Legend

"Okay, I'm coming. Please defend the settlement."

"Naturally. Without you, I will protect this settlement."

To Zai's words, Dorat tells him to look grumpy.

These two relationships never ended up being friendly even on the day the expedition left.

Nevertheless, since I was a kid, Dorat has seen Zai as a rival, so there's no way that's going to work out in the last few days.

A few days after they decided to send an expedition...... during those days, the Centaurs, who were thoroughly trained by Ray and Vihella, were undoubtedly up in strength.

Of course, it's not going to be as strong as it looks in just a few days, so it's not that big of a skill that actually went up.

But still, Centaur and the others are definitely getting better.

... some of them have protruded and become strong.

That is the result of a simulated battle with an opponent named Ray and Vihera, against an overwhelming strong man, who nevertheless never breaks and continues to fight.

I guess the result of training the tunnels so far, to be precise, is that they were flowered by mock warfare with Ray and Vihera.

One of its blossomers, Dorat.

It is definitely stronger than before and has the strength to almost certainly win if it is about one of the Dragonias.

... In fact, Dragonias is not an absolute winner because of the huge individual differences.

"I got it."

It was a drat with a slightly provocatively stained word in his mouth, but out of Zai's mouth were words such as believing in its strength.

I guess this neighborhood shows up as the difference between Zai and Drut's people's expectations.

Although they didn't seem to care about the area at all.

"Well, shall we go?... It's been a long time since I've ridden Seto."

Ray gives a subtly troubled look to Vihera, who tells her with a happy grin.

It was just as Ray expected that Vihera would wish to accompany this expedition.

But the question will be how Vihela moves.

In fact, Vihera runs very fast and has no problem running with the Centaurs.

But we don't even know when we're gonna run into Dragonias this time.

More than that, I don't think it means you can't fight out of strength when you encounter Dragonias... but it still hurts that you can't show full health.

That is why, as a result, Vihera was to travel on Seto's back with Ray.

There is nothing wrong with putting anything but rays on just cet that is over 3m long.

Because in the first place, I used to run with two people, Anastasia and Fana.

... The problem will be that Vihera's body on the back of Ray snuggles up.

Even though, Vihera is dressed in thin clothes that the other side can see through.

I mean, that's all they use thin cloth.

It has been treated magically, but I don't feel it particularly when it feels touched.

Vihera, dressed in such thin clothes, cuddles from her back, so naturally, the rich double hills of Vihera crumble like a shake on Ray's back.

If that's the situation while Seto is running, it's going to be a very tough time for Ray.

At least that's what it looked like when I tried to run.

"Right. Shall we go? … Zai, please guide me"

Ray on Ceto calls on Zai.

The current scouting team consists of a total of three: Ray and Vihera and Zai.

Quite a few as scouts, but we're going to go around the other settlements and gather people to join the scouts.

Ray doesn't even know what the numbers will eventually be.

But I can predict that according to what Zai told me, it would be a good number of people.

"I'll take care of it. I've already sent people to the other settlements. If we get to the settlement, we should rendezvous soon.... Fortunately, many are under threat to Dragonias. There's no better way to keep people away than to be. In fact, that's how you get back to me."

"Well, I hope so."

That's what Ray tells you as he seeps through the color of anxiety just a little bit.

If you try to settle it, you won't want to put out too many people to join the scout team.

If so, sending personnel to the reconnaissance team is by no means an interesting event for that settlement.

That's why when Dragonius comes at us, it means less fighting power to deal with it.

Not to mention that this time the settlements that go around to gather scouts are those that have not yet joined this settlement… they are overconfident in their power and they are the ones who think Dragonias can do something by themselves or hate to let go of their vested interests.

The former would be such overconfident because they have no experience in actually fighting Dragonias, and the same people who say that the latter would sacrifice others who are in the settlement for their own benefit.

I don't really want to go to the settlements of such people as Ray.

Nevertheless, the larger the number of people, the more likely they are to find the home of Dragonias, so the more manpower they have, the better.

"We're leaving!

To Zai's words like that, Seto moves.

"Not much."

That's what Vihera tells Ray as she hugs him.

The big, soft feel of his back is intentionally ignored, and Ray opens his mouth.

"Me, Vihera, and Zai three. And Seto will be gone, so if you think about it, you should have a lot of war left in this settlement."

"I know.... and it's amazing."

Return words to Ray and look around again.

The same was true of the settlement of Zai, but it is the meadow on one side that is spreading in front of us.

Ray nods again agreeing to such Vihera's words.

The green carpet from above was also powerful, but this is how I run through the green carpet - I'm on a running ceto to be exact - is enough to have a strange emotion.

Nevertheless, running with Seto in the meadows has also been experienced before when we go to raid Dragonias strongholds.

Even though it does, it feels fresh...

With that in mind, Ray thinks about the person holding him on his back.

(Because Vihera is here, right?... Well, isn't that surprising? Or is it because Zai's the only one running next door?

