Legend

The day after I spoke to Grimm...... Ray was naturally coming with Anastasia to an underground space in the middle of the Trento woods.

Originally, Ray just sent Anastasia this far, and then you can go home.

Fine, but there was also a grim conversation last night, and I was worried I'd find traces of grime in the underground space, and I was coming to the underground space with Anastasia.

"Ray doesn't have to act with me, does he? You're busy, aren't you?

That was Anastasia speaking the question, but Ray shook his neck to the side.

"This whisp is quite interesting. The existence of different worlds.... wouldn't you rather not be interested in this?

"That's... right"

Ray's words were convincing enough to convince Anastasia.

What Ray actually said is never a lie.

The ability to transfer Whisper from another world is very interesting to Ray.

It was also a reason for interest that even though Whisp is a monster, he doesn't attack at all.

"Right? So far, it's probably only connected to the two worlds, but I have no idea what's going to happen next. … I think it would be a lot more interesting if I could get to know the area well."

Was that agreeing with Anastasia as well, nodding as she turned her eyes toward Whisp?

For Anastasia, Ray's words mean he has the same opinions as himself, with a friendly grin and an open mouth without taking his eyes off the Whisp.

"Right. The existence of different worlds. … it's of great interest."

"If you can move this whisp as well as you wish, that's definitely in Gilm's interest"

"... I wanted you to describe it like it wasn't just the guilds there, it was the whole country, the whole race, etc."

That's what Anastasia tells Ray, who was looking at Whisp only for a moment.

For Anastasia, we know that this Whisp study will benefit Dusker, but it was also unconvincing for Gilm to use it alone.

But if you try to lay it, letting someone else use this whisp... other than Gilm is not a very interesting story.

Naturally. Because given the ability of this Whisp, I can understand that it will be absolutely troublesome.

On the contrary, it could even have been a massive battle over ownership of this Whisp.

"Knowing the usefulness of this Whisp capability, that's what many people want to make their own. Naturally, Master Dusker will never give this away, and so will I. That could lead to civil unrest in some cases."

"It's..."

Anastasia can't deny Ray's words, probably because Anastasia herself knew.

I've lived a long time as an elf, and I've been involved with people for so long.

Not everyone else is, but I know that some aristocrats think that it doesn't matter what happens to others if it's for their own benefit.

Anastasia herself, coming to Gilm for the reason that it was a hassle to hang out with such an opponent, is also an unmistakable fact.

I don't know what's going on with Anastasia like that, but Ray somehow makes predictions and opens his mouth.

"Apparently, you know what I mean. I mean, that's why I don't want to make this very public.... Of course, that's not just what I think, and maybe it's not possible for Dusker to publish it."

Having said that, Ray thinks it's probably not possible.

Dusker has a good understanding of his current situation as Lord of the Guild.

Even though I can often hang a little from the Kings, so it was obvious what would happen if I spoke of this Whisp in this situation.

(That would be easier as far as this one is concerned if Tamer would Tame Whisp.... Can't that be the reason? In the first place, I don't even know if that Tamer is cooperative over here. If Tamer of the forces hostile to Master Dusker tames, it'll be tough.... Tamer is getting a lot more)

There are quite a few people in Gilm who currently want to be Tamer.

Some of them taemed some kind of monster.

Needless to say, this is due to the influence of Ray and Seto.

Who was hit by Seto's adorability and wanted to taste an adorable monster himself.

Or some thought that Taming a high-ranking monster like Seto would undoubtedly be effective in acting as an adventurer.

For that reason, Gilm deserves it in terms of who actually acts as a Tamer, or who aspires to be a Tamer.

One can never deny the possibility that some such people can take a Tame of Whisp.

... although it is only a possibility.

"Anyway, shouldn't we be doing Whisp research now rather than thinking about later?

"... right"

Even though he seems slightly sorry for Ray's words, Anastasia proceeds with her research on Whisp.

For about five minutes it was Ray watching such anastasia and Whisp, but when he confirmed that Anastasia had begun to immerse herself entirely in the study of Whisp, he turned his gaze around.

In last night's discussion, Grimm was rare… it was meant to render unrecognizable what Grimm had placed on the ground by a magic item that made the fruit of a plant called Dasulnica dry, which is now said to have become extinct.

The effect is… and I look around again…

"Hot."

Unexpectedly, Ray leaks his voice.

Because at the end of Ray's gaze, which is currently being directed.

Because the space there seemed distorted.

(Hey, Grimm. What's going on?)

Such a distortion of space, on the ground, one, two, three, four.

There were four, if not less, just visible from where Ray is now.

"What's going on? I'd like you to focus a little bit on this one, if you can."

Probably because Ray spoke out unexpectedly.

Anastasia, who was concentrating on Whisp's research, turns her gaze to Ray and asks, looking a little annoying.

