Legend

To greet her daughter and her thinkers, Liberté smiles.

"Um, never mind. Even though I'm late, it's still before the party starts.... um. Nevertheless, don't keep Elaine and Ray both fit."

When Liberté says so satisfactorily, next to it Ray and Elainea...... Arcadia, who was looking especially at Elaine, also smiles satisfactorily.

"Elaine doesn't come out on a lot of occasions like this, but I still think you should put your face on more of these parties, huh? Hey?"

That's what Arcadia looks like asking her husband, which at first glance only looks like a normal aristocratic wife.

Of course, she only gave birth to Elaine, and her beauty is not as eye-catching as it sounds.

But such an Arcadia attitude is superficial...... no, it doesn't exactly mean it's behind it, but I guess the attitude I had the first time I met Ray is one of Arcadia's faces again.

All in all, how many people know that Arcadia has such a personality?

Huh, look at Arcadia now...... look at Arcadia glad to see her daughter dressed like a normal mother, Ray thinks so.

Did you notice Ray's gaze like that, for a moment, just for a moment, Arcadia points the same gaze at Ray as she did when she saw it before.

Ray had a cold back to that gaze, but he had soon returned to his usual Arcadia, without being particularly upset.... Most of all, Liberté had his pity gaze on Ray, who was so attached to his wife's tea eyes.

"Duke of Kelp, this person was in the conversation...?

"Mm-hmm. Your lord would have heard about his name, too. It's a deep red ray."

A man who was talking to Liberté nodded as he was convinced to look at Ray.

The man, if not as powerful as Liberté, is somewhat powerful.

"Well, you did.... of the Marquis Seysor, Zascal Seysor."

"... Marquis Seisole?

Ray stares at the face of the man who has said that with a smile on his face.

The age would be about forties and not so different from that of Liberté.

Nevertheless, Liberté is actually older than he looks.

Either way, Ray now focuses his consciousness on the man in front of him, not Liberté.

Zascal Seysor, head of the Marquis de Seysor family.

That would mean Gaiska's father, who supposedly hired a black wolf.

Zaskal naturally knows about Ray, too, but it doesn't seem like he knows anything from Ray's eyes at all.

"Um, I'm the head of the Marquis Seysor family. Yeah, looks like your son and I are getting along. Yeah, I can see it. It's got a lot of short-circuit character. Am I bothering you?

"It's..."

You mean Black Wolf.

That's what I tried to say, Ray, but Zaskal opens his mouth again to control it.

"Seems a little too much though. Unfortunately, Geiska is cautious."

Ray didn't know if Zaskar knew that Gaiska had hired a black wolf.

But you can assume that you know for sure that Gaiska has thought of something unexpected about Ray and has been doing it.

Less, from Ray's eyes, Zascal looked that way.

(Now, if you're really acting like this after finding out you're hiring a black wolf, you mean diagrammatically fat... I guess there are times when you just have a strong influence among the aristocrats)

I don't think it's smudging, but there's no way I'm going to talk about it in a situation where the other side is in love.

In the first place, Geiska's hiring of a black wolf is only circumstantial evidence.

I didn't say that the black wolf was hired by Geiska, nor was I told by the wind that I hired the black wolf from Geiska's mouth.

Even if Ray said on this occasion that Geiska had hired a black wolf in such a situation, it could have been thought to be obfuscating.

Most importantly, if you look at Ray arming up with Elaine, there's a chance that if you make a scene like that here, Elaine, with the alias of General Princess, or even the Dukes of Kelevel, could turn to the enemy.

There is no way that our Lord of the Marquis Seysor could do such an imitation.

"Are you kidding me?... as for me, it would be helpful if that guy didn't head in a strange direction."

It was a word with half the meaning of provocation, but if you try Zaskar, who has interacted with aristocrats like Kaiqiyama Thousand, Ray's attitude like that is something he doesn't even need to deal with properly.

Zaskal makes me snort with a grin.

"Right. I seem to have set my son somewhat too free. If you think you've annoyed Ray, you'll need to educate him a little more rigorously from now on. I don't think Ray will ever see Gaiska again, but I'll make sure he remembers this one."

Heh.

Ray is just a little surprised.

Because although the words out of Zaskar's mouth were not clear representations, the same was true for admitting the nonsense that Geiska was bad.

If he was Geiska's father, he thought he would shelter Geiska and be thoroughly hostile to himself.

Nonetheless, the thought of admitting Gaiska's non so lightly is stronger, to be honest.

But Elaine, who was listening next to Ray like that, nodded as Ning Ro was convinced.

As the head of the Marquis Seysor family, Zaskar has severe influence among the aristocrats.

Let it not extend to Liberté, who leads the aristocracy itself, Zascal is influential enough to get into five fingers among the aristocrats.

There is no way Zascal would be incompetent like that.

... I had failed to educate a child named Geiska, but still am definitely competent as a Marquis owner.

So I know exactly what it means to be hostile to Ray in the present situation.

That's why I've been demanding hand-to-hand hitting away.

"Ray."

Saying, Elaine gently puts her efforts into Ray's right arm she is holding.

Ray wakes up from surprise and opens his mouth with such an act of Elaine.

