Vermillion

"I will convey the words of Mr Valgren-Kremlat. 'I'm glad you remembered your promise. Suddenly, at eight o'clock tonight, we wait at the south gate of the First Wall."

In the morning, the man who had visited the "HangedBug" pavilion, Kazimir, told him so with a grumpy face. He pushes his muscular body into tailored plain clothes and seems to be cramped somewhere. I can't even say I'm in a good mood for flattery, and even if I don't say it, it's obvious why I have to do this.

Kays, who had breakfast in the dining room, have seen other guests face to face with the sudden appearance of a rare guest. In the lodging in Lower Town, it was probably out of place.

"Tonight... That's a long story."

Irene, who was eating bread in a soup, swallowed something in her mouth. Then Kazimir looked unexpectedly muddled,

"My lord - no, Master Valgren is so busy that he is deliberately devoting precious time for you! It's an honor!

but cough up and mislead, as if to be ashamed that you have immediately roughed up your voice.

"…… ohon. So, of course you can come, right?

"No, well... I can go."

Unacceptable, answer Eileen. Kai also agrees with Kokoku next door. I didn't feel like answering NO if I could just stare at Mr. Shooting. In fact, Kay and Eileen are free.

"Great. They're going to be accompanied this time by specialist astronomers. All right, we'll be at the south gate of the First Wall tonight at 8: 00. I told him so!

The errand is done, Kazimir just turns his heel back and cuts the wind with his shoulders and leaves. Later, only the face of the "HangedBug" pavilion was left as if it had been distracted.

"... that guy, he's been here before, hasn't he? What is it?

Jamie, who was standing in his hand with the water drain, restarts and asks. The other guests were returning to me to resume their breakfast, but it still seemed intriguing to hear Kay's conversation.

"Well, that's the use of a great man I know."

Drinking up a wooden cup of water, Kay shrugs her shoulders. Jamie watched Kazimir leave the door, "Phew," as he poured the alternate water.

"But even when I say use it, that guy himself... well, isn't he in a nasty position?

I don't look good in common people's outfits at all, Jamie said.

"Probably."

Kay nodded vaguely. To see that forged flesh, it would be nineteen or eighty-nine soldiers. And because of that overflowing elegance, sometimes I'm just a soldier. Probably the chivalry class.

"... who's that great guy to use that as a small room?

Jamie's doubts are particularly true. As Valgren was an even higher nobleman, is there anyone who can put Kazimir 'only' to use, or is the best 'wooden end' of people who can put it to use Kazimir -

"I don't know. I mean, we don't even know the details. You say you just happen to know each other... they also intend to 'hide it' when it comes to your identity in the first place. I guess that's why he's being disguised, too."

"Oh, you mean" wacky "with all sorts of things.... What are you going to do to meet me in front of the castle gate at night?

Jamie doesn't hesitate to pry. At least, the surrounding guests seemed to welcome her attitude like that.

but unfortunately there is not enough answer to meet their expectations.

"It's not a big deal, I'm just going to look at the stars."

"Heh? Stars?

"Yes, the stars."

"It looks like Kay is an expert in astronomical observation."

Irene pinches her mouth as she chews off the bacon lavishly.

"Once upon a time, when the great man taught me so much, Kay promised to show off his knowledge of the stars in return. That was today, Wake up."

"Oh, … yes."

Jamie looked somewhere unexplained, but there was no wind that Kay or Irene were lying about, so he eventually fastened to shrugging his shoulders.

"It's weird. Oh, speaking of which, what are you going to do with the room next week? Extend?"

We're talking about the inn. I have taken the room for a few days on the first day, but that ends this weekend as well.

"No, fine. It's time to leave Wolvern."

"Oh. Going on another journey?

"A journey…… I plan to return to Satina."

When Kay answered, Jamie leaned down a little "heh......" and wrapped her short cut flax hair around her fingertips.

"I'm gonna miss you."

Back to back with words, he didn't look so lonely. Jamie, who looked at Kay and Irene alternately, also seemed to envy them one way or another.

†††

That night.

Because of Kazimir's surprise, Kay and the others waited in front of the castle gate a little earlier than they had promised.

The sun is already abundant. By this time, the sun was getting shorter and shorter, Kay looked up at the starry sky and thought. The residents of the city, most of them on the floor, probably have no lights on the surrounding houses, but only the bonfires that hit them in front of the gate illuminate the two of them. From time to time, there are no shadows other than the guards who turn a frivolous glance from the guard post at the gate.

