After four o'clock in the afternoon, Seto was flying through the sky, where the sun was visibly set, but not yet set.
　However, what makes it a little harder to fly is probably related to the current situation in Seto.
　Ray is riding on his back as usual, nothing wrong with Vihela and Marina, who are holding on to their front legs.
　However, this time only, perhaps because of the Bune's grip on his hind legs, he loses his balance slightly while flying.
　Of course, you can catch a bear bigger than yourself and fly.
　There is no problem in terms of force, but I can't fly as much as I want when I'm holding on to one of my hind legs.
　...however, the way he wishes is just as he wishes.
　To those who know nothing, it would seem to fly without any particular effect.
　Though it may be a little too much to say that he is one mind... Ray understood the mind felt.

(We've got to do something about it. ...can you make me a basket for Seto to carry around with his feet, but that would make it easier to be found or attacked on the ground? -- well, whether or not he can attack the altitude at which Sett was flying."

　If we were to reach an altitude of about 100 meters like we are now, we would not be able to reach if we were attacked from the ground.
　If you use a stone thrower-like assault weapon, you may get it, but if it's just a stone, you can easily avoid a set, and if you have Ray and Marina, it's easy to intercept.

"Hey, Ray. Isn't it there!"

　At Marina's words hanging from Seto's forefeet, Ray looks to the earth.
　There the wreckage of the carriage was dumped just off the road.
　Did you get off the highway while fleeing the thief, or did you get off yourself in an effort to slow them down?
　Ray didn't know which was the reason, but there's no doubt that it was the place where one of the carriages carrying the materials was destroyed.
　There are also appearances of adventurers guarding materials and bodies of robbers.

"Set, please."
"Grunt!"

　It was only a few minutes after flying out of Gillum, but Seto quickly descends to the ground.
　Including Bune, the three of them hold on to Seto's feet, so Seto also balances his wings.

"I'm glad I left a change of clothes in Vichela's room,"

　Marina murmurs, as she sees several adventurers a short distance from where Seto is about to descend.
　Marina, who usually wears party dresses, would have seen the inside of her skirt from the ground level if she had still worn party dresses.
　Of course, given that the sun is above the marina at this height, there is basically no need to worry about looking inside the skirt.
　But that's just the case.
　Five senses...that is, there are beasts with keen vision, and elves and dark elves have higher race vision.
　It is not uncommon for people without such abilities to enhance their eyesight by magic or skill as long as they have magical powers.
　Flying in the sky in a party dress in such a situation was in many ways mentally demanding.

(I don't have a hobby of showing underwear to other people, let alone Ray.)

　While Marina is thinking about it, Sett descends toward the ground.
　Marina, Vihela, and Bune let go of their hands, watching Seto approach the ground.
　The meadow gently supports the marina's weight, but Beune alone loses her balance slightly when she lands on the ground, unlike the other two.
　The difference in skill between Bune and the other two is apparent around here.
　Ray naturally jumps off Sett's back and doesn't lose his balance when he lands on the ground.

"Well... "

　You must have been watching it. Bune muttered a little vexedly.
　But Ray, unaware of it, looks at the wreckage of the carriage.

"It's very broken, isn't it? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
"...the robbers also provided the means of transportation? Then, I wonder if they accidentally targeted the merchants who were carrying this material."

　To Ray's question, Vihela muttered.
　But Marina shakes her head.

"Gillum is being brought in a lot of materials almost every day for the extension. If you were aiming for it, you didn't necessarily aim at a particular group. ...more than that, Ray. The dead adventurers and robbers."

　Ray knows what Marina wants.
　However, it was a little thoughtful of him to burn the body of the thief.
　Still, it's this season.
　If the body is not disposed of quickly, it can be undead, blood stinkers call in monsters, and the worst plague can spread.
　The presence of corpses is very damaging, especially since this area is not far from the highways.
　Wailing one sigh, Ray uses magic to burn the body.
　If you think you're an adventurer, you'll get guild cards and accessories as a keepsake.
　I'll submit it to the guild later and give it to the adventurer's family or lover when they come.
　...regardless of the guild card, Ray will take possession of his possessions if they don't come.
　However, it's just a memento, so we keep the leather armour that adventurers wore.
　Ray probably didn't want to strip the body of his armor.
　There is a smell of burning around.
　Ray, in particular, has five sharp senses, and Sett has five sharp senses even more than Ray.
　For that reason, I just couldn't feel good.
　Marina and Vihela don't force themselves to say anything, either, to feel the atmosphere of Ray.
　Bune was looking in the direction in which the thief had fled, regardless of Ray's appearance.
　However, this is a meadow.
　I don't know how much material was stolen, but I'm sure it's still quite heavy.
　That being the case, it will certainly leave a mark on the ground.
　The common man could not see the traces of it, but it was as easy as a thief's veneer.
　. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
　And after mourning the adventurer, who died in the carriage, the Rays do what they have to do next.

