Legend

When Ajas was talking to Rebejeff and Haston about their situation... Ray was also seeing Ilse to report today.

Of course we can't report such a thing around here, and it's the garden of the Marina's house where the Rays are, as usual.

At first I was surprised that all the faces there were beautiful, and I also had the thought that this was a rumored harem party...... but fortunately I get to the table without putting that on the table.

Most of the faces on the spot would not have denied the word, even though it was said to be a harem party.

The only thing is that only Ara has a fondness for Ray, but it's a fondness for a friend and at the same time a respect for someone stronger than herself.

Unlike other faces, it was not a favor between men and women.

Though not nearly as beautiful as the Elaine she serves, Ara also looks well regarded as a beauty.

And sometimes the three women of the Earl of Scarley family, who are often told, as a matter of course.

If they thought I was part of Ray's party, I would have had the faint expectation that there would be fewer of them...

... Note that Bühne could eat as many delicious dishes as he wanted with Ray, and make more money, so he didn't deny being a Harlem member.

In fact, it would be an action, because I understand that Ray never has lust for a child like himself.

There was also the side that I used like a bug repellent to those who came to me, just like Ara.

"... Mr. Ray, the... I'm playing with that ceto... unless my eyes have gone bad, he looks like a dragon..."

Even though the night is still hot and sleepless, I was amazed at the incredibly easy temperatures when I entered this garden, and even though it was a summer night when I heard the bugs, there were no bugs, starting with mosquitoes...... and I was not surprised since I came into the garden of the marina's house, but the surprise must have reached its peak by seeing the yellow.

Of course, I was also surprised that there were beauties of the same level as Marina and Vihera, which I could not forget at first sight: Elaine.

No, you would be more right in this case to be surprised not by the beauty of Elaine, but by the fact that General Princess is here.

To gather information about Ajas, I naturally knew what the celebrity Elaine looked like just for a variety of satirical Ilses.

But...... still, it would have been a bigger shock to have the dragon child in front of you than having the princess general in front of you.

If you're a high-ranking monster, Griffon's Ceto is more rare than enough, but I was somewhat used to just seeing Ray and Ceto more than once, happy or unhappy.

"Oh, a yellow one. Yellow is the demon of Elaine."

"Phew, you surprised me, apparently."

To Ray's words, Elaine turns her gaze to Ilse with a happy grin.

It must have been a good impression for Elaine to be surprised to see her own user demon - actually treating her like a pet.

Elaine's tender attitude was also the reason that someone like Ilse was working hard to avenge her family.

Elaine doesn't deny the act of vengeance.

No, it's not that I don't deny all the revenge, because the revenge that Ilse is about to take this time seemed legitimate enough from Elaine's eyes.

If this were to mean that Ilse would avenge the guards Ilse caught by the guards for committing crimes and consequently being sentenced to death, it would not have been very, but such revenge would not have been granted.

Because it's not revenge, it's just resentment.

"Anyway, let's finish our meal first to talk. If we're hungry, we can't all come up with a good idea, can we?

Everyone nods convincingly at the words of such a marina.

Because we all know hunger cuts our concentration.

… It is also true that because of the practice of fasting, it is not always common.

Either way, there's nothing against Marina's opinion, and everyone starts to get ready for it.

Dining in this garden is what's happening here every day.

Beyond that, meals will be ready without any particular confusion.

Only Ilse, who was here for the first time, was just watching as meals were quickly prepared in the garden.

Of course, Ilse has done it before.

It's basically Ilse, who mainly makes requests for sampling, but still, it's not like she can take a day trip every day.

Sometimes the herbivores growing far away, certain nuts, young buds, flowers… were quite likely to stay to collect them.

That's why I was also used to eating outside, but being prepared now in front of me doesn't resemble the meal I do when I'm camping.

"Ara, bring me the food from the kitchen"

"Yes, Master Elaine."

"Looking forward to seeing what kind of food you have today."

"Mmm!"

Even during such exchanges, tables and chairs are served, dishes served from Ray's mysteries, and dishes brought by Arla are also lined up on the table.

"Let's eat."

It will be time for a quick dinner in the words of the master of this house, Marina.

It's already a dark situation outside, so it's pretty late to think of it as dinner time... which is why those who were on the spot carry the food to their mouths looking delicious.

I usually get out the kiln of magic items that Ray has here, and I also bake a lot with it.

However, the fact that we have important stories to talk about today did not prepare the kiln.

"Well... what do you say? I tried to make it the way Marina taught me."

Elaine asks how she feels about her cooking without being afraid as if her usual indifference were a lie.

Elaine and Arla made today a stew made with plenty of oak meat and summer vegetables.

The dish itself is not particularly unusual, but I guess there are things that I think are different about the dish that makes people eat it for Elaine.

"Oh, it's delicious"

Originally, stew is a dish that is hard to fail.

There are, of course, various ways to devise in the sense of putting your hands on it, and the stew made by the average person and the cook makes a huge difference in the final flavor.

