"It's a very nice room,"

　Lay down on the bed, recalling the feeling of Marina's lips, Ray mutters his thoughts away.
　As he said, Ray's current room was very well-equipped and designed to be comfortable living.
　That's comparable to the Wheat House at dusk.

"I don't think it's possible to call him prison."

　Ray turns his eyes to the door of the room.
　Several Dark Elf warriors were supposed to be on standby outside the door.
　It not only keeps Ray from leaving the room, but also protects him from unwanted interference.
　Marina's kiss and declaration of her importance. This led to Ray's treatment of detention in such a fine room, which would have been confined to the dungeon area.

"I knew Marina was one of the dark elves, but... she was more than I expected."

　When Ray first met Marina, she was introducing herself to Marina Ariantha.
　Yes, Ray understood that having a family name means he was born in some kind of special position, but Marina's presence was bigger than expected in the dark elves.
　Ray's current situation illustrated it.
　Lie down on the bed and look out the window at the view.
　The presence of a window means you can escape if you want to. But as the Dark Elves understood it, they kept watch out of the window.
　Even though under house arrest, it is undoubtedly a more comfortable environment.

"But I'm free when I'm free."

　When Ray looks around the room again, he sees things like sofas and tables with dragon robes on themselves.
　But there's nothing to kill time with.

"Would you rather take a nap and wait for things to move?" ... I think that's a good idea, though."

　As he muttered, Ray rose from his bed, picked up his dragon robe from the sofa, and headed towards the door of his room.
　Watching it out of the window... from a distance of about 100 meters, Dark Elf was nervous for a moment, but Ray didn't mind that and knocked on the door and called out.

"Do you have a moment?"

　Several decades after the call, the door was gently opened, and there was a dark elf.
　He looks like a man in his twenties, but I have no idea what age the dark elf man in front of me is because of Marina.

"What do you want? I've been told to do as much as I can to meet your request, but it's impossible to go out."

　There's nothing in the man's words that tell me so.
　On the contrary, there is even an apologetic atmosphere.
　Marina's important person is to a man... no, it must mean that much to the dark elves in this village.
　Marina also told him to treat Ray with great respect.
　Marina probably didn't expect this to happen when she came to treat the world tree.
　That's why Marina treats Ray as her precious person.
　At the same time, there was a sense of crisis that if Ray was treated with tyranny, the village would really... no, the forest could disappear.
　As a guildmaster, I know Ray will attack anyone who harms him without hesitation. 　
　And if there were not just Ray, but Seto, a rare species of glyphon, the damage would not be considered at all.
　Given that the boundaries of the world tree have already been weakened, I don't want to take such a risk, albeit not at all.
　Of course, it was only because of his affection for Ray.
　Ray was going to enjoy what Marina had prepared him to do, which should be called detention rather than confinement, or vacation rather than house arrest.
　I don't want to stay for a long time, but if it's a day or two, it's not bad to spend it like this.
　Since we've come all the way here to treat the world trees, it's impossible to keep Ray, who can be called the linchpin, like this forever.

(It seems that Elena's magical powers are sufficient to cure the world tree.)

　Still, Ray thinks this kind of life won't last forever, so he opens his mouth to the Dark Elf man.

"I won't ask you to get me out of here. But I'm quite free to be alone in an empty room like this, so could you bring me a book if possible?"
"...can you read?"

　a dark elf man whose vigilance has changed completely and with a look of deep surprise.
　This Elgin is far from literate.
　However, adventurers have surprisingly high literacy rates.
　It's only natural that I can't even read the request in the guild if I can't read it.
　You can have your friends, acquaintances, and guild staff read your request, but it's not always possible, and if you're not good at it, you're at risk of being caught up in someone who has a grudge against you.
　As long as their lives were at stake, the adventurers would naturally be desperate to learn the letters... but the literacy rate was quite high, though it was only what it took to be an adventurer.
　When Ray briefly explains about it, the Dark Elf man nods convincingly.
　In Ray's case, he could read and write, regardless of whether he was an adventurer, but now he didn't bother to explain it.

"Well, the books you need to work as an adventurer would be good. Wait a minute."

　Tell him so, and the door will be closed.
　After seeing it, Ray sits on the sofa waiting for the book to arrive.

(If it's just a book, it's in the mystery ring, too.) It's not wrong to want to read Dark Elf's book anyway...)

　A glance out of the window at the dark elf watching him, Ray waits for the book to arrive.
　...and even though sandwiches to pick lightly with books were to be prepared, it would be far from the situation of confinement and detention, Ray himself was full of spirit to enjoy such a life.





　At the time Ray was enjoying his life under detention, Marina was immediately holding talks with the village elders and other dignitaries.

"So Ray is needed for this world tree treatment. I've explained it many times, haven't I?"

