The day before he was due to leave Gilm with Elena and Arra... Ray, who didn't need anything in particular, was on his own patrol again today.
　Of course, the purpose is to wrap the red cloth, but there is also a speculation that there may be something else interesting.
　Next to Ray is Seto.
　She had been acting apart from Ray for several days, but that must have made her lonely. She seems to have decided to work with him today.

"Grull?"

　When I saw a shop selling dried vegetables right in front of Ray's eyes, I turned my head slightly and asked if Seto was going to buy them.

"Ah... well. I've heard that dried vegetables are packed full of flavor... or did you read them?"

　Ray mutters, wondering a little about where the knowledge came from.
　Perhaps hearing that the flavor was delicious, Seto pulled the dragon robe with a stick and showed his willingness to buy it.
　Being pulled by Seth, Ray pats his head to calm Seth down.

"Okay. I'll go with you, so calm down a little. I won't run away from the store."

　I knew Seto liked meat, but I never thought he'd react so fiercely to vegetables.
　However, it is only natural that eating meat will cause a loss of nutritional balance, and in that sense Ray is happy to be interested in vegetables.

"Oh, come on, Ray and Seto. Do you want me to buy you something?"

　In the small store, the owner's old woman kept watch.
　That's fine, but Ray doesn't think he's going to get hit by Seto alone, and he looks a little surprised.
　The old woman, however, didn't seem to care about Ray's appearance, dressed in warm clothes and sat smiling in front of heating magic items.

"Well, if there's anything delicious, I'd like to have it, but tell me."
"Every vegetable we have is delicious. I can't say it's full of energy...."

　a howling old woman
　In fact, the dried vegetables are crumpled up like the old woman's face, and you can't say they're very energetic.
　However, the taste is condensed and tasty by the sunlight, and many things are easy to use when cooking.
　However, Ray basically eats the food he has cooked at the restaurant in Mistilling, and he rarely cooks himself, and he is a good cook.
　...when I was in Japan, Rei didn't know if the label "Mabo tofu ingredient" was correct, such as "Mabo tofu ingredient" that only had to be prepared for the ingredients, or "Mabo tofu ingredient" that only had to be prepared for the cabbage.

"For the time being, just a piece of silver is enough to cook."

　As he says so, Ray hands over a piece of silver to the old woman.
　If this is a restaurant of any kind, that's more silver coins...and in some cases gold coins, I buy food, but this time it's a cooking ingredient. Ray has rarely used dried vegetables.
　That would naturally lead you to be cautious.

(If I give it to Marina, she will cook a lot of things, so I don't think it will be wasted.)

　Imagining Marina's homemade cooking, Ray receives an assortment of dried vegetables from an old woman... suddenly stops moving.
　Ray wasn't the only one who stopped working. So was Seto, who had hoped for what the dried vegetables would look like.
　The old woman watched such sudden movements of Ray and Sett in wonder.
　But the next moment Ray and Sett all look in a certain direction... behind them.
　To be exact, it's a building between the crowd of people behind it.

"I'm sorry, I've got something urgent to do!"
"Gruly!"

　That's all I have to say, and I put the assortment of dried vegetables I received from the old woman in the mistling, and immediately run towards her.
　Naturally, Sett is also following Ray, and the old woman is simply dumbfounded at the sudden disappearance of one and the other.
　But this old woman lives in Gillum, too.
　Such a disturbance was a common occurrence, and he soon returned to his job... back to the shopkeeper.





"Why do you notice this distance? You're lying, aren't you?

　A woman runs through the gap in the building.
　She was one of Carles' associates who wanted to peel off Seto.
　Originally I would have to wait in a prepared room, but I was bored and unbearable... just saying I was going out and looking around the city.
　Along the way, they find Seto and follow him.
　If that had been the case, Ray and Sett wouldn't have noticed it... wouldn't they be able to knock him down more easily if they attacked him? Just then Ray and Sett turned around and found out exactly where the woman was.
　And the moment Ray and Sett saw her, the woman was running away reflexively.
　Instinctively, if you stay where you are, you'll definitely be caught.
　It was an act of judgment, but it was also a fatal failure.
　Because Ray and Sett sensed that the woman had escaped, and decided that the evil intentions directed at them were undoubtedly caused by the person, and began to chase them.
　It would have been safe to remain there, though, as well as subtlety.
　When Ray and Sett approach each other and are asked if they can continue to hide, the woman is unsure of nodding.
　He could have nodded only a few minutes ago without any problems, but when he looked directly at Ray and Sett, he was not confident that he could nod.
　Regretful of his actions, he now moves away from Ray and Sett as soon as possible.
　I'm confident in my speed of foot, and I'm confident in my turn.
　No matter how good Ray or Sett was, he was confident that he was superior in that respect.
　Even when I see Ray and Sett directly, I still think so... because I understand the harshness of the environment I've lived in so far.
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　I didn't expect anyone to catch up with me in this situation.
　Even if you are clearly defeated in terms of fighting power, it's a fool's job to fight head on, and I'm smart enough to hit the opponent's weak point.
　I had this idea in my mind, but... I have no weaknesses or weaknesses in the present situation where there is clearly a stronger opponent coming from behind me.
　In the first place, I didn't think there were any weaknesses in one of the people who saw me earlier.
　an approaching footsteps
　It's only fear for women that they're running at full speed, but they can't pull it apart.
　Turn your back and you'll see exactly how close you are.
　However, if you try to look back in the middle of a run, it will certainly affect the speed of the run.
　And most of all, I was convinced that my heart would definitely break when I saw Ray and Sett, who were chasing me from behind in my present state of mind.
　That's why I can't just keep running and looking forward.
　Still, the footsteps from behind never let go...

