the silver fruity where the Rays are based in Rossi
　Ray and his friends, who bought a large amount of parnyan, returned to the inn...

"I never thought there was anyone there,"

　Ray muttering while lying on the bed in his room.
　I wish I had played with Seto a little more, but I don't feel that way now.
　Besides, it was conceivable that Sett would be enjoying a nap in the stable by now.
　though it was usual for Ray to see the horse in the same stable nervous because Sett was in the stable.
　Of course, it's not very good for horses to stay nervous, but after a few days they don't usually understand that Seto isn't their opponent.
　I'm not that nervous, I'm not that nervous at all.

"I could have played with him if he was an erotic."

　When Ray went out, he was still asleep because of yesterday's incident, but when Ray came back, he was nowhere to be seen.
　Did Elena take him, or did he go somewhere... Ray didn't know about it, but he didn't worry about being forcibly taken away.
　Of course, the black dragon's child, Yero, will look like a pile of treasure to the viewer.
　But it's quite difficult to catch yellow, which has the ability to fly in the air and become more defensive and transparent with scales, and to become more transparent.
　It's almost impossible for someone like this Rossi, let alone a skilled adventurer like Gilm.
　After all, Ray had nothing to do, so he lay down on his bed and waited for someone to come back.
　If I lay down on my bed, there was no way that Ray, who had been deprived of sleep last night, would be able to win... that consciousness would sink into darkness before I saw it.





"... well, Ray. Wake up. How long are you going to stay up?"
"What? ... what?"

　Sleeping in bed, Ray is shaken lightly and then called to wake up.
　But Ray doesn't get up well unless it's basically an emergency.
　I still woke up, but as if I hadn't been able to see what was going on around me, I was looking around half asleep.
　No, I guess he doesn't even feel like he's watching.

"Oh, so cute."

　I hear familiar voices and some people talking like they agree with themselves talking as if they were in agreement with themselves.
　After about a minute, Ray goes from drowsy to normal.
　When I woke up in the morning, it took me about five minutes to get out of my drowsy sleep, but this time it was only a minute... I guess it was because I was taking a nap and not sleeping as well as I was sleeping at night.

"Huh? ...is he back?"

　When Ray finally returns to normal, he glances out of the window at Elena, Marina, Vihela, Bune and Yero in his room.
　When Ray returned to the Silver Fruit House, it was too early to call it night.
　I remember walking along the street, sweating, enduring the summer sun.
　But outside the window Ray was looking at was already stained with a red sunset.
　That's the red sunset all over the sky as if it were a fire.
　A slightly embarrassed smile comes to me when I realize that I've been sleeping for a few hours, not an hour.
　At Ray's smile, Elena and his colleagues smiled, saying that they couldn't help it.
　Then the warm atmosphere passes for a few minutes... and Ray opens his mouth, as if he had recovered his mind.

"And where have you been?"
"Gathering information... though I couldn't get any particularly important information."
"Ah... I see,"

　There is a fair amount of information about Jaya, including information from Eunchu.
　But it's only natural for Ray to want to get as much information as possible.
　Although, as Vihela said, there was no significant information.
　Elena seemed to have had more trouble repelling insects, and Elena spoke in disgust.

"I don't think he's doing his job at all, and he's interfering with us like that... he's relaxed."

　Listening to Elena muttering disobediently, Ray could roughly predict what had happened.
　In the first place, if there are beautiful women like Elena, some might want to woo them.
　But if she were as beautiful as Elena's, she could normally be daunted.
　Moreover, there are three beautiful women of the same level -- plus Bune, who may well be called beautiful girls.
　But wouldn't it be appropriate to describe all three of them as magical beauties when they make a man lose his temper?
　Ray suddenly thought about it, but when he says it, it looks like a lot of bad things will happen, so he stifles.
　After that, we talk a lot about Ray's reconnaissance.

"And? Was there a place to follow the underground?"
"Oh, there was a place like that. However, it would be quite difficult to get from the ground to where there would be stairs leading to the underground facilities. There were a number of defensive facilities in place."
"Jaya must be wary of that area, too. I can only say that I was unlucky this time."

　Ray nods at the remark.
　Instead of going above ground, you can descend directly from the sky in front of buildings leading to underground facilities.
　No matter how much ground defenses you improve, you can't do anything if you're attacked from the sky.
　In that sense, Marina's words of bad luck were correct.

"But you're going to work with the resistance, aren't you?"
"Ah... I wonder if there's a problem with how we cooperate. I'd like to decide that part as soon as possible."

