Legend

"Hmm, I knew I'd take it on"

The night Dusker asked me about the promotion exam to Rank A, I told him that story over dinner in the courtyard of Marina's house, and Marina was such a reaction.

Originally Marina talked to Dusker about the promotion exam, so I guess she knew about the area.

But... many others are surprised.

The only thing that didn't seem surprising was the fairy Nielsen.

Originally, Nielsen was also on the spot when Ray was talking to Dusker about the promotion exam.

So, I knew about the promotion exam... only fairies seem to not know what rank A adventurers mean, and I'm only under the impression that it's something like that.

"Congratulations, Lord Ray"

The first person to say a word of blessing to Ray was Ara.

Sometimes he is not an adventurer, he is less surprised than Vihera or Bühne, and since he is then quite associated with the adventurer, he probably understands how awesome it is to be a Rank A adventurer.

Thus saith Ara, the others utter to each of them words of blessing.

"Nevertheless, Ray is rank A.... If you think about it, you deserve rank A enough, so maybe it's not even that surprising."

Around the mouth of strength 'just', Vihera will also understand that courtesy will be a problem when Ray is promoted.

Nevertheless, I am not particularly dissatisfied because Ray also understands the area.

"I don't know exactly when the promotion exam will take place, but I guess you should remember some courtesy. There's no denying that it's part of the test."

"Right. Though you can use deputies, you should remember to be polite for times of need. I don't even know when I'll see the royal family. When that happens, you don't want to be guilty of disrespect, do you?

"If so, will you go to the Bestian Empire?"

"I'm welcome.... but then it's going to be a lot of trouble."

That's how Vihella interrupts Ray's conversation with Marina.

You can agree that Ray will come to the Bestian Empire if you try to make him a former Empress Vihera of the Bestian Empire.

But...... although I can agree, if Ray actually went to the Bestian Empire, it would only be troublesome, as Vihella says.

In any case, Ray was a presence that led to a unilateral victory over the Kingdom of Mireana in the war between the Kingdom of Mireana and the Bestian Empire, semi-winning the martial arts tournament in the Bestian Empire and acting as a guerrilla in the civil unrest in the Bestian Empire shortly thereafter.

For the people of the Bestian Empire, Ray is an abominable enemy who killed his family friend lover in the war, a praiseworthy opponent who semi-winned in a martial arts competition for a massive event in the Bestian Empire, and one of the useful actors who led Vihera's brother Merclio to victory in the civil unrest.

All sorts of things... really all sorts of things, Ray is special in the Bestian Empire.

Ray was famous in the Bestian Empire, so much so that more people might know the name of Ray than the kingdom of Ninglo Mireana.

If such a ray were to come to the Bestian Empire, it would be an unmistakable fact that there would be a lot of... a lot of really big commotion.

As for Ray, I don't want to be such a hassle to imitate if I can.

That's why I have the desire to live as ever in the Kingdom of Mireana if I can.

"Nevertheless, is Ray also rank A.... Isn't it the fastest way to run up to Rank A after being an adventurer?

Looking impressed, Elaine asks Marina.

Only the former guild master asked me if Marina knew anything about the area, and that's what I asked, but Marina tilts her neck.

"I don't know. I'm pretty sure it's the fastest way up to Rank B, but when it comes to Rank A... Ray was satisfied with Rank B, so I can't deny the possibility that some adventurers might have been promoted to Rank A sooner than Ray. If Ray was a little more upward oriented, he'd probably be the fastest Rank A adventurer."

Say so, Marina looking at Ray.

But as for Ray, if he had become a rank A adventurer sooner, his noble opponents would need to do it themselves.

If so, it was clear to Ray that it would have been better to remain rank B.

"Even if they say so. As far as I'm concerned, I wasn't in that much trouble at Rank B. Essentially, requests with a limited rank were mostly accepted by Rank B."

In the end, that was the biggest reason Ray remained rank B.

Now I can't take a request unless it's rank A... especially if there are many kinds of crusade requests, Ray would have been rank A sooner as well.

"Well, that sounds like Ray"

With a grin, Vihera tells.

If you try to make it a Vihera who ran away from his status as an imperial family, you will also fully understand Ray's feeling that he doesn't like to associate with nobility.

"Hey, I'd love to talk about Ray, but no more of this bread? I'd love to eat more."

Nielsen asks Ray that way, looking at things like wanting more bread with dried fruit in it.

I guess the rank of adventurer is something I'm not very interested in for Nielsen.

... No, it's not surprising that you have an aversion to the existence of a Rank A Adventurer just because you know that Anterm, who killed the wolves who lived with the fairies, was a Rank A Adventurer in an attempt to burn the residence of the Ning Lo Fairy.

"Look, you can still eat this and make it big."

Ray gives Nielsen the bread that was on his plate.

Ray doesn't hate this bread with dried fruit in it either, but this bread was oddly sweet.

