Legend

"... doesn't it feel strange?

Ray in the gilm feels some discomfort when he sees what's going on around him.

A short distance away, the next guard, who was in the process of entering the guild, turns his gaze to Ray.

Then he turns his gaze downtown, but the guard leans his neck and speaks to Ray, not particularly uncomfortable.

"Really? From what I've seen, it just seems like the usual sight.... How the hell is that different?

"I don't care what they say. Here... atmosphere?

"Atmosphere?... wait a minute"

The guard tells that to his opponent who was in the process and once again sees downtown Gilm.

That's where I came into the guard's sight, looking busy as usual.

That appearance, which is moving more overwhelmingly than usual in relation to the construction of the Gilm's additions, can only be seen in the eyes of the guards as a vibrant routine.

I checked the perimeter until the guards temporarily stopped the process of entering the guild, because for the guards, Ray's intuition deserves to be trusted.

If Ray says he is more uncomfortable than he has been shown many times before, he cannot imitate it properly.

However... even though the guards checked the surroundings after being aware of it, they never noticed anything in particular.

"Um, yeah? From what I've seen, I'm not particularly uncomfortable with anything, it's the usual sight.... Not like that, is it?

What the guards inadvertently showed was a merchant and adventurer in some sort of contention a little further away.

If we listen a little, we hear exchanges like poor attitude on the part of the escort or poor quality of meals than we were promised.

That alone makes it easy to predict what the hell happened.

That it would be trouble with an adventurer hired by a merchant as an escort.

Regardless of whether you have picked some material or a crusade request for a particular monster, you naturally have someone to escort when you are an escort.

When that happens, things like compatibility and problems between each other that can be rubbed like the sight Ray is currently looking at are not frequent, but not uncommon.

… although some of them are forced to make it a problem here and try to make the rewards of the escort a little cheaper.

But that's only bad.

Such imitation will naturally lead to information turning around among adventurers, not just requests for escorts, but many who like and do not try to take on any requests, and in worse cases the Alliance may refuse requests.

That would amount to a fatal injury for a merchant, and the worst would be the feathers of bankruptcy.

Nevertheless, that has nothing to do with Ray, so he shakes his neck sideways, even as he looks at the exchange ahead of his gaze.

"No, you're not. Something else."

"... even if they say so. I don't get it, do I? Hey, you got a minute?

"I'm not uncomfortable either."

A guard who was talking to Ray speaks to another guard who was in the process of entering the guild a little further away, but the words he returned were like that.

"... apparently? I knew it wasn't Ray's fault?

"Even if they say so. I'm pretty sure it's uncomfortable somewhere.... What do you think of Seto?

"Gru."

Seto rings his throat as he agrees with Ray's words.

I'm not unconditionally in favor of Ray, and Seto is also judging it to be somewhere uncomfortable because of the atmosphere that drifts into the guild again.

"Not just Ray, but Seto too"

The grunt of the guard takes on a slightly more serious colour.

If Ray is the only one who decides it's uncomfortable, the guard won't get a serious look so far.

Or even Ceto alone.

But when Ray and Seto are all together complaining about discomfort, the story is different.

"Hmmm...... what do we do? When Ray and Seto are aligned, I feel like there's some reason. Until it's clear, are you out of the gilm?

That was the best possible proposal for the guards.

If there's anything in the current guild, you don't have to worry about it at all if you don't get into the guild.

It's passive, but uncomfortable… in this case you can call it dangerous, because it's definitely the best option to stay away from it.

But Ray shook his head sideways at the words of such a guard.

"No, keep going the gilm. I don't know why it's uncomfortable, but it wouldn't make sense to leave here any longer than I don't know how uncomfortable it is."

"That's... well, yeah"

Nor can the guards argue with Ray's words.

In fact, given this one case, I don't know what makes Gilm uncomfortable.

At least, the guards could not speak of the reasons for their discomfort.

"Right? So don't worry."

"... No, I don't think the words are connected, even if they tell me to feel safe in the current course of the story."

"Don't worry about it. It may be dangerous to get into the guild without realizing the discomfort, but if you're going into the guild in a situation that you notice, it's not hard to deal with it. You said you knew there was a trap and you didn't. Isn't the former safer?

"No, normally, if you know there's a trap, that's what avoids the trap."

While returning the words, in this case, I am convinced that it is not possible to imitate that Ray moves around it, beyond the fact that it is in the guild that there is a trap.

"In my case, it feels like you're moving on destroying a trap.... Whatever, I don't know what this discomfort was based on, but I may need more guards than anything is likely to go wrong. If that happens, thank you."

"Ugh... right. As far as Ray is concerned, will there definitely be a commotion? That's also quite a disturbance, given the experience so far.... Ok. But it helps if you don't destroy the surrounding buildings and stuff as much as you can."

"We want to move forward in the direction we consider doing good in a positive way."

"... what, that word. Some kind of magic spell?

"Sounds like it."

Exchanging words like that with the guards, Ray takes a step in… Huh, remembers being attacked yesterday by an assassin and asks the guards.

"With that said, have you heard anything about me being attacked by an assassin yesterday?

"Oh, I hear that story. He's just keeping his mouth shut."

"You have a strong mouth."

