Legend

For one thing, having gained a clue about the bodies found in this mansion, the documents and some tools found from the hidden shelves, and above all the space underground and the pink tentacles that came out of that space, the Rays decided to leave this mansion once and for all.

Most likely, even if some of the guards had that much evidence gathered, if they persuaded their superiors that they would be able to fully examine this mansion and the mansions surrounding it as guards, they would not say it was definitive.

Still, Ray insisted we should end the search because there was still that pink tentacle thing.

What the hell happens when that tentacle, which even Ray struggles to deal with, gets out of that underground space for some reason?

That's nothing but dangerous, no matter what you think from anywhere.

(One case of Cobolt is all kinds of dangerous, but fortunately, thanks to the dirt wall, the number of people entering the guild is extremely low. For, obviously, that pink tentacle is more dangerous now)

Ray thinks so, and the guards who actually went to underground space with Ray are also convinced of Ray's words like that.

At the end of the day, whether the tentacles that came out of the rift in space are dangerous or not is whether you've actually seen it, which makes you feel very different.

For example, if the guards knew what Ray was capable of and said that Ray was dangerous... even if they understood it, they still didn't see it in person, it might have been impossible as a human habit to estimate the threat just a few steps lower.

"Anyway, we need to gather the guards scattered throughout this mansion. … and it's possible that there are people still protecting this mansion"

The girl Ray let go disappeared from that underground space somewhere.

It was easy to predict that he had probably escaped to another mansion through one of the stairs that was in the underground space, but he couldn't follow it any more than things had moved before he followed it.

But it was more than likely that other guards still investigating this mansion would be attacked than that girl was necessarily the last person left in this mansion.

"Right. Then let's get out of this mansion right away. You'll need to get some information from that man you captured on the front porch."

"... if you say so, you were there"

Originally, you're not the kind of person you can forget so quickly.

But it was still honest that the pink tentacles had had a very strong impact on Ray, and I had completely forgotten.

"Hey, don't forget."

"Bad. So, how do we gather the people scattered throughout the mansion?

"Use this"

That's what the guards said, and it was the whistle that took it out.

Ray gives a convincing look when he looks at the whistle and remembers that he had used the whistle to interact before.

"I mean, can you do some kind of exchange of will with that whistle or something?"

Ray reminded me of the word Morse signal, but unfortunately Ray doesn't know how to actually use Morse signals, even though he does.

However, when it was determined that it was a similar method, perhaps even though the guards were using it to communicate their intentions, the intention was understandable.

"That's right. It's a little loud, I'll blow it in the hallway."

That said, Ray dropped off the guard leaving the room... and as soon as he got out of the hallway, he heard a whistle clattering high.

I guess I whistled a few times on a regular basis and finished my instructions. The guard opens the door and shows his face.

"We're done giving directions, let's go"

Following that word, the Rays leave the room.

That's how he leaves the room... and then Ray asks one of the guards, the person he went to underground space with, what he cared about.

"Why didn't you use that whistle when they were attacking you earlier?

If we can use the whistle to communicate with each other to some extent, that's what we could do, ask our people to help us when we're being attacked.

To Ray, who asks so, the guard, who was called out, shook his neck to the side.

"That girl had a lot of strength. That's why I couldn't afford to whistle when there were three of us."

"Right. If you'd done a strange imitation of the detour over there, you'd probably... No, we're definitely injured. First of all, you'd have lost your life."

Another guard, who was acting with Ray, nods to agree with what his colleague said.

I was wondering if that's what it is. While Ray thinks so, he walks down the hall.

It must have been gathered by the sound of the whistle. On the way to the front door, several guards join the Rays.

Some guards ask me if I have found any clues or anything more than I did and collected them with the sound of a whistle, and the guards will answer that.

There were also occasions where guards, acting with the Rays on the contrary, asked in such a way as if they had any clues.

Naturally, a guard is also an expert on the road.

Aside from the clues the Rays found, it was only natural that they were finding some kind of clue.

... although it was an unmistakable fact that the clues Ray and the others found were still the most important ones.

While this is happening, we eventually arrive at the front door of the mansion.

Naturally, there was an old man tied up who attacked me when I first came to this mansion, and there was a guard looking out for it.

"I heard the whistle, but apparently it's over without a problem"

The guards who were searching the mansion nodded back at the words of the guards waiting at the front door.

"Oh. I got a lot of clues. That's probably enough clue to move up there."

Ray wonders a little bit about the words of the guard who told him so.

Because I was told earlier that it would be difficult to move up in this one case.

(No, is the judgment around it individual in the end? Some people think it's okay, some people think it's no good, isn't it strange)

I didn't hear it firmly from the guards, but Ray decides so and turns his gaze to the old man, who is unable to say anything because he is a monkey monkey.

