Legend

"No, you can't. I can't do this anymore."

The words of the marina echo in the space beneath the center of the Trento Forest.

About an hour after I started the investigation.

Marina also did a lot of research, but unfortunately she didn't know anything about it.

What it turns out is that this Whisp is a really big deal, and that's why even if Ray and Marina get close to the side right away, they don't really take any action, instead of coming at us for an attack.

Turns out it's a reassuring monster in a way, but that's all I had to say.

Ray and Marina are still next to Whisp, but nothing like being attacked.

"Um, I don't know how that feels, but... to be honest, it equals a situation where you barely know anything, right?

"Naturally. In the first place, I'm not a researcher or anything? You said all I could do was investigate, didn't you? Still, I don't think it's a big deal to find that we're just so close."

There were many things in Marina's explanation that Ray could be convinced of as well.

Though, I wasn't entirely satisfied with that.

"I already knew yesterday.... although it is possible that it had something to do with it because neither me nor Grimm is normal"

"Oh, if that's what you mean, I'm not normal either, am I? I'm not human for less, and as a world tree witch, I'm not like a normal dark elf."

"Compared to me and Grimm, I suppose you could say it's normal."

To Ray's words, Marina shows a little thought.

If you try it as a marina, and they tell you there's a difference with Ray, it feels so subtle that you can convince them, that you can't.

"Anyway, you should leave it up to the real people, not me, to look into this whisp.... the problem is that there's no one in that position."

"If I had someone I could trust in my job, I wouldn't have asked Marina to do it from the beginning."

The absence of such a person leaves Dusker at the marina's disposal in this case.

… although the results were not very good.

The results obtained by Marina through her investigation are by no means significant.

Most of the time I checked what I already know.

"Master Dusker thinks about it, too. It's just going to take a while to get that person to look into it."

"Right. However, given the importance of this Whisp, I think we should do a full investigation as soon as possible."

Ray and Marina exchange words as they watch Whisp.

While we're talking like this, Whisp doesn't respond in any particular way, and remains floating in one place.

Given the ability of this Whisp, I'm pretty sure you'd rather not move like this than be moved around poorly or hostile.

Nevertheless, it also troubles me as someone who studies that nothing is responding.

"In the meantime, why don't you come home today? Ray was staying at the birthday tower because you don't know what's transporting, so you were escorting him, right?

"That's not all, but I'm pretty sure that's a big reason."

So is the case with the metastasis, but the lake is now more dangerous as a direct reason.

Amenbo, a lizard with a long mouth like a crocodile, with the ability to call it a shooting weapon, in a giant slime that is still burning.

Even if it just turns out, there are such monsters now.

Some glowing jellyfish fly in the air, but that jellyfish had no hostility, so they're not the ones to be hostile to for now.

There was no denying that there were still other monsters besides what was currently known.

Everyone from such unknown monsters... and most importantly, Ray has been camping as an escort to protect the children of Lizardman in the tower of birth and the eggs.

Given the circumstances around it, it is not easy to imitate such things as stopping the night escort because the metastasis no longer occurs.

After stopping the escort that way, if an unknown monster emerged from the lake and many were harmed by it, it would be a sufficient substitute to make Ray regret it.

(Though, it's also true that I haven't wanted to slow down at the marina's house in a long time)

With a magic tent, you don't have to worry about things like uncomfortable sleeping.

But still, it was really impossible to imitate sleeping safely from the bottom of my heart, beyond being sure that I was sleeping in an unsafe place, outside the gilm.

"Um, don't worry.... It's also true that you don't have to worry so much more about the tower of birth than you deserve to be skilled."

Even though I'm not serious, I have Gaga who fought Ray in a mock fight.

Also, some zozozos are not as good as Gaga, but still have more skill than other common Lizardmans.

Besides, the adventurers who are entrusted with escorting us here have been recognized by the Alliance as masterful.

Even for the other Lizardmans, each is pretty strong on average.

That's the extra opponent... unless even a special individual comes along, like the slime that's still burning, you don't have to worry about things like lack of combat power to lose...

"I haven't seen Beaune in a while, so I miss her, don't I? I'm not gonna put it on your face."

"No, isn't that what you miss because you can't see Seto, not me?

Ray has also seen the sight of Büne stroking opponents like Seto and Yellow more than once.

More than that, it was only natural for me to wonder if you meant Seto, not Ray, when Marina said she missed Beaune.

Ray's gaze is on the ceiling...... precisely directed at Seto, who would be watching no one enter the underground passage on the ground.

Given the size of Ceto, it's not surprising that Grimm is the one who rolls over empty holes and imitates things like hiding holes directly with his body.

"Of course you do, but I knew you'd miss Ray, too, right? Besides, I honestly don't think Elaine and Vihella will be able to see Ray after all I've spent with Ray today."

"Uh... yeah, right. I'm staying at the marina's today."

To Ray, who tells him so, Marina smiles glossily and opens her mouth.

"Oh, you can go home instead of staying? Even the wheat pavilion at dusk is hardly used anymore, is it? It's not even free."

