Legend

"Fight Games, celebrate Ray's semi-finals...... Cheers!

Cheers!

A long empty pavilion. Luzi's voice echoes in the dining room.

It is already dark outside, and the moon illuminates the earth with brilliant moonlight in a cloudless sky.

Ray, who was watching such moonlight through the dining room window, was remembering a conversation he had with Elaine, who spoke in a pair of orbs a while back.

(You're a good woman)

Ray told me he would stay in the land and take part in the civil war.

Elaine, who heard it, seemed to have a lot to say, but eventually admitted it.

However, he made me promise to return to the kingdom of Mireana without dying.

If it were normal, I would definitely disagree with Elaine's position. As long as you take part in the martial arts tournament to attract the attention of the upper echelons of the Bestian Empire, this time you will clearly take part in the civil war as the Third Prince.

Because of his position as an adventurer, there will probably be no problem if Dusker joins the civil unrest after explaining to his surroundings that Ray is not already under his supervision, but still only perhaps.

(but...... still, throwing yourself into the battle going on in this land is absolutely important to me)

Despite the tropical night as it was in the middle of summer, Ray whines inside as he drinks cold, cold fruit water in the cafeteria due to the effect of magic items.

than a few days of training, once in action. As they often say, about a year and a half after coming to this Elgin. As Ray, who has dived through battles beyond any ordinary adventurer could think of, I had to agree with the words.

It is such a civil unrest that I have the prospect that I will be able to use my skill of using the armor of the King who stole it from the noise.

(I'm not using the King's armor right now. Ningro, it's a situation like the one used for the King's armor)

He whines inside and stretches the fork to the oak steak on the table...... near the point where the fork stabs the steak, a fork popping out of the side stabs the steak and disappears from Ray's sight.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa More like this...... come in the middle!

Ray accidentally opens his mouth to Zito's eyes as he tells Luzi as he pours the steak into his mouth with wine.

"You know, it sounds good to be a semi-finalist, but we ended up losing the finals, right? And congratulations on everything."

I reach for an assortment of fruits that were placed near a plate of steak, whining reluctantly.

We lost the battle today and the result is a semi-finalist. Sounds good when it comes to semi-finals, but its actually nothing but a loss.

Even so, they told me to celebrate it... and even more, they took me out after a conversation with Elaine at the orb against her and forced me into the room when I was soaking up the aftermath to celebrate the victory.

In such a situation, there is no reason to be in a good mood and enjoy it.

(... Well, I guess it's true that it also meant encouraging me)

Ray whining inside.

In fact, many people call me when I come to the dining room to celebrate the victory.

Some words of comfort, some words of blessing.

I couldn't have complained if I saw any of the things that I thought were different about the words and still said that from the bottom of my heart to myself.

(Besides... I guess it's also a goodbye party for those who stayed at this long empty pavilion while the fighting tournament was open)

Even if it's only for the duration of the martial arts tournament... no, that's why I think there's something about parting with those who had that good time together.

In fact, staying in the same inn at this martial arts tournament led to new business, connections between nobles, and some of them developed a romantic relationship between young people.

Usually, that's not how it would be if we just stayed in the same inn, but I guess this is still because we spent the duration of the fighting tournament together.

To add that, there is no more suspicious than the fact that this is the best place to stay in the Vestian Empire, the ancient sky pavilion.

Most likely, Ray is the most suspicious person in Elgin.

(Even if you're an adventurer, you largely know what the consequences will be if you make a scene in an inn like where nobles and big merchants stay)

If there had been a senseless commotion in this place where important figures would have gathered, I would be afraid of the aftermath in many ways.

Even those who come from other countries, like Ray, cannot be reassured that the country is different given the national power of the Bestian Empire.

"What are you talking about? In the first place, were you really going to beat that noise? Well, it's actually true that you got to a better place than me. I admit that. But still, I don't think you can beat that immovable noise."

"... well, I wonder what you said before you fought"

Lucy lost the same noise, which is why the words were convincing.

Almost reflexively, Ray says so.

It was a half-eight stained act, but Luzi takes it without saying anything in particular about it.

As I said earlier, attitude is due to losing to the same opponent.

If you try to be the most ruzzy, it means exactly what it means to be awesome at a time when you can fight all that noise against them.

(I guess I can handle that noise that far.... such a child)

Compared to ourselves... No, on the contrary, we are still smaller than Maust, who has the smallest and thinnest body of our own wind dragon fangs.

Above the Wizard's Maust in terms of body thickness, but still physically inferior to the woman's Veiculum.

Such an opponent showed off all that battle. Even though that was all I had to do, I even did incredible things like steal from just looking at noise skills.

Luzi wasn't the only one in that sight, nor were the two Veiculus, Mosto, who were watching the game together, surprised and voiceless again.

(I knew it wasn't a mistake to ask Ray to train us.... That's me)

As I self-admire myself for calling out to Ray before the martial arts tournament began, I find myself staring at myself by stopping my hand, which was inadvertently stretching out to fruit.

"What's going on? No way, you wouldn't say you fell in love with me or anything, would you?

I have a bad feeling about the color of those serious eyes and accidentally make such a joke out of my mouth.

I guess that was good. Ray also smiles bitterly again, glancing at his shoulders and loosening his gaze.

"Don't be stupid. I don't have that kind of hobby. I just wanted to ask you something."

"... what do you want to hear?

"Oh. You guys...... exactly what are you going to do with the Wind Dragon fangs? The martial arts tournament is over today and... oh, the formal awards ceremony at the castle to be exact isn't over yet, but that doesn't matter, does it?

