Legend

"Nothing, huh? I thought it was a trap to lure me in."

Ray was the one who went inside the room where the girl who was fighting the guards supposedly escaped, but there was no sign of any people there.

Not in a room like the one Ray first looked into, but in a reception room to entertain someone?

There are quite a few more places to hide than it is in such a room... but exploring the signs doesn't seem like someone is there.

(Well, maybe there's no denying the possibility that a guy who's good at killing signs enough to keep me from detecting them)

Though he thinks that way, Ray will look into places where he can hide, like behind the couch and behind the furniture, but he couldn't find the girl anywhere else earlier.

"If the window... ran away, it wouldn't be strange if it was open, but it doesn't look like it."

Ray was slightly hesitant to enter this room, but if he still escaped out the window, it's not strange that there's some trace there.

However, as far as this is concerned, there are no traces of any kind left, and above all, the window keys are closed.

I don't think he just imitated going out the window without leaving a trace and closing the window keys from the outside on top of it.

(No, can you do it if you have some kind of magic item or something?

Normally, such imitation is not possible, but it is only in keeping with Japanese common sense.

It's not surprising that this Elgin has more than magic and magic items, and maybe some means to unlock and close things from outside the window.

Naturally, such things are more likely to be used for crime than, if they really were, they would be tightly controlled.

(Do we need to find something more like it now than that less likely)

Ray looks around the room again, saying there's no point in thinking about what's unlikely.

Since we have already largely searched for places that are likely to be hidden, what will then remain is a sort of escape path, such as a hidden passage or a hidden staircase.

But looking around the room like this doesn't seem like there's a place like it.

In terms of the size of the room, it has about fifteen tatami sizes, and there are quite a few types of furniture, but there are still a limited number of places that are likely to be hidden.

"Where have you really been? I really wish you could have taken me to Ceto."

If Seto were here, that would be the smell that would allow us to track where the girl earlier went.

Naturally it's hidden there, but if you know there's a path ahead and a staircase, it's not that hard to break the hidden place.

But it would be pointless to think about it now more than Seto is here.

Alternatively, there is no chance that Seto's name will come if he shouts out loud here... but it is likely that such imitation will result in a variety of unsavory things later.

"In that case... Well, what do I do? Should I check the tunnel after all, or should I call the guards to find out?"

The place where the guards were fighting the girl who disappeared in this room is not so far from here.

Some had been injured, but some treatment should have been done by now.

In terms of conducting searches, the guards are obviously more accustomed than Ray.

Leveraging that power is nothing strange.

"Should I have taken Beaune with me? That way, Vihera would have come with us."

Previously a bandit's beaune specializing in battle, he also honed his skill as a purely bandit this winter.

It wouldn't have been strange if Ray wanted Beaune alone to demonstrate his skill as a bandit.

It was also Ray's expectation that those guarding this mansion would come here in the hope of being a Vihera who wanted to fight the strong, beyond being quite powerful.

(No, I can't help thinking about it now)

If it doesn't make sense to think about someone who isn't here right now, looking around the room repeatedly...... unexpectedly, I hear multiple footsteps approaching the room.

Enemy for a moment? I didn't think so, but from the number of its footsteps and the sound of the conversation I heard, I know that was the guard earlier.

"Ray, where are you!

"Here, in this room!

Give that voice back to the guards.

The door is closed, so I guess the guards didn't think there was a ray in this room either.

Eventually you heard Ray, the door opens and one of the guards you saw earlier shows his face.

"Right here!?

To such a guard, Ray replies with his hands up.

"Oh, here it is.... The guy who was fighting you guys earlier escaped into this room, but he's nowhere. There's probably a hidden passage somewhere in this room or something... unfortunately, I was having trouble figuring out where that was. Don't you see?

To Ray's words, the three guards who came into the room look around.

It looked like it wasn't even some kind of clue, but there's no way I could find them just by looking at them.

So in the meantime, the guards will break up with each other and look inside the room.

"What am I gonna do?

"Ray, keep your perimeter alert. If you get attacked all of a sudden, like earlier, it's hard to deal with."

"But doesn't it even mean the other one's going to attack more than Ray is?... maybe just in case."

"Right, it's only for once. I can't deny the possibility that maybe even in a situation like this, they'll attack me more than I know what they're thinking.... very troublesome though"

I don't know if they deserve the expression normal - but if they were men or women, less than a certain age, they wouldn't have had that much to worry about.

But in this case, they're still very small.

Naturally, despite that physique, I'm sure it wasn't what it looked like because I normally use a long sword like the one used by adults.

Not to mention the fact that you saw what Ray looked like and decided you couldn't win on your own, and you also have a high degree of judgment to leave the spot immediately.

