Legend

"Ah, Seto, Seto! I was really back!

"Oh, that's really Seto. I heard rumors you were coming home yesterday... could this make Gilm busy again"

"No, no, it's not like Gilm was dark because Seto wasn't around."

As Ray and Seto walk around the city, such a voice can be raised by those who see them.

Among them, it is the stall owners who seem particularly pleased.

It is already near noon and we are busy preparing for it in the stalls.

Nonetheless, each of the stall owners speaks to Seto as they cook with hot air up in this cold.

"Oh, isn't that Seto? It's been a long time, see? Want to eat? The skewers are burning well!

"Seto, it's been a while. How about some soup with plenty of vegetables and meat we serve when it's cold?

"Seto, I have a sandwich, do you want to eat it? The bread is freshly baked, and once you eat it, you can't stop it!

"This is boiled udon. Not cosy, but soft and delicious for that matter!

To the voice that can be hung from the surrounding stalls that way, Seto gets food if he goes that way or this way.

... Not that it's free, but every time Ray pays the price and buys his share.

However, more food than the amount paid has been given to Ray.

I guess I serve Ray a lot at the stall because he still doesn't just say that Ray is an upscale shopper who does a lot of shopping at once, but eats the food he serves at his stall looking delicious.

Ray and Seto. Whoever sees the sight of one of them and one of them eating a dish will want to eat himself, too, in a way that looks so delicious.

Sometimes it was noon, and the fact that there were many hungry people hungry hung on to it.

(If Mileyne had been here, maybe a lot of the food in the stall would have been bought up. So, if that goes on, we won't have enough money to get past the winter, and we'll take on the winter request crying.)

Reminds me of a friend who went to inform his two companions that the seeds of the commandments that were in his body had disappeared, and Ray smiles small.

(Exactly, Mileine. But I chose the former for the matter of the seed of the commandment and for Ceto... well, I guess it was natural)

Satisfied that even if he is a Seto lover, he probably didn't forget his duties as leader of the Rank C party, Ray goes to the guild for the first time in a long time with tons of shopping at Gilm's stalls.

The closer you get to the Alliance, the more stalls you look for adventurers, and naturally the more adventurers you get.

Many will gaze at Ray and Seto if that happens...

"Hey, that... you're Ray. How long have you been back?

"Uh... Something tells me he came back yesterday"

"As always, you don't look like a very rank B adventurer just because you look like one. There's Seto, so I can tell, but if Seto wasn't around, it wouldn't be weird to mistake him for a novice around here, would it?

"Well, that is. If you're taking off your hood, you'll know it on your face, but you usually keep your hood on."

Every adventurer who knows about Ray exchanges words with his people.

Since Ray showed up in this city, for better or worse, Ray has been involved in several disturbances.

So if you try to be the adventurers who have worked in the Guild and seen it, you are perceived in the wind as someone who should not be entangled or hostile to the detours.

Many people think in the wind that there is something to soothe the sight of being with Seto, not so bad if you just talk normally.

But... it's also true that a person named Ray doesn't look strong just because of his pure appearance...

"Dude, is that really deep red? Are the rumors pretty good? I don't care what you think, I don't think such a chick and a luxury guy is that strong."

"Right.... Maybe that griffon made you famous so far, huh? Ha, a hug to the obedient demon. You're in a very good position."

"But if you think of a Tamer who could follow Griffon, isn't that pretty awesome?

"Hey? What are you talking about? What kind of Tamer can only hide behind a monster? That's one shot for us, one shot for him.... Do you want that Ray to tighten up and take the Griffon?

"Fool. No matter how weak that Ray is, Griffon is Griffon. You think you can get your hands on a guy like that and be safe?

A short distance away, the adventurers gather to discuss Ray, who must have seen him for the first time, just because Ray came to Gilm when he was on his way to the Bestian Empire.

In a way, it is a familiar sight in the Guild, and those who know a person named Ray look at such adventurers with some warm eyes.

… Some people have a sharp gaze at people like Seto.

And there was nothing that could be done about them in the guilds.

It is the periphery that has the guilds, and whoever grew up in the guilds and became an adventurer, whatever else… because all those who come to the guilds from elsewhere have some skill and have the confidence to do so.

This guild is often treated as a newbie more than a bunch of skilled adventurers, but naturally I have the self-esteem to do so because I am confident in my skill.

No, I wish it was just self-esteem, but many of them assume that their arms are universal and natural, even in guilds.

Many people just can't understand that their strengths have passed so far in life that they can't even imagine them.

If you try to be those people, regardless of the strength that taemed Griffon, you decide that your strength as purely a fighter will only be getting bigger rumors.... I will.

Of course there are rumors spread that Ray himself is very strong, but such rumors are also small and never seem to have much muscle.

If you look at Ray like that, you can't help but assume that the consequences of Griffon's fight are spreading incorrectly, even if you don't have to say that all the rumors are lies.

Then I'll skin it myself.

That's how a few adventurers tried to speak up to Ray...

"Look, stop it, stop it. There's no way I can beat Ray with your strength. And when you get involved with Ray, it can be a lot of trouble."

With that voice, a few adventurers who were about to give voice to Ray stop moving.

I tried to yell back reflexively at the words that were insulting us, but when I realized that I was a big man with enough strength to see ahead of us, I was swallowed up with my breath without being able to utter words.

"Look at me. You're freaking out. You can't beat Ray."

