Legend

There's a guy looking at me.

To Ray's words, who said so, Bruit sharpens his gaze and looks around.

... It was a blue-it that usually never gave me that harsh a look, but now the look is a sharp gaze at someone to be hostile to.

That's so much so that if you look at the Blue It now, the kid might cry out.

But there's no other way for Bruit to look like that.

Because I was originally a Bruit confident in my power, but I didn't realize at all that I was being seen until Ray told me.

If in the present situation I had been attacked by the Lord of that gaze, it is likely that I would not have been able to respond.

That's why Bruit's gaze at the surroundings has sharpened.

"Don't worry. This gaze is the guy I felt before the simulation. I mean, the Lord of this gaze must be interested in me, not you."

With that said, Ray frowns slightly at the creepy gaze that still doesn't make him feel anything like hostile.

If this makes you feel like killing yourself, you can understand that Ray is such an enemy, too.

But the gaze that is being directed at the moment is that the emotions in that hand do not exist at all.

That's what it's like, just being gazed at.

"... are you all right?

I was informed that I was not a hostile opponent to myself, and it was a blue-it with some relief, but if I knew that my gaze was directed at Ray, I wouldn't be able to be so easily pleased.

I know Ray is stronger than me, but that's why I don't know if he can do something about someone who doesn't notice his gaze.

(I noticed both Ray and Seto in their gaze that I wouldn't notice, so maybe that means they suck at each other...)

Bruit is also confident that his strength is commensurate.

That is what has dived through so many battles by fighting on the front lines of the battlefield as a nobleman, and it is not uncommon to have fights all over the city like when you met Ray.

He was definitely stronger than the man who had just become an adventurer, and he thought that there was a chance he could win against a veteran adventurer, and that fighting an adventurer he called first class wouldn't be so easy to lose.

If that's the kind of gaze you didn't realize, the person you've turned to is definitely stronger than you.

"I'd like to think it's okay for now. I don't know exactly what kind of guy is the main focus of that gaze, but even I'm not gonna lose that easily with any opponent."

Ray to put it at ease, but in fact, if he was really the one who couldn't help it, the option also exists to get away on the worst ceto.

Or there would be a way of riding Seto and unilaterally attacking him from above.

(If me and Seto were together, I'd be the Lord of this gaze, but it wouldn't be the first thing like losing)

While thinking that way, Ray enjoys the flavor of the soup he had left.

"Gru!"

Unlike Ray, Seto had already finished his soup and could only afford to demand it as a replacement.

Even though Ray understood Seto's demands, he wouldn't let him take his place.

"We're going to go around the other stalls, so keep it around. A full tummy... but it won't."

Ray was a pretty good eater too, but Seto, whose original body size varies, naturally eats better than Ray.

It doesn't start with things like being full of bellies and not being able to eat any more.

Ray also understood that, but with ourselves in front of the soup stall as long as this, the gaze from around us was going to be tremendous.

"Gru......"

Seto throats unfortunately at Ray's words.

Just in time, Bruit finishes his soup too.

"Well, what do we do? Which stall are we going to next?"

Coming out of Bruit's mouth was an unexpected word for Ray as well.

I knew it, because I thought you were going to act differently from yourself here.

"Are you sure? The main thing about that gaze is that you might be able to see it, too."

"Oh, I don't mind. Either way, it's already been seen with Ray. It would be more dangerous to act away from Ray here than it is."

I can't deny that.

It was Ray's anticipation that while he nodded at Bruit's words, perhaps the Lord of that gaze would not imitate him like he would attack Bruit.

(If you're after me, as a hostage to lure me out? No, but it's probably Gaiska who's after me. In that case, imitation like attacking a nobleman...... right)

Because even the three daughters of the Earl Scarley family looked down and uttered words to Ara.

Nevertheless, it's not Geiska I'm after this time, it's Geiska's men... or Geiska's hired opponent.

If so, Ray decided that it was unlikely that unrelated blue-its would be targeted.

That is why I am concerned that if you act with yourself as you are, you will be caught up in the Lord's action of your gaze.

"Look, let's go, Ray. And Seto. It smells fragrant from the other stall, so that stall is next!

With that said, Bruit walks out toward a stall with a scent that pulls Ray and stimulates his appetite.

It was Ray trying to say something to Bluit like that, but seeing a smiling face makes it somehow silly to say something.

"Okay. Okay, so wait a minute. You need to return the soup dishes first."

If it's about the difference in the price of the soup, that's the only amount Ray has to ignore.

Especially considering the amount I received from Miranda, that's just the amount I have no problem buying every pot of soup I sell in the street.

Though I did not intend to imitate that as many people look forward to soup.

While suppressing the bluight of wanting to head to the next stall as soon as possible, get the amount of dishes back and head to another stall.

On Bruit's side, even Seto was throbbing to get to the next stall early with him.

That's how Ray heads to the next stall while trying to get pulled by one person and one.

Ray's interest is also directed to the fragrant, appetite-stimulating smell.

(Fish? That's unusual)

Available in the stalls are fish that Ray has never seen either.

I also felt a little like carp, but the details are different.

The stall owner wraps the fish neatly with a knife and then wraps it in some plant leaf with seasoning, and cooks it on a charcoal flame.

