Ray was the first to climb the ladder, which had been extended from the underground passageway.
　Buehne indicated he was going, but with an alchemist and a shopkeeper fleeing through the underground passage, he could not help but be wary of ambush with magic items.
　And Ray was confident that he could do whatever he wanted, no matter how many people were ambushed.
　Bune is also a bandit with a certain skill, but basically a bandit is not fit for battle.
　Of course, it's not that we can't fight at all.
　Bune is good at long-range attacks with long hands and dagger attacks that capitalize on his small and light stature. 　
　Still, compared to Ray, Elena, and Vihela, they lose their fighting power.
　That's why Ray, confident in his fighting power, decided to climb the ladder first.
　There is also a strong defensive magic item called Dragon Robes and trump's Flame Emperor's Red Armour when it comes to the crunch.

"...nobody,"

　You can take your head out of the ladder and observe the surroundings, but the only buildings there are old and can be destroyed at any time.
　There is no enemy of the sort who is ambushing himself.
　As you go up from the ladder, check the surroundings again.
　Judging that this place is more like a shed than a house, he gently reaches out to a nearby door.
　And from the open door came a number of abandoned buildings in the setting sun.
　There were a number of buildings lined up that made me think I was cleaning up.
　Seeing the scene, Ray understands where we are.

"Slum, sir," Well, now that you've found a place you've been hiding, is there any place in the guillem where you can escape so easily? If you think about it that way, it's not strange to run into a slum."

　For the time being, there is no sign of people around here... there are many signs of people, but when I see that no one has feelings of murder, harm, or hostility towards me, I call out to the hole where the ladder extends.

"It's all right, there's no enemy around, so come up."

　and Azimov, Bune, Elena, and Vihela came up in that order."

"It's too small for this number of people,"

　The hut itself is originally only in a slum, not so large.
　Of course, if there are many people there, it's only natural that it gets smaller.
　Still, Ray and Bune are short, and Elena and Vichela are small women. ...though my breasts and hips are so well developed that I make room for them.
　Azimov is also an adult man, but he is not a big man with a lot of muscle, and he is rather thin because he focuses on his research and often skips meals.
　All five of them were smaller or thinner than ordinary adult males, so they managed to fit in the hut, but there was no doubt that they were suffocating because of the large number of people.

"And what's going on outside?"
"It's a slum outside of this," They seem to have dug the escape route quite a long way. ...I don't think he was digging directly with his hands, so he probably used some kind of magic item."

　When Ray answers Elena, everyone has various emotions, such as stupidity and admiration.
　It's true that there was a magic shop in the back alley and it was relatively close to a slum.
　However, it was true that digging underground from there was something out of the ordinary in many ways.

"No one is looking here, and it's all right to go out first." It's easier than being in this small place."

　Everyone might disagree with Ray's words, but he quietly leaves the hut.
　Then, before my eyes, I saw the streets of slums lit by the sunset.
　The red‐colored figure made people wonder if it was even on fire.





　As the Rays walked out of the hut and gazed at the slums, Adria, who had escaped from the guard's hands, had arrived at the slums, checking the surroundings.
　Naturally, they steal perfumes on their way here and get rid of the smell that caused them to be caught, either temporarily.
　The reason why I was not completely relieved was that I stopped by the wood for a while, bathing and wiping myself, and still had a bad smell.
　Given Seto's good sense of smell, it was impossible to feel completely secure, even if perfume had misled the smell.

"I think it's all right, since I've been through a lot of them." . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Well, I suppose you're having a hard time getting over the trouble where you let me go."

　Adria's mouth naturally smiles when she imagines a security guard who would be fluttering about in smoke.
　But the smile soon disappears and turns into the face of a veteran adventurer.
　Men who had been trying to extort money from Adriatic's penetrating gaze, who had run for a moment, had naturally stopped.
　The peculiar sense of smell in the slums must have been used to detect that if we continue to get involved, we will definitely have a hard time.
　Adria's ability is actually higher than that of the adventurers around her.
　And now Adria finds it amusing that she is almost caught by a guard, but at the same time, there is a little bit of frustration that she has been taken the lead.
　If the men hadn't stopped and got entangled in Adria, one or two of their limbs would have been broken at that time.
　At worst, he could have lost even his life.
　With that in mind, the men who stopped here have escaped death.

"That's too bad."

　Sad that she has no one to beat her heart, Adria casually walks into the slum.

(I should have got some weapons which I could have used in reserve if they had attacked me.)

　The reason Adriatic went out of the magic item store where she was originally hiding was because she was bored in the basement, but at the same time she was buying food.
　As an alchemist, Zuboz is better off staying outside than going out into the city, and, above all, he is more interested in experimenting with alchemy.
　There was also the possibility that Zuboz would act spasmodically if he had seen Ray in the streets.
　I've never seen Ray's face in person, so I only knew the characteristics of a woman's face and being short, but I couldn't have seen him with a Gryphon, which is the easiest feature to understand.
　I don't think he knew Ray when he saw the person with the Gryphon, and he didn't want to make a big fuss yet if possible.

