Legend

"... what?

Dusker didn't know what his men were talking about at first.

Makes me work too much, I even wonder if I'm tired.

That's how I've been busy here for a while myself...... and I want to take it slow somewhere while I make up my mind to face reality and bring cold fruit water to my mouth.

"Sorry, say it again. I think I just missed it."

The man who finds out his words are not genuinely accepted by Dusker is somewhat shocked, but soon convinces him that he has no choice either.

In the first place, even I don't really believe in this one.

The other person who brought the report… I was finally convinced by the fact that the two adventurers who were asking for supplies to be transported to the Tower of Birth and even the knights serving Dusker had all reported it.

Still, I guess it's only natural that I suspected that you might have seen it in group hallucinations as well.

But they insist only that they are not, that the sight they see is real… that a giant lake has shifted right next to the tower of birth.

If you insist that much, the man - about 80%, to be exact - had to report to Dusker, though I doubt it.

In the first place, if you're looking at hallucinations, or even if you can't think about it but you're lying for some reason, if you let someone head to the tower of birth, it's clear whether that's a lie or not.

That's why I brought the report to Dusker.

… the result was that I was worried that I might be tired.

"Yes. I don't think Master Dusker would believe it either, and honestly I couldn't believe it when I heard the story either. But according to the story of the man who brought the report, a giant lake has undoubtedly been transferred to a place just outside the Tower of Birth, not the Trento Forest."

"... metastasis, metastasis? I'm surprised the tower of birth just shifted... what's going on? No, well, if they say there's just a continuing commotion called metastasis, you're right."

Ha, and.

Dusker drinking fruit water again.

The refreshing acidity and slight sweetness moisturize the mouth.

To be honest, Dusker is very tired of the commotion here.

Even though it's a busy place, there's been a series of metastases.

"You will.... Why don't you send someone for now? So you can see if the lake has really metastasized."

"Right. And if it's true, maybe I should go see him once."

"To?"

Whether Dusker's words were unexpected or his men utter a voice that he thinks is a slightly missing voice himself.

The fact that a very busy current Dusker vacates the guilds to see the lake is all kinds of unpleasant.

That was the only thing that was certain that the job would accumulate considerably, even for a few hours or so.

My men know that, too, which is why they raised their missing voices in surprise.

"Are you crazy? I hear that the tower of birth has been transferred, but I haven't seen that either. And now the lake's metastasized. Then don't you think we need to keep a close eye on that area as lords of the Guild?

"If you say it with or without your thoughts, I know you should see it...... but still, given the current situation of Master Dusker, isn't it difficult?

"I think it's hard, so it gets harder. You can do it if you want. Did Ray say something about this before?" Exchange will do. Nothing you can't do without an exchange. "I wonder if you're willing to do it for real."

It's slightly different from what Ray intended, but what Dusker is trying to say isn't wrong in the big picture.

My men, too, heard it and decided it couldn't be stopped any more... at the same time, it was understandable that it would make a good mood shift for Dusker.

"Okay. I won't be there right now, but I'll still arrange for you to go see the lake and the birth tower as soon as I can. Though, I don't think I can handle it on my own, so I think I need other people to help me out a lot."

I am one of Dasker's men, but I am not that high among my men.

That's why I have Dusker's men who are in a higher position than I am, so if Dusker was going outside the Guild, I also needed to talk to you.

"Right."

I just regret a little bit of what Dusker looks like with a happy grin, that his men are going to be in trouble for a short time.

Nevertheless, I've been busy here lately, Dusker.

It was also true that you should do the mood swings while you can.

"Regardless of the matter of Master Dusker's inspection, we need to first see if the lake has really metastasized. We're also talking about a lake of considerable size, but we'll also need to find out exactly how big it is."

"Right. You have to do someone first, huh? But... is there anyone who's free in the current situation?

That being said, my men can't answer right away.

Naturally. Dusker, Lord of the Guild, is busy by now.

Even his men are naturally busy.

In some cases, there are even busier people than Dusker.

A knight would still have some... I really can afford some, but this time all I need is a civilian dispatch.

When that happens, it's hard to be the one who can afford it. Difficult... Currently there are men in front of Dusker who know what's going on.

My men remain silent on Dusker, who keeps his gaze on himself.

This is how I brought the report, but it's not like I'm busy.

That is why there is still a lot of work to be done if you go back to your room.

I had a desire to go outside and change my mood, but if I acted like that here, it would definitely be overtime.

To avoid that, I can't take the job here...

"... ok. I'm coming."

Considering that if someone other than yourself ends up going, you have to explain the situation from scratch, you honestly decide that you should go and take it on.

Now it is certain to work overtime, but there are many advantages to doing so.

First, naturally, the rewards increase.

It would also be a great advantage that, although alcohol is the only way out, meals are usually able to eat higher-ranking dishes than they do in cafeterias all over the city.

Some of Dusker's men even carry a lot of work to work overtime from themselves in search of that meal.