The words were hung that way, and the adventurers who had just come to the Guild had to be baptized by Ray.

"... ma, okay"

Ray grumbles when he sees several adventurers who have turned a malicious gaze against himself to be taken by adventurers he remembers seeing on several occasions in his guild.

If it's tangled up with me as it is, I'm going to fight and stun it in self-defense and wind it up with some kind of weapon or protective gear... especially Ray, who was eyeing the spear one had, but if it's no longer troublesome, I'm going to the guild as I continue shopping in the street, deciding that's fine.

So when I came to the guild, I already had a quantity of food that I couldn't hold, and the amount Seto eats stays the same, and the rest goes into mysteries when it gets cold.

"Well, it might take a little while... no, don't you get bored"

"Grrrrrrrrrr!"

Seto throats in an upbeat mood while falling asleep in the usual squire or carriage waiting area.

Already around Seto there were nearly twenty inhabitants, from about five years old to about sixties old people, each of whom stroked Seto, talked to him and gave him food.

"Seto, Seto, Seto!

I felt like I had seen a face in the stables at the wheat pavilion at dusk earlier in the day, but Ray, who told himself that maybe it was his fault, walks straight into the guild.

Sometimes it's already close to noon in the guild and people don't look like much.

Many of the adventurers are already just ready to cross the winter, and the absence of such people is probably the reason why fewer people than usual noon.

It may not be a substitute, but there are quite a few people who are eating and drinking in the taverns that are co-located in the guild.

"Mr. Ray!

Looking around in the guild, such a voice sounds.

What Ray saw with his gaze toward you was a cat beast man jumping over the counter.

It's Kenny, the cat beast receptionist, who has a crush on Ray.

Despite imitations like jumping over the counter, there's nothing like a shorter skirt flipping.

I guess if you let Kenny tell you, it would also mean a hobby around here as a receptionist.

"Hey, Kenny!?

Lenora screams to blame for Kenny's sudden actions like that.

But Kenny doesn't seem to care about the voice of such a friend at all, and he rushes over to Ray's side.

"Ray, I was talking about you going to the Bestian Empire, but were you okay? You said you were with Master Dusker, but when you came back, Ray, I was so surprised you weren't here.

"Uh... yeah, sorry. I had a little something to do over there. Become."

"What's going on... well, fine. Are you hurt or something?

Tell him so, and Kenny reaches out to places like Ray's face and the body in the dragon robe to confirm the injury.

If this were someone trying to steal something from Ray, he would have stopped it instantly, even as Ray, but he just shuts up and accepts Kenny's act, knowing it's his behavior to worry about himself.

He was Kenny, who made sure Ray's body was intact and exhaled in relief... but eventually, when he sees Ray's hand, his gaze nails there.

At the end of Kenny's gaze was the appearance of a ring that was embedded in Ray's finger.

A normal ring is a gift to a person of the opposite sex who has a preference.

Some people wear it as fashion individually, but at least Ray doesn't have the personality to care about the fashion kind.

I mean, someone got their hands on Ray.

Having thought that far in an instant, Kenny turns his gaze toward Ray in a motion that seems to remind him of the sound of Gigi.

... Note that many of the few adventurers who were still in the guild watched Ray and Kenny interact with each other with interest, but the moment I saw Kenny's current movements, my body somehow solidified.

Even though it wasn't just low-rank adventurers, it was even rank C adventurers.

"... Hey, Mr. Ray. What's wrong with this ring? Did someone give it to you?

But Ray, unaware of the atmosphere Kenny emits, opens his mouth without looking particularly nervous.

"Oh, I got it from Theorem."

"... Huh?

Kenny stops moving as if time had stopped.

The reason I stopped that move was different from when I saw the ring earlier.

Naturally. Theorem is a man's name, no matter what you think.

In other words, Ray will be wearing the ring the man gave him...

Some of the women who were eavesdropping on Ray's and Kenny's interactions somewhere in the guild scream so yellow that they can't be pushed to death.

Moments later, Kenny's eyes glanced sharply at and silenced some of the adventurers and guild officials who raised their voices.

Even an adventurer's silence. Getting released from Kenny is what we should call grumpy.

Still, when I turned my gaze on Ray, I could tell he looked like Kenny, around a beautiful refreshing disappearing temper.

"Hey, Mr. Ray. Um... why would someone named Theorem give you a ring?

If you try Kenny, isn't it possible that Ray, the person you're thinking about, isn't interested in women? It was an inquiry with an ominous feeling that

I'm asking as if it's nothing, but behind that tone I'm forced to be quite nervous.

But Ray, who didn't notice how Kenny was doing, opened his mouth lightly.

"I had a little request in the Bestian Empire. I got this magic item ring as a reward for fixing it."

"... yes, what"

Kenny exhales in relief at the words.

I forgot because I was completely upset when I saw that Ray was wearing a ring, but Ray finally remembers that he had a hobby of collecting magic items.

Aside from the ring, I'm like a bracelet, but still my eyes were turned only to the ring, which is probably because Kenny is still a maiden.

"Oh no... Ouch! Hey, what are you doing all of a sudden!?

Lenora's fist shook down to her head by Kenny, who tried to exhale relief.

I was Kenny trying to complain about Lenora like that, but I accidentally swallow the words when I see the grin floating in Lenora's mouth.

"Kenny, what the hell are you thinking bouncing over the counter or something?

All Kenny could do was laugh affectionately, against Lenora, who was not laughing at all but his eyes.