Legend

"Whoa, whoa, whoa!

A scream of temper is raised, and a spear held by the soldier is protruded towards Ray.

It is a spear that is crushing its tips for simulated warfare, but that blow is, naturally, heavy if it becomes like someone who has trained like a soldier coming at full speed.

That's not so strange that if you're an ordinary person, even if the tip of your ear is a crushed spear or fatally wounded.

But... that's only a story if you're a normal person, and if that person is Ray, the story will change.

"Sweet. You too, kill more signs if you're going to poke a gap"

With that said, Ray dodges a spear blow by lowering his right half back a step, grabbing the patterned part just on the tip of his ear...... keep swinging the spear.

If it were meant to be, they would have just had to take the weapon away, even imitating the way the other person would catch the spear and wield it.

But a soldier with a spear can put his strength into the hand holding the pattern as Ray won't take the spear away from him.

That's a stubborn decision.

I definitely excelled as a soldier, but at the same time there was a strong overconfidence in my power.

Sometimes you knew the other guy was Ray, but still you really insulted him on the outside.

That's why I keep my hands off the spear...... as a result, the man's body itself is used as a weapon and he is hit by another opponent who is similarly struck by a spear from behind Ray.

"Hey, hey idiot!

The soldier who was hit by his buddy's body, I guess, was totally unexpected. I can't abandon my people as they are, I complain and accept them... but such behavior is nothing but suicide in front of Ray.

In the next moment, Ray poked the spear he took from the first soldier he threw, and there was a battle with it.

"That's it!

Such a voice sounds, and there's an unfortunate voice around.

It's been about an hour since the soldiers started a mock fight with Ray, but no one has been able to beat Ray.

No, on the contrary, I wasn't even able to make you barely mean it.

I know Ray has a deep red alias. I know...... it was nevertheless the honest thought of the soldiers that some of them could fight more than being hired as soldiers by the Duke of Kelevel family.

There were a good number of people who saw the simulation, but still, when we could handle ourselves, that's what we thought... if we saw two of the soldiers known as the one who stood up for arms lose lightly, that thought would soon disappear.

"Look, as you can see, if you're dealing with an out-of-the-box person like Lord Ray, don't think about fighting from the front properly, etc. Now it didn't make sense because Grain was dumb, but it's not wrong to attack from behind"

To that word, a man named Grain, who was thrown without taking his hand off the spear, softly shifts his gaze as he rises.

You know I made stupid mistakes myself.

Even if it's something you can tell in a calm situation like this, it's a time of need… If that's the time to fight, it's rare to act later and wonder why you acted like that.

If you ask me, it's a half-reflective behavior, because that's a reflexive behavior, and your sense of combat will be questioned.

In that sense, the sense of a soldier named Grayne was a downside judgment.

Even afterwards, the man who described a good place, a bad place, in a mock fight held today comes to a gaze at Ray at the end.

"Lord Ray, is there anything else? If there is, definitely. I rarely get a chance to mock with someone with an alias."

The word was true.

Ray comes to Anesis for a mock fight, exclusively in the face of the Knights of the Duke of Kelp, not that he hasn't done a mock fight with the soldiers, but he really does do it less often.

This doesn't mean that Ray is playing games or anything, but it's a big deal that a mock fight with the Knights is simply better for Ray.

Even in the face of the Knights, you can't win if you fight Ray from the front.

But the knights, whose individual abilities are superior to those of the soldiers, move to respond to Ray's actions somehow.

For one thing, the knight was obviously better than the soldier.

Also and above all, it is the presence of a Knight Commander named Filma that Ray carries out a simulated battle with the Knight.

Even Ray, if imitated as an insult, is the one who loses.

It was also in Ray's great interest to be able to conduct a mock fight against such a person.

I guess I should do a mock fight with Elaine, but Elaine is busy right now.

Many return to their territory after the New Year's party and after greeting Liberté, who leads the aristocracy, many of whom wish to meet with Elaine.

... The lucky thing for Elaine would have been that she showed off her relationship with Ray at the party, which would have resulted in fewer people coming forward than before.

I suppose that's all Elaine's charm attracts men, even in such situations.

A duke's house courtier headed by an aristocrat, he has a beauty that is just not strange to be called the goddess of beauty, and while he is there, he also has an alias.

For an aristocratic man, this is not all good property.

That's what it was natural for Elaine to have someone to stop by, even if she was prepared to be eyed by someone named Ray.

Still, I guess I don't try to dictate Elaine in front of Ray because I'm scared of Ray for some reason.

"Right. Overall, I think they work out well. As a soldier in the Duke of Keller's house, there's no problem."

The soldiers gave an unexpected look to the words coming out of Ray's mouth.

We lost unilaterally, no matter what we thought.

Because I thought that there was nothing to be praised for, even if I was told that I couldn't do more than that.

But that prediction came out of Ray's mouth behind his back is a compliment.

I guess this is how I was surprised because it wasn't what I expected.

… most of all. That was only what the average soldier felt, the person who was partitioning the mock battle...... the man in charge of these soldiers is different.

