Legend

"... I see the spring war was pulling its tail."

Looking through the letter Ray deposited, Dusker, sitting on the couch, whines in sigh.

What you see on that face is fatigue.

This time the bloody blade is not the only cause.... No, I don't think it's common there, but it's not that uncommon for bandits to come to the border.

What is bothering Dusker's head right now was one thing or another about the Bestian Empire that Ray brought.

If you look at Dusker, you'll figure that out half the time. Not to say anything in particular, Ray carries the tea served to his maid to his mouth.

Silence full of the office.

The first person to break it was Dusker.

Dasker talks to Ray in a light tone, as he tries to change his mood.

"So, what happened to this reward? Did you get anything nice?

"Yeah, there was something extraordinary. One gem and a weapon spear. And..."

Tell him so, and put the pocket watch he took out of the mistering on the table.

"The watch?... Hey, and isn't this made of Aami Thrill? You've found something worth a fortune again."

The grunting Dusker gently takes the pocket watch placed on the table.

The surface with the elaborate sculpture was glimpsed with his fingers, and the sigh exhaled as he was impressed.

In fact, it's very rare to have a watch that uses so much Mithril, and what's carved there is also a substitute that artisans around there can't handle.

It is very rare to use Mithril so luxuriously in the first place.

But... so there's some anxiety in Dusker's mind.

(Sure, this pocket watch is awesome, but that's probably why it would taste bad if there was someone the merchant was planning to sell this to)

It was such a dangerous dusker on the inside, but I have to question it if you know it's Ray in front of you and still ask me if I can get my hands on it.

(I wouldn't be such a reckless imitator if he knew Ray's prowess at least... but if he was any idiot nobleman of his own, he wouldn't be talking about it)

Behind Dusker's brain comes the figure of a young aristocrat who stuck on Ray in the spring war.

As a result, the aristocracy came to the attention of Ray so much that he could not regret it, but many people wanted to think that nobility was special even when they heard it.

(... Well, before, anyway, Ray now has an alias. Even if you try to pass your imposition on someone like that, you'll just look at the pain in the eye)

Thinking that way, there's a small grin in Dusker's mouth.

Yes, with regard to the Vestian Empire that Dusker is currently struggling with, Ray is working together to implement it positively as a prospect of success.

Thinking that far, Dusker opens his mouth with his gaze toward Ray.

"Yes, it's about the Bestian Empire, but I'm supposed to be out in a few days. I want you to come with me as an escort."

Ray's eyes open wide to that voice that tells him as if it were nothing.

"Uh... does that mean Master Dusker is going out to the Bestian Empire?

"That's right. I also received an invitation from the Bestian Empire to fight every year.... If you looked over there, it would have been half as ironic."

Dusker smiles sarcastically and flaunts his shoulders small.

Dusker, who is also the central figure of the neutrals, but the neutrals themselves are only a small force.

Kings of the largest faction, nobles of the opposing forces. It was the kind of force that managed to exist in the meantime.

It is nevertheless true that it is the third force in the Kingdom of Mireana, even for the Bestian Empire, half as close to irony… more precisely in the sense of spiritual attacks and harassment, it issued an invitation to the Martial Arts Games to Dusker every year.

Naturally, as a Dusker, I can't possibly go out of my way to a place like that. You don't attend every year, or you just send out a surrogate.

But that also changes dramatically in this spring's war.

The forces themselves had not grown larger than they had been before the spring, but it was nevertheless significant that they were embracing aliases, and their potential force and military might had come to a glance.

Consequently, as the Bestian Empire, too, it would recognize Dusker as one of the heavy towns of the Kingdom of Truth Mireana, not in the half-heartedly sense of the year, and would issue an invitation to the Martial Arts Games.

… although few people usually do things like go to another country in such a situation.

Even for Dusker, if it wasn't for Ray, I would have said no as usual or planned to send a surrogate.

However, Ray's story has dramatically changed the meaning of the martial arts tournament in Dusker.

If the proposals brought to us by Elaine are successful, we will succeed in creating a presence within the Bestian Empire that even the pro-Mileana Kingdoms deserve to say.

Moreover, if Dusker himself cooperates in creating that faction, it can be a major loan and expand the forces of the neutrals even within the Kingdom of Mireana.

Nevertheless, there is no reason to rely solely on the power of one Ray to carry out this plan.

The time needed to do so was several days, including today.

"Needless to say, this case is going to be a huge event for the Kingdom of Mireana... or for us neutrals in many ways. This is why we need to take our forces besides you when we head to the Bestian Empire."

"I guess. I was wondering if I needed more people to escort Master Dusker in the meantime than I had to. Especially when it comes to spring, Master Dusker will be resented by the Bestian Empire."

Dusker unwittingly turns his gaze to Ray, who squeals like any other HR.

"Sure, they'll resent me, too, but if you say who resents you the most, it's you, no matter what you think?

"But in my case, I can protect myself, and most importantly, I was wondering if I could do something more to imitate someone than participate in a martial arts tournament as Lord Dusker, Larks Borderline Uncle."

Ray flaunts his shoulder small while storing his pocket watch in mystering.

To Ray, who says he's safe, Dusker turns to Zito's eyes.

"... ma, fine. Anyway, you're gonna need my escort. So, as I said earlier, Elk is due back in the guild in the next few days"

"I see, is it the Axe of Thunder God? Sure, the elks can safely count on me to escort them..."

Ray clouds his words.