"For that reason, about this mansion... and the surrounding mansion, we will enter the investigation. It might not be funny to you protecting this mansion."

"Muggle!"

He was an old man who tried to say something to Ray's words, but naturally he can't imitate that in the present situation.

Why don't you take the monkey for a second? Neither did Ray think that, given the possibility that an old man would bite off his tongue before talking and kill himself to not give him information, such imitation could not have been easy.

"Well, after that, you're going home safely to the jar. We need to take back this guy on the way... and we need to be careful because there might be someone coming after us to take back the clues we got in that mansion."

With that said, Ray wasn't worried about being ambushed at all.

Because if it's inside the mansion, if it's outside the mansion, Seto will act with us.

Ray also has five senses sharper than normal humans, but Seto has five senses sharper than that ray.

I mean, normally, the fact is that even if this one mastermind sent in an assassin, there's nothing we can do about it at the point where Ray and Seto are.

I guess the guards know that too.

Nodding as relieved by Ray's words, let the old man who is tied up stand up and exit the mansion.

"Grrrrrrrrrr!"

Then, you were on the doorstep in good time, and Seto burst into Ray with a happy throat.

... Normally, being with a giant like Ceto penetrates is nothing but fear.

But for Ray, Seto is a companion who can be relieved from the bottom of his heart, and in a way, he can be regarded as the other self.

So, although even the guards around him were suddenly surprised by Seto's advance, Ray doesn't look particularly concerned and accepts that Seto.

"All the time,... you don't have to miss me so much, do you? I wasn't away that long. You're sweet."

Ray says so as he strokes Seto rubbing his face... but if you see Ray's face grinning, you can't really feel convincing about the words.

"Besides, was there anybody else running away from us while we were inside the mansion?

The mansion where the Rays entered is definitely connected to the surrounding mansion in an underground space.

But I don't think I would prefer to use a place where tentacles like that might appear.

For example, what else could be considered as a means of escaping from this mansion was still escaping through some back door.

(Well, there may be a possibility that there was a hidden passage or something that I or the guards couldn't find, from which I escaped to another mansion)

While thinking, Ray's hands continue to stroke Seto in the meantime.

"Grrrrrrrrrr"

Enjoy Ray's stroking hands as he throats over his comfort.

But Ray, who was stroking Seto, eventually stops that hand.

Aren't you gonna stroke me anymore? and Seto points his circular gaze at Ray, but Ray couldn't imitate any more here to kill time.

"Sorry, Seto. Just wait for me to stroke. When I'm done with this one... no, I'll give you a stroke at dinner."

"Gru!"

To Ray's words, Seto rings his throat with joy.

Get your hands off such a ceto, Ray turns his gaze to the guards... and to the old man who was being captured.

"Okay, let's go. You need to go to the jar first, gather all the information, report it up there, and find out what kind of evidence you've got."

As such, the Rays had a lot to gain… at the same time, they were headed to the jar after completing a search in which a mystery had arisen.

"Hmmm.... so Ray was fighting a strong opponent"

At dinner time, as usual, in the courtyard of the marina's house, Vihera, who heard from Ray what had happened today, says with envy.

Ray was told that he was blessed with the opportunity to fight a strong enemy at a time when he was no longer in the mood to fight or fight Kobolt, so that would be the reason.

Besides the pink tentacles if you try to lay it on, it's honest that you weren't even close enough to call yourself a strong enemy.

It was a formidable enemy to the guards, just for sure, not sure what to say against Vihella.

"Even so. You'd be stronger than Kobolt, but you didn't have the strength that Vihella would want to fight, did you?

Vihera gives a look like she doesn't know what to say to the words she returns stroking Seto.

Because if I tried it on Vihela, I would have liked to have fought even if they said so.

Still, you convinced me it was too late to say anything in the current situation, eventually exhale small, then open your mouth.

"So, what are the guards going to do after all? Evidence Ray found, testimony, that's how you can now move?

"I don't know. I don't know that area yet. Even in the upper echelons of the guards, there's a lot to consider."

"I guess."

That's what Marina tells Ray and Vihera to talk.

As a former guild master, I'm guessing you're anticipating how the current guard will move because of that connection with the guards as well.

Next to the marina, Elaine was also nodding to agree.

Nevertheless, there is no doubt that we cannot afford to think slowly in this one case.

So was the case with Kobolt, but Ray and the guards were still worried because if the pink tentacles Ray encountered in the underground space came out of it, it would certainly be a major threat.

"But the mansion we broke into today is sealed off by the guards, right? … it seems that the other mansions connected from that underground space have not been sealed off."

"Oh. I hear there's a lot going on around there.... I guess if you go up the stairs in that underground space, you can get out inside the other mansions. … I think it's a lot less cumbersome, but it can be difficult."

To Ray's words, Elaine and the others listening to him frowned unexpectedly.