoughts in my heart, I could only derive one answer.

That is...

"Levisole Family"

"Surely that's the most likely thing. But..."

To Ray's words, Elaine hesitates to snort.

I have never met a man named Prix, who is also the head of the Marchelle family, but as long as I still listened to the rumors that were circulating, most of them said he was better than Schaffner at least.

Given those, I naturally don't believe that raids such as this one, which combine obvious evidence obliteration and mouth sealing, would also be at Schaffner's disposal.

But for whatever reason I could assure you, I didn't think that was the right answer in Elaine.

Subtle discomfort. Something that cannot be explained by circumstantial evidence alone. Such a thing exists in Elaine.

"What's up? Something bothering you?

"... there is, but there is nothing like evidence"

Compared to such Elaine, Ray had decided that this case was entirely the brave leg of the Levisole family.

Yes, exactly as planned by whoever actually instructed the raid.

"When that happens... I wonder what we should do. If this has nothing to do with us, leave us alone."

While exhaling, carry a cup of cold, chilled fruit water placed on the table to your mouth.

If the warehouse that was attacked was simply a place to study monsters, or a Silva family facility that had absolutely nothing to do with such a thing, it would have carried out an attack on the basement 12th floor toward the dungeon like this without worrying about anything.

But this time, it was the facility that was doing the autopsy and research on the anomalous species. For Ray, who uses warcraft, it's never like he can overlook it.

"Well, why don't you ask the Silva family once? We were the ones who planted the abnormal species in the first place. If the warehouse where the body of that anomalous species was found was raided, it is not strange to do so. Plus... I'm a little concerned."

Not that I want to worry about Ray and head over to the Silva family mansion, but the discomfort that I myself have been concerned about since earlier is a major reason.

But Elaine's words were a ship across for Ray as well. I know how detrimental the existence of an anomalous species can be to me, but therefore.

"Sure you want to go once. Even if it's a boss, if it's been raided, you'll want to make sure it's at least a little more powerful."

Thus, Ray and Elaine, who changed their plans for the day from a dungeon to a visit to the Silva family, went outside the inn with Seto after breakfast and Yellow because it was not a dungeon.

"... naturally, but a lot of guys have been killing each other for a long time"

About 10 minutes out of the Golden Wind Pavilion. I walk all over the city, as usual, but the people on the boulevard were restless somewhere.

The reason for this would still be to think of yourself as an adventurer who could be described as half killer.

There are people all over the city who serve the Silva family, or who owe it to the Silva family, or else admire the existence of a Bosque.

Is it because Bosque has a high level of instruction that he hasn't caused any noise for being upset?

"Right. But for that matter, there's no such thing as a brawl or a skirmish."

I guess you noticed the same place Ray did. Nod as Elaine was impressed.

Make it Ray, make it Elaine, make it half combat a business as adventurers and knights. That's why I don't seem to care so much about the fact that there are so many killer adventurers all over the city. But if you try to be ordinary, it seems that the only threat is still the adventurer who was murderous, and he's moving early enough to get his back shrunk somewhere and not get tangled up by the adventurers.

"Anyway, I guess there's nothing you can do about not doing something about this one. The Silva family was north of Egzil, right?

"Oh."

The Silva family. The sight of the adventurers who were around them was gathered by Ray the moment he put out the word, but it seems quite well known that the Silva family and Rays were quite close, and most quickly strayed from sight.

Some of them did not know that and tried to tangle towards Ray, who spoke the name of the Silva family, but as soon as the adventurers around them were informed of the situation, they became adults.

It doesn't matter who the adventurers are, it doesn't matter who he wants to get involved with, they're looking for someone who sold the fight to the gracious Silva family, so there was no one to get involved with Ray or Elaine.

Take the same carriage that you used to use to get home from the Levisole family through the city that you are following in that way, and continue towards the Silva family north of Egzil.

I guess it's still not the case that adventurers, or even the general public, who have something to do with the Silva family were less likely than usual to be able to look at Seto following the carriage.

"Around here too. I guess this is what it's like for a while."

Elaine, who was looking out the window of the carriage, whines with a sigh.

Probably because the view from outside the window is increasing in the number of adventurers who were more killer as they headed north.

It was an anticipated situation because it was headed north of Egzil, arguably home to the Silva family.

(If you rub it poorly, it's going to erupt)

Ray also thinks inside as he similarly looks outside the carriage.

Basically, the Silva family is the one with all the bloody people, which would be natural if you thought about the first dining room you encountered Bosc.

Those people are looking for suspicious opponents wandering around the city in a killer mood, so if you could rub it bad once, you'd have to fight all the adventurers associated with the Silva family around you.

(I don't feel like losing... but I'm pretty sure it's a total hassle)

With that in mind, we get out of the carriage and head to the Silva family, a large mansion you can still see from there.

Exactly where we should also call it the home of the Silva family, and the number of adventurers increases as we approach its mansion.

Still no one suspicious of the Rays, I guess, because their relationship with Bosc is still quite well known.

Given that I have been called twice in the guild and have had personal discussions, I wouldn't even say that if I tried it on the people around here I would be inside...... but it was rated close to the guests.

In a way, this is the safest area in the current state of Exil, but not so many would still prefer to come here.

Because no matter how safe, it's obvious that many people don't want to spend so much time in a place filled with tension.

Walking somewhat contemplatively with a view of the surroundings, he eventually arrives in front of the Silva family mansion, which was also his destination.

Sometimes it's one of the three that rule Exil, and I guess it needs to look right. What was in front of the Rays was so big that it didn't seem like a Bosc mansion to be described as solid in quality.

That's so much worse than the Levisole mansion where the Rays were summoned once.

And there are two men, more than 2m tall, wearing full plate mails, standing as gatekeepers.

Ray opens his mouth towards those two.

"I want to see Bosque about last night, so I want you to take it from me"