Legend

A time and place that is not strange to tremble in the cold if it is normal, a desert at night.

The Rays were walking on top of it.

Leading the way is Seto, who is following the smell of an assassin.

Ray next to it, Zaroust behind it, followed in the order of Narsus.

"... so how far do you think we're going to travel?

Zaroust asks as he walks on the sand, but Ray's response to it was to shake his head sideways small.

"You don't even know where the other aside is, so it's hard to predict that. More than that... Daridora and Augusto, who would be the target of the assassination, are in the gosh, so why do you think they made Ajito out of the gosh?

"Well, normally, you'd be quicker to make an aside in a gosh. Even when Mr. Auguste and the others show any movement, we can respond immediately."

As Zaroust puts it, it would be normal to make an aside on the side of the Gosh where the target Augusto or Daridora lives if anything were to be done.

But this time outside the city… even once, there is an aside from being trampled on and on the road.

Whatever you thought was strange.

(If it's possible...... because having Ajito in the gosh is convenient on the other hand easy to find?

Ray thinks, even though he is uncomfortable with the feel of the sand that fills his legs little by little every time he walks.

(But do you need to be concerned that it's easy to find in temporary aside? That's all you need to do is just move Ajito from there to a different place if you're going to find him. Setting aside aside from the city is a bigger disadvantage no matter what you think)

Having an aside outside the city means you always need to get inside the city when you do something.

That being the case, it was certain to stand out more than having to have the guards go through the process at the front gate each time.

Try to replace your skin with an assassin who can disguise himself as someone else, and maybe it's not that hard.

But there's nothing absolute about it, and if there's anything, it's possible that secrets around it will be known.

(Until you imitate that, why make Azito outside the city...... yeah? You're not that liberal, are you?

It was Ray I was thinking about as I walked in the desert, but I had a hook with my own thoughts, and I stopped my leg.

Then naturally Seto, who was going next to Ray, stops his legs, as do the two Narusas and Zaroust, who were walking behind him.

"Suddenly I stopped, what's going on?

Zaroust's words that just seem a little grumpy.

In the extreme cold air, the surrounding lights are walking in the vicious conditions of starlight and moonlight only, so it would also be natural to be grumpy.

But Ray ignores Zaroust's voice, which he heard from behind, and thinks about where he hooked up with his thoughts.

Zaroust, ignored of his own words, tries to open his mouth again, but Narsus stops it.

I guess it was interesting to see what you're thinking here just because you know the strength of an adventurer named Ray.

At the same time, it's true that Narsus had something to feel about how Ray was doing.

And it's been about a minute since I stopped moving...... eventually Ray opens his mouth.

"Hey, isn't that weird? Even if we assassinate Augusto or Daridora, what do we need to do to make Azito out of the city in a dangerous place?

"That's... so, like I said, the emphasis is on secrecy, right? I hear the assassin that Ray has now defeated can replace the skin on his face and disguise himself as someone else. Isn't that to keep secrets from the neighborhood?

"I guess. Even if you can disguise yourself as someone else, you can't imitate the tricks, words, and behavior, so if you meet someone with a clear face, there's a good chance you'll find out who you are."

Zaroust agrees with Narusas.

But Ray shakes his head sideways while convinced of that opinion.

"I thought about that possibility, too. But Gosh is this big a city. If you're going to hide for assassinations, that's where you'll hide."

"But just in case, maybe... you know what? Think about the neighborhood, just in case, right?

To Zaroust's words, Narusas nods silently that he agrees.

Before those two, Ray opens his mouth so that no one can hear him, even though it's such a desert of the night.

"What I'm about to say may sound very incredibly absurd. But if it's really what I expected, it could be a mess in a lot of ways. I want you to know that."

Ray's tone of telling that was not very but not the tone in which he was joking.

The only way to see Ray's face like that is to listen to him in silence, even as two adventurers.

Zaroust and Narsus are more senior than Ray in terms of their activities in Gosh.

But purely as an adventurer's rank… or given the track record so far, Zaroust and Narsus are not even under Ray's feet.

So I thought I should hear the words out of Ray's mouth... I guess I had to.

Ray opens his mouth before the two of them who were willing to listen in silence.

What I came up with, including the discomfort in me.

... in this situation, a story that would be very, but unbelievable if Ray were asked.

"We're about to go now, Ajito. I can tell you that's outside the city, almost certain as far as Seto is concerned. Then why is it in a place like that? Is that why we talked about this?... I don't think I am"

What did you feel in Ray's words that you told him so, Zaroust and Narsus both spit.

Towards those two, Ray continues to explain.

"Don't find it in the true sense... what if that's all the place was available for it? That's not a temporary aside to kill the target I've been assuming... what if it's home?

"No way."

To Ray's words, the two words overlap.

The look on his face said he couldn't believe Ray's story from the bottom of his heart.

Even if they immediately deny their opinion by the two of them, Ray doesn't rebel against it... on the contrary, he convinces me of the feeling.

