Legend

"... what? You want to invite me on a gamelion hunt?

A few days after informing Dusker about the dungeon's offense, Ray was having breakfast at the wheat pavilion at dusk, as usual.

Around today, when I was going to pick up meat about the gamelion I was asking the Alliance for, that's what the adventurer who had asked me for a seat said.

"Oh. We're talking about Seto being able to fly through the sky, and there's nothing more advantageous about finding Gamelion, is there? Besides, you have an alias, and you have enough power to defeat Gamelion personally."

What do you say? And a guy in his mid-twenties growing an insensitive mustache asks.

I didn't know if I was staying at the wheat pavilion at dusk or if I came looking for the dining room, but I don't look like an adventurer who could afford to stay at the wheat pavilion at dusk from the looks of it at least.

If that's what you mean, Ray seems like a novice wizard who's not too tall or physically stubborn.

Regardless if you know what a person named Ray is, some people find it hard to believe Ray is staying at the wheat pavilion at dusk in a situation where they know nothing.

Especially to those who come to Gilm and see Ray for the first time. That is remarkable...... the man who is now inviting him to a gamelion hunt in front of himself didn't seem like Ray to be confused by his opponent's looks.

But that's another way to say that the bearded man in front of me didn't have eyes to see.

(No, isn't it strange that the Gamelion thing is as much as I reported on the guild, because it wasn't announced in a big way? Well, it might be a little unfortunate as an adventurer to be oblivious to information)

Ray thinks as he looks at the man waiting for his reply while eating bread in front of him.

I tried to open my mouth to put in a no...

"Besides, you've already got enough Gamelion meat, haven't you? Then why don't we do as much as we can to help them?

"Those guys?

Tilt your neck to the words of the man who tells you meaningfully, and once you stop saying no, encourage you to talk.

Then the man smiles small and puts down the bread he had and opens his teasing mouth.

"You brought in a prospective emigrant to the Guild, didn't you?

"... you mean that"

"Whoa, I'm not trying to intimidate you. I was just trying to help him find Gamelion because he was talking about working as an adventurer."

While I told him that, I expected that Ray would very likely cooperate with it if we talked about this... No, I guess this is how I brought the story because I was aiming for Ning Ro.

Expect that if you look for gamelions from above, you can easily find gamelions as well.

"What do you say? As for bringing those guys in, can I help you out a little bit?

"... what's in it for me, assuming I cooperate in the gamelion hunt? Sure, I'm the one who brought them here, but I'm not their protector."

"Come on, it's cold. There's no such thing as companionship? It's just, well, can't you think of anything more than being an adventurer? Then you are.... How about this or something?

The man took it out of the leather bag on his hips looked just like cheese at first glance.

"Cheese?"

"Yes, it's cheese"

"You know, nothing cheesy..."

You can buy it at the store around here.

It was Ray who tried to say that like a shudder, but the man wouldn't let him say it until the end, sticking out the cheese he had taken out towards Ray.

"Stop complaining and tell me."

"... you wouldn't be poisoning me, would you?

"Well, I don't know. Maybe it's poison... but don't you eat it for fear of it?

Ray gets lost for a moment in the provocative man's words, but reaches for the cheese.

I was confident that if it were most of the poison, I would know immediately as soon as I put it in my mouth, and that most of the poison would not work on just the body created by the combination of the technical abilities of Zeppyr.

And most importantly, I became deeply interested in the cheese in front of me.

"You can eat it if you want to say so much, but now if it's cheese like you're selling around there, be prepared."

"Feel free"

That trick, which flaunts both shoulders in threatening words, is full of confidence.

Ray carries the cheese to his mouth, wondering what is giving the man so much confidence.

But...... put the cheese in your mouth and the moment you bite it, the movement stops.

Intense flavour spread over the tongue.

The intense smell of cheese spreads from there into my mouth and falls out of my nose.

I want to taste it forever. This cheese, which makes it seem that way, is what Ray has been... and that's what I could say is the tastiest cheese I've ever had in Japan combined.

Ray never has a sharp taste.

Delicious food can be found delicious, but why is it so delicious... That's not why I have enough money to go into the details of what the ingredients are made of, I can only describe it as delicious.

Still...... no, that's why I honestly mouth the taste of the cheese I just ate.

"Delicious."

A simple word.

That's why the words are filled with pure sentiment.

"Right?"

"... I've never had cheese like this, but where is it? I've never had cheese so good, even if it's for sale."

"Hehe. Well, that's true. This is the cheese I make specially at my parents' house. It's a substitute that you can't make that many because of the hassle involved, and it's a substitute that only circulates to the nobles and the big chambers of commerce who are under contract in advance."

"I mean, you don't think you can get it if you're normal?

"That sort of thing. So, back to earlier, if you'll help me crusade Gamelion, I'll pay for this chunk of cheese. I just need you to give up on Gamelion. What do you say?"

Tasty cheese enough for Ray to eat for the first time.

I don't have any complaints for Ray, either, because I can get that as a reward.

But still, he doesn't nod right away, opening his mouth with his gaze at the man in front of him.

"Before I answer, I want to ask you a few questions."

Ray's gaze released with the word is sharp, and the man runs cold on his spine.