"... Anything?

"Oh, no. Wait a minute."

It was Anastasia who seemed dissatisfied, but I was more concerned with Ray watching, trying to look you in the eye... Ray who managed to stop it, but unfortunately that's too late. But...

"Oh my God, it's nothing. I thought Whisper was moving something."

That's how I tell Ray.

Huh? That? And Ray, who questioned how Anastasia looked like that, manages to talk to me if Anastasia still doesn't make a scene.

"Bad. I felt something move."

"Really? But this place was in a Chamber of Secrets until we could do that underground aisle, right? That would mean he came in here breaking through that spiritual magic..."

To Anastasia, who began to think seriously about something, Ray panicked and shook his neck sideways to deny his words.

"No, it's my fault. Maybe I saw the wrong shadow or something because of the Whisper lights."

"Really? I hope so."

That said, Anastasia returns to Whisp's research again.

Ray, who was watching it, turns his gaze again in the direction he was watching...... and to those who also saw Anastasia.

But there is definitely something there that only looks like a distortion of space.

(I saw that distortion, definitely Anastasia too... right?

Anastasia followed Ray's gaze and saw Ray's gaze, so there was no way she could not see the distortions in the space that existed there.

But still Anastasia didn't notice the distortion of space.

(I mean, I'm the only one who can see that space distortion?... but why? No, whatever you think, there's only one reason I can come up with it)

Who the hell was it that made my body?

Given that, I was honestly convinced that I could see the distortion of space.

(Though, why suddenly? I've seen it seem like a distortion of space before, but when I saw it, I mostly looked like another guy... right? Because, after all, why suddenly?

Think so… come to one conclusion.

(Dasulnica fruit, huh?

Magic item made from Dasulnica fruit, said to have been used by Grimm.

Did that awaken Ray's new ability to sleep in his body, or could it be discerned simply against the fruits of Dasulnica?

I don't know either of those, but as Ray, I would have preferred the former if I could.

On this matter, I later decide to ask Grimm and look around in the underground space again.

Only four distortions of space were first found, but I checked them as I walked around in the underground space, and quite a few others were placed there.

(Grimm guy, maybe because you can't find him using Dasulnica's fruit, so you put it down to allowance or whatever?... No, you don't. Until Anastasia first arrived, Grimm was free to use this place. If you think about it, you can't bother to imitate it like that in the present situation)

I mean, I guess all sorts of things were placed as starting with this many magic items before.

It's just that Ray simply didn't realize it.

"Only Dasulnica fruit after all"

I tried walking around in the underground space, Ray, but in the end I can't find anything like this in particular along the way.

I guess that means that Ray's eyes reacted only to Dasulnica's fruit, which could not be very interesting in his mind.

If it had been before the extinction of Dasulnica, it would have been an ability that might have helped, but it is of little use in this day and age.

(Well, it might have helped in the days when Zeppyre was there.... thinking about it, maybe my body doesn't have strange abilities that I don't even know about myself, right?

Ray, who gets anxious just thinking about it, decides not to think about it for now.

Neither is it capable of expressing itself in the present situation, so I can't help but care.

... I also know that it is only shelved.

Either way, I'll make a paragraph about my body and get closer to Anastasia, who's doing Whisp research.

Are you aware or not that Ray is approaching?

I didn't give a shit about what was going on around me and Anastasia was doing all sorts of research on Whisp.

Nevertheless, if you suddenly touch Whisp, you don't know how the hell it will affect you.

Beyond that, let's start with a careful observation.

Front, back, left, right, bottom.

... Probably had the means to fly, I would have observed it still from above.

The sight of Anastasia, who is not strange in her reputation as an intellectual beauty, diving under the whisp floating in the air with a serious face and observing the lower part of the whisp that is up there, was a sight that gave her a certain sense of humor.

I guess the person doing it is serious.

"Anastasia, you got something?

"... no. I don't know anything about just observing like this. But... there's no way you can touch the breadth."

Anastasia, crawling out from under the whisp, shakes her neck sideways, saying so.

"I guess. If there were a few other whispers, we could do that."

What if I touch Whisper in the middle of nowhere and it causes something irrevocable?

I don't know how to report it to Dusker because that's the kind of whisp that disappears that you deserve to call the discovery of the century.

Though...

"But it's also true that we don't know anything after all just observing it like this."

"I guess..."

To that word of Anastasia, Ray also had to snort.

In fact, nearly thirty minutes have passed since Anastasia began to observe Whisp... that is, since Ray explored the underground space.

That's all I've been observing Whisp for, and I didn't know anything.

Most of all, it is not unusual to observe these times for hours, days, weeks, months and long periods.

"In the meantime, we're moving on to the next phase."

That's what Anastasia said, reaching for Whisp.