Without knowing that his presence had a significant impact on the resistance in the country of Levlarina, Ray was walking around in the mejogo, as he told Sula.
　Although Ray was approached by several other prostitutes besides Sula, he now appears to be wearing an ubiquitous robe because of the cover-up effect of the Dragon Robe.
　That being the case, it is only natural for prostitutes to speak to men who seem to have more money.
　Watching such a prostitute, Ray becomes convinced, recalling the information he hears from Kotonara.
　All prostitutes wear collars.
　Of course, the collar is not as rough a slave collar as Ajas had.
　It looked like a kind of choker, shaped like an accessory, and its patterns and decorations showed which shop prostitutes belonged to, but the true nature of it was immediately foreseen by Ray.

(But there is no one who seems to be reluctant to do prostitutes... do you mean that they are convinced of that, or can the collar of that slave control that?)

　Ray doesn't know why this is happening.
　But there was no doubt, as you can see, that there was a lot of trouble going on.

(Well, I've had some harvest, but... if possible, I'd like to have a long talk with someone who wears a slave collar. but I don't think I can do that.)

　It's easy to imagine even Ray being told not to talk about organization information or the personal information of women working as prostitutes when wearing a slave collar.
　That being the case, information should not be so easy to get.
　At the very least, it's impossible to do so without doing something about the collar of a slave collar.
　But if Ray asks if there is any way to do something about the collar of a slave...

(My method is too dangerous)

　It's not that Ray doesn't have the means.
　But it was also true that the danger was too great, as Ray muttered privately.
　Ray's means is to put his magic into the collar of a slave.
　Slave collar is also a magic item, so magic and magical stones need to be used.
　Of course, once activated, it can be used semi-permanently using the weak magic of the user, but what happens if Ray applies magic to it?
　This wouldn't mean anything particular to happen to an ordinary wizard.
　But Ray is no match for an ordinary wizard, which has extraordinary magical powers.
　If the magic is deliberately poured in in large quantities, it is very likely that the collar of a slave will be broken, so to speak, overheated.
　But it wasn't easy to do unless you knew what would happen.
　There would be no problem if only the collar of a slave were broken. However, in the worst case, the collar of a slave can cause strange movements, which can be fatal to the wearer.
　Moreover, if Ray cannot stand his magic and explodes, Ray's magical powers are enormous, and therefore the power of the explosion is extremely powerful.
　Even an adventurer, if Ray's magical explosion were to occur near his neck, it would be difficult for most people to survive without much luck.
　Even adventurers can't take such a hard line against prostitutes.

(The best way is to remove the collar of a slave by regular means... it's almost impossible.)

　Ray was walking with such worries, but suddenly realized that there was someone looking at him.
　No, if it meant looking at them, many people, including prostitutes, are looking at them, but as soon as they find out it's not money, Ray turns away and calls out to someone who seems to have more money.
　However, Ray understood that the person who was looking at him now had some clear intentions.
　Who is it? Ray turns his head to the direction he feels his gaze.
　A man in his late thirties or forties was ahead of his gaze.
　My cheeks are red, either because I'm drunk or because it's still hot and humid at night.
　At any rate, the man kept his eyes fixed on Ray.
　Though Ray hesitates for a moment after thinking of Sula's case, he still approaches the man, deciding that he must have something to do as long as he is looking at him.

"What do you want from me?"
"... well, you've got a very gentle attitude, considering that you felt my gaze?"
"I'm sorry, I don't know what you're talking about..."

　Ray, wearing a mask of his pseudonym Ren, says so, but the man smiles with red cheeks, as if he knew nothing of the existence of such a mask.

"No, I never expected to meet such a strong man as you here. Why is there someone like you in such a small country?"
"I don't know what you're talking about, but you're mistaken. I just wanted to see this one."
"... well, I don't mind if you insist so." But I'll give you one piece of advice. You'd better not make a strange fuss here, then it's not just this country. and in the vicinity... and in the kingdom of Mileana."

　As soon as the man tells him so, Ray's eyes become sharp in an instant.
　That's not the son of such a rich man as Ren, who wore a mask as Ren, but as a Rank B adventurer nicknamed crimson...Ray's perspective.
　The middle-aged man smiled contentedly at the sight of Ray.
　Ray felt as if he had been caught in the man's smile, but soon he changed his mask again.
　The man in front of him knew he was Ray and he was sure he had spoken to him.
　Unmasking someone just because they're being seen through is more than a little acceptance of what they say.
　Ray didn't like it.