Why don't you live in your own home for real? And that's the marina you invite.

In fact. There was also no mistake in the fact that the word was correct.

This is how I camp near my birthday tower now, and even though there was a Lizardman thing before that, I stayed at the Marina's house.

Think of it, because it's never wrong to take away an unused evening wheat pavilion.

Today's guilds are filled with people who deserve to call themselves massive in search of work.

That's enough to run out of inns more than last year.

If Ray pulls away the wheat pavilion at dusk...... and Vihera and Buune pull away the room as well, the wheat pavilion room at dusk is empty.

Besides, the wheat pavilion at dusk is one of the most luxurious accommodations in the Guild.

It is not so easy for those who come to the Guild to seek work and earn money to stay.

Of course, not all of them are coming to the Guild, but wealthy merchants are also coming to do business.

If they are, they will also be able to stay at the wheat pavilion at dusk.

"It's also famous for its delicious food, but since the wheat pavilion at dusk liberates the dining room for non-guests to use, it doesn't mean you won't be able to eat good food, does it?

"That's... well, I won't deny it"

"Then you don't have a problem living in my house, do you? The distance to Seto is close."

That one word out of Marina's mouth was devastating.

There's a stables in the marina's house too, but that's really a one-off thing.

In the first place Seto is in the stables at the wheat pavilion at dusk because it is sometimes surprising to see Seto moving around freely with those who know nothing.

On the contrary, there came many who wanted to play with Seto, and there was also an obstacle to the work of the inn.

The former was more common when the Rays came to the Guild, but the latter is now more familiar with the Guild.

So it was definitely very appealing from Ray's point of view that Seto could freely be amazing in the courtyard rather than in a stables kind of place.

Besides, the marina's house courtyard is adjusted by spiritual magic to make it comfortable to live in both winter and summer, in rain, snow and strong winds.

... Although Seto can sleep normally even in a snowstorm, so I'm glad that there is a place where he can move around more freely than comfortable living.

"In the meantime, I'm not against living in a marina's house for a while, but I'll leave the wheat pavilion at dusk"

If it's normal, I can't imitate it like Ray.

Because only luxury accommodation is available, and accommodation at the wheat pavilion at dusk is reasonably expensive.

But the money Ray earned as an adventurer will be considerable.

That's the extent to which people don't have enough trouble living a normal life, even if they're reborn a few times.

Not to mention that Ray also has a hobby of bandit hunting.

They have exterminated so many bandits that they are called bandit eaters by the bandits that they fear them.

The kind of treasure a bandit possesses is basically owned by the defeated.

If it's like a family heirloom, sometimes people want to buy it back. That's really sometimes.

Ray, who makes quite a bit of money from such a bandit hunt, has nothing wrong with continuing to rent a room at the wheat pavilion at dusk, even if it's a luxury inn.

"Oh, yeah? I'm sorry, but I can't help it."

To Ray's words, Marina doesn't look as sorry as her words are and tells him so.

Even if I forced Ray here, I guess it's because I understood that Ray wouldn't bend his will without so much.

(Besides, I never got rid of the wheat pavilion at dusk, but I agreed that living in my house, so there's no problem with that.)

It would have been best to get rid of the wheat pavilion at dusk if I could, but still the result now was Better.

"Anyway, there's nothing more I can do to find out here today. I'll let Dusker know what I found out today, so it's time to get out, right? If you're in a place like this, you don't even know how long it's gonna be."

"I think it's already too late for lunch, even if I think about it from how hungry I am for now"

"Oh, that's already the time? Speaking of which, you're hungry. So why don't we go outside and have a little late lunch?"

Neither was Ray going to disagree with Marina's opinion, so he took one last glimpse of Whisp before heading down the aisle leading to the ground.

"Gru!"

When you got out on the ground, you must have noticed that Ray was approaching.

I watched the Rays as Seto throated happily.

... I suppose there's also something about waiting for lunch that's in Ray's mistering.

(Oh, with that said, you didn't imitate Seto like he was thinking underground, hiding the path that leads underground with his own body)

I remembered what I thought in the basement, Ray, but how can I reconsider it?

"Marina, in the meantime, you won't be here today, and can you keep me from going underground with spiritual magic?

"Yeah, hold on a second."

When told so, the marina asks for a small, earthy spirit.

Then the hole that leads to the space where the whisp is located disappears covered by the soil.

Although there is a slight discomfort because the grass is not growing, there will still be no one who would bother to dig back here just at first glance.

"In the meantime, if me and Ray, Seto come and say they want to get in the hole, they're gonna be able to get in there without a problem."

"Helpful. Do you want it for lunch then?... Where do you want to eat? It's a corner, so you want to eat here?

"Um, yeah. The weather is nice, and that's fine... but Seto still okay?

"Gru!"

Seto rattles his throat that there is no problem with the marina's words, and the Rays decide to eat here.

It was then that Ray was dissatisfied that those entrusted with the escort of the Tower of Birth were to eat ordinary dishes instead of the dishes that Ray always prepared... and so he thought.