"Well, then. I've been saved so far."
"Oh, I'm grateful to Ray, too. Not only did he defeat the pirates who threatened this village, but he also bought all the game he caught. Not only fish, but also shellfish and seaweed."

　It was the Pastra in Galanca who bowed deeply to Ray's words and thanked him.
　He said that he would go back to Gilmoo tomorrow after finishing his vacation.
　At first, Pastra looked disappointed when he heard it.
　But I understood that Ray was originally located in Gilm, not here, and the benefits he has brought to Galanca so far are enormous.
　It's only shameless of you to accept all the benefits and ask me not to leave yet.

(I wish I could marry a village woman and stay in Galanca.)

　While thinking so, naturally Pastra understood that it was impossible.
　Galanca is only a small village in the countryside, but not many young women.
　What's more, there are some extraordinary beauties around Ray: Elena, Marina, and Vihela.
　Objectively, I didn't think Galanca's woman could compete with Elena.

"If I run out of fish or want to eat them, I'll let you come again."

　It was half flattering, but half serious.
　In fact, the fishermen in Galanca have done a good job of handling Ray's orders, and the amount of seafood he buys can be substantial.
　It was, of course, caught by the fishermen of Galanca.
　It was a great deal of luck for Ray to come here to get his fish.
　It's not just fish.
　We've had large quantities of edible seaweed, including abalone and mackerel -- which may not be exactly the same, but look alike.
　Getting this taken is another kind of selfishness for Ray.
　It was a very good impression for Ray that he would listen to his requests properly.
　But if you really want a large amount of fish, that's why you should go to Emocion.

(However, Emocion is a port city where many people gather, so it's easy to get into trouble.)

　Ray doesn't hesitate to exercise his power, but that doesn't mean he likes to get in trouble.
　If you have some kind of harvest -- magic items, etc. -- it's unlikely that you'll get that kind of harvest.
　But if there are monsters like Rem Race that are on the line for prize money, Ray would agree to go to Emocion.

"Do so," To the village mayor..."
"No, I don't mind," I suppose he'll come again anyway."
"If Ray says so, I don't mind. ...but considering the mayor's age... no...

　What Pastra was trying to say was understandable to Ray.
　However, I don't understand why I suddenly cut my tongue in the middle of the sentence, so I tilt my head.

"What's wrong? What happened.
"... well, I don't think the mayor has changed since I was little."
"Isn't there Elf's blood in it?"

　Ray told me that he might be a so-called half-elf, but the Pastra shook his head in surprise.

"Oh, Mr. Ray," To buy fish again today?"

　The two men who appeared before Ray and Pastra were the slave merchant Lilrose and the guards from Juvis.

"Oh, I'm going back to Gilm. I'm here to say hello."
"…is that so?" To Gilmoo."

　murmured Lilrose.
　For Lilrose, Ray was the one who helped him to do business in Guillum, and at the same time he imposed the challenge of bringing pirates to Guillum.
　However, it is not that I have a grudge that I can do business in guillem because of the difficulty.

"Pirates, don't ask me to do you good,"
"Yes, of course. I will do my best to cover the travel expenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ."

　Once he stopped talking there, Lilrose looked more closely at Ray.

"What?"
"No, I wondered why you wanted pirate slaves. If I simply wanted slaves, I wouldn't have to go out of my way to carry them, would I? Then I'd have to wonder if there was something to do with them."
"Oh... I see. But you don't have to worry about anything else, like fitting the Lillows."

　Ray was going to talk about surface ships, but only a limited number of people knew about them.
　If you mention it here, you'll see that there's a lot of bad taste.
　make a random mistake
　Lilrose, of course, knows he's been misled, but he won't ask any further.
　I'm going to force you to ask... that's probably because you understand that if you know the situation poorly, you could be silenced at worst of all.
　If I were to say to Ray, he would never do such a thing... but it was only natural for Lilrose, who had been active in the country, to be suspicious.

"For the time being, don't worry if you do business normally."
"...that's right. This is what Ray, nicknamed crimson, says, and I trust him."

　I guess they don't take Ray's word altogether -- in front of the guards -- all the way around saying Ray's nickname.
　Ray also has a vague understanding of Lilrose's intentions, but still says nothing more.
　This is because I understand that what Dusker asked me to do to Lilrose is out of common sense in many ways.

"Well... will my lord Ray be gone?" Mr. Ray. This pirate case has caused a great deal of trouble. And I thank you for subduing the pirates."

　One of the guards listening to Ray and Lilose... a man in his forties bowed to Ray.
　For a security guard, Galanca is not his place of assignment.
　But he was still proud as the most prosperous guard in the area.
　That is why he must have felt deeply about Galanca, who is not far from Jubis -- but only a few days away -- when he learned that she was threatened by pirates.

