Legend

Two days after qualifying for the Martial Arts Games. Ray was walking alone inside the Imperial Capital when he said the tournament of the main battle would finally open in a few days.

I would have liked to be out in the Empire City yesterday if it had been, but Elk and Minn, delighted that Rhodos broke through the qualifying tournament, drank too much at the celebration, for a light hangover.

Of course it was only a light hangover, and I could have escorted Dusker if I could have done it a little bit, but I wouldn't have bothered to do it here, so Ray decided to escort Dusker yesterday.

That said, Dusker cannot leave the inn given the safety concerns. In the end, all I had to do was spend time in the room, or move my body in the courtyard, just like the Rays.

Sometimes when moving his body in the courtyard, he was prepared for when the guard knights and rays were in need, but after all, a day went by without anything, and today Elk and Min, resurrected from hangover, returned to the guard, and Ray was helpful.

I could have moved my body with Luzi and the others in the courtyard in the sense of getting fit up to the main battle... but I thought I'd take this opportunity to look for magic items for sale in Imperial City anyway, and this is how I walk around the city by myself.

(I knew it would be something you wouldn't know if you didn't have a ceto or a death size)

Ray himself looks pretty neat, but if he wears a dragon robe hood, he hides it too.

The dragon robe itself is a powerful magic item, but the effect of cover-up does not allow the human being to see through it.

I mean, Ray nowadays doesn't even look like an ordinary person everywhere...... but he looked like a runaway adventurer.

It is more than unusual to be a runaway adventurer in Imperial Capital, regardless of the time of the tournament.

"Sure, you went straight down this street and turned left on the poke and it was the third house from there"

Relying on what Mosto told me when I was going out, Ray went down the road.

The main area of activity of the fangs of the wind dragon is not near the imperial capital, even in the Bestian Empire. Compared to the imperial capital, it falls in size, but was one of the cities that has developed considerably among the Bestian empires.

But still, he had come as an escort to Teito several times before, and in doing so, Mosto had been to several stores selling magic items. He taught me one of them instead of a training gratuity, and now Ray goes down the road by himself to go to the store where he taught me.

As far as qualifying for the martial arts competition is concerned, it is finally all over the day before. With that influence, until yesterday, those packed into the arena were overflowing the city to do the sights of Teito, and the number of passers-by was surprisingly high.

At the same time, the merchants who saw the passers-by raise their voices to bring in customers only when it is time to make money.

"Whoa, lady. No, are you a boy? What do you say we buy a ring? You can wear it, and I'm sure you'll be happy to give it to your lover."

He is called out by an open-air merchant who is spreading the product on the side of the road, and takes a glimpse of the product arranged with some interest in mind, but immediately leaks a sigh of sigh.

Because the products lined up were clearly crude.

There were many ornaments such as rings, bracelets, foot rings, collars and necklaces, all of which were dull in color from Ray's eyes or naive in craftsmanship to see.

It's not like Ray can see through the aesthetic eye of the hand, so I guess it's too crude.

Ning Ro, lean your neck and stay away from the open-air merchants, even if some people buy this even if they were tourists like an old man like yourself.

Even for an open-air merchant, I thought I might be able to do it to a duck because the person I spoke to is the small, tall person wearing the robe, but still I don't need to be confined to Ray alone.

If you decide it's impossible to attract interest, immediately speak to another customer.

While doing that kind of response a few times, I went down the road as Maust taught me... eventually discovered the store where I wanted to be.

"Here."

Although it is a store on the street, there is no strange appearance of customers.

That would be natural, too. Unlike other stores, they do not imitate anything like the call of customers when they decide that it is time to earn money now, and Ning Luo's customers at first sight are not just told not to come.

"... here's good, right?

I look at the store and lean my neck unexpectedly while I'm convinced it should be good here.

But I decided there was nothing I could do about staying lost here and reaching for the store door...

Moment after moment, Ray felt something, jumping out of front of the door quickly.

At the same time something flies through the door and stops that movement as it passes in front of Ray and bounces through the ground several times.

The reaction of the passers-by walking in front of the store who saw it was split in two.

One leaves the scene behind and the other speaks worryingly to his opponent - a middle-aged man in his 40s or so.

Those who spoke out of concern were those who came to Teito to coincide with the martial arts tournament, and those who had just escaped were those who knew the character of the store owner.

The next moment, a skinny man in his 30s shows up from inside the store.

Take a bucket of water in that hand.

"Don't ever come to my store again!

With that cry, he waves momentum toward the man falling down the water that was in the bucket with so much strength that he did not think he was lean, and all those who were near the man escape.

While watching such a sight beside a man, Ray feels ready to see the sight of a man flying through the door.

(... oh, when I first met Vihera)

At that time, an adventurer belonging to the Silva family, who had been blown away by Vihela, had been kicked, or beaten to create a sight similar to what was happening in front of him now.

But I notice.

At that time, a man was blown away by the power of Vihera herself, but I was wondering if I could imitate that to the skinny man next to me.

(I'm thinner than I am, so normally I can't.... yes, normally)

I guess even the guy noticed Ray next to him when he was looking at a skinny guy with a bucket while thinking that on the inside.

Turn your gaze toward Ray in a frigid manner...... the next moment, you open your eyes wide.