Coming out of Ray's mouth can definitely be called a compliment. That's true.

But that was premised only on the word as a normal soldier, because I understood him so implicitly telling me that it had not reached the meaning of his sophistication as a soldier led by the Duke of Kelevel family.

(Heh)

Seeing the faces of such soldiers' superiors, Ray shows only a little admiration.

Because as far as the look of remorse goes, I decided so when I understood exactly what I meant behind my words.

(I'm just serving the Duke of Kelp's house, and I don't suppose it's stupid.... but not more than average in terms of working out your people)

I worked out to average strength, so a man is never incompetent.

But it was also true, nonetheless, that the strength of the soldier was no big deal at this point, and that it seemed insufficient if seen as a soldier in the House of the Duke of Kelevel.

"Lord Ray, thank you for taking on the mock fight this time. I'll make sure this one helps later."

While I feel remorse, I can still say that it is clean to say a proper word of gratitude.

I guess that's what Ray figured out, too. Smile and open your mouth.

"Oh, if a mock fight with me helped, that's fine.... I'm telling you, if you were supposed to hire me as an adventurer, it would be expensive, wouldn't it?

Ray jokingly said, but that is also true.

Rank B adventurer with alias.

Rank is B, but Ray with an alias still has enough strength to be called a high-ranking adventurer and...... no, he just deserves to be called a top class adventurer.

If we were to hire such a ray, it was only natural that, as a matter of course, the asking fee would be quite expensive.

Still, Ray is attached to the soldiers' mock battle even though it doesn't feed him like a mock battle with the Knights, because he has the consciousness that he is being looked after as a guest at the Duke of Kelevel's house.

... or because it's the house of a person named Elaine, I'm pretty sure it has something to do with it.

In that sense, I can definitely say that these soldiers are blessed.

"Ha. Well, now I'm going to train you to fight harder, and then I'm going to challenge you."

"Do that. I don't know when that's going to happen."

In fact, this is how Elaine's home is this time...... we celebrated New Year's Eve at the Duke of Keller's residence, but we don't know when we'll be back next.

If so, the possibility that this is the last conversation with Ray in his life for a superior man cannot be denied either.

You realize that, the superior officer gives you a slightly unfortunate look.

I couldn't do a mock fight with Ray, but the sight of my men doing a mock fight with Ray was exciting enough nonetheless.

That's why it's such a shame you won't be able to watch Ray fight.

"Right. … unfortunately, I can't help it."

"If you really need my help, maybe that's what you can take on the request if you come all the way to Gilm. Or if it's really urgent, you can contact the guild of the guild directly from the guild in Anesis."

The guilds are networked with each other by a magic item called a pair of orbs.

To date, Guild's guild has had several contact with that hand, and Ray has had the experience of being requested by it.

(Well, now that the Alliance Master is a worker, not a marina, it's going to be pretty tough to negotiate)

This is not to say that workers are better than marinas......

I'm pretty sure the worker is better than he was tasked with guild masters, naturally, but it would simply be due to his qualities as an individual.

In that sense, the marina was definitely easier to request as a requester.

Either way, Ray, who exchanged words briefly with the soldiers, heads straight to the library.

"Good luck. Can I say...?

Miranda walks on Ray's side like that.

If I tried Miranda in the form of Ray's in charge, Ray's mock battle with the soldiers just seemed like Ray was winning unilaterally.

Also, it may have something to do with winter, but it doesn't even seem like you're scratching sweat.

Ray wears a dragon robe that functions like a simple air conditioner, so even if it was summer, I wouldn't do it so easily by scratching sweat.

"Right. I'm so tired for once, can I tell you something?

"Well, good luck," he said.... Walking this way means you're in the library next?

"Oh. I thought I'd give you back the book I was borrowing.... and if you have another book that looks interesting, you can borrow it."

Maybe if you were reading that book, the Black Wolf would show up again.

Though it was an unmistakable fact that I thought so, Ray still hadn't been able to decide what to do the next time I encountered a black wolf.

The Black Wolf is the enemy, and I'm sure he's after himself.

But still... it is also true that I feel like I am half in love because I have dealt with it several times before.

(What's the matter?)

Ray looks up at the sky in trouble.

What is spreading there is a blue sky of wintery clear air.

Speaking of winter for Ray, it really reminds me of when I was in Japan.

The act of being covered in cloudy weather all day, continuing to snow and scratching snow in front of the house.

... Most importantly, I'm off during the winter because my house is a farmer.

Depending on the crop you grow, that's what you imitate in the vinyl house, even in the winter, but Ray's house didn't imitate growing something in the vinyl house.

No, I should say that I grew a few vegetables in a small vinyl house about exactly what I would eat in my own house, but I didn't grow the kind of vegetables I would ship.

"Mr. Ray?

"Hmm? Oh, no. Nothing. I was just wondering what kind of book to borrow next. I wish I could have a book with a monster I don't know about, a book about magic items, that sort of thing."

So deluded, Ray headed to the library with Miranda.