"Hey, good evening. Sorry to keep you waiting."

And a familiar voice. The guard door opened and an old man appeared when he saw him.

It is Mr Valgren-Kremlat.

Then Kazimir in plain clothes from behind and a strange middle-aged Gyoro-eyed man.

"Huh."

"Hmm."

On Valgren's face lit by the bonfire lights, Kay and Eileen managed to keep their faces faceless by biting off their laughter.

- "Hair" was changing.

Valgren used to want the alias for silver mushroom hair (between the two of them), but this evening the outfit was new, with brown hair long hair.

It was like a joke that an old man, who seemed to be a good man with a dough nose on his round face, was smiling with glossy salad long hair.

In the end, I couldn't find that silver haired snail - even if it was an alternative, why did you choose Ron's hair - rather than that wig being a woman in the first place - there were a lot of things to think about, but anyway, to the two desperate to keep their faces straight and not even to say hello, Valgren smiled and fazzled... and let her hair soothe.

"I've stretched it out. Does it look good on you?

That one word becomes a toddle, and the buzzing Kays. Kazimir looked scared at the two of them trying to get in shape somehow, but Valgren was laughing like a kid who had a successful prank.

"- Let me introduce you."

After the two settled down, Valgren, who removed the long-haired cuttlefish and returned to his bald head, indicated the middle-aged man with the Gyoro eyes beside him.

"This is the astronomer, Dr. Pablo-Robles."

"Hi. I was hoping you could teach me how the star moves and the weather are related tonight."

Guy with Gyoro's eyes - "Pablo" had a tenacious gaze at Kay like he was supposed to. From his attitude, he seems to suspect Kay's story, 'If you look at the stars, you can see the weather until a few days later'. "Nice to meet you," Kay also interpreted, but what an awkward air.

"Humph," Kazimir snorted, stroking the sheath of a luxurious long sword placed on his waist belt.

"Then let's go."

With such an awkwardness and other breezes, Valgren walks out with a lantern. Lantern - A large crystal sits inside a glass box supported by a goldsmith's frame, which emits a soft white light. Kay and Irene visualize the dwarf with wings on his back there. Valgren's covenant spirit, the "White Light Spirit" and "Toborg".

Head to the city office, just as you did before when you did your astronomical observations. The City Hall is a tall building in the city, except for castles and watchtowers. It sprinkles with astronomical observations on its rooftops, but even at nights when it becomes deserted, the bottomless influence of Valgren can be seen around freeing up public facilities.

This time, the astronomer Pablo seems to be bringing a practical telescope. Last time, Kay didn't mind walking around about the luxurious telescope and silver-haired cuttlefish that Sheave had stormed and blew away, but fortunately, Valgren never mentioned them.

Kazimir checks the city hall ahead of time, and since there were no anomalies, he goes up to the roof. Pablo took the equipment out of his backpack, assembled the tripod at best, and installed the telescope.

"Well, then…… could you tell us more about it?"

Put your hands on your hips and watch Kay in a tight way, Pablo. Kay had been observing him for a while and realized that Pablo just looked tight because of his Gyoro eyes, not that there seemed to be anything else about Kay that he thought.

"Okay. First of all about the weather, but the key is the red star."

"Are you [Wordna]?"

"That's right. And the orange stars that surround it are the Mystical Exorcism...

"I don't know."

Kay was stroking her breasts down to Pablo, who nodded to Eagle Deep. The names of the stars and constellations seem to be common in the game and 'here'.

"We talk fast. In that" exorcism of mystery "seat… I wonder what it should be… drilled, it doesn't make sense, yes, there are colorful stars lined up to draw a spiral…"

Somehow use your vocabulary, Kay, to start explaining. Peeping into the telescope, Pablo is gaveling and listening.

"You're also famous in our industry for that line of stars. It is said that irregularly colored stars circulate from day to day - that is the manifestation of the magical currents of the world."

"Well, that's the first thing I've heard about it. But it could also be, if those stars were related to the magical currents of this world, wouldn't it be strange if the 'events of the world' or 'weather' were reflected there?

"No, but research is underway on the regularity of those stars' colors, but if it's weather related, someone should notice"

"No, this isn't enough to predict the weather. There are blue stars [Nilda] and the" Guardian's Staff "in the southern sky. Actually, it's linked to the brilliance of the stars in the Guardian's Staff."