Still, if you can't retreat here, I urge Ray to say something.

"Fine, ask me anything. If I can answer that, I will."

Whatever you do, pull Ray into this Gamelion thing. Ray was the first to ask a man of that thought...

"I was talking about chunks of cheese, how big exactly is that?

It was about the cheese you receive as a reward.

Of course it's about the rewards you receive. It's natural to hear more about it, but still I guess it was totally unexpected for a man.

I've asked with that serious look, so I thought they'd ask me something else.

That's why I clapped it out somewhat, but what I've heard about chunks of cheese also means it's ridden.

Decide that positively and the man returns the word.

"Right...... you know when it comes to size just right for Ray to hold and lift?

"It's a little hard to understand. For example, about half the size of this table?

The table in the dining room of the wheat pavilion at dusk is a rectangular shaped table, where two people face each other if they are of standard size, so that the other two can sit left or right for a total of six.

"Well, it's not that big. Right, a quarter of this desk."

"... I see, that's still quite a size"

Thoughtful, there's not enough to eat whatever you want, but you can still say it's big enough.

Most importantly, that's because it's Ray or Seto.

It is common to eat cheese little by little.

Cut into small pieces to match the wine, in the wind that

"Right? I'm gonna reward this, so can you take on the gamelion thing?

"Right, I think you can take it as far as I'm concerned... that's my last question. If the cheese I give you isn't even flowing to the market because of this flavor, it should be a lot of money. That's more than you can make with Gamelion."

Basically, the amount of material bought in the guild is constant, but not when there are urgent circumstances.

This is true, for example, when the number of gamelions is low because of this dungeon, and a short while ago, Ray was dispatched to the material that was used as the ingredient for the medicine for exorcism.

But...... the price is still different from the cheese that doesn't even flow on the market, like only nobles and big merchants can eat it.

From Ray's point of view, it just seemed like the man in front of me was losing money unilaterally.

That's why I thought there might be some kind of dark situation behind it.

Isn't it possible that the forces hostile to Dusker have set up some sort of ploy, especially for those who wanted to migrate, all of whom lived in the Bestian Empire? Even a neglected ray around there wouldn't be strange to think so.

But to such Ray's words, the man somehow shies his gaze by hiding his cheeks.

Yes, as if to mislead the illumination.

(... that?

To a completely unexpected response, Ray wonders in the heart.

Most of all, I don't want to see a man with a beard dyed red on his cheeks forever, and I ask him to go straight into monotony.

"You... not that you're planning something dark behind it..."

"Oh, oh, yeah, you're right! I fell in love with that Johanna at first sight!

Damn, and a man screaming at the table.

The voice echoed strangely into the surrounding area, even though it was in the deliberate dining room.

……

For a moment...... no seconds, undoubtedly the dining room is surrounded by silence.

You must have noticed that. The man stares at those around him looking at himself with a gaze of complaining about something.

Those who are bewitched by men turn away from their gaze.... though I kept a grin on my mouth.

But unlike those around him, Ray looked at the man with a frightened gaze.

Johanna, because the woman by the name naturally sounded familiar to me.

That would be so. She's especially adorable in the guerrilla squad, a woman who left a very strong impression in Ray.

I adore Seto as well...... I can tell you I'm drowning. The person Ray strongly thought I should never let him see Mileine.

"... yeah, well, I know how you feel. It's gonna be a lot of trouble, but good luck with that."

"Don't look sweet! Don't look at me like that!

Man screaming at Ray's words.

At the entrance to the dining room, Lana was showing her face and sending a merciful gaze toward the man.

You must have noticed that. The man speaks no more words and shuts up.

Inside the dining room, too, the conversation gradually returns after seeing the man shut up.

But the table where Ray and the man sit remains silent for a while.

When that silence passed five minutes...... Ray thinks it's time and opens his mouth.

"So, to get to the point... well, I don't mind working with you as far as I'm concerned, especially if you say you don't have a back. No, given the deliciousness of that cheese, you can tell me you want me to cooperate."

A grin returns to Ray's words to a man who looked grumpy until a moment ago.

Watching that grin, Ray opens his mouth wondering if he should say it or not, and still would be better off keeping quiet and finding out later.

"I don't know if you know, but Johanna is very cute about Seto. That's enough to say why I wasn't a griffon. So, what do you think would happen if I took Seto to a guy like that? First of all, I'm definitely obsessed with Seto, and I'm not gonna deal with you anymore, am I?

"Oh, I guess so. But the best way to find Gamelion is to get Seto's help, who can fly. And if you show me where you're fighting Gamelion, Johanna might be interested in me, too."

What I can say to you so far is that this man himself is an adventurer of rank C and above, working solo or a member of the rank C party.

(If you do look at it without preconceived notions, you know your body is working out. I can see the area for a little bit of movement. Right......)

Knowing that the man in front of me was the bearer of that strength, I guess he also aroused interest as Ray. Give me your hand.

"Okay, we'll work together if you want. Again, it's Ray the Rank B Adventurer."

"Right. Help! I'm Rank C Adventurer Lent. Regards!"

Hold on tight to the hand offered, and Ray's plans for today were thus decided on a gamelion hunt.