"Huh? Ray? Why did you say that it's only in the evening?"

　It was Pastra who approached Ray when he came to Galanca.
　He seemed to be about to go fishing or head for the beach with a harpoon in his hand.
　Ray knew immediately that it was probably because he had promised to buy all the fish he had caught.
　Ray nods a little troublesomely as Pastra asks.

"Oh, that's what I meant," Mr. Dusker, the lord of Gillum, asked me a little about the pirate I caught."
"…can you speak directly to the lord?" That's amazing."

　Even though he is surprised to be able to speak directly to the lord, Pastra says that he is not interested in how Ray spoke to Dusker.
　But if you live in a rural village like this, you don't have many opportunities to see magic items, so it's only natural.

"And I have something to do with slave traders, do you know where they are?"
"Oh, slave traders live in the same house as the guards, so perhaps they will be there?" ... you see the building over there."

　Ray looked towards the Pastra, which was lined with similar houses.
　Of course, the details are different, but... that's a big difference if you don't get too close.
　Ray tried to find out the exact location of the house, but he couldn't take more time when he heard a voice calling the name of a pastra from the beach.

"All right. For the time being, it's a house in that neighborhood. Then I'll go up close and ask. Go fishing for the pastra. Get me as many fish as you can."
"Leave it to me. I'll catch more fish than Ray can eat."

　Saying so, Pastra walks away with a confident smile.

(Actually, are you confident in fishing? Well, I'm in a fishing village, and I wonder if you're not good at fishing.)

　The more fish you catch, the happier it is for Ray.
　In other words, it's in Ray's best interest for Pastra to do his best.
　After cheering on such a pastra's back, Ray heads to the house used by guards and slave traders.
　where there were several houses, and as Ray had expected, he didn't know which house the guards were...

"Oh, Mr. Ray?"

　At the right time, a guard emerges from one house and reveals his surprise when he sees Ray.
　If you go out of the house to hear from the pirates, it would be impossible not to be surprised to find the most valuable person who caught them there.

"What's wrong with you? I heard you're coming next this evening."
"Oh, the lord of Gillum asked me a little. They want to buy all the pirates I caught and enslaved. That's why I came here to ask slave traders for it."
"...the pirates in guillem?"

　Ray's words put a mystified look on the guard.
　As a guard, the man knew where Gilm was.
　There is no ocean nearby, and there is no great river near Gillum to move a large ship.
　Why would a man in the position of lord want a pirate slave?
　When you have a big question, you decide you shouldn't mind such a thing from your point of view, and you don't pry any further, you say something else.

"Lillows will be in the house. Shall I call you?"
"If you do that, I'll be saved,"

　Recalling that Lilrose was the name of a slave merchant, Ray asks a guard.
　and soon the guard was about to enter the house...

"That's not the case," I could hear the story all the way into the house."

　Slave merchant... Lilrose emerges from the house, saying so.

"You wanted to buy that slave, didn't you?" I don't mind it at all, but it's not free to carry slaves."

　Lilrose's words were never from Ray... not from Gilm, but from the truth.
　Even when Ray was in Japan, shipping would be necessary to carry his luggage.
　Naturally, delivering slave goods is not free in this Elgin.
　No, it won't hurt Lilrose's pocket if the person who carries it directly from Gillum comes along.
　However, the current guillem is already understaffed, so we can't afford to do this.
　Or you may ask Ray to carry it. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Considering the number of pirates, it was necessary to go back and forth many times, and, above all, Ray knew it was selfish, but he didn't want to put the pirates in a set basket.

(And Mr. Dusker didn't ask me to do that either.)

　For Dusker too, Ray is... and Ray's companions are very reliable.
　The Lays have a very large role to play in the building of the Gillum.
　It must have been a great waste to use such men to transport slaves.
　However, Dusker's honest feelings are that he wanted me to bring him back from this vacation.

"I know. There are many dangers just by moving from here to Gillum."

　Going down the road doesn't mean that monsters will never come out.
　Moreover, there are thieves everywhere, and it will depend greatly on luck when they meet.
　Still, the robbers around Subursta are now almost destroyed by the Lays, so they can move more safely than before.
　However, as long as the robbers find the area around Subursta a great place to earn money, there is no doubt that the robbers will gather again in the near future.
　Careful thieves will be wary, but thieves whose only aim is to make money easily have no brains to be wary of.
　To prevent it from happening, we have to make sure that the robbers around Subursta continue to be beaten on a regular basis... but it will be difficult to say whether it can be carried out.
　In the worst case scenario, there is no denying the possibility that an adventurer who was asked by Gilm to subdue the bandits will travel.
　However, if that happened, the guilds and guards of Subursta would be ruined to a lesser extent.
　It's almost as if it's been pointed out that they can't even subdue the robbers near their own city.

