"Don't be silly!"

　A man's angry voice echoed through the room.
　A room in the residence of Bornter.It's not a room where Ray raged during the day.However, the current state of the room was as bad as that of Ray's rampage during the day.It was a neat and well-clean room only a few hours ago, but the chairs were broken by the owner of the house, the curtains were torn off, the paintings on the walls were trampled down, and the pots on which the flowers were displayed were broken.And...

"You! You're as young as Rank D! Lick me! You're silent! Are you thinking?"
"Hee! Forgive me... sir..."

　It was a maid in her late teens who was serving the house that the horse-riding whip in Bornter's hand was shaken down with a vexation.
　The clothes were torn by the impact of whipping, the skin was torn, and the flesh was visible.The blood that flowed down to the floor stinks of blood rust in the room.and Bornter smelt it, and gave a dull light to the pleasure of violence, and waved the whip down again.
　The unfortunate thing for the whipping maid was Bornter's physique.Originally, he was an elderly man, but his physique was still robust.It was unbearable for the maid to use her power to shake the whip down.

"Geez...Geez!"

　The maid, unable to speak, could only speak continuously at the shock of the whip, looked at the unconscious maid and rang the only safe bell in the room.
　And a few seconds later.

"Do you want me, Mr. Bornter?"
"Take him with you.Oh, I'll treat you just as you please.If I were to die, I would be in trouble.for Dusker is more strict about this sort of thing than about the commoner's."
"Huh!"
"And how much did you investigate him?"

　I threw the whip in my hand to the floor and headed to the opposite room.
　The butler, who followed him, hurriedly instructs his subordinates to treat the maid, and then spoke to him not to offend him.

"It's only been a few months since I first appeared in the city of Gilm.According to rumors, he was a disciple of a very skilled wizard.After completing the training, I was told to gain experience as an adventurer here."
"Well, I suppose.If the adventurer with the Gryphon has always been in the city of Gillum, it is too late to be rumored."
"After that, I entered the guild just as my teacher said.It seems that they were mainly requested by the punitive force."

　He sat down in a chair at the back of the room, and made the butler continue to report.
　A few hours after Ray returned from the house and Bornter came to himself, the butler had gathered so much information.
　The information network is as large as Gillum's arms stores, and Ray's own information can be gathered without much trouble.

"Well, that's why you took part in the attack on the oak settlement."

　muttered a little, and, urging the butler to move on, poured the wine into the glass and drank it up in one gulp.

"Phew, and his own arm... no, not to mention it."At that moment, the fear of death passed through Bornter's mind.His skill could not have been inexperienced, because he made me feel that much fear.
　When I muttered like that, I suddenly felt uncomfortable.

"Wait, was he a disciple of a wizard?"
"Yes, it is impossible to tell whose apprentices he was, but he seemed to have been a hermit, and he lived alone with the Gryphon."
"But he didn't use magic when he tried to kill her, though he had a magic engine..."

　muttering, I remember Ray's magic engine.
　Usually, the magic engine is a cane or a ring.There are earrings in some rare places, but what they have in common is that they are purely magical.But Ray's magic engine, seen by Bornter in the daytime, seemed to be a weapon... and also had the ability to be some sort of very powerful magic item.
　Of course, it is not that there is no magic engine with other effects as a magic item.However, one magic item has a special ability that is different from the ability as a magic engine.Granting those two would require a very high level of technology.Conversely, that's why it's common for magicians to have only the ability to act as magicians.In other words, magic engines and special abilities as weapons.The scythe that combines the two is invaluable... that even the world's finest alchemists in the magical city of Ozos can finally make it.

(That magic item alone should be a great asset.It's an item box after all right.

　It's a shameful existence, but it's too bad to overlook it.It's too much to spare, whether it's a magic item or a glyphon.

"How is his connection?"
"Your connections?"
"Yes, if he is caught in any trap, he is likely to come out with a chock-

　He must have understood his master's point.The butler thought for a few seconds before he spoke.

"I think it's the Larkus frontier that can be said to be pure networking.The attack on the oak settlement, as I have to say, is a little off the subject.It seems that it was Ray who defeated Oak King, who was leading the Oaks.It seems that the Count of Frontiers L'Arcus moved to lock him in.As a result, I took the upgrade examination in a special way, and now I'm in the rank D position, and I've confirmed that I've continued to make requests to Ray in the form of nominations."
"...are you connected with the lord?It's troublesome again."
"And..."

　butler who hesitates a little.He looked at the butler with a murky eye and urged him to move on.

"Well, with regard to the nomination I have just mentioned, you may remember that a little while ago the Duchess of Quelebel, who was also the chief figure of the nobility, came to this Gillum."
"...yeah. He's here.She has the name of General Hime, or something like that."
"Yes, that's it.that the nomination was apparently a bodyguard of the Duchess of Quelevel or something like that."
"What? Then what?Is that little Ray connected to the Duke of Kelevel?"
"I can't say for sure, but it's possible."
"... d*mn it!"

