Legend
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"It was delicious"
You seem satisfied. Above all.
The meal is over and Ray speaks of that sentiment.
Daisy smiles happily at how satisfied she seems to be with her flattery and nothing.
That's the smile of beauty, like it wouldn't be strange if a person watching was accidentally blinded.
... Sometimes I usually see beauty owners who, in Ray's case most often, are regarded as the best in history by different kinds: Elaine, Marina, and Vihera, and I'm not upset by Daisy's laughter.
"Yeah, I've never been to this store before, but there's just something Daisy would be proud of"
In fact, all the dishes that came out were dishes made using seasonal ingredients, which were cooked in such a way as to maximize the flavour of the ingredients without adding extra effort.
As far as Ray's image is concerned, the Japanese cuisine is close because it makes the most of the flavour of the ingredients. … of course, the flavoring was different.
"Thank you. It's a little different from this dish, but I asked Seto to serve it too, so you'll be happy.... Well, I'm just finishing up my cooking and I'd like to get down to business, would you mind?
Ray nods as he enjoys his after-dinner tea to Daisy, who tells him with a serious look.
"Oh, I don't mind.... So? What kind of hand is Daisy?
I couldn't deny the possibility that Daisy herself was the head of some force, but it was still predictable that Ray would be someone sent by some force from previous conversations.
Hearing the words, Daisy smiles.
"You talk fast. … of the Kings."
"King's pie?
Ray was surprised that he didn't think to answer lightly this way, and at the same time wondered if he was a king person.
For Ray, the Kings are not at all involved... but nevertheless have less to do with the Neutrality of Gilm's lord Dusker or the aristocracy to which Elaine belongs.
Ray is also quite close to Marca Quento, a genius who uses the magic of various attributes, but the relationship is not comparable to that of neutrals or aristocrats.
Not to mention, the Kings are the ones who were behind one incident of red cloth or cobolt in the winter.
It would also be natural for Ray to be surprised because such a kingship person has come into contact with himself in this situation.
(I remember hearing that the Kings are the only biggest factions and that there are even more factions in the faction. Given that, is Daisy a moderate or a moderate, a use from those people?... No way, I don't think a hostile opponent is friendly over here)
For a moment, but if you were a hostile opponent, wouldn't you have even poisoned the dishes earlier? I thought Ray, but Ray's taste is sensitive.
Normally, even a poison that doesn't make them realize it's poisonous can be enough to make them wonder about the taste of cooking.
… but if it were to recognize the poison as the hidden flavour of the dish, it would have been different.
"Apparently, you surprised me. It was worth revealing my secret here."
To Daisy, who shows things like doing it, Ray carries the tea into her mouth with the will to protest, naturally.
He then moistens his throat and then seeps through some dissatisfaction and opens his mouth.
"So? What's the matter now with the Kings, who have been so scattered against me?
"I have a few errands... first, one. Only some of the Kings are hostile to Mr. Ray, and some are not."
"I know that. Actually, I know a guy named Marca.... but it's an unmistakable fact that the Kings have actually attacked Gilm between last year and this year, isn't it? You know, contracting a red cloth or some weird eyeball monster to sprinkle a cobolt on the extensions."
If you try Ray, the perception is that the most hostile faction right now is the Kings.
Some aristocrats used to make strange moves thinking that they didn't care about being friendly with the neutrals, but since the iconic Elaine of the aristocrats came to Gilm, almost none of them imitated such things.
... It's almost, and not entirely, because so many people are hostile to the neutrals.
All in all, it was an unmistakable fact that in the present situation the Kings are more likely to be perceived as enemies than the aristocrats.
"Besides, use that red cloth as a sacrifice for a contract with a monster with eyeballs.... So, what are you talking about so far, but you naturally know what's going on around here that you came here to talk to me directly?
"Yeah. I just told you, it's only part of the Kings."
"Even if they say so, the Kings are kings, aren't they? And even if they say it only with some of them... they won't be here any time soon."
If some of the people in some group work evil, the majority of them are considered the same.
That would be the same in the country, not just in groups.
For example, if someone who leads a country in disregard of its promises, can you trust that country… and the human person in that country?
Of course some would still believe it, but Ray cannot fully believe in the people of that country.
Or can we forcibly make up an event that would otherwise not exist with such impotent reasoning that whoever hears it seems forceful, imitating it so that it continues to proclaim itself to be true, and forge friendly relations with the human beings of such a country, as there was a country in which all the people of that country believed it to be true by the time they were biased?
"If you say so, you can only apologize."
"You can honestly apologize and take it favorably. But that's not why you decided you didn't have everything, is it?
"Right. But... my boss is an extraordinary king, isn't he? I assure you that he will not attack Ray... and the Neutralists."
"Oh, great,"
Speaking of the kingship greats Ray knows, the Marca clan...... about the Duke of Quent.
The title Duke is the highest among the nobles.
I mean, who's better than the Duke of Quent...
"Royalty, huh?"
"Correct"
To Ray's words, Daisy tells him so with a full grin.
Ray gave such an unexpected look to Daisy's attitude.
No way, because I didn't think it would be easy for Daisy to admit about her boss... royalty.
Look at Ray and Daisy smiles funny.
It seemed interesting from Daisy's eyes to have a smile that could be said to be age-appropriate.
