Legend

A few days after Ray walked around with Annesis with Bruit, Lanigus and Therese...... that morning, in front of one of the gates of Annesis, a large crowd was gathered.

The number of people who would otherwise pass there is not that high, than it is in winter.

But still... Only today were there dozens or more of them.

Naturally. And they are there, because Liberté, the lord of Anesis, has his wife Arcadia, and they are gathered together as his escort, Filma, the captain of the Knights of the Duke of Kelp, and the knights of his men… and the nobles and their escorts, who have been associated with other men who are about to leave Anesis.

"Ray, come visit me on my territory next time. It's a pretty funny place, and I think you're gonna love it."

"Uh... right. It's going to be a little hard for me to concentrate on building more Gilms for a while... but I'll think about it when I can afford it."

Ray returns that to Bruit, who told him to come visit him in his territory.

"What, then I should go see Gilm?

"Right. I find that interesting too. Now... no, in the spring to be exact, we'll be gathered in the Guild again for a lot of extra work, and I think it's pretty busy and interesting."

"Heh.... well, you'll need to hire an escort to get to Gilm on the border if it's my strength"

It was quite a confident blue-it if it was a fight all over the city, but there was no confidence at all that a high-ranking monster could go alone in a peripheral gilm that was not uncommon for him to show up flat.

No, I might have been that confident before, but I've been knocked down by skin free in mock warfare with Ray, so I don't overstate my strengths, should I say?

Either way, Lanigs pinches his mouth at Bruit's words telling him so.

"Heh, Gilm? That sounds a little funny. Thanks to the construction work currently underway, it's harder to get out monsters and stuff, right?

"Well, if it's around the street, it's"

The materials for the additional construction work being carried out in Gilm are not enough.

Although it makes effective use of wood that can be picked from the Trento forest, building more guilds on the edge will naturally require a large amount of material in addition to wood.

A large number of carriages are needed to carry the material, and many of the monsters that appear on the streets are cleaned up by their escorts.

At the border alone, there are monsters that can't normally be defeated by carriage escorts, but architectural rushes mean a large number of adventurers are hired there, and crusade requests are sometimes made from the Guild side to keep the streets safe.

With that in mind, it was an unmistakable fact that it was easier to get to the Guild than before the construction of the additions was done, even less.

"Really? Then I guess I'll go for a little serious."

"Well, if you're coming, I won't stop you, because a lot of guilds have a lot of bad patterns right now... No, don't Bruit have to worry about that area? Most of them are high-ranking adventurers, but some of them have bad personalities, so you'll need to be careful around them."

To Ray's words, Bruit stops moving for a moment.

In this anesis, it was Bruit doing things like fighting or something against the person involved, but if you did such an imitation in the gilm. Poor performance can also mean that the opponent is a high ranking adventurer.

Still, if you look at the sight of someone being tangled up because of Bruit's character, I guess it doesn't necessarily mean he won't imitate it, like stopping it.

"Uh... I'll keep that in mind for now. So, what's Lanigus gonna do? You're going to the Gilm?

"I... uh, I don't know. Listening to you now...... you're a little unwilling to go. There's usually a high-ranking adventurer walking around the city, and that high-ranking adventurer has a bad personality or something."

"No, it's not like every high-ranking adventurer has a bad personality. Look, I'm a high-ranking adventurer, too."

The two Lanigs and Bruit stare at Ray's face, who told them so… Eventually, they nod at each other and open their mouths.

"I knew there wasn't a decent character among the highranking adventurers."

"Right."

"Hey!"

Ray screams unexpectedly, to much, if not much, appreciation.

"No, because... you know what?

"Oh."

Ray looks out of sight with a disgruntled look on his face, against the two of them showing a strangely discerning look.

Then he is stroked by the maids of the Duke of Keller's residence, who have followed him for some reason a little further away, and he sees Seto happily throbbing.

Did Seto feel Ray's gaze, what's wrong? and tilt his little neck.

Besides, he shook his neck sideways saying it was nothing, then turned his gaze to the next place where the most people were gathered... where Elaine was.

There, besides Liberté and Arcadia, there were several other figures of nobility, starting with Therese.

And naturally, Ara's figure is there too.

Traveling today are three people: Ray, Elaine and Ara.

And not people, but two Seto and a Yellow.

Of all that, it was still Elaine who brought the most people together... naturally.

"What's going on?

To Ray, who was watching Elaine, Bruit asks in wonder.

There is still a slight atmosphere of jokes until earlier, but I guess I still wondered how Ray was doing.

"No, I thought Elaine had a lot of people."

"That's right. The other side, if I may say so, is like a symbol of nobility. What's the matter? You're more popular than Ray.... What, do you miss me?

"That's not why. Just so you know, Elaine was a resident of Anesis... and she knew how much she liked the aristocrats."

With that said, Ray looks at Elaine again.

Elaine's parents Liberté and Arcadia.

Other than that, the many aristocrats who admire Elaine... the Princess General.

I wonder what they think of the existence of themselves on Elaine's side.

Liberté and Arcadia both admitted to me dating Elaine against Ray in the form of half acquiescence.

But Ray doesn't even know what he thinks in that mind.

With that in mind, it must also be inevitable that some subtle thoughts sprang up.

