Legend

"Gah, gah!

"... what, this child"

After eating all kinds of fish dishes at the full pavilion, it was Ray and Kenny who went out, but when one owl showed up with such a voice, he stayed on Ray's shoulder.

Kenny turns his surprise gaze at such an owl, but Ray is not particularly surprised because he looks like that owl.

On the way to the full pavilion, I'm just looking at the sight of this owl and his associates negotiating.

"What happened to your husband?

"Ga?"

Ray asks the owl on his own shoulder, but unlike Seto, he doesn't know what that owl wants to say.

But if you look at the owl, you can quickly understand that he's not going to be hostile to himself.

"Vivian, where the hell have you been?!?

If such a voice sounded all around him, the owner of that owl...... it was only a matter of time before Bistle showed up.

"Even so, Vivian?... You got that name, didn't you?

"Gah."

Are you happy to get the name Vivian, or are you not happy? The emotions around it were not known to Ray, even from the chirping, but eventually waved loudly toward Bistol, who appeared from the end of the road.

"Hey, Bistol. Over here!"

"Oh, Ray? Vivian the Atashi has bothered you."

"Huh!?

It was Kenny watching what happened next to Ray who was breathtaking to see his opponent, Bistol, whom Ray called in.

If you're a guild receptionist, you often see a lot of different people.

Many adventurers are conspicuously appealing to themselves, so it's natural.

... Most likely, someone who doesn't have the strength and stands out will soon understand it and return to normal attire, and those who can't do so will disappear from the guild - or from this world - within a short distance.

I made Kenny accustomed to seeing such a prominent opponent, and I was surprised what Bistol looked like... and most importantly, what he said and did.

From the mouth of a muscular big man, it's a feminine way of talking that comes out.

So if you look at the way the trick reminds you of a woman somehow, it's not as acceptable as normal would be.

Most importantly, it's only a normal story, and Kenny, who deals with various opponents every day as the guild's receptionist, returns to me immediately.

"Mr. Ray. And you?"

"Hmm? Oh, this is Bistol. When I went to the ocean, I went with him. So, when I was raining on my way home, this owl... was it Vivian? protected."

"Oh, Ray, if you do, you can't keep it in the corner. I can't believe there were any other good people besides those three."

In one word, the impression Kenny had on Bistol is inverted.

"Pfft, I'm glad you said that, but unfortunately, me and Ray aren't in that relationship yet."

In an attitude of approximation, Kenny spoke that way to Bistol.

If anyone was watching the usual Kenny, they'd be surprised at what Kenny is saying right now.

Most of all, Kenny doesn't treat anyone in a cheerful way.

In this case, I guess I got this attitude because I know Ray and he's a little incomprehensible.

"Oh, really? Ray's too slow."

Ray, who was never told his hand was slow, even if he was told he was quick and made fun of himself, is a little confused as to what to give back to such a Bistol word... but decides that talking like this will definitely not be interesting to him, and goes off the record.

"Looks like you're negotiating fish well over there. You've made a lot of money?

"That's right. Thanks to Ray, I'm pretty sure he made a lot of money. What can I do to thank you?

Bistol also naturally knows how much Ray eats.

That's why I've been cooking meals so many times while I'm at sea, I'll be able to understand the circumstances around it even if I don't like it.

I don't even have to think about how much money I made on this one because I'm telling you that such a bistol would luxury Ray.

For bistols, fish obtained with little necessary expense… it is also a preserved food that is unlimited to raw, even if it does not have to be raw, dried overnight.

It's just a fish worth nothing compared to the salted fish that comes into the gilm.

Not to mention the overwhelming power of Bistol and Bistol's own business talent make it possible to trade at a fair price without ever wanting to disappear.

Only when such a deal was made was Bistol quite grateful to Ray for taking him to the sea.

"Um, but if it's a meal, I've been doing it now."

"Oh, really?... Oh, a date."

Look at Kenny. Yes. Bistol squeaks, but said Kenny smiles more like trouble.

Normally, the expression "date" would not be incorrect because the two men and women ate together.

But... unfortunately, Ray and Kenny didn't eat in an atmospheric restaurant, but in a mass dining room where the workers gathered.

Of course, all the dishes served were delicious, but it was Kenny's honest feeling that Ningro that was an act to be called a tasting party, not a date.

I was able to eat with Ray, so there was no reason I wasn't happy about that.

Ning Ro, I even think it was good in that I had a rarer experience than a normal date.

Bistol offers his hand to Vivian as to what he thought after seeing Kenny like that.

"Look, Vivian. Come here. It's time to go. Don't let Ray get in your way."

Vivian, who remained on Ray's shoulder, moves honestly when he hears Bistol's words.

"Heh... you decided to take the form of Tamer after all?

If you look at the collar Vivian is wearing, you can immediately understand what that means.

Because Seto and Yellow wear the same thing.

"Yeah, she seems to miss you, too."

The joyfully grinning bistol even seemed full of maternal love.

... Although it is true that there is a lot of discomfort in having a big, muscular man full of motherhood.

"Right. Good luck with that, then. It's about time we got another big business seed in the Guild."

