"Wait! I surrender! We can't beat you! I'll answer the interrogation and give you the treasure we've accumulated! So don't kill me!"

　a thief who shouts and throws his weapon to the ground
　When Ray sees such a thief, he wonders what to do.
　The moment Ray appeared without a fight, the thief cried out and surrendered.
　If it had been one of the thieves who had done so, Ray would still have been convinced.
　But the surrender in front of Ray now seems to be nothing but a man of standing among the bandits.
　If such a person suddenly surrenders... it's only natural that he's dumbfounded even if he's not Ray.

(No, is it a mimicry to catch the gap here?)

　That's what I thought, but with arms down and hands up, I wouldn't be able to do anything to catch my breath.
　I didn't wonder if I was looking for a bow or something from somewhere else, but as far as I could see, it wasn't.

"Oh... you surrender quite easily, don't you?" I thought he would resist a little more."
"You're a thief, aren't you Ray? We'll never win if we fight you." Then we'd better surrender here. That would give me a better impression at the time of the questioning."
"You're very graceful," Do you understand? You're more likely to be enslaved at this rate, not to mention the possibility of execution at all."

　When Ray says so, the thief nods unflinchingly.

"As I said, I don't think I can fight you and run away, much less win." Then surrendering, though not interesting for us, should be the smartest option. and I'd like to give you the treasure we've accumulated?"
"Yes, but if I go into your hideout under the current circumstances, you may run away, right? I can't believe it so easily, considering that."

　The robbers' hideout is naturally a cave, and some robbers have dug holes in the ground and used it as their hideout.
　It would be a natural opportunity for the thieves to escape if Ray were to act as if he were entering such a place.
　No matter how many robbers surrendered the moment Ray came out, it was only natural for them to think of running away if they had a chance to escape.
　If things go on like this, even if you're lucky, you're a slave... because if you're not good enough, you're going to end up to Ray's word.
　Then I wouldn't miss this opportunity.

"But... what are you going to do, then? Are you waiting quietly here until someone comes?"
"No, no. ... Well, as long as I know who I am, I think I can predict it."

　The robbers open their mouths, holding the death size of the cause they recognized as Ray at a glance.

"Set!"

　The words that come out of Ray's mouth are sucked into the surrounding trees.
　And a few seconds later...

"Whoa, whoa!"

　One of the robbers screams at Seto, who suddenly emerges through a gap in the trees.
　I knew Ray had a partner named Seto, but I don't think he expected to see the Gryphon up close.
　Shrieking, half instinctively retreating.
　As he approaches Ray without seeming to care about these robbers, Seto purrs and rubs his face against him as usual.

"I'm sorry, I'll call you all of a sudden." Now, I'm going to look after the robbers' hideout, and Seto will keep an eye on them here. If the robbers try to escape, they can attack. It would be more convenient if I could live, but if I die, I don't have to worry so much."

　Ray's words were not threats, but endless truths.
　When the robbers realize it, they feel a chill down their spine.
　This is because I really understood that if I acted carelessly, I would die.
　The other bandits are the same and stop moving.
　Leaving the bandits in motion, Ray enters the bandits' hideout.
　It seems that it was not a place to sleep, but a place to store stolen goods and valuables, and it was not so big.
　Naturally, no one seems to be in captivity, and it takes less time to store what was inside.

(Come to think of it, what happened to the horse-drawn carriage? There were no horses, but did they carry this much by hand? Let alone this much, they must have to carry it again to get it somewhere. Then... I mean, it's quicker to ask than to think here. What? Come to think of it, neither of them had a carriage. No, did you hide it? Or horses somewhere? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ）

　After deciding so, Ray quickly goes out of the hideoutside the hideout.
　Then, looking for the first person to surrender to Ray... ...not to mention that he was in the same place as before, and approaching him.

"Hey, how were you going to carry this when you sold it? More specifically, where are the cabs?"
"No, sir, there is a cart, but there is no carriage."

　A little unexpected remark pauses Ray for a moment.

"Really? Then, do you go out of your way to carry them in a cart.
"The people behind the scenes come and buy them. Many of the thieves in this neighborhood usually sell off the treasures and goods they stole."
"...huh,"

　Ray muttered briefly to the unexpected words that came out again.
　Ray's prediction was that the robbers were going to sell their own money, but it was completely unexpected that they were coming from merchants.

(Well, many jewels are less valuable when they are damaged. Then, it is conceivable that a merchant goes directly, thinking that it would be unsavory to leave the transportation to a thief.)

　Even if you're behind the scenes, you're a merchant after all.
　It's natural to want to avoid the possibility of cheap goods being carried by thieves.

"And? When will the merchant come next?"

　Ray's perception was that the merchant who bought things from thieves was also a thief, so he thought it would be all right to capture them and steal their money and goods.