Right on the side of a city called Gosh, he said it would be very, very hard to believe that there was an assassin home.

I never knew it existed before.

"No, but... Gosh is a big city in the Solrain country, so I've heard and seen a lot of cases of assassins working before. But there was never a guy out there that was peeling off his face like that, was there?

That's what Zaroust says almost reflexively.

In fact, that's not wrong.

It's been quite a long time since I was born and raised in Gosh and became an adventurer, and it's no wonder I'm called a veteran.

Such a zarust, but if there is such an assassin as you are skin peeling off your face that you will never forget once you hear it, you will never forget it.

Although Narusas has not been operating in Gosh for as long as Zaroust, he has been employed by the largest influential Elamaic Chamber of Commerce in Gosh and has served as an escort to Daridora at that meeting.

But this one, too, I never heard of the existence of an assassin who would skin his face, just like Zaroust.

"Oh, I thought about that area, too. In fact, Daridora seemed surprised from the bottom of her heart when she told the story. But..."

Once stopped, Ray looks around quietly.

It's like saying there's an assassin there eavesdropping on their story.

... While doing that, of course, Ray absolutely trusts his partner, Seto.

I've heard that I couldn't confirm the image of those who shot the arrows when I raided Daridora, but I believed that if it was Seto, I could find someone who was disappearing by any means.

Therefore, this is like a pose.

He said he was wary that there was a place where he thought he was the home of the assassin.

"If the assassins had their home base near here... do you think they'd make a scene under their feet? Besides, he's not a regular assassin. He's an assassin who peels off his own face, isn't he? I don't think such a peculiar assassin would risk knowing who they are."

With that said, I also anticipate that there will probably be no activity whatsoever in Gosh.

However, in that case, we will prepare ourselves so that we will never know who we are.

"... I see. Do we refrain from working in Gosh because we understand our specificities? I'm not convinced if you say so... what do you think?

I guess I found some convincing elements in Ray's explanation. Narsus nods and asks Zaroust, who still looks unconvinced.

To such a Narusas question, Zaroust can only roar.

I know I have to convince you that there is some muscle through Ray's explanation.

But... Still, as someone born and raised in Gosh, I didn't want to admit that there was an assassin's home nearby.

"I can only say it's possible... Fortunately for the other side, and unfortunately for us, the lord who governs Gosh is a man of great ability."

"Yeah? Wait.... I know that's who Lewbrand is right now, but what about the previous lord? Fathers, grandfathers..."

To the words of Ray, who tells him so, the actions taken by Zaroust just slip away from sight softly.

Seeing the act, Ray also knew what he was about to say.

"I mean, is that who you are for generations"

"... oh. Fortunately, the lord's family is not generally superior, but vice versa. As far as I know, the Lords exploited it from the inhabitants of Gosh..."

"I hear that from Master Daridora, too. However, that doesn't mean that it's extraordinary… I hear that if you imitate that in this gosh, the city itself could soon perish."

I see, and Ray gets a convincing look at the two words.

This city is a big city in the Sollain nation, but it's never wealthy because it's in the desert.

For example, it was understood that if we imitated looting and exploitation here, we would soon run out of supplies and perish.

"Think about that area, too, and perhaps the clan of lords today is becoming lords of this gosh"

"So, there was no such thing as exploitation, but instead I never noticed even if I had the home of an assassin group nearby," he said.

"It's... it hasn't really been decided yet, has it?

To Ray's words, Zaroust returns those words.

But I can't say enough that Zaroust himself, given what Ray has said so far, could never have a group of assassins nearby.

"You'll be clear about that area in terms of what's in the direction Seto's going to go.... Seto, can you ask?

"Gru!"

It was Seto who had been so vigilant all around him as he listened to Ray in silence until now, but when he throated at Ray's words, he made sure he could take the Rays and move on through the desert.

Follow the smell, Seto, Ray next to that Seto, and Zalust and Narsus thought about the words Ray had spoken earlier, wary of what was going on around them.

Nearly an hour has passed since I left Gosh already.

It's never a short time, even considering the time we were talking along the way.

(Well, no matter how much you make your home base near the gosh, it's really near the gosh...... you can't make it directly next to the gosh or anything)

Huh, I thought if there was an Assassins aside beside Gosh... Ray, but in Gosh's case, which doesn't necessarily mean the guards are highly capable, it's not strange to miss that.

(I guess I made my home base near here in anticipation of the neighborhood as well... Lewbrand and his clan are totally insulted)

Still, Ray thinks it would have been lucky for Lewbrand to have had less activity in Gosh to hide their identity at all.

... but that's only Ray's idea and prediction.

Whatever, when a line is moving through the desert at night like that...

"Grrrrrrrrrr!"

Unexpectedly, Seto squeaks his throat sharply.

"Did you find it!?

That's what I thought for a moment Ray, but it's not like there's anything in Seto's eye that looks particularly like a building... the desert at night was just spreading on one side.