It's not that I put sugar in the bread, but the sweetness of the dried fruit was very strong.

If you're going to eat it as a treat yet, eating it as dinner bread was not my favorite bread as Ray.

I guess that's why I was able to give my share to Nielsen lightly.

Beaune looks envious at Nielsen, who delights in the bread he receives from Ray.

Bühne also probably thought it wasn't enough to finish his share of the bread.

That's when I saw Ray giving Nielsen bread, and I envied him.

... Or maybe I thought it was rare to eat bread the size of my body.

But the bread is inadvertently placed on such a Bühne plate.

It's Vihera talking to Ray who put that bread down.

If I try to be a vihela, I guess there's nothing particularly wrong with giving my bread to Bühne.

"Mmm."

After a gentle word of thanks to such a vihella, Büne eats bread.

That look of me eating bread with Nielsen seemed very friendly at first glance.

Actually, these two aren't very compatible.

Back to back with those two, the Rays talk about the promotion exam.

"So, Ray's usually awesome until the promotion exam, right? Especially without doing anything like this."

Ray nods naturally at Marina's words.

"Right. The promotion exam is also a problem, but you can't leave the construction of the Gilm or the Trent Forest alone."

Particularly problematic would be the Trent Forest.

If you're working on an addition, you can handle it without the worst rays.

Because while Ray was actually going to another world, that was pretty much all he could do.

... The harvested trees seemed to be transported quite harshly, but I would be able to manage more than I was experiencing once with respect to you.

(The problem is that there are only a few adventurers who can enter the Trento Forest... worst of all, there are means such as transporting the trees cut in the Trento Forest out of the Trento Forest and passing them there to the transporting adventurers)

If only a limited number of adventurers can enter the forest of Trent, then those who cannot can wait outside.

Of course, it is definitely quite a demanding task if it is also to transport felled trees.

Especially now, in the middle of summer and during the day, intense direct sunlight descends from the sky.

Carrying trees felled in such a way would be just a heavy labor.

... In that sense, that was definitely easier to move for those working in the Trento woods to have a shade.

When Ray mouths what he comes up with, so do those who were listening.

"You'll need extra labor, but if it means not going into Trent's woods, then it's going to be huge that anyone can take that request,"

"Elaine, you seem to have forgotten, but this is the border, right? Adventurers, soldiers and knights are actively hunting monsters to keep them from coming out near the streets, but we don't know when or what monsters will show up. Considering when that happens, there's no reason for anyone."

I guess it's because he's a former guild master that Marina came up first on that point.

Now is the time for many to come to Gilm for work on the additions, but a place called Gilm is inherently a frontier, and it's not strange for an unknown monster to show up.

Still, if you're just going to move to the guilds and then work is going to be done all over the city, the danger is relatively low.

But getting out of the Guild in that... it's also fatal to go as far as near the Trent Forest, which exists off the streets, even if you're someone with the corresponding skill, if you try to be someone who doesn't have it.

Of course, just because you went to a place like that doesn't mean the monster shows up right away.

On the contrary, you won't come into contact with monsters so easily than monsters are being hunted by adventurers and knights.

But… it also showed that contact can be fatal.

"That may be the case, but there are numerous in the Guild today. Isn't it strange that some of them can deal with whether they're monsters on the border or not?

"Right. But it's also a fact that you don't know what kind of monster will show up because it's a border. You can do anything about goblins and that neighborhood, but if that's a monster like Cyclops and Auga... not very much, but I guess you can't deal with adventurers around there. Not everyone, of course."

It is an unmistakable fact that there were strong adventurers working in the Guild until the construction of the additional works began.

But every adventurer but Gilm is weak, and the answer is naturally no.

Because not all the mighty come to Gilm.

It's no surprise that some of them don't want to leave where they live for some reason.

If such a person came to Gilm as a short-term earner, there was a good chance that he could handle it somehow even if he encountered monsters like Cyclops and Auga.

I naturally understood the marina, but at the same time I also understood that there were never many such people.

That's why imitating such things as receiving logged trees outside the Trento Forest and carrying them to the Guild is not something that can be done so easily given safety.

"In the meantime, all I can do is get ready so I can have a promotion exam whenever I want.... you should also decide in the meantime on the transport of the felled trees. The question is, you can't go to the ocean until you decide when that promotion exam will take place."

As for Ray, he wanted to go to sea again this year because it's the summer at the corner.

That was some desire to swim and play, but to be honest I wanted to keep the seafood kind for a year more than that...... or more.

"That's... too bad"

I guess Vihera also wanted to go to the sea.

React unfortunately to Ray's words.

At the same time, Büne, as obsessed as Ray with the act of eating, seems sorry while eating bread.

Though not many noticed it.

"Huh? The sea? That's the ocean, right? Big water buildup."

And the big reaction in that was Nielsen.

To Nielsen's words, who had never seen the sea before travelling all the way inland, the Rays taught him what the sea was like.