Legend

The news from the intelligence forces, naturally, passes immediately to Egg, and from Egg to Dusker.

It's still dark outside, and it'll still take time for the sun to come out.

In the meantime, there was a light on in the office of the Lords' Hall.

"... the country of Labourina? Is that true?

"Yes, it just seems that there is an organization based there, not the country of Labourina itself"

"Nevertheless, we come all the way to this guild. There's no way it's just an organization."

The dusker, whining like it doesn't seem funny, lays its body to sleep...... so-called, wrapped in a nightgown.

He was still in that condition, poking his elbow at the concierge.

I guess I'm upset because they still woke me up asleep.

Even though I've been working a lot lately on one of the additions, it's not uncommon to work late at night.

In fact, even today, it was around the time Dusker finally fell asleep when he was woken up by a report brought to him by Egg.

And it wouldn't be weird to be so grumpy.

Not to mention because the report that I have brought is that the organizations of the subordinate country of the Kingdom of Mireana, the State of Labourina, have been giving a little bit to the Guild.

"Right. I'm hearing a lot from the people who captured me right now, but one of the three is Ray... Ray's acquaintance is killing him as a vendetta to be exact, and one of the other two is getting stubborn from being killed in front of him, and the other is still unconscious because he bled too much."

Dusker frowns slightly at the word revenge.

Originally the face of Dusker on the strong side, but having fallen asleep raised what should also be called its viciousness.

Most of all, I frowned because I didn't care about the act of revenge...

Simply because of the decision that it hurts to lose one of your sources.

However, it is true that it would have been difficult to solve this case safely without the cooperation of the Rays, and there is no reason to blame them.

In the first place, faces like Ajas and Gestal put a lot of effort into cover-ups so they couldn't find one this time.

In fact, one of the cases of Ajas and Gestals came out bright because of a request from the marina… precisely from Ray to examine Ajas via the marina.

Had it not been for that favor, Ajas and the others would have left the Guild by now and been free.

Thinking that far, Dusker drinks the water that was on the table.

Even in the middle of the night, temperatures are never cool.

The water in the glass is pretty warm.

If it was a dusker, it would not have been difficult to use a cooling magic item, but it wasn't used either because I wasn't in that mood today.

Drinking that warm water, Dusker opens his mouth as he drives away the drowsiness still in his head.

"So was that ajas? How were those guys trying to get out of the guild, did they figure that out?

There was no doubt that it was also important to Dusker about the identity and what Ajas and his people were up to, but more than that, I'm very concerned about how Ajas and his people were trying to get out of the guild.

I don't think I can do such an easy imitation in the current situation, and if so, I wonder how I was going to do such an imitation.

"Apparently not many people know about it, and I'm currently hearing about it from the guys up there, including Gestal. Please wait a while longer for more details."

"Okay. But please do it as soon as possible. I don't know how Ajas and the others were willing to get out of the Guild, but if that's the kind of means any other organization could use, it's because it's delicious."

"Right. We'll get the information out as soon as possible."

"Do that.... but I'm too hard on the investigation to get information about the lies... what a pain in the ass to imitate"

"I know. Because I'm not going to make it that forceful at first if you're looking into it. It just depends on the area."

To Egg's words, Dusker nods.

I use the word "investigation," but it's actually interrogation... and torture.

If this were Japan, they would say it was humane.

But not so many say such things to Elgin.

"Now, as for the matter of getting out of the gilm, as I leave it to the intelligence forces... then it's the Labourina country that's going to be in question, after all. If this were within the Kingdom of Mireana, there would have been no particular problem."

It was a whining Dusker, but a good example of this would be the Real Duct case.

An aristocratic nobleman, someone who's been giving a little bit of a glimpse to the guilds doing the additions.

He was a different aristocratic person than Dusker's neutralist, but still sometimes he was a nobleman of the same kingdom of Mireana, making it easy to carry out retaliatory actions.

… Most of all, retaliation was made easy only because of the presence of Ray and Seto, and such imitation is not easy if you are a normal nobleman.

"Even if it is a subordinate country, the country is a country. I can't do whatever I want over here. … it's just not funny to keep it like this"

There is no doubt that this case will be dealt with as the Kingdom of Mireana, and if such imitation is done, the flavor… the compensation will be mostly in the hands of the Kings and Nobles.

Neutral, which has recently become a friendly relationship with the aristocracy, but if you ask me if I can give you the profits that the aristocracy gains, the answer is no.

Neither does Dusker find it unreasonable to say dissatisfaction just because he understands it.

In fact, if Dusker was a king or nobleman, he would certainly do something similar.

Is it because of the small size of the neutrals who can't do that?

But still, it was Gilm who set this case up... in the city of Dusker.

More than that, there's no reason to remain silent.

If we remain silent here, it will be received in the wind that Dusker is weak-hearted and will be attacked by various forces such as more organizations and another country.

Not to mention that Gilm is the only city in the kingdom of Mireana on the periphery, a very rich place from its location.

