Legend

"Hmmm...... I thought you had something, nothing in particular"

Ray whines alone as he walks through the mansion.

I just figured that those who were just as strong as the old men earlier would attack me, but it was totally unexpected that they wouldn't be attacked by anyone like this.

"Maybe there's no one else in the mansion or something?... No, you're a base, that's not true. … oh."

The sight of one door at the end of his gaze makes Ray's feet a little quicker.

Though the mansion is quite large, it does not mean it is larger than the mansion in the aristocratic district.

… Exceptions exist, as in the Marina house.

That's why the number of rooms isn't that high, and that's why Ray thought he might be able to find some clue without taking too long.

When you arrive in front of the door, gently reach out... but stop the movement before touching the door knob.

(No traps, right?... It's a door in the base, and I don't think I'd imitate trapping there... but at a time like this, it would be useful to have Bühne)

While I think so, I gently reach for the door knob, deciding that perhaps no trap has been set.

It was an act while I was able to deal with it right away if anything happened, but fortunately there was no needle popping out of the door knob or electric shock flowing the moment I touched the door knob, and the door normally opens.

While relieved by that, before entering the room… check for anything suspicious.

The same was true at the door knob, but only this time I have handled it so cautiously because, for one thing, whoever is behind one of Kobolt's cases definitely seems to have a very cautious personality.

Otherwise, it would be unlikely that there would be any clues so far.

There were a few clues to be exact, but that's been cut off on the way before we got to the mastermind.

It's not strange if some kind of trap is set up if it's a base in the real sense, not a disposable base like Granger knew it was, beyond being that careful opponent.

Fortunately, there were no traps this time, so Ray enters the room.

"The study...? Also troublesome."

There is a desk and a small but bookshelf around.

A book is basically an expensive substitute, so not even a book here is a fortune...... but it would be a certain amount of money.

(At least, isn't the guy who uses this base having trouble with the money?... No, that's decided at the time that we have this base)

Ray doesn't even know if he's renting this mansion, buying it out... or using it without permission.

However, if you were to use a mansion in a place like this, there would certainly be a variety of expenses.

Anyway, if you're going to live there for a really short time, if you're going to live there for quite a while, it's essential.

... but I'm not jealous.

(If you're going to enjoy decorating magic items and stuff, maybe you're going to need a place like this... but for now, I don't need a big mansion like this)

That's what Ray thinks as he looks at the desk, and starts looking for something to clue him into.

But the desk is cleaned up beautifully, and there are clues that you can see at a glance... things like paperwork, for example, are nowhere.

I thought it was in the desk drawer, so I checked it out, and discovering some documents didn't seem particularly important.

"I'm pretty sure this study is the kind of place the lord of this mansion would use, but there's no such thing as evidence for it... what do you think? No, well, even if this is an enemy stronghold, it's probably because it's not home."

Neither did Ray expect to soon find the kind of magic item he was looking for.

But still, I just thought it wouldn't be strange to have something like a clue that would lead to a magic item, like a complete shoulder blur.

... Having a magic item is just Ray's hopeful observation.

"It doesn't have to be a magic item, but I think there's something else that looks like it.... What do you think?

"Huh!?

I was breathtaking to learn that something outside the room was spoken to me by Ray.

But you immediately decided to be ready, try to kick through the door and find out where Ray is without a few seconds when he comes in, and he goes ahead.

It will take a few seconds to confirm Ray's appearance, which is probably why it's not strange that the person is still reputed to be immature.

More than a certain...... that's what ambushes the guards at the front door, and if you're an old man lightly knocked down by Ray, you'll have a moment to get inside the room and see what Ray looks like.

seconds and moments.

If you look at it objectively, it doesn't look like there's that much difference between those two, and that's true.

However, in the act of fighting, the difference becomes limitless.

And in fact, that slight difference in this battle led to fatal consequences.

Ray's unleashed blow, which was waiting for him to advance, is easily buried in each of his opponents and stuns them as they go.

However, there is no way that the momentum that has been running can be easily killed by that blow, and the opponent is going to hit the butler's desk flashly with the momentum that fell to the floor.

"You mean you've been attacking me, and the others have been attacked? For that..."

It was Ray concentrating on hearing, but I can't hear the fight.

Just because Ray's hearing is better than normal doesn't mean he's as sharp as Seto.

If you're fighting with a loud noise, you'll also be able to hear it.

However, if the battle starts quietly and ends quietly… for example, if a guard is unilaterally defeated in an ambush, you cannot imitate the sound of falling on the floor.

As a measure of that, the guards are moving as a pair between two and three, but I can't even say that's ever safe.

If this is a normal criminal, I guess there's no problem...

