Legend

Anastasia reaches for Whisp.

Whisp is a flame that floats in the air if you ask me.

That's why it's not weird to burn yourself if you touch it poorly.

Only the flames that are created around the Demon Stone, though not very much, cannot be called normal flames.

Either way, Anastasia softly touches the flames.

Naturally, Anastasian hands were not protected by spiritual magic, not by being intact.

(Spirit of the Wind magic?

Ray thinks that way when he sees something that seems to be the wind covering Anastasia's hands.

Nevertheless, Ray doesn't know if that's really the wind, and he doesn't need to care that much in the current situation.

Because in the present situation we should be concerned about whether Anastasia's arms can really touch the flames that make up Whisp's body without any problems.

"... what do you say?

Ray asks Anastasia, who touched the flame of Whisp.

The look was very serious, and even as soon as something happened, I tried to use the potion to heal my injury, and the potion I had removed from mystering was already gripped in its hand.

That's not the kind of potion you're selling in a store around here, either, it's pretty fancy... a potion that you can expect to be highly effective.

I guess out of curiosity is the strongest thing, but Anastasia is trying to use her body to do an investigation about Whisp.

Ray felt like he could respond to such Anastasia's behavior as soon as something happened.

"Right. In the meantime... this whisp..."

A little thought Anastasia relieves the spirits of the wind that existed around her hands.

Ray is naturally surprised by his sudden behavior.

I tried to pull Anastasia's body away from the Whisp in an aggressive manner, but Anastasia stopped moving by putting the hands of those who had not stuck in the Whisp in front of Ray.

"It's okay. Look, look."

Saying so, Anastasia pulls out her own hand sticking into Whisp's body and shows it to Ray.

What was there was Anastasia's hand, which remained clean, not even one of the burns.

"This is..."

Ray shouts a surprise when he sees Anastasia's beautiful hands without burns or scratches.

Because I naturally thought that my body was burning more than a whisp, and I would burn if I touched it.

"You got a minute? I'd like to try it too..."

"You should stop that."

To Ray's words, Anastasia tells him so for some reason.

Why? Ray pointing the gaze of questions like that at Anastasia.

If Anastasia was okay with touching it, wouldn't she mind doing that herself?

It was only natural for Ray to think so.

But Anastasia opens her mouth to Ray's words.

"Dusker told me. Ray's magic is so great... that it's not very, but it can't be said, can it? I don't know what would happen if a ray with that kind of magic did something that would touch Whisper."

"It's..."

The magic I have is extremely great...... that's why Ray had the consciousness to think that there probably wouldn't be anyone more magical than me in this world called Elgin as well.

... In fact, before I got a magic item called the Crescent Moon Ring, which covers up magic, I just showed up to many who could feel magic by any means... No, in some cases I just approached them, scared, scared, lost my hips, leaked, vomited... and I've had various reactions.

If you experience that, it's harder to tell you not to understand how much your magic is.

"Okay."

I worry for a few seconds and eventually follow Anastasia's words and let go of the hand I was trying to touch Whisp.

Anastasia, who looked satisfactorily at how Ray was doing, reached for Whisp again.

"After all, you're not responding. I don't think it would be strange to react in any way if you were touched more than alive."

Put your hands back in touch with Whisp and hold your fingers still...... Anastasia stares at you thinking so, wondering if it's even some kind of anomaly.

But unfortunately... or luckily, I haven't managed to look at the fingers that touched Whisp.

"I wonder what the hell this is all about.... I just want to look into more things, but it's difficult in the present situation."

"I guess. I'd be surprised if there were other whispers like this, in a way."

"Haha, yeah.... Really."

Only the first laugh was anastasia with a grin on her face that looked really interesting, but what I said the next moment was serious...... too serious a word.

There is a strong colour of remorse and resourcefulness.

I want to go over the whisp in front of me, that's what I want to do.

But I can't deny that in some cases, if I'm going to get my hands on Whisp badly here, I could die just like that.

Why can't I check the whisp in front of me? Such thoughts are strongly present in Anastasia.

Given the current situation, I know there's no choice.

I know, but it's still fascinating in front of me as a researcher... even though I have a fascinating research subject such as whether I can meet him once in my life, even if he's an elf who lives far longer than a human being...

"Anastasia?"

"Huh!?...... sorry. I was a little distracted by Whisper."

Anastasia, who returned to me in Ray's voice, takes a big, deep breath with words of gratitude in her mouth.

For Anastasia, Ray's words now were truly gratifying.

If there was no one here and it was just me and Whisp, I have no idea what I was doing to Whisp.

Anastasia with strong curiosity, so it was only natural to realize that.

And I can't keep doing this any longer than I realized.

Now, there was Ray.

But Ray isn't always with himself.

