Two days after the shoe case was settled... Ray and Sett were in the woods outside Gillum.
　It's a place where the river flows, where monsters have been dismantled several times.
　Ray's prediction when he saw the snow was right, and now the snow is piling up rapidly.
　There was more than 10 cm of snow around the river, and it still continued to snow.
　The scenery looked cold, but Ray didn't remember the cold, and Seto was a Gryphon, so it didn't matter how cold it was.
　The downside is probably the recent one.
　It's slightly harder to walk because of the accumulation of course.
　Moreover, this place is used by adventurers in its own way, so the road has been trampled down, but it is still not as easy to walk as a place with highways.

"... might as well have taken the set."

　At Ray's muttering words, Seto shrieks.
　It's as if I should have done so from the beginning.
　It continues to snow as we walk, and snow accumulates on dragon robes and cet's body.

"Oh, I think so, too," How was yesterday, then, with Johanna?"
"Gruly!"

　At Ray's words, Seto purrs happily.
　I'll spend the day with the Mire Dog and the next day with Johanna.
　It seemed like a tired schedule for Ray, but for Seto, who was loved, it seemed to be a great pleasure.
　It must have been pleasing for Seto to be able to get more food.
　After such a time, Seto and Ray visited the river today to absorb the silver lion's magical stones.

"I wonder what kind of ability I can get,"
"Grull?"

　While stroking Seto's slightly tilted head, Ray recalls his battle with the Silver Lion.
　One thing that comes to mind immediately is the roar that stops the listener's movements.
　There are other ways to attack the body hair like a needle in all directions, or there is a way to attack purely to improve the body's ability.
　In any case, it was undoubtedly true that whatever skills he acquired would be a great force for Seto.
　Other than that, Ray...more precisely, it means to see how effective the terrain manipulation skills that Death Size has acquired have been.

"Now, just make sure," There's no one around you, is there?"
"... Guru,"

　At Ray's words, Seto checks the surroundings and makes a brief sound.
　What Ray is going to do now is absorb the magical stones that he has become familiar with.
　But there was a reason why I had to be more careful than usual.
　Because the magical stone that Seto will absorb from now on is the magical stone of the Silver Lion.
　The Magic Stone of the Rank S Monster......not to mention how much it's worth.
　Quite a few merchants came in contact for Ray's silver lion material, but if Ray had known he had the silver lion's magic stone, the offensive would have been more powerful.
　Fortunately, many merchants believed that the heart and magical stone of the Silver Lion had been used in a ceremony to restore Vihela's consciousness.
　Some merchants doubted Ray's words, but after a little investigation they can see that Ray had been working for nearly two months to help Vichela, who had gone unconscious, and that he needed the hearts and magical stones of Rank S monsters to manage his once-in-a-lifetime existence, such as Ambrice.
　For this reason, if Ray were now known to have the magic stone of a silver lion, there would certainly be a much bigger disturbance.
　It's just like when we evacuated outside Gillum in the twilight spears, and we have to evacuate somewhere.
　Ray didn't want it to happen, so just in case, he made sure to check the surroundings.

"... All right, then set." This is it."

　Ray gently holds the silver lion's magical stone out of the mistling towards Seto.
　I would always throw him to absorb it, but I couldn't bring myself to treat such valuables as the silver lion's magical stone.
　Do you understand that Seto is different from usual? Gulp down the silver lion's magic stone on Ray's palm with a stick... swallow it as it is.

[Seto has mastered the skill of King's intimidation Lv.3]

　an announcement message that reverberates in one's
　Ray is not particularly surprised to hear that.
　This is because I expected the king's level of intimidation would probably increase.
　What was troubling about the attack of the Silver Lion was that roar.
　However, I could not deny the possibility of learning a new skill of roaring.
　However, as Ray wanted the king's level of intimidation to rise if possible, I can say that this result is the best.

(Well, that attack of flying the needle all round was quite attractive... but I feel like Seto's hair is going to disappear.)

　The silver lion had not lost his body hair after repeated attacks with a needle, so I think it would be all right, but that's not the case.
　Suddenly, all the feathers and body hair of Seto fell out of Ray's mind...

"Gruly!"
"It hurts!"

　Maybe he instinctively realizes what Ray is imagining, but Seto gently pokes Ray's hand with a stick.
　Of course, Seto isn't really angry, so there's nothing blood coming out of Ray's hands.
　But what hurts still hurts.

"Set..."
"Roll-rolling.

　Ray looks a little reproachful, but Sett turns away tauntingly.

"All right," I'm sorry. Look, forgive me."

　When Ray admits his fault and gently caresses her, Seto's mood changes as if he had been sulking a little while ago.

"Well, then... it's my turn,"

　After a few minutes of flirting with Seto, who is in a good mood and rubbing his head harder, Ray pulls the death size out of the mistling.

