Legend

Ray put a gamelion on the training ground and came back to the guild.

Receiving such a ray was, as usual, the sight of a sparsely populated guild and a crowded liquor store.

(No, are there more taverns than usual?

Is it affecting the first snowfall or the number of people making noise in the tavern is high.

Many merchants and city dwellers as well as adventurers are showing their faces.

I guess a lot of people came looking for booze to outrun the cold.

Sometimes it's already dinner time, and many people are coming for a meal, not just alcohol.

(Mileyne and the others...)

and look for the face of the scorching wind that broke up when we headed to the training ground, but it doesn't exist in the guild.

He decides that he has probably completed the process of completing the request and left with a reward, and Ray heads to the counter.

There are many who are looking for a request in the guild, who are reporting the completion of the request, who are both less visible, and the receptionists who are organizing and talking about the documents.

Among other things, if anyone is on their way to the counter, it naturally stands out... Lenora, Kenny, Ray and the two receptionists you're familiar with naturally notice the appearance as soon as possible.

"Ah, Mr. Ray. Good day. Is it about Gamelion?

"Good day, Mr. Ray. Looks like it's snowing, but wasn't it cold out there?

Ray also smiles and opens his mouth again to the two of them who ask with a grin.

"Oh, I'm surprised it snowed all of a sudden, but it wasn't during the gamelion hunt, it was helpful"

"... Mr. Mileyne told me that you were really going gamelion hunting. You knocked that down in the dungeon, didn't you try a little too hard? Given the aspect of maintaining Gamelion's resources, whatever the dungeon thing is, I hope it's not too hunting right now."

It was the content of a story Lenora had told me, even though it seemed hard to say, but Ray shook his head sideways at it.

"No, it's nothing. I didn't do the gamelion hunt, I only helped. In fact, I didn't fight Gamelion. All I did was scout from the sky in Seto and find Gamelion and carry Gamelion's body."

"... if Seto scouts out of the sky, he's going to find Gamelion soon."

"It's Seto."

"You know what, Mr. Ray? As I said earlier, please be careful not to overhunt the gamelion. If you hunt too many gamelions driven by temporal greed, you'll be in trouble after next year."

"Oh, let me be careful. I just had a little bit of a situation here, too."

That circumstance may be to reward superb cheese, or to get Johanna and the others used to life in the Guild, but not so much.

... Sometimes it would have been certain to be told a novel, especially on the grounds of cheese.

"Rather than that, Ray, Ray, the dismantling of the gamelion you defeated in the dungeon, it's a lot going on, but what do we do? Ingredients and meat."

You were unhappy that only Lenora was talking to Ray, interrupting into the conversation as Kenny said so.

If this wasn't the time, Lenora would have told me to do my job because I'm busy in the evening.

But the number of active adventurers is low this time of year, and everything Kenny needs to do is already done.

In that situation, Lenora couldn't even tell Kenny a novel.

Ray also speaks out to Kenny that this is fortunate to avoid Lenora telling him a novel.

"Heh, I'm already done"

"Not entirely yet, though. How many days do you think it's been since then? Well, a lot of people went gamelion hunting, and it seems like it took longer than I thought."

"Well, I'll take the demon stone and meat over here, so I want you to buy the other ingredients"

"We're supposed to take all the ingredients, demon stones, and meat after we've bought them, so just take the meat for now?

The process may be cumbersome if it is a transaction in several instalments.

That thought passed in the back of my brain for a moment, but in the end I nod to Kenny after losing the temptation of Gamelion's meat.

"Oh, I will. So, you can take it now?

"Uh... wait a minute"

"Oh, hey, Kenny!?

Kenny listens to Lenora stop and heads straight to his boss behind the counter.

It was Lenora who dropped it off with a disgruntled look on her face, but in the end, without saying any more, she exhales and then glances at the paperwork in her seat.

(rare)

In my heart, Ray whines about how Lenora looks like that.

If it was always the case, he would be bringing Kenny back by letting his arm say things.

Most importantly, Lenora, a human being in pure physical ability, is no match for Kenny, the beast man.

In that sense, it wasn't always Kenny giving a hand against Lenora... it was also the result of the daily power relationship working.

"With that said, Mr. Ray. Do you have any plans for this winter?

Lenora raises her eyes from the paperwork and asks Ray if she cares about Ray's gaze as she looks at herself.

Ray shook his head to the side of the inquiry.

"No, I'm going to take my time, especially since I don't have something to do. I've been busy in many ways this past year."

In the spring there is the war of the Bestian Empire, in the summer fighting the Rem Race in Emosion, diving into the dungeons in the labyrinth city, and in the autumn taking part in the militant competitions and civil unrest of the Bestian Empire.

That's just the big event, and even more if you count the fine cases.

Not very much, but it wasn't about going through it continuously in a year.

Density is just a bunch of big events that ordinary adventurers may not experience for a few years or a lifetime.

So, I guess it's only natural that you want to take a break in the winter or so.

Just knowing how much commotion Ray has been involved in, Lenora sighs small and opens her teasing mouth as well.

"Surely Mr. Ray has been in a lot of commotion, and it might be a good idea to take a rest. But I was resting too long, my body was dull, and I couldn't move in the spring... I think sometimes I should move my body so it doesn't end up like this."

"Sure don't bother with that. Thanks for the advice. Sometimes I try to move my body properly."

While I answered that, I really needed to get out of the gilm than I had to do to hunt the monster that would feed Seto.