"Sort of."

I don't like the smell of trouble. If they bothered to ask if they wanted to participate in the tough awards ceremony in the castle, they would answer no without a moment of hesitation.

As a matter of fact, if you are a member of Wind Dragon's Fang, you can also attend an award ceremony at the castle if you want to participate.

Most importantly, we had to rely on the nobles who came scouting themselves to do it, and if we imitated that, in many ways, it would definitely be the annoying smell of Luzi's dislike.

For the first time in a martial arts tournament, everyone in the party went on to the main battle, and party leader Luzi had a reputation that the opponent who fought would have gone further if it wasn't for the noise.

Without a hand in missing such talent, there have been multiple stories of pullouts from places such as nobility and chambers of commerce.

Naturally I say no to all of that, Luzi, but if I were to attend an award ceremony at the castle, I would have to rely on you.

Of course I don't intend to serve just because of that, but I will have to take requests as a matter of priority when something happens ahead. And there are more requests for nominations, because they could end up burying the outer moat and serving as a foreman.

To Luzi's words, to which I answered briefly, Ray puts in his mouth that if...

"Right. Especially if there's no reason to stay in the capital, you should leave the capital as soon as possible."

Luzi reacts with Pickle to words coming out of Ray's mouth.

"Why?

"Well. But let me just say it could be a hassle if it stays this way..."

I can't speak any more. Luzi frowns slightly at Ray, who tells him so in the dark.

"Is this about that assassin?

"Right, maybe so"

To Ray, who lightly tells him so, I understand how Ruzi is not saying this about the assassin.

(But did anything happen besides the assassin thing?... there it is)

Thinking inside, what immediately occurred to me was the explosion I heard before the awards ceremony began.

(Rumor has it, a bandit disguised as the empress of this country was repelled trying to sneak into the castle... does that matter? If so, is it possible that bandits are also some kind of demeanor? I don't think Ray's gonna cooperate with the bandits.)

Luzi had heard from Ray several times during his break that he had been hunting bandits.

They attack bandits who are supposed to attack people in reverse, and receive the treasure that the bandits are accumulating.

It's an extremely dangerous act if you're normal, but that's Ray with the strength to even beat a Rank A adventurer. He is only an affordable opponent to the extent of a Ningro bandit.

If you are a righteous person, you will speak out about what it is to kill whether you are a bandit or not, but you are a war adventurer with the Luzis. There was no way to say such a blue thing, and Ning Ro didn't have that idea... but we seriously considered whether we could hunt bandits ourselves.

It was never conceivable to Luzi that such Ray would cooperate with the bandits.

(I mean, if Ray does something to a bandit, he'll be the strongest bandit. That's enough for a normal adventurer to get a light payback even with his hands)

In that case, that would be the only way to crusade around the noise.

Because only Ray, who is an individual and only comparable in strength to the military, has a bad hand that is nothing more than reducing their own combat power.

(... that? Maybe when they use this means to go to war with the kingdom of Mireana, it doesn't taste good.

Ray boasts an overwhelming firepower by magic from a distance to the manoeuvrability of a ceto that can fly through the sky. Furthermore, he has enough strength to cross the rank S noise in melee combat to some extent.

It is very difficult to discover as someone to look for, just because it is an individual unit of one and one.

What happens if such an opponent enters and rumbles within the Bestian Empire during the war against the Kingdom of Mireana? That was more obvious than seeing fire.

Luzi's face rapidly draws to the thought that came to his mind by accident.

Ask Ray with a look at something odd, wondering how Luzi looked like that.

"What, I thought I was suddenly silent..."

"Oh, no. Nothing. Can't you tell me why, after all, you should leave the capital as soon as possible?

"Well, I don't know. I already said what I could say. After that, you... the Wind Dragon's fangs will judge."

"... Wind dragon fangs, huh? Okay, I'll talk to both Vacul and Maust."

With that said, Luzi reaches for a skewer that was nearby just to say that this is the end of the difficult story.

Ray also reaches for the same skewer - but fish's - as he agrees with Luzi's words again.

Also, when it comes to fish in the Bestian Empire, which is not bordered by the sea, it basically means freshwater fish that live in rivers and lakes.

It becomes a very scarce and expensive object in relation to the fish of the sea which has to go through the Kingdom of Mireana. And there's no reason to bring raw fish out of the freshness issue, so it was just something processed like dry food.

... but just as there is only a long empty pavilion, which is also the best inn in the Bestian Empire, and it was the fish of the sea that is served for today's meal.

That, too, is a salt grill cooked by shaking salt intact on raw fish, not dried.

Scales are peeled off, salt shaken by the skin area stimulates the tongue, and then the fuzzy soft touch of the fish's body spreads into the mouth.

White fish-like sweetness makes an intense self-assertion, but still the taste of salt, which is not too salty, harmonies in the mouth with wonder.

Take a bite, another bite. And eating that dish again, like a sip, I guess Luzi was wondering too. Reach for fish skewers.

"So the award ceremony we're going to do at the castle... was three days later?

"Oh. So whatever decision you guys make, you better make early."

While savoring fish skewers, before the noise gets louder...... I'll have to teach the cook here something to cook, even tomorrow, as I promised before. With that in mind, Ray ate enough with Luzi to stop the drunk Veiculus from trying to take it off with Mosto, and managed to avoid the alcohol recommended by the surrounding guests, while the celebration, attended by Elk, Minn, and even Dasker and his escort knights, lasted until midnight.