"What?

"Take another look at the exorcism seat. Star vortex, I want you to look at the colors in turn from the closest place on the bottom side. One side should be red, red, orange, orange, white, blue, blue, …"

To Kay's words, Pablo twists his knob tightly to adjust his focus.

"Red, red, orange, white, blue and white, blue… Hmm, because you are so far visible to the naked eye?

"Sort of. So, after that, blue and white, orange and orange..."

"What?... what? No, no, wait, wait. You can't see that far."

"Ha? Can't you even see the telescope?

"No, you…… I was also confident in the goodness of my eyes, but only to the third degree of the vortex of the stars in the first place with the naked eye……"

"Well, whatever it is, if you can see the first seven, you can figure it out..."

Pablo talks about Kay pointing at the sky and this, and each time he busily changes the orientation of the telescope to observe the stars. Looks fun for both of us.

Around Kazimir, nestled like a stone statue, Valgren and Eileen watch them smile.

"... yes. So, ma'am, how was the North?

Valgren spoke to me in a softly quiet voice so as not to disturb them both.

"Hmm? Hmm...... right, that was tough"

Irene sighs with a fuzzy sigh as she arms up. The fairy of light, caught and shagged with Valgren's head, tries to stay out of sight as much as possible.

Pompous, trying to whine, Eileen shared her experiences in the North. Beginning with the arrival of horse thieves, there was a deterioration in security, tingling ill feelings drifting between ethnic groups, and fighting in the caravan. As for the Devil's Forest, I had a feeling that being a Valgren opponent would have a high probability of getting involved in troublesome things, so I would scratch the "Devil" explanation, starting with the concept and Oz of a different world.

Valgren seemed particularly interested in the situation on the northern earth, listening with a strange face.

"Hmm..." The Devil's Forest "has a truly clever man."

"Oh. As for who I am, I didn't have the laziness to get it revealed to me. But I personally think that after doing" magical things "without a spell, you might be like a great spirit."

"What else..."

Valgren seemed convinced by Eileen's explanation.

"But I didn't know there was such a monster in that fog. Making it, I'm glad I didn't get involved in the last survey."

"It's true. If I'd stepped in, my husband wouldn't be here by now."

"I'd say something scary."

Pei, and Valgren, who slaps his head and laughs bitterly. Kazimir has turned a stern eye from behind, but Irene doesn't care.

"That's right. Speaking of the North, we don't seem to have enough medicine. I guess it would be a good business to send more, because they have some superior metal weapons over there like" True Silver "?

I guess Valgren is really a nobleman at one end of the spectrum anyway, Irene stepped on, and tried to shake that story. If Valgren has the legend and the financial resources, it's a good opportunity to do business. If more excellent medicine from the Principality reaches the northern lands, the people of the snowfields will be saved. It would be a WINWIN deal, because I thought.

"Sounds like it. … well, you don't have enough medicine"

With an ambiguous smile, Valgren stroked his jaw.

"…… Then we have to send more."

Irene turns a frivolous eye to an old man who shows some disturbing signs. - Intuitively, I still don't want to get involved with this guy, I thought.

But such is the inside of Eileen, Valgren looks at Kay again.

"By the way, what are you going to do after this?

"How about that?

Here he comes, whining in his chest, Eileen asks for Valgren's sincerity.

"What, I have plans for the future. It doesn't mean I'm going to be living in a makeshift place forever, does it?

"Uh... well, let's go back to Pumpkin Satina."

"Hmm? But Kay's taking Wolvern's citizenship, and didn't you both just pay for the library's annual membership?

Blink your pussy and eyes, Valgren. You seem surprised that I showed you the will to leave Wolvern. And even as far as citizenship is concerned, library dues were never cheap. Anyway, it's about as much gold as it blew up - it's too late to leave now, even though we still have access to the library for over ten months, Valgren says.

"No, well, I am. Satina is easier for the rest of us to live... Wolvern is cold for the Gentiles, isn't he?

"…… I think so."

"And renting a house doesn't have a budget, and the inn is pretty expensive. I'm thinking of looking for a cheap house in Satina. Satina has an undeveloped forest nearby that makes it easier for Kay to use her bow arm."