"It was a coincidence that I came here," I hope you will protect me well from now on."
"...well, if you do, you'll save me and others."

　It was the old woman of the village chief of Galanca who said so.
　Ray said there was no need to bring him in, but the Pastra must have been clever enough to send someone for him.
　For some reason or other, the people involved in Ray's deep involvement came together.

"I shouldn't have come all the way,"
"What do you say? Without your lord, the pirates would have done a great deal of damage to this village. The benefactor, who has done something about it, is leaving, so it is only natural for the village chief, Mr. Ryoo, to say hello."

　Ray laughs as if he were caught by the mayor's smile.
　In fact, the damage that Galanca was supposed to suffer in this case would have been considerable.
　It was only natural to feel indebted to Ray for solving it.
　...and Ray understood it of course, but he didn't like to be made grand, so he went out of his way to tell only the Pastra that he was leaving.

"Anyway," I'm sure you had a lot of thoughts on your part, but... you saved Galanca. I'm grateful.""Well, then, develop Galanca more and activate the fishing industry." Be able to deal with monsters at sea."

　When Ray says so, the village mayor thinks a little... and then he opens his mouth.

"I'm going to develop it." This is the countryside. That's not the kind of place that would attract so much attention without this happening. Besides, there are few people. It's impossible for you to make the kind of course.
"Is that so? I think it depends on how you do it, but ..."Well, it's hard to gather people."

　Ray's murmuring is related to his time in Japan.
　Ray's neighborhood continues to decline in population.
　That's enough for the city to be unable to stand in the future.
　Ray was not very interested in it because he was still young, but I've heard his parents talk about it many times.
　Even in Japan, it is difficult to recover in depopulated places, so it is easy for Ray to predict that it will be impossible in this world of Elgin without much extra time.
　That would be subtle if we could find a vein near Galanca or build a laboratory of some kind, or if Galanca could actually do that.

(The mascot characters of yuru-characters... well, if you don't do it well, you might be mistaken for monsters and killed.)

　When I remember the mascot characters I saw when I was in Japan, it seemed almost certain that I would be treated as monsters in this world.
　Anyway, after an hour of conversation... and when he had finished buying the last fish and shellfish, Ray would ride back to base.





"Yes, I've just tried grilling it with salt." But it should be delicious because it was baked in Ray's kiln, not on direct fire."

　This is the last dinner we'll have here, and Bistle's all‐out cooking.
　The first of them came from Ray's six-meter-long shrimp he caught in today's fishing, which he simply baked in a kiln.
　However, just because the recipe is simple, it doesn't mean that the food itself is laborious.
　The shrimp meat, flavored with herbs such as wild grass and wild vegetables, is simple enough to enjoy the deliciousness and texture of the shrimp.
　What's especially big is that the shrimp was huge, but it didn't taste good.
　The meat, which was delicious enough, had a stronger flavor than the shrimp that Ninglei ate in Japan.

"Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah

　Everyone else agrees happily to Ray's words.
　And the simple dish of grilling prawns quickly gets into the Ray's stomach.

(Bake... Come to think of it, there was a dish called Shiogama-yaki... Shall we try making it next time?) I think it's all right to do is to wrap it in salt and bake it, and it's not that difficult.)

　Ray thought of a new dish while eating shrimp, but in reality, when he made Shiogama-yaki, he had to add egg whites to the salt, so making Shiogama-yaki based on Ray's idea would not succeed.
　However, in Ray's case, he has not made a fatal mistake so far because he conveys the idea that there is a dish like this to his professional chef and asks him to cook it.

(In a little while, it will be Gamerion's season. If you make a salt pot out of Gamerion's meat... Yeah, it looks delicious.

　Ray's mistrings contain lots of fresh Gamerion meat from last year, but it's only natural that he wants to eat what he's actually just hunted for.
　Bistle's next dish comes before Ray, who is reminiscent of Gamerion's salt-grilled pot.

"Yes, stir-fried seafood."

　There was a dish of fried seafood such as fish, shellfish, octopus...
　Like the first shrimp, the taste is devised to keep you from getting tired of using a variety of wild grasses.
　Also, Bistol, who knew from cooking after coming to the sea that shellfish in particular would become too hard if cooked too much, was very careful about how well they were cooked.

(Seafood bean paste yakisoba... No, seafood bean paste yakisoba? How do you make katakuriko? I think it would be a very easy-to-use ingredient.)

　With that in mind Ray ate stir-fried food... and enjoyed his last supper, smacking his lips at the various dishes made by Bistol.