Legend

At night, Ray woke up with the sound of being knocked on the door.

Tonight to an organization that was acting as an intermediary for the Black Wolf... no, that means raiding the house of whoever is leading that organization precisely, after a little early dinner, I was asleep.

If it's always the case, Ray doesn't sleep well.

That's why even if I wake up with a knock, my head won't work right away, but not now.

Sometimes before the battle, Ray's spirit was leaning towards the battle, and when it happened with the sound of a knock, it was already as usual.

"Is that Miranda?

"Ah, yes. Well... you were already awake."

I guess that's why Miranda hasn't thought to knock and get an immediate response because she's watched Ray wake up many times.

He looks a little surprised and tells me so.

In fact, I woke up with the sound of a knock, but now that I've decided that I would just waste my time talking about the area, Ray didn't do anything to refute Miranda's words.

Encourage Ray to get inside, and get himself into it.

"Well, that's the place. So, what's the requirement?

"Yes, Master Elaine told me that it was time to come to my room"

"Okay. Is that okay with Elaine's room?

"Yes."

In that short exchange of words, Ray leaves the room immediately.

The usual...... that was Miranda showing just a little confusion about the difference with Ray that Miranda knows, but now she doesn't say anything more, she leads Ray to Elaine's room.

Ray knows Elaine's room, but I guess it's her job as a maid around there.

It's naturally already dark outside, beyond having finished a little early meal and then falling asleep.

Light magic items or lights with candles.

The hallway, where multiple light sources exist, would think it fantastic if those who know nothing walked.

In fact, even Ray, who has walked down the hallway many nights since coming to this mansion, still thinks so.

Eventually, Miranda, who has guided Ray closer to the room she also remembers for Ray...

"Oh, Ray?

Unexpectedly, the person in front of the room can speak up.

Ray soon found out who the person was.

For Ray, too, because he was one of those people who had seen each other several times.

Yes, the people.

In front of Elaine's room were three figures: Terez and Lanigs, and Bruit.

It was a face that everyone knows about for Ray, but at the same time it makes me think it's a rare combination.

"Again, that's a rare combination. The hell. What happened to this?

Therese is a friend of Elaine's, close enough to enjoy tea with her.

Lanigs is someone who came along with Ray and Elaine enjoying their tea with Therese, especially Gaiska.

And Bluitt said he had been involved with Ray many times before, and that was the one person for Ray that he didn't even have to explain.

"Oh, I'm just curious about some information. I was searching for that information, and I was with these two."

To Bruit's words, the two of Therese and Lanigs nod back, not changing their faces in particular.

"Yeah. Even I got a little info, so I came to talk to Lady Elaine"

"Same here."

"... it's nice to have information, but what brings that to Elaine?

If it is truly important information, that is not Elaine, but her father Liberté...... you can pass it directly on to the Duke of Kelevel.

I could somehow imagine that not to do so is probably not that important information... or that it is unsure information.

Either way, Ray knocks on the door to Elaine's room because it won't be obvious if she talks in front of Elaine's room like this forever.

If there's anything Elaine needs to do, she said it would be better to get it done quickly.

"Ah."

Two people, Terez and Lanigs, unite their voices in such Ray's behavior.

"What's going on? You had some business with Elaine, didn't you? Besides... I think I already know your signs because I'm talking about Elaine."

Only Elaine, with the alias of General Princess, can easily do enough to detect the signs.

That's what Ray told me, and Terez and Lanigs had an unspeakable look on their face.

Although Bruit did not show how particularly upset he was by Ray's words, whether he knew or expected Elaine to be capable of detecting signs.

The door was opened, as if I had listened to Ray like that...

"You should all come in. I haven't been able to deal with them for a very long time."

That's what Elaine says and invites everyone into the room.

It was probably Elaine who was asleep until a while ago, just like Ray, but it doesn't look that way from Ray's eyes at least.

Attitude itself, though not very much, does not seem to wake up.

Ray is also in what should be called a battle mode only today, so I don't do anything unusual to show him how bad he is sleeping, but Elaine's attitude is far above Ray's... that's what he usually does, and it seems like he's been awake.

(Oh, but isn't it actually strange if you weren't asleep and awake because Elaine has a job as a Duke of Keller or a princess general?

In Ray and Elaine, who are only guests of the Duke of Kelevel family, they are naturally in a different position.

Not to mention that when Ray returns to the Guild, Elaine also goes to the Guild with Ray again.

Given that the number of days spent in Anesis is not that long anymore... and that is probably the situation with less than ten days, there should have been a lot of work for Elaine to do.

If Elaine were a normal person, she wouldn't be able to imitate things like doing that busy job and then raiding the house of someone who leads the organization behind her... but if she imitates that in a situation where she's tired at work, she wouldn't be able to do anything to maximize her power, naturally.

But Elaine, who inherits the Enchanted Dragon's Demon Stone, is naturally not a normal human being.

such as that degree of tiredness...... no, you wouldn't even be tired in the first place.

That was the same thing for Ray, but if you can still rest, you should rest, so Ray took a nap - too late to call it - but he did.

