Riding in a set, Ray sees a familiar, albeit far away, city.
　It's a place in the world of Elgin for Ray... Gilm.
　About ten days after he had written to Dostrite in the Earl of Lerdacht, Ray had finally returned to sight of Gillum.
　In the end, I bought tableware at Dostrite's shop, but it ended up buying it at a big discount.
　Ray said he would pay properly because of all the difficulties, but he was overwhelmed by the fact that he had brought a letter from Jazz, that he had saved his niece Schiller... and, above all, that he had been grateful for helping to defeat Count Leldakt.
　What will happen to the Earl of Leldakt as a result of Leldakt's capture by the rebels?
　That's probably what Dostrite decided, though Ray didn't know, that it wouldn't get any worse.
　It is undoubtedly unsavory to make the people dissatisfied, not to mention the Earl of Reldakt, in the framework of the aristocracy.

(Well, is that bad taste going to appease the people, or is it going to be a stronger oppression for being rude to the nobles... I don't know that.)

　Looking at Gilm in the distance, Ray still thought there was not much chance of a crackdown.
　Because the aristocracy has Elena.
　If we were to oppress the people pointlessly, what would Elena, nicknamed General Hime, do... for she did not seem to have any one in the aristocracy who didn't know that?
　Still, Ray could have guessed that there would be a lot of trouble.

"Seto, shall we get off?"
"Grull!"

　Rey's words make Seto cry and descend toward the main gate of Gilm.
　Ray used to be told not to get off directly in front of the main gate, but these days, things around him are becoming hopeless.
　However, unlike before, no one knew Ray and Sett in Gilm, and there was widespread information that there was a notorious adventurer who was subservient to Gryphon.
　Some of those who come to Gilm are thinking of seeing Ray and Sett at first sight.
　...and of course there are other merchants who want to get to know Ray somehow.
　The number of people coming to Gillum is increasing day by day, as the construction of Gillum is now under way.
　In fact, as Seto approached Gillum by flying, Ray could see many people lined up in front of the main gate of Gillum.

"It's the same as always," Well, it wasn't that long and it may be natural that we were away from Gillum."

　It wasn't long before Ray left for the Earl of Leldakt.
　...although the speed of movement around that area has a lot to do with Seto.
　At any rate, Ray lands on the ground, watching the procession as he left.

"Ugh!"

　Nearby guards and people who were going through the procedures to enter the guillem cry out in surprise, but the guards immediately see Seto and realize that he is Ray and breathe a sigh of relief.

"Ray, don't make me too scared."
"Oh, I'm sorry," ...and there are a lot of things here, too. I'll come in."

　Ray tells them so and enters Gilm, but the guards don't say anything special.

"Why would you put him in the guillem without any formalities?"

　The men lining up to go through the procession shout at Ray, but the guard calmly opens his mouth to him.

"Ray is free to enter the guillem without any procedures while the extension work continues. Well, that's how important a role you are you?"

　The man listens to the guards and shuts down, though not completely satisfied.
　That's because I understood that it would take a lot of strength to get that kind of preferential treatment.
　The force in this case is not just the force that means fighting power. Financial power, personal connections, and so on... not only direct power, but also power.
　In other words, the man probably understood that Ray had that much power.
　...when Ray was on the set, he could have understood it.
　No, I knew exactly that. But it's right that I've been waiting in line for hours to get into the city, and when I saw Ray saying he was going to walk by, I just couldn't help but say it.

"Well, you're done with the proceedings, and you can come in." Now, there are more people in the guillem than usual. so as not to get involved in any strange trouble."

　The man nodded, slightly unconvinced, and went into the guillem.





"Oh, it's Ray, isn't it?" I haven't seen it lately. What's the matter?"

　The gatekeeper in front of the lord's residence sees Ray and calls out so.
　There were, as before, merchants seeking access to Dusker.
　Such merchants turn to Ray and look at him with mixed emotions.
　Besides jealousy, there are many people who look at them with desire, recognizing that they are money‐making partners.
　But Ray talks to the gatekeeper unconcernedly, knowing that it would be troublesome to engage with such a merchant.

"I'd like to report to Mr. Dusker the completion of his request."
"...to Mr. Dusker?"

　The gatekeeper probably hadn't been informed of this request. He bends his head slightly at what Ray says, but the other gatekeeper opens his mouth.

"All right. I'll tell you first, so wait in the house."

　Ray was, in many ways, exceptional, though he may have been told to let only those who had business to do into the building.
　He was given an important position by Dusker, and the benefits and achievements he had brought to Gilm are incomparable to those of the merchants in front of the lord's residence.
　They also understand that Ray doesn't like merchants... more precisely, merchants who are approaching him.
　Lei walks into the building, not worrying about the sight of the merchants.
　As usual, Sett headed to the stable, and Ray was led to one of the drawing rooms by a maid who had been briefed by the gatekeeper.
　The maids who knew the situation must have taken care of themselves. There is no one else in the reception room where Ray was led.

