The day after Ilze's revenge, Ray woke up at Marina's house instead of waking up at the dusk Wheat House as usual.
　After all, after the battle ended, Ray's officials and Ilze came to Marina's house yesterday and talked a little before falling asleep.
　... Ray should have been sleeping on the sofa in the living room, but he found himself on the bed.

"What...?"

　Ray looked around without sleep, but when he saw something he had never seen before, he could only stand up.
　No, it would have been a different story if he hadn't been half asleep, but now Ray was completely half asleep.
　Maybe it's because I don't have enough sleep, but it's because I'm still half asleep.

"Ah..."

　It's about five minutes to look around silently.
　Ray looks around again, perhaps finally recovering from his drowsy state.

"Come to think of it, I stayed at Marina's yesterday, didn't I? --I completely forgot."

　He mumbled, dressed himself up, and left the room.

"Oh, good morning," I should have slept a little longer."

　It was Marina who said so in the living room.
　Seeing him cooking something fun, Ray finds himself without anyone but himself and Marina.

"What about the others?"

　Nevertheless, Ray found Elena and Vihela in the courtyard.
　Because the sound of fierce fighting is heard all over the house.
　When I turn my gaze over there, I see Elena wielding a whiplash mirror, and Viehra, who is avoiding it and making room.
　a little hard to call a mock battle
　Of course, for the two of us who are actually fighting, it's a mock battle.
　But if you look at this scene, you can imagine that there is a duel.
　They both call themselves first-class... no, because they have the power to call themselves first-class, super-first-class, it's probably a mock battle for them, but to others it looks completely different.
　But Ray is one of the few superlatives, as is Marina.
　That's why even if there's such a fierce battle in the garden, you can understand it's a mock battle, and you don't have to make too much noise.

"Arla and Ilze are still asleep." Oh, come to think of it, Bune is still asleep."
"Not to mention Bune,"

　I muttered that, not Ilze, but because I heard that Arra was still asleep.
　For Arra, Elena takes precedence over everything.
　That's why she was so intoxicated with Elena that she could have put her before her own life.
　That's why Elena wakes up... and even though she's engaged in mock battles with Vihela, she's still asleep.

"You must have been tired from yesterday's incident." I think I was talking to Ilze until late."
"Ah... I see,"

　The closest to Ilze in the house today, including the wings of the lotus, would be Ray, too.
　Of course, Arla, whose official name is Arla Scarley, is the third daughter of the Earl of Scarley.
　It is completely different from the ordinary Ilze in the sense of being a daughter of a noble family, but many of the faces here are out of common sense in many ways.
　Among them, Arra, who was a daughter of the Earl of Ningle, could be said to be close to ordinary people.
　...and, of course, Arla has much more strength than the adventurous men around her.
　But... still, there's no doubt, when compared to the Lays' fighting power, it's overwhelmingly inferior.
　Bune is inferior to Arla in terms of pure combat power, but Bune is unable to communicate well with others.
　Vichela can fully understand Bune's intentions, but it would be absurd to ask Ilze, who has little contact with Bune, to do it.
　For this reason, it was only natural that Arra became the closest of the Reyes to Ilze.
　The ability may not have anything to do with getting along, but at least that has helped me this time.

"Then you can give Arla and Ilze a break," Fortunately, Arla doesn't work in the first place, and Ilze does work but isn't the only one."
"Arra is also working, isn't she? She's escorting Elena and cooking."
"...not to mention the escort of Elena, I don't think cooking is the job of a knight captain."

　Arra knows she is the head of the Knights... the Elena Guards, but she makes it normal for things that the Knights do not.
　This is probably due in part to the fact that Arra is a childhood friend of Elena friend.
　In fact, even now, he has left the Knights to his vice-chieftain, and he is the only one who has come to Gilm with Elena.
　Although what he is doing is not altogether wrong, as it is the captain of the Knights on duty to protect Elena.

"That's why it's so Arla-like, isn't it?" If Arra had been the Knight Commander, she would not have been so familiar to us."
"I don't deny it,"

　At Marina's words Ray nodded... and eventually Marina turned her gaze out of the window into the courtyard.

"Well, now that we're ready to eat, will you call them in? Ray is the best way to stop them."
"...yes,"

　Watching her eyes towards Marina, Ray nods in despair.
　Strangely, the garden has not been damaged, it's a fierce battle.
　They both agree that this is a mock battle, so even if it looks like such a flashy battle, the courtyard is not actually damaged.
　Ray knows it, so he heads to the courtyard even if he's in a bit of trouble when he wakes up and down.

"Ah, hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah

　Vihela tries to shorten her distance straight from Elena with a fighting smile.

"Do you think we'll make it so easy?"

　In an effort to keep such a viola at bay, Elena wields a whip-like Mirage.
　I think that's what Mirage is all about.
　At first glance, the Mirage was swinging at such a rate that it was almost natural to think so.

