Legend

When the sunset was already about halfway down, a row of the wings of the Rays Red Lotus was going down the street.

Ray rides Seto, each of the three marinas, Vihera and Büne rides a horse, and the extra horse still moves with the reins pulled.

Around the streets where the Rays proceed, many are in a hurry to reach Gilm before the main entrance closes.

The main entrance now remains open until quite late at night thanks to the addition of the guilds, and some can enter the guilds even in the middle of the night with special permission.

Still, I guess it's only natural that a lot of people want to arrive in the Guild before night, if they know the land called the border.

Especially big is that the monster still moves vigorously at night?

It's not strange to think so and hurry as much as you can, that you're sorry to fight such a monster.

There was a particular tendency towards merchants and those on their way to the Guild in search of work.

... Some of them seemed to want to defeat monsters from themselves in order to fly a flag in the gilm as adventurers from now on, but that's only a few.

Whatever the circumstances, the purpose of going to the Guild is the same, but when they see the faces of the Red Lotus wings, they open their eyes wide open.

Naturally. Nearly thirty men are tied with ropes, and they are all tied with ropes so that only one person does not escape.

Though his legs are not tied to inhibit him from moving, his hands are turned back, so that he can't run and escape, but he can't speed.

It can't be inconspicuous because it's walking with so many people.

"Hey, could that be a slave sale?

"No, you're not. Those are the faces of the Red Lotus Wings. Maybe it's a bandit or something."

"... Bandits? In this neighborhood?

"Oh, speaking of which, it's kind of like I've heard rumors, like I don't..."

"Which way?"

Such a conversation enters my ear, and Ray tilts his neck just a little.

If it were normal, I would never hear people talking to each other, but in Ray's case, I had five senses that were far sharper than normal, and I heard the story.

(What's going on? This was the first time the merchants were publicly attacked)

That's why Ray came out as an urgent request in this case.

But from what I hear now, it also seems somewhat known that there have been raids for a long time.

Of course Ray knew it was probably true.

Because the material that was in the cave wasn't very much, but it wasn't just enough to be transported in one merchant squad.

As he strokes Seto's neck on which he is riding, he once again turns his gaze to the horse on which the marinas at the beginning of the line are riding.

This horse was connected to the Azito that the Rays attacked.

Nearby, we were able to check the type of carriage.

He was in the act of attacking a merchant and stealing materials, so it would be natural for him to be prepared to carry them.

He would have hidden the horse inside the Azit because he still understood that if he connected the horse outside the Azit, it would feed the monster.

For that reason, Ray retrieved the wagon to Mystering and confiscated the remaining horse as it was.

But naturally, we need to take the horses home on our own, more than we can store the creatures in the mysteries.

There was no way they would let him go properly, and thus the Rays were moving with their horses.

Most of all, horses are naturally scared of Seto.

That's why the horses on the marina and the others are leading the way, and Ray is bandit on Ceto...... no, he was moving behind these private soldiers.

In the sense of keeping an eye on the private soldiers so they don't escape, I'm just glad.

The Rays who keep walking like that are naturally slower than the rest of the merchants and adventurers.

One after the other...... Eventually it will be a while after sundown completely and we finally arrive in the Guild.

"Oh, Master Marina, the others too. I've been waiting for you."

A guard finds the marina and tells her gladly.

I guess I called the marina's name, not the party leader Ray, because it was still the marina that was leading the way.

Because Ray at heart was slowly progressing as he rode through the rear end of the line on Ceto.

... Note that there is dried meat in Seto's mouth, and dried meat is similarly gripped in Ray's hands.

It was the Rays who had eaten once before leaving Gilm, but sometimes Seto was still before meals, and when he was hungry he sweetened up to Ray.

There was no way to defy the sweet voice of Seto like that, and in the end Ray took the dried meat out of the mysteries and gave it to Seto.

I suppose if I just gave Seto the most, I'd say it sounds like Ray while I'm eating too.

"Hey, Ray. Come here."

The negotiations are left to the marina, and Ray, who was tasting dried meat with Seto, is summoned by such a voice.

I wanted to leave it to the marina if I could, but still, there's no way I'm not going over there more than I was called this way.

"What's going on?

"I need Ray's autograph because I'm handing over these people I captured in this case."

"Uh... yeah. I guess."

Then if you have no choice, Ray heads for the marina.

... Then naturally Seto passes near the horse, and the horse hardens his movements when Seto comes nearby.

(Well, just don't rumble it out)

I guess it's the honest feeling of the horse that he can't even afford to rumble out, but still there was nothing wrong with Ray if he had less trouble.

"Oh, Ray. Looks like you've been busy all day."

"Uh... well"

It's a lot different attitude than when dealing with marinas, but that's not surprising or anything if you think about what marinas have accomplished so far in guilds.

Neither does Ray particularly care about his opponent's attitude, and he writes an autograph on the documents he receives.

And as I give the paperwork to the guards, I ask them what they have only slightly questioned.

"That paperwork, it was made on the assumption that you would bring the prisoners from the beginning."

"Oh, right.... Well, you took it for granted that the prisoner would bring more than just leave this request to Ray"

One sentence about increasing the reward for the number of prisoners was clearly reading Ray's behavior.