"Well, isn't it about time we ended the chase?"

　Suddenly, a voice close to her ear slows her down.
　And once you slow down, you can't run any faster... gradually you slow down and eventually stop there.
　Ray and Sett also stop when they see a woman running in front of them stop.
　It was obvious from the speed that he was quite confident in his feet, and I understood that he had chosen to run away without hesitation when he noticed himself.
　But... it wasn't an unexpected speed for Ray, and I've seen many people faster than women.
　Moreover, since there was Seto as well as Ray, the result was apparent when the woman chose the option of flee.
　Still, it was a well-deserved speed in terms of speed of escape, so it saved Ray a lot of trouble for her to give up on running away.
　Leaving Seto behind the woman, Ray goes around in front of the woman.
　This alley isn't by any means narrow -- it's big enough for a set to run -- but if Ray and Set were to hold the front and back, the woman had no option to run away.

"So, can you tell me what you're talking about? Of course, you know what I'm talking about?"
"... what do you mean? I just ran away because I was suddenly chased, and there's nothing dark about it."

　Though she feels pain, she manages to mislead herself.
　But I also wonder if the current situation isn't so bad when I say mischievous words to Ray.
　There is no doubt that I had the evil intentions -- I wanted to peel them off -- for Set.
　But that's just what I thought, and I didn't really take any action.And yet, even in such a situation as Ray was cornered, he would never touch me."
　Cut it!
　A deep cut is created under the woman's feet, as if she were cutting through the very idea that she was trying to mislead the story.
　At first, the woman didn't know what Ray had done.
　Why was there a sharp cut under my feet suddenly... that was not expressed by the word sharpness?
　But... the moment a woman's gaze is turned to Ray, she understands what caused the cut.
　Yes, by looking at Ray's death size, it was clear what had done it.

"I don't want to hear such a joke. It's obvious that you have a bad conscience with me or Seto. So, don't expect me to cut corners here."
"Wow, I haven't done anything yet? But if you harm me, what will happen to you... you must not know?"
"Maybe so... but may not be so? If I thrust you out to the guard for now, I think I can find out what you are thinking from that direction, and I can turn you over to the Knights at worst."

　Ray told me so, but this is half a threat.
　It is true that Ray is a very important person to Gillum and to Dusker.
　Even so, as long as he didn't actually take any action just by looking at the evil intentions, he can't pretend to capture and interrogate them.
　The woman would have thought that far, if she had thought it calmly.
　But for now... I can't think that far in the situation where Ray and Sett's power has been shown off.
　It was the death size that had been taken out of the woman's mind, and the cut on the ground that it had produced.
　The interrogation was a blatant flurry of force, but women today can't blame it.
　If I had to say something here, if Ray's death-size blade was pointed at me, I'd be so convinced.

"Ah... wow... I..."

　You have to say something, but if you say something here and try to betray Carles, you are very likely to lose your life.
　Then, what should I do? Then the woman was wondering, and suddenly her voice rang out.

"This is where the disturbance broke out! A man tries to beat a woman to do as he says! Come here, guards!"

　That kind of voice echoes around him, and Ray frowns slightly at the obvious content... without looking back, he wags his death-size.
　At an instant, a sharp metallic sound echoed around.
　If you look closely, you'll find a dagger with the blade cut in two on the ground.

"What!"

　When the woman decides that this is her companion's follow-up to escape, she tries to escape reflexively, but finds out that Ray slaps a death-size handle on the woman's body, and the next moment she loses consciousness when she hits a wall in a nearby building.

"Hush!"

　But when Ray sees it, he slaps his tongue and shakes his death size, halving the dagger that flew back to the ground.
　... not Ray, but a dagger released at the unconscious woman.