Legend

Dusker, who receives detailed reports from his men, looks out the window to escape half reality without hiding the thought that he has become a hassle.

There was warm sunlight pouring down in the spring weather, and the sights that could not be seen during the winter were widening.

The greenery of the trees in the garden is friendly to the eyes.

It seemed to Dusker as if such a sight was spreading, as if to mercy the feeling of tiredness.

A few minutes go by as it is.

The person who brought the report...... The man who has actually seen the lake with his own eyes also doesn't say anything when he looks at the current Dusker because he understands that Dusker has brought this information in his knowledge that he is being chased to work day after day.

And now that the reality escape stained mood shift is over, Dusker returns his gaze to the man again.

"Sorry about that."

"No."

After a short exchange of words, the two return to the topic of the lake.

"So besides the slime that Ray burned, is there any danger to the lake?

"According to what Master Marina examined with spiritual magic, there is no presence in the lake of the same size as that slime"

"Right."

Dusker is honestly convinced of the word.

I understand just how much that spiritual magic is a substitute for someone I've known since I was a little girl.

He was a dusker who had worked in the King's Capital as a knight, but I had never seen a spiritual magic user like Marina among them.

... In order to become a knight, I initially decided that spiritual magic was not as skillful as a marina, but that there was no reason why it was so much inferior, and that caused a lot of commotion.

It was more believable than ever that there was no other presence in the lake with a giant slime, or an equivalent size, in a marina with that much protruding spiritual magic skill.

Where the marina is, I don't talk about it directly.

If so, how is that to be made fun of?

(If that's what you mean, Ray is a great guy. That's enough to respect)

Imitations such as making the marina... fall in love with the 'that' marina, which also makes you fall in love from the bottom of your heart, are not as easy as they can be.

That was even great enough to honor Ray.

If I say that in front of the marina, I'm not actually going to say it, though, because it will undoubtedly unveil my embarrassing past.

"In the meantime, you'd be relieved if Marina looked into it. The question is, did Ray burn the slime?"

"No, Master Dusker. You're right that I didn't exactly burn it, it keeps burning."

"Oh well. From what I've heard, it was huge enough flames to see from the guilds."

The flames that Ray magically created, unfortunately - or should I say fortunately - Dusker could not see.

But just listening, I can understand how much magic it is.

Given that you eat such magic and still keep burning without dying, it's not strange to want to say so what the hell kind of monster it is.

"Should we be saddened that the dangerous lakes where such monsters lived have been transferred, or should we be glad that Ray defeated such dangerous monsters quickly? That's what bothers you."

"In the meantime, that giant slime is no longer in danger, and if you think that a similar monster is not in the lake, it would be in the interest of the Guild, wouldn't you be happy?

"But if that lake stays intact... if there's no water flow, the water will starve in time. If you want to use it soundly, you need to do something about it... but you can't afford to work on connecting the lake to the river."

"Oh, don't worry about that area. Master Marina said he asked the water spirits firmly about it as well. Then we talked about new water pouring in from nowhere..."

"Right.... That's a good story to be happy with, right?

"Probably."

Now, if it was normally connected to the river, Dusker would have been able to rejoice without worry.

However, there is no reassurance from the bottom of my mind that the water is flowing from nowhere because it can suddenly stop in the worst case than I don't know exactly where it is coming from.

Maybe all the time...... water could be gushing out for decades, hundreds of years, but vice versa, that water could stop even tomorrow.

On top of that, if you can see directly the amount of water flowing like a river with your own eyes, it's easy to understand, but when water comes out of nowhere, it's very difficult to confirm it.

Still, Dusker isn't so worried because Marina is going to ask the water spirits about it.

If the water spirits in the lake are naturally familiar with the flow of water.

... It's not really wrong.

"You'll need me to go check the lake directly once. The question is, how do you make that time,"

Right now, I'm just busy.

Besides, not long ago there was also contact from the Kings.

Given that situation, it's still hard to make time.

Still, given the current situation, the option of not checking the lake directly with one's own eyes does not exist.

Or, of the Kings… it is also possible that without contact with the royal handlers, we would have put the matter of the lake behind us.

In the present situation, however, unfortunately, it was not possible to imitate it as such.

(Even in the carriage, the documents can be processed once. If you think about it, it's not actually that hard, is it? Of course, the escorts need to work hard.)

Dusker is still strong enough.

That's the strength that few of the Knights of the Guild can fight and win from the front with Dusker.

The Knights of Gilm on the border are known for their name as the elite among the elites.

The fact that most of those knights in the Knights couldn't beat Dusker showed how powerful Dusker was.

"Okay. Then I'll go see the lake tomorrow morning. The paperwork won't waste your travel time if you load it in the carriage."

