The day after I decided to wait and see Ajas for a little while... Ray was doing his job as usual.

"Oh, my dear Ray," That magic item called Death Size... Please show it to me."
"You never learn, either," Have you forgotten what was about to be crushed before?"

　The Wizard Old Man... Martz screams when he sees Ray using Death Size to level the subtle distortions of the surrounding ground.
　Ray's words back were a little dazed.
　In fact, Ray was asked a few days ago to show the death size more clearly, so he gave Maltz permission... but under normal circumstances, the death size weighs about 100kg.
　Even a good wizard could not lift his weight to Martz, who was only an old man.
　Martz probably didn't think it was that heavy at first when he saw Ray holding the death size in one hand and not feeling the weight at all.
　Even though Ray said he was heavy, he was very interested in death-size and assured himself that he was OK... he managed to escape before he was crushed as a result, but he still had a narrow escape...
　It's only natural for Ray to worry about Martz, since he asked me to show him his death size again.
　At first, Ray didn't know what to do with Martz, but he knew that he didn't have anything to do with himself, and that he only respected magic and magic items, so he began to deal with him casually.
　...however, I wasn't used to being respectful.

"That's all right," It happened because 受け止め tried to take the death size directly before, so if you put it on the ground..."
"Well, I don't mind,"

　Remove the cloth from the mistling and lay it on the ground.
　Putting the death size on top of it, Martz began to seriously examine the death size.

"I'll tell you, I don't have much time.
"I know!"

　Martz answered Ray's words, looking at his death size, and began to look into them seriously.
　Looking sideways at Martz, Ray looks around.
　It's still quite low, but new barriers are already beginning to expand.
　However, it is correct that artisans are working hard to spread it, rather than automatically.
　All in all, there's still a long way to go.
　We will increase the size of the guillem, which was originally quite large, by 50 percent.

(However, it's a building of that size, so I think it's necessary to move on little by little.) I wish it would be completed in about a year... would it be difficult?)

　Ray's common sense is that expanding the city by 50 percent is unlikely to end in a year.
　But... this world is Elgin.
　It's a magical world.
　Unlike Ray's Earth, there is no such thing as heavy equipment, but there is magic to make up for it.
　It doesn't have the convenience of a heavy machine that anyone can use, but with a heavy machine, even some people can do things that take time in seconds.
　Of course, if you look at it as a whole, there are only a few people who can use it, and if they lose their magic, they won't be able to use it…but there are many aspects that are inferior to heavy machinery.
　But working beasts and dwarves have the power to be unmatched by the earth's inhabitants in their natural state, as do adventurers.
　Overall, Ray's impression was that it was as good as the Earth... by far the better.

"Huh?"

　Watching the surroundings, Ray suddenly notices a crowd of people.
　I understand that it's not a conflict because it doesn't have a bad atmosphere, but I wonder why.

"Maltz, I'll go and see what's going on over there... haven't you?"

　As Ray calls out, Martz is focused on death size.
　Watching it, Ray spoke to the people who were nearby... not adventurers, but ordinary people employed to do chores.

"I'm a little worried about them, so I'll go, but tell them that Martz is back and if I haven't come back yet."
"Oh, yes. All right."

　He was older than Ray, in his twenties, but he nods like that without any particular objection.
　The man had been working here since the time of the demolition of the old wall... in other words, from the beginning of the extension work, he had seen up close how much Ray had been able to do with the work.
　That's why I was able to nod without even feeling opposition to Ray's words.
　They understand that just because they're a little older means nothing.
　Leaving Martz to such a man, Ray heads for a place where people gather a little further away from home.
　Close by, you can see four men and women discussing something there.
　It's not like Ray is fighting or arguing, as he first felt.
　However, everyone is talking with a serious look on their faces.

"What's wrong with you? Was there any construction jam?"
"Ah... Mr. Ray?"

　One of the four men and women, two men and two women, looks at Ray and cries out.
　There was a serious look on her face as she looked at Ray.

(Isn't it possible that there was some fatal flaw in the construction...?)

　Construction has already begun.
　The new wall had just begun to be built, but many people spent a lot of time calculating, meeting, and preparing materials to do so.
　Nevertheless, if there were any major flaws in the construction here... it would cost Guillum a great deal of money and time.
　And construction could be a start over in the worst case scenario.
　With that in mind, the woman who approached Ray seemed to have no idea what had happened for a moment, but she probably immediately understood what had been said.
　shake one's head hurriedly

"No, I have nothing to do with this work. Just a little bit about our party...

　The shake of the head shakes the middle blue hair on the back.
　Because she is used to seeing Ilze's green hair, the word signal suddenly passes through Ray's mind.

