"Wait, wait, wait. What the hell are you carrying!"

　Ray and Sett were walking through the streets of Gilm on a snowy night. Of course, just walking normally wouldn't allow guards and patrol knights to make such a raid.
　Still, the three guards guarding the city stopped him because Ray was carrying a woman on his shoulder and Seto was carrying two men on his back.
　Moreover, if one of the men stinks of blood, it was only natural for the guards to call Ray and Sett.

"If you have a Gryphon with you, you are an adventurer called Ray. I'd like you to tell me the details. What about those three?"
"Well, I don't mind that, but can I ask for one more? Of course, it's about this."
"...what? I'm not sure I can make your wish come true, but just tell me."

　Since it's a winter night, there are few people in town. Still, it's not that I'm. Are you heading to a bar or a brothel? I saw people in their own way, looking at Seto with two fainting men on his back and Ray with a woman on his shoulder, either interesting or slightly frowning at an incident.
　In such a situation, Ray hands over the woman he was carrying on his shoulder to one of the guards, approaches the other guard, and calls out to the hordes around him so that they can't hear him.

"Go to the lord's house and bring the knight." They seem to be spies of the Westian Empire or something like that."
"What!"

　a keenly breathtaking guard at Ray's words
　If this had happened normally... a few months ago, I would probably have laughed with my nose. But not now. for some time ago it was revealed that the Alchemists of the Vestian Empire had been in the city for a long time.
　and it was only natural for the guards to know that the adventurer was involved in the disturbance of capturing the man. accordingly

"All right. I'll call you right away. But we won't be able to do anything about it here. Will you come to the guard station, too, for it is better for you than to wait in this cold weather for the knight to come? And, to be honest, your duty is heavy on me."

　After thinking about what the guard said for a few seconds, he nodded.
　Ray wearing a dragon robe, and Seto, who didn't mind this cold at all, are still not happy to be standing in the winter night sky. If I could sit down and wait, it would be better than that.

"Well, then, please,"
"I'll be saved. ... Hey, I'll ask for a knight."

　One of the guards nods slightly to Ray's gaze. Because one of the three has a woman in his arms and the other has to show Ray to the station. It was obvious that he would call the knight when he was free.

"I'll be back soon."

　a guard who says so briefly and runs toward the lord's residence
　Seeing it off, Ray was led to a guard post near downtown.





"It's a small place, but come in."

　After being told so, Ray and the security guard enter the station. After handing over the two men on his back to the security guard, Seto lay in the shadow of the building as usual. However, I'm not relaxing or sleeping as usual this time. Other infiltrators of the city of Gilm are wary of those around them to detect when they come back to retrieve the three captured or to silence them.
　After this incident, Ray was willing to give him plenty of meat in return for acting as if he had understood everything by just by looking at him.

"Wait a minute there, please. We'll tie them up so that they can't escape even if they wake up."

　a guard who puts a cup of tea on Ray's table and tells him so

"Oh, that's all right. Rather, try not to run away with a little carelessly. They're what we call the "behind the scenes." It's normal to untie the rope that's holding your hands without bones."
"…I see. I'll make sure."

　That's what the guards say, and they go down to the basement of the building.

(Well, I thought it wasn't very large for a stash, but are the prisons prepared underground? but...)

　a vaguely nodding ray
　Because of the existence of magic, Ray thought that if he used earth magic, he would be able to easily escape and guide him to escape, but basically, he would not be able to accommodate such a number of important places. It is mainly a prison for those who caused trouble in the downtown area. That being the case, it is not necessary to build such a strong building, and, above all, it is difficult to build space-saving facilities on the ground in the town of Gilm.
　If this is not a frontier, it would not be too difficult to extend the walls that cover the city. But this is a frontier. You don't know what kind of monsters will appear when you break a wall.k. Moreover, considering the possibility of stimulating monsters by adding more walls, it is not easy to expand the city.
　I bring tea to my mouth thinking that way, but I frown at the taste.

"It's definitely the tea of the house."
"Hahaha. Well, my budget is my budget. I can't prepare such expensive tea leaves. and yet he is blessed enough to have tea-leaves ready.

　A guard from a basement prison sits across from Ray with a smile.

"Well, I'd like to ask you what is going on,"Well, that's after the knight came from the lord's house. You want to avoid having to do it twice, don't you?"
"Well, that would help me,"

　Thanks the guards for their thoughtfulness, I'll bring the tea back to my mouth.
　Instead of calling it tea, they look into the filling, drinking the drink, which can be described as just colored water.

"Huh? What's wrong?"

　The guard asks if the stare bothers him, but Ray shrugs his shoulders slightly.

"No, it's a station near downtown," I was just wondering if it would be more noisy. But aren't you so busy, as far as you can see?"

　At Ray's words, the guards gasp and shake their heads.

"It's too early now," I'm sure I'll be busy accelerating from now on. -- well, still."

　The guard continued to speak, looking out.

