Legend

Midnight...... Ray was with Seto sleeping in the courtyard.

Exchange since Vihera returned or dinner we all had.

It was quite a commotion at dinner, but by now the courtyard is quiet.

It would be the right expression, filled with silence.

"Gru."

Seto tinkles down his throat to Ray, who keeps his weight in his body.

It didn't mean anything and I rang my throat, but something like that I somehow imitated.

Ray also understood how Seto was doing like that, so he strokes Seto's head softly, not saying anything in particular.

Watching the night sky while doing so, there is no cloud there and the light of the moon is gently pouring down.

This courtyard is made very easy by the spiritual magic of the marina.

As for Ray's image, it may be domed by spiritual magic... but it's covered like that.

Nonetheless, looking up at the night sky in this way doesn't seem to cover anything in particular.

I could see the night sky in beautiful condition, not doing anything in particular.

Unexpectedly, you can also hear a bug called Leanne, Leanne, breaking the earlier silence.

This is probably a sign that the season is going from spring to summer, and I hear the sound.

He was Ray enjoying the music of the night leaning against Seto, but he senses signs that someone is approaching him and turns his gaze to you.

Nevertheless, the signs of its approaching were characteristic and memorable opponents, so I don't do anything particularly alarming or anything like that.

"What's going on, Elaine?

"Um, I saw Ray and Seto through the window."

With her gaze on Elaine, who says so, Ray is blinded by Elaine, who has brilliant golden hair in the moonlight.

Elaine had luxurious golden hair as if it had shaped the sunlight itself, but that hair had enough suction to take Ray's eyes away, even under the moonlight.

I've seen Elaine under the moonlight countless times before.

But still, for some reason now, I couldn't stop Elaine from looking at me like that.

"Ray? What's up?

"Oh, no. Nothing.... I was just a little confused. So, what was it?... Me and Seto were just looking at the night sky for a bit, so you don't have to worry about it, do you?

"Even so. Sometimes, okay? I haven't had much time with Ray here."

Saying so, Elaine sits down next to Ray and leans against Seto.

"Phew."

Ray questions how difficult it is to judge both that voice and the sigh that came out of Elaine's mouth sitting next to Ray.

"What's up? I don't know, you look oddly tired. You didn't look so tired at dinner, did you?

"We were all there then. Now it's just Ray, so this is how I can get distracted too"

"Is that what this is all about?

"Uhm."

What Elaine wanted to say was that if she could be in front of Ray, she could be her natural self, which was what she meant, but nothing Ray would have noticed about it.

... If it's normal, you can be mad at Ray for not understanding what he's trying to say, but Elaine just smiles at Ray for some reason.

It even seems reassuring to me how Ray is doing.

"If I could, I'd like to stay at the birthday tower with Ray, too. Unfortunately, from a standpoint, I don't think so."

"I can't stay. But isn't that good enough to show your face during the day? I think Elaine would be happy to come."

That word out of Ray's mouth is the unmistakable truth.

Elaine, alias General Princess, is well known and equally popular within the Kingdom of Mireana.

Above all, the escort adventurers in the Tower of Birth are all men.

I don't care what you think from anywhere that you can see up close as few beauties in history, like Elaine.

I'm sure some of them would turn a jealous glance at Ray for bringing such Elaine.

Normally, imitations such as pointing a gaze of jealousy at Ray are only suicidal, and if you're an adventurer like being asked by your guild to escort your birth tower, you naturally know that.

But that's... Elaine has a beauty that just blows my common sense away.

Whether Ray realizes the most about that jealousy is another story, and if you get involved or harass Ray out of that jealousy, it will end miserably.

"Hmm, I see. That might be interesting. … great for a change of mood"

"A change of mood? Is it not funny, after all, when you meet with nobles as you do every day?

"You can't deny that. It is not just the nobility of the aristocracy, but even the nobility of the kings and neutrals who want to meet.... it's not that I have any serious business, it's just that I want to keep it face-to-face."

"Uh... that's..."

I can understand why Ray would want to do that.

From the standpoint of the alias General Princess, the only daughter of the Duke of Kelevel family, I suppose that's what you think it would be in Elaine's very great interest if she could remember her face.

If Elaine is the owner of a general aristocratic mentality, it is right.

But in Elaine's case, as the alias General Princess suggests, its essence is closer to samurai and knights than nobility.

It is not necessarily just that, it also has the aspect of nobility, beyond having a position as a courtier of the Duke of Kelevel family, but if you are still asked which is the essence of Elaine, you can say that Ray is definitely Elaine as a princess general.

(I have a totally aristocratic impression of a blonde vertical roll or something....... even rare examples where the appearance and contents are different so far)

It's true that when I was in Japan, I felt somewhere chiggy about Elaine's appearance and the alias General Princess, only Ray, who preferred subcultures such as games, cartoons, comics and novels.

But now that I've known Elaine for a long time, I accept Elaine as she is.

"That too, if you think you won't notice, when the number of men who come looking at your body..."

Ha, and.

Elaine looking depressed.

Its abundant twin hills can be seen even from above the clothes.

Therefore, it was incomprehensible for a man to turn his gaze to the fascinating body of Elaine.