"I should like to test the king's coercion if it is true, but there is no point in trying it in an empty place, and if any other adventurer asks me badly, there are many problems."
"Guru..."

　Seth cries regretfully at Ray's words.
　In fact, the pressure of the king of Seto is noticeable because he needs to roar.
　Although it is winter now, this forest is also a fairly large place for adventurers.
　Then if you use the king's coercion poorly, it can surprise the adventurer... and as a result, it can be a fatal opportunity for the adventurer fighting against the monster.

"I'll try again next time... well, when I encounter a monster."

　When she says so, Seto sounds a little disappointed but convinced.
　After stroking Seto's body, Ray concentrates on his attention, picking up his death size.
　You don't have to concentrate so much on exercising your skills.
　. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
　However, this time, Ray was nervous that he would be able to do something immediately, no matter what, because he was using his advanced skills for the first time.

"Well... here we go." terrain manipulation!"

　Ray screams a death‐size stonemate touching the ground.
　At the same time, the ground, a short distance from Ray and Sett's, rises up about a meter as if it were an elevator or something.
　A square up about 50 cm by 50 cm would undoubtedly bump into a lump of the raised soil if someone pushed it in.

"About a meter," ...and here, too? Geographical manipulation."

　After muttering in a less spirited voice than before, Ray again invokes topographical manipulation.
　Then, next to the ground, which had been raised by about a meter, which had been raised by about a meter.

"...it's quite useful." This is it."

　Being able to manipulate the ground, albeit about a meter, would not be of much use in an individual battle.
　But this is Ray's specialty against the majority... if it's small, it's robbers, if it's large, it's military, it's definitely going to work very well.
　Hundreds, hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands... what if the foothold suddenly disappears and becomes a pitfall while such groups are attacking themselves straight?
　People in light clothing wouldn't break their necks if they weren't too unlucky to fall.
　But what if there were people who wore full plate armors or cavalry that fell down there?... it's almost fatal. There's no doubt that there will be damage.
　Also, many people think that they can climb up to a height of about 1m.
　But how many people can decide to go up at once when their feet suddenly disappeared on the battlefield?
　And if the judgment is delayed even for a few seconds, you will be crushed by friends who are approaching you from behind.
　Moreover, escaping from the pitfalls could create another similar pitfall in the next moment.

"And... it's not only combat that can be used."

　Ray doesn't have much of that work around Gilm, but he also does things like flood control and town and village expansion.
　In such a case, it is not necessary to think how much it would be saved if you had the ability to raise and lower the ground freely, even if it was only about a meter.

"Wouldn't it be better to keep this out of the public eye?"
"Glu".

　Ray thought for a moment that it would be troublesome for him to learn about this, but basically he didn't do anything about his weight.
　That's why, if Ray is weighing himself, he shouldn't be a notorious adventurer.
　What's more, when you're carrying a set that's treated like a rank S because it's treated as a rare species, you won't have any weight.

"Would you like to get a request for flood control work next time?"
"Grull?"

　Seto nods and chants at what Ray said.
　Ray wonders what Seth is wondering, but now he decides he's done everything he needs to do.

"Are you going home?"
"Grull!"

　Would you like to go back to Gilmoo and eat something warm?
　For some reason Seto shakes his head when he tries to say so by storing his death size in a mistling.

"Why? Are you not going home? Do you want to stay here a little longer?"
"Gruly!"

　Ray had no idea why, but for some reason Seto screamed that he wanted to stay here a little longer.

"...are you still here?"

　The Dragon Robe doesn't feel cold, but Ray still doesn't like watching snow because he grew up in a snowy country.
　Seeing that it was snowing heavily now, I was honest that I wanted to go back to the Wheat-tei at dusk as soon as possible.
　But unlike Ray, who hates snow, Gryphon... who is a cat lion on the lower half of his body, Seto, who is friendly and dog-like, never hates to run around in the snow.
　Near where the Wheat-tei stables are at dusk... it is not so unusual to see Sett playing in the snow with Mileine, Johanna, and many others in the backyard.

"Just a little,"

　That's why Ray gives in to Seto's silent request with round eyes, leaving Seto free.
　Ray watches Seto running around happily, but then suddenly comes to mind and takes his death size out of Mistilling again.
　and he touched the ground with a stonemate...

"Topographic Manipulation"

　Use a death-size skill to raise the ground right next to you by about a meter.
　Then lay the cloth taken out of the mistling on top of it... and sit there.

"Yes, it can be used as a normal chair. And considering the size, it could be used as a temporary table. Is the table impossible?"

　Mumble, invoke topographical manipulation again, and lift up the ground in a rectangular shape.
　There's no place to put your feet in, as you're just forcing the ground up.
　It was clear that it was a little difficult to use for a table.

"Well, it would be useless as a temporary table,"

　muttering, kicking the soil lightly with shoes prepared at the shoe store, and gazing joyfully at Seto running about in the woods.