The drawing-room in Bornter's mansion.where the present owner of the house, Bornter, was confronted by a man.
　Bornter himself, with his usual haughty smile, was still responding to the occasional sounds of destruction and anger that came from inside the house.I suppose that's just in case.There was a beautiful long sword on the table.
　It was not difficult for him to wield a long sword or two, though he was an elderly man, who did not devote himself to the study of his body every day.No, on the contrary, I'm pretty sure you're more used to handling weapons than a fledgling adventurer like a Rank G adventurers.There was only one thief-like man behind the Bornter, standing still, conscious of his knife.
　and behind the man sitting face to face with Bornter stood two unidentified figures without uttering a word.

"Oh, what's wrong with you? You look so noisy today."

　The man sitting opposite the Bornter opened his mouth and asked.
　He is a man in his forties.It is somewhat skinny, combined with stubble hair growing on cheeks and jaws, and greasy hair, which gives viewers an unhealthy impression.and the words that were leaked from his mouth were polite, and he had a somewhat teasing attitude toward Bornter, who was twenty years older than him.

"...no problem.We're going to get this over with today.

　In response, Bornter retorts the man's attitude rather than changing it.
　Yes. Bornter, who was conscious of his power, did not say anything about the impolite man's behavior.

"Why did you call me, then, because I might need it?"

　The man with a grin placed a small bottle of his finger-point out of his pocket on the table.

"...I have certainly called you out for a rainy day, but it is only insurance for a rainy day."

　and yet his eyes were fixed upon the little bottle upon the table.

"No, I miss you.Have you known each other for more than 20 years since I first made that medicine?This medicine has been improved since then, and now it's almost something else."
"Well, medicine.How dare you say it?"
"Medicine is medicine, isn't it? It's a medicine, literally.Just a little bit.Yes, it's just a little too powerful."
"Well, that's the usual joke of yours.And now... what is the effect of the medicine?"
"In the experiment, a strong man, a Rank D adventurer, suffered and suffered for about ten days after he was scratched with my medicine-coated knife.and at last he was called to heaven, pleading with me to kill him."

　The man's mouth could not have been more cruel.But Bornter listened to the man without changing his expression.

"Well, that abominable fool.々しいIt is so abominable that I can't believe that there is even half a blood relationship with 儂."
"Oh, my God, did you still use my work to make such a man your own?"
"...it must be the blood of that old fool after all."
"Really? But as a Rank B adventurer, I think it was very helpful to raise the name of the Azot Society."
"That's all I could do.It was somewhat helpful in terms of giving credit to the hand of 儂, but perhaps because his consciousness was stained with a green sense of justice, he could not leave the work behind him.Tenda is good at it, but that makes her half-combat mad."
"Hoot, hoot, hoot, hoot, hoot, hoot.I think they're making good use of it, though they say something."

　When the man said so, the cloak-clad figure behind him gently approached him and whispered something in his ear, and soon returned to its original place."Well... that's too bad."

　Suddenly he changed his tone from his impolite manner.The words contained feelings of regret as they were said.

"...what are you sorry for?"
"Because, look, don't you know, Mr. Bornter's proud adventurers are already dead?"
"What!? You've gathered almost all the adventurers you employ in the Azot trade, that little boy named Ray is coming, and yet the difference in military strength is bound to be overwhelming.Even the highest-ranked Gala Pigeon is too much wounded to move, and the adventurers employed by him have nothing to lose!"
"That's why I'm in trouble.But is it Ray?I've heard about it... but you sound like a very talented adventurer."It's a problem to say that no matter how much they collect, they can't handle the quality."Then we have to improve the individual quality... well, it's possible to do that to some extent with my medicine, so the question is, is it important to attract more people of minimal quality?"

　He muttered in his own world, wondering what he had come up with while talking to Bornter.
　Bornter spoke again, looking at the situation unfamiliarly.

"Shut up a little, and are the adventurers who were really gathering in the house overthrown?"
"Do you doubt my words?"
"That's natural.You were the one who said it was all over, and I didn't confirm it.so far that we can regard you as being absurd."

　A man who twitched his cheek at the words of Bornter.

"Well, I have only advised you, and I don't mind if you don't listen to it.Minas, Cordo, let's go.If you stay here, you'll get involved in a disturbance.We don't want to get involved in a family disturbance, let alone if there is any profit for us.

　He called out to two figures wearing robes, called Minas and Cordo, and stood up from their chairs... the next moment the door of the drawing room opens.
　Not by a man's hand, but by men.

"What!"

　When Minas and Cordo realize this, they go forward silently defending the man.A few figures appeared at the end of his gaze.The man in his thirties is the one leading the group, and Minas decides that Gara pigeon is the one based on the information he had heard before.

"...who is it?"

　but, to the Gara pigeon's eye, he had covered his whole body with robes, and had never seen them before.They ask you that without thinking, but you soon understand who the person is in front of you is.

"Well, are you guys your guests?"
"Yes, sir,"I've been doing business with Mr. Bornter for a long time.I came here today with that in mind, but I never thought it was in the middle of a family disturbance.That's why I'm thinking of going home with this today. ... It doesn't matter, right? Did you say Mr. Galahato?You don't mean to involve an unrelated third party in the family trouble, do you?"

