The second floor of the guild serves as a conference room for adventurers.
　Several large conference rooms are used by multiple parties, and some small conference rooms are used by one party or a small group.
　Lenora took them to a small conference room.

"He's a very responsible person,"
"Oh, hahhhhhhhhhaha. He has many strong personalities, but I think he has a strong sense of responsibility."

　Hearing it, Marina turns her head slightly mysteriously.
　Lenora's misrepresentation must have bothered him.

"What's the matter?"
"Well, I think you'll find out when you see me. Here we are."

　As Lenora said, the lays stood in front of the door.

"Excuse me, Mr. Bistol," Would you mind a little?"
"Yes, what do you mean?"
"...what?"

　A voice coming from inside the conference room raises questions from Ray's mouth.
　The voice I heard was definitely a man's ... thick voice.
　Nevertheless, the tone of his speech is feminine.
　It would be impossible, if not very much, not to question.
　Marina, next to Ray, has also kept her expression of wonder, albeit unvoiced.

「……」

　Ray and Marina looked at each other silently.
　Seeing these two, Lenora opens the door, somehow anticipating the future developments.
　Entering through the door, Ray got the impression that the room was enjoying elegant afternoon tea in some garden for a secondarily.
　It wasn't the daughter of a noble family who enjoyed the afternoon tea, though... it was a man of so much muscle as you can see from his appearance.
　It looks like that, but somehow the clothes are women's clothes.
　However, although it is naturally women's clothing, it is certainly very rare, although it cannot be said that it is not the size that a person who deserves to be called a lump of muscle as Ray sees it.

"Uh..."

　It was only natural for Ray to groan like that when he saw such a man.
　Marina, next to Ray, can tell from Ray that while her expression is not obvious, she still stops moving.

"Oh, Lenora, what about you two? No, considering your appearance, are you sure the Red Lotus wings?"

　For some reason Bistol raised his little finger and asked so, but what he pointed out was correct.

(Marina knows.) Somehow it's famous. But... how did I know that?)

　Ray now wears a dragon lobe hood as usual.
　It was unexpected that I could see myself, who was supposed to be unable to see my face properly, and that I was a member of the Red Lotus wing... No, I could tell that it was Ray.

"Laughing. The wings of the lotus are one of the most famous parties in the guillem. It's especially famous that Ray plays a big role in the expansion work now."
"... Is that right?"

　I'm sure they didn't expect to be called by chanzuke. Ray gazes at the person standing in front of him.

"No, you're going to fall in love if you look at me so passionately."

　You look strong, don't you?
　Ray opens his mouth, holding back the temptation to say so.

"Well, all right. Call me whatever you want."
"Oh, then Darling... No, I'm sorry." I'm joking. Can you stop my eyes? I won't say it again."

　Looking at Marina instead of Ray, Bistol says flusteredly.
　He used to be a bold character, but now his forehead was dripping with sweaty.
　I guess that's how much I felt in the eyes of today's marina.
　But when Ray looks at Marina, all she has is her usual smile.
　Of course, it's true that she's very beautiful.
　Still, the moment Bistol saw Marina smile, his spine went cold.
　Whether it's a woman's -- or at least her nature -- intuition, or a small animal's intuition because of the overwhelmingly strong glances... it's firmly in my mind that I should stop telling Ray that kind of joke.
　Ray, completely unaware that such communication was taking place, opens his mouth in a casual manner.

"And I'd like you to check the materials I've taken back?"
"What? Yes, yes. Come to think of it, that's right. I completely forgot. Then shall we go to the material storage area at once? It will be delivered to Gilm tomorrow, but I have received permission to put it in the material storage space today."

　Bistol says so, as if to mislead something.

"Then I'll excuse myself," Oh, Mr. Bistol. If you can confirm the materials, please sign here and hand them over to Ray."
"I see. Leave that to me."

　Bistol received the document and winked and smiled, but when he saw it from the side, Ray took a few steps back half reflexively.

"Ah, hahahahahaha. Mr. Bistol might as well put more effort into the bodyguard from now on."
"Well... the people I've been working with for a long time, so I don't feel like that right away... but when I think about my work, I can't say that."

　Bistol muttered, stroking the shaving marks.
　Nevertheless, the reason why sorrow lies in the eyes is probably because they are deeply saddened by the death of some of their bodyguards.
　As Bistol looks like that, Ray rethinks his presence in front of him, worthy of being called a monster in a different way than Ray's knowledge.

"Ah... I burned the body in the place where it was attacked."
"What? Really!"

　Ray nods back, pulling a little toward the briskly approaching Bistol.

"Oh, it's near the highway, and it's getting hotter in its own way now. and if I had left it like that, I'm sure I'd have had a lot of bad taste."
"Thank you . . . . . . . . ."Actually, I wanted to do something about Atashi, but at that time I had no choice but to escape to Gilm..."

