There was only a faint light in the room.
　a loud voice from the outside
　Gillum's night is quite noisy, partly because it's summer and partly because of the noise of the building extension workers.
　By the time the date changes, tomorrow's work will make it somewhat quiet, but... it's still the height of the evening, and there's no sign of quiet.
　Out of nowhere came laughter, cheers, yells, screams.
　Some insects fly in the room and some air doesn't cool down at all at night, so people in the room naturally get irritated.

"Hey, what's the number of people to collect? There's a lot of people coming to collect the girls right now, isn't there?"

　One of several people in a dim room asks.

"A certain number of people are gathered." It's just a matter of keeping them locked up. It's OK for now, but it could be found in due course. ...and smelly."

　The man who was questioned with his sigh muttered, and the third man in the room spoke to him.

"You, my dear fellow," You like the smell of a woman, don't you? It's a woman's body odor."
"...I don't understand your propensity. Think about it, if it's winter, it's summer now, right? Keep women in one prison in this heat. I'm using a pot to clean up the bottom, and I haven't wiped myself, so the smell of sweat is fine. Don't look over here with your eyes shining."

　The second man, who noticed a third man's eyes shining and looking at him in anticipation of something else, pauses the conversation before saying anything more.
　For a man who has only normal s*xual habits, the smell of women was a little too much to keep up with the man's tendency to welcome them.
　What's more, I can't agree with the smell, no matter how happy it is to be told.
　The first man, who had been listening to these two conversations in silence, opens his mouth as if he were going to stop talking nonsense.

"At any rate, the number of women is not enough?"
"Oh, ... it should have been easier to collect numbers. I never thought the security was this tight."

　Two others nod in agreement to the irritating murmur of the man.
　It's a guillem where many people gather for the extension work.
　Naturally, the more people you have, the more strangers you have.
　That's why the three of them came to Gilm to gather people, and the security of Gilm was surprisingly good.
　Many of the residents, let alone in villages where they know each other, are often overlooked by money when it comes to towns and cities.
　But none of Gilm's guards were like that.

(No, man is a creature of desire. There's no such thing as that. if that's the case, it's simply that we can't find it that far.)

　Perhaps it's because of the remote guillem that they're getting more sophisticated even if they're paid for money.
　The man who thinks so claps his tongue abhorrently.
　In the end, it is impossible to secure a woman from a place where many women gather, resulting in a connection to a crime syndicate based in a slum, from which she is sent.
　Naturally, criminal organizations do not accommodate women without any return.
　He had received reasonable money from the men and handed them over.
　That would naturally cost money, and it would be difficult to gather the number of men in guillem as originally planned.
　In fact, the amount of funds already handed over from above as funds for activities has already been reduced to about half.
　Even though we haven't gathered all the women we were aiming for yet.

"But at least I wish any woman could collect them."
"Oh... well, I don't understand that feeling." You can't be ugly. What kind of woman is she, at least, above average? Well, it's better for a good woman to smell something like body odor."

　Men keep on talking, not listening to the last words.

"Well, I can't help it," It's necessary for women to have their children over there. and as many women as possible."
"…as a result of taking customers, they don't let them have children, they let them have children." I don't feel very good."
"I like the smell quite a bit,"
"Shut up! Pervert!"

　The last man's words let a little calm air flow between the three men.
　In the midst of that... before long a man opens his mouth.

"Now that you mention it, didn't you say yesterday that you were going to guard the streets today?"
"...that's what I meant, too." I thought there might be some women on the street who could do something about it. But the guild invited me, and I don't know what to do you think so?"
"I wish I had refused,"
"Don't be silly. I've got a reputation in the guild for being quite serious, you know, and I can't turn down the proposal from the guild."
"Huh, is Ajas serious? ... What kind of joke is that?"

　Man... the two men in the room laugh in Ajas's words, as if they had heard an interesting joke.
　In fact, if Ajas is serious, there will be no one in the world who is not serious.
　Two men laugh, even thinking about it.

"Revejev, Haston. To be honest, I'm dissatisfied with your laughter. Haston in particular is a pervert who likes women's body odor."
"You can't call it a pervert, can you?" It must be a lofty hobby that no one else can understand."
"…a lofty hobby?" That's the way you say it. Anyway, I'll get back to you. I was sent to guard the forest of Trent to-day."

　There is something suspicious about what Ajas said.
　The other two probably understood it. wait for Ajas to speak

"Ray is here to guard the forest of Trent,"
"What? Ray? That crimson? You're lying, aren't you?"

　Lebedev's stupid voice
　But there was such a shock in Ajas's words now.
　In the first place, Ray has been assigned a lot of work with regard to the Gilm extension.
　Why would such a Ray bother to come all the way to the forest of Trent?
　Neither Lebedev nor Haston understand why.

"Well... the wood in the forest of Trent has been treated as an important material in this extension... but I don't think crimson will come as long as there are woodcutters."
"Well, there should be a lot more work to be done under normal circumstances."

