"Ilze!? Why are you with Ray?"

　When Ray and Ilze returned from the forest of Trent to Guillum, they thought of giving him a piece of silver as a token of thanks to the coachman for asking them to return the carriage, or going to the guild to report on Ajas.
　In the middle of it, I met... Melan, who was being asked to go around.
　Unfortunately, today's Meran is a different group from Vihela, but it doesn't appear here.

(No, if you had Vihela, would you get involved with mellan more? Well, given the current situation, it doesn't seem much different. But... Mellan.)

　The name reminds Ray of Melon.
　Not far from where Ray lived when he was in Japan, there was one of the region's leading melon producers.
　My parents' friends who lived there gave me melons every summer.
　It may be because it's summer now, after all, that the sight of Melan reminded me of Melon.
　Of course, not only did we receive melon unilaterally, but we also exchanged it for vegetables that could not be shipped because it was made at Ray's house in bad shape or damaged a little.
　In addition, the melon we receive as a matter of course cannot be shipped.
　By the way, what surprised Ray before was the melon... especially the mask melon made in the area.
　Mask melons become more expensive as the outer pattern becomes more complex.
　It's not uncommon for expensive items to cost tens of thousands of yen each.
　However, the difference in price is just a matter of pattern, and the taste of melons, which are not as good as those of tens of thousands of yen, is no different from those of melons.
　In other words, I was surprised to hear that the outside pattern alone could make such a difference in price.
　Of course, depending on the farmer making the melon, it may taste different, and some people may taste different depending on the pattern, but at least as far as Ray ate the high-end items that his parents' friends had given him—but the ones that had been scratched and stopped selling—it didn't seem to have any difference in sweetness.
　Maybe it's related that Ray's tongue is not so sensitive to taste.

"Oh, hey! Are you listening?"

　Ray, who was thinking of Melan's knowledge because he couldn't listen to Melan's words, came back to himself when he was told so, and turned his eyes to the voice.
　It was understandably Mellan who was looking at himself beyond that gaze with his irritation exposed.
　Ray thought about Melon because he was too lazy to listen to her, but that probably didn't appeal to her.
　He's glaring at Ray with a strong eye.

"Hey, Melan," Don't do it! I don't like to quarrel with Ray."
"Yes, Vihela has told you."

　Some of the adventurers working with Melan tell her to do so.
　This is not just because I'm worried about Melan...
　It's because Ray knows he won't forgive his opponents.
　If Melan is recognized as an enemy by Ray, and they get involved in it and they are recognized as enemies by Ray...
　We understood that we couldn't resist Ray in any way we could.
　That's why I don't want to get caught up in the melan. That was probably the honest motive to stop Mellan.
　However, Melan can't be convinced, even though she's frustrated by their behavior.

"Don't be silly! If Ray hadn't taken Ilze around in the first place..."

　This remark must have been unnecessary.
　For Ilze, Ray is a skilled adventurer with a nickname, even though he is younger than himself.
　What's more, Ray is a person who helps him get his revenge even though he has no benefit.
　There was no need for Ray to take Ilze to the forest of Trent today, either.
　Because of today's incident, Ilze was convinced that Ajas was an enemy.
　I had thought it was an enemy since I first saw it in the guild, but there was no proof.
　But thanks to Ray, today we can clearly confirm that Ajas is an enemy to Ilze.
　He was also able to show evidence -- circumstantial evidence -- that Ajas was Ilze's enemy to Ray, who was wondering if he might have been mistaken.
　Melan blames Ray for doing so many things.
　That's because of myself.
　Even if you stay in the same inn, that's all they have to do.
　For that reason, Ilze could not forgive Melan's attitude.

"Shut up!"

　It's not that loud of a voice that came out of Ilze's mouth.
　In fact, the people walking around didn't pay that much attention to them.
　...however, there are some people who think it's some kind of trouble and watch the situation around as if they were watching an interesting show.
　At any rate, in such a situation, it was Melan who was surprised at the sharpness of the remark.

"Ilze, what's wrong with you? I'm forced to take you around..."

　I don't understand why I'm being watched so keenly by Ilze.
　Melan's honest feelings would be that way.
　Basically, with a strong sense of justice, Ilze had blamed Ray for being coerced around him.
　Nevertheless, I guess they never expected to be blamed by Ilze, the victim of this incident.
　Although he tends to be somewhat self-righteous, Melan has rarely been rejected so far.
　That's why Melan doesn't understand why Ilze has such an attitude toward her.
　But... to Ilze, Melan is seen only as a hindrance to her.
　Especially now, I think it's a great thing to see the presence of Ajas.
　For that reason, he might normally have been able to ignore Melan's words, but unfortunately Ilze was somewhat excited and aggressive.
　... well, since I've seen my family's death, it may be strange that it's settled down to that extent.