"What are you talking about? But as far as you listen to your uncle, this country is dangerous?"
"Oops!"

　a man who seems slightly shocked by the word uncle in Ray's mouth
　From Ray's age point of view, he was an uncle in his late thirties or forties... a middle‐aged man, but he probably didn't want to admit it.
　But soon, recovering from the shock, the man opens his mouth to Ray with a slightly cramped smile.

"Well, I don't know why such a talented man as you came to Mejogo, but if possible, will you leave him alone?"
"What? What are you going to leave alone.

　Still, Ray raises his guard against the man in front of him.
　That's because I decided that... that means leaving the mejogo as it is.
　Ray isn't good enough to think that he has to help everyone else... or that he's good enough to be nice enough.
　Ray's arrival in Levrina in the first place is more likely to be a payoff for the organization that has made a dig at Gillum.
　There are a lot of things like that, but in the end Ray is going to do damage to the organization that will control it and to the upper echelon of this country that will be working with it.

"Well, if you were to say so, I wouldn't say anything more." But bear in mind that if there is a great disturbance in the country of Lavrellina, many people could be harmed as a result.
"...I don't know what you mean. But I would like to remember that story."

　That's all Ray says for now.
　Does the man understand it? He turns around and enters a nearby bar without saying anything more.
　Watching his back off, Ray breathes when he sees the man completely in the bar.

(There seems to be a lot of complications inside the mejogo.) There seems to be no particular uproar at the moment, but I don't think it will continue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

　Ray doesn't even know who the man was.
　At first, I thought I might be the master of the organization, but it was also true that I didn't think so when I talked to them.
　But if you're hostile to the organization, you don't know why you said that to Ray.
　When I'm worried like that, I feel the subtle movement of the yellow in the dragon robes.
　Don't stay here forever and do something about it's better to do something.
　Feeling urged to do so, Ray gently caresses Yero's presence from the dragon lobe and starts walking again.
　The number of prostitutes calling out to Ray is even lower than before, though they may not have been listening to the conversation with the man I mentioned.

(I'd like to ask a prostitute, somehow, what she thinks of the present situation, but I guess it's impossible. Then, the best way to gather information is at a bar. I'm getting a little hungry.)

　In Mejogo, after playing in a brothel, it's probably to restore some rest, strength and energy. Some bars are also provided with a reasonable number of bars are available.
　I also heard from Kotonara that bars are not like so-called chain stores, but each store has its own characteristics.
　Of course, it is a bar right next to a brothel like this, so there is no doubt that there are many dishes that will give you energy."First of all... shall we go to that bar?"

　Ray looked at the bar, which was crowded with customers.
　Originally, I would like to relax in a quiet place, but in order to gather information, I would still need to go to a bar full of customers.

"Kyu".

　Yero seems to have no objection to Rey's words, too, and sings softly.
　...I don't know how Yero in the Dragon Robes judged the situation in the bar, but I thought about it and went to the bar.
　As I head to the bar, I suddenly see a man approaching me.

(It's a strangely tangled day, isn't it? -- well, as long as it is a pleasure quarter, it can't be helped.)

　Ray sees the approaching man and thinks so, but immediately denies the idea.
　The word "knowing" was something I thought of towards Sula and the man I mentioned earlier, but it was mainly about finding out Ray's background and finding out what he had come to do.
　But the fat man in his early twenties, who is now approaching Ray, has a vulgar smile on his face.
　It's completely different from the way the two of them got involved in Ray's earlier contact... that's what they're trying to do in the sense that there's a gangster involved.
　For a man, I wouldn't say that there was a kid like Ray in a entertainment district like Mejogo, but I guess he didn't like the fact that there were people who didn't even look like him.
　The man also despised Ray for not possessing one of his weapons.
　Of course, it is impossible to bring in weapons as obvious as death size or twilight spear, but many daggers still bring them for self-defense.
　Ray also has a magic item called Nebra's Eyes, which produces arrowheads, which he can't see hidden behind a dragon lobe.
　That's why the man completely underestimated Ray.
　It would have been a different story if he had the ability to see the other person's power, but unfortunately he wasn't that strong in the first place, and he's drunk now.
　For a moment, Ray thought it was troublesome, but to get information, he thinks that a drunk person might have a quiet tongue.
　I can't deny, however, the possibility of giving out appropriate information because I'm drunk.
　But now he decided that collecting more information was the first thing he had to do... hiding his face in the hood of the Dragon Robes, Ray walked on, pretending not to have noticed the man.