Legend

"Hey, Ray! Are you awake, Ray!

The moment that voice is heard, Ray jumps half-reflexively.

Not that this is in the middle of some kind of request, but if that was when you were sleeping at the inn or at the marina's house, you wouldn't have woken up so quickly.

But sometimes I'm in the middle of a request right now, and Ray, who slept in a bed in a magic tent, reacts immediately to a voice hung from the outside to see what's going on around him so whatever happens.

But there are no signs of any particular enemy around.

I hear something noisy outside the magic tent, but that's not particularly the noise of battle either.

"Hey, Ray! We're going in."

With that word, one of the adventurers enters the magic tent.

Ray asks the adventurer as he quickly gets up to speed.

"What happened?

"It's a water wolf, water wolf. The water wolf just showed up again."

"... you've been attacking me? No, you're not. Yeah, you said you'd come back last night when it was today."

Originally, yesterday...... I should have talked to the water wolf thoroughly during last night, but Ray was pretty tired last night.

Destroy more than one of the back tissues in Gilm's Slam Street, and after coming back here we'll have a mock fight with Gaga with no weapons, on top of which suddenly it's a water wolf raid.

Even Ray, confident in his health, couldn't get tired of it.

In the end, Ray didn't know if the expression "water wolf and truce" deserved it last night - but after that, he fell asleep right after having been mentally and physically tired, and slept well until he could thus be heard.

Fortunately, Ray's head is now neat because he was able to sleep slowly, and his body remains tired from last night.

"The water wolf.... Speaking of which, I told you to come back today last night, but for a long time..."

So I rethink and take the Mithril pocket watch out of the mistering to check the time.

It's after 7: 00 a.m.

As for time, it's not as early as Ray says.

No, if you try to be a normal worker, it may still be early enough, but if you try to be an adventurer, you can say it's rather late.

Gilm opens the gate at six in the morning, because it's not uncommon to have an adventurer who has already been asked to work by the gate at that time.

"Simply me sleeping? What about the others?

"Guys, there were a lot of guys who slept quite a bit about yesterday. Many people made breakfast appropriate with preserved food or something.... some of them caught and baked fish."

"How well."

Ray squeaks, looking mixed with admiration and awkwardness.

I understand from previous experience that lake fish can be eaten normally.

But maybe that just doesn't affect my body right away, and more importantly, there was one case of water wolves last night that often meant I wanted to get fish from the lake.

I thought maybe you didn't think you might anger the water wolf by acquiring that fish.

Most importantly, the water wolf Ray dealt with yesterday was a good talker at first.

With that in mind, Ray's prediction was that there would be no such thing as water wolves getting angry as catching fish.

... In the first place, we've been capturing fish for quite some time in terms of capturing fish, so now would be the time.

"So? You came to wake me because it was already this time?

"No, it's not. As I was saying, the water wolf is coming."

"With that said, you said that. I thought it was a bad joke to wake me up."

"In this situation, you think I'm gonna make a joke?

Ray also has no choice but to convince himself of that word of the adventurer.

Until I was asked to escort this tower of birth, most of them had seen their faces, and others had seen their faces for the first time.

Those were the ones, but if they still stayed with us for days and ate together, they would naturally start having conversations, and break them down.

And the adventurer who came to wake Ray is not the kind of person Ray would throw up a nagging lie as far as he knows.

... Before that, the adventurers here had been seconded by the Alliance to be recognized as good in strength and character, so they weren't the kind to spit meaningless lies though.

"You're quiet for that."

It's no stranger to everyone to be on guard if you look at a water wolf than it was yesterday today.

Even so, the adventurer now in front of Ray doesn't look particularly anxious.

I'm surprised, but I'm not that upset.

"Oh. Unlike yesterday, the water wolf showed up not that big.... I was wary at first, but the water wolf didn't come near us and attack us."

"I see that's..."

From yesterday's incident, Ray also knows that the water wolf is never just left to his instincts to rumble, like a goblin, but is a highly intelligent being.

Also, Ray still doesn't know if the water wolf has a calm personality.

He attacked aggressively yesterday, but that was supposed to be only in reaction to Ray and Gaga's battle.... I didn't exactly listen to you, but from the way things were going, it seemed to Ray that it wasn't a mistake.

"Okay. Then why don't you just take it and see how it goes?... I wish I could be friendly with the water wolf."

The lakes that have metastasized are unknown to those in this world.

That's not strange to think about the giant slime thing, no matter what.

It is so valuable to be able to communicate with one another and to be friendly to the people of this world.

That's why I strongly urge you to be friendly if possible.

"I just want to say that the neighborhood depends on Ray's persuasion... but maybe it's okay?

While questioning the adventurer who shows optimism for some reason, Ray goes outside the magic tent.

Then soon Seto approaches and rubs his face as a morning greeting.

"Oh, good morning. Seto looks better today than ever."

While stroking Seto's head, Ray looks around... and finds the Lizardman and the Adventurers gathering a little further away.

(Maybe the water wolf is over there)

Turning his gaze to the adventurer who came to wake himself up to confirm, he nodded back.

Seeing that, Ray approaches towards you with Seto.