I've heard from Dusker how capable an adventurer named Ray is, and I've heard from other adventurers at dinner last night.

I mean, it's not like the situation is going to continue.

Anastasia, who understands it, thinks a little… eventually, opens her mouth.

"Hey, Ray. Someone would like to have my assistant."

"What? An assistant?... Isn't that hard? Master Dusker was also very worried about the human resources needed to do this Whisp research. Given the ability of this Whisp, what we need in this case is the ability to be a researcher, too, but most importantly, to be trustworthy."

So once the words were cut, Ray stares seriously at the anastasia he can see in front of him... a few seconds later, he opens his mouth again.

"And Master Dusker finally found it... no, I didn't find it, it was Anastasia who showed up in front of Master Dusker. Do you think you can have just the same trustworthy person as that person right away? At least, I don't think I can."

Anastasia, too, would have agreed with Ray.

silence without being able to speak out against it.

"... And yet, why did you suddenly say you wanted an assistant? The research we're doing right now doesn't mean you need a different assistant, does it?

"Right. But when I was investigating Whisper alone, I realized there was a problem."

"... Problem?

From what Ray saw, I didn't think there was a problem like Anastasia said.

Or to be honest, I'm just starting an investigation, and it doesn't seem like I need an assistant at all.

(Maybe you want an assistant to prepare a meal or something in that sense? Well then... I don't know, but I don't think so...)

Though I think so, it's also true that as far as Anastasia is concerned, it just seems chopped.

So why?

You must have noticed that question on Ray's face.

Anastasia opens her mouth in a bit of trouble… eventually.

"It is true that I am competent as a researcher. I'm glad Dusker thought that.... but I have a major drawback as a researcher. No, some people say it's an advantage, but at least I think it's a flaw."

"... Cons?

"Yeah, I'm a little curious about elves."

"Isn't that the qualities you need as a researcher?

Few researchers in this world knew Ray, but I remember hearing that when I was in Japan, good researchers were curious.

I don't remember it to the exact point, but I'm pretty sure it was still a similar word.

If so, the strength of curiosity, as Anastasia calls it, did not seem to be a negative element for researchers.

... Though that's only what Ray thinks, and there's plenty of potential for researchers in this world to be different.

"Right. I don't know if this kind of expression is appropriate, but if it's the strength of curiosity there, it's fine. But my curiosity is a lot higher than normal. That's so much so that if you're obsessed with something you're interested in, you're too focused on it to notice anything else."

"It's..."

To Anastasia's words, Ray wonders what to say.

When it does come to being so enthusiastic about the subject of curiosity, it cannot necessarily be said to be an advantage for researchers.

"Isn't it? So, in case I concentrate too much on Whisp, I want someone to stop it as my assistant. It's okay because Ray was there today, but Ray can't be with me every day either, can he?

"Uh... well, yeah. There's a lot of work to be done."

Especially imperative every day is to carry the trees logged in the Trento woods to the Guild.

If Ray doesn't do this job, the adventurers need to use several coupled carriages to carry the felled trees.

Naturally, if that happens, it will take more travel time than can be compared to a ray that can be stored in mystering and moved in ceto.

Sometimes there are high-ranking monsters like Cerberus in the Trent Forest right now, and there's no reason to neglect the escorts.

If you think about it, it's still the quickest way for Ray to carry a tree.

... but as for Ray, I'm honest that I'd rather not go anywhere with the alchemists if I could.

"Isn't it?

Sometimes Anastasia doesn't even hear about Ray's details, but still hears some from Dusker, and returns so.

"That's why you need an assistant to stop me at times of need."

"I see that. Okay, but... I think it's pretty hard, huh? The assistant, of course, has to be someone that Dusker can trust."

Until Anastasia showed up, there were no researchers who could entrust Whisp's investigation.

That's the situation, but if Anastasia were to want an assistant, it would haunt her head as a dusker as well.

"Around there, I'll speak directly to Dusker. Whether you look at it from Dusker or not, if I look at it as a researcher, I can understand it... and some researchers can believe it."

Dusker's eyes spot his opponent as a lord only… or as a knight.

In contrast, Anastasia's eyes only spot the target as a researcher.

With that in mind, it wasn't surprising to be able to view the target like a trusted researcher because it was still my eye as a researcher.

"In the meantime, I know what Anastasia is trying to say. I don't know what Master Dusker actually thinks... but don't make me an assistant to the odd guy, okay?

If this is something that involves, for example, green spices, then Ray wouldn't care so much either.

Of course I would love to be able to buy spices cheaper at Gilm.

However, if the Whisp case goes well, we may be able to return to Japan, albeit temporarily.

That's why Ray's honest feelings were that he didn't even want things to happen in case.

I didn't know if he understood Ray's thoughts like that, or if he received them in any other way, but Anastasia nodded with a serious look at Ray's words.