Legend

"Heh... So Lady Elaine was pretty active in the Guild too"

"Oh. The fact that Gilm will be doing additional construction has caused a lot of troublesome incidents, but many have been solved thanks to the presence of Elaine"

To Ray's words, Therese nods as impressed.

If you try Therese, it's not that uncommon of a story that Elaine worked.

That's why I wanted to get the alias General Princess because I've done so many great things on the battlefield.

Still showing how impressed I am with Ray's words is probably a snack at Ray...... but other than that, it's also a big surprise that Elaine is active in places other than the aristocracy.

If you try Therese... No, even for other aristocratic nobles, when it comes to Elaine, it's still a position as the iconic princess general of the aristocracy.

Sometimes its activity is more rare than it is.

... Although the person being used as the source of the conversation seemed to stink slightly.

Elaine, too, knows that she's been made the seed of all sorts of stories, and it's not uncommon for people to actually talk like that in front of her.

But it was also true that when that was to be done in front of Ray, it would involve considerable embarrassment.

Thus, when Elaine tries to say something, the door of the room is knocked in such a way as to block it.

When Elaine gives permission and the door opens, there's the look of the maid.

"Excuse me. Ma'am, we have Lady Lanigus Musei and Lady Geiska Seysor, what shall we do?"

"Oh, Lanigus and Geiska together? That's a strange combination."

It was Therese who showed a slight but surprising look at the maid's words.

For Therese, who lives in Anesis, he was familiar with Lanigs and Geiska.

Most importantly, it is normal for the same aristocratic Geiska name to come out first, but Lanigs is probably also a testament to which way he favors it.

In fact, it represents what Geiska is thought to be more than what the maid said was also in that order.

"Hmm... right. What to do."

Elaine showing a little lost.

If this was just Lanigus, Elaine would have let him go through on this occasion without showing how she cared in particular.

Because I know that Lanigus is a royalist nobleman, but common sense… not common sense as an aristocrat, but a person who normally has common sense in dealing with people.

But Gaiska, who came with Lanigus, comes only from a high title house called the Marquis, with high pride.

That's such pride, not his own strength either, but something he thinks would be strange if he didn't take precedence unconditionally.

What happens if such a person encounters Ray?

That was understandable as a matter of course if it was Elaine who knew Ray's character.

Gaiska is also a figure in the aristocratic nobility, as well as in the quite influential Marquis Seysor family, and I do not want to see it as Elaine's position that such a figure can rub with Ray.

"Well... if I can, he wants to say hello to Master Ray, so he wants me to put it through here"

"... what? Who said that?

"Master Lanigus."

To the maid's words, Elaine frowns slightly.

There are a lot of chuggy parts, he said. Think so...... Predict immediately what Lanigs is thinking.

(As for the Kings, Ray and... no, you want to avoid the neutrals and aristocrats getting any closer? And some aristocrats are like Geiska. That is……)

I don't even want to bump Ray and Geiska here and make Ray realize he's not the one who wants to get along very well, though he doesn't even have the aversion to the aristocracy......

While expecting so, Elaine thinks for a few more seconds from there and nods back.

"Okay. Then lead us both here."

"Dear Elaine!?

Ara also understood until Elaine had thought about it.

That's why I thought it would be such a story to see you this time or to see you again in a place without Ray.

But what Elaine said was that she would call it here.

That obviously meant that Ray and Geiska would bump into each other here...... no, Geiska would add difficulty to Ray.

I know that's going to happen, but why?

It was Elaine who was so pointed at Ara's gaze, but she nods back like she knows everything.

(If you do something like say no here, perhaps Lanigs will try to make contact independently, not through me. You'd rather talk where I am than be contacted where I don't know. And I guess Lanigus and Geiska came after deciding I would think so)

I mean, at the time Lanigus and Geiska came together, the best choice for Elaine was to get the two of them here.

While Elaine understands that she has taken a step behind, she is just a little excited to see what Lanigus will do before Ray.

"I don't mind. Lanigus and Geiska also said they wanted to come here on purpose. I'm pretty sure there's more to it than that. If so, there's no reason to say no to it."

"For a reason..."

There's Lord Ray, isn't there?

That's what I wanted to say, Arla, but as far as Elaine's concerned, I'm going to silence her by deciding that whatever she says here is probably futile.

Therese has a full look of anticipation for what's about to start, and nothing like stopping Elaine.

"So, Master Lanigus, may I invite Master Geiska here?

"Uhm."

To Elaine's words, the maid leaves the room with her head down.

Uh... and I was reaching for the door closed by a maid like that and said something subtly by Ara... but in the end, that never got to the word.

As in its place, Arla asks Elaine to confirm.

"Are you sure? Definitely a disturbance, right?

Ara also only knows about Elaine's men, naturally Lanigus and Geiska.

Nevertheless, Ara will be treated more as an understatement for Geiska of the Marquis than as a third daughter of the Earl of Scarley family.

... Neither the three women nor the four men have as much difference in position as Gaiska thinks it is likely that it will be impossible to inherit the house.

