At a time when the setting sun was half way down, the party of Ray's Red Lotus's wings was on the road.
　Ray rides on a set, Marina, Vihela and Bune ride on each horse, and the rest of the horses are still towing along.
　Many people around the road where the Rays are going are rushing to get to Gilm before the main gate closes.
　The main gate remains open until very late at night thanks to the building's extension, and some people can enter the building even at night with special permission.
　Still, it's only natural that many people want to reach Gilm before nightfall if they know the land of remote areas.
　What's especially big is that monsters start to move actively at night.
　You might be in a hurry to think that you don't want to fight such monsters.
　This tendency was particularly evident among merchants and those who were heading to Gilm in search of work.
　...some of them wanted to defeat monsters themselves in order to make their mark in Gilm as adventurers, but only a few of them.
　Despite all the circumstances, the purpose of heading to Gilmoo is the same, but when such people see the wings of the lotus, they open their eyes wide.
　It's only natural that nearly thirty men are tied up with ropes, and all of them are tied together with ropes to keep one man from escaping.
　Although their legs are not tied together to prevent them from moving, their hands are turned backward, preventing them from speeding up even if they run away.
　Since we're walking with that many people, we can't stand out.

"Is that, by any chance, a slave seller?"
"No, it's not," Those are the faces of the red lotus wings. If that's the case, I think it's a thief or something like a thief."
"...the thief? On this frontier?"
"Oh, now that you mention it, I think I've heard of it before, or I don't think I'
"Which is it?"

　When Ray hears such a conversation, he bends his head slightly.
　Usually, you can't hear people talking to each other, but Ray has five senses much sharper than usual, and he could hear them.

(What's going on? This must have been the first time that merchants have been attacked.)

　That's why Ray came to Japan on urgent business.
　However, from what we hear now, it seems to me that there has been an attack for some time.
　Of course Ray knew it was probably true.
　The reason is that the materials in the cave were not large enough to be carried by a single merchant force.
　While stroking Seto's neck, the marina at the head of the line turns her eyes to the horse.
　This horse was tied to the hideout where the laymen attacked.
　We could see the likes of carts nearby.
　Having attacked merchants and robbed them of their materials, it is only natural that they should be prepared to carry the materials.
　The reason they kept their horses in the hideout was probably because they understood they would be preyed on by monsters if they were tied them up outside the hideout.
　That's why Ray took the cart back to Mistilling and confiscated the remaining horses.
　However, as long as they can't store life in the mistling, they will naturally have to take the horses home by themselves.
　It was impossible for them to let go, and thus the lays were moving with their horses.
　Naturally, however, horses are afraid of Seto.
　That's why the marina's horses were leading the way, and Ray was a thief on a set... no, they were moving behind us.
　It was just right in terms of keeping watch on private soldiers not to run away.
　The laymen who continue to walk are naturally slower than the other merchants and adventurers.
　Passed one after another... and a short time after complete sunset, they finally arrive at Gilm.

"Oh, Marina, so are the others." I've been waiting for you."

　A guard finds Marina and tells her happily.
　The reason why she called Marina's name instead of party leader Ray was probably because it was Marina who was leading the way.
　The bottom line was that Ray was moving slowly on a set at the end of the line.
　...and there is dried meat in Seto's mouth, and it is held in Ray's hand.
　Ray and his friends had been eating before they left Gillum, but Seto was still eating, so he said he was hungry and spoiled their appetite.
　Unable to resist Seto's sweet voice, Ray eventually took the dried meat out of the mistling and gave it to Seto.
　If I were to give it to Seto, it would be better to say that it's like Ray, too, where he's eating.

"Wait a minute, Ray," Come here."

　Leaving the negotiations to Marina and enjoying dried meat with Seto, Ray is called out by such a voice.
　I should have left it to Marina, if possible, but now that I'm called out like this, I can't help but go there.

"What's the matter?"
"I need Ray's signature to hand over these people I caught in this case."
"Ah... yes. I suppose."

　If that's the case, Ray turns to Marina.
　...then naturally Seto will pass near the horse, and when Seto comes near, the horse will stiffen its movements.

(Well, I don't think it's all right if I don't go wild.)

　It was probably the horse's honest feeling that he couldn't even afford to go on a rampage, but it didn't matter to Ray if the trouble was reduced.

"Oh, Ray. You must have been busy today."
"Ah... well,"

　She has a very different attitude compared to when she was dealing with Marina, but that's no surprise, given what she's done in guillem.
　Ray, too, does not care about the other person's attitude and signs the documents he receives.
　Then, handing over the papers to the guards, they ask for a few questions.

"The document was designed on the assumption that the prisoners would be brought in from the beginning."
"Oh, yes," "Well, now that you have left this request to Ray, you have taken it for granted that the prisoners of war should be brought."

　The sentence that the rewards would increase with the number of prisoners was clearly from Ray's behavior.