Naturally, those gathered noticed Ray and Seto approaching, leaving the place empty.

"Uh..."

What was there was like Ray getting stuck in words too.

One of the adventurers gives the baked fish to the water wolf.

Then the water wolf swallows the fish.

Thanks to the fact that the sun was out, the sight of the water wolf swallowing the roasted fish was well known to everyone's eyes.

And the fish that arrives at what appears to be the stomach gradually melts and is absorbed into the body of the water wolf.

"... I see. That's definitely a rare sight. Even if..."

Whimpering, Ray looks at the water wolf again.

The size of the water wolf there is completely different from last night.

Bigger than a regular wolf, about the size of a little smaller than Ceto.

But compared to the water wolf Ray fought yesterday, it was overwhelmingly smaller.

(After all, because the body is also made of water, can the size change freely? If so, that would be pretty convenient)

Looking at the water wolf and thinking like that, I guess eventually the water wolf who ate the baked fish also noticed the presence of Ray and Seto.

Turn your gaze, 'One' and squeal small.

Whatever its size, it's not very big, but it doesn't seem like the kind of person who attacked us last night.

"Uh, I'll make sure, but you're the water wolf, right?

"One!"

A water wolf that squeals like naturally.

As a water wolf, he may be meant to be - the main wolf - but from Ray's point of view, he's not very much the same person he fought last night.

Anyway, last night the water wolf jumped to an altitude of 100 meters and tried to eat a thousand cetos.

That's how the adventurers feed us now, with no such alarm at all.

(Well, I guess it's big that you're used to it in Ceto)

Normally I'd rather watch monsters the size of Seto up close and not panic.

But the inhabitants of Gilm know the existence of Seto.

It's about a little smaller than that ceto, and even faster than showing a nostalgia, the adventurers open their minds to water wolves.

I guess we were still a little more alert here than all of us are arm wrapped adventurers... but if we were actually showing our nostalgia, we'd still think it was cute while we were suspicious.

(Maybe he's observing Seto's interaction with the rest of us from the lake, and he's referencing that... no, right?

I doubt that, but if it's about watching and learning about Seto and responding to it, it's not a bad story for Ray.

That didn't mean there was no possibility of attacking the caught off guard because it alerted the Rays, but given yesterday's interaction with the water wolves, it seemed highly unlikely that it would.

(Still, just in case, will I explain that area later? each of us will have to decide what to do after hearing about it)

That's how he decides, and Ray turns his gaze to the water wolf looking at himself again.

"You came here because of what I said last night, didn't you?

"Waw."

The water wolf nods at Ray's words.

(As I thought yesterday, I knew you totally understood our language. As for this one, I hope it helps.... Though I told him to come once, I don't know what to do. In the first place, can I decide on my own to talk about that area?

Naturally, the management of this lake should be carried out by Dusker, the lord of the land.

This lake is also located on the border of Larks.

I'm only one adventurer in that - Dasker's katana in the perception of others - but if Ray asks if we can make a decision about our relationship with the water wolves in this place, the answer would normally be no.

Ray turns his gaze and opens his mouth to the knight in charge of this occasion.

"I'm going to make a lot of decisions with the water wolf, but shouldn't the head of this negotiation be in charge of this place?

"That's what they say...... no, but the water wolf doesn't seem to attack anyone else, but as a negotiator, he chose Ray, right? Well, I don't think I can honestly hear it when someone else says we're gonna negotiate here."

"One."

Like affirming the knight's words, the water wolf squeals.

I hear such a water wolf squeal, and with that said, I think Seto seemed to have a strong hit against the water wolf yesterday...... and I'll turn my gaze to him, but Seto is happily eating the grilled fish prepared by Lizardman and his adventurers, without looking like he cared about Ray's interaction with the water wolf.

What the hell was that vigilance yesterday? I didn't think so, but since the water wolf is probably getting smaller, I decide that the vigilance has stopped.

"Ray, please"

It was Ray, who was halfway out of reality, but he would force me back in the words of a knight.

"... ok. First of all, the water wolf doesn't mind us being here, does he? Can I assume you're not thinking about getting out of the side of the lake or anything like that?

"Waw."

Ray relieves the water wolf who tells him to snort.

The side of the lake is also the side of the birth tower.

If you claimed that you would not tolerate the water wolf being on the side of the lake, it was likely to be another battle like yesterday at worst.

It just doesn't come to that, and as Ray, it's very helpful.

Moving on to the next topic than my biggest worry has disappeared.

"We... or they're eating fish or something in the lake, but is that okay?

The water wolf rings out that there is no problem with that question either.

From there, the conversation goes smoothly.

... No, it meant that unless you basically acted harmfully on the lake, there would be no problem with what you normally use.

However, when Anastasia, who had been awake along the way, had spoken of a request to have the body of a water wolf examined, it was rejected.

"Can you give us that much?

There was no particular demand from the water wolves, and it was a one-sided and effective exchange for the Rays.

As for Ray, I'm happy, but Ray doesn't know what the hell's in it for a water wolf in such an exchange.

Whatever... Still, it was very profitable for the Rays to have a friendly relationship with powerful monsters among the unknown lakes.