Legend

Ray was always available to deal with that person who flew from the roof to the veranda...

When he sees the person who showed up before him, Ray unwittingly makes a bewildering voice.

"Huh?"

Such a slightly missing voice would naturally have been heard.

Because the person who showed up before Ray was completely different from the black wolf Ray had previously encountered.

My hair, reflecting the moonlight, is silver first.

The physique itself doesn't seem so different from the person I've encountered before, but its hair length was also stretched to the back, only around the shoulder.

I didn't think she might have simply cut her hair. But still, Ray was uncomfortable with the person standing in front of her.

Less often than not, the black wolf and thinker Ray knows is not such a person.

But if you ask me if that's why the person at the end of my gaze is someone else... that's that, again, different.

Because the type of gaze that comes at me was undoubtedly the same as it was previously directed at me by black wolves and people.

Not to mention that the color of the hair has changed from dark to silver, and its length is again different, but definitely not the same as the person you previously encountered in terms of physique and face.

More than that, Ray couldn't make the decision that it was someone else at that time in front of him.

"Are you the Black Wolf...?

That's what Ray asked for confirmation, but the Black Wolf didn't seem to react in any particular way to Ray's words like that, he just keeps his gaze on it.

Yes, the same observational gaze.

Ray wonders for a moment what's wrong with the person who's going to turn such a gaze.

Originally, as soon as I bring out the Black Wolf here, I will defeat him... that was the original purpose.

If the black wolf, who appeared before Ray, were the same opponent as before, he would not have imitated it hesitantly.

But the person currently in front of Ray is a subtly different person, even though he is just like the person he encountered before.

At the time I understood that, the idea arose in Ray that it was not a good idea to get your hands on here.

If we imitate the kind of power we fight here than we know what kind of power the Black Wolf and his opponents have today, it could involve those who are throwing a party for the new year.

Most importantly, Ray still doesn't understand how he managed to escape Seto's eyes and sense of smell.

Rather than getting away in the middle of the fight and being poorly brought back this information...... it was Ray's conclusion that we should miss it today.

(Well, if you're gonna say that, don't get your hands on it from the beginning. It's a story.)

……

Back to Ray, who thinks that way, Black Wolf and his opponent stare at Ray.

A similar, observing gaze was directed at Ray.

Only that gaze seems to belong to the black wolf that Ray definitely knows, but I'm not sure about that now either.

Maybe...... really maybe, because the fact is that there is not one black wolf, but also the possibility that it is close to a kind of group name that exists in many.

(No, even if it's a group, does anyone look the same so far?

It was Ray who had such doubts for a moment, but when I think about it, I recall that the people of this world made their own bodies today.

Ray's body was created by the highest wizard, Zepile.

So there was the thought in Ray that it was impossible to create a body with the same abilities as Ray, but if you think about it again, it will now be a far future from the times when Zepil lived.

Maybe it's no surprise that in the meantime we're able to develop technology to do the same.

(But... Zeppyre is an unknown genius. A body with the same abilities as this body created by the gathering of comparable geniuses under such a zepile... I feel a little impossible though.... right, doesn't it make sense to remain silent here)

Then Ray opens his mouth thinking.

"Are you the guy I met before?

To Ray's words asking so, the person who seems to be a black wolf doesn't say anything in particular, he just keeps his gaze on Ray.

Had there been some doubt on that look, it would still have been some hint.

But the black wolf, who thus turns his gaze on himself, has not changed his expression in any way.

As far as that was concerned, Ray couldn't even read what the other side was thinking.

(annoying.... Nevertheless, given that you have silver hair like this, wouldn't it be better to describe it as a silver wolf, not a black wolf?

I don't think so. It was Ray, but I recall hearing from Elaine that the Black Wolf had an unknown face.

"For once, I ask, are you definitely an assassin who is said to be a black wolf?

The moment I heard the word Black Wolf, only for a moment but the man reacted.

Whatever you do, until now, there has just been no response at all, and that reaction made Ray expect just a little bit.

"If you're an assassin, why don't you attack me? You were hired to kill me, weren't you?

……

Even though I ask with thoughts close to certainty, the answer to it is still only silence.

Although I reacted somewhat to the name Black Wolf, I have no other response at all.

Taking care of that, I still think the black wolf and the man just keep staring at himself.

So, how long has it been?

Ray has nothing more to say than that, and the Black Wolf just looks at Ray.

It was a sight that I didn't really want to agree with if I tried to lay it down, that men stare at each other, but still don't get out of sight of each other.

If I tried it on Ray, I would still have wanted to know the seeds of how Seto disappeared without even being perceived, and the Black Wolf one just observes Ray's appearance without changing his expression in particular.

It will be like watching each other in silence, and Ray will not be able to retreat.

If I missed my sight from the Black Wolf here, it was because I was sure that the Black Wolf would disappear again.

That's why I was pointing my gaze at him to let him disappear in front of me to make a seed... because I understood Ray's thoughts like that, there's no way the black wolf would disappear.

Eventually, there is a gradual strain of tension around the perimeter.

Little by little, really little by little, but that tense air increases… if, when it reaches its peak, the battle begins, even though perhaps we don't yet want each other to.

