Legend

When Ray and his maid were playing with Seto and Yellow, Elaine was receiving a visit from Terez.

"Dear Elaine, I'm in a good mood. It looks as beautiful as ever, above all."

"Pfft, I'm glad you said that. Though I think Terez is a lot more beautiful than I've seen before?

"Oh, I'm glad you said that to Master Elaine.... Ara... well, it doesn't seem the same."

The look on Arla's face sitting on Elaine's side hiccups at Terez's words like that.

"Really? I've been doing a lot of work in the Guild looking like this, too."

"Really? But... I knew... hey?

"... I don't know what you're trying to say, but if you're selling fights, I'll buy them for what they say?

"Oh, I'm scared."

With that said, Therese carries the tea in front of him to his mouth… but the movement stops perfectly at the next moment as if the time had stopped.

And then for a few seconds, as if a pseudonym called Gigigi were a deserving move, he turns his gaze to Ara.

Who brewed the tea in front of Therese, because I didn't even have to think about it.

"It's a delicious tea."

"Isn't that right? I prepared a special tea leaf for Therese and brewed it with a special brewing method. I'm glad to hear it."

Ugh, and.

Ara drinks her own tea, laughing the way she would never normally.

Of course, the tea Arla drinks herself is a deliciously brewed tea, unlike Therese's.

There is no particular tannin, and the aromatic aroma spreads throughout the mouth.

Only the tea leaves that Elaine uses for drinking at the Duke of Keller's house, and that tea is pretty fancy.

The way I fully enjoyed the taste and aroma of such tea leaves showed above all that Ara was even a nobleman, assuming.

As always, you two are close.

Elaine was smiling and watching the two of them.

The two thus told turn their gaze of protest immediately towards Elaine.

However, the person with such a gaze enjoyed the taste of tea without looking particularly concerned.

Having realized that it was only against him to say anything more about the matter, Therese changes the subject to delude the story.

"With that said, Master Elaine. How was Gilm? According to what I've heard, we're currently working on additions, and there are quite a few more people."

"Yeah? Right. It was quite a lot of people as far as I could see. … However, the fact that there are many people naturally means that more people are thinking about things that are not good, it seems that people in the Guild have had a lot of difficulty"

"I guess so. I've heard stories about more commotion when people get together in our territory. But if it means there are many people, isn't that what the Duke of Kelevel is typical of? Anesis is the second largest city in the kingdom of Mireana."

Therese's words were true without falsehood.

This Anesis, home to the Duke of Kelevel, is undoubtedly a city of the Kingdom of Mileana second only to the King's Capital.

There are several other cities after Anesis, but on a scale that is likely to outrun Anesis...

"Maybe Gilm will soon outrun Anesis."

"... Huh? Are you serious?

"Terez, be rude to Lady Elaine."

"Oh, excuse me."

That's what I apologized for Arla's words, Therese, but I haven't changed my mind at all.

Because it was a gilm currently under construction, but I didn't really think its scale would outrun Anesis.

Terez had never seen Gilm in person with his own eyes, so he made that decision only from the information he had gathered, but I don't think that decision was a mistake in the end.

But it's not strange to call her the Goddess of Beauty, because Elaine didn't seem to care about Terez at all, and that's how she decided that Gilm was likely to outrun Annesis any day.

"Dear Elaine, I think Gilm has the potential to just get bigger. But at the end of the day, it's a city on the border... No, was it going to be a city? It's all a place on the periphery. In that case, only a limited number of people can go, and I really think it's less advantageous than Anesis."

"I guess so. But if my predictions are correct...... Gilm will definitely develop from now on. It's like a labyrinth city."

Labyrinth cities developed around dungeons.

There are several such labyrinth cities in the Kingdom of Mireana alone, all of which are so prosperous that they are not comparable to the cities and cities around them.

Most importantly, it means having a dungeon in the city, and in some cases, a monster may come out of the dungeon.

Beyond that, the prosperity of labyrinth cities flanks with danger… I would call it a high risk high return.

In this regard, Gilm has the strength of being a periphery.

As Therese says, few people can get there because it's a periphery, and it's definitely the worst place for those who repel danger.

However, there are still various materials, monsters, and ingredients that exist only on the periphery…

More than a certain strength, or luck, will undoubtedly be a must, but no doubt the earnings are greater than those of adventurers and merchants in ordinary cities and cities.

"Oh, with that said, Master Elaine. If that's the only thing... it seems the royalist nobility is trying to create a huge arena, you know?

Talk about the topics Therese got on the maid's information network.

I guess that's what you decided if you keep talking about Gilm like this, Ara is going to tell you a lot.

"A splendid arena? I think there were a few of them, even if they weren't as good as the Bestian Empire..."

They call it a battlefield around here, and the first thing that comes to mind would naturally be the Bestian Empire.

Built using the ruins of ancient magic civilization, the arena had a very advanced function, whereby those who were fighting would not actually have to die, even if they were inherently damaged to death.

"They have a plan to create such a battlefield in the Battlefield of the Bestian Empire, where the functions are still unbeatable only on a scale."

"The arena has a lot of uses, so you can't say it's bad at all...... but still it takes a lot of time to build it?

