Legend

Ray, out of the guild, was thinking of taking Seto and watching and walking around the city, even buying and eating at the stalls.

I was there...

"Seto, I haven't seen you in a while, but you're still cute. Yes, do you want this sandwich? There's plenty of your favorite cheese in there, isn't there?

Saying it that way, I look up to heaven unexpectedly when I see the figure standing in Seto.

It hasn't snowed, but the clouds cover the sky as much as they deserve to call it cloudy weather, and the sun's appearance can only be seen from cloud gaps sometimes.

So when I looked at Seto again, there was still a familiar person there who loved Seto.

Deciding that he could not stay like this forever, Ray speaks to the person with disapproval.

"Johanna, it's been a while."

"Hey, Seto. Why don't we hang out together now? Look, because I'm more adorable to you than Mileyne. Right?"

Like I haven't heard Ray at all...... no, not like that, he doesn't actually hear me, keep loving Seto.

I was wondering what was wrong with Ray, but a man from a little further away accidentally looks at Ray and speaks up.

"Mr. Ray, were you back in the guild!?

The person, like Johanna, looked familiar to Ray.

When he was involved in the civil unrest in the Bestian Empire, Johanna was also part of the guerrilla group to which he belonged.

"Oh, you look good there, too.... Johanna's the same."

"Ah, haha. hahahahahahaha"

The man laughs at something to delude Johanna, who still loves Seto without the way he noticed Ray.

I know there's nothing like Ray getting angry about this, but I guess there's a lot to think about for a guy that Johanna, our own leader, looks like this.

You felt a little sorry for me when I saw a guy like that, and for now Johanna's opponent decides to leave it to Seto to change the subject.

"Are you guys in on the Kobolt crusade?

"Huh? Oh, yes. There's plenty of room for money, but I was hoping you wouldn't be blunt."

"Ah... that sounds like a lot of guys"

I feel like a cobolt that is defeated for dietary purposes - not exactly subtly - is indescribable from Ray's point of view.

"Yes. And I'm pretty much in on people who are free. Because there are quite a few people who are tired of taking a break and drinking in a liquor store, going to a whorehouse, and doing that."

Cobolt, which is defeated in leisure time, also feels indescribable, just as it is for dietary purposes.

But it's an unquestionable fact that we can defeat Cobolt for whatever reason.

That made the reason irrelevant beyond the diminishing damage Gilm would suffer.

"So, what brings Mr. Ray to the guild? Could it be, like, getting a request to crusade Kobolt?

As I asked, it was obvious that I thought in the wind that it probably wouldn't.

If I tried it on a man, it wouldn't do me any good for an alias Ray to imitate it like that... on the contrary, I guess I didn't think he'd just get a lot of trouble asking for it.

And the idea is never wrong because Ray isn't actually going to take on Kobolt's crusade request.

... If the existence of rare or superior species of Kobolt can now be confirmed, there was also the possibility of receiving a crusade request for unknown demonic stones.

"There's going to be a meeting tomorrow about the dismantling of Giganto Turtle."

Demolition of Giganto Turtle.

The moment I hear Ray say so, the adventurers around me react for a moment.

Even when we were talking about the dismantling of Lenora and Giganto Turtle at the guild, the adventurers around us managed to get that information.

The dismantling of Giganto Turtle seemed like a delicious request to those who are taking the Kobolt crusade for lack of funds.

Most importantly, Kobolt's crusade request is more important to Guild, so the reward has become considerably more modest.

As for Ray, I didn't pay for it myself, but the low pay meant that few people would aim for it, so I had just a few thoughts.

Nevertheless, given the size of Giganto Turtle, I didn't even care enough to be offended that I couldn't handle it just this winter.

"Huh? Are you finally dismantling it?

"Oh. I was supposed to start before the year started, because I was going to Anesis."

When the word Anesis comes out, the man turns his gaze to Johanna, who loves Seto with a subtle expression.

When Ray was going to Anesis, Seto, naturally, was not in the Guild, and as a result, Johanna became what she should also call Seto withdrawal symptoms.

Loving Seto to the point of excess now is also definitely a recoil of withdrawal symptoms.

"Oh, that's kind of exciting. I was interested in Giganto Turtle."

"I guess. I also know there are a lot of guys like that. But you can't just leave Kobolt alone, can you? Well, considering you don't know why you're persistently attacking Gilm, it's possible that you're not attacking me at all starting tomorrow."

"That's what they say... right"

"So the reward for Giganto Turtle's dismantling is considerably cheaper. If that's okay with you, come here. Yeah, and the reward is small, but I'm gonna let him have it as a souvenir from the demolition. … I don't know if it's delicious."

As far as Ray knows, a turtle basically doesn't eat.

The exception was the spoon.

In fact, there are areas where sea turtles are usually used as food.

Still, Giganto Turtle could not have meant that meat was more unsavory than it was undoubtedly a high-ranking monster.

(I've seen a spoon pan on TV, but I've never eaten it.)