　Haston muttered as if he agreed with Lebedev.It's not a particular opinion, and anyone who knows how good Ray is would agree.
　Clearly, it doesn't pay to be a Trent Forest escort for Ray.

"Well, ... and I think it's really a lot ... I think Ray's purpose was me."
"... Hey,"

　Unlike the light appearance of a few seconds ago, Lebedev's mouth is filled with low voices.
　His gaze was not as familiar as before, but as sharp as ever.

"Perhaps he was to be caught by the tail for something strange?"
"No, that's not the case. I haven't made any particular move since I came to Gilm."

　Ajas could say it with confidence.
　In fact, since I came to Gilm, I have worked as a serious adventurer as possible.
　From there I could assure myself that I had never been noticed.
　Still, Ray's words spark Ajas' vigilance.

(Did you kill the peddler? ...Which peddler? There should be no witnesses left in the first place.) There was a survivor... or something like that, wasn't it?)

　On her left hand... more precisely, Ajas harbors a bad feeling as he sees a tattoo of a snake carved on her left hand.
　The tattoo on my left hand is very noticeable.
　If anyone had survived, the snake's tattoo would be an easy factor to identify.
　The most troubling thing was that Ray didn't know who the peddler was talking about.
　How many... no, dozens of people have been killed.
　There were naturally many peddlers among them, and Ajas had no idea what they were talking about.

"And what are you going to do with crimson... if Ray is staring at you, you can't move around now, can you?"
"Oh, I'd better be quiet for a while," I need you to work for me, but..."
"I owe you,"
"Oh, I owe you," If you could introduce me to a woman with a strong body odor, I would forgive you."

　Haston's words soften the air in the room to some extent.

"Well, put it on loan. I'll have a woman for Haston later, let alone body odor."

　Of course, having this woman ready does not mean to introduce her, but to force her to dredge.
　Talking is nothing but a crime, but when Haston hears the words, he opens his mouth with a big smile, as if to blow away the air that had been drifting.

"Is it really good?"
"Oh, thank you for the trouble."
"Well... it's a good friend to have."
"Is Haston a woman?" Then I can look forward to many things, can't I?"
"Oh, look forward to it. ...and back to what I'm going to do with Ray... To be honest, I'm more attracted to Ray, and I think I'll leave the women to you. What do you think?"
"…I see. After all, Ray seems to have a good nose. It seems that there are many villains who have been ruined by their involvement."
"If you think about it that way, while Ajas is attracting Ray, we can feel a little relieved. --however, some of them have been sniffing about Ajas lately, and I can't move very wildly either."

　mutter Haston abominably
　On the face of it, Ajas, Lebedev and Haston are not known.
　Each comes to Gilm as a solo adventurer.
　That's probably why Lebedev and Haston noticed. I've heard that someone is looking into Ajas lately.
　If the other person is good, it's naturally hard for the person being investigated -- in this case, adjus -- to notice it.
　However, it was not difficult to find someone looking into Ajas if he were in a third-party position.
　Of course it's impossible for amateurs around there to do anything about it, but Lebedev and Haston both come here to take a large number of women out of Gilm, and in general they have the skills to call themselves first-class.
　That's why when I happened to encounter an ajas in the streets, guilds, bars, shops... I noticed the existence of people searching for it.
　And now that Lebedev and Haston both know about it, the information naturally flows to Ajas.

"I think it's probably Ray's hand... but according to the information I know, Ray doesn't have that kind of organization."

　Ray, Marina, Dasker and Egg are linked, but Ajas probably doesn't know that much either.
　However, as long as we were aware that we were doing something dark, we didn't think it would be surprising if anyone was looking for something.

"If you think about it normally, are the most suspicious people in the slum?"
"But we're business partners, aren't we? Do you want to make us question anything? We'll only lose money."

　Haston speaks against Lebedev's words.
　But Ajas shook his head at Haston's words.

"There is a possibility that they are suspicious of us. ... in the first place, I wouldn't normally do such a thing as to attract women. I suppose they are interested in why it is so necessary."
"...when it's all right, they want to drink sweet juice."
"I'm angry,"

　Both Lebedev and Haston agree with Ajas' words of anger.
　We've done business with ourselves, and we're making a lot of money, but are you still going to touch us?

"Do you want to kill them and talk to another organization? There are so many people in Gilm right now that you don't have to worry about gathering women."

　Lebedev tells her so, but Ajas shakes his head in denial.

"Let's not do it," I don't have any definite proof that they are them. If you do that and you don't actually have anything to do with it, you'll be in trouble. --if you will, it will only be after you have solidified the evidence."

　The other two nodded to that remark.
　Thus, the adjas become mildly suspicious because they think they are doing something dark.
　...regardless of Ray, it must have been lucky for Ilze, who has not yet been identified.