　One of the dark elves opens his mouth to Marina calling for Ray's release.

"But, Marina," The moment he crossed the barrier, that pulse occurred, didn't it? Then it's true that he's dangerous. Well, I understand you have a deep relationship with Marina, but..."
"In the first place, why did Marina choose an ordinary person as her partner? Dark elves and humans have very different lifetimes. I don't think it was contraindicated, but I think it was an unspoken understanding."

　Following the first one is the one who wants to get rid of Marina politically.
　Marina smiles glamorously at the other person's words.
　...the intensely glamorous smile of a woman fascinates even a man who was hostile to Marina for a moment.
　I guess that means she's used to confronting Marina in a moment's recovery.
　No, Marina is surprising, though it's only for a moment, that even those who are used to it are fascination.

"A tacit understanding is a tacit understanding, isn't it? It's not exactly a rule. And..."

　The man looks suspicious, perhaps concerned about Marina's broken words.
　In any case, it was unusual for a marina to muddle her words when she spoke clearly.
　It's the first reunion in nearly a hundred years, but for the Dark Elves, the flow of time is nothing to make a fuss about.

"And...? What is it?"
"No, if you don't understand," but how about thinking that adventurers who follow the rare species of Gryphon are ordinary men?"

　Even with the ability to sense magic, Ray, wearing the ring of the new moon, can only feel like an ordinary wizard.
　to the extent that it might be a little magical for a human being
　But I don't want to show myself without the ring of the new moon if possible.
　It was because Audovan's awe and horror eyes on Ray were so distressing to Marina.
　Still, I don't think there's anything I can do about it at the worst, but now Ray is being treated with courtesy because he's an important partner to Marina.

(Anyway, it's no use dealing with this bigotry. if you're going to deal with someone...)

　Marina muttered inwardly, and her gaze turned to the man at the back of the room... the elder of the village and Marina's grandfather."Can you tell me what your grandfather thinks?"

　The appearance of the Dark Elves, who live far longer than humans, with beard and wrinkles all over their faces is proof of how long this man has lived.
　He's such an old man, but he's still full of blood.
　Wrestling weapon...manipulate like a club, and if you are a low-ranked monster, you have the power to literally dismissively.
　However, it is not that he is not bad at spirit magic and archery, but he is a man of superior ability in this village despite his position as an elder.

"Well, that's right. If you're going to touch her cute grandson, you'll need to see his ability.
"... old man, that's not the case, is it? I'll tell you, if you fight Ray, you won't be safe, will you?"
"Well, I've heard of him, but he's so rigid. I'm looking forward to seeing you."

　Marina's own grandfather's manner still gives a sigh.
　Still, Marina talks to her grandfather again about the need to free Ray to solve the world tree problem as soon as possible.





　Elena and Vihela, Arra and Beune were resting in an empty house in the village as Ray slowly enjoyed life under house arrest and Marina negotiated with the upper management to free him.
　Unlike Ray, there is no such thing as watch, and he is free to go outside.
　In fact, Bune had been playing with Seto and Yero outside the house until recently.

"It was unexpected," I can't believe that Ray will be captured as soon as he comes to the village of Dark Elf."

　When Elena muttered, Vihela agreed... but she smiled a little amusingly.

"Well, if you say it's Ray, it's Ray." No matter where you go, Ray will be the center of the disturbance."

　At Vichela's words, Elena tried to retort something... but she was at a loss whether she understood the words to be true or not.
　In fact, there have been few things that Ray has ever been involved in and that have not caused much trouble... ...because there have been undeniable facts about Vihela's words, at least as far as Elena has been involved.

"You can't deny it, can you?"
"...yes,"
"Well, that might have led me to think of Ray."

　The words cast doubt on Elena.
　Sure enough. Elena is watching the battle between Ray and Vihela in his memory... and kissing in the moonlight.

(I don't know if you want to say that you're in trouble.)

　Thinking this way, she leaves the tea that Arra had brewed gently in front of them and before a tired or slightly sleepy Bune.
　The room was filled with silence for a few minutes while drinking the tea...

"And what are you going to do?"

　Suddenly, Vihela opens her mouth breaking the silence.

"What do you mean?"
"Of course it's Marina. You saw it, didn't you?"

　I knew without thinking what it was saying.
　a kiss scene in public

"Honestly, it's not funny, but ... it's also true that Ray can't do any unnecessary harm in that case." --not interesting, though."

　As I say twice, Elena probably didn't tolerate Marina's behavior.
　Still, it's true that Elena feels good about Marina, without Ray.

(You might say that she is too feminine.)

　Mumble inwardly, thinking of Marina, and speak again.

"If Marina really had feelings for Ray... between men and women, she would need to talk to them properly."

　He muttered over a cup of tea.