As a matter of course, I don't know how to twist a tortoise, nor do I know what kind of flavoring to use.

More than that, all Ray could do was leave it to the cook in office.

"Whatever, if it's good on that condition, take the request tomorrow morning"

"I'll take the request!

Ray's words were answered by Johanna, who loved Seto until earlier, not by the man he had just spoken to.

I don't know where you were listening to me from, but I guess I heard about the fact that you were making a request about dismantling Giganto Turtle when you got the request.

What did Johanna say when she thought about it and took this request? That was obvious to Ray without even thinking about it.

"I'm telling you, we... we're not exactly watching Seto dismantle Giganto Turtle all the time, are we? If you don't have a problem first, maybe you'll go somewhere else."

"Still, I don't mind. I don't have the option to miss it if I'm going to see Seto properly."

I assure you so, Johanna, Ray won't be able to say anything more.

If you are aware of everything and still take the request, I don't find it annoying, even though I would appreciate it as Ray.

Johanna-led faces have the strength to do so in terms of pure combat capability because of their former guerrilla forces.

That's the thing, even if there are monsters who have come attracted to the smell of Giganto Turtle's blood, most opponents don't have to worry about taking a lag.

"If that's all you have to say, I have nothing more to say. Are you sure about this? As far as I'm concerned, if Johanna and the others would take on this request, it would be quite helpful."

During the civil unrest of the Bestian Empire, he led Johanna and the others to fight as guerrillas, so he could believe without a doubt.

Johanna and the others also saw Ray's battle with their eyes during the civil unrest, saw the enemy's position devastated by a tornado of flames, and even more so saw the presence of Seto, and decided they would never want to fight Ray.

That is why we have moved from the Bestian Empire, hostile to the Kingdom of Mireana, to the Guild.

... Among other things, Johanna was not hostile to Ray, but was like coming to Gilm purely because she wanted to be with Seto.

"Yes, I'll take care of it. They're good at dismantling monsters, and they get a little bit of Giganto Turtle meat, so you were a little interested."

"Uh... I'll keep my voice to myself, besides Johanna. Don't take Kobolt's crusade request, because some people are free."

Former guerrilla faces, including Johanna, rent a mansion and live there in large numbers.

Of course not everyone lives in the mansion, but some people rent another room by themselves, in some cases they make lovers and live together, they get married and have a family...

Still, it was easier to speak up than a lot of people still lived in that mansion.

"Do that. The larger the number, the faster Giganto Turtle can be dismantled. Besides, you don't have to worry about stealing material."

It is also helpful to Ray that people come from the guild and it is promised to monitor if there are no such people as to steal material, but nevertheless there is absolutely no such thing as stealing.

Not to mention that the guild is busy with the Kobolt thing right now.

That would be obvious if you looked at Lenora and Kenny working in the guild.

That is why those seconded by the Alliance were more likely to be reduced than originally planned.

No, based on what Ray actually saw, it would be reduced.

I'm not dissatisfied with that, either, Ray.

It was an original promise, but given one of the current cobolts, you know you have to get rid of it as a matter of priority.

(Maybe if Giganto Turtle's demolition goes as far as taking out the Demon Stone, we should turn the rest the next winter)

I guess I can only think of it that way because I still have mysteries.

Keep it inside the mysteries and you don't have to worry about rotting for now.

That shows that the current Giganto Turtle remains fresh.

"Mr. Ray? What's the matter, sir?

No, I thought Kobolt was a pain in the ass.

To the man's word, Ray returns it that way.

In fact, that's not what Ray was really thinking, but it's never wrong either.

I don't know what the reason is, but Kobolt has been raiding the Guild so many times that an adventurer who could otherwise be used as a demolition worker is being taken from you.

"Nobody's taking the Kobolt thing that seriously. But I don't know what will happen if we continue in the spring."

It's winter now, so the construction of the additions hasn't gone that far.

Where we need craftsmen in places that really matter, we hire escorts to proceed with construction... but there are quite a few such places.

That's why we can give the craftsmen an escort, and for the most part, such craftsmen have the courage to go about their work without looking like they cared about the degree of cobolt attacking them.

But that's only a handful of craftsmen, and it's because they have escorts.

If this happens in the spring, construction work will begin and a large number of manpower will be put into the construction work.

That would, naturally, run out of escort adventurers' hands.

An adventurer was originally hired as an escort, but a monster who doesn't even know if he's coming, and a cobolt who raids in large numbers, albeit low-ranking monsters.

Which is troublesome... depending on the case, the latter was definitely more troublesome in the sense of taking purely manpower.

(In the spring, the adventurers who left during the winter will return, so there will definitely be more manpower. More... I'm not going to do just the Kobolt crusade)

If the construction starts in earnest, that's why the number of adventurers is not enough.

"In the meantime, you should do something about the Cobolt thing early. I still have plenty of room until spring, but I can't even afford to watch it slowly."

To Ray's words, the two men and Johanna nodded with a slightly more serious look.