Legend

Spring sunshine falls, pleasant weather.

In such weather, Ray and Vihera were scolded by marinas in the courtyard.

"Um... This is a mock fight. It's a mock fight to move the body, too, right? But what are you gonna do when you get that serious?

"Even so. Nothing. You didn't use a Death Size or a Dusk Spear, did you?

"Right. I didn't use my hands or my toenails."

"... if you don't use it, it won't be fine."

Ha, and a sigh leaks out of the marina's mouth.

"Mmm..."

Looking at those three, Bühne begins to nap as he leans against Seto and exposes himself to spring sunlight, even though he opens his eyes slightly from a remote place and looks at them.

Ray and Vihera, who are preached, turn their enviable gaze to the appearance of Büne, who gives an atmosphere of expressionlessness but happiness…

"Look, I'm not gonna make a scene"

The marina will be noted again and the sermon will resume.

"By and large, Ray has always been just nice to Elaine and Vihella and to me..."

"Wait a minute. I have something to say to that, too. Ning Lo, it's not me Ray always relies on, it's not Marina."

For some reason it was Ray who saw the story fly away to something other than a mock fight, but if I were to say something to it, I wouldn't put it in my mouth because I felt like the sermon would be long again.

If you two were talking to the point where you wouldn't jump on yourself for now... when you thought so, you'd hear voices inadvertently.

It's not a marina, it's not a vihella, let alone a sleeping beaune or ceto, there's a third party voice.

"I'm sorry. Uh, are you sure it's okay here? Mr. Marina, are you there?

To that voice I heard, rather than preaching......, the movement of Marina and Vihella stops, who had an exchange that was half as close to an insane talking fight.

Living in this mansion is a former guild master marina, in a corner of the aristocratic city.

Given that, it would be inconceivable that I came to this mansion by chance lost in the way......

Not to mention that the voices you hear are clearly calling the marina's name.

There could be no difference.

"Guess who?

"Come on?... Still, I didn't come in silently, so I guess there's nothing less hostile about it. I'm just gonna go."

Tell him so, Marina leaves the spot.

Dropping off such a marina, Ray exhaled in relief.

That's the same with Vihera next door to Ray, now just to thank visitors for visiting.

"... so what do you think it is after all?

"I don't know. Isn't that what you'd know if Marina came back? Enjoy a short rest time now."

Ray nods at the words coming out of Vihera's mouth...... but sees Marina coming back to the courtyard changing her expression the next moment.

"Ray."

"What's up? Is something wrong?

You perceived the atmosphere of Ray asking toward the marina, or Seto, who was enjoying a nap in the warm sun, rises.

Then naturally Büne, who was leaning against Seto, would also wake up.

Sometimes this is the courtyard of the Marina's house, where Seto was the one who was leaning over, and Bühne, who was completely at ease and asleep, but suddenly Seto moves his body and wakes up.

"... mmm..."

I guess I just enjoyed a nap after seeing how Ray and Vihera were scolded earlier and didn't know what was going on at first.

I look around in a state of confusion...... eventually I find myself excited about the marina and stand up tilting my neck.

"So, Marina. What was it after all? Or who was it?

"Look, you've been tangled up in the back street before, right? So I ended up gathering information from people around there who looked like faces."

"Oh, there it is. So, that's information from that guy? That was a woman's voice earlier."

For a moment I was relieved that the sermon was over, and Ray's gaze sharpened when he found out that the information brought in was against Azimov...... Precious.

"That would be so. Whatever it is, people in the back of society... there's no way that someone quite famous around there can come to the aristocracy."

You're right if you say so, so Ray also has to convince himself of Marina's words.

However, I am also somewhat concerned about how the person who came to this mansion earlier arrived.

Because naturally it's obvious that he's not a legitimate person either.

But soon, Ray shakes his neck to the side and shelves that question.

That there would be more to think about, not so far now.

(Besides, if you're a person in the back of society, it's not strange to think of someone who can get in and out of the aristocracy.... Well, because that would mean that people often go into and out of aristocratic neighborhoods as a matter of course... were they actually big guys?

Ray, who once again turned his gaze to the marina, asks with a serious look.

"So, what kind of information did you get?

"Precious and his opponents are heading towards the slums right now."

"... is that true? What, such a stupid imitation?"

The muttering Ray tone had a colour somewhere frightening.

That doesn't mean he's headed for the slam, but it doesn't mean he's taking precious risks...

Neither does Ray know exactly to what extent Precious is in the Spiel Chamber of Commerce.

But if you could have rubbed with Tris in one of the Guild branches, then naturally you wouldn't be a merchant among the Spiel Chamber of Commerce.

If you are such a person, it is not strange to have an escort and you have no problems at all in terms of your own danger.

The problem is that Precious is currently suspected by Ray... no, he's convinced he's definitely half the killer.

In such a situation, going to a slum where something is likely would be like saying to suspect yourself if you normally think about it.

Not to mention it would have been even worse if you were listening to Ray's reputation.

"Normally, I think it's a stupid imitation. But..."