Most importantly, even though Elaine is attractive, there are no suicide applicants who imitate Elaine like that.

"That means Elaine's full of charm as a woman."

"... even if the elephants find me attractive as a woman. That's what I still want certain people to feel."

That's what Elaine says, she looks at Ray.

Even in the present situation, where only the moonlight has a light source, Elaine's face turned bright red at night on Ray... that's what I could see dyed red to the tip of my ear.

Elaine was never aggressive when it comes to romantic shakedown, but Ray can still fully understand what it means in the present situation.

"Elaine......"

Calling her name small, she gently holds Elaine's shoulder sitting next to her.

Elaine was the one who stiffened her body for a moment to such Ray's behavior, but was she still happy that Ray held her shoulder, keeping her weight gently in Ray.

That's how each other's eyes only look at the other, and the distance between their faces shrinks as they are...

Gatan, and. Such a noise inadvertently enters the ears of both of us.

"Huh!?

Half-reflexively, Ray and Elaine turn away and gaze at the sounder.

Then there, what happened to the yellow that came out of the window? and he was pointing a strange gaze at Ray and Elaine.

"...... pu, hahahaha"

After a few seconds of silence, Ray and Elaine both laugh at each other as they notice such a yellow.

"Gru."

Seto rattles his throat with some dissatisfaction at how those two look.

Ever since the two exchanges began, Seto had been thorough in his sofa role, killing signs.

That's what kept us both out of the way until we maximized our abilities as griffons.

Even so, it was only natural for Seto to be dissatisfied because the yellow got in the way of it at the heart of it.

"Pfft, hahahaha"

Ray and Elaine laugh together again at how Seto looks like that.

If it's always the case, it's not weird to think that way about what's so funny.

But for some reason... for some reason, even such trivial things are interesting right now.

Only Ray and Elaine's laughter echoes in the courtyard, which until not long ago was quiet.

In the meantime, the yellow flies and moves through the sky and lands over Seto's head.

Should I say it's funny if the chopsticks roll, to how Ceto and Yellow look like that, Ray and Elaine laugh again.

Still, it's smaller than the laughter we had earlier, and eventually that laughter will subside.

"I wonder what we're doing at all."

Ray squeaking like a blur, but Elaine opens her mouth with such a glowing grin on Ray's words.

"In a way, isn't this what we are?

"Well, I won't deny that.... Oh, yeah. If you're really coming to the birthday tower as a mood change, you're welcome. I think Zozo and Gaga would love to see Elaine."

"Whatever Gaga is, will Zozo be happy?

Zozo, whom Elaine knows, is a being who has pledged allegiance to Ray, but he had such a personality that Ray comes first and doesn't care otherwise.

Of course, there was no such thing as being rude to the faces in this house, starting with Elaine, but that seemed to be only because the other faces were close to Ray.

Would such a zozozo be happy to meet himself? Think of it, you can never snort honestly.

But behind Elaine's feelings, Ray nods naturally.

"I think you'll be happy. Zozo was very different from when he was in this house. I'm talking to other adventurers right now."

"Well, that's a little surprising"

I have spoken a little, but the surprise there is not very much, but not a little.

I guess that's extra because I know Zozo from when he was sleeping in this house.

"If you actually come around there, you'll see, so come if you care. Besides... playing in the lake is good for a change of mood, right?

Playing in the lake should have been fun for Elaine.

It would be very attractive to play with water, as temperatures are rising slightly every day - it feels like - because we are heading into summer.

There is ample chance that an unknown monster will strike more than it is a lake in another world.

But if it's Lizardman's kid playing in the water, he'll worry a lot, but if it's Elaine, he won't have to worry.

That's what Elaine is capable of, bare hands no matter how many monsters strike around it...... I'm pretty sure she can defeat it at her leisure, even without her favorite mirage.

Also, Elaine playing with water is naturally why Ray, Seto, and Ara look... I can't imagine going into crisis unless there are monsters at the same level as the slime that is still burning.

"Play with water...... we'll try to adjust the time somehow"

Whether Ray's words triggered it or not, Elaine was getting pretty aggressive about water play.

Naturally, Ray is happy with that, both of us... No, Seto and Yellow were also playing nearby, both of us, talking about the lake, and other than that, doing a lot of public talking.

If Ray talks about the monsters he encountered at the lake, from Elaine's mouth he talks about when he met a nobleman... and it went on for about an hour.

I just couldn't sleep originally and came out, I can already say it's midnight.

"Then there's tomorrow... and it's time to go to bed. What about Ray?

"It's time for me to go to bed, too. I want to keep Seto asleep."

That's what Ray says, Elaine gets up and hugs up the yellow that was over Seto's head.

And think about it for a moment...... accidentally take a step forward and stand in front of Ray.

Gently bend your hips...... Elaine's lips overlap Ray's.

How much time has passed as it is?

A few seconds, a dozen seconds, or a few dozen seconds?

That's how Elaine releases her lips and opens her mouth as she dyes her cheeks thin and red.

"Good night."

That's all Ray said and dropped off Elaine's hindsight as she walked back into the house without a word.