"...that's a lie..."

　Ray is dumbfounded at the sight of the meat bun in his hand.
　The appearance itself doesn't change that much.
　However, the taste of the bun was considerably enhanced by the advice of a well-versed group of Edwald's colleagues on cooking.
　In other words, it was about fifty to about seventy.
　What surprised Ray, however, was that point.
　About ten days after the mock war, Ray happened to meet Edwald in the city and nodded when he was asked to eat a little more because the meat buns had been improved, but he was guided to a good location on the main street, not near the same training ground as before. 　
　The sight of many customers buying meat buns came as a surprise to Ray.
　But what surprised Ray was that he ate the meat bun he had been given... and then Edvard said that the meat bun contained goblin meat.
　When it comes to goblin meat, it's not something that's smelly and eaten very well, but something like eating it with patience to keep the poor from starving to death.
　How can such a goblin meat bun taste so good?
　If Edwald's fellow meat buns tasted like 70 points, this one made from goblin meat is up to 80 points.
　Of course, it's better to raise the score from 50 to 70 in terms of course.
　However, if asked whether it would be more difficult to raise the score from 50 to 70 or from 70 to 80, the latter would usually be considered more difficult, with some exceptions.
　Goblin's meat is said to be the main cause of the difficulty.
　It was impossible for Ray not to be surprised when he was informed of it by Edwald.

"Hahaha, it's the meat of a goblin, and yet it's strangely edible again... ...but it doesn't seem to be suitable for every dish."
"But it's goblin meat, how on earth did you learn to imitate it?"
"In fact, there was an acquaintance of one of the people who was training there who was studying how to eat goblin meat."
"... Huh?"

　Ray looks up from the meat bun and asks, as if he had noticed something.

"Is that by any chance a Parsee's Mayo?"
"Oh, do you know?"

　With a pretty big look of surprise, Edwald asks Ray so.
　Ray nods to Edward's words.
　I'm sure you don't know.
　It was Ray who originally approached Mayo to study whether he could eat goblin meat.
　However, the research itself was left to Mayo, and Ray only delivered to Mayo any seasoning or ingredients that might be useful for it, and most of all, he was very busy these days.
　There were so many things to be done, such as building the guillem, the incident in the Levrellina country, guarding the migrants there, replenishing supplies, and capturing the newly created dungeon that there was little time to show up at Mayo.
　...well, I've been doing things like catching fish in the ocean for a change of pace.

"Oh, my friend. I haven't seen you lately, but I wonder if you can eat goblin meat deliciously. ... That's amazing."

　Ray doesn't mention that he asked to eat goblin meat.
　In fact, Ray only commissioned it, and it was Mayo who actually studied and made it possible to eat goblin meat.
　However, if Mayo really made it possible to eat goblin meat, that would certainly be a great blessing for Guillum.
　Some have come to Gilm in search of work on building extensions, while others have led nearly a thousand people.
　That would certainly require more food than usual.
　In the meantime, if you can eat the goblin meat deliciously... it won't solve the food problem completely, but it will definitely be much easier.

(Well, I don't have anything particular to do today, so I'm interested in how I got to the parsley store.)

　Satisfied with the fact that they've been devised to eat meat buns and enjoy the texture of the meat, as he claimed, not just ground meat -- which is the goblin meat.

"May I understand that this request from Mr. Ray has been successfully completed?"
"Oh, I have nothing to complain about. No, it's more than I expected."

　At Ray's compliments, Edwald smiles happily.
　Edwald probably didn't expect that stand selling that delicious and tasteless meat bun to sell this far. 　
　At any rate, it was only natural to be relieved that Ray had done his part properly, having forced him to play a mock battle.
　Edwald was deeply indebted to Ray for playing a mock battle on such a condition.
　Given that, I take it for granted that the street stall was so prosperous in exchange.
　... in fact, if Ray is known to play a mock battle to the extent that the stalls are a little more prosperous, many of those who hear about it can challenge Ray to a mock battle.
　If that's the case, I'm not going to do you?
　In fact, by chance... Ray happened to find a stall selling meat buns, which happened to be in front of the training ground, and while Ray was there, Shuval came to buy meat buns, who happened to have a deep insight into cooking, and Shuval came up with a mock battle with Ray, greedy for strength.
　So many coincidences have piled up so far that this mock game was only established.
　Normally, there is no chance of coincidence overlapping so much.
　That's why Edwald was able to raise the bar when others, like him, challenged Ray as a trust rather than as a commission... that is to say, he was happy that he didn't suffer from Ray's hand.
　After about ten minutes of conversation with Edwald, Ray heads to the Percy tool store.
　Also, there is no image of Seto on Ray's side today.
　No, at first Seto was walking around the city with Ray, but he was caught by children on the way and Johanna appeared, so Seto decided to play there today and was now alone.
　Ray was on his way to a parsee shop, buying and drinking at several stalls, but he found a familiar atmosphere... and at the same time, he tilted his head at the sight of many people in front of the shop.
　Percy goods stores are well known as good quality stores.
　They sell high-quality tools at reasonable prices, which is highly regarded by adventurers, and sometimes even peddlers come to this store to buy tools.
　So it's not uncommon for a peddler still in Gilm to come to the store looking for goods, and it's no wonder there are adventurers.
　But... it was surprising to Ray that there were people who seemed to be neither of themselves.