"Don't do anything unnecessary. What if you could run away to Ajas because of you?"
"... adjust? Who is it?"

　Although it is Ilze's enemy, Melan has never heard of the name of the man Ajas.
　That's why I asked Melan who it was...

"My family's enemy,"

　Quietly...Ilze mutters in such a voice that some of the people around him can't hear him, and that those who hear him can't hear him.
　The good news would have been that Seto was not here.
　That's why not many people could recognize Ray as Ray, but only a quarrel between adventurers, and few were watching him.
　If some were concentrating on the conversation, others might have been able to listen to Ilze and Melan's words.
　Fortunately for Ilze, however, few people are watching the situation.
　But... if we keep talking excitedly about each other here, we'll definitely get attention from all around us.
　When Ray decides so, he turns his eyes to a bar a little further away.

"(If possible, I don't want anyone else to talk to me, so I think I should talk to them in the inn room...but I don't think I'll accept it at all.)

　There's no doubt that Melan would object when she said she'd go to Ray's room. Speaking of going to Ilze's room, I don't think he'll accept Melan as far as what's going on. Ilze could refuse to go to Melan's room.
　As a compromise, Ray proposed a third-party position... to talk in a bar.

"Well, yes," Well, I think that's good, too."
"Oh, if you're talking in a place like this, a security guard might come... and I don't think it's possible for outsiders like us to come in."

　They probably don't want to get involved in the conversation between Ilze and Melan and, most importantly, Ray. All the other adventurers who had been patrolling the city with Melan say so.
　Other adventurers, who had not actually spoken, nodded in agreement.
　At any rate, with the words of others, Melan was still on the way to work, but she decided to take a short break and headed for the bar just outside Ray's gaze.
　It wasn't very interesting for Melan to let go of her job in the middle of it."He probably decided that it was far from it now."Oh... Is this the way it is?"

　The bar, perhaps because it was his first time in, gives a slightly fresh voice when he walks in.
　However, the interior of the restaurant is not much different from that of other bars.
　There are some visitors despite the day, but that's not particularly strange in Gilm.

(I'm glad I left it in a bar, not in a dining room.)

　As it's still daytime, the restaurant or the bar is crowded.
　That's why I chose the bar that I saw, but it was fortunate that the number of guests seemed to be smaller than Ray had expected.








"What's your order?"

　Maybe it's because I'm not busy in the daytime yet. When Ray and his colleagues sit at the table, the bar owner, not the waitress, comes to pick up the order in personally.

"I don't mind drinking. I'll have fruit water or tea, and something to pinch for three people."

　If you don't order alcohol at a bar, you are often entangled by customers around you.
　Fortunately, however, this is the day, and there are few customers in the bar, and no one drinks too much.
　They probably don't know about Ilze and Melan, but they also know about Ray.
　If you carelessly quarrel with Ray here, that's all for nothing.
　It is because I understand it that way that I don't come to you with such a bad [poor] intervention.
　...however, it seems that Ray, Ilze, and Melan are curious about what they are going to say, and some of them are listening.
　When the shopkeeper places the fruit water and nuts on the table, they go back to the counter.
　After seeing it off, Melan was the first to speak.

"Ilze, what did you hear about your enemy?"

　Melan's excitement may have subsided somewhat after some time had passed since she spoke. Reaching for the fruit water, Ilze asks.
　In response, Ilze nods without any hesitation.

"Yes, I found the family's enemy that I've been looking for for for years."
"I'll ask you, but Ilze doesn't think it's such a foolish thing, does he?"

　Ilze immediately opens his mouth to Melan, who timidly asks.

"What are you talking about, of course?"
"Well, yes," Whatever you want.

　Melan breathed a sigh of relief at Ilze's words, but it solidifies with the words of Ilze.

"Of course you're going to avenge me, aren't you? That's why I became an adventurer."
"Oh! ... that's wrong! No revenge! Don't do it!"

　Melan's voice echoes around.
　That would naturally be heard by other customers in the bar, and when they heard the words, some of the guests turned their eyes to Melan... and to Rey and Ilze.
　Don't you notice that he's staring at you, Melan stops his hand trying to stretch it out and hits the table.
　a dull sound around
　Fortunately, this bar is often used by adventurers, so the tables were sturdy.
　That's enough for Melan to beat the table with all her might.
　But Ilze opens his mouth to such melans without any particular expression.

"Why?"
"Revenge is meaningless. And it's possible that the family, friends, and lover of the person who avenged them will seek revenge again."

　That remark is correct. It's only the opinion of someone whose family, friends, and lover have never been killed by other people's malice.
　In fact, Ilze felt Melan's claim was nothing more than flimsy.
　Some customers in the bar nodded in agreement with Melan's words, while others ridiculed him.
　And Ilze...

"And what's the matter with you? I've decided to take revenge." This determination will never slow down."

　I told you so.