Legend

"Wow... that's awesome. I was talking to Ray, but I really didn't think there was a lake like this."

Upon arrival at the place where the Tower of Birth and the Lake are present, Anastasia honestly expresses her surprise with her expression.

What will Anastasia do where she lives to study Whisp?

So I was so confused about what to do, Anastasia said to me that she was going to stay directly in that underground space.

But as Ray, you can't admit it.

If Anastasia were to live in that underground space, in some cases, it could come into contact with Grimm.

A friendly grimm to Ray and his people, but only because they are limited people: Ray and his people.

Like Anastasia, I didn't really think Ray would be as nice to the first person I met as the Rays.

That's why, in some cases, Anastasia could even be killed by Grimm.

I also think there will be a lot of problems with Elf's Anastasia living in an underground space with no greenery, even without the Grimm thing.

From what Ray saw, I thought Anastasia had a personality that made me think that if I concentrated on something, I wouldn't care about anything else.

If we leave Anastasia in the underground space like this, we are likely to concentrate on Whisp research with absolutely nothing to get out of the ground.

The suggestion made by Ray, who decided we should do something about it, was to bring Anastasia to a place with a birth-tower.

Anastasia really didn't like it either, but when she knew she could still see the lake and the birth tower, she agreed to move somewhat happily.

"Wow... this is... Hey, Ray. Can I go into the lake for a second?

That's what Anastasia asks, with her eyes sparkling with curiosity.

But Ray shakes his neck against such anastasia.

"No, there are monsters in the lake. Sometimes monsters come to the shallow waters that would otherwise be in a deeper place."

What Ray thought of was a fish with huge fangs.

That fish comes to the shallow waters, even if he can't move.

No, maybe that's all I see after I sense the prey, and it's possible that I don't care at all that I won't be able to move.

From what Ray has heard, it's a fish that looks good in expressions like ferocity or pork rush.

"The monster? That's a little interesting, too."

Anastasia looked intriguingly at the lake as the words put it, but there were those who approached the two of them - Seto playing with the Lizardman children.

"Ray, what about that woman over there?

That's what I've been asking is the knight of treatment, the person in charge of this place.

The language was polite, but somewhere I'm pointing my gaze at blaming Ray.

Naturally. We're supposed to hide everything we can about this lake, but all of a sudden we brought Anastasia there.

The three adventurers chased by Kobolt are currently caught because they found out about one of the lakes.

Nevertheless, coziness is not bad compared to the Knights' dungeons, as it is a place that keeps people of some status locked up: the dungeons of the Lords' Hall, not the headquarters of the Knights.

Either way, even adventurers who just happened to come here are treated like that, so I could have imagined what would happen to the anastasia Ray brought himself.

The knight had a sharp gaze at Ray.

But against such a knight, Ray shakes his neck to the side and opens his tease.

"This woman is Anastasia. Dusker's asking me to look into it."

"Dear Dusker...?

The knight's gaze softens the harshness just a little.

If it's a request from Dusker, it's not strange to know about this lake.

... but that's only if what Ray is saying is true.

I'm a trusted knight about Ray, but still, given the gravity of this lake, you can't believe it without any guarantee.

"When the carriage arrives, let me hold the letter and get confirmation from Master Dusker, okay?

"Oh, I don't mind that. Anastasia is going to be based here."

"... what...?

I guess the words out of Ray's mouth were unexpected for the knight as well.

But you can take that for granted.

Because whoever sleeps here as an escort to the Tower of Birth, they are all men.

There is a Lizardman woman who has been transferred with the Tower of Birth, but if you try that on people like humans, beasts and dwarves, your face is too different to be considered such an object.

Except for Anastasia.

There is no femininity in the chest, but its face looks like it deserves to be called a beauty, unless it is someone with a special hobby.

Such a beautiful beauty is based here just for men... because I could definitely imagine that if I were to sleep there would be a lot of problems.

For once the adventurer here is here with a recommendation from the guild that he is a trustworthy person, but if he nevertheless asks if he doesn't outburst his desire in front of a beautiful woman, he has to lean his neck.

Bringing someone purposefully to a place full of guys like that that can cause noise even seems like an obstruction to my job.

"I know what you're trying to say, but I don't have anywhere else. You need to walk around the Trent Forest like you do every day, so it's hard to come through the guilds."

"... and their escorts come from Gilm every day? Besides, isn't it dangerous for a woman to wander around alone, albeit elves, while Cerberus even shows up?

What the knight said was best.

Ray knows that, but it is only in the woods of Trent, but also in the outside.

In comparison, what Anastasia wants to go to is the central part of the Trento forest.

Also in the case of the monsters that come out of the Trento woods, there is basically no danger except when they come and go here and in the middle of the Trento woods, as Anastasia intends to continue their research in the underground space where Whisp is located.

And if you're going to do Whisp research, the option of Ray not lending a hand to it doesn't exist, and as long as you ask Ceto to send you away, it's fine.

... Nevertheless, even Dusker's men cannot tell the knights about Whisp or underground space any more than they still need to keep it a secret.