Ray wondered if he could get any information by handing over the two men to the guards, who should also be called theatrical assassins yesterday, but that prediction fell short.

The fact that whoever is in charge of interrogation listens and still doesn't crack his mouth means he is a well-trained person, not a chimp around.

Most importantly, if I recall when Ray fought, I could understand that he was not a chimp around at that point.

"Oh.... though, you'll have to leave it to the experts more than you have any other means. Or will Ray interrogate you?

"I'll stop it"

Ray doesn't have the heart to interrogate me.

If this is the chimp around here, that's the one that hurts lightly or reminds you of the difference in strength, you'll tell me right away what you know.

But if you were a trained person against interrogation, no matter how much unskilled Ray interrogates you, it just hurts the other person pointlessly, and that's what you should call torture.

As for Ray, I don't have the skill to do that, so I decide I don't have to do this.

I guess the guards didn't really hear about it either.

I nod immediately and open my mouth.

"Then leave this one to us. More than that, its uncomfortable... be careful."

For God's sake, Ray and the guards have known each other a long time.

Because it's been a relationship since Ray first came to Gilm.

So while the guards also know Ray's strength, they put it in their mouths to be careful.

To the words of such a guard, Ray waves gently through the gilm.

If you go inside the guild, that's how uncomfortable you get.

(What? I can still tell if this is hostility or murder or something like that. But not like that...... just uncomfortable)

If you're hostile or killer, it's not hard for Ray to deal with that either.

But what's there is discomfort, not animosity or killing.

That discomfort was what was blunting the action for Ray.

"Seto, do you understand?

"Gru......"

Walking in the crowd, Ray asks Seto.

But Seto just sounds sorry.

If this is outside the Guild... and where there are not many people, Seto could have also identified the Lord of discomfort.

But this is a gilm where people are gathered in large numbers.

A large number of people are gathered for the construction of the new building as well.

In that, exploring the source of discomfort is definitely difficult, even if it is Ceto, by analogy.

"When that happens, what do we do? Do you think we should also wait for the delivery of the felled trees until we know who this discomfort is?

"Gru......"

To Ray's words, Seto rings his throat like he's lost.

In such a case, I guess I'm not sure what to do.

Ray strokes Seto's head like that.

Then, you find yourself looking like such a seto, and some kids approach you.

"Ah, it's Seto, Seto! Wow, Seto! Let's play!"

"Wait a minute. I play with Seto, too!

Kids like you're not even ten years old make a scene trying to play with Seto.

As always, I could just let you play with Seto for a little while... but I couldn't tolerate that in my current situation.

"I'm sorry. I'm a little busy right now. Will you play with Seto again?

With this said, normal...... that's what an adventurer would immediately understand what Ray is trying to say and set the Rays free.

No, many will do that, even if they are not adventurers.

But... not this time.

Somehow, they're just kids under the age of ten.

There's no way those kids will understand what Ray wants to say and listen to what he has to say.

"Eh! No! Play with Seto! If you play, you'll... whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!

Shh.

Ray rushes to a child who suddenly cries out because of his high emotions.

No way, you didn't even think you'd suddenly cry in a place like this.

That's why Ray doesn't know what to do for a moment.

Originally, I couldn't get Seto and the kids to play together because of the discomfort that Ray was having.

Should I leave my child alone like this, or should I make him stop crying and play with Seto?

Or should I delude myself with sweetness like dried fruit?

That was Ray who gets lost, but stands out as natural if the child cries.

Not to mention it would be even more unforgiving if it were to be crying near Seto.

To the attention of those around him, I'm a little confused as to what to do... Ray can't help but give the dried fruit as he strokes the child's head.

"Look, I'll do this, so stop crying"

"What?"

Was the crying child intrigued by the sweet fragrance that had drifted, or stop crying?

Then gently take the dried fruit offered by Ray and put it in your mouth so that it is guided by a sweet aroma.

"Whew..."

Dried, the concentrated sweetness spreads into a cup in the child's mouth.

Rai grew up in Japan, and it was only when he was a little girl that he was able to buy sweets in stores such as candy stores.

But sweetness is basically an expensive substitute in this world.

It's not as expensive as the average citizen can't buy, but it's not a substitute for a child to buy with his or her own allowance.

In that sense, a child who thus received dried fruit from Ray would have been lucky.

And... naturally, if one kid gets something that looks delicious like that, the other kids want it too.

"Hey, brother. Can you give me one, too?

"Oh, me and me"

"I want one, too."

Many children complain to Ray that they want dried fruit too.

I wasn't sure what to do with that, Ray, but if you still do it alone and don't do it to the other kids, aren't you going to cry again? and remove the dried fruit from the mysteries anew.

"Look, I'll do this to you, too. However, me and Seto are a little busy right now, so please try again to play with Seto. Fine... Huh!?

All right? That's what I tried to say, Ray feels a sharp killing temper for just a moment, and he turns his gaze to you.

But the moment Ray tried to turn his gaze, the killer had already vanished, and Ray didn't know who the hell had provoked the current killer either.

(Still, it was a harvest to find out that the identity of discomfort had to do with something that was hiding the killer precisely)

With that in mind, Ray gave the dried fruit to the children.