It was just that cooking method, but there is an appetite-stimulating aroma all around.

(I wonder what. I can't describe exactly what it smells like, but I'm pretty sure I'm just getting hungry from smelling this)

However, despite the scent that stimulates such appetite, the number of guests lined up in the stalls is small.

It's not that I'm not there, but compared to the soup stalls earlier, obviously that queue was less.

"If it looks so delicious, why are there so few customers?

"Hmm? Oh, doesn't Ray know? That fish is a jolf, and it's a pretty fancy fish. The leaves that are wrapped in them are also a lot of vanilla leaves to pick this season. I'm using it, so it's really expensive around here."

"Jolf... you're a fish I've never heard of"

"Well, I guess. I'm talking about not having that many places to live, and hibernation between spring and summer...... weird way to say it, but it basically only works in autumn and winter like that anyway, it's a strange fish"

"... that's usually a weird fish"

As far as Ray knows, fish is a lot to be active in spring and summer.

No, because there are many seasonal fish in autumn and winter, I can't say that at all.

Fish, especially starting with the hawthorn that Ray likes, deserve to be called seasonal precisely in winter.

But... even fish like that don't go hibernating in the spring or summer.

Not many, as far as Ray knew, were supposed to have no such fish.

Not to mention that you look extra uncomfortable just because you look close to carp.

"Right? So there's not much to catch either. It's beautiful, and it has to be quite a deep river. That's why it's expensive compared to meat and stuff.... but still, as you can see from the line, it's not a price you can't buy."

Attracted by the words, Ray lines up at the end of the queue with Seto.

Ray and Seto stand out even there, naturally.

Especially the two men and women who were lining up in front of Ray are even pretty scared that Seto is behind them...... Griffon.

It was Ray who for a moment thought I'd say something to someone like that, but whatever Ray said here doesn't mean he'll be nervous any time soon, and more importantly, he's just dating the men and women in front of him in this queue.

Beyond that, he decides that he should keep it adult now rather than say something here and make it unnecessarily nervous, and Ray keeps talking to Bruit.

"So, this is how Ray's here, I figured he'd be at the New Year's party, too, right?

"Right. That's why I bothered to make clothes by measuring their size.... I'm sure there 'll be a riot if we go to the party."

There's also the Geiska thing, but that's not the only problem.

Ray can also easily imagine that there are many other aristocrats in the aristocracy who don't care about themselves.

"I'm telling you, the noblemen aren't the only ones who think of Ray as a cripple."

"What?"

"Think about it. Who doesn't think it's funny to see a neutral Ray getting along with a nobleman?

"... Kings, huh?

"Right. Besides, there are other nobles besides the three factions."

That's what they say, Ray, with an unexpected look on his face.

All the nobles I have ever met were nobles of the three great factions.

Or maybe there were other nobles, but Ray doesn't recognize them that way.

"If you ask me that, you are. Are there nobles besides those belonging to the three factions?"

"Of course not.... hey, more than that. It's our turn."

While we were talking about nobility, the line proceeded, and eventually it was the Rays' turn.

As Bruit had said, Ray was asked for a slightly higher price than the other stalls, but for the time being, I bought about thirty pieces collectively because there was a large amount of money won on the bet.

The reason I didn't imitate it was because there was still a line behind the Rays.

If you imitate what you buy here, it's probably because... no, I could almost certainly have predicted that those in line would be dissatisfied.

I bought more and then left the place.

Unlike a soup stall, there's no need to imitate things like returning dishes here.

So the Rays decide to indulge in the food a little further from the stall.

Most importantly, there is no way to imitate people from their gaze even if they are slightly further away than there is a noticeable presence, such as Seto or Bruit.

Still reassured by the reduced number of gaze, even slightly, Ray gives Seto a dish, then quickly carries the dish he had in his hand, too, into his mouth.

The first thing that spreads in my mouth is a sober fragrance that resembles blue-purple su spreading in my mouth.

Next, Jolf's soft, greasy white taste entertained Ray's tongue.

It would be to fully enjoy the taste of Jolf. Seasonings put with jolf in vanilla like blue-purple su don't make that strong self-assertion.

While tasting the dish that enhances the flavour of the jolf, Ray hands over a few more as an alternative to Seto, who finished eating in one bite... and indulges in the dish.

"A jolf is a river fish, isn't it? That makes it so greasy, and it doesn't smell too muddy... awesome."

"Oh. Maybe I did a good mud pull.... Why are you so surprised?"

I return my gaze to Ray slightly dissatisfied with whether it was surprising that Ray turned my surprise gaze on me the moment Mudlumping and Bluit said it.

"No, even if I didn't think the nobleman Bruit knew about mud pulling and all that."

In Ray's case, he sometimes caught fish in a river or swamp when he lived in Japan, and his father or someone he knew would split the fish he caught.

That's why I knew about the act of mud pulling... No way was it surprising that the noble Bruit knew about such an act.

Bruit smiles good at Ray, who tells that even though he misrepresents the story slightly.

"I'm out of town every day. Of course I know that much common sense."

"... I don't think the next lord of the aristocracy should do it."

With that said, Ray grinned and tasted Jolf's dishes with Seto and Bruit.