What does the seed of commerce mean?

Bistol, who was never incompetent as a merchant... and Kenny, the guild receptionist, quickly understood what Ray was talking about.

"It's time for the Gamelion season."

Yes, seasonal ingredients gamellion for Gilm's autumn festival poetry.

It doesn't mean that there are no gamelions living outside the periphery of the Guild, but there are places in other areas where you can normally see gamelions.

But... because of its size and viciousness, Gamelion has just the strength to hire a bunch of adventurers, if normal, to be crusaded.

That's usually treated as an ingredient, I guess, because this is still the guild where the armed adventurers get together.

Together, gamelion is a very popular product for merchants coming to the guilds as an ingredient or ingredient.

In terms of ingredients, it is difficult to carry raw gamelions far away without special magic items like refrigerators, but even if it is dried meat, its delicacy and scarcity, above all because it is seasonal food, can be sufficiently profitable.

There's no way Bistol misses such an excellent opportunity than being a merchant, too.

... and Ray, who was talking to Bistol, notices a melancholy look on Kenny's face.

Bistol noticed that too, but given Ray's relationship with Kenny, he smiles and opens his mouth that he shouldn't speak out here.

"Then it's time for Atashi to get back to work. Because the next person to talk to is waiting.... Hey, Ray. Why don't you take your time with that girl?

"Huh?"

Suddenly he turned to himself and said that, Kenny shouts a surprise.

I had no idea I had that look on my face.

Still, when he returns to me immediately, he turns his grateful grin to Bistol.

Being able to talk slowly with Ray here is never a loss for Kenny either... because on the contrary, it was something Ning Luo should have welcomed.

"Bye."

With a smile on his face and saying so, Bistol takes Vivian away.

I didn't know if Ray or Kenny really had a business meeting after this, but it was immediately understandable that Bistol had distracted him.

"You want to buy some fruit water over there and talk about it in the shade?

That's what Ray told him as he looked out at the stall a little further away, and Kenny nodded at the words.

"Gamelion is a delicious monster in many ways. I won't deny that. But that's only a precondition for the adventurers of the Guild."

Having said that, Kenny frowns slightly at the warmth of fruit water, even though he mouths it.

But Ray's fruit water is cold because it only imitates the fruit water Ray purchased in the summer by putting it outside in the winter to cool...

Because there are never many stores with expensive magic items like refrigerators.

"I see. So you're saying that adventurers who are coming to Gilm with the additions are also heading for the Gamelion hunt?

"Yes. Of course, adventurers are basically self-inflicted. So even if someone really wants to go gamelion hunting, you can't force them to stop at the Alliance. But..."

Ahead of that word that Kenny cut on the way, Ray also figured out what he wanted to say.

I mean, even though I don't have my own arm, I challenge Gamelion, I get injured... I guess I'm thinking there will be a lot of worst dying adventurers out there.

"Well, maybe if it were like when gamelions were in this dungeon like before, there'd be fewer casualties this year."

"Ray, who singled out most of the gamelions that were in that dungeon, you say, that's not convincing. No, Ray, you're gonna make a lot of money, so I guess it's convincing."

You must have remembered something before. Kenny turns a jito eye on Ray.

Most importantly, Ray didn't seem particularly concerned about it, so he kept drinking fruit water.

"But with that happening, I suppose fewer adventurers would be killed by Gamelion?

"I'm sure of that... but I didn't know the dungeon could do it again. Besides, I can't do it near the gilm... can I?

"I don't know. There's been a lot of strange things going on in the Guild lately."

New dungeons only, Trent Forest only.

Most importantly, if you ask me because this is the border, I have to convince you that it's a little strange.

"Right. But I can't use that as a reason to stop an adventurer. No, because there is a Ningro anomaly, if you are told that you will move as an adventurer, you must be convinced of it"

For Kenny, an adventurer is basically the only person he's dealing with: a guest.

It's also a customer who often has a violent attitude.

Because if you don't mind if the customer dies, of course not.

If so, it was natural to want to do something about the adventurers who were going to die to get gamelions.

"Stop the adventurer, huh? What do you expect to lower the buying price of Gamelion?

"No, there are plenty of other places to sell, even if the guild alone is cheaper"

Essentially, adventurers have the freedom to decide for themselves where to sell the resulting material.

In Ray's case, he sells everything to the Alliance because the bargaining class can be cumbersome, but adventurers who are good at bargaining, adventurers who have exclusive merchants who buy it at a high price, etc. don't sell materials to the Alliance.

Selling materials other than guilds, of course, can also mean being bought cheaply depending on the negotiations.

Still, if, as Ray said, he cheapened Gamelion's buyout in the guild, he would definitely sell it to other merchants rather than to the guild......

Not to mention that many adventurers will turn their suspicious attention to guilds that have deliberately imitated buying them cheap.

The guild of the only city on the periphery means that the adventurers will not have a decisive rivalry against the guild either... nevertheless, there was no doubt that the rivalry would be stronger and that a lot of trouble would happen later on.

"When that happens... I can't think of anything."

"Really? Well, even the guild's in trouble."

That's what Kenny said, grinning like trouble.