　Dusker, the lord of the town of Gilm, could use his power to lay the groundwork for Ray.Of course, it would be dangerous if it were known, so there would be a reasonable risk, but considering the return that could be obtained, the balance of payments would be sufficient.but all his objectives were broken if he had any connection with the Duke of Kelevel as the butler said.The aristocratic faction, with Dusker, the Count of L'Arcus, having far more influence than the neutral faction, the central figure of the aristocrats have so much influence.It is not so difficult to destroy one of the merchants on the frontier with their influence and power.

"It's dangerous for him to fall into.Then... well, hey."
`Why, sir?'
"Call all the arms dealers in the city of Gilm.and then refuse to sell, groom, or buy all the weapons from that little chap named Ray.No matter how much the magic engine is used as a weapon, it must be maintained.Then you'll rely on an arms dealer.If all the arms dealers refused it at that time, it should be conveyed to the boy as a clear message from the niece."
"Isn't that not a direct intervention, sir, that he declared that he had never done it again?"Gala pigeon. Bornter frowns uncomfortably at the mention of its name.Gala pigeons, for Bornter, were created between his father and his mistress as he entered old age, and the mere thought that half of them were related to him made him feel uncomfortable.

"That useless fellow,"Even if they rot, they are still of the family of the fox, so they are used as bodyguards, but they are swept away like rank D little boys.Rank B's name will cry."
"Mr. Bornter, that adventurer, Ray, beat Monster Rank B Oak King when he was in Rank G.Even if the guild's rank basically shows their ability, it's dangerous to apply it to Ray."

　Bornter frowned slightly at the butler's words.Even he knows the heterogeneity of Ray's adventurer.He tried to kill himself without hesitation, who was also the manager of an arms dealer in the town of Gilm.Although he was not killed in the end, he could not be happy because of Galahato, who was an abhorrent being.

"I don't care. If he does something next, he will be judged a criminal before the law."
"Mr. Bornter... I shall inform the arms dealers in the town of Gillum... are you sure?"
"You're persistent. Just do as I told you."
"Very well,"

　butler, who left the room with a deep bow.
　After seeing him off, Bornter drank as if he had dropped his drinking spree, imagining what would happen to Ray from tomorrow.





"Slip..."

　While Bornter was drinking with a dark delight, Galahat wakes up groaning in a room in his residence.

"Mr. Galla pigeon!"

　Murt, who was sitting in a chair near the bed, exclaims with joy.

"Here, here...?"
"This is the infirmary,"

　If you have as much money and power as Bornter, you don't know when you'll be attacked by an assassin.Or, they could get injured in private training.so that Bornter employed a doctor to live in his mansion.In such a room the Gara pigeon awoke.

"In the medical office...? What?! What's wrong with you?"

　He lifted his upper body vigorously, and his broken ribs hurt by Ray's blow, and he writhed on the bed.

"Gala pigeon! You have to rest! The doctor says that it would have been such an injury that I wouldn't have been saved if I hadn't been 20 minutes late to be taken here and used recovery magic!"

　Mult says with tears in his eyes.In fact, Ray's broken ribs pierced his internal organs, and Gala pigeon was spared death because Bornter had hired a doctor who could use the power of money to use the magic of recovery.The blow Ray delivered was so powerful that he stood up with the wound.

"Murt, what's wrong with you?"
"Oh, it's all right.I don't have any injuries that seem to be injuries.When Ray promised to Mr. Gala pigeon, he went home quietly and had nothing more to do."
"...I see, is my brother safe?"
"As for Ray, indeed..."

　Multo looked to the bed next to where the Gala pigeon lay, hesitating.I put up with the pain of even a little movement and looked at it, and there was a girl there.However, he is not in a normal condition because he is sleeping in a bed in the medical office.

"This is..."

　The Gala pigeon breaks down at the sight of the girl.There are many lines of scarring on the back, and a large number of scars are left that are certain to be left behind by the use of recovery magic.My back was injured, so I was lying face down and sleeping in bed.No, he fainted.

"one of the maids in the house.I got hit by a Bornter..."
"What!"

　The Gala pigeon is so full of Murto's words.He had never thought that his brother would hurt a woman this much... for the rest.That's an act of taking it out.

(...no, it's not.I can't say it's impossible if you're older than me.）

"I'm sorry,"

　Gala pigeon makes a small apology.

"Why is Mr. Gala pigeon apologizing? It's all Bornter's fault this time! Well, I think this woman was miserable..."
"But if it's okay to take it out... wait.You take it out, sir?"

　Gara pigeon feels uncomfortable with what she says.
　He's half a brother, but he's my brother.I know the character very well.Yes, for example, you can't forgive yourself for being ridiculed, and you don't care what happens to others for your own profit.However, his brother has such a personality as well as a terrible coward.It's obvious from what happened today when I almost suffered direct damage to myself.Does such an older brother make the maid die on the verge of death?

(I was afraid that my brother would not interfere with Ray any more in the daytime.But what if it was a mistake?)

　Yes. Gala pigeons are certainly a Rank B adventurer and highly capable in the city of Gilm.But it is only his ability as an adventurer.A good judge of magic items.The smell of money is nowhere near as good as Bornter.and if Bornter had smelled the money from Ray.

"Mr. Galla pigeon?"
"...Murt, listen carefully to me now."

　The Gara pigeon is currently stuck.The only way he could do this was to rely on his companions who loved him.