Legend

Temperatures drop on desert nights, so merchants and escort adventurers each sleep in a blanket in a tent.

But... Ray was having a completely different and comfortable evening than those people.

Because Ray uses a magic tent.

Naturally, it was designed to be comfortable in it, be it desert or snow mountain, but being in a magic tent allowed me to live completely unrelated to the environment outside.

Despite the amount of magic tents, even if it can be prevented somewhat if attacked by tents from the outside, it breaks quickly.

Seto's presence on the side of the magic tent also meant preventing it.

"Sollain country? That's about the name I know, too. We talked about a lot of desert.

Elaine, reflected in a pair of orbs, tells her over a cup of tea.

Elaine, who spent the spring in the Guild, had quite an accumulation of work, not as good as the Guildmaster's Marina.

Still, I cleaned up one job after another that I had accumulated with my ability to hold on to, and now I can make about the time to talk to Ray if it's this way at night.

... Elaine also has more parties than the Duke's Lady stands for, and it's not every day.

"Right. I wish I knew something about Gosh."

"Sorry."

It was sad for Elaine that Ray relied on her but couldn't respond to it.

However, the country of Sollain is one of the few subordinate countries in the Kingdom of Mireana that does not have any particular characteristics.

If I were to be forced to mention the characteristics, there would be a lot of desert, as Elaine said.

That means that much of the national territory is covered in desert, and the Sovereign Kingdom of Mireana, anyway, has very little national power compared to the surrounding countries… so to speak, it is a country that should be called even smaller among the smaller countries.

That's why Elaine also only knows a general thing about a country called Solrain.

"No, you didn't even know it was me in the first place, so don't worry about it.... What happened to what you said before?

"Hmm, that thing? I guess I should say it's a little difficult...... As a father, I think positively, but the subject is not me. I can't help it because I look like a nobleman. '

I have no choice. That being said, Elaine sighs with an unfortunate look.

What Elaine proposed to her father, the Duke of Kelevel, was to send people from the aristocracy to Gilm to keep in close contact with the neutrals who currently have a cooperative relationship.

Of course there are still many aristocratic nobles living in Gilm, but it was Elaine who fathered the suggestion that sending more important figures would consolidate the bond between aristocracy and neutrality.

There was something about Ray that I wanted to see alive, not a pair of orbs.

While the Duke of Kelevel showed a certain understanding of Elaine's proposal, he did not even consider Elaine as a person to be seconded to Gilm.

Elaine knows. That you are in the position of a symbol of the aristocracy, and that you have to participate in it if the battle starts as an aristocrat.

But...... the Bestian Empire, which has been a hostile country for many years, was able to force what should also be called the pro-Mileana faction in last year's civil unrest, and Elaine expects there will be no war for the time being.

Since the emperor is not a pro-Mileanese, it is definitely not a certainty.

"Right. I wish Elaine would have come, too. Seto was looking forward to playing with Yellow, and Vihella and Marina were looking forward to seeing Elaine again somehow."

'Heh heh, those two are going to say I can take it slow without Ray.... That said, was Vihera currently taking Bühne back to Egzil'

I guess I thought of what they asked me when I was talking to Ray in the orb against him before. Elaine smiles just a little and squeals funny.

For Elaine, Vihera is a friend, competitor and lover.

Especially a friend.

This can be said not only to Elaine but also to Vihera and Marina, but special circumstances exist for all three of them.

For example, Elaine is a Duchess Warrant lady with the alias of Princess General, Vihera is a former Second Empress of the Bestian Empire, Marina is an Alliance Master, and is the blood of a dark elf with a deep edge with a world tree.

It is very difficult for those with special circumstances in this way to make reciprocal friends, even if they can be admired or feared.

In that sense, I guess Elaine is blessed to have a friend named Ara.

The three of them were able to be friends because they were each other with special circumstances.

The biggest reason for this is the presence of Ray, after all the three of them were supposed to come to their thoughts?

The bond between the three, united by two things: friendship and affection, was a stronger substitute than Ray thought.

"Ma, I'm glad you didn't involve Vihera in that commotion. In the case of Vihera, if you're bad, you beat up the merchants and you just candle."

It was half a certainty for Ray that Vihera would take some action if he thought Ray was depressed.

Neither the merchants who were swarming with Ray, nor those who dazzled by the beauty of Vihella, gave rise to strange thoughts.

Elaine is not usually in the guild, and Marina has a job as guild master for the guild.

But Vihera was acting with Ray, and I'm pretty sure that's why she had a lot of encounters with merchants.

In that sense, I guess we were lucky that Vihera was returning to Exile with Bühne....... for both the merchants who may have hung in the hands of Vihella and Ray who may then have been forced to run off at the end.

I talked to Elaine for a while afterwards, but eventually it was getting late at night, so I fell asleep.

Ray wakes up his torso on the bed where he was asleep.

Keep looking around and whine briefly as you grasp the status quo.

"... in the morning"

Ray was usually very ill asleep, but in these special circumstances he was able to wake up immediately.

There's probably something instinctive around here.

Even if Seto is on guard outside the magic tent and is more secure in the villages and cities around it, he is wary that the area close to Ray's instincts is the camp.