　Gala pigeon nods to a man who tells him to tease him, slightly frowning.

"Of course, if he is an adventurer who cooperates with his brother, he will not do anything about his business."

　Say so, Gara pigeon making way for us.When the man saw it, he bowed with a frivolous smile.

"I'm sorry,"If Mr. Galahat becomes the president of Azot, I will come back to greet him again."
"Wait! Are you going to leave 儂 here?"He was about to leave the room, and Bornter shouted.
　In Bornter's opinion, if a man had left him, he would have only one robber in his room as his bodyguard.Of course, I have some skill in myself, but I still know that I am not equal to the adventurers in front of me.
　If you leave me here, my life will be over.When Bornter decides to do so, he yells at the man, expressing his anger.

"Did you forget the kindness that you have given me?"
"Even so, it's a family trouble, after all?"

　It was when the man talked that much.Shet, who was behind the Gala pigeon until then, and was about to step forward at the crucial moment, groans.

"Rolling".

　It's not the kind of groan you usually get when you're in a good mood.Even Bornter, who can't see Seto directly, stops his movement with a kind of angry groan.

(... not against Bornter?)

　muttered Ray, caressing Setto soothingly.Sett's eyes were not directed at the Bolnter, which was invisible through the door, but at the two men with stubble moustache, who were leaving the room so as to cross Gala pigeon's side -- no, even his face was completely hidden by the hood.He carefully observes the three, leaning his head as he looks as if he is about to jump at them.
　Near Ray, Multo is barely standing with Harbard as a cane when Seto suddenly reveals the true nature of the Rank A monster, and Brasso and Fluorocarbons are nervous.
　It's just a touch-and-go event.There was a man who shouted interestingly in the atmosphere where if someone moved, the situation could become irreversible.

"Oh, Gryphon.It's the first time I've ever seen the real thing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "
"Rolling".
"...I don't think you'll give it up, yes."

　The moment you say something, you'll growl with half-kill.The man shrugs his shoulders and shakes his head regretfully, as if he had given up on the idea.

(What? Why is Seto so wary of these guys? I met him somewhere... I don't know why.If Seto decides that he needs to be vigilant, he can't forget anything.Then...)

　Seto can understand Ray's words, but Ray can't understand Seto'No matter how much they are connected by witchcraft, all they can tell is rough wills such as "I'm hungry," "I'm sleepy," and "Play with me," and they can't understand the details.Still, as if it were true that there was something dangerous because Sett was on guard, he opened his mouth, taking his hand off his caressing head so that he could always shake his death-size.

"Well, you guys... who the hell is that? It's unusual for Setto to be so vigilant."
"Well, no matter what you say.We are none other than Mr. Bornter's business partners."
"...you seem to be trying to abandon your important business partner?"
"There's nothing we can do about it.We do business with the Azot Chamber, not with Mr. Bornter himself."

(...we are.I mean, is there anyone behind us, or is it us who are wearing those robes together?and what should I say about the fact that he is a business partner of Bornter, but the next moment he declares himself a business partner of Azot?"

"Foolish me! Forget the kindness which I have paid you so far! It's no wonder that you and others have come to work in this town of Guillem.""Can I say more here?"

　muttered the man, interrupting the words of Bornter, who was about to say something, and then, when he heard them, he gasped reflexively.

"Oh, it's interesting.I'd be glad if you'd let me hear a little bit about that."

　I suppose he thought Bornter had said something that he shouldn't have said.Fluorocarbons also look at the men with interest.

"I'm sorry, but there's a kind of confidentiality.I can't give a third party such information. ... Well, is it about time? I'm sorry, but we're not free either."
"Well, don't say so.It seems that you know a lot about Bornter's secrets.especially about the little bottles that are meaningful and favorite on the table."

　Beyond Ray's gaze was a reception set in the room and a small bottle left on the table.

「っ！？」

　ボルンターもレイの見ているものに気が付いたのだろう。慌ててその小瓶へと手を伸ばす。
　そしてその行動こそが余計に怪しまれるというのに気が付いたのだろう。小瓶を握りしめてから忌々しそうにレイを睨みつけてくる。

「見ての通り、何か訳ありらしいしな。それに……」

　ガラハトへと視線を向け、小さく頷くのを確認したレイは男へと視線を向けて持っていたデスサイズの柄を突き出す。
　その速度はそれ程速いものでは無かった。あるいは、男が冒険者であったのなら特に何の問題も無く回避出来ていたかもしれない。そんな程度の一撃。だが不幸なことに男は冒険者では無く、その攻撃を回避することは出来ず胴体へとデスサイズの柄の先端が……

"What!"

　On the verge of stabbing, something pops out from the inside of the robe of the so-called Minas, one of the figures in the robe, and receives the death-size handle.
　and the purple tentacles that appeared from the inside of the robe.
　When Ray saw it, he finally understood why Sett was wary of the people in front of him.for he was almost familiar with Ray in his tentacles.
　muttered the death-size pattern, forcibly ripping it off from the purple tentacles.

"...is the hand of the Bestian Empire?"