While relieved that Elaine is not tired, Ray enters the room with the other faces.

In the room, she wears armor so that Ara can assault her at any time.

(Oh, Elaine, too)

Second, he understands who the discomfort is when he sees Elaine, and Ray convinces himself.

Make it Elaine. Make it Arla, she was wearing normal clothes, not familiar armor for Ray either, while she was amazing in this mansion.

Because I kept looking at them, I guess some of the lay somehow got used to it, even for this short period of time.

"Huh? That outfit..."

"Wow, Ara's armed"

The two Terez and Lanigs were also voicing some surprise at how they noticed Ara like that.

I guess it seemed surprising how Ara was doing just for the two of us who aren't usually involved in the fight.

... In fact, Ara is the Knights of Elaine's escort, and it's not that uncommon to be armed.

Compared to those two, Bruit doesn't look so surprised that he walks all over the city alone and sticks his neck out of himself in the fight too.

"So? What the hell are you doing today? As I was saying, we're going to be a little busy. If it's not urgent, I'd like you to do it after tomorrow."

The current time is about 9 pm.

I'm pretty sure it's a lot of time for people who are already asleep if they're common people, and I can tell you that it's a somewhat insane act to ask at this hour, except for things like being noble or having a party.

It was certain that there was something more worthy of such an insane act than all three nobles were doing.

But even with that in mind, it was true that Elaine wouldn't be able to take the time to think about what she was going to do.

But such Elaine's thoughts change in the next word out of Therese's mouth.

"Dear Elaine, could that involve a matter of the Marquis Seysor family?

"... what?

The words were powerful enough to attract Elaine's attention.

If they give us the name of the Marquis Seysor family here than it is probably Geiska who hired the Black Wolf, it cannot be that Elaine's … and Ray and Arla, who act together today, do not attract attention.

"What do you know?

Out of Elaine's mouth came a sharp gaze and words.

It was Therese who knew her normal Elaine, but as a princess general in this way...... and was this the first time she saw Elaine in a half-combat position, she stops breathing for a moment with such a gaze.

Next to Terez like that, Lanigs opens his mouth once in action, even though this one isn't that massive.

"I got a little info coming in on me, too, but you know how it's actually moving a lot at the Marquis Seysol house?

"Um. I know the neighborhood. Since the end of the New Year's party."

"Yes, yes. There are a lot of people in the Marquis Seysor family who are good at combat, like soldiers and knights."

"... what?

You didn't know about that information, just a little surprise leaks out of Elaine's mouth.

Most of all, in fact, the Duke of Keller had access to the information.

In the first place, if you imitate that you move people more than on a massive scale in this Anesis, and if you move them unauthorized to the Duke of Kelp, that's not surprising that you are repressed by an army led by the Duke of Kelp.

At a time when that had not been done, it should have been taken for granted that the Duke of Keller had been informed to some extent of this one case.

Elaine was surprised for a moment, but she opened her mouth as soon as she was convinced that her thoughts were around her.

"Perhaps Father knows about it. But... if the Marquis Seysol is moving, it wouldn't have been strange if information had come down to me."

It was a grunting Elaine, but I immediately turn my gaze to Ray.

"What do you think?

"Well... a possible possibility is that Geiska found out about one of the black wolves and ran away with it?... Well, I don't think Geiska has the ability to gather that much information"

"No, you're not. I told you. The Marquis Seysor moved from the day the party was held."

To Elaine's words, Ray reckons if he says so.

It was today that Ray defeated the Black Wolf, and the body of the Black Wolf is still in Ray's mysteries.

No one should have seen the battle between Ray and the Black Wolf, and Ray or Elaine could not have discovered such a few.

More than that, I know the Black Wolf is dead, and that's what Ray and Elaine, as well as the intelligence unit of the Duke of Keller, from which Elaine explained the situation, and the Duke of Keller, Liberté, from which the report must have been raised.

The Marquis Seysor has great influence among the aristocrats, but there is still no way he can demonstrate his ability to gather that much information in this anesys, home to the Duke of Keller.

"So the Black Wolf has nothing to do with this one?

I tilt my neck wondering what Elaine would do to Ray's words whining in such a way that I couldn't believe it myself.

It was still about Geiska that Elaine first came up with the Marquis Seysor family as a reason to move people until she made a loan to the Duke of Kelevel family.

And now that I'm almost certain it was Geiska who hired the Black Wolf, I don't really think the Black Wolf was involved in the fact that the Marquis Seysol family made a big move in this situation.

"At the end of the day. If you don't go directly, you don't know what's going on around there. … all three are grateful for bringing the information"

In Elaine's words, Terez, Lanigs, and Bruit give their respective expressions.

Therese was purely happy because Elaine was happy with it. In such a way.

Lanigus grinned satisfied that the King himself had made a loan to the iconic Elaine of the aristocracy.

... Bruit finds out that he can't take part in the battle when he says there is going to be a battle, and gives each of them an unfortunate look.

As she watched the three of them, Elaine looked out the window and whispered small that it was time.