That's all, the cook Dasker hired was amazing.

Most of all, Dusker doesn't usually behave that way either.

Now that we're all busy, the best way to make our work a little more efficient is to cook deliciously.

If the man who decides to work overtime today can also eat good food…, he leaves the clerk's office to confirm the lake when he gives a hand to Dusker.

Dusker, who dropped that back off, carries fruit water into his mouth again.

(A lake... a lake. If it's a lake, do fish species exist? It depends on how big that lake is, but if it works out, you might be able to throw a stone at Gilm's food situation)

The current food situation in Guild is by no means bad.

The increase in the number of people living in the Guild as a result of the additional construction has not meant that food is scarce, and many people are satisfied with the flavour.

But it is also true that there are still few seafood.

If you are a Guild Grower, there are not many people that are so fish-bound, but Guild is a place where adventurers come together from a variety of places.

Not to mention that there is now additional construction going on, and more people have gathered from various places than ever before in search of work.

Many of them have places nearby, such as the sea, rivers, lakes, and marshes, and if they were such, fish would be the ingredient that comes naturally out in everyday meals.

However, in guilds, fish species are higher than meat due to location problems, and even come in as preserved foods like salting.

Food conditions are never good for those whose daily routine is to eat fresh fish.

In that sense, the lake had the potential to have a good impact on the food situation in Gilm.

... It was the truth that I couldn't do it without thinking about things that would be in the interest of Guild.

"Phew, let's get rid of the paperwork."

Escaping reality does not reduce the number of documents.

On the contrary, the amount of paperwork increases just for what was escaping reality.

That's why Dusker resumed his work to reduce the paperwork a little bit.

"This... again..."

The civilian man, who came to the lake in a carriage, dazzles at the sight that spreads in front of him.

The lake has been in sight since I was traveling precisely by carriage, but if I came directly to the front of the lake in this way, the impact on me would be significant.

"Has this kind of substitution really metastasized?

"That's right. Otherwise, why is there a lake here?

It was Ray who spoke to the civilian man.

Next to Ray is also the figure of Seto with Lizardman's children on his back.

"Ray."

"You must have been one of Master Dusker's men. His name was... Amonai, was it?

"Yeah, that's right."

Amonai, as one of Dusker's men, has dealt with Ray several times before.

So I have no particular doubt that the name is remembered, and by nodding gently I take the place of greeting.

"So, what do you think?

"I don't care what you say. You can only be surprised.... When I first heard about this, I thought it was a hallucination or something. Or you're right that you wanted to."

"I guess. If you don't see it in person with your own eyes, you won't believe it so easily."

"Grrrrrrrr"

Ringing out to Ray's words as Seto agrees.

... the Lizardman children down from the back of such a ceto were traveling and playing until the wave strike of the lake.

The lake, which suddenly appeared on the meadow, is a complete specification prepared to the sandy beach at the time of its wave strike.

Although not at sea, the act of playing at wave strikes is also not sufficiently possible.

The question is, do you not know what kind of organisms and monsters are in the lake because we have yet to find out very little about the lake?

As far as Ray can see from the sky aboard Seto, he is able to confirm the existence of an animal that he has never seen before.

In the first place, this lake itself is very large.

It was impossible for Ray and Seto to look at everything just a little from the top.

We still haven't figured out exactly how deep the lake is.

More than that, I don't think it's dangerous to play on the side of the lake in a detour... At the same time, I had the thought that if there were dangerous creatures, they would be in a deep place, not in such a shallow place.

Not to mention, this lake is pretty big.

So much so that there will be thousands of common pools in the school.

It was Ray's expectation that there would be no dangerous organisms close to the shore just for such a size.

... but that's only Ray's common sense story, and I don't know until I find out what's actually going on.

(Besides, I wonder if this lake came from a world where the Zozos are.)

Ray asked Zozo and Gaga that there is no such lake within the Grand Dragonian Empire.

The Grand Dragonian Empire itself is a great power, and that's more than just the size of the Kingdom of Mireana. Actually, it's not surprising that there are unknown lakes of Zozo and Gaga somewhere.

Less, Zozo and Gaga said they didn't know.

If it's this big a lake, it's not weird to know one of them.

"As far as that goes, there doesn't seem to be any danger in shallow places for now. … but you won't be able to judge everything just by looking at it here and now"

"I guess. Besides, even small creatures actually have powerful poisons or something. If I could, I hope that's not the case."

Jellyfish and lizards, spiders and shellfish.

Some of them are creatures that are small but vicious poisonous.

I don't suppose you have to worry about jellyfish because this is a lake.

… Given that this is a different world than Earth, and that this lake has moved from one world to another, it is not strange that there are jellyfish that live in the lake.

"Anyway, this lake should be fully investigated as soon as possible. If we do well, it will be of great benefit to Guild."

Ray nodded as he watched the Lizardman children playing at the wave.