"What are you going to do about that?"
"Hire a bodyguard to move." Naturally, the cost of hiring the bodyguard... and the cost of carrying the slaves... will be paid by Mr. Dusker."
"...are you serious?"

　Lilrose casts a stunned stare at Ray.
　I thought you might be able to pay me some travel expenses, but at best, it's about half the cost. That's what Lilrose thought, "Isn't the rest going to have to be paid at the actual cost.
　But it was impossible not to be surprised by the incredible hospitality of Dusker when he was told he would pay for the whole trip.
　Well, Lilrose doubts Dusker, who wants slaves at his disposal.
　If you simply want slaves, that's why there are slave traders in Gilm.
　But even if you bother asking yourself why, there's only one thing that comes to mind.

(Is it necessary for slaves to be pirates?)

　Yes, that's all.
　I don't think anyone who might be the lord of Gillum has anything to do with him.
　It was conceivable that the pirates who had enslaved them would still have business to do.
　Of course, Lilrose knows that the pirates he enslaved are good--though only compared to the atrocious ones.
　Still, if only good, there are many other slaves like that.
　If slaves were not called criminal slaves, but rather debt slaves, there would have been quite a few slaves with no character problems.(Then, after all, you should think that Gillum needs a sailor somehow, but don't you have to think that I don't need one here?)

　It was true that what he didn't know was disturbing, but some of Lilrose's acquaintances say that curiosity caused his death.
　In order to avoid such a situation, keep a good distance.

(And if you could go to Gilm with other people's money, that would certainly be a great opportunity.)

　To get to Gilm on the frontier, you usually need to hire a competent adventurer.
　And skilled adventurers are understandably well paid to hire.
　Since the lord of Guilm had the reward, he should have been able to reach Guilm safely, unless he paid too much money.
　When you arrive at Gilm, you'll find many goods unique to the frontier.
　If you bring it and sell it off, that's a fortune... well, you'll be able to make more money.
　After a quick calculation in his head, Lilrose eventually nods back to Ray's words.

"All right. I'll accept the story. There are many things I would like to hear from you, but I think it's better not to ask you about them."
"I suppose so. I think it would be wiser to do so."

　With Dusker as he knows it, he won't be particularly concerned if he's searched for it out.
　But it's a prediction that it will be so, and we don't know what Dusker will actually.
　That's not without the possibility of Ray's disappointment and a dangerous move being taken out of frustration at Lilrose's search.

"I understand the cost of moving, but what about the price of slaves?"
"...to be honest, if you ask me that." I sometimes sell robbers to slave traders, but I have never bought slaves."

　It wasn't that he hated slavery, but in Ray's case he was purely capable of being enslaved.
　He also had many magic items other than his ability, and he did not need slaves.
　That made it impossible to know exactly how much slavery was being sold.

"Well, then I'll have to go to Gillum before I know it." However, given all the hospitality we have received, I think we need to give some discount."
"I suppose. When you buy them in the first place, you bought them very cheap, didn't you? Then it would be helpful if you could sell them cheaply."
"No, it's a trade, too." We can't sell it cheap in earnest, at least a little."

　Lilrose tells me that as a slave trader he could never do such a thing.
　Ray thought a little bit... that it would be meaningless to say anything more, that Dusker would negotiate the price... that Dusker's experts would do exactly that, and he stopped meddling any further.

"I won't say anything more about the price. So when are you going to go to Gilm?"
"Well, since I've been back in Juvis, I've made a lot of preparations... twenty days, no, maybe a little later."

　Ray started to say something about the number of 20 days, but if he thought he had to move by carriage because there was no transportation means such as set or set basket, he would think it was still early.
　In fact, considering the time it takes to travel from this village to Juvis and the time it takes to get ready, 20 days can be said to be much earlier.
　And the pirates need to do it only after the establishment of a groundboat facility.
　That being the case, there will be no work to do even if you rush to Gilm.
　There's no doubt that Gilm will actually have a lot of work to do if it's under construction.
　But still... no, that's why it's so long before the pirates can really show their true colors.

"Well, I didn't mean to be in such a hurry, so I think we should focus on safety, not on the speed to get there."

　In the end, Ray would only advise Lilrose that.