(The lights are blue, yellow, and red... but actually green, yellow, and red.) ...it's no use thinking about it now that I'm in Elgin.)

　When Ray looks at the other faces, he thinks about the traffic lights even more because it was a party of red-haired men and women and yellow-haired men.

"Ah... yes. I see. I'm glad it's not related to this construction."

　I was relieved that it had nothing to do with the construction work, but I couldn't leave the party alone in this situation.
　It must have been Ray's failure to talk to him.
　He usually abandons Ray, but in the beginning, he treated him politely, and his good impression of Ray was also influential.
　Though reluctant, Ray opens his mouth looking at the four people in front of him.

"And what happened? I don't know what you'll solve, but you can do more than listen to me."

　The blue-haired woman who first approached Ray's words speaks to him as if she were relying on something.

"Well, we call it the Rain of the Rank D Party Mercy. But one of the party members suddenly disappeared a few days ago..."
"It's gone, is it?" without informing anyone?"
"Yes. After work, I left the inn saying I was going to go shopping for a while and stopped coming back. She's a woman, so I'm worried about a lot of things...
"I'll ask you, was she approached by a passing man, and ran away with him... or is she still with him in some room?"

　Ray's words make the rain of mercy look uninteresting.
　On behalf of everyone like that, the woman who had been talking to Ray up until now reopened her mouth.

"She doesn't do such a thing. "Of course, there is a possibility that there may have been a fateful encounter.
`Lusha can't have done such a thing!'

　A man with yellow hair screams.
　The man's words are apt to be full of force.
　The other three find the man distressing.
　It was obvious to everyone that this man was feeling for the woman who had disappeared...and that was clear to Ray."Then did you get involved in any case?"
"Well, it's possible that you're doing something. After all, Lusha was good-natured."

　nod in agreement to the woman's words

"Have you ever had such a thing?"
"Yes,"
"Then I don't think you have to worry that much." Are you helping others again?"
"Well, I hope so," -- some strange rumour, and I'm a little worried."
"Strange rumor?"
"Yes. Don't you know? It seems that more and more people are suddenly disappearing. and now that so many people are gathering, it is not surprising that they should disappear for some reason."
"I suppose,"

　Originally, there were quite a few in Gilm, but now the number of them has increased further due to the extension work.
　That's what Ray was gathering here for the first time in Gilm.

(Well, there were more people in the Vestian Empire.)

　Ray recalls the number of people he saw in the martial arts competition, but now he turns his eyes to the rain of mercy.

"Where did the rumor come from that I've never heard of anyone going to be gone people?"

　Ray had never heard of it, though he traveled quickly from place to place, rather than from one place to another.
　Of course, I've never heard of it from Marina or Vihela, who eats every night.
　Elena and Arra are basically locked up in Marina's house, and Bune is too difficult to communicate with in this case.

"It's not such a rumour," A rumour close to the rumour --"
"It's a rumour close to the rumour, or an interesting expression," But what are you going to do now?"
"Fortunately, today's work is scheduled to end only in the morning, so I think we'll all go look for it in the afternoon."
"Well... let alone the rumour, there are a lot of people coming to Gillum right now. I think some of them are thinking strange things, so you had better be careful about that."
"Yes, thank you,"

　At Ray's words, a woman with blue hair bowed her head.
　Three others were bowing to Ray, too.
　They probably want Ray to help them.
　In fact, Ray's influence is a little... or rather a lot.
　But that's why, if Ray acted like he was going to help someone easily, there would certainly be someone who would call him himself.
　If this had definitely involved the missing person in some kind of incident, he might have asked Ray even in such a situation.
　But now we don't know nothing.
　Maybe you're having a sweet time at the house of a man you really fell in love with at first sight.
　...though that would not be a good idea for a yellow-haired man who has a crush on Lusha, who has disappeared.
　Ray was going to say something to these four people, but in the end he decided it was meaningless to say anything here.

"Well, I see. Was it the Lusher? If the woman is really caught up in something, talk to a security guard or an adventurer looking around the city. Gillum's guards are especially good. I deal with skilled adventurers almost every day."

　When the four of them heard Ray's words, there was a little hope in their faces.
　Leaving the four there, Ray returns to where Martz is.
　There, Martz was still checking his death size.
　I think it's natural for Ray to fall down just because he looks so old and excited.
　In fact, some others around him are paying attention to his appearance.

(Is there someone missing...?) Shall we ask Vihela at dinner tonight? ...and Ajas had something to do with it. I'm going to the forest of Trent, and I'll take a stab there.)

　With that in mind, Ray would walk down to his death size.