"You... the hell..."

The attitude was similar to those who could feel the magic of Ray, but there is something decidedly different. Sure, what's in that eye is a sight close to awe, but that's not what you're looking at Ray for.

I'm looking at Ray, but not Ray.... i.e. it was a change in expression when I saw Ray's dragon robe on.

But the surprise also lasted a moment.

Cough small to fix your expression immediately and gaze inside the store where you came out.

"Get in. Being here means you're my guest, right?

"Oh, oh."

An unexpected development, yet Ray never turns it down.

I came here to get a magic item in the first place, so there's no way that the owner of the store... or the person I think is involved with refuses to invite me.

Ray follows the man who went inside the store.

But... the first thing I saw when I walked inside the store was an unexpected sight in a bad way.

I didn't even think there were tons of magic items lined up...... but still thought they were lined up to some extent.

But the only thing that came into Ray's sight was a shelf with nothing on it other than a magic item, and no other kind of magic item.

"Ha, you're surprised. Because the store doesn't have any products."

"Sure this is..."

To Ray, who doesn't know what to say, the shopkeeper and the man just smile and open his mouth, thinking he doesn't care.

"Simply put, you failed your business. A friend of mine didn't run around on all kinds of golden measures... but he didn't make it."

There is absolutely no color of regret in the look on the man's face. Ningro even has a neat look on his face.

"Well, I've heard you like the range of magic items...... too bad"

"I'm sorry. Yeah, it's not like we don't have any magic items, is it? However, as I think you saw earlier, there are a lot of guys out there who want to do something about buying magic items before they crumble. Even though I have an appointment with a friend, I still don't give up, let alone the end of being there until the guy sneaks in the middle of the night.... I'm running away with pain because security is naturally more demanding than the most magic items I deal with here."

I guess I remembered how it was then. A man with a person's bad grin on his mouth, completely different from the grin he had a few seconds ago.

Ray is convinced that apparently it's not just a skinny guy, as can be seen from hanging water in a bucket on an earlier man.

"Well, that's why it's bad that you can't come to my store and sell the product... as far as this is concerned."

Stopping at one end of the line puts a completely different sharp gaze on Ray than it did until a few seconds ago...... no, just like earlier, on Ray's wearing dragon robe.

"Who are you? That robe, it's a hell of a magic item, isn't it? Besides, those shoes are Slapenil shoes. Not very much, but it's not the kind of gear a kid your age can get. From what I've seen, it doesn't seem like nobility."

"... hey, you know what I mean. This robe is also given a cover effect."

It was a pure surprise to see in Ray's expression that he shrugged so much.

Few have ever seen the effect of a dragon robe. Even so, I didn't expect to be seen through that at a glance.

That would mean that that's all I have in front of me right now.

I don't know if that's your eye as a merchant selling magic items or as a maker like an alchemist.

"Now you've been eating dinner. So, can I ask you more about this magic item?

"I can't even tell you what effect it has, but can I just name it? Dragon robe. That's the name of this magic item."

To the name out of Ray's mouth, the shopkeeper's man reacts with Pickle.

Dragon robe, because what it meant was obvious without thinking.

"Dragons in materials? That's like having a dragon knight on it...... no, you're not. Even Fei Long's materials can make some powerful magic items, but it's still hard to give it a strong concealment so far. Then…"

Softly open your mouth with the sound of a small spit swallowing.

"Real, dragon breed..."

The flying dragon on which the dragon knight is riding, and in some places the presence known as Wyburn, is definitely also a dragon species.

However, the dragon species in this case indicates a dragon in the correct sense.

"A little... can I touch it?

"Oh, I don't mind"

With permission I gently reach out and touch the dragon robe, but after a moment I notice the discomfort.

"Isn't this just dragon leather? This feeling..."

Dragon robe table and back. A being that touches both of them and makes them pinch just in between. It seems stiff and not stiff, not stiff and stiff.

To that being, which feels such contradictory thoughts, a man remembers a being once made to touch by an old friend.

A being at the top of every creature, a dragon species. Equipment made from that material.

"Dragon scales, huh?

I don't put it to words, but Ray's eyes open small by surprise.

It is normal for the scale of a dragon to be proportional to its body and become larger. Processed and enhanced by magic and alchemy was what was planted inside the dragon robe.

"Incredible, so far... even if it is a national treasure..."

He was a grunting shopkeeper, but in doing so Ray's hand... to be precise, he turns his gaze to his right hand and stops moving again.

It was because I understood what the bracelet was that fitted into my right wrist.

"Item...... box, you say?

I saw incredible things. He was the shopkeeper who would turn that gaze, but eventually he would return to me in about a minute.

"No, I let you see the good stuff. Honestly, what's the point of coming to this store when it's so awesome?

"It's my hobby to collect magic items. That's why I was expecting you here..."

That's how I shrugged, then. The store door opens again.

"This is... what's going on?

It was men of such ages as the 30s and 40s who showed up.

Ray, who sees the man, leaps almost reflexively and takes a distance.

I guess I was fortunate that the shopkeeper's man wasn't involved in such a ray move.

Because if you had touched Ray, you would have definitely been caught up in Ray's movements right now.

But Ray didn't seem to notice the owner, and he kept staring at the man who came into the store without ever losing sight of his guard.