　Ray and his colleagues want to return to the guillem as soon as possible, with things like losing money and playing tricks on Jaya.
　And for the Resistance, they don't want to be snatched away by idiosyncrats like the Rays, even though they've been fighting against Jaya for a long time.
　In particular, Ray and others have the ability to deal with dozens or hundreds of individuals... even thousands if they're not good at it.
　Of course, it depends on each style of battle, but there was no doubt that he was as good as any other.
　As long as they are such people, what happens if they really oppose Jaya?
　The resistance knew it, so I couldn't leave it to the Rays alone...
　However, the resistance has actually been severely damaged in terms of military power by the hands of the upper echelons of this country.
　That being the case, I want the Ray's forces to the fullest, but unfortunately they know very little about the situation.

"For now... Do you want to eat? Bune is hungry, too."
"Yes,"

　Bune gives a brief answer to Vihela's words.
　I have no objection to Bune's words, whether the others remembered their hunger.
　Just in case, Ray eats parnyan before taking a nap, but parnyan in his stomach seems to have completely digested while Ray is asleep and feels a little hungry.

"Well, then, shall we?" The food here is very good."
"Of course, this Silver Fruit House is one of the finest inns in Rossi. If the food that is served doesn't taste good, many people will complain."

　Agreeing to Elena's words, the Rays headed to the dining room on the ground floor.





"Ah... well, I expected it. The least relief is that this restaurant is open only to guests."

　The sight of the Reyes entering the dining room naturally turns the eyes of the customers on them.
　No, exactly Elena, Marina, and Vihela.
　Some were looking at Bune, but only a few were...
　Few people were looking at Yero, and not even Ray.
　That's because Ray is wearing a dragon lobe hood, and if he doesn't take it off, he'll definitely get a certain amount of course.
　Regardless of what the people in the dining room are looking at, Ray and his colleagues sit at an empty table and order their dinner at random.
　Silver Fruit Tei is one of the finest inns in the Rossi, and many of the people who stay there have reasonable financial resources.In other words, it is not that there is no one involved in wanting a woman, but it should still be a lot less than a bar.
　They eat the food that was brought to them with the attention.
　There were some distinctive dishes, but they are basically no different from those eaten in the Kingdom of Milliana.
　It's only natural. There's a lot of culture flowing into the country from the kingdom of Mileana.
　And there were, of course, dishes, ingredients, and seasonings in the culture.
　Of course, not everything imitates the kingdom of Mileana, but there are dishes that have evolved in their own way.
　That's the epitome of what Ray likes.
　Moreover, it's not that Ray and his friends can't eat because it's a familiar meal, but they can eat every dish with peace of mind.

(When I was in Japan, I went to a foreign country and the food didn't suit my taste at all, but I was able to eat hamburgers at a fast food restaurant... or did I manage to see that? Is that what you think?)

　While eating lamb skewers and thinking about it, Ray noticed someone approaching their table.
　For a moment, Ray thought he was going to be in trouble again, but when he saw the man's face approaching... he looked at it with a strange expression on his face.
　He is about twenty years old and has a good build. a man of certain training as a warrior
　No, that wouldn't have bothered Ray that much.
　There are many men of bad character just because they are trained as warriors.
　But the man now approaching the Ray's table did not have such a... vulgar expression on his face as to make them his own.
　Of course, there are people in the world who can gloss over their facial expressions to hide how vulgar they are.
　But the man approaching the table where the Ray's were sitting was somehow convinced that he was not such a match.

"Excuse me, would you mind if we dine together?"

　That's probably why. Ray nodded to such a proposal, which he would normally refuse.
　Elena and others nodded back to him.k.a. man.
　Only Beune, who was wary of running out of food he ate, seemed a little dissatisfied, but his dissatisfaction never appeared on his face.
　Seeing the party, the man sits with his head lowered.
　Many people looked astonished because they thought they would refuse to make advances.

"For the time being, I want you to bring it at random."

　Then the man tells the clerk that he will give him a few silver coins.
　When a piece of silver is given as a tip, the clerk walks away happily into the kitchen.
　Looking at the situation, some, including Ray, think, are used to communicating in these places.
　However, since he is a guest staying at the Ginsengjeong Pavilion, it is only natural that he is accustomed to communication like this.
　Seeing his attitude, Ray had already guessed whose hand this man was... in general.
　There are, however, some of the candidates, so they weren't squeezed out until the end.
　The most likely is, after all, Jaya.
　It's safe for Jaya to get information that Ray went to Mejogo yesterday.
　In that case, the aim was to connect with Ray.
　Next is the messenger of Lutus, whom Ray saved today.
　It is understandable to Ray that Lutus is a man of some sense, who has sensed the presence of anyone who has come to help Lutus.
　I wouldn't be surprised to invite you home as a token of my help today.
　And... the last one is...

"I came here because of Eun-Chu's introduction."

　The man said so, and Ray understood that his last prediction was correct.