(Yeah, at the time of that, I'm pretty sure this mansion is all kinds of weird. The question is, was it also the guy who piled the guy who attacked me on the wall earlier?... I wonder about that area)

While in doubt, Ray stands in front of the door so that he can react immediately in times of need.

Probably not hiding somewhere, but using the kind of hidden passageway to not already be on the side of this room, there's an anticipation in the rays.

Still, maybe it was really an act of contemplation in case.

Preventing Ray from escaping from this room while completely erasing the signs by any means is also why Ray is standing in front of the door.

That's how five minutes went by...

"There it is, there it is! Hidden passage...... I don't know if but I'm pretty sure there's something over here!

One of the guards screams, inadvertently.

To that voice, the other guards and Rays gather at the place.

And just in case, find out where another guard was told there was something too... eventually, snort.

"Sure, definitely. Beyond this wall there is some space. … but how to open this…"

So once the word stopped, the guards looked around again.

I'm sure there's some kind of trick, but I have no idea how to move that trick.

That is the certainty that it will take another while to find the trick… it will be impossible to catch the girl who attacked us first - almost hopeless at this point as well - I guess.

If so, and.

The guards decide.

"Ray, destroy this wall for me. It's quicker than not having time to look for a trick."

"... okay?

The words were unexpected to Ray as well.

In the first place, we're forced to look into this mansion in this one case, which is also quite dangerous.

On top of that, if it comes to destroying the mansion's walls, it is undoubtedly more likely to be disposed of a step above the others.

But... the guards nod back at Ray's words like that, which is perfectly fine.

"Oh, I don't mind. In the first place, I am prepared to be punished from above when I come to this place. If I can do anything to imitate the people who are punishing me and calling monsters to Gilm, I don't care."

"For once, I'm the one who's gonna break this wall."

"I decide that Ray was forced to work for me at my request.... so break the wall"

If you say so, you can't imitate it like you refuse it even as Ray, and you nod back.

Confirm that each of the guards has fallen back and take the death size out of the mistering.

I don't look particularly nervous and swing the death size as quickly as I can.

That blow, which slashed and tore the wall without any resistance, isn't strange if you don't know about Ray, if you don't know what happened to it.

But if you try to be the guards who know Ray's strength, you won't have any particular doubts about the extent to which swinging the Death Size won't break the wall instantly... In fact, when Ray lightly taps the floor with a Death Size stone poke, the impact breaks the wall into several pieces and falls to the floor.

All that remained after the walls were cut were the remains of the walls that fell on the floor and… and the staircase leading to the basement.

It was an unmistakable fact that the girl earlier escaped through this staircase if you give me this far.

"Stairs? Well, that's reasonable to say.... So what do we do? Shall we head ahead?

It's a powerful clue.

Though I wouldn't say it, it was obvious that Ray wanted to say so.

The word bothers the guards.

No, there's definitely some clue at the end of this staircase. I'm pretty sure it's the girl who's waiting for me.

Such an arm wrestler who, despite the still young girl, can proceed with the fight in his favour even with three guards against him.

In order to move forward, it would be very dangerous if Ray wasn't with us.

However, there are still a number of other clues left in this mansion, and given that, it was even regrettable to take Ray to the end of this staircase because of their immaturity.

Nevertheless, there are more things that should take precedence over the pride of the guards than there may be clear clues left...

"Please, Ray. Come with me."

To the words of such a guard, Ray nods without looking troubled.

"Okay. I don't mind that. Either way, we can't look inside this mansion right away. Then you should start by looking for a place where you think you can be sure you have a lead"

"... I'm sorry"

He was a guard who thanked Ray for his words, but Ray shook his neck sideways telling him not to worry about it, storing the death size he had in his mistering.

"Look, let's just go. I don't know what's going on ahead with this staircase, but maybe there's plenty of chance that the other side's waiting for us. Be careful."

That said, Ray takes the lead and goes down the stairs.

What would have surprised me only a little after I started going down the stairs would have been that the stairs were dark.

Most importantly, it is impossible to always have the lights there than the stairs that were provided for the hidden room.

Or, if it was nobility who was using this mansion, I would have been able to say things to my financial resources to buy light magic items and prepare lamps... Hate and not nobility who was using this mansion.

... No, I suppose the expression is correct that it doesn't seem to be exactly aristocratic.

"Just give me a minute. It's dark. Do you see Ray?

I suddenly entered a staircase with no light from the bright room, so it would be natural for the guards to show confusion.

However, in Ray's case, the night is usually good, and this much darkness makes it possible to see the end of the stairs without any particular problems.

"The stairs themselves wouldn't be that long thinking from place to place, so can we manage without the lights?

"Don't be impotent, impotent. It's not Ray."

To the guards who told him so, Ray gave them the lamp he had previously bought from the mysteries or taken from the bandits.