"I'll let you know in a moment, Mr. Dusker,"

　Putting down tea and baked sweets, the maid leaves the room.
　Seeing such a maid off, Ray looks around the room.
　There is only a reception room, and the room is designed to allow visitors to relax.
　It would be the same with paintings on walls and pots on shelves.
　Usually, such... works of art are not so interesting to Ray.
　But all of the magic items Leldakt had were works of art.
　The sight of it probably gave Ray a little interest in that direction.

(If it were true, I would have liked magic items such as weapons. ...why didn't you send me such magic items in return for Leldakt's love?)

　If you think so for a moment, you immediately shake your head and deny it.
　Lerdact had lost both arms, had bloodstained by burning the wound, and had stained his face with tears, runny nose and drools.
　It was quite unlikely, if not quite so, that he would try to put Ray in such a situation.
　It is conceivable that after a certain amount of time there will be more hatred towards Ray and more action... but it is far from conceivable that he will retaliate against Ray immediately after being attacked.
　If he had such a guts, it would certainly not have resulted in such a bad result.

"But... what am I going to do with those magic items?"

　I took it away from Leldact in retaliation, but it doesn't make any sense for Ray to have the kind of magic items that are classified as works of art.
　No, the fact that it's stored in a mistling is, in particular, evil in terms of keeping a work of art out of the public eye.
　That's why I'd like to do something about it, but I don't think it's going to be possible to put it up in the room of Wheat-tei at dusk, where Ray is staying.
　In the first place, it's a very expensive thing, so if you leave it in a careless place, it's quite possible that it will be stolen.
　Especially now, there are many people who don't usually come to Gilmoo, so the risk of theft is even higher.
　...the inhabitants of Guillum would know that it was suicidal to poke fun at Ray, but many of them don't know it now.
　Ray doesn't want to go out of his way to deal with such a person, so he can't possibly put it in the right place.

"Marina's mansion?"

　Marina, who is an extremely good spirit wizard, could do anything to protect magic items.
　In addition, if you leave it up to Marina to take care of the magic items, it won't take much trouble for Ray.
　Ray was thinking of selling it for money in the worst case scenario, but displaying it in Marina's mansion seems to be the best option.
　After reporting to Dusker and to the guild, I'll talk to Marina about it... and she knocks on the door of the drawing room as if I've been waiting for her to come together.
　I urged him in, and there was a maid who had just brought Ray here.

"Excuse me. Mr. Dusker is ready.""All right,"

　Drinking the tea left in the cup, Ray stood up from his chair and was led to his office by the maid.





"Oh, Ray, you've come back well. I didn't expect to fail, but I'm glad to see you safe."

　Ray bows small to Dasker with a big smile on his face.

"I think I've done my job perfectly, just in case. I have more to do than I asked."

　Ray is probably recalling the mine.
　It's a pretty great achievement since we destroyed the mine.
　...it's not something you can openly do in the sense that you're on the side of the Kingdom of Milliana.

"Well, then let me hear the report at once."

　Encourage him to sit on the sofa, and Dusker says so when he moves from his desk to the sofa.
　It seemed to Ray that he had that kind of expression on his face, perhaps mindless, hoping for an interesting story.
　Recently, I've had a lot of paperwork, but I guess they're thinking of venting their frustration by talking about Ray.

"Well, I don't know what to start with... first of all, on my way to the Earl of Leldakt, I saved a woman named Schiller, who had been taken away by Oak." And as Schiller's father was from the Earl of Lerdacht, I heard a lot of information."
"...that's a very convenient course again,"

　The man he saved on his way to the Earl of Lerdacht had fled from there.
　It's only natural that anyone should think it's convenient to listen to that.
　Ray, too, is certain to think so when people hear him.

"It may be reasonable to think otherwise, but according to Jazz Schiller's father, there was a great deal of heavy taxation in the Earl of Leldakt's territory, and the administration was appropriate to call it tyranny."
"...the aristocracy generally says that nobles with precious blood lead the people..."

　knobless oblige a noble duty
　Ray has also been exposed to various subcultures while in Japan.
　It was a word that came out from time to time.
　It is understandable to Ray that aristocrats are practicing the Nobles Oblige.
　It is, however, that the result of the perversion of it to their own convenience is the kind of politics that took place in the Earl of Lerdacht.

"Anyway, it seems that some people are fleeing from the Earl of Lerdacht." If you think about it that way, maybe it's not that strange that I came across jazz."
"...maybe." And what else?"

　Prompted to move on, Ray continues to report.
　... it was surprising to Ray that Dusker showed some interest in the pot made of river fish.