Legend

Looking at the dirt wall that is spreading in front of him, Vihera opens her mouth as impressed.

"I see. This doesn't make it so easy for Cobolt to imitate coming into the guild. Well, as Ray said, it's not hard to get over from the Guild side."

"Oh. I didn't think you'd imitate that.... In the first place, it's winter even when you leave here? Many winter-specific monsters are stronger than regular monsters. Yet if you imitate it like that... that's nothing but suicide"

"I guess. It's just, if you're gonna get caught if you stay in the guild like this, it's gonna be different, right?

"Right."

Monsters intentionally in the Guild... that's why they were imitating low-ranking monsters like Kobolt and sacrificing so much to their dangerous tentacles.

That would almost certainly be the death penalty if caught.

... No, it was even possible that being sentenced to death would be the lightest punishment.

Considering that, it's still one or eight, it's not strange to get out of the gilm over this dirt wall.

(Plus, I had less cobolts today. I mean, if you run away from here, you're unlikely to be attacked by Kobolt like before, he said. It's not strange to think so)

That's what I think as I look at the dirt wall, I inadvertently hear the monster squeal from the other side of that dirt wall.

"Could Cobolt have come?

I just thought Ray had a small number of Kobolts, but did Kobolts show up as if betraying them?

With that in mind, with such a ray attitude intact, Vihera kicks the ground and lands on the dirt wall.

The move, which did not make you feel gravity, was admirable.

Oh, it's not Cobolt, it's Goblin.

"Goblin? Maybe he came here with interest because Kobolt was here every day and he was gone."

"I mean, Kobolt has been here so far because we can have some delicious thoughts, and we don't have that Kobolt, so now we're...?

"Maybe, though. I can't read Goblin's mind."

In fact, why does Goblin act like that sometimes when he sees it? I don't often do things like that.

I've also heard Ray talk more than once about how he was interested in such a goblin and wearing unexpected painful hands...

"So? What do we do? What are we gonna do with the goblins?

"I don't like it, it stinks"

Vihera says so lightly, kicking the dirt wall in a motion that doesn't make her feel gravity again, and lands on the ground.

"I thought you'd say that.... if it was a rare or superior species of goblin, it might have been different."

"YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

"Gah, gah, gah!"

"Gyo-goo-goo-goo"

Goblin squeaks loudly so as to block Ray's words.

Why on earth? I wondered, Ray, but if you think about it, it's natural that Vihela is on the dirt wall because it can also be seen from the goblins on the other side... if Goblins saw Vihela, it would have been natural to make a scene like now.

For Goblin, Vihera is the best prey.... whether you can defeat that prey or not.

"You're very popular."

To Ray's words, which are a little teasing, Vihera opens her mouth in such a way that she is dissatisfied.

"Oh, the goblins loved me, and I'm not happy or anything. At least if it's a stronger monster."

"Come with Kobolt. It's a goblin.... Back to the whole city rather than being courted by strange opponents any more? You should pick up Seto."

That's still quite enough until the promised time, but Seto, who broke up to hang out with the kids on his way here, should pick him up as soon as possible.

It is certain that it will be a major disturbance in the afternoon, so it was also necessary to eat in advance.

Vihera thinks a little bit about Ray's words like that... eventually, she snorts.

"Right. You'd rather look forward to the afternoon's mighty enemies than the definite goblins in front of you, wouldn't you? Okay, let's go. What are you having for lunch today?

"I wonder what. I knew it was winter and I think warm food would be nice"

That's what Ray said, but thanks to the dragon robe, I haven't felt the cold at all.

It's not snowing now, but its temperatures are infinitely lower than it is still winter.

... Still, it would be natural to still want to eat warm food in the winter.

(Like sukiyaki... but I don't have all the ingredients. I don't have soy sauce or anything. In the first place, how do you make a sukiyaki sauce? Sugar and... booze? Other than that, I don't have the ingredients.)

Ray just remembered it made me want to eat sukiyaki, but there's nothing more I can do than not have all the ingredients in the first place.

I give up thinking any more, and with Vihera I follow before the dirt wall.

From beyond the dirt wall, as always, there was an exciting squeal of goblins, but Ray and Vihera hear it out.

"With that said, the fact that Kobolt hasn't come today means some guy who was still being asked to crusade Kobolt is going to lose his money today"

"Perhaps you are. But you're in trouble without someone like that, aren't you? Yeah, but if Cobolt doesn't show up, don't worry about it."

"Hmm, if the cobolt doesn't come out all the time like this, I guess that's fine. If the damage I did to that tentacle yesterday caused it, I don't know how long it'll last."

"Right. In a situation where everyone hasn't been asked to crusade for Kobolt, Kobolt actually showed up again... something a little less stylish when it does"

If no one is here for the crusade of Kobolt, Kobolt, who came into the Guild by any means over the dirt walls, will undoubtedly pass through the compartment of the additions and arrive throughout the city with a lot of people.

And if you encounter an opponent who doesn't have the means to fight anything... it's easy for Ray to imagine what the consequences will be.

For once, Gilm is on the border, and many are former adventurers.