Did you have the same idea as Ray, Vihera told him that much, but he stops the word once there?

"Having figured that out, shouldn't we think you're acting like that intentionally?

"Right. If you knew you'd find it and you were imitating it like that... would it be to lure us out?

"I see. But you think you can do something about us with the power over there?

Ray knew that the party he led, Red Lotus Wings, was out of standard in many ways.

And in the sense that it is out of standard, its combat power is particularly enhanced.

Except for Bühne, he is a man of considerable strength even if he fights individually, and Ray, who specializes in extensive extermination magic, cannot demonstrate his main power throughout the city, but still is powerful enough to fight normally.

And the spiritual magic of the marina can be used normally throughout the city, and only for the fighter Vihera can you fight in a narrow place without any problems.

Also, in the wings of the Red Lotus, it is a beaune equal to outside the power of war, but in places like the whole city, it would be enough power to take advantage of its speed.

Not to mention being in Ceto.

And yet you're going to imitate us to lure ourselves in such a situation... to Ray who tells us so, Vihera shakes her neck to the side.

"I don't know where it is. But we know that we're only going to be at a disadvantage for as long as time goes on."

"But you think you're gonna imitate that even though you know you're gonna lose? I don't think losing is going to challenge the battle I see because it's hard to move as it is now. If there's nothing we can do about it as it is now,"

A merchant is basically a sensitive race to see opportunities.

Some merchants can't do that, but most of the time such merchants disappear quickly.

It did not seem to Ray that Precious, who is in quite an upper position within a chamber of commerce of some magnitude: the Spiel Chamber of Commerce, is not capable to that extent either.

"... I can't help thinking about it this way. Either way, he came all the way out from the other side. Then let's just say we're going to hunt him down mentally as planned."

"Right. If there's anything going on in Slam Street, that's what we need to smash it into."

Everyone on the spot nods at the words of Vihera because they are… and confident in their strength.

Buune, who is not confident in his power, could also escape a place that would have been a battlefield before he could have gotten in the way of the Rays if he had harnessed the lightness of being a bandit.

Even Marina, who decides she has to be a brake player at this party without a brake role, has no objection to Vihella's opinion.

Even if something happened, it was because I was confident that if it was the face of the Red Lotus Wings, I could do it by force.

"Right. So shall we go? Even if we talk a lot here, it could end up wasting our time."

Thus, the rank B party led by Ray, a row of Red Lotus wings, left the Marina's mansion and headed to Slam Street.

When the Rays are on their way to Slam Street... the target Teng himself is going down the road without looking particularly alert to his surroundings.

There are many around who wear poor minister clothes so clearly that they are not comparable to Precious.

No, many people just wrap cloth around their bodies rather than call it clothing.

"Dear Precious, if you're coming to a place like this, if you leave it to us... wouldn't you never bother to come to Precious?

One of the escorts walking beside Precious groans warily about what's going on around him.

"It's not so. Customers need to show their sincerity. If you're going to make an enduring deal, you can say this is a must."

"But now you can't move... didn't you say so?"

"Yeah. But things are different. Especially in this case, the other side matched my circumstances."

"Match......?

The man in the escort questions Precious's words as he prepares to pull a long sword out of his sheath at any time.

The man has been taken as a guardian of Precious since this spring.

I'm from an orphanage personally funded by Precious and used to work as a Rank D Adventurer.

It's pure favor for a man like that to turn to Precious.

Because many of those who grew up in orphanages are directly employed by Precious, for a man Precious was the person he deserved to call his benefactor.

The man walked the path of an adventurer without working under Precious, but it's not like he still doesn't appreciate Precious.

In fact, this is how I began to work as an escort for Precious, and I was able to reunite with many face-to-face people.

So the man was worried about what Precious had to do with this kind of slam...

Of course I know Precious is doing a lot of nasty things.

But... for men, and for those who grew up in orphanages, I have a feeling that Precious did something wrong.

We didn't have to die as orphans because we had Precious.

It was only natural to take the former without hesitation, if they were to ask whether they believed in such precious or otherwise.

Precious with so much trust, respect and fondness.

It is the honest thought of a man that wants him to leave the exchange in such a place to himself if he can.

"Giffnan, what's wrong?

"Oh, no, it's nothing"

I realized I was thinking while walking and the man in the escort...... Giffnan shook his neck sideways saying it was nothing.

Slam Street is also a familiar place for Giffnan.

Gilm's slam was the first place to come, but still this kind of place is the same everywhere.

Unless there is extra luck, it is eaten from the cautious.

... I've even heard stories about being eaten in a literal sense, not a metaphor or anything, if you do poorly.

In a place like that, even for a few seconds, he proceeded through the slums admonishing himself with alarm...

"Huh!?

When we look at a man who appeared to inadvertently block their way forward, Giffnan and the other escorts also try to pull their long swords out of their sheaths...

"Oh, Mr. Slain, it's been a while. Nice to meet you today."

I heard Precious speak to the man intimately, stopping him from moving.