(I understand that they are both mock battles, but I'm playing to my heart's content.)

　Elena doesn't use dragon language magic, and Viehra doesn't use the deadly blow skills of immersion.

(I've become the epitome of fighting against many people, but frankly Elena's dragon language magic can attack a wide range. In fact, he seems to have been very active in the war with the Empire of Bestia using dragon language magic.)

　Compared to such Elena, Vihela has no widespread attack.
　...though it is wrong to recognize that Vihela is not dangerous.
　If Ray and Elena are good at wide-ranging attacks, Vichela is a one-on-one specialized combat style.
　No matter how strong the armor is, it's very troubling to think that if you just touch it, you can ignore the armor's defenses and send shock through the body.

(Anyway...)

　Ray changes his mind.
　You can watch the fight as it is, but you can't stay where you are when you came to let us know it's breakfast time.
　That's what Ray breathes and opens his mouth to the two men who are fighting enough to get money.

"That's it! The mock game is over!"

　Ray's voice echoes around him.
　a cry to make one's voice heard, not a huff of anger

"Oops!"
"Oh,"

　Ray's voice naturally reaches their ears.
　Then Mirage, who was creating the boundary, is returned to the state of a long sword, and Viehla, who was about to jump into Elena's pocket for a break in the boundary, releases her stance.

"Why, you're all very well, though there was so much trouble yesterday,"
"Nevertheless, the commotion itself was great, but there was no strong opponent."

　That's why I'm so frustrated.
　Vihela says so, feeling the afterglow of the battle.

"I wasn't that far off, but it's a good training to deal with Vihela."

　Elena says so with a smile, lightly dropping Mirage and putting it in the sheath."Well, I understand what they think, but it seems that breakfast is almost ready. I have work to do today, and I think we should leave it to that extent to exercise. ... Well, I think Elena will be on standby here."
"Squeak!"

　When Ray says so, there is a cry in place of Elena.
　Ray, familiar with the call, looks where he hears it.
　Then there was a figure of yellow, or of course a figure of yellow.
　Yero, riding on Seto's back, cries happily when he sees Ray.

"Grull".

　And Seto naturally purrs happily.
　It was only a few hours ago that Ray broke up with Sett.
　Still, Seto, who likes to be spoiled by Ray, must still want to be spoiled like this.

"Set and Yero seem to be doing well, too." "Well, you're not physically fit enough to be exhausted from yesterday's disturbance."
"Grull!"
"Squeak!"

　At Rey's words, the two of them exclaim in a natural way.
　As he stroked them, Seto squinted happily, but after ten seconds he was satisfied, his master... flies under Elena.

"What's wrong with you? Do you want to be spoiled like Seto? See?"

　Elena stroking the yellow from the top of the scales.

"...I envy you a little bit.

　Seeing them, Vihela mutters a little envious, just as she says.
　Ray has a set, Elena has a yellow, and so on.
　But there is no such thing in Vihela.

(I wish I could do something like that when I absorbed Ambrice... I can't.)

　In the first place, Vihela could not afford to absorb Ambris.
　That's the last thing I've ever lived.
　If you ask me if I want to do something similar again, I'm sure I'll turn it down.

"Vichela has a Bune, doesn't she?"

　When Ray mutters as he caresses Seto, Vihela bursts out unconsciously.

"If you put Bune in that frame, you'll get in trouble."
"Is that so? In the case of Bune, if you feed her until she's satisfied, she'll be satisfied."
"...that's..."

　Continuing Rey's words stifled Vihela as she tries to retort something.
　In fact, Bune's obsession with food is strong, perhaps because of the influence of his childhood -- still small enough.
　They also eat so much that you wonder where they fit into the body.
　The reason they still don't seem to gain weight is probably because they move more than they eat through training and requests.

"Yes!"

　And even now, when Bune, who had just woken up, put his head out of the window, he was calling for her to come quickly.
　Usually, Bune doesn't change his expression, but when it comes to food, the story changes.
　At Bune's voice, Ray and his friends return home.
　Seto and Yero also move close to the house and lie down.
　They had been distancing themselves from each other because of the battle between Elena and Vihela, but now they must have come close to each other because the mock battle was over.
　When I entered the living room, breakfasts of fresh bread, soup, ham and salad were already on the table.

"You're back, aren't you? Then shall we have dinner? ...and Ray and Vihela are going to be busy again today. In particular, Ray might get a call from the guild yesterday."
"From the guild? Not from Mr. Dusker?"
"Yes, Dusker must be busy now." Of course, I think Dusker will tell you in the end, but the place is the only in places."
"...don't you hide anything.

　Ray asked Marina, questioning her with some significance, only to return to her usual glamorous smile.

"Well, you'll find out sooner or later, so you don't have to worry about it now." But let's eat now."

　Despite a vague feeling, Ray sat in his chair, unable to resist the smell of stimulating the floating appetite.