It's winter now, so that's enough, but if it's summer, the number of idiots who get carried away will increase and busyness will become less stylish.'
"... I see,"

　Ray suddenly reminds me of a special police program on TV before coming to Elgin. I remember watching the summer police box, or the downtown police box, being busy. Fortunately, Ray lived in a remote countryside, so I've never had such an experience.(It's not easy for the guards, is it?)

　After all, there are many adventurers in this town of Gilm. That means that the main occupation of combat is often drunk and violent. With that in mind, it would be fair to say that the guards in front of us are doing more work than the police officers.

"You're probably the one who delivered the ingredients to the city where the plague had spread."
"Huh? Oh. It's the city of Barr."
"Is it the town of Barr?" ... it's not that it's near here, but it's not that it's far. What about the danger of spreading the plague to this city?"

　As a security guard, you must be worried about this city. While thinking so, nod reassuringly to the person sitting in front of you.

"No problem, the epidemic, the devil's fever, had blocked the streets of Barr. The disease itself is cured by using the ingredients I brought. There will be no danger of spreading."

(unless, however, there is a dungeon core in this city, similar to that of Barr.)

　Ray keeps talking to the guards without expressing his feelings.
　After that, when I was talking about udon, which has become popular recently, and about how much meat Gamerion had in circulation compared to last year, I heard a strong knock on the door of the filling station.

"You're here,"

　The noise of the knock alone would have made him understand who came. A guard opens the door to greet a visitor.
　Outside the door were knights of the town of Gilm, wearing knights' armour, as the guards had expected. the number of people

"I got a call from you,"
"Yes, Ray is the central figure in this uproar."

　The guards answer so to the knights who are leading the knights, probably senior to the other knights.

(The central figure... then it sounds like I've caused the incident.)

　That's true in a way, but of course the knights don't care about it. The knight's representative glances at Ray.

"When I saw the set outside, I wondered if it was you... after all."

　I don't know Ray, but the knight probably knew Ray and Sett. After nodding convincingly, he turned to the knights behind him.

"Move the three captured into the carriage." They are what we call a rearguard. There will be a lot of information useful to the kingdom of Milliana. You can pull it out by any means."
"All right,"

　A small nod to the first knight's words, and as soon as they see him off to the underground prison, the knight he was in charge of approaches Ray.

"I'd like to hear more from you, but are there any problems here?"
"Wait a minute, please. What do you mean by a problem?"

　The guard leaps at the knight, perhaps because he feels ridiculed for his place.
　But the knight shook his head slightly and spoke.

"I'm sorry, but there are actually people in town like Ray's catch this time around. With what we've caught this time, we can't say we're all here. In that case, if you talk here, you may be overheard."
"Wait a minute. As long as Sett is outside, you can rest assured."
"…I see. I would have liked to hear the information at the headquarters of the Knights, but surely there's no one who's stupid enough to eavesdrop on a place with high-ranking monsters like Gryphon. "Well, then I will ask you to tell me the circumstances."

　I trusted Ray's words... or rather, I nodded as if I trusted Gryphon's ability, and the Knight sat face to face on the sofa.
　Although he did not wear a helmet, he still wore armor like a breastplate that covered his chest, and the sofa he sat on sank heavily.
　Without showing any concern for it, he pulls out the magic pen and paper and turns to Ray.

"Now, tell me the story in turn,"
"Well, the first time I felt my gaze was during today's day. I was out of town to defeat Blue Caterpillar at the request of a monster, but I felt my gaze and tried to find out what was going on, but it disappeared as soon as I could."

　I'll explain the situation briefly, saying that. the deliberate move to an unpopular place in the city Then he was invited by the Vestian Empire, and when he refused, it became a battle, so he overthrew it with Seto and captured it. I was spotted by a security guard on the way to carrying it, and it has continued to this day.

"…I see. As a man of the Westian Empire, it is only natural to think of drawing you in."

　In the murmuring Knight's mind passed the face of the alchemist, who had reached out to the Azot trade.
　Alchemists and magicians have already been transferred to the royal capital, and their bosses have informed us that interrogations are taking place. Then, of course, they're milking a lot of information about the Westian Empire, which was hard to come by. It is no wonder that the Empire of Bestia should be drawn in, given that the cause is sitting before us, apparently only a delicate apprentice wizard.

(The Alchemy of the Vestian Empire, but the adventurer with the Gryphon, I suppose, is the kind of person he wants in exchange for the alchemist. I can't feel it, but this man himself has enormous magical powers.)

　His face seemed slightly twitchy, perhaps not to have thought it was so exaggerated, even though he was listening with the knight. He glances at such a knight and glances to the paper on which he writes the story he hears it.
　Later, he listened to details and it was about an hour later that Ray was eventually released.

"Then we will take over the three members of the Westian Empire. They'll probably be escorted to the royal capital, just as they did in Postgera after pulling out the information. ...maybe there will be some contact from over there may be some contact over there. It would be a great help if you could capture them like this and hand them over to me."
"I'm not very pleased, for my part," There are no particular advantages."
"Well, that can't be helped. for you are the master of this trouble."

　The guard pats Ray on the shoulder to comfort him, and the knight greets Ray and the guard with a wry smile before getting into the convoy.
　After seeing it off, Ray finally returned to the inn with Seto.