　Contrary to his appearance, Bistol was genuinely grateful to Ray.
　At first glance, Bistol looks like he's half-monster, but his heart is warm and warm.
　It might be fair to say that it's common sense...
　Wipe the tears with a handkerchief from one's pocket and open one's mouth, albeit with some sadness still in one's eyes.

"Well, let's really get going now. It's getting rather late at night, and Ray and I'm sure you're busy now, aren't you?"
"That would help me. I'm getting hungry.""You know... you were eating when Lenora asked you to do it, and you were eating a lot of things before you left Gillum, right? I guess you were eating something when you came back... and why are you still hungry?"

　Marina looks dumbfounded, but Ray responds with a small shrug.
　In fact, eating too much is probably one of Ray's many faults.
　Ray today has enough money to call him a millionaire, but if he were an adventurer of no common skill, he might have starved to death.

"Well, that's all right. It's said that a child who eats well grows up, right? Oh, that' If you don't mind, in addition to the reward for this request, Atashi will buy you dinner tonight's dinner."

　Naturally Ray was the one whose eyes shone at Bistol's word of luxury.
　Of course, Ray has plenty of money in the mystery ring to live with for the rest of his life...or rather, he can be reborn several times.
　Still, it felt good to be treated, and it was possible to enjoy dishes Ray didn't know.
　Since Bistol came to Gilm today, it was unlikely that he knew a restaurant that was delicious and Ray didn't know.

"Ah... Mr. Bistol," You'd better stop it..."
"Oh, why? I've had a lot of trouble with Ray this time. Besides, his friends mourned for him, too. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ."

　As he said when he met Ray, Bistol has information about the Red Lotus wings, and, in other words, about Ray.
　However, it's just information as an adventurer, and there's no information about his daily lifestyle.
　Yes, I don't know how much Ray always eats.
　It's predictable that Ray and Marina will eat in their own way, but I don't know exactly how much.
　Moreover, besides Ray, there is also a Bune in the wings of the Red Lotus that eats as much as he can... and above all, I don't know that there is a set of Gryphons.
　No, of course you know about Seto, but in this case you don't think you're among the ones you treat.

"...that's right. Well, if Mr. Bistol says so, I won't say anything. But that's right. If you're going to treat me, I recommend you to a restaurant called Crystal Tei. It's said that it's cheap, big and delicious."

　Lenora will at least show you a shop that won't hurt Bistol as much as possible.
　You probably didn't understand Lenora's feelings, but there aren't many Guillem shops that Bistol knows.
　I've heard some stories from business friends, friends and acquaintances who have been to Gilm, but that's it.
　That's why Bistol happily says thank you to Lenora after hearing about the latest restaurant.

"Thank you, Lenora. I'll give you some good cosmetics next time. I also use it, so it's guaranteed to be effective."
"Well, let's see... ahahahahahahahaha. I'm looking forward to it."

　I was interested in what exactly Bistol was using, but I was afraid of something.
　But Bistol is probably used to such a reaction. A little wink opens his mouth to Ray.

"Well, shall we go?" I have to check the materials first."
"Ah... yes. Well, shall we go?"

　Ray has a lot to say to Bistol, but he probably understands that if he says something here, he'll waste time again.
　In the end, he didn't say anything more and left the room with a marina.





"Here, please,"

　After leaving the guild, Bistol, Ray, Marina, and Sett went to the material storage area where Bistol was supposed to store the materials.
　The situation must have already been explained through the guild. There was a figure of guards there.
　Usually, the security of materials is left to adventurers, but this time there was an attack by bandits, so you should be careful.
　It's not exactly a band of thieves, it's some sort of private army, but the circumstances around it have not yet been made public.
　The information was taken from the captives captured by the Rays, and the people above, including Dusker, would have made a judgment.
　However, according to what Ray heard from Marina, it would not be made public depending on who the case was.
　If this is anything other than the Kingdom of Milliana, the story is not so complicated.
　It's time to make a statement condemning the other country that you've set up and ask the country to hand over the other party who's considered the case.
　There are a lot of questions, whether they obey meekly or not, but it's still possible to blame them on the surface.
　However, if this is done by a hostile faction of the kingdom of Milliana, it will be difficult to blame ostensibly.
　Of course, Dusker won't be able to get away with it, and he'll retaliate in some way.
　If you try to do nothing and get away with it, Dusker won't fight back no matter what he does, and there will only be more people reaching for him.
　The frontier guillem is a place that others want so much that they can't help themselves.
　It was necessary to retaliate firmly, if not publicly, in order to prevent such imitations.

(Well, that doesn't matter to me.)

　Thinking this way, Ray is urged by Bistol to take out the material stored in the mistling.
　--about thirty percent of the material was something Bistol never remembered, and it was a sign that there were others who had been attacked by private soldiers.