"Well, you are. From what I can tell by the Kings, the presence of Elaine is huge. That is what, if we consider it in its entirety: the Kingdom of Mireana, we can say that its existence is important not only as a nobleman, but as a country"

Lanigus' words are serious, not like he's kidding.

Thus, at the next moment...... Lanigs turns his gaze to Ray and tells him.

"But if you think in terms of important people, that's Ray. Same goes for you. No, for what it's doing flashly, Deep Red is becoming more famous these days than General Princess."

"Really? No, well, if you ask me if I'm moving flashy, I can never say I'm not. It's just that I'm more right to be involved in a commotion than to move and feel voluntarily."

From the side, Ray may seem to be rambling on as he pleases, but Ray's perception is that he's not causing disturbances from himself, he's involved.

Besides, there is no reason why there should be any disturbances caused by Ray, like when Gaiska hired the Black Wolf.

"... I don't care what you think, if someone else sees it and thinks so, you won't be able to stop it"

"Nooo."

If you say that, you can't even say it back as Ray.

In fact, it's impossible to imitate other people's rumors to correct them.

If it's a bard song or something like that, it's not like you can even imitate it to correct it, but it's no strange story to attach some tail to rumors you hear or stories you've researched yourself, than you can't live without making money from your song even if you're a bard.

Most likely, when the bard tells people like friends and acquaintances, instead of tails, things like breasts and backs follow.

"Ma, give up. Normal things happen around here, too."

That's what Bruit told me as he smiled.

In fact, I understand that Ray's actions are often taken flashly from his usual actions, so Ray can't say anything more.

Try being a bard, Ray, who moves flashly, was definitely very valuable as a seed of rice.

Although, Ray himself has rarely met the bard.

Talking about that, you finished talking to Elaine, and Liberté and Arcadia come closer to Ray.

If the Dukes of Kelevel were to move, naturally many other nobles around would travel with it.

To that appearance, the two Lanigs and Bruit vacate the place.

... but because you know Ray and Elaine's relationship, there was nothing like stopping them from turning a teasing glance at the end.

"Ray was in Anesis for a short time. But I feel like there's been a few years or so of commotion in that short time."

You can't deny that.

To Liberté, who will tell you with a grin, Ray will also give you that back with a grin.

In fact, a major event has happened since Ray came to Anesis… the simulation battle in which many nobles took part, the battle against the Black Wolf, the presence of monsters and thoughtful meat cocoons that Celestan was trying to unseal.

Besides, defeating the meat cocoon caused an anomaly in the space, leaving the spot where the Celestial house was, as if it had slipped through with a spoon, to disappear.

On top of that, the disappearance of Celestan has also made the society behind Anesis, for better or worse, ever calmed down thanks to Celestan, in a hurry.

Fighting inside the organization is also intensifying, targeting Cerestan's cauldron.

... With those things in mind, Ray couldn't deny Liberté's words either.

Besides, those are only what the current Ray grasps.

There's actually some kind of problem that Ray doesn't seem to grasp... no, on the contrary, there's plenty of potential for problems that even Liberté didn't expect.

"Nevertheless, the matter of the Black Wolf needed to be dealt with here someday. You did that, so I'm not gonna complain to Ray."

"... Really?"

For Ray, the biggest remainder of his heart in this commotion would still be about the Black Wolf.

There is also some bitter color in the words to be returned to Liberté.

It should be noted that the story of killing the black wolf has been made Liberté through Elaine, but the body is still inside Ray's mysterious ring.

Neither did Ray intend to give Liberté the body of a black wolf that he thought came from Japan, just like himself.

On the way back to Gilm, I intend to bury the ashed corpse by burning it in the mountains or somewhere.

Arcadia interrupts such a Ray and Liberté conversation from the side.

"About her, please."

"Yes."

"... it seems like you can do anything on your own, but some things are surprisingly missing out when it's your personal life. That's what's so cute about it."

"Hey, Mother!

It was Elaine, who was dealing with other nobles a little further away from the Rays, but I guess she heard Arcadia. Scream like you panicked.

If you try Elaine, it was absolutely unbearable that the embarrassing secret from Arcadia's mouth - though only at Elaine's subjectivity - would be told to Ray.

Leave the nobility you were talking about on the spot, run and travel to Arcadia's side.

Arcadia was smiling and watching how Elaine was doing.

"Phew, you can't leave your mother."

"No! What are you trying to say to Ray?"

"Uh... as far as I'm concerned, I didn't feel like asking, but... no, it's nothing. Yeah."

I guess the reason I couldn't do anything like talk to you until the end was because the gaze directed at Elaine was that intense.

"Did I say something?

"No, it's nothing. Look, I thought it was time we left Anesis."

It was Ray who told him to be deluded, but it's already been over thirty minutes since the drop off actually started on this occasion.

It was more than a fact that I couldn't possibly get dropped off forever like this, it was a fact that I should leave.

"Hmm, right. Well, shall we?"

Elaine's words set her off… Finally, Ray turns her gaze to Filma, who has followed her as Liberté's escort.

"The next time I see you, I look forward to seeing you again"

"Me too, let's keep working out and brush our arms"

Exchange words briefly... the Rays set out for Gilm.