Ray thinks about how Daisy looks like, drinking tea again.
Royalty? Royalty.... Well, given the situation in the Guild right now, isn't that strange that the royals are sticking their necks in)
The Green Man and the Lizardman of the Grand Dragonian Empire are moving, even towers of birth adjacent to the castle.
That's what makes it so hard to judge arbitrarily, even if it is Dusker, who leads one of the three major factions, the Neutralists.
And it is easy for Ray to imagine that the aristocratic district in Gilm also inhabits the royal nobility, and besides that, the royal handlers are trying to gather information by any means.
I guess it's an informed behavior from around here...
(Still, aren't you acting a little fast?
Neither does Ray know the exact distance from Gilm to the King's Capital.
In the first place, I've never even been to the King's Capital.
But still, I know it's not a quick distance to go.
Given that distance, Ray wonders if it was a little too soon for Daisy to show up in front of Ray.
(When that happens, he didn't come from the Wang capital, but from Gilm's... perhaps he was in a royalist nobleman's mansion in the aristocratic district?
With the means of communication like the orb of the pair, even Gilm and Wang Capital can be contacted.
And I can act on instructions from Wang Du...... if something like a kind of agent is in the guild, it's no strange story that Daisy has come into contact with Ray in this way.
"What is it? I've been eager to watch, but unfortunately, younger people aren't eligible for romance."
Leaks a grin so that Ray is caught, too, at the way he tells that with a joke-like laugh.
I don't know if he was doing it consciously or just coincidentally, but Daisy had an atmosphere that lifted people's guard and relaxed them.
"So, anyway, what have you come into contact with me for?
"Simply put, I'd like to ask for an intermediary with Lizardman.... you know what I mean?
"Grand Dragonian Empire, or"
To Ray's words, Daisy nods.
That's what I'm saying, that there should be a king, not a nobleman... or a royal family, more than the country has to do with it.
Ray, too, was not particularly uncomfortable with what Daisy has said that way because he thought it would all happen.
"Yes. Mr. Ray in particular has a friendly relationship with the two princes of the Grand Dragonian Empire.... No, it's actually not very good in that one person is able to comply"
It was Daisy squeaking like a little trouble, but Ray also wonders what to give back to it.
As for Zozo, it's not like Ray could have obeyed me.
When I first encountered him, he attacked me, so I knocked him out and he missed me for some reason.
That was Ray's honesty.
(I'm not a lousy Lizardman. Plump.... you feel that?
It was a ray that reminded me of that time, but it wasn't really like some sort of national RPG flow like that.
... No, I got up and became one of them. Although it could have been something similar in terms of looking at me with those eyes.
"Even if they say it's not good. I'm not telling Zozo to obey either. I don't know why, but that's what I've been up to from the other side. Gaga's a friend who allowed normal minds...... Friend Lizardman? Well, I feel like a friend."
"Tamer means this..."
Daisy looks slightly bitter, unlike how bright she's been.
If you look at that, isn't there something going on with Tamer in the past? And Ray doesn't think either.
Nevertheless, Ray is supposed to be a Tamer for once in some cases of Ceto, but it's actually very different.
In that sense, I'm pretty sure Zozo was a special case of sorts.
... Still, considering the series of streams Ray could follow Zozo, it's still not strange to be told Tamer.
(Oh, in that sense, I became a Tamer for both fame and fame, he said. Is that what you think? I don't know if that should please or grieve. No, can I be happy in terms of acquiring new abilities)
Ray opens his mouth, slightly wondering how to react.
"Leave Tamer alone for now..."
"Hmm?
When it comes to putting Tamer's case down, Daisy has turned an unconvincing gaze, but Ray ignores it and continues to say the word.
"As I leave it. What Daisy expects from me is to introduce Zozo and Gaga?
"... you will"
It was Daisy the way she tried to say something back to Ray's words, but she eventually honestly admits Ray's words, whether she remembered the current situation.
Daisy's mood is fixed... not to say, but Ray is relieved that we can still move on with this.
"I don't mind enough to introduce you, but that's about all I can do, okay? For example, I command Zozo and Gaga to the Kings... to follow the royal family of the Kingdom of Mireana and not to the wind."
Or, if you're Zozo, you might follow orders from Ray more than you have an attitude of absolute obedience to Ray.
But even as Ray, I didn't mean to give Zozo unscrupulous orders, and needless to say I was in Gaga.
"Yeah, that's okay. This is not Lizardman's, either, because I'm not going to do this to the royal family. I'm just saying you need to make a facial connection first.... Speaking of which, shouldn't there have been other royalty?
"You're a fast ear.... No, is this expression a little different?
Zaza, Zozo's brother.
This Lizardman case should have been kept in strict secrecy.
Nevertheless, if you want to gather information from such people as Tsubaki and Adventurers who were in the Trento Forest at the time, you won't be able to gather it either.
Still, it's harder to ask... in primitive conditions than they tell you to keep it a secret for once.
If I let you get drunk with alcohol, we'll talk about it again.
"So, what do you say? What about you?
"I wouldn't recommend it. But it's not a question of telling me this, so if you want to do something about Zaza, you can negotiate directly with Master Dusker."
In the end, Ray threw a round at Dusker about Zaza.