The majority of Dusker's work is undoubtedly the processing of documents.

But I'm pretty sure there's actually a lot of other fine work to be done besides that.

Those jobs, if we stay behind for now...... it was possible to make time to go to the lake tomorrow morning.

Even then, I can't imitate using time like an hour or two in the lake.

"Okay. I'll be ready for that area."

"Do that.... The question is, is the slime that Ray is burning is still burning tomorrow... what do you think of that area?

"I can't say anything because I'm not familiar with magic. So it's simply like I saw it, but I was wondering if maybe that flame would go away in a day or two."

I assure you so.

I'm not really familiar with magic, but I still saw the burning slime and never thought it would disappear any time soon.

"I see.... but what happens if it rains? Even a flame created by Ray's magic doesn't make a difference, does it? So if it rains, it disappears?

"That's... what do you think? I don't get it."

It's been sunny in the last few days, but still, there have been street rains at night, and spring can make the weather more changeable.

Beyond that, it wouldn't be strange to be anxious that in some cases even the flames created by Ray's magic would disappear because of them and result in the release of the slime that continues to burn.

In fact, more than a flame created by Ray's magic, there's nothing like a slight rain that weakens or disappears.

Unfortunately, Dusker didn't see that flame directly, and the fact that the civilian is not familiar with magic meant he didn't know that far.

"Ask me if I go to the lake tomorrow too... no, in some cases the flames may go out tonight. I'm sorry, but I need you to get one of us under Ray right away and listen to me. If Ray ever moves around like a dangerous slime, all I can say is it sucks."

"Okay. I'll turn people around right away. And that means that Master Dusker is going to the lake tomorrow morning..."

"I don't mind telling you that either."

As a Dusker, I'm not going to hide anything else, so there's nothing wrong with that story being known to Ray.

Civilians leave the office courtesy of such a dusker.

Dropping it off, Dusker went back to paperwork again.

"Sorry, a little...... no, could I be a lot late?

"Mmm."

Biune follows Vihera's words and apologizes for the delay.

But those who worked around with the Vihelas welcome the two of them without paying any particular attention to how they look.

"You don't have to worry about it. So, that... that flame, what was it after all?

"It was our Ray."

The lake shifted and a giant slime appeared from it, using magic to defeat the slime… but it is stopped from talking about the lake.

So I'm really going to skip it appropriately and talk about it.

Still, Ray is famous for his guilds, and above all, it's no surprise that powerful monsters show up beyond being a periphery.

I actually used some powerful magic that isn't the other way around, but from what I can see from here, I don't know that either, so I'm convinced of Vihella's words.

"What a powerful monster you've got."

Squeeze and groan.

Only the Rank C Adventurer has defeated all kinds of monsters.

Still, I never defeated a monster who had to grasp such powerful magic.

"That's Ray."

The man you were listening to, too, whines as convinced.

Other people watching around with me follow it...... Soon we will be talking about Ray magically knocking down a Rank A monster that came out near the Trent Forest.

"Hmm?"

Are you sure? And Büne turns her gaze to Vihera.

"Even if you say so."

It was a rumor that could have been made at some point, but the rumor is by no means wrong.

Because the giant slime of actually coming out of the lake isn't surprising if it's classified as a high-ranking monster if it fits the rank.

By nature, slime is generally weaker than goblins.

Still, if you have the size of a mountain, a hill, or something like that, you're just going to have the strength to be incomparable with a goblin or something.

It is not strange what is spoken within the companions. It's not strange... Still, it was also an unmistakable fact that I was still somewhere uncomfortable.

I can't say anything more than to tell the truth, though.

(I'm not saying the wrong thing... okay)

Vihera is half forced to tell herself that, and decides not to touch on this topic any further for now.

Think we won't be able to spread the word any further if we keep our mouths shut.

"Besides, was there anything particularly wrong while we were gone?

It was an overt change of subject, but still it's not that strange to ask about it than the city's outlook is today's job.

A woman adventurer nods with a grin at Vihera's words.

"Yep. Fortunately... I don't know how to say this, but you're right that we couldn't afford to cause a commotion because everyone was distracted by Ray's flames. And because of that, someone said they were a little lost, but to that extent."

"Me, I've been in Gilm lately, and it's amazing how people don't get confused when they see a flame like that."

"It's a guild, that's all I can say. Normally, it's not weird to be confused the moment you see a flame like that, but if you're a resident of Gilm, you don't care that much. Most of the time, even if it's confusing, when the surroundings are calm, it calms down naturally."

"... Gilm, wow"

The other adventurers, who were a little surprised by the men's adventurers who shrugged and grumbled, had a somewhat subtle look on their face.