(It's a very special festival, so we need to make a bigger stage.)

　Thinking back then, Adria eventually reaches a deserted spot in the slum.
　Now that we've come this far, there have been not only half‐baked people at the door, but also some of them who have the strength to call themselves first‐class.
　Those who, for some reason or other, have been expelled from the outer world and fallen here.
　Such people are the only reason why they will attack you in times of need with the power of desperation.

(Yes, for example, this kind of person...)

　It was a man who appeared as if he were waiting for Adria to come.
　However, his face is covered with mustache, so it is impossible to tell how old he is.
　Adriatic, who was planning to go shopping, has only a spare dagger.
　If I were to fight a man, I would probably... no, I'd definitely struggle.
　There's a great chance of losing.

"This way,"

　... yes. If you fight, but...

"Long time no see, Diaz. Did they run away, too? Well, I was caught out of the shop, and that's no use."

　If you think about when you're caught, you'll be able to search the store.
　Up until now, it has never been noticed because it is a common place, but it is only natural that there will be many inconveniences if you get noticed, and above all, there is a high possibility that you will be able to find something that should not be found if you examine the inside of the store carefully.
　Given the danger, it would never have been a bad option to run away while you were still free to move around the store.

"You looked dissatisfied," It seems that they were unable to bring out much less material because they decided to run away in a hurry.
"As expected? No, but I've got to go shopping, and I've had a lot of business to do. and an alchemist would be just a man without material."

　As she walks and talks to Diaz, Diaz opens his mouth as if he had no particular feelings.

"I don't think you can do anything. Alchemists are wizards. I can use a certain amount of magic, and in the case of Zubo, I always have some magic items."
"Still, alchemists are not fit to fight. Was it only that you were angry with, Paul?"



　Adria's mind is filled with a figure reminiscent of a giant, quiet mountain.
　It's so strange that I don't know why such a person is the master of the Westian Empire.
　With Paul's store no longer in use, it's naturally almost impossible to get back the many magic items there.No matter how you look at it, I can only say that we got involved because of ourselves, so I felt a little bad about Adrias.
　But Diaz speaks regardless of Adriatic's appearance.

"I don't know what you think inside, but from the outside you don't seem particularly angry. It's as quiet as usual."
"I see. I'd like to do something about it as soon as possible."

　We talk and move on, and then we get to our destination.
　From the outside, it looks like a semi-discontinued house that, like any other building in a remote area, could easily collapse if something happened.
　But the hideout Adriatic had prepared for a rainy day could not have been the same as it looked.
　It looked as if it had been abandoned, but it was just a pretense.
　Adria and Diaz go into such a building without showing any signs of nervousness.
　Then there was enough furniture inside that would have been absolutely fine for a normal time.
　It's not as trashy as any other building, and there's no doubt that it's much easier to spend than a cheap inn around there.
　There were two people in such a room.
　One is what we call Adria's partner in this case, and the other is Paul, the owner of the magic item store that Adria and Zuboz had sheltered.
　Zuboz looks very displeased, as I heard from Diaz, who has come this far with Adria.
　I've heard that the reason for this is because I've left a lot of material in the magic store, but it wasn't funny for Adriatic that Zuboz's displeasure.
　Paul doesn't look particularly upset compared to such a blunder.
　Even if I lost a lot of the material, I still brought some really valuable things, and I lost all the magic items in the store.
　On a normal level, Paul would obviously be more shocked.
　But from this perspective, Paul doesn't look much shocked.
　On the contrary, it even looks as if it were the same as usual.
　While I am amused by Paul's appearance, I remember that Adria cannot stay here.

"Do you know why I was caught?"

　None of the three people on the spot will answer the question.
　No wonder: Paul was in the store when Adria was in captivity, and Zuboz was in a hidden basement. Diaz has always been in this slum, so there is no way to know how Adriatic was captured.
　Seeing no one answer, Adria speaks, feeling helpless.

"It stinks, you know, of the place where the incense burner was placed. and the smell still lingered, and the Gryphon sniffed it."

　The moment I tell him that, his eyes sharpen.

"Do you mean that Ray was there?"
"Yes, it will,"
"…is that so?" It was a failure to run away from the shop when my enemy was there."
"No, just use it for now. I think it will be enough to mislead the odor."

　Adria, showing off her perfume, tells her that it's not the case, but before that a man comes into the building.
　Without apparent concern for Adria, who secretly reaches for a weapon, the man who comes into the hut goes down to Diaz and mutters in his ear.
　Hearing it, Diaz claps his tongue irritably.

"It seems to be a customer,"

　It was needless to think who it meant.