Why don't you hire yourself?
　The villagers looked at Ray half‐suspectingly... or rather half‐suspectingly.
　For people in this village, no matter how much Ray has a guild card as a Rank B adventurer, there's no idea exactly how great it is.
　If there were guild staff in the Guild's office, just being a notorious Rank B adventurer would be a perfect military force...no, I would have judged it to be an overkill, but unfortunately there is no guild's office in this village.
　That's why when someone like Ray asked me to hire him, I couldn't immediately make a decision.
　When Ray sees these villagers, he thinks about how to make them believe in their abilities... and eventually comes up with the easiest way.

"Well, first of all," I'll introduce you to my partner first."
"... mate?"

　That's the man who first spoke to Ray.
　After nodding to the man, Ray looks at his approach and breathes... exclaims.

"Let's go!"

　A man suddenly shouted close by, reflexively holding his hand to his ears.
　It was the same with the villagers in remote places.
　About ten seconds after Ray shouted, the man took off his hand and tried to yell at Ray...

"Gul-l-r-r-r-r-r-r!"

　At an instant, I hear such a call coming from the sky and stop moving.
　The cry was acting like a force that mysteriously compels attention.
　It was not only those who tried to yell at Ray, but so were the other villagers.
　All eyes turned to the voice... before long, even the villagers' eyesight noticed something flying up in the sky.
　And when you realize what it is... it's not hard to understand.
　But now I can't move because I understand it.
　Even adventurers will encounter Rank A monsters once in their lives.
　Naturally, it's impossible for someone living in such a village to encounter a high-ranking monster, Gryphon.
　... much less, it's completely beyond your imagination that Seto is a monster of rank S with all his skills.
　Seto was stunned by the villagers, but he eventually flapped his wings and descended toward the ground.
　and landed on the ground... ...when the villagers recovered from the shock and flapping air of the wings, they tried to scream at the sight of Seto, with his sharp, gnarled face towards Ray...

"Grull".
"Well, thank you for coming,"

　Just as Seto approaches Ray with a kuchibashi, he cries happily, and Ray also looks incomprehensible when he sees him caressing his face as he approaches him joyfully.
　In fact, those watching it were completely bogged down by the unexpected.
　To these villagers, Ray, who was caressing Seto, turns his gaze and then takes the spear of Death Size and twilight out of Mistilling.
　The Nijiryu...the Nijiryu is becoming synonymous with Ray along with the presence and death size of Seto.

(Well, to say that it's a two-spear school here, it doesn't make any sense because they don't seem to know me... yet the spear of death size and twilight is so powerful to look at.)

　The scythe and crimson spears are overwhelmingly powerful, even if they have never been involved in a conflict.
　Having such a weapon, it should be easy to determine that Ray is not what he looks like.
　In fact, the villagers set Set aside and looked incredibly at Ray, who had a scythe and spear in his hands.
　Ray looks confidently at the villagers... and then opens his mouth.

"Now you understand that I am a good adventurer,
"Oh, oh, was it Ray? Not you, at the same time, I have no choice but to think that the Gryphon was perfect for his military strength."

　He performed to death-size and twilight spears, but the man only responded to them.
　Ray, who was slightly dissatisfied with the man's behavior, decides that if he lives in a place like this, it's no wonder he doesn't know his information.
　Ray first came to the village because he wanted as much fish as possible, as well as nets used for fishing and small -- particularly tuna-like fish.
　I only got the information there that I was attacked by pirates by chance, so for now I think that it would be enough to get rid of pirates if Seto's power alone was recognized.

"Anyway, that's why I have a partner named Seto. You have nothing to complain about if we defeat the pirates, have you?
"Well, is that... is that so?"

　The man tilted his head and eventually decided that there was no problem. I lost my mind a little and turned to the villagers... among them, I looked at an old woman.
　He's walking with a cane, in his sixties... or in his seventies?
　Still, there was a steady light of intelligence in his eyes, and he looked at Ray with that gaze.

"Lord, will you really help this village?"
"Well... I see. I came here to buy fishing gear and fish. If the village was attacked by pirates, you wouldn't be able to shop safely, would you?"

　So once Ray stops talking, the old woman turns her eyes to see if the words are true or false and urges her to move on.

"And what?"
"There is no such thing as an adventurer's guild or a branch office here, so you may not know, but if an adventurer knocks down a bandit, all his possessions will belong to an adventurer who has knocked it down. Of course, if there was a guy who was robbed of it, he would prefer to buy it back."
"In other words, is your master after the pirate's treasure?"
"That's all there is to it." To be exact, besides the treasure the pirates have, I want pirate ships, and if the pirates themselves are sold as slaves, they will be worth the money. -- well, to sell them as slaves, you'd have to go to a city or a city of some size."

