As soon as he enters the room, Ajas throws the sheath of his long sword in frustration.

"d*mn it!"

　The sound echoes around the room, creating surprise in the expressions of Lebedev and Haston.

"What's wrong with you? Why is it so rough?"

　When Haston, who was drinking ale, asked Ajas, it was Lebedev, not Ajas, who answered.

"Did you happen to have something?"

　We already know from yesterday's incident that Ajas is suspected by Ray.
　That being the case, I could expect Ray to poke his nose at Ajas.
　And, as Lebedev expected, Ajas nods impatiently.

"At first there was no Ray in the forest of Trent today, so I thought it was a relief. Ray came along the way. ... no, that's all right. I've heard that they come to the forest of Trent every day to carry the felled trees."
"...well, if you have an item box, it'll be easy to transport trees. I think the woman I prepared will be able to carry it easily, and I want an item box too. I'm sorry I can't smell a woman's body odor."
"You don't know? You can't put living things in the item box."
"Well... but it seems to be useful in many ways to use it.
"Oh, I've analyzed the item box and heard that there are similar magic items. It's not the amount that we can afford."

　I would have listened to Ajas, but before I knew it, Lebedev and Haston were talking about magic items.
　Hearing this, Ajas feels the blood that had risen to his head naturally descending from their appearance.
　The two in front of her probably didn't have this kind of conversation aimed at it, but Ajas realized that he wasn't calm.
　Then he opens his mouth somewhat more calmly than when he first came into the room.

"Leave the magic alone. ... anyway, I don't know why, but it seems like I've completely caught Ray's eye. As of yesterday, I expected it, but it's not interesting."

　Ajas's words must have brought him back to life. Lebedev and Haston also stop talking about magic items and turn their eyes to Ajas.

"Well, it hurts that I don't know why. We don't know when they'll be looking at us unless we know exactly what's going on."

　Lebedev's words, at first glance, seemed to cut off the ajas, but they didn't mean it to themselves.
　These three have been working together for several years, and they are also working on orders from above.
　That's why he has a sense of camaraderie, and in the first place, Ajas is the leader of the three.
　Neither Lebedev nor Haston considered abandoning it at all.

"Well, as long as you don't know why I got the eye on Lebedev and Haston. Fortunately, we don't have to worry about it now."

　As long as they're doing all sorts of dark things, the adjusters naturally have the skills of bandits.
　All three of them had these skills, and that is why we could sense that Gilm's intelligence forces had investigated Ajas.
　But the three of them -- especially Ajas -- couldn't understand why they had their eyes on Ray.

(Considering that you said peddler, it's highly likely that you've noticed it from there... but which peddler?)

　Having attacked so many travelers, peddlers and adventurers, it's hard to tell who Ray was talking about.
　From the point of view of others, it was only a matter of self-sufficiency, but it was very troubling for the three adjas not to understand the circumstances.

"What should we do? We haven't gathered the number of people yet. Shall we leave Guillum now? Fortunately, it's not hard to go out now."
"But then it won't reach the number of people specified above, right? They're already saying there aren't enough people over there."

　At Haston's words, Ajas and Lebedev... or even Haston, who said it, shut up with reluctance.
　I didn't feel bad about taking away a woman.
　To that extent, I've done the same thing over and over again, and I've even committed more cruel acts.
　Still, I felt bad because I knew how the women who had been taken away would end.
　It's not unusual in this world, though it's a bad way to say that men are going to beat me up.
　However, even the adjas, who could be called the Outroad, don't feel good when they think of the ending that women will end up in the end.
　At the very least, we would never have had a similar experience.

(Well, as men, we won't have to go through that kind of experience... but if we don't do that, we might end up with more misery.)

　Despite this, the adjas had no intention of leaving their organization.
　Because it is such a dangerous organization, compensation was more than expected.
　It's also easy to predict that if they run away badly, they'll go after them to get rid of the adjas who know their secrets.
　The adjas know at least a little better.

"You only have eyes on Ajas, don't you think?

　At Lebedev's words, Ajas nods abominably.

"Oh, not now,"

　... yes. Now it is.
　Adjas seems to be the only suspect now, but at this rate, both Lebedev and Haston could be caught in the eye of Rey and the intelligence forces.
　They now act separately and pretend they don't usually know each other even if they stay in the same inn, but they don't expect it to last forever.
　That being the case, we already had to consider the danger of finding two others.

"Then shall Ajas leave Gilm, and the nearest city from here... Abuero? She is waiting for us with women there."
"…I see. If I get out of Gillum, won't you be hurt? That might be a good idea."
"Well, I don't really agree with you,"

　It was Haston who disagreed with Lebedev and Ajas.