"Commercemen are keen on information. Especially for the people behind the scenes, their sense of feeling would be superior to that of the merchants on the outside. I don't think we'll ever come here, because I think it's already known that we've been caught."
"That's a tough match,"

　The easier way to hunt, robbers or merchants, is to be seen by the robbers in front of us.
　After thinking that far, Ray suddenly wondered if his current idea had been like a thief, but... he immediately realized that he was a villain and thought it was strange.
　They understand themselves to be criminals, so the merchant is naturally a criminal.

"For the time being, I understand. Then I have nothing more to do here, and I'll be going now."

　As I tell them, they tie the robbers' hands with a rope from the mistling.The bandits tied together cannot escape if they don't all try to escape together.

(Originally, it's better to tie your legs, but it takes too long to move if it's hard to walk in the woods.)

　I thought so because Ray's least mercy... of course, but purely because it takes time to travel.
　For robbers, it could be said that they were lucky.
　I'm not very lucky, though, when Ray finds me and catches me.

(Even so, these guys were good at camouflage.) If it wasn't for Seto, I'd have missed him completely.)

　Lei thinks so, looking around, with the robbers in tow.
　In terms of five senses, Ray is as sharp as any other human being.
　But Ray's five senses...even though he was looking around the woods on a set from above for the thieves, he could not find them.
　It is Seto, who has five senses sharper than Ray that he found these thieves.
　By using not only sight, but also hearing and smell, Seto's ability to search for enemies is completely superior to Ray's.
　In addition to having five senses better than Ray, Seto is always on guard when he sleeps in the open air.
　Of course, the five senses, the sixth sense... and even the ability to feel magical powers will naturally become more acute.
　Thanks in part to this Seto, Ray, who has thus captured the thief, heads back to the place where he and Tarania had a fight.
　When we got out of the woods, there were already some adventurers there, thieves, those who might have been in captivity, and the treasures they had accumulated.
　The adventurers there, too, are alarmed by the bandits' attack the moment someone comes out of the forest...or by another bandit who has come to steal the captured bandits and the treasures they have stored, but are relieved to know that they are Ray.
　For they thought that if they were alone, they would be helpless if they were attacked by a large number of thieves, but if they were there, it would be no matter how many robbers they attacked.
　For this reason, the man leading the adventurers waved and spoke to Ray joyfully.

"Well, it seems that you were able to catch the thief very well,"




"Oh, I was so good at camouflage that it took me a long time to find it, but if I could find it, he surrendered easily. It took a long time to bring him here with a rope."
"It's more reckless to think about fighting against Ray and Sett. Then will all the robbers be sold as slaves? There are a lot of people, and I think I'll make a lot of money."

　The adventurer who was talking to Ray turns to Ray with a little envy... and looks at the robbers that Ray is carrying.
　The robbers Ray had captured looked at each other with eyes and eyes, perhaps because they were acquainted with the robbers the man had captured.
　It's fortunate that they don't stare at each other and aren't in trouble, in the sense that it's easy for themselves.
　If there had been a fight between thieves here, it would have been a great deal of trouble.

"This job was quite easy for us. ...but the question is, how many robbers are there? No matter how many times we defeat the robbers, there have been quite a few from the beginning, but these days, even more so, there is a high possibility that no matter how many times we defeat them, we will not be able to catch up with them.
"Oh, that'said he. Considering what happened earlier, I'm sure there are still quite a few thieves around here. And... Tarania? There's a case of him, so I'm sure Subursta will have a lot of trouble, too."

　The words were also true without error.
　Subursta's deputy's immediate subordinates had been linked to the bandits.
　Of course, the boss's deputy will not know it, and if so, the investigation will extend to the deputy... and to the nobles who sent the deputy.
　Normally, it is difficult for a neutral Dasker to deal with aristocratic nobles and their ministries.
　But this time Elena was working with the Reys.
　What's more, the Duke of Kelebel, who leads the aristocracy, has instructed him not to interfere with the extension of the building.
　Having acted this way with that in mind, it is certain that the price will be high.
　There is a possibility that the nobles may not know what the magistrate or Tarania was doing, but the magistrate is the one who rules the city or village on behalf of the nobles.
　If the deputy causes a disturbance, the responsibility naturally rests with the nobles who appointed the deputy.

(Was it the appointment responsibility? I heard that a lot on TV when I was in Japan.)

　Ray, a high school student living in the countryside when he was in Japan, had little interest in politics.
　However, it is impressive that the opposition parties were screaming about appointment responsibility and responsibility, as if they had captured the ogre's head when the news.
　That's probably why the word came to mind even in this case.
　However, for Ray, this incident is ultimately nothing but an aristocratic affair.
　I could have expected a lot of interaction with the neutral Dasker, but I could only tell him to do his best with the trouble as long as he didn't intend or need it.