"Can you follow me, Bune?"
"Yes!"

　Bune nods confidently to Ray's words.
　They must be quite confident in following suit.

"Well, please," Seto, be quiet from here on out."
"Glu".

　At Ray's words, Seto purges to leave it to him.
　I can't help but make a noise even if I move a little because I'm over 3m long.
　Moreover, it is difficult to stay out of the bushes and branches of trees if you move to places like mountains and forests.

(Well, since we're carrying the materials in, it's probably a very large place.)

　Thinking this way, Ray follows Bune, who leads them by caressing Seto.

"What do you think?"

　As we walk, Marina suddenly asks Ray so.

"What?"
"This case. Don't you think it's suspicious in many ways?"
"Oh, that's what I thought,"

　Interrupting Rey and Marina was Vihela, who was wary of what was going on around her but looked somewhat free.
　In the first place, in the sense of vigilance around you, you basically don't need anything else if you have a set.
　Nevertheless, Vihela's vigilance around her may be partly due to her free time.
　Vihela had the confidence that they could do whatever really happened, as did Ray and Marina.

"It's true that there are more merchants to build additional guillem..."
"Oh, that's the case,"

　Ray recalls talking to Lenora.In fact, I can only say that this case is suspicious in many ways.
　If you're looking for materials to bring to Gillum, you don't have to go out of your way to attack it.
　You don't have to think about the danger of being attacked by frontier monsters if you attack around towns like Abuero and Subursta.

"Well, I'm sure there's something going on. if possible, I should have told the merchant and his bodyguard that he had escaped."
"If you know what it is, isn't it the merchant's? The adventurer of the bodyguard..."

　Once Vichela pauses, she looks back.
　as he gazed at the ashes of the dead body, burned by Ray's flame

"Well, as long as there's someone dead there, if anyone was up to something, they wouldn't all know it. -- well, I can only imagine that."
"Well, maybe we should talk to the workers a little bit when we get back. If the merchant's cabs through here are attacked one after another, there will be many problems."
"Yes!"

　While they were talking, Beune was on the way, but suddenly Beune told them briefly.
　Beyond that gaze is Hayashi.
　That's a great place for thieves to set up their hideout. ...if this is not the frontier.

"I wonder what they're doing about monsters. In the forest, many monsters will appear at night."

　Yes, as long as this is a remote area, there are naturally many monsters.
　And at night, many monsters start to move vigorously.
　The surroundings are dark, and the light is like the light of a bonfire. There will be moonlight, but if you have a hideout in the woods, you won't be able to expect it.
　There is no doubt that you will be physically and mentally tired as you spend the night watching out for the possibility of being attacked by monsters.
　Even a high-ranking adventurer would prefer to refrain from camping outside the guillem with mental fatigue rather than skill itself.
　Of course, I can't say such a thing when I have to camp out on a request.
　At least not many would like to camp themselves.

(Well, if it means that monsters are coming in, maybe Vihela doesn't really hate fighting.)

　Vichela, however, would have a difficult face if asked so.
　I like fighting monsters, but it's only for monsters who have more than a certain strength.
　That's what makes Vihela less than happy when the goblins hit her in droves.

"There must be some reason to do so. --more and more the line of banditry has disappeared."
"Well, if you beat the thief first, wouldn't that be clear?"

　Vihela mutters so as to agree with Ray's words.
　In fact, if it was the work of a band of thieves behind the scenes, it was undoubtedly quicker to catch and listen to those who belonged to it.

"Well, then... shall we go. To get back the materials, we need to make sure we know where they are. -- Bune, may I ask you?"
"Yes!"

　In response to Ray's question, Bune nods back that he's OK.
　If it wasn't possible, Ray was thinking of asking Seto, but he decided to let her nod with a confident expression.
　The sun is still before sunset, but it is still going down considerably.
　It's only natural that I left Gillum at around 4 p.m.
　It was only a few minutes after we left Gillum until we reached the point of attack.
　It took much longer to get out of the Wheat House at dusk.
　It was even longer from the attack site to the arrival of this forest.

(It's an extension of the guillem, and I thought there would be little chance for me to take part in the battle, let alone the transportation by Mistilling... but I think there will be more trouble than I expected.)

　That's how Ray thought and walked into the forest.