"If I don't have an extra job, that's fine.... I just don't know whose hand it is, but I'm currently being targeted by a progressive and odd opponent?

"... let's ask Geiska"

The moment he got out of Ray's mouth that he was currently being targeted in a progressive fashion, Zaskal had a slightly surprising look on his face.

I knew Gaiska was collecting money. However, according to a story from Deotres, the money to hire the assassins is reportedly not yet fully available.

Nonetheless, it's clearly odd that Ray has already been attacked by someone.

(Did Deotres miss something? Or was there someone besides Geiska after Ray)

Quickly think so in your head, especially when the latter decides that it seems likely.

In fact, according to information gathered by Zaskar, there were people who imitated things like attacking Seto yesterday.

Why did you think the three of us could do something about a high-ranking monster called Griffon?

Count Caselles was squeezing out taxes by imitating things like oppressing territory, but still it was never meant to be incompetent.

... Though it would not be strange to impose a harsh tax levy as if to oppress the inhabitants if they were truly competent and whenever rebellion broke out.

(Or you may have mistaken me for never doing harm to a person because I'm an obedient demon)

That alone trumps Zascal's thoughts about Count Caselles and devotes himself to conversing with the person in front of him.

As far as the relationship between Ray and Elaine is concerned, you can also assume that the relationship between the Duke of Keller and Ray itself is good.

In other words, I wanted to avoid whenever possible that the Marquis Seysor family would be hostile to Ray because of Gaiska.

"Nevertheless, looking at it like this, Lord Elaine and Ray look great."

"If you say so, it means I'm worth the effort to put on makeup, too."

"That Lord Elaine... hey. Of course, it's not a bad thing Lord Elaine feels that way, but still seeing Lord Elaine with Ray, who has never shown an interest in a man before, feels fresh."

That appearance, which I call smudging, has no intention of disparaging Elaine.

On the contrary, it seemed to me from the bottom of my heart that Elaine was interested in the man.

... as if I had instructed Geiska to get close to Elaine if I could before.

That's how I smile, and then Zaskal's gaze is directed at Ray.

I was talking to Ray until earlier, but I checked his appearance again...

"I see, I didn't expect to shoot Ray's heart in the deep red. I guess that's what Lord Elaine meant, not that he wasn't interested in men, but that he had strict eyes on men purely. And Ray is right for Lord Elaine's eyes."

Zascal, who watched Ray still, grins at the next moment.

"No, the Duke of Kelevel has a bright future, too."

"If you say so, this one will help. The power of the Marquis Seysor is essential to running the aristocracy."

"I'm glad you said that."

It was two people, Liberté and Zascal, who exchanged words in a glimpse, but even when Ray saw it, he could see that behind the words there were various kinds of rush.

Although, Ray wasn't very interested there.

In the first place, Ray doesn't belong to a nobleman, or a nobleman.

No matter what rush was taking place at this party, where so many aristocrats gathered, there was no problem.

As a result of that rush, it would have been different if it had been something that would have harmed me and my people.

"Sir, it's time. We have all the people who are going to the party."

That's what I tell Liberté, who was talking to Zascal, when the butler comes near me.

Like a butler I've seen somewhere...? And for a moment I wondered, Ray, but I immediately recall.

He said he was eating with Liberté at a solace party for his servants yesterday.

"Uhm. Shall we get started then? Give everyone a glass."

Instructing the butler to do so, Liberté receives his share of the glass from a maid who was nearby and goes up to the stage where he is one step above among the party venues.

Ray could have predicted that it would probably be the stage to be used if there was some sort of ceremony.

On that stage, Liberté glances around.

I didn't act particularly badly, but that only gathers the gaze of those who were at the party venue with wonder.

Almost everything in this party venue is noble.

That's why pride is high...... Still, no one is dissatisfied with how Liberté is doing.

No, maybe some people were unhappy with Liberté, but none were imitating it to their expression.

(I guess this kind of strength is one of Liberté's powers)

In a way, this power held by Liberté was more effective than the direct force that Ray had.

Not at all, surely on this occasion now.

"This year, I'm very happy to have you all together. Some of them have made substitutions, they seem unfamiliar to me... but still, I want them to do a solid job as aristocrats. Whatever you do, don't do what you don't deserve as an aristocrat."

What is Liberté saying about telling you so? That would be understood by the nobles present here.

Ray is treated as a guest by the Duke of Kelevel family. Count Caselles imitated the attempt to intrude into the House of the Duke of Kelp in an attempt to make that submissive Ceto his own.

Those on this occasion know, naturally, that Count Caselles was expelled from the aristocracy.

What Liberté is saying about the matter, there was no doubt.

"Expect everyone to be healthy and amazing this year, develop their territory and do what they deserve as aristocrats"

Ray, who was close to the stage, hadn't noticed, but Liberté's words sounded solid to all who were at the party venue.

That's the effect of magic items planted on the stage where Liberté stands.

Though it was more subtle whether Ray wanted a magic item that could be used in action than it was a pretty hectic magic item, not even the size he could carry.

"Cheers!"

That's what he said, and Liberté raised the wine glass he had high.