"Why? You're suspicious because I'm here, so without me..."
"No, I understand. I understand, though. ...to be honest, it's only with the three of us working in Gilm, right? If Ajas disappears there's a possibility that the worst work will not go around. What do you think will happen to the slums that are dealing with us?"

　If you say so, the other two will be at a loss for words.
　We're doing business with a slum organization to attract women, but the reason why the transaction is going well is because these three are doing their job just fine.
　However, the fact that the three of us are just doing our job means that if one of the three of us is reduced, there will be a lot of problems will arise.
　If that happens, the existence of a back organization will continue to do business as quietly as ever...it will be difficult.
　The inability to do business with the organization was a considerable blow to the adjas, given they had originally come to Gilm to gather women.
　If you can't do business with an organization, the adjas have to prepare their own women.
　It wouldn't be impossible for two people to manage to get them out just by mouth.
　But it's not too late to do anything about the number you've been told to do.

"That's... but if I'm here with Ray's eyes on me, it's very likely that you'll be caught, too. To avoid that, I should disappear from the guillem."

　With some sense in what Ajas says, Haston has no choice but to talk.
　Lebedev, watching the two of them, thinks a little and opens his mouth."How many women are there now, Haston?"
"What? Ah... how was it?" I think there were about thirty."
"How long are the slaves' collars left?"
"About twenty,"

　It's not normal to get out of Gilm with fifty people.
　We can't afford to be made a fuss by the captured women as long as we have to get out by illegal means.
　What's more, women don't want to be taken away by the adjas if they don't know what the future looks like.
　A slave collar was essential to obey orders so that they wouldn't be noisy when they left the guillem.
　Of course, it's an expensive thing that costs a reasonable amount of money, but I guess it shows how powerful it is to be on top of the adjudgers in the area where 50 of them are easily prepared.

"Wouldn't it be possible to get rid of the guillem now, then, if there were about twenty of us, to do something about it in other towns and villages, such as Abuero and Subursta?"
"Wouldn't it be bad if the guild knew that there would be no women everywhere we go? It would be hard for us to act if we were awarded the prize money?"

　It's by no means impersonating that the adjusters are acting as adventurers.
　They're officially registered in the guild and operating as adventurers.
　And that's why the adjas are given the important role of bringing together women.
　Of course, all three of the adjas are fairly confident in their abilities.
　to the point that if you were no longer an adventurer, you would be able to live in the underworld.
　But that doesn't mean I'm willing to abandon my adventurous status.

"Well, then," How long will it take you to get ready to leave?"
"Ah... what to do with the deal we're negotiating with." If things go well, maybe five of us will do something about it."
"Then let's finish with the negotiations we are doing now." If we forcefully terminate the negotiations, if we don't do well, we may end up facing each other."

　Now that we've made the decision to leave the guillem, we're going to force the negotiations out of the guillem... No, it's possible to just leave the guillem without having to close it.
　However, it would be troublesome if they had a bad feeling over there, and even if they were sent out as pursuers.
　Also, if you gather more women in guillem, you don't have to take so many women away on your journey.
　It wasn't that they thought so out of compassion, but simply that they didn't want to leave evidence that they had passed.
　Besides, I don't want to pretend to be searched for by a security guard.
　Eventually, everyone agrees, so this deal will be the last one.

"Then you'll have to make a reason to get out of Gillum,"
"Ah... I see. There are a lot of people coming to Gilmoo right now, but I don't think there are many people leaving."

　Haston replies to Ajas's words.
　The town's extension is booming.
　Naturally, there are more people coming in than going out.
　There is a lot of work to do with extension work, not an adventurer, but an ordinary person's physical strength.
　No one wants to leave Gillum so easily, since he has come all the way to the frontier to earn money next to danger.
　But... there are several ways to get out of the guillem in a way that is not unnatural.
　The most common of them is...

"Guard,"

　Haston looks surprised when Lebedev nods in agreement to words from Ajas' mouth.
　Yes, it was Gilm where a lot of people gathered for the extension, but merchants were the ones carrying the materials for the extension.
　Of course, we can prepare some materials from the forest of Trent and the resources available in the surrounding area, but we cannot prepare all the materials for the extension work.
　After delivering the materials to the guillem, the merchant leaves the guillem again to obtain new materials.
　The Gilm extension was also a lucrative time for merchants, where the more they brought, the more materials they could sell.
　It is, however, only a merchant with some discernment.
　. . Thus, Ajas, with two of his companions, decided to finish the transaction now in progress, and then leave the guillem as a bodyguard for the goods.