(Let's just say that you can't hear the noise, it's not like they attacked you. Then why did this guy attack me...)

Look around the study and look for something that might explain it.

Haven't you attacked me because I don't want to be able to find it because there is something unsavory to be seen in this room?

That's what I thought, but this study is pretty big.

I don't feel very wide because I have quite a few bookshelves.

"Something in the book or something?

Squealing Ray.

Even the comics, cartoons, and novels I saw when I was in Japan often said that there was some trick on the bookshelf.

Something like hidden doors open when you take a particular book in order is in Ray's memory.

However, given the number of bookshelves and books in this room, such imitation is not easy.

In the first place, I don't have time to do that, so if there's really a trick on the bookshelf, I can only leave it to the guards.

"Then..."

I give up checking the bookshelves immediately and look around the surrounding rooms again.

However, if the person who attacked you before realizes it, you can't deny the possibility that they will attack you again soon.

In order not to do so, the rope removed from the mistering will be tied so that it cannot move.

... It's not like the guards are in charge, so if you're in charge, you might be able to get through the ropes.

Either way, I look around again after tying the hands and feet of the person I attacked.

"Hmm... this or something?

What caught my eye was a figurine that was placed on the desk.

A small wooden statue carved of some kind of tree.

I tried to take that wooden statue about the size of my palm, Ray, but as a matter of course something happens to that extent.

"Like putting it somewhere specific? No, but don't bother. You want me to leave the wooden statue on my desk to be that key?

It was concluded that way in the end, and the wooden statue I had is put back on my desk.

"You're starting to feel like it's quicker to ask this guy directly.... whether to answer that honestly or not,"

At least not much, the old man who fought earlier didn't seem to respond to it at all, even as Ray and the guards tried to extract information.

This man, who has been attacked, definitely has more arms to fall off than that old man, but the possibility that his mouth is too strong is enough.

(Well, I guess we should leave interrogation and that to the specialized guards)

While I think so, I look around the study again.

Ray is not a real job like a guard, nor is he a bandit who can be called a real job in a different way than a guard like that.

So Theory doesn't know where to start and how to look inside the study, which is why Ray looks around the room according to his own considerations, not Theory.

Is there anything uncomfortable about it?

I look around the room while I think so... and stop that movement.

At the end of your gaze is a single painting.

I could understand Ray not knowing by the deadly about the kind of art, but still being good at that painting.

Paintings depicting the sandy beaches and the sea, not the sights of Gilm.

At first glance it only looked like a painting, even if it was good, but still Ray was somewhat uncomfortable with the painting.

(What? What do you care?

While I think so, in the end, I move softly closer to the wall, deciding that I wouldn't know why unless I looked into the painting.

That's how he stood in front of the painting, where Ray finally realized what he was uncomfortable with.

"Is this... a strange sense of distance?

As the grunt said, it seemed a step or two farther to the hanging wall of painting than seen from near the center of the study where Ray had been until earlier.

That distance is not that great, but if it is still one or two steps, it will mean that there is a difference of nearly one metre.

For example, I wonder why such a thing is happening.

(This painting itself is a magic item or something? Yeah, but you've seen it on TV when you were in Japan, like there's a way to misrepresent it that way with visual effects. That way?)

It's like they call it deceptive painting or trick art.

That's not something like a magic item, but a painting painted purely by skill.

I was impressed with whether it belonged to that hand, and after knowing it, I looked around...

"Hmm?"

Second, I notice the object at the end of my gaze.

The painting was hung on another wall.

There was a switch on the wall that I didn't see until earlier.

It's not particularly noticeable, and that's the kind of switch that is distorted by the color of the wall.

It's like a protective color, a substitute you wouldn't have found without Ray's eyes in front of the painting.

"This is... what the hell are you thinking of imitating this? No, it's been so cleverly hidden that I guess that means I didn't want to find it."

Whimpering, he approaches the wall with the switch.

"Yeah, definitely a switch"

A so-called, button-shaped press type switch.

I hid it in a protective color-like way, so naturally it would be easy to hide it.

For example, if it is a lever-shaped switch, it can be easily found even if it tries to hide it in the same way as the color of the wall as this switch.

"… so the biggest problem is that. I mean if I can press this switch...... I don't know. I think it's gonna be okay."

In places like this, there's no way this is happening, it's a hidden switch.

It is likely that this will open a hidden passage or something.

But at the same time, even if the careful opponent had hidden it in a protective colour so far, if he had purposefully prepared a switch following the hidden passage in this way... Ray could not honestly nod either.

Some kind of attack may be carried out on those who pushed the switch in a detour.

Or you may know what the secret of this mansion is by pressing that switch.

Both are likely situations, so I'm not sure what to do... Ray eventually decided to call in a big, full-time guard.