Legend

Elaine, who was taken out of the party venue, did not look like the usual princess general, but rather as the Duchess Warlord.

Make sure you're not as good as Marina, who usually wears party dresses, and now Elaine looks like she deserves to be called very glamorous.

White fabric and not that noticeable...... Still, if you look at Elaine now, there will be many people, both men and women, who will be blinded.

"Yeah? What's up, look so much.... Well, maybe it doesn't look good on you?

I guess I was a little anxious about how Ray was looking at me still. That's what she asks. To Elaine, Ray shakes her neck to the side.

"No, I thought Elaine looked fresh like that."

"I guess so. To be honest, I don't like this hand outfit. Marina can wear these clothes from time to time... and I'm even impressed with how much she can move around on them."

Elaine's party dress, to say so, the exposure itself is not that great.

It's not something with a wide open chest or back like a marina...... while still, sometimes Elaine's body shape is no less feminine than a marina's curve, which, depending on who sees it, is not as appealing as the marina's party dress, enough.

"In the case of marinas, that's what they usually wear. Are you used to it?... For now, you want a drink?

That said, what Ray took out of the mistering was fruit water.

Elaine receives it silently and moisturizes her throat with cold fruit water.

During the bundle, there is silence in the room.

What you hear is the pleasant sounds of those who are enjoying the party in the Great Hall.

Listening to such a voice, Elaine opens her mouth dampened with fruit water.

"So? Why bother putting me in a place like this? Something happened... I'm pretty sure."

It was obvious from Ray's condition that he didn't just call in to talk to himself.

Most of all, even though Elaine told me that she called because she wanted to speak alone with herself, she would gladly respond instead of being angry.

"Frankly.... I ran into a black wolf earlier."

"... what?

A moment ago, Elaine's gaze, expecting a kind of romance, turns into that of a princess general in a word from Ray.

Naturally. The Black Wolf, who can now be called the most powerful assassin in Anesis, is more so because he was inside the Duke of Keller's mansion.

There's a party going on today to work the servants, but that's not why the security at the Duke of Kelevel residence is loose.

No, security should have been extra tight because there was a Ning Lo party going on.

They say there's a black wolf sneaking into a place like that, and there's no way Elaine can be okay with that.

"I ask you, isn't that some kind of joke...?

"Oh. I was definitely there. It's just... I'm pretty sure I am, but the person I met isn't necessarily the Black Wolf."

"What do you mean?

To the words of Ray, who gets no guidelines, Elaine slightly frowns at its beauty and neatness.

With the thought that if Ray were to say he was a black wolf, he would almost certainly be.

"You talked about me meeting a black wolf before, didn't you? The guy I met at that time and the guy I met today had the same face shape, but his hair color had gone from black to silver, and his hair had gone from about back length to about shoulder length shorter"

"It's..."

Ray asks me why I can't be sure, and Elaine is slightly confused.

Because if the hair color is different, you can use a magic item if you want to dye it. There are various ways to do this, and if the hair length is different, you can cut it.

I think so, but I have questions about why I bothered to do such imitations.

"For that reason, I think it's probably the same person, but there's no certainty."

"But... if it's a disguise, why would you do that?

"If I could tell, I wouldn't be bothered. But I don't think there's a lot of people who can imitate vanishing without leaving a trace in an instant."

In other words, there was a certainty in Ray that he/she was the same person at the point where he/she had such skills… or a kind of magic item.

"Say that first.... There can't be so many opponents who would delude Ray or Seto into opponents. I don't think Seto was involved in this tonight. So, have you figured anything out?

To Elaine, who asks for confirmation, Ray shows her right hand that the paralysis has completely disappeared already.

But all of a sudden Elaine, shown her right hand, doesn't know what Ray wants to say, just lean her neck.

"What's wrong with that right hand?

"I fought only one blow with the Black Wolf, but my right hand was paralyzed when I was attacked by it"

"... what?

It was Elaine who had questions about why she was offering her right hand, but Ray's words turn her into a serious look.

Naturally. Not so many opponents give Ray a blow that will paralyse his right hand.

This would mean that the Black Wolf is more skilled than initially expected.

I haven't meant to estimate its strength low since I was telling Ray about the Black Wolf.

But it's also true that in the end, there was an overwhelming thought that Ray was up there if he fought from the front rather than being an assassin.

Such thoughts disappear instantly with the word that they paralysed Ray's right hand.

It's no surprise that a highly-ranked adventurer, or someone with an alias, could be just as powerful as paralyzing Ray's arm with a single blow.

That was totally unexpected for Elaine as well.

"Is that not a joke or anything, in the true sense?

"That's right. But if you think the Black Wolf didn't prevent my blow, you win."

"No, I don't think that's an issue like winning or losing around there... just right. You're the one who can do as little with Ray as you want from the front."

While saying it wasn't a problem, Ray was more dominant, which also provides some relief for Elaine.