(If you're going to pay me, you should get it.)

If it is normal, it can mean selling it as a slave if you capture a bandit.

That allows for more income to be expected, but this time the opponents Ray has captured will not be made slaves, but will be taken over by the Knights.

Where he came from, what he was after, what he has done so far... he needed to pull out as much information as he could.

It would be important information, especially as to whose hand it is, and the weakness of its counterpart.

You can't sell them off as slaves any more than you need to pull out such information.

It was a condition for pick-up after thinking about it.

Not to mention that the reward is quite high compared to when you sold it as a slave.

I didn't have to hesitate here any more than Ray had nothing to lose.

That's how the procedure was completed, and those who captured them were taken by the guards...

"Oh, wait a minute!

Towards such guards, Ray calls them off.

"Yeah? What?... Oh, this one's good. Anyway, take these guys."

Tell that to your fellow guards, the guards who have given Ray the paperwork will approach Ray again.

"No, what are we gonna do with that horse? And I'm securing the wagon they were using over here?

"Horse? Uh... you haven't heard about that one. The paperwork didn't say anything in particular, and you can dispose of it that way if you like?

"Even if they say so..."

To the words of the guard, Ray looks at the horse as bewildered.

Horse carriers have uses such as riding a ceto and dropping it from the sky to become a mass weapon if that's what you have to do, and replacing it with firewood.

... I guess the idea of normally using it as a carriage doesn't come up because Ray has mysteries.

Vihera, who was watching Ray like that, mouths the suggestion as she strokes her horse.

"Isn't that what you should sell horses for?... Well, there's also the means to treat it the worst and make it meat"

Vihella's gaze was directed at the sight of Seto, who seemed unusual from those who were going through the process of entering the guild behind him, or was stroked by adventurers who must have been based in the guild for a long time.

To such Vihera's words, Ray seemed nervous about the horse for a moment... but decided it was probably his fault and thought about the suggestion to sell it again.

The horse the private soldiers were carrying is not as good as a famous horse.

But on the contrary, it's not a waste of horses.

That would be more essential to the buyer than being a horse that could normally be used.

Not to mention now that it's an addition to the gilm, because there aren't enough substitutes, such as means of travel and carriages, starting with horses.

"Uh... I see. Okay. Let's just do it like that."

"Do that. Oh, take the material to the guild, not the material storage area. They want to make sure they're there before they deliver it."

That's all I tell you, the guard leaves.

All that remains is Ray and the others who are still in the Guild, and the guards who are in the process…

"Well, shall we go too?... Vihera, can you ask for a horse?

"Yeah, what's the price?

"I'll take care of it. It's just like not being imitated like buying and beating cheap"

"Oh, who are you telling? You're pretty good at negotiating like that, huh?

Vihera's words to say so are full of confidence.

Before I met the Rays...... when I was acting with Büne in the labyrinth city of Exil, shopping, starting with consumables, was naturally Vihella's job.

Of course, there are people who can communicate with Buune to some extent if it's his birthplace, Exil, but it was still quicker for Vihella to go shopping.

Ray, who had previously heard of the circumstances around it from Vihera, raises his hand small instead of apologizing and opens his mouth.

"Okay. I'll take care of it."

Tell him so, Ray and Marina, Seto. Then it splits into two hands, Vihera and Bühne, scattered on each one.

"Shall we go too? It's getting dark already, and the guild would have calmed down... normally I'd say."

I guess Marina tells you that with a troubled grin, because the surroundings are already dark and busy peak times in the guild, if usual.

But that's only 'always', and the current situation where adventurers are being brought together by the addition of guilds is not a very, but 'always' situation.

There are numerous requests such as demolition of buildings to be spread, hauling of building materials, keeping wood, stone, metal, etc. in any form so that they can be assembled as soon as construction begins… and the adventurer is working quite late on that.

Most of all, I don't have the expertise, so basically, I do what anyone can do.

Either way, many adventurers work late.

Many of them, of course, finish their work in the evening.

Due to these adventurers, the Alliance should have had quite a few at the moment.

"Ma, you have no choice. Anyway, in our case, I did the request, so I have to give it to you."

As a result, the Rays walked all over the city to the Alliance, which had grown more vibrant as a result of the increase in numbers.

"Mr. Ray! The guard had contacted me, but you already solved it!

Lenora, who splits with Seto in front of the guild and quickly finds Ray in the guild with the marina, tells him so with a happy wave.

There are quite a few of them in the guild, as Ray expected, and they were lining up in front of the counter to get today's reward, but Lenora calls out to Ray and Marina through such opponents.

"Hey, hey! My reward!

Then, naturally, the adventurer man who had Lenora go through the process would complain.

Lenora hastily comes under Ray when she asks an Alliance official who was working another job nearby.

"Good luck. Okay, come on, but my client's waiting for me, so let's go."

"... are you waiting?

"Yes, Red Lotus Wings is an arm's length party, so he wants to make sure he waits to come back.... I didn't think you'd be back so soon. We're waiting upstairs in the conference room now, so let's go."

That's what I told him, and Ray and Marina were taken upstairs by Lenora.