"Is that so… uhm, but I'm too spared to be just a hunter with as many bow arms as he is"

Valgren tilted his neck, as if it were the first time he remembered there.

"Besides, isn't he under contract with the Spirit of the Wind?

In a grinning grin, those eyes are not the only ones laughing.

"Whatever, I'll even introduce you to Wolvern's School of Magic..."

"No... I guess it doesn't make sense. Look, as my husband knows, Kay's Spirit is... quite free. Besides, Kay is too young, too weak in magic to handle it properly. I appreciate the magic school, but I think it's a little difficult."

"Hmm.... you seem to have qualities too?

"No, no, no, no. College is not a gala, so don't worry, I'll just relax..."

Ha, and Irene took a little distance with a troubled smile.

"Really? That's too bad."

With a floating appearance, Valgren moves aside and shrugs his shoulders. Eileen secretly stroked her chest down because she didn't even seem to intend to be so adamant.

"…… yes, that's fine"

Seeing Kay speak with Pablo with some enthusiasm, Eileen grins.

- I want him to relax.

I just want people to be free to live independently of their desires and smudges. And I want to see him laugh at Kay like that all the time without giving in - that's Irene's wish.

"Ah. I mean, I don't know how to forecast the weather either. I forgot."

I always leave it to Kay, and in the end Eileen doesn't know anything about the specific methodology. Eileen approached the two of them eagerly, wondering what to do without hearing Kay's commentary here and now.

"Pablo's husband, can I borrow the telescope, too?

"Mm-hmm. Of course I don't mind... don't break it"

"It's okay, Daijbu."

"Ah, don't twist the knob so hard! Because it's delicate!

Valgren smiles at the three noisy people.

Only Kazimir, who wraps his arms around behind him, was just "humming" his nose in a boring way.

†††

As a result, Kay taught Pablo all of his knowledge of the weather forecasts he would bring with him.

As for authenticity, astronomers, starting with Pablo, will take the data and confirm it in the future. In that regard, Valgren apparently trusts Kay to some extent, leaving him with no need to wait in Wolvern until the results are known.

If you want to leave, that's fine.

A few days later, Kay and Eileen decided to leave Wolvern and return to Satina when Cornwell Chamber of Commerce merchants were ready.

Early in the morning, say goodbye to the "HangedBug" pavilion and accompany the sasquatches outside the city. In the lodging town on the outer edge of Wolvern, carriages of caravans have already exchanged rows. There was the nostalgic face of Holland and Edda and the fellow escorts who had previously travelled together.

"If Kay's gonna stay with the caravan, it's a hundred manpower!

"The Big Bear (Grandurus) is out again!"

"The rice on the road will be extravagant!"

Everyone seems to have tremendous trust in Kay's bow skills. This time, Kay and Irene aren't just escorts, they just accompany them, but they still don't move on while sleeping, so I'll be pretty vigilant and deal with any trouble. It must have been a reliable force from all the caravans.

"No, I kind of miss you. This is how we move in line."

Kay, the caravan advancing and holding the reins next to the wagon, spoke to Holland on your stand.

"Right, but I guess it's only been about three months since we came to Wolvern together."

"Are you still like that?"

"No, it's been thick the last few months..."

Smudging and Irene while adjusting the position of the circular shield carried on her back.

"You can rest assured that you're with me!

Edda sits next to Holland in a banzai pose. Depending on Valgren's convenience, he was worried for a long time because the Kays might not have been able to come to Satina with him. I guess it's nice to be with you in the sun.

And as I was doing so, a soft harp (harp) sounded from the front of the Holland carriage.

"Oh, speaking of which, I didn't introduce the customer."

Holland talks to Kay and Irene about something behind her back.

Immediately, a light-black skinned man appeared from the front of the carriage. He is a beautiful young man with a beautiful face, wearing a hat with decorative feathers and small, spilled clothes.

"This is Joaquin, the bard. I've known him a long time. We're going on this trip to Satina together."

"I'm here to introduce you, 'Joaquin-Serabassa'. We produce songs and harps…… both of you, please welcome."

Bard taking off his hat and meeting - Joaquin. The stiff white teeth are dazzling. The people of the sea plains (España), though they are unique?

"His harp is a big deal. The Great Spirit gave Joaquin the gift of harp. I hope you're looking forward to your break."

Holland is in a good mood. Joaquin is smiling like a soldier.

The journey from Wolvern to Satina began so soothingly.