Of course I have enough money for Seto to eat satisfactorily, but I still have the idea that I shouldn't waste it.

Also, standing still in the stables during the winter and not being able to move your body thoughtfully just walking around the city, even if you can, is definitely going to be Seto's stress.

Even thinking about the area, sometimes going hunting outside the Guild was a really necessary event.

"Oh, with that said, if Baron Cisne has Mr. Ray, he wanted to make a nomination request... what do you do?

"Baron Cisne?... Oh, Basrello."

Reminds me of Lenora's words about a kid who trained in combat just last winter.

Even the most combat training is not as authentic as Ray did in the guerrillas. To such an extent that I taught the basics of the foundation.

The person I trained was a 10-year-old child, so I guess that's natural too.

If I had trained the guerrillas the way I did, it would probably have been something of a combat phobia.

"Yes, yes. That was last year's nomination request. Once again, it's in the form of a nomination request... What do you want to do?

Ray gets a little lost in Lenora's words, but eventually nods back.

"Right, shall we then? Because it will snow and everyone will be on full rest, and it is true that there is nothing to do until spring"

"So I'll keep in touch with the other one...... what about the daytime?

"I'll leave it to you over there. This one's basically free every day."

"Really, then..."

And when Lenora is writing something on the paperwork, eventually Kenny comes back.

"Ray. I got your permission... yeah? What's the matter, Lenora?

"Look, Mr. Ray's nomination request"

"Oh, you should have said that. Ray, are you taking it?

'Cause it's snowing, and I'm free every day.

"Hmm...... well, Baron Cisne doesn't hear bad rumors, so maybe it's no problem. Shall we go to the warehouse, then? It's not all bad that you don't have a job and you're free."

Hanging a shawl from the top of his uniform and exiting the counter from the entrance and exit, he pulls Ray's hand as it is.

Lenora was looking away at Kenny like that somewhere.

In fact, there is no doubt that I am free now, and that there was no problem with Kenny falling out of the counter in this situation.

It's only with my boss's permission, of course.

"Kenny, come back before it's too late."

"Yes, yes, I know. This is why she's so loud and troublesome."

"... who's the aunt?

"Oh, I shouldn't. My sister-in-law got mad. Let's go, Mr. Ray. Love escape!

"Kenny!"

Kenny purposefully tells Lenora to sound, then pulls Ray's hand straight to the guild's exit.

"Hugh, Hugh, I envy you!

"No, no. I'm not jealous of that, I'm jealous."

"Kenny, you and I need to make a love escape. Ah!

"Damn, why would Kenny do that to him too..."

"No, 'cause you have a neat face, and you're a rank B adventurer at that young age, and you have an alias.... You can't be hot."

"Shut up! Don't suddenly take me seriously!

Ray walks out of the guild with Kenny pulling his hand as he leaves the liquor store.

That's how the two of us out of the guild first saw...

"Seto, how's this? Or this way? Oh, and this skewer..."

Miraine must have bought the food from a nearby street stall, a sight that was giving Seto.

That's in the snow, too.

The absence of Sulnin, who is also the guardian of Mileyne if it should be, is probably due to the fact that he has already completed his request for an escort, so he is free to move.

For a moment I thought I'd give Seto a voice, Ray, but I'd see Seto being stroked by Miraine with pleasure, and I'd stay behind.

There was no way Seto could have noticed Ray's signs, and when his circular eyes were pointed toward Ray, he waved slightly with the intention of coming out.

It should be said that Seto and Ray's bond is deep around being able to understand Ray's signals like that.

If Mileyne or Johanna would listen, she would surely be bored with jealousy though.

"That's okay, Ray."

"Don't take that long anyway. I'll be back. Let's just go to the warehouse."

"Well, Ray, I hope you like it. Let's go on a date."

Kenny, who told him to tease me, pulls Ray's hand and heads toward the warehouse.

As Kenny said a little bit, it took little time to get to the warehouse.

It was an outside move in the snow, so Ray goes from the hood, Kenny pays off the snow from his uniform and goes into the warehouse.

Kenny, in particular, is wearing a shawl, but a uniform that originally has a wide open chest.

Warm by magic items if you're in the guild, but naturally cold because it's snowing when you go outside.

I guess there's something like Kenny's policy around wearing a highly exposed uniform even in that condition.

In fact, it's true that Kenny's uniform has a good reputation for adventurers visiting the Alliance.

In that sense, it was Kenny's claim that he works hard as a receptionist who is also a sign for the guild......

"Well, shall we go then? Must surprise you, huh?

Ray looks around the warehouse listening to Kenny smiling like a prank...... as the word goes, I'm certainly surprised.

Gamelion's body, which was arranged in a cup of ground in the warehouse, most of it has been dismantled, the material stripped, and naturally the demonic stone has also been removed.

Only Gamelion's body, about three meters long, was buried on most of the warehouse ground when it was brought in, but now it doesn't.

Not all gamelions are processed, of course, so there are still quite a few gamelion bodies lined up.

And instead of Gamelion's body, things like meat, ingredients, and demon stones were arranged.

"Surely this surprised me. … it's spectacular to see it this way"

Even now, near Gamelion's body, several adventurers are dismantling and stripping the material.

The handiwork is accurate and obviously more skilled than Ray's.

"Ray. Shall I choose the meat of the gamelion to take?"

Nodding at Kenny's words, Ray reached for Gamelion's flesh.