This neighborhood will come from the joy of the fact that the man you love was more dominant than all the warrior problems.

"In the meantime, I'm pretty sure it's a nasty opponent.... For that reason, it would have been my best choice to clean it up by the end of the day if I could. There were so many things I couldn't do either. Specifically, I don't know how it's disappearing."

"... that's a pain in the ass. Are you sure Ray doesn't know how to do that?

"Oh, I don't think I could afford to use a few magic items... but maybe it won't take long to activate them, that's the possibility of a magic item that will activate immediately the moment I think about using it, and even more troublesome if it's a skill"

In the case of magic items, it is possible that they use very high-performance objects that should also be called legacies of ancient magic civilizations available in dungeons, etc., and if they are also skills, the activation conditions can be described as highly differentiated.

In Ray's case, it is basically necessary to speak the skill name directly with the awareness that the skill is activated securely, but it is not surprising that some people can activate the skill without such imitation.

"If you're a magic item, you might want to take that magic item after you defeat the Black Wolf."

Taking a magic item from the person you defeated is close to a half robbery.

But for Ray, who is called a bandit eater, there was absolutely no such thing as guilt when he said he would take it from someone who would do him harm.

Without any trace... it was also a very appealing magic item for Ray to either metastasize or otherwise disappear from the scene so that Ray and Seto could not feel the trace.

"I thought you were gonna say that because it's about Ray."

Elaine also has a long relationship with Ray.

So I know what magic items Ray prefers.

"Whatever."

Now I know what Ray's trying to say, but there was more to be heard in the present situation than that.

"Do you think this one should be more secure than the Black Wolf is breaking in?

"Uh... I don't know. Honestly, as far as I know, I think Elaine and Filma are the only ones who can fuck each other. Of course, I don't know all the power that the Duke of Kelp has, so maybe there's something else."

Elaine and Filma are remarkable and powerful among the forces that the Dukes of Kelp possess.

That's the only power that can overshadow quantity with quality, like Ray.

It can never be said that there is any other possibility that such a force would be present at the Duke of Kelevel house.

Though, I guess it doesn't make any more sense than asking Elaine that kind of thing honestly doesn't seem to answer.

"Unfortunately, it's just me and Filma so far"

Ray doesn't even know if what you're saying is true. I don't know... even if that's a lie, Ray doesn't mind.

Because Elaine is a fellow Ray and at the same time a courtier of the Duke of Keller and a symbol of the aristocracy called General Princess.

Ning Ro, if you divulge what you are supposed to have to keep a secret, that makes you anxious.

"Right."

That's why Ray answers that briefly.

"Uhm.... it's just that Father will need to talk about the Black Wolf breaking into our mansion for now. I don't know if I can handle it."

"Uh... well, I guess so. I'm the owner of the Duke of Kelp's house, so should I naturally give you information about it?"

But it would also be painful for Liberté to say that if a black wolf were breaking into his mansion, he would be less likely to be able to deal with it.

"In the meantime, I just want to be a little slower with Ray here, but that's not going to be the case considering the Black Wolf thing.... We're going back."

"Oh."

Neither does Ray have any particular objection to Elaine, who tells her she's going back to the party venue.

I only came here to let you know that the Black Wolf showed up at this mansion.

It was only natural to return to the party venue sooner than I let you know that.

Most importantly, for Ray, it was a little unbearable to end her time with Elaine in a party dress.

Still, if you think about the Black Wolf, you can't say all about me.

(Well, somehow... it's really somehow, but that black wolf didn't seem like he'd make a little out of it besides me)

Neither does Ray know more about a man named Black Wolf.

On the contrary, I only met him in person twice, besides the black wolf I met today had changed the color and length of my hair compared to the first time I saw him, and I wasn't sure he was the same person.

... I didn't think there were so many people with all that power who could imitate a skill or a magic item or anything else that would disappear without leaving a trace in front of Ray.

"The moon is beautiful."

On her way back to the party venue, Elaine stopped her feet and squealed as she looked out the window in the hallway.

Ray also looks out the window at that word.

Sometimes it's a party today, but still, there's nothing like a break in light magic items from time to time at the Duke of Keller's mansion.

It doesn't light up everything in the vast Duke of Kelp mansion, but still a large amount of light magic items illuminate the surrounding area beyond normal thinking.

Such an imitation would be possible only because of the enormous financial resources available to the Duke of Kelevel family.

However, even in the presence of such a large number of magic items of light, it is not possible to conceal even the brilliant lights of the moon floating in the night sky.

"Right."

Ray also stops next to Elaine and agrees to the word while looking at the moon.

Speaking of winter nights, that was the impression that the moon was covered in thick clouds, but the night sky that Ray and Elaine are now looking up in this way does not exist one cloud, and we can confirm firmly the beautiful appearance of the moon.

That was how for a few minutes it was Ray and Elaine, both of us watching the moon in the night sky, but the fact that we needed to be informed about the Black Wolf meant we were walking out to the party venue again.