When I used to head to the base of Dragonias, there were many others besides Zai, starting with Drat.

With that in mind, it must be very big that Vihera is on her back and Zai is the only one next door.

"If you're traveling like this, don't feel strange."

"Really? Nothing. Isn't this the usual?

"You're not. I mean, I've been flying around a lot lately."

"... you got a second?

and Zai interrupts Ray's conversation with Vihera.

From Zai's point of view, I understood what Ray and Vihera had to do with each other, so I didn't want to imitate anything that would interrupt the conversation if I could, but there was something in the conversation that I could never miss.

More than that, we have to listen to this story at all costs.

I guess that's what I thought it was.

"What's up?

"No, I'd like to ask Vihera, not Ray... she was talking about flying and traveling in the sky, but she flew in that state?

"Huh? No. Seto flies with nothing but Ray... something with pretty severe restrictions, though not to say impossible. When I move through the sky, let me ride in a seto cage... or get caught directly on Seto's feet."

"Hey!

Shiru, and.

Zai is rare...... really rare, and as much as I wonder if that's been since I was a kid, I'm about to fall off balance on the way out.

Unlike bipedal humans, Centaur has four legs.

Naturally, its stability is high.

... I guess that's how shocking the words came out of Vihella's mouth.

"That's... you're serious? You're flying in the sky, aren't you?

"Yeah. Something wrong?

"No... why with such a cheerful face..."

Flashy, flashy, stunned.

Ray only turns his neck back as he sees Zai squeaking in such a way that words seem to suit him... naturally because he's hugging him on the back, but he holds his breath for a moment at the beauty of Vihera, which was nearer than he thought, and immediately continues his words.

"So does Zai, but Centaur basically doesn't seem to like flying in the sky"

"... Huh? Really? It's so much fun."

It was a vihella to say as surprised, but naturally this is not normal.

If you're a seto cage, it's still very difficult to grab onto Seto's feet and fly.

Essentially, when Seto flies through the sky, he flies at an altitude of about 100 meters.

Hang on Ceto's feet flying at such altitudes.

Not very much, but normally, flying that height makes me tremble too high.

But Vihera... no, not just Vihera, but the rest of Ray's people do that with ease.

If you try Zai, you have no idea what it's like to be such a vihera or any other face.

As much as I really want to know what the hell happened and what happened....... I'll likely have to fly in the sky myself if I find out, so I'll immediately reconsider if I can.

"Really? I don't think so. It feels good to fly, doesn't it?

That would be a word that Vihela can put out because she has actually grabbed and flown on Seto's feet many times.

The words were strongly persuasive because I was experiencing them.

But...... even after hearing Vihera say something like that, Zai gets desperate and shakes her neck sideways.

"I can't, I can't, I can't. I never want to imitate that!

I'm usually a sober Zai, but he doesn't look very like that right now.

That's all, for Zai...... no, I guess it's scary to fly in the air for Centaur.

"Zai, by the way, I know you're afraid to fly, but is that a problem with not having feet on the ground?

"Yes."

Zai responds instantly, without a moment of hesitation.

Ray has some doubts about Zai's words like that...... keep the words coming.

"Can't that be without feet on the ground for a few seconds or something? For example, jumping while running."

Centaur's running speed, though slower than Ceto's, is considerable.

If you jump at such a rate, its height would naturally be considerable.

What the hell is Zai saying to Ray's question like that? I turn my gaze on things like that and open my mouth.

"What? Is there a problem with that? If you were running, you'd be normal enough to jump, right?

"... yeah. Got it for now. You don't have a problem jumping. Even when I'm leaping, I don't think my feet are on the ground."

"It's..."

To Ray's point, Zai gets the look of being poked at.

If you tried Zai, you never would have thought that jumping and flying would tie in equals.

But if you think about it, the length of time, the same was true in the sense that both the leap and the flight had feet off the ground

"Right? Then you can fly in the sky with a little more effort?

"That's... no, wait. There's no way I can do that."

I was about to convince Zai for a moment, but I'll tell him right back to me.

For Zai, Ray's words seemed so strangely accepting that he shook his head violently so as to blow up that fantasy.

It should be noted that although they do that, Seto and Zai continue to run normally today.

Seeing how he runs at a good speed, I don't think he would be able to imitate that, although not normally... around here, Zai's physical abilities would be a testament to his excellence.

"You just can't because you don't want to, and if you want to, you can?

"Don't say I can't, I can't. Not very much, but I can't imitate that."

That's what Zai immediately says back to Ray's words.

But... to Zai like that, Vihera, who was listening behind Ray, smiles and opens her mouth.

"So are you sure?

Vihera's floating grin is invisible from Ray sitting in front.

So I didn't know why Zai, ahead of Vihella's gaze, was pulling her face...

At least that's what Ray decided, and now I'm totally willing to look behind me in this situation and see what kind of grin Vihera has... I didn't even have this look like.