　Ray decides that it would be impossible to sell as a slave in this village for the time being.
　There must be slave traders in such a small village.

(Then, if they were to be captured alive... they would have to go to some sort of slave‐merchandise city. When it comes to transporting them, of course they need to be transported by boat... To be honest, it's quite troublesome. Well, would it be easier for me to go directly to the city and bring him in a set basket or something?)

　It was absolutely more certain that things would go smoothly than with the pirates.
　A slave merchant must have a slave collar, and if he wore one, the pirates would not be able to imitate it strangely.

"Well, then, you say that your lord is not the one who harms this village?"
"Oh, well, I'll get rid of pirates for free, I'll buy fishing gear if they sell me, and I'll buy as many seafood as I have." I think it's fair to say that it brings a lot of benefits to this village."
"I'll believe you,"
"Chief of the village!"

　As soon as the mayor says he believes Ray's words, the man who first spoke to him... and the villagers around him all exclaim with astonishment.
　This is a small village where fewer than 50 people live, but that is why the ability of the village mayor to manage the village is directly reflected.
　To put it badly, it's a one‐man system...
　In such a village, the mayor has served for nearly several decades.
　Even in such a small village, there are many troubles in decades.
　That's what we've experienced several ups and downs like pirates have been asking for food and other things like that.
　It was under the direction of the village mayor that this village managed to overcome such a disturbance.
　Therefore, the old woman who was the village mayor was respected and adored by the whole village.
　But even such a village mayor would have been completely unexpected to say such a thing all of a sudden.

"Can't you believe the words of 儂? This is not a malicious man at all."
"Even if you say so..."

　Speaking of being innocent, Ray caresses Seto with embarrassment in the eyes of the villagers.
　Of course Ray doesn't take it for granted that he's malicious.
　Still, it was impossible not to be embarrassed if it was expressed that way directly.

"For now," You mean I'll leave the pirate matter to you?"

　The villagers must have felt something about Ray, who looked a little impatient. The tension around us disappears, and some peaceful air fills our surroundings.

"Yes. I'll leave it to you. -- hear information about pirates from the pastra there."Pastra and the village chief looked at a young man who had spoken to Ray -- and still was old enough for him.

"If the mayor has decided so, I have no problem with him. And what do you want to hear?"
"Well, frankly, I want to know where the pirate hideout is."
"That's... over there,"

　That's what Pastra pointed to, beyond the sea... a faintly visible island.

"Is it an island?"
"Oh, it was a deserted island a little while ago, but the pirates came and turned it into their own hideout."
"And have you asked this nearest village for food?" Isn't that the worst thing you can do?"
"What? What are you talking about? You're not the worst in this situation?"

　Perhaps not satisfied with Ray's words, Pastra glares at him with his tanned face and body.
　But such glaring at Ray, who has survived so many battles so far, cannot be effective.

"Well, if the pirates were the worst of them all to think about, would they not only be asking for food, but they would have raided this village and ripped it off?"
"That's..."

　Pastra was trying to say something back to Ray's words, but then he couldn't say anything back.
　In fact, if this had been done, it is highly likely that this village had already disappeared.

"But it's impossible to be told to forgive the pirates,"
"That's natural. I'm not telling you to forgive the pirates. I just said I was lucky, not that kind of pirate. --and how many ships do the pirates have? Tell me how big they are."
"It's size," There's only one fairly large ship. But if it was a ship big enough to carry, I would have had some. or I can't come to this village."
"One ship? Then you might think there are fewer people than I thought."

　However, moving a ship alone requires a suitable number of people.
　I don't think there are about ten pirates...

(and there is only one ship that has come to this village, and there is a possibility that he may actually have another.)

　It is clear from the offing that this village is small.
　That being the case, I don't think he would bother to bring in a large number of pirates.
　That's how Ray thinks about what to do from now.
　I'd like to do something about this by myself, if possible.
　But the number of enemies... above all, Ray may not be the only one who can manage the pirates he catches.

(Oh, is there any way to get help from the people in this village after they have been caught?)

　The inhabitants of this village will not take their eyes off the pirates who tried to harm them.

(Yes, the Elenas are enjoying playing in the sea, and we had better not try to disturb them.)

　Ray looks to the village mayor and opens his mouth.

"If I catch a pirate, can I ask him to take care of it for a moment?"
"Well... management?" Do you know exactly how long the schedule will be? 儂 also wants to help those who harm this village. But I have to do my job, too."
"…I see. Then I'll pay you some reward."
"If you will do so, I will be able to do my work seriously."

　That's how Ray ended up getting rid of the pirates until he came on vacation.