"Well... what happened to this? It doesn't look like the store is just flourishing..."

　Ray has such a question, but for the time being, he thinks it's meaningless to stay here and goes into the store.

"Welcome! I'm sorry, now... Ray?"

　At first the clerk tries to tell him that he thinks the new customer is a customer or makes him wait, but when he finds out that the person is Ray, he is surprised and starts talking in a panic.

"Come this way, Mr. Ray,"

　Saying so, she drags Ray to the back of the shop.
　The other customers were looking envious at Ray, but even if he was wearing a dragon lobe hood, he realized that it was Ray, and I thought...
　Almost all of them are involved in cookery and food businesses.
　Therefore, anyone who noticed Ray's presence wondered if he was involved in a case of goblin meat... in fact, he was right.
　As some of the customers thought, Ray was in a room at the back of the shop.

"Oh, Mr. Ray. You were so quick."

　The man who spoke to Ray was a giant man who was nearly 180 centimeters tall and who seemed to weigh well over 100 kilograms.

"Mayo, you must be very busy."
"...to be honest, I have no idea where the story of the stall spread."

　Mayo shook his head in annoyance, but knowing that even Edvard had used goblin meat, it was certain that the information had leaked from somewhere.

"It was shocking to be able to eat so delicious a goblin meat, wasn't it?"

　Under normal circumstances, there is no way to answer the secret of profit.
　But in Ray's case, Mayo and his co-researchers--almost nominally.
　In fact, it's not that Gillum doesn't contribute to the research because they use expensive spices to eat goblin meat.

"Well, it's not that difficult. And to be honest, we've decided when and how much we can use it."
"Isn't it a fundamental solution?"
"Yes. It's a process of processing goblin meat using some of the Gamerion's internal organs. It wasn't such a rare part, so you can get it at a reasonable price. ... Now, though.""Ah... in other words, it is assumed that there is a Gamerion's internal organs."
"That's the case,"

　Essentially, internal organs are very perishable.
　As long as that is the case, even if the guillem is heading into winter, it will not be possible to keep it for such a long time.
　...and of course it will rot over time. . . . .

"So the clerk who knew I had come sent me here right away."

　Yes, time doesn't flow in Ray's mystery ring.
　It's so that even the meat that was crushed a few years ago can be eaten fresh and ready to eatable.

"That's true. I was actually going to call Ray after the results of my research have been finalized. The guy who called Ray here must have known the circumstances."
"I see. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

　Ray's words make Mayo think for a moment before he speaks.

"I don't mind if you ask me if you don't mind... but if you can come back in the winter, I think you can do something about it. Can you keep half of what you are currently collecting? For the rest, I'm going to have the chef try various things later on.

　It was part of his research that he gave the goblin meat to a man who ran a meat bun stand. Mayo tells him so.

"I mean, how do you cook goblin meat now to make it taste good, and I'm trying it all out?"
"Yes. I've cooked a lot of things here, but it's either a very bad dish or a pretty good one. I don't know exactly why it's happening."
"... and that's the kind of people who were in and around the shop."
"Well, I didn't call you in particular, but it seems that there was a leak of information from somewhere. ... There was a cook, and everyone was very interested in goblin meat."

　It's not exactly the regular goblin meat, it's the goblin meat that's been properly eaten.
　But if you need the internal organs of a gamerion, you can only eat them in a limited area.
　That's what makes a strong impression that the delicious goblin meat will become a new specialty of Gillum...and it's only natural that more cooks want to try it.