"It's late. I think they've kept me waiting for hours."
"... at least not for an hour, right?"
I dropped my shoulder in secret as I stood in front of Ray.
I met with Captain Alan, who was waiting for me at Lieutenant Eric's house, and visited Ray's mansion, but I was able to meet him without having to dive through the gate.
Of course, we've been waiting for us outside the gate.
Moreover, he politely refrained from going to the carriage.
As we were walking along the main road, Arthur, who had good eyesight, noticed, "Oh, I'm waiting." When I was captured by my eyesight, Ray, who had his back on the carriage door, stared at me with his arms crossed. Perhaps you've been waiting here ever since you got home from school.
I decided to designate my own mansion, but I didn't feel like waiting in the chairs of the mansion.
"Where is he?"... did you grab it? "
"Yes, Alan checked it out." If you take the carriage, it won't take much. "
Although it is truly the Prime Minister of our country.
I rely on Captain Alan, who is in the most extraordinary position, because if I say that much to Rikishi, it will create a contradiction. Captain Alan, who shared the information while we were here, immediately called Ray to say hello.
Alright, Captain Alan laughed lightly, and Rae lowered her head while slightly frowning. I know it's complicated for Captain Alan, the knight who captured Ryer, but I don't want to be hated by Daemon for information right now. "Thank you." Even though it was a faint voice, we didn't inadvertently say anything about Ray, who was salutative.
“Listen to the story inside. Just tell me where you're going first."
With his gaze pointing to the replacement guard who opens the door, Ray instructs me, not Captain Alan.
After all, it was still difficult to instruct Captain Alan. I will tell you where to go so that you can hear me bowing your head deeply.
Once the intermediate class was designated there, Ray opened his eyes unexpectedly lightly and immediately looked bitter. "I disagree," he muttered, perhaps last night the hits came off. He kept turning his back on us, and at the same time rattling his tongue.
We followed in turns from the open door to Ray, who boarded the carriage first.
I, Steyl, Arthur, and Captain Alan close the door behind me. Due to their size, the carriages, which were almost full, seemed to touch each other's shoulders when sitting, even though they were like children.
I sat across from Ray in the back seat, and next to him were Captain Alan and Arthur. And then there was a little extra width in the form of a stele sitting next to me. Ray just said, "Why is it narrower?" He glanced at me for a second. I snooped on the adjacent Captain Alan, but I quickly turned my gaze away from the window again.
It didn't take long for the man who asked where to go to move the carriage in a hurry.
When the carriage started, Ray thought he would start talking, but even if he started to shake, he remained out of the window for a while. If you think of the gaze, he still cares about the knight, Captain Alan.
Captain Alan also noticed it and shouted, "Ng," before breaking the silence to Ray himself.
"What's the matter? Is there anything you want to ask me?"
"No....... why are you with Jeanne and the others today?"
While refusing, he continued to speak as if he could not shut up.
He glanced at me with a glimmer of rhododendron, and his face was dazzled again.... by the way, I realize that you've always been arrogant towards me.
I thought you were full of minds because of Liar, but it seems to be different.
"No, I'm just off duty today." Jeanne and the others were worried and followed. Don't you have any trouble with me? "
"... no, that's not it."
I think Ray's expression is honest, in response to the sharp point from Captain Alan, who talked to Sarah.
He clearly said that he was [troubled] as he turned away and clouded his expression. I'd like to behave as usual towards us, but Captain Alan's eyes don't seem to work.
Last night, Captain Alan warned us to stop playing lovers, and he probably thought he couldn't bully us in front of our guardians. This is a picture of a bully who is completely vulnerable to adults. Somehow, I still remember that he was fifteen years old.
Maybe they think I brought the knight's relatives to fight Ray.
In fact, Captain Alan is not on duty, and he accompanied me because of his face-to-face relationship with Ray and our face-to-face relationship. Whatever happens, we really appreciate Captain Alan's presence. Let me borrow the power of a tiger for now.
I thought I'd get to Rhea without being attacked by Ray, but I wondered where I'd tell Ray about Rhea.
In the meantime, Captain Alan casually threw it at Ray.
Did you stay home properly last night after that?
"Yes....... Thank you for your trouble." At that time, Captain Alan and the Knight were very helpful. "
No, I was almost saved by the people working behind the scenes who didn't burn it down.
I squeezed my lips as I screamed in my heart. We can't talk about Tiara's predictions because we only know that Captain Alan and the others came to our rescue while Ray and Backworks were busy.
"No, I just handed it over to the guards," replied Captain Alan without paying any attention to Ray, who was shamelessly false.
It was a carefree conversation, but maybe it made it a little easier for him to talk. Ray turned his face to Captain Alan again as he lowered his gaze and raised his head.
