With black rain clouds floating in the sky and rain falling at any time, Langa, the head of the city's security team, looked up depressedly at the sky as warm air drifts around him, perhaps due to the lingering heat.

"It's disgusting weather, isn't it?If it's going to rain, I'd like it to rain right away."

　Langa's men were dumbfounded when they heard such words like this.

"Even if you say that, wouldn't the captain ask you to clear up as soon as it rains?"
「……」

　Langa scratching her head shyly with a grim smile on her face, perhaps because her subordinates hit her.
　At that time, another subordinate suddenly shouted, unlike Langa, who had been talking to him before.

"Captain, we found a carriage.I'm coming this way."
"Well, this is a rare time of day.I don't think he's a thief.Do you remember the coachman?"

　The current time is a little after noon and afternoon.After a few more hours, it's time for adventurers who've finished their requests, merchants and travelers who want to get into the city of Gilm before it gets dark and monsters attack, but basically it's unusual for someone to come in at this time of day.
　Well, it's rare, but a few people come every day.

"The coachman... well, I think I've seen him before.He is an adventurer who used to be in the town of Gilm.But I've been to Dungeon lately."
"Oh, I see.If you're from a dungeon, you can come at this time.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
"I haven't heard of it lately.Let's see... an adventurer with a Gryphon in charge of the captain.Did I say Ray?Most damage has been done since he started with some aristocratic people."

　Langa looks at his dumb subordinates.

"What's the matter?"
"The carriage of the nobility, which I have just spoken of. Wasn't it that carriage?"

　I had just discovered a carriage at the sight of my men.The carriage is still a long way off, but it is not difficult for Langa, who is guarding the gate of Gillum, to see it.
　but it was a different story to be able to find a carriage than to be able to distinguish it.
　Moreover, the cabs in which the Elenas were riding were given an inconspicuous magical effect, which made it even more difficult to distinguish.

"Is that so? But I don't think it was an adventurer, but a man who seemed to be a subordinate of a very beautiful nobleman."

　As soon as the word "beautiful woman" was uttered, most of the people on the spot gasped with admiration.

"...beautiful woman,"
"Oh, she was a beauty you could never see in this city."

　I watched the carriage approaching, remembering the beauty of Elena.

"There was a rumor that the beautiful woman was a princess general... really?"
"Well, I don't know.It's true that he has that face, that he has a breathtaking body, that he behaves, and that he's a princess general, and I can easily agree with him, but why should such a distinguished nobleman come all the way to such a frontier?"
"Well, I went to Dungeon, and he must have had something to do with it."

　While listening to his men's stories, Langa smiled bitterly.
　for, being the captain of the Guard, Langa himself had heard of the arrival of the Duchess of Elena Kerebel, or the Princess General, who had been mentioned earlier, at the frontier count of Larx.Although it may not be necessary to say anything else, it did not take long for his background to be known only to a person with such a flower."Look, both of you.The cab is about to arrive, so let's stop talking about it.If it were a noble man in that carriage, you would know what would happen if you were told such a story.
"Oh, yes.I'm sorry."
"I understand,"

　A few minutes after they stopped talking, a carriage arrived in front of the main gate.At the same time, the guards nodded satisfactorily to their expectations, seeing Gryphon emerging from behind the carriage.
　Until arriving at the main gate of the city of Gilmoo, Seto, who was watching the attack by the enemy and thieves in the shadow of the horse-drawn carriage, chants happily when he finds his acquaintance, Langa, among the guards.Langa caresses his head with a smile on his face.

"Hi, Seto. It's been a long time no see.How have you been?"
"Grull".

　While patting Seto on the head, Langa's men receive a guild card from an adventurer who is a coachman and check it out, and Langa also lightly knocks on the carriage.Then the door opened, and the face he saw was Ray's, as expected.

"Hi, Ray.It seems that your request has been successfully completed."
"Oh, well, it's done, but it's safe..."

　He thought that he had failed in his request, which was unusual for Ray's reticent manner, but when he saw Elena popping out of the carriage, he turned his head slightly.
　I heard from Larkus, Countess of the Frontier, that Rey's request must have been the bodyguard of General Hime, and as far as the bodyguard does not appear to be injured, it is safe to say that the request has been successfully fulfilled.

"I successfully accomplished my request, but I lost a few party members."

　Ray, too, misleads the story that one of Elena's companions had turned to the Westian Empire.
　But it is true that he has lost Custe, and that is why he still feels bitter.

"Yes, sir,"I'm sorry, but it's a welcome thing for a Guillum city bodyguard to see you back safely... ...and I'm sorry for the waste of time.Guild card."

　He nods to Ranga's words and presents a guild card.
　As for the Elena, there is a document received from the Larkes frontier before they leave, so that they can pass through the gate without any particular problems, so they simply check the guildcard of Ray and the adventurer they employ as a coachman, and enter the city of Gillum with the help of a devil's necklace on Sett.

"And where should I go?"