(If you're going to get a reward, you'd better get one.)

　Under normal circumstances, a thief can be sold as a slave if caught.
　This time Ray's captors will not be enslaved, but the Knights will take them in.
　We had to get as much information as possible about where we came from, what we were aiming for, what actions we had taken so far...
　In particular, whose hand you are, and their weaknesses, are important information.
　We can't sell them off as slaves as long as we have to extract such information.
　It was a condition of taking it into consideration.
　Moreover, the reward is considerably higher than it was when they sold it as slaves.
　Ray didn't have to hesitate here so long as he didn't lose money.
　Then, having finished the proceedings, the captors were taken to the guard...

"Oh, wait a minute!"

　Ray calls off such guards.

"Huh? What is it? ... Oh, this one is good. Take them with you anyway."

　When I tell my fellow guards that, they come up to Ray again after handing him the papers.

"Well, what are you going to do with that horse, and I've got the carts they've been using?"
"Horse? Ah... I haven't heard of that. There was nothing in the papers in particular written on them, and you may dispose of them as you like."
"Even if you say so..."

　Ray looks at the horse bewildered by what the guard says.
　When it comes to the crunch, carts can be dropped from the sky and used as mass weapons, or used as firewood.
　...I guess the idea of using it as a wagon isn't coming up because Ray has a mystery ring.
　Watching Ray's appearance, Vihela caresses his horse and makes suggestions."Why don't you sell your horse? ... Well, there's a way to get rid of it and eat it."

　Vichela's gaze was on Seto, who was cursed by adventurers who might have been based in Guillum for a long time, as he was seen curiously by those who were going through the process of entering Guillum behind him.
　At Vichela's words, Ray seemed nervous for a moment, but... he thinks it's probably just his imagination, and he thinks about his suggestion to sell it's.
　The horse that the private soldiers were carrying was not a great horse.
　But on the contrary, it's not a packhorse.
　There will be no shortage of buyers as long as it's a regular horse.
　What's more, with the addition of guillem now, there are not enough things to do, such as horses, transportation, and horse-drawn carts.

"Ah... I see. All right. I'll do that for now."
"Do so," Oh, take the materials to the guild, not to the material storage area. They want to check it out before delivering it."

　Tell them all, and the guards leave.
　The only people left are Ray and others who are still in the process of entering the guillem, and the guards who are in the process of doing the process.

"Then we'll go, too," Vichela, can you ask for a horse?"
"Well, what's the price?"
"I'll leave it to you, but don't try to beat it cheap."
"Oh, who are you talking to? Are you pretty good at that kind of negotiation?"

　Vihela's words are full of confidence.
　Before I met the Reys... while working with Bune in the labyrinthine city of Egzir, buying consumables and other items was naturally Vichela's job.
　Of course, if you were born in Egzil, you could communicate with Bune to some extent, but it was still quicker for Vichela to go shopping.
　Ray, who had previously heard about the situation from Vihela, raised his hand and spoke in exchange of apology.

"All right. Then I'll leave it to you."

　Tell him so, Ray and Marina, Sett. Then it splits into two groups, Vihela and Bune.

"Shall we go, too?" It's getting dark now, and the guild must have settled down... as I would normally say."

　Marina says this with a troubled smile, probably because it's already dark around her and she's always past her peak of guild busyness.
　"However, it's just ""always"" and the fact that adventurers are gathering because of the expansion of the guillem is not something that can be called ""always""."
　There are many requests for demolition of buildings in the planned sprawling areas, transportation of building materials, and keeping wood, stone, metal, etc. in arbitrary shape so that they can be assembled as soon as construction begins, and adventurers work very late.
　However, I don't have the expertise, so basically I do the work that everyone can do.
　At any rate, many adventurers work late.
　Of course, many of them finish their work in the evening.
　With these adventurers, the guild was supposed to have a certain number of people now.

"Well, that can't be helped," Anyway, in our case, we've done our job, and we've got to give it to them."

　So the Rays would walk through the bustling streets to the guilds with an increasing number of people.





"Ray! I got a call from the security team, but it's already been solved!"

　Lenora, who quickly finds Rey in front of the guild and enters the guild with Marina, waves joyfully and says so.
　There are quite a few people in the guild, as Ray had expected, lining up in front of the counter for today's reward, but Lenora walks past them and calls out to Ray and Marina.

"Hey, hey, my reward!"

　Then the adventurer who had Lenora going through the procedures would naturally complain.
　In a hurry, Lenora asks a guild official who was doing another job nearby, and he comes under Ray.

"Good job, sir. Now, my client is waiting for me, so let's go."
"...are you waiting?"
"Yes. The wing of the lotus is a good party, so I'd love to wait for it to come back. ...I never expected him to come back so soon. I'm waiting in the meeting room upstairs, so let's go."

　Tell them so, Ray and Marina were led upstairs by Lenora.