"I heard from Giannu. I captured Liar....."
Ah, me. Or rather, a couple of knights caught me in the act.
Didn't I tell you? Ray's eyes opened slightly to Captain Alan, who he easily acknowledged.
It seemed that the knight in front of him was the one who had captured Ryer, but he was confused. The first time I talked to him, I was a bad guy to Captain Alan.
"No, he's so strong." Was that what you've been like since you and I knew each other? "
"Yes............. I'm so annoyed"
Ray nodded his words, but his last words were as small as his own.
He lowered his gaze and clenched his fist with his loose hand. I'm sure it's not my imagination to look slightly trembling.
His face bowed down, and the faces of those who were not hidden in the mask could not see their faces.
Captain Alan asked me what happened, but I didn't return a word this time. After a few tens of seconds of silence, the carriage wakes up in an artistic mask as if it were shaking heavily. From the beginning, my usual vague expression turned straight to me.
"... Jeanne. Let me hear it from you." What has he ever done with Rhea? "
When you dare to ask me, instead of Alan, who is supposed to be the source, I don't think you will be able to come out strongly.
I nodded in Ray's straight line of sight, moving my mouth slowly. I look back at what I heard from Chancellor Gilbert here.
"After his release, Rhea works for a livestock dealer who was referred to the castle under probation."
"Huh...?! Is that the guy?"
Ray, who stood up from his seat without thinking of Gatan, shook the carriage.
I accidentally hit my head against the ceiling, but I don't care. Rather than that, I looked at him with my eyes on a plate, as if my remarks were unbelievable.
A livestock dealer... I mean, a livestock broker. It is also a rough job to take back the livestock bought from the farmer and sell it to a raw meat business while taking care of it. It seems that Rhea, who was introduced to the castle, is still working there.
Although he is not given a good job to make a living, the sentence introduced by the castle has its merits.
"There's really no reason for him to be in such a place at the order of Ryer or Tsubaki Castle..."
"I work from home." It's not a bad job in the sense that a minimum standard of living is guaranteed. ”
Unbelievably, I returned to him in a rough voice, a chilled voice that covered him with water.
At that moment, he stiffened his shoulders and clogged his words once. If you can imagine any part of Ryer's life before that, it would have been a reason to be convinced even if you didn't want him to know his previous life well. Gently twisting his face, he slowly sat down again.
"I can't find it... damn it. You're living a much better life than you used to."
I scratch my hair and forehead and eat my teeth.
The irritated expression looked angry and somewhat restless. If you hear that he's working normally, it's a natural reaction to keep looking.
Then, I put my scratching hair in my ear so that I could recover my mind immediately. Humming, I put a stick on the window sill and laughed. I turned a distorted laugh to hide my confusion here.
"Even while I was doing this, he lived an interesting and funny life!" That kind of personality hasn't changed, has it? "
... I don't know about that.
Inadvertently, I shut up without being able to hit a hammer.
Arthur and the others seemed to agree on this if only the gaze was given. They don't know the setup of the game, but they know what happened to him that Chancellor Gilbert told me.
Ryer returned to our country only a few months ago.... until then, he was trapped out of the country, even if he didn't know how long. "How many months, how many years..." He has undoubtedly suffered for a short time. And we know what happens to slave victims often afterwards. I'm sure... the only person I don't know right now is Ray.
However, it is too irresponsible to point it out from the inside. Thinking about how Rae and Rhea finally broke up, it was superfluous.
"... but I'll thank you for it."
I thought for an instant that my mumbling voice was empty.
While we only returned silence, his murmur was only slightly silenced by the sound of the carriage. Without making eye contact with any of us, his expression, which he missed out on the window, can only be seen by me sitting in front of him, hidden on the screen.
"Really, if that man were Lyre."... then I'll praise you for doing well. "
I knew that his small, blurry voice was the strength and gratitude he was able to do his best now.
Throwing a distant gaze outward, his expression was more gentle than ever. Somewhere pathetic, but hopeful, his inner heart is surely unknown.
Without moving his mouth, he said to Ray, "What else do you want to ask? If I asked, all I had was a short reply:" I don't know. "I don't mean to reject a conversation like this, but it really isn't.
"Ask him directly."...... I'm glad I'm alive..... "
That word hurts my chest.
It's definitely true for him, but I think perhaps there's more cruelty waiting for him than I thought.
Hold your chest with both hands and chew your lower lip.
After that, even if I kept staring at Ray, my words and gaze remained quiet without moving through the window. My eyes are distant as I watched the scenery change from familiar to intermediate.
"Late" and "stupid", he didn't say me, but his face was the age of fifteen.... no, maybe something younger. Because for Ray, Rhea was a benefactor and an irreplaceable loved one.
─ Glug, glug, glug...
And so, the carriage.