"Right.... By the way, they're expanding that arena, a section of the city, to make it there."

Terez's words made sense of the aim of those who were trying to create the arena.

"I mean, because Gilm, ruled by the neutral Lord Dusker, has done massive additions and has become quite a rumor in the kingdom of Mireana...... against it, huh?

"There will be such a side, won't there? The best opponent, of course, would be the Bestian Empire."

Hearing that the construction will take place out of confrontation with the Bestian Empire and the Neutralists, Elaine… and Ara, too, gives a slightly frightened look.

"I wonder what to say.... No, it's not what I'm supposed to say"

"I know how you feel about Lady Elaine, but even though it's actually snowing around that city, they're making some pretty big moves, aren't they? Whatever, keep working during the winter."

"If it's not a gilm, all you need to be aware of is snow, than you don't have to worry about your opponent named Winter Monster... but still, it looks like it's going to be hard to do additional construction in the snow"

Acting in the snow drains your health surprisingly.

And while you're there, your body gets cold, and you're more likely to get sick.

Also, the snow itself can block your sight or slip your legs on the way down.

… which is why in the Guild the construction is proceeding only where safety can be checked during the winter months and the majority of the construction is interrupted.

"For once I ask, is that moving as a kingship? Or that nobleman?

"The latter, right? To be precise, it means that the nobles and the nobles they know fund…"

"It's a very wealthy thing."

With that said, Elaine's gaze is worrying.

Create a huge arena just unbeatable in the capital of the Bestian Empire.

To put it simply in words, it's because I imagined how much money would actually be needed to build such a battlefield.

And even if the nobles say they will give the money... it will be the territory that the nobles have that actually bears it.

I mean, tax revenues.

Neither does Elaine think that the nobles involved in the architecture of the arena have given money out of their possessions.

However, a few of the nobles were afraid to reduce their own funds and would want to exploit them from the inhabitants to prepare the sum.

And if the exploitation gets tough, the inhabitants, naturally, won't shut up either... worst of all, there is no denying the possibility that it will mean rebellion.

As for the aristocratic Elaine, I have no trouble with the royal nobility being in such a situation... but only if I see it as royal and aristocratic.

If we saw it as the Kingdom of Mireana, it would undoubtedly be a loss as a nation if there were to be a rebellion in the noble territory of the Kings.

Luckily we are not at war with any country now, including the Bestian Empire, so it will not be a major problem...... it is generally known that the Emperor of the Bestian Empire is basically highly territorial and searching for the sea.

In some cases, we can never deny the possibility that it is the kingdom of Mireana or its military might that has been determined to have fallen and that it will be challenging the war again.

(If you think he's Vihella's father, you can be convinced of a belligerent reason)

Appetite, sleeping appetite, lust...... just knowing Vihera, who has the fighting appetite that follows, Elaine becomes more convinced by the belligerency of the Bestian Empire.

"Master Elaine? What's wrong, sir?

"No, when the arena is that big, I'm guessing we'll do a big reveal when it's done."

Misleading that he was thinking about Vihera, Elaine tells him so.

Terez nods back at such Elaine's condition without looking particularly noticed.

"Right. If you go to a place like that with a guy, he's going to be recognized as his partner."

"... right"

Elaine thinks of a certain figure in Terez's words, but it was obvious given Elaine's character who it was.

And there's no way Terez, who naturally knows about Ray, would miss such a great opportunity.

"Oh, does Master Elaine have a partner candidate? I envy you. Is it wonderful to be a partner to Elaine…"

To the words, Therese thought that Elaine would delude herself about Ray.

But contrary to Therese's expectations, Elaine smiles glossy.

I didn't put it in words, but it was obvious what Elaine thought of someone she could consider her own partner.

Because Elaine, usually dubbed by the alias of the Princess General, now looked like a woman.

"With that said, I met someone who looked like an adventurer on my way to see Master Elaine today... who the hell is that?

To Therese's words, Elaine quickly understood who she was talking about.

At the same time, the meaning of the previous words can be well understood.

Changing from her expression as a woman that floated until a few seconds ago, Elaine sees Therese with a frightened look.

I guess Terez, with such a gaze on him, also understands exactly what gaze means. I was looking back at Elaine with a full smile.

"Dear Elaine, could it have been deep red? Looks like some people are feeling a lot uncomfortable about that guy, and I think you should be careful, huh?

"I guess."

Though he snorts at the words of Terez, there is no such thing as a sense of crisis in his expression.

If no matter what the nobleman who doesn't care about Ray does, it makes no sense at all... no, because he understood so surely that it would be the worst possible outcome to get involved in Ray.

(Some might plot something odd on the grounds of the aristocracy involved in Ray... but if there were such a person, this one would need to behave accordingly)

Ray's presence is a situation that has already been half-simplified by the Dukes of Kelp and his wife.

It wasn't clearly put into words, but that's how Elaine recognized it.

So if anything is to be done to Ray, it will definitely be the worst result for that person.

"Whatever happens, it's the result of that person's own choices. Perhaps it will be our hope."

That's what Elaine said, carrying tea into her mouth.