In fact, the Axe of the Thunder God led by Elk is also an Adventurer representing Gilm as a Rank A Party.

The Axe of the Thunder God in the name of the party was also an alias for Elk.

It is so famous that it cannot be compared to the alias Deep Red, which was given to Ray in the Spring War, and its name value is also very high.

To the typical warrior elk, it is a party organized by three parents and children of the powerful wizard Min, Elk and Min's son, Warrior Rhodos, impeccable in strength.

No, it would be extraordinarily better than Ray, who doesn't have that much experience with requests of that kind in the sense of escort.

But...... the reason Ray still clouded his words was in the relationship between Elk and the Bestian Empire.

Last winter, Elk was threatened with taking his son Rhodos hostage for Ray's life, because the bosses of those who executed it are the Theorem involved in this plot with Vihera.

Vihela, Theorem and Ray are supposed to take a different course of action during the fight, than it is Ray's purpose to stand out in the arena and attract the attention of the upper echelons of the Bestian Empire.

More than still acting for the same purpose, sooner or later the Elk and Theorem will definitely come face-to-face.

Whether a direct elk can remain calm at that time against Theorem, who ordered his own son to be taken hostage. It was very doubtful for Ray.

(No, it's not weird that we're killing each other)

I think of two people fighting bloody in the back of their brain, and even more so, it's me who stops it.

Powerfully speaking, Vihera won't be able to stop either, but in Vihera's case, Ning Lo himself is likely to try to mix in the fight.

You don't want to miss the chance to seriously fight the Elk of Rank A Adventurers just because he's a battle freak.

"Surely elk and thundergod axes will have no problem if you think warriorly. But isn't there a report for Dusker about last winter?

Dusker nods without a moment's hesitation at that inquiry out of Ray's mouth.

"I know. He threatened to take Elk's son hostage and kill you, didn't he?

"Yes. Given Elk's character, I thought I'd be sure he'd get bored over there"

"I guess. It is certainly possible.... No, you can say that there will definitely be disturbances, not to say possibilities. But it is also true that there is no other effective force. Even the Bestian Empire naturally has high ranking adventurers. When that adventurer comes after my life, and becomes someone I can reach in a few days, it's also true that the only person I have is Elk."

Gilm is on the periphery, a city where many high-ranking adventurers gather among the kingdoms of Mireana.

Naturally rank A adventurers and rank B adventurers exist quite a bit besides elk and ray.

But when it comes to highranking adventurers and those with empty bodies, as things stand, there was only elk.

No, there are quite a few who are rank B adventurers and have empty bodies. The answer was no, however, when it came to whether we had the strength to work with Vihella and Theorem class opponents.

"... I understand the situation, but what are you going to do with Theorem?

"Sorry about that neighborhood, but I guess I'll have to leave it to you and Elk's wife, Minn. And it's within the kingdom of Mireana to rendezvous with it, isn't it? Then we just have to make sure there's no noise."

"Quite simply, I'm the one who actually does it."

That's what I told Ray as he sighed, but it's also true that he has no choice but to take Elk beyond the fact that he doesn't actually have any other power to use.

(... All right, let's leave it to Min)

As the load was heavy on me, I made a light decision to throw a round at Min, Elk's wife and wizard of great arms.

In fact, for Elk, who is also a loving wife, Min is the one who doesn't matter. It's more likely that Ray will be able to do something about it in peace than he will do something about it.

"Anyway, I get the story about the elk. So can I just assume you're leaving the guild in a few days?

"Oh, you're going to do that. When it comes to rooting and reporting to the Kings, I rubbed the terms together so that nobles would strike me in the hand."

"... when?

As for the pair of orbs, I can't use them because Ray carries them inside the mistering.

In the first place, it's Elaine who can have a conversation with the orb, not the Duke of Kelp.

To such a ray question, Dusker opens his mouth with a nibbling grin on his mouth.

"There are a lot of handouts here, too. Fortunately, thanks to the spring war, he maintains quite a friendly relationship with the aristocracy. … limited to upper management."

Ray had a lot of questions left over from Dusker's words, but I'm still convinced he'll be exchanging with subpoena magic and Tamer.

"In the meantime, I understand the story. So do you mind if I recognise that when the elk returns I leave the guild......?

I thought Dasker snorted fine at the words, Ray, but for some reason I think with a difficult face without responding.

And after plenty of silence for about a minute, I open my mouth.

"Ray, check. The elk is theoreme...... no, should I say flash in this case? If you meet with that flash, you're pretty sure there's gonna be a commotion, right?

Ray nods at Dusker as if to confirm what he thinks now.

"Since you'll be dating Ning Lo Elk longer than I am, isn't it easy to imagine?

"... Hmm, you sure do. And if I had an elk, would I have been promised safety on the road? And I need Ray only after entering the Bestian Empire. Then…"

Ray turns his gaze out of the window, keeping Dusker squirming as he wraps his thoughts around in his head.

The sun has already risen, and although it cannot be said that the morning sun......, it is nevertheless somewhere soft in the sunlight that falls sometimes in summer mornings.

It will also have the effect that the season itself is heading into autumn.

As Ray looks at the end-of-summer sky that way, eventually the thoughtful Dusker opens his mouth.

"I'm sorry, but will you leave the guild one foot away and head over to Goto, where we're supposed to rendezvous? Even on the other side, all of a sudden you run into an elk and you get attacked... you'd have trouble getting killed just like that, wouldn't you?

Hearing the words, Ray did have to convince himself.