The stew made by Elaine in that is naturally a few steps inferior to the stew made by the cook.

But still, the fact that Elaine made it meant that everyone, including Ray, felt better than the dishes served in the dining room around the corner.

"Yeah, it's delicious enough"

"... right"

It's not like this is the first time I've cooked for Ray.

But still, it was fresh for Elaine to tell Ray that it was delicious... and she was delighted.

"Oh, I envy you. Now I have to treat you to my handicrafts too."

I guess I was jealous to see how Elaine seemed happy. Or did you want to tease me?

Either way, Marina squeals like that with a grin.

(Hand cooking by General Princess)

In such a line, only Ilse was half-hardened by the events in front of her.

"What's up? You're not gonna eat it? Delicious?"

"Huh? Ah, yes"

Ilse, who returned me to Ray's words, carries the stew to his mouth.

It doesn't mean it's a delicacy that comes directly, it's like staining your body somewhere... such a gentle flavor.

To a different flavor than the dishes I eat in the dining room, that makes me wonder how long I've had these dishes.

Looks like you're happy.

Seeing such Ilse, Elaine tells him so with pleasure.

Even if I didn't put it in words, I knew full well what the stew tasted like when I saw how Ilse was doing.

All in all, time goes on, eating all sorts of dishes that Ray took out of Mystering besides stew.

Ilse, who was nervous at first, eventually became able to calm down and enjoy the meal.

That's how when the meal comes to a paragraph, Ray finally gets to the point.

"Well, I came into contact with Ajas today as an escort..."

Ilse hardens herself without my knowledge to the name Ajas out of Ray's mouth.

Naturally. Because in Ilse we are halfway certain that it is our own enemy.

But objective evidence is only about a snake tattoo.

That tattoo is hard to argue with if they tell you you're just doing the same tattoo.

That's why Ilse was careful not to miss hearing every word out of Ray's mouth.

Ray also understands that Ilse is pointing such a gaze at herself, not particularly shy, and opens her mouth.

"That's the feeling I told you about... it's black. I'm pretty sure there's something dark behind it at least."

To the words out of Ray's mouth, Ilse seems relieved...... then comes a pitiful, complicated look.

"When we talked, how did it go?

Ray remembers when he talked to Ajas to Marina, who asks looking at Ilse like that.

"Right, at first I seemed like a serious adventurer as I was heard in the guild. I checked the terrain first to see what the surroundings were like."

If you ask only about it, you can definitely call yourself a good adventurer.

In fact, Ray definitely knew better people than those who went into Trent's woods to cut trees first.

Most of all, just because you're good as an adventurer doesn't mean you're personable.

No, if you're competent as a Ninro Adventurer, it can be a pain in the ass if you have a personality problem just for that matter.

"But when we were talking and I made you smell like I knew who you were... he definitely reacted"

"Doesn't that mean that... vengeance..."

To Elaine's words, Marina nods.

"Right. But if there's anything dark behind it, I think we should go deeper. … Gilm is a delicate time of year."

Elaine is the one with the marina's gaze on her.

Yes, someone who has been sent to prevent the aristocracy from doing any more stupid imitations because it is currently a delicate time.

Just to understand that, the words were strongly persuasive.

"Well, as far as I know, no one like Ajas was involved in the aristocracy... although I'm not sure I know all the people who belong to the aristocracy either."

From Marina's conversation, he decides that maybe he's an aristocrat... and that's how he might be suspected, Elaine tells him to take the lead.

But as he also said, no matter how many Elaine has the alias General Princess and is treated as a symbol of the nobility, there is no way Elaine knows all the people who belong to the nobility.

If I were the lord of a nobleman belonging to a nobleman, I would remember that his relatives... not to mention those who secretly hire him as someone who would make him do things that he could not do out of the ordinary.

"There's a possibility of kings, and that's what neutralists are for. Doesn't everyone have anything dark behind them, does it? That would make it a little hard to find out where a person named Ajas belongs... If you're good, that's the only way you won't get your tail out."

Everyone snorts at the words of Vihera.

In fact, I have no idea who's suspicious if I think that deep down.

"Dear Elaine, isn't it possible that forces other than the three main factions?

"You can't even deny what Ara said. No, Ning Ro, that's gonna make things even worse, right?

If the three main factions are opponents, we can also predict to some extent how they will behave.

But, as Ara said, if Ajas was the hand of any other force, there was a nasty feeling that he didn't know what kind of imitation he was going to do.

Sometimes you break what is also meant to be an implicit understanding, and I'm pretty sure it's troublesome in that regard.

"Anyway, it was only today that I would be escorting the scum in the Trento Forest, but I need to pick up the felled trees from tomorrow, so I'll show my face over there. I'll make contact with Ajas then."

"... be careful, huh? If Ajas is a strange guy, I don't know what he's gonna do.... Well, I don't think that's what I'm gonna tell Ray."

I know it's Ajas, but if you try to do harm to Ray, you'll just get paid back.

Because he knew Ray's strength, Marina laughed bitterly at his words.