It was Dusker's idea that the Kingdom of Mireana, as a country, needed to deal with it, but at the same time, as a neutral, it needed to deal with it separately.

"But, Master Dusker. It's a long way to Labourina, isn't it?

"Oh, I know"

It also has to do with the fact that Gilm is on the periphery among the kingdoms of Mireana, but it will take more than a month by carriage to reach a certain part of the country of Labourina.

If that happens, there's no reason to send just one person.

No matter what happens when you crush the organization that planned this one, you will need some fighting power.

(At the very least, isn't salvation going as a country? We're only on our way to punish this one case, so we don't have to send a diplomat-like presence.... I get lost when it comes to who to send. The first candidate is……)

What Dusker came to mind was what Ray looked like, naturally.

Sometimes I'm deeply involved in this one, but most importantly, in Ray's case, I have the mobility of a griffon ceto.

At the speed of Seto's travel, the journey to the country of Labourina would not take that long either.

Most of the time, when Ray travels long distances, he imitates things like getting lost, being attacked by bandits, raiding bandits, and stopping in the villages and cities that exist along the way.

However, Seto's speed of travel is so overwhelming that Ray wouldn't be a problem at all if he did such an imitation.

That's what makes even dragon knights on Wyburn unbeatable.

(But I'm asking Ray too much for a lot of things here. So is one of the additions, but you don't know how much you're going to pay. You want more from Ray like that?

Dusker also knows how much of a burden he's been putting on Ray lately.

Fortunately, Ray didn't seem particularly concerned about fatigue, but that's only because he's Ray.

If a normal wizard were told to do the same thing as Ray, he would definitely tell you he couldn't do it.

That's all Ray is doing.

In addition, the role played by Ray in the construction of the additional works is very significant.

If we let Ray go to the Labourina country here, it would be a huge burden on those working on the additions.

Just so you know, Dusker gets lost.

"How about putting another guy on Ceto...?

"I guess not. I heard before that Ray was the only one Seto could get on. In fact, the women who are partying with Ray, they can't ride Seto, so they're grabbing onto their feet and moving around."

"If you say so, you've heard that before."

I can't borrow Ceto alone and send someone else to the land of Labourina more than I can do with the means of riding Ceto.

Dusker's aim is frustrated in the first phase.

"Besides, if anyone could ride Seto, I don't think Ray would lend Seto, and most importantly, I don't think Seto would leave Ray."

"I guess..."

Egg understands the strong bond between Ray and Seto. At the same time, he understood that Seto wanted to be extremely sweet.

Whether you ask Seto to leave Ray and go to another country... there will be no such thing as that to be accepted unless there is more to it.

"When that happens... will I ask Ray to do it again"

"But if you were to ask Ray, wouldn't the construction of the addition affect you?

"I guess, I think so too. But... if you keep your hands around here, the guy in shape will come back to the guild even more."

In Dusker's words, Egg gives a look like he's sick of it.

Even though the current situation is full of intelligence units, it would certainly have exceeded the limits of the intelligence forces if there had been an even stranger opponent to imitate them.

"I thought Count Lerduct's case would be a good show."

"You must be showing off. As a matter of fact, no one among the aristocrats is making a leap.... but I don't know if that's the effect of showing off, or if it's because there's a princess."

Though that's what I'm saying, to tell you the truth about Dusker, General Princess... I knew it was because of Elaine.

If an aristocratic nobleman goes into strange behavior where Elaine is, it will paint mud on the face of the Duke of Keller, who leads the aristocracy.

If that happens, deportation from the aristocracy is also contemplated.

There is no way that such imitation can be possible beyond the great benefit of working as an aristocrat.

… but some of them move with emotion.

It's not that I'm absolutely relieved that Elaine is here, beyond not necessarily that such a person will not erupt.

"Anyway, I'll talk to Ray soon...... can you make time?

Given the workload these days, if you ask me if I can make time that easy, I can't snort right away.

But as a Dusker, I wanted to explain myself to Ray more than ask him to take care of me.

"Uh, you seem really busy with a lot of things,"

Egg, too, often kept in touch with Dusker, so I always understood how much work he did.

"But if it's difficult, why don't you ask through the Alliance Master?

"... well, that's quick. Still, there's a lot of things going on here that Ray can't do, and if he can, I'd like to explain it directly."

I know I'm busy with my job, but I needed to do my job well if I was to do Ray a favor.

If Ray is used like a handy tool, then Ray will take Gilm... as far as Dusker is concerned, there is also the possibility of relocating the base elsewhere.

No, as a worst result, there was also a means of assassinating Dusker.

Even a single army is Ray, who has the strength to deal with them individually.

If we really move on to Dasker's assassination, it's very difficult to prevent it.

Not to mention that if Ray is going to be hostile to Dusker, Ray's people will be hostile to Dusker as well.

If you are a longtime marina with Dusker, you may be in a neutral position not to stop instead of taking part in the attack...

(No, let's not think about the detours. There's nothing I can do about it when it's real)

So he murmured inside, and Dasker thought to make time to talk to Ray as soon as possible.