　Entering the city of Gillum, the adventurer he hired as a coachman called out into the carriage.
　At first he was frightened of Set, the Gryphon, but now he was able to stroke Set, perhaps because he had lost his sense of weakness after traveling with him for days or spending time with him in the camp.It seemed to have been especially helpful for the adventurer that he did not have to be on guard and alert.The fact that most of the monsters attacking the group, which normally have a Set of Rank A monsters, were low-intelligence and were not busy is probably a cross-border ship for the man hired as a bodyguard and coachman.
　The coachman's voice opened the door of the carriage and Ray appeared.

"Go to the lord's house,"
"...wow, you're a nobleman."

　Ordinary adventurers would not go to the lord's residence so easily.Just like Ray, people who received a request for nomination from the lord of the manor.

"I'm afraid I'm not a nobleman,"
"I know, you had your guild card at the gate.and I don't feel aristocratic."
"... aristocracy?"

　muttered the man, turning the carriage to the lord's house.

"Yeah. It's about being raised well, and the atmosphere that oozes even if you don't say anything."
"I suppose so,"Ray smiles bitterly at the coachman's words.
　After all, an atmosphere of oozing out is created by the environment in which the person grew up.For Ray, who grew up freely in a country town deep in the mountains in the Tohoku region, it is highly unlikely that such an aristocratic atmosphere would seep out.

"Ah! There's Seto!"

　When I was thinking like that inside, I suddenly heard such a child's voice.
　I turned my eyes to the voice, where several children approached Sett, who was walking with a carriage, patting him on the back and feeding him with food such as dried meat and sandwiches.
　Then, when they hear the sound of a set of voices, one or two people and the inhabitants of the city gather together.
　Most of them were children, but some of them were young people, adults, and old people.

"...what is this?"

　muttered the coachman, dumbfounded.
　For this guy, Seto isn't the kind of monster he's supposed to be in.Rank A Monster is a very violent monster that no ordinary adventurer can touch.However, in front of her, for some reason, almost 10 city dwellers are stroking her, looking as if they were watching a lovely puppy or kitten.

"Oh, indeed,"I thought it might be because of the reaction when I saw her, but she hasn't been back in the city for a while, has she?"
"Well, that's true, but..."
"In other words, Seto has become a mascot in the city of Gilm."

　The coachman looked at Ray's muttering words as if he were looking at something unbelievable.But when the evidence was actually shown in front of him, it was impossible to believe it, and he turned his eyes to the carriage, to the set, and to the inhabitants of the city, and finally to Ray with a troubled look.

"Oh, come on. I understand you're the mascot, but I can't move at this rate, so please do something about it."
"That's true, too,"

　He nodded to the coachman's words, jumped out of the coachman's seat, and walked near Seto.

"I'm sorry, but I'm going to have to go a little further to the house of L'Arcus, and leave Sett alone.I'm sure I'll be in town from tomorrow, so if you don't mind, I'll ask you after tomorrow."
"Yeah. It's been a long time since I met Seto."
"Yes, it's a little better, isn't it?"
"Why, don't you bother Ray too much.

　A middle-aged woman near Seto watches out for the children who are pushing for Ray.

"Glu".

　They looked displeased, but when Seto rubbed his head while singing, he reluctantly left.

"I'm sure you'll do it! Let me play with Seto tomorrow!"
"Well, I think I'll be in my usual place in the guild tomorrow, so please be patient with me then."
"Yes, I see!"

　When they answer cheerfully, the residents around Seto return to their respective jobs.

"All right, go to the lord's house.""... oh, yes, but the Gryphon is the mascot.This town has changed a great deal since I was in the dungeon for a while."
"Well, you'll soon get used to it."
"Are we supposed to be accustomed to the Gryphon, or indeed to the remote town of Gillum?"
"At least the people of this town got used to Sett not long after I came to this town of Gillum."

　Tell the coachman so, and Ray goes back into the carriage.

"...it must have been hard,"

　Arra spoke to him, struggling to keep her smile from blowing out, and next to him, Elena had a smile on her lips.

"Yeah. I never thought Seto would be this popular."
"No wonder.Seto is friendly."

　Elena is one of the people who interacted with Seto in this dungeon incident and was helped by his friendliness and high ability, so she looks at Seto, who walks next to her, with a look of satisfaction.
　and when the disturbance about Set was settled, the carriage arrived at the residence of Count Larx, without any further disturbance.

"No matter how many times you look at it, it's more like a fortress than an aristocrat's house."

　muttered Arla, unconsciously, at the bluntness of the window.
　Next to him, Elena nodded as if she had agreed with him, with her eyes fixed on the house.

"Yes, but as long as we are on the frontier, no contingency can be expected.At such times, it is necessary to house as many people as possible and hold them in the castle."
"What I thought while living in this city was that the people were very friendly towards the lords.This is the only town in his territory in his capacity as a frontier, but that is why Larkus has put his efforts into developing the town of Gilm, and the inhabitants understand it."

　Ray's words echoed into the carriage as several knights came out of the house to greet him.