That's not strange to describe as strange. The atmosphere spreads around…

Unexpectedly, the door behind the ray… the door leading inside the building opens.

Moments, the sound echoed around me as if to slash and tear off some wind.

At the same time, the person who came to the veranda noticed Ray's appearance and rushed to bow his head.

"Huh? Ah, Master Ray? I'm sorry, I didn't expect to be in a place like this."

A man in his forties, coming out of the door onto the veranda, looks at Ray and heads down in a panic.

I guess this is how the man came to the veranda trying to wake up the drunkenness of drinking at the party in a cold breeze.

I guess I apologized to Ray for not thinking he had a client, but Ray shook his neck sideways saying he had no problem with it.

"Never mind. I was just about to go back.... there was a harvest."

"Harvest?"

He was a man who didn't know what Ray was talking about, but he must have understood that Ray wasn't feeling uncomfortable. He looks relieved and gives way to Ray trying to get inside.

But the moment Ray tries to pass beside the man, I notice Fu Ray holding his right hand down with his left hand.

"Master Ray? What's wrong with your right hand?

"Hmm? Oh. A little bit of a failure."

I guess it's because Ray said it in a light condition. The man does not think it is a particularly serious event and is convinced that it is.

I know there were some thoughts about keeping Ray's time out of the way, but the guy didn't pursue it any further.

With gratitude for that, Ray enters the mansion.

Though the paralysis of the right arm, which I thought was black wolf and prevented the man from attacking, is almost gone, but it's not yet complete.

A black wolf blow, emitted in such a way that it was dispersed by moonlight and the lights in the building.

Ray prevented it with his right hand, releasing a left blow as a counter.

As a result, Ray buried his left hand fist in the form of a counter on the side of the black wolf, so as an outpost, something like Ray's victory?

(Though, what an alias is a black wolf...... an alias? Well, can I recognize aliases for now? You ever just had an alias like that. I can't believe I got a blow and got my hands paralyzed)

Ray has been in mock warfare with Elaine and Vihera for a long time, and sometimes his hand that prevented a blow is paralyzed, so it's not that uncommon for him to be paralyzed.

Still, that's only because it's a battle with the likes of Elaine and Vihella, and not so much that they've had a blow that paralyzes their hands with their other opponents.

In that sense, the Black Wolf is definitely top notch... no, I guess that means he's beyond top notch.

With information from Elaine, it was Ray who could have been expected to be, but still, in the experience of trying to fight first-hand with the information I asked people, naturally the latter becomes more important.

It was clear to me that I had enough strength to do it with myself to some extent, even if it was less, to think about measures to be taken from now on.

(You just didn't know how he disappeared this time after all. I just wanted to know how to do that today if I could)

To be honest, it was naturally important information for Ray that the Black Wolf was highly capable, but it was more important than that to know how the Black Wolf was moving undetectable to Ray and Seto as well.

But it's also very painful for Ray not to be able to spot it until the end after all.

I was honest that I wanted to do something about the area if I could.

(Can't I just think about it? Then... do you want to talk to Elaine?

If you have a deep knowledge of various things as a Duke's maid and Elaine is also familiar with the battle as a princess general, maybe because you have decided that it is not strange to have such knowledge that you do not know it yourself.

Returning to the party venue with that in mind, there are a lot of people there making more noise than Ray came out earlier.

Still too many feathers off to fall asleep on the floor or scream... I guess the only reason I don't see anyone imitating it is because the Dukes of Kelp are at this party.

No matter how many end-of-year parties we have, we can't show the sight in front of our own masters. Is that what you mean?

With a proper degree of moderation, Ray heads to the table where the Dukes of Kelevel are sitting, watching as he enjoys himself thoroughly while at it.

When Ray came out earlier, the butler and thinkers were dining with the Dukes of Kelp, but the Dukes of Kelp are the only ones who are dining at the table right now if that meal is also over.

When Ray approaches such a table, he naturally turns his gaze from those who were enjoying the party around him.

Nevertheless, the relationship between Ray and Elaine is already known as a matter of course to those who work at the Duke of Keller's mansion, and there is no mistake that Ray is on this occasion as a guest.

No one existed anywhere to blame for that more than it was.

The situation that most people were looking at wasn't very interesting to Ray either.

However, in Ray's case, he is used to getting attention, for better or worse, and gets close to the table of the Duke of Keller family without being turned to such a gaze but not showing how he cared in particular.

Naturally, if that happens, he starts Elaine, and I notice Ray's appearance in faces like Liberté and Arcadia, but I smile at Ray in a way that Ning Ro welcomed, meaning that he is not something else suspicious to approach.

Even Liberté, who usually has a tough look, had a grin, probably because today is still the day to relax at the party.

Especially tomorrow's New Year's party, a party where many nobles gather, but that is close to a war without the use of force.

Because each moves in an effort to get as much of his own profit as possible within a faction called the aristocracy.

In that sense, I guess it means that today's party is more enjoyable enough.

While I think it's a little bad to interrupt a party I enjoy that way...

"Elaine, do you have a minute? I need to talk to you about something."

Yes, I spoke up.