There are many who can fight more than ordinary cities and villages, but not all of them are, and if they encounter children, they don't have to think about it.

"Well, for that reason, the kind of watchdog would really be a must. Originally, before I built the dirt walls... I kept an eye out for monsters from entering the gilm from the site of the additions before the cobolts appeared in large quantities."

While in conversation that way, Ray and Vihera go through the place where they are working on the additions… When they come all the way to the city, they discover Seto playing with the children.

The proximity of the place where the additions are being made means that many places are vacant in the vicinity.

That's why it was enough as a place for Seto to play with the kids.

"You're smiling."

Vihera squeaks when she sees how the kids are chasing Seto.

Most of all, that would be the word because I know about the existence of Seto.

If you don't know anything... if Ray or anyone who sees Seto for the first time sees the sight now, you should almost certainly have decided that the child is the sight of Seto... being attacked by Griffon.

Nevertheless, I guess there's hardly anyone in the Guild who doesn't know about Seto.

"Right. I'll never let you imitate this sight of a lot of people admiring Seto being destroyed by a Kobolt raid."

As for Ray, who is judging this place his base, the so-called place, Kobolt rampaging here... and the pink tentacles that would be calling Kobolt rampaging, can't be tolerated.

That's why I was so motivated in this one case.

... I was expecting the means of manipulating the cobolt to be a magic item, actually due to some ritual, which was a completely different way, because it could have been related.

"Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

You must have noticed Ray and Vihera talking.

Seto, who was playing with the kids, sounds his throat gladly as he looks at you.

And. Contrary to the fact that Seto seems happy, the kids have an unfortunate look on their face.

Originally, that's what Ray promised me he could play with Seto only while he was watching the dirt wall.

More than that, we all understood that this was the end of our play with Seto because Ray was back.

I want to play more, but there is no such thing as saying my utmost with it in my mouth.

If you say that here, I know you won't let me in next time you play with Seto... most importantly, because I've seen it.

In the end, the kid was forgiven for apologizing to Ray and Seto, but it was honest with the kids that they didn't want to imitate him like that.

"I'm sorry, we have business to attend to, so it's time to go. If you get another chance, play with Seto."

"Grrrrrrrr"

Seto rings his throat to match Ray's words.

The kids wave with a little shame and run away from this place to play new again.

Rey stroked Seto, reassured that that direction was not the site of the additional construction.

"Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

Are you happy to be stroked by Ray, Seto, who is in a good mood and throats.

If you try Ceto, I'd be glad to be stroked by the kids I was playing with earlier, or by someone who often caresses me, but I guess the happiest part is still being stroked by Ray.

Stroke more and rub your head in the wind like that Ceto.

Ray kept stroking as he grinned at Seto like that too...

"Hey, that's good to be doing, but isn't it time to go to dinner? I'm gonna be busy this afternoon, and I'd like to have a meal early if I can."

A little dissatisfied, Vihera tells.

I'm not jealous of Seto, but still, if you look at how you're lying around and stroking only Seto, it's not like you have nowhere to think.

... I would normally call that jealousy, but it doesn't look like Vihera herself is aware of it.

And I was stroking Seto... and Ray, whom I loved, didn't seem to notice it either, I'm just simply convinced it would be the same.

"Right. So, shall we go to dinner?... What do you want to eat?

"Right. Looks like we're going to be moving flashy this afternoon, and I'd love to have a good meal."

Normally, I'm going to be exercising intensely, so I'm going to make it a light meal... and so on, but I guess it was different for Vihera.

Most importantly, Ray agreed with Vihera that way, and she wanted to eat Seto if she could eat again, so nobody disagreed with Vihera.

"Then you're a solid shop, not sandwiches or skewers. Instead of worrying about what to eat"

As for Ray, he had thought about sukiyaki earlier and wanted to eat pots.

"Right. It's winter, and I figured how about a hot stew or something? It also contains a lot of utensils, not a drinking stew, but a eating stew."

"Gru!"

You reacted to the word "eating stew," Seto throats delightfully.

I guess if you still try Ceto, you prefer the eaten act to the drink.

"Stew? It's a cold season, and that's good. Besides stew, bread, anything else. I just want to order the right dishes."

"Right. Stir-fried meat and vegetables, bread... Udon 't you like it?"

"I haven't eaten meat in a long time... is it hard?"

The dishes that Ray worked together to develop before, starting with meatballs, have naturally taught Ray that they are winter dishes, which are also quite popular in the Guild.

It's just that the real thing or the ancestors...... the stores that Ray taught directly are naturally highly popular.

You need to line up to buy it at that store, and you can't buy as many as the Rays are satisfied with on top of that.

(If you can't sukiyaki, like, Oden...... hmm, how do you make Oden stock?)

What Ray used when he was in Japan was a stock made with Oden vegetables.

So Ray doesn't know exactly how he can make rice noodle stock.

(Happen, beef sushi, yarn konjac, potatoes, radishes, eggs... and at the end of the day, hang the juice from the rice... oh, I'm really dying for the rice)

While I felt like eating rice noodles... I didn't know how to make them as well as sukiyaki, and I gave them up carelessly.