No, for being in the position of captain of the Knights of Guardianship as a subordinate of Ningro Elaine, externally, Ara would be more likely to recognize her position as above.

Nevertheless, for Gaiska, the blood muscles that flow to her are still more important and everything.

Just such a person, not very well suited to Ray.

No, Ning Ro, you can say it sucks.

(If you have to... I need to stop you)

It was Ara that didn't reach Ray or Elaine in terms of combat power, but that's because the comparison is too bad.

Especially if Gaiska, who hasn't worked out, is the one with the rigidity he just wants to hold in easily.

Ara solidifies that determination because she doesn't want Elaine to bleed in front of her.

... Around that determination doesn't mean that Geiska won't get hurt, it shows exactly what Arla thinks of Geiska.

"Pfft, it's going to be kind of funny."

Therese groans happily, and the sound of the door knocking before Ara tries to say something when she hears it sounds inside the room.

That way, when Elaine gives permission to enter the room, the door opens and the same maid appears as earlier.

What's different from earlier is that the maid has guided the two men?

"Hey, it's been a while, Elaine. As always, it's always beautiful to see."

"Lanigus is right. Elaine, you are always beautiful to see. No, didn't you get more beautiful in a while? I hear your beauty never faded, even in a barbaric land called Gilm."

Those two were in their late teens to early twenties and so on.

And I have both faces in order, but compared to the first man I talked to - Lanigs - the man I talked to later - Geiska - some bad character is on my face.

Definitely not strange to call it beauty, but the thing was extra strange.

Geiska's words in particular are not just those of Ray, who is based in Gilm, but enough to be unpleasant for Elaine and Arla, who lived here in Gilm for a while.

Is Geiska doing it for it, or is that the vegan?

Ray didn't know that, but it was impossible to favor him at least.

For some reason...... no, probably because Ray is here. Even though Ray tries to say something to Gaiska, who continues to denigrate Gilm as a delight... there were those who moved before that.

"Isn't your words and deeds unclear, Lord Geiska? Where there are people from Gilm, say so, etc. Besides, I was in Gilm with Elaine, but it was a vibrant and nice place."

That's what Arla told me before Ray or Elaine opened her mouth.

But Gaiska, hearing Ara's words, turns an unpleasant glance at her for being disturbed by the act of denigrating Gilm as a delight.

"I didn't know the three ladies of Count Scarley's family would give me an opinion... I miss it because it's in front of Elaine, but I also ride the diagram..."

"Calm down, Geiska. You gonna make a useless noise in front of Elaine? Besides, Gilm was the city where Elaine stayed until the other day. If they say that badly, then naturally even Elaine wouldn't feel good about it, would she?

Lanigus stops Geiska's words on the way.

Geiska's words and actions were a substitute for Lanigus as expected.

... No, it was considerably more radical than I expected, should I say?

Especially the miscalculation was the tone against Ara.

Ara is known as Elaine's belly and best friend.

Naturally denouncing Ara like that doesn't make her feel good for Elaine.

Or, I don't have a problem with accusing Ara of being wrong if it's obvious, but this time it was obviously just an argument.

If we looked at this situation objectively, it would be Gaiska who would be blamed.

This is how Lanigus came along with Gaiska to improve Ray's testimony to himself... if there was a miscalculation, was Lanigus underestimating the hostility that could be directed at Gaiska's Ray?

Since coming into this room, Geiska has not turned a blind eye to Ray, although she has turned a blind eye to such faces as Elaine, Ara and Terez.

That's the attitude I'm willing to tell you that I don't recognize it exists there.

Of course, it's not that you don't really recognize Ray's existence, but that's what Ray does when he thinks he's not the kind of person he talks to.

Originally, Ray wouldn't have been funny if he had taken such an attitude either... I would have ignored it because I thought that would annoy Elaine if Ray had said something here just to the aristocratic nobility in a bad way, which Ray associates with seeing...

"Geiska, can I consider that an insult to Ara?

For Elaine, Ara has been her best friend since she was a little girl.

And at the same time, he is the most trusted subordinate.

There's no way Elaine can keep her mouth shut because of the derogatory treatment of that Ara.

Geiska, with her angry gaze turned, shakes her head to the side in haste.

"No, no way. I just stand my ground..."

The change of name from me to me would be due to the difference in position between myself and Elaine.

"I wonder, then, how the four men of the Marquis make the oldest daughter of the Duke feel uncomfortable"

Geiska's movement stops perfectly in that voice that jumps in unexpectedly.

That's because what Gaiska was saying was the form it came back to me as it was.

It was Gaiska who tried to silence his opponent at the height of the title, but Elaine is actually more overwhelming in terms of position.

I wonder what the hell you are doing to make that Elaine uncomfortable.

It was Terez who made a fatal blow to Geiska lightly with a single stab.

Shut the hell up about Terez! It was Gaiska who nearly screamed so, but before that there were those who opened their mouths.

"Now, is this the end of the ugly farce of those who can only boast of what is not their ability but of what is not their blood muscle?

That's what Ray grumbled about, ignoring Gaiska until now.