When you get out of the magic tent with ease, the morning sun is already fully visible.

Ray doesn't care because of the dragon robe, but the temperature is already over thirty degrees too.

Other faces had already prepared breakfast around, each throwing a greeting to Ray, who had come out of the magic tent.

Strangely for Ray, his attitude toward the surrounding Rays is much softer than it was yesterday.

(Well, I don't even have to think about why...)

Sleeping on the side of the magic tent, the adventurer turns his gaze toward Seto, who is eating dried meat, I guess, and smiles small.

There were several adventurers around Seto.

To the adventurer, Ray looks familiar.

Yesterday, Zaroust introduced me to watch with Seto.

Initially, we talked about Seto and one adventurer doing a lookout, but in the end, a few of them were available as a sign that Seto... more precisely, I didn't completely trust Seto and Ray.

Better yet, Ray doesn't complain about it.

In the first place, someone with Griffon as his obedience suddenly appeared, so I thought it would be impossible to trust him completely.

Everyone had only been dealing with Ceto for about a few hours, but it was also natural for the fearless to show up trying to communicate with Ceto naturally if we were still in a situation where we were alone with Ceto.

Seto is easy to nostalgic for, besides the person he originally hostile to himself and Ray.

As a result, the adventurer and Seto soon became friends, and the other adventurers who were watching it stroked Seto, though fearful... and those who saw it when the time came to change watches became friends with the adventurer...

As for the watch, there was no particular problem because Seto was watching closely.

"So, after all, nobody came to help the sandburglars."

If we tried to help the sand thief more than there was Seto, we should have found it soon, but I guess even if there was a traitor who ended up feeling threatened by Seto and couldn't make a move when there was no disturbance at night.

Having so decided looking at Seto playing with the adventurer, Ray approaches Auguste and Zaroust, who are talking a little further away.

I guess I noticed that Ray. Zaroust speaks out as he smiles bitterly at Ray.

"You've become very popular overnight."

Ray didn't have to think about what he was talking about.

Either way, Seto is playing with the adventurer at the end of his gaze.

"I was expecting it. Basically Seto is nostalgic for someone who doesn't have hostility. And in the Guild, where I'm usually based, the whole city is popular."

"... Gilm, is it? Among the kingdoms of Mireana, it's famous for being one of those cities that brings together skilled adventurers."

Ougust, who was listening to Ray and Zaroust, groans with a little envy.

Ougust, whose name is quite well known in Gosh, but Gosh as it is interpreted is only one of the cities in a weak small country called the Sollain Nation.

It was true that it is an overwhelmingly small compared to the Kingdom of Mireana, although it is a city that enters the greater part of the Sollaine nation.

This means that there are so few rare items to be treated as merchants.

For a merchant like Augusto, it was only natural in a way that any of them would want to fly a flag in a big country like the Kingdom of Mireana.

"Yeah, a lot of monsters and freaks around because it's on the edge, and if you camp at night or something, they basically raid you. Well, you don't have to worry about that in my case."

"... Seto"

The squeaky voice has a color of envy.

Five senses are sharper than human beings, they have the ability to feel magic, and they are very capable of fighting as individuals.

He was a monster with very attractive abilities in the exact sense of watching.

"I've seen a few beings named Tamer, but I've never seen anyone still subordinate a griffon like Seto"

"Me and Seto are a little different."

The moment the word came out of Ray's mouth, a sharp light dwelt in Auguste's eyes as he was listening to Zaroust.

Usually people were good...... or Ougust who was often told he was weak, but I guess he decided that words that came out of Ray's mouth now would be a seed for business.

"Mr. Ray, what's that about now? Could you have subjugated Seto in any other way than to normally taste him?

"Oh. I'm just saying, I don't think you can do it right away because you heard me, okay?

"Still, I want you to tell me. Of course I'll pay you the reward."

From the look of Augusto, Ray had a surprising look at how he approached rarely, but eventually shook his neck sideways small.

"I don't need a reward for anything else. It's not the usual way, but it's not like anybody knows."

"... yeah? What does that mean?

"It's a simple story. I grew up with Seto when I was little. That's what Seto's been doing since he was a kid. That's why Seto misses me so much. This method is the same way that a dragon knight hatches and raises dragons from eggs, so anyone can do it if they want to"

I don't know if that'll work, Ray, but I'll wrap up the words.

Augusto listens to the story and frowns.

Dragon Knights naturally also existed in Solrain, but they were very tough on Solrain, a small country to feed Wyburn, which required massive amounts of food just to maintain.

Still, I had some rides available from issues such as defense and glory, so I know what Augusto means by what Ray is saying too.

"But isn't that certain?

"I guess. In fact, there are quite a few people who die in the process of growing Wyburn. But I'm pretty sure I turned Seto into an obedient."

Precisely due to Warcraft, but I just had to mouth the usual cover story more than I can explain to mouth it.

"If only we could get monster children and eggs... or..."

"Mr. Ougust, it's time for you to finish your meal for now? It's gonna be hot today, and it's better to get to Gosh soon."

Augusto nodded to Zalusto, who looked at the blue sky, which was spreading everywhere.