"It's okay."

Anastasia was the one who helped Ray get lost in words about what to explain.

Off the gaze of the lake, he continues his words as he looks at the knight.

"I look like a very handsome spiritual wizard among the elves. If you tried to hang a strange little on me, what would happen... needless to say?

The knight is slightly pressured by Anastasia's confident words.

No, that wasn't just the knights, so were the adventurers who were listening.

Spirit Wizard in Elf.

It is, naturally, the marina who lives in the Guild and comes up with the combination when told.

In fact, the marina is a non-standard user of spiritual magic, even if it is seen as an elf or a dark elf as a spiritual wizard, and although the average spiritual magic user is not very skilled as a marina.

Still, as Gilm's adventurer, it's the marina that's remembered for two words: elf and spiritual magic.

Even the knights know more about the relationship between Dusker and Marina than they do about being Dusker's men.

At the same time, Dusker often asks me about the substandard nature of spiritual magic used by marinas, so it's no different to think of marinas with elves and spiritual magic.

"Uh... yeah. Then I don't think there's a problem for now. However, I will prepare one tent for Mr. Anastasia because you won't like to have a miscellaneous fish sleep with a man on the birthday tower. Oh, or do you want to use Ray's magic tent? I think that would make it comfortable to live there."

"No, ask for a tent for Anastasia"

This is the woman I'm familiar with...... If Elaine and the others, Ray wouldn't have refused to sleep with me in his magic tent either.

But for Ray, Anastasia was treated as someone else, not someone else, even if they were referred to him by Dusker.

More than that, there was no reason to sleep in a magic tent with the woman Anastasia.

"Right. It would be better if you did the same for me. You'll do things like summing up thoughts and writing on paper in the tent. Because I think being with Ray at that time would be annoying."

Anastasia's words said so thinking Ray was dangerous as a man... not from his own convenience.

Nevertheless, that was convenient for Ray as well, so there was nothing in particular to say.

"Then that's what I'm asking. And... Zozo!

Zozo, who was waiting a little further away, approaches Ray's words.

'What is it, Master Ray?

On the tablet Zozo has, Zozo's words appear… Anastasia, who sees them, opens her eyes wide.

"Hey, eh!? What the hell is this?

Didn't you explain this magic item to such an anastasia? I think.

"This is what my master gave me when I talked to the Lizardmans about not being able to have a conversation. With this tablet, Zozo... I can normally have a conversation with that Lizardman. Most likely, some Lizardmans are starting to remember these words, so we won't need them any more."

"This tablet...... like I've read in some book before, like I don't.... but... no, but..."

Anastasia contemplates as she turns her gaze to the stone slab Zozo has.

But after a slight glimpse of such anastasia, Ray talks to Zozo again.

"Zozo, this woman is Anastasia. I'm staying here for a while, so let the Lizardmans know."

'Okay.... What, shall I put on a caregiver woman?

"No, it could get in Anastasia's way more than words don't make sense. There's no way Zozo's gonna be tight, is there?

'Unfortunately, it will'

Lose to Gaga, but Zozo also has a strong influence in Lizardman.

At the same time, Zozo, who is currently the only one able to communicate with the people of this world using a stone tablet, is busy because if that's what it is, it will be summoned immediately, and although it is not very much, it cannot be imitated as an anastasian caregiver.

When that happens, it's still hard to prepare an anastasian entourage...

"That's all right, Anastasia?

"Huh? What?

You kept thinking about the stone slab Zozo had, Anastasia gives Ray a strange look on his words.

Ray is also a short relationship, but I somehow understood Anastasia's personality, so I will explain the situation so that I can tell you.

"Because Anastasia is a woman, she asked me if I would put Lizardman's woman on the caregiver. But just because I don't get the word, I said no, doesn't matter, does it?

"Huh? Hmm, if you say so. I don't mind if you say no. I'm also interested in Lizardman women... they don't get the word, they taste a lot worse. Instead, is that your zozozo? I'd like to talk to that zozozo about a lot of things, wouldn't you?

"That's a little tricky. Thanks to this tablet, Zozo is now doing something like Lizardman's compiler. So I don't think I have time to hang out with Anastasia."

Also, Ray didn't talk, but what Zozo is following is only Ray.

I am somewhat forgiving because I have been with those in this place for quite some time, but Zozo was worried about being spicy when dealing with Anastasia.

... Once Ray firmly said the area, I think Zozo would be polite to Anastasia to some extent, but it is also an unmistakable fact that the situation still seemed a lot more dangerous now.

"Um, yeah? Then I can't help it."

Anastasia also asked while expecting no, nothing particularly insistent on asking.

"Well, that's it. It's an Anastasia tent... but where do you want the place? There's Seto here, and there's some skilled adventurers, so it's unlikely that monsters will attack us from the Trent woods, but the lake monsters don't seem to work that way. And the monsters in the woods can't be too cautious because some of them are coming at us even with Seto."

"Right....... then can you do me a favor next to Ray's Magic Tent? Well, that's a lot of relief, isn't it?

Ray nodded to Anastasia after a little thought.