Ray is momentarily dumbfounded by the man who appears before his eyes.
　I told him to come out loud, but he still thought he was coming out of hiding.
　But in fact, the moment he called, he suddenly appeared in front of Ray and Sett.
　It's as if it's suddenly stopped using its capabilities... or even metastasized.
　To be honest, Ray doesn't know what the man did. I don't know, but... so it was easy to predict that the man with the emotionless gaze he was feeling today was the man in front of him.

"You've been looking at me strangely to-day?"

　Ray asks, but the man doesn't respond.
　All I have to do is look at Ray in silence.
　Then Ray will naturally observe the man.
　in one's mid-20s
　His black hair stretches back to back, and it's fair to mistake him for a woman, but it seems to Ray that no one would ever look at this man and think he's a woman.
　The body can never be called muscular, and I think I weigh only half as much as the Blue It does.
　He's taller than Ray, but he's still about 170cm tall.
　In this world, where there are quite a few people, including Blue It, who are over 2m tall, if not small, you can never call them tall.
　The features are slightly sharp-eyed, but can be described as neat in general.
　She has enough features to think that if she wants to do so, she won't be troubled by a woman.

"Rolling".

　Next to Ray, Seto shrieks with alarm.
　I think it's because I understand that I'm not the kind of person I should look down on.
　The man doesn't look particularly upset in the face of such a set.

(Really, what's this guy? He doesn't show any reaction in front of Seto... What's the point?)

　The moment Ray dropped his club to the ground... the sound of the club dropping to the ground, the man disappeared without warning.
　It's as if it was a vision that there was a man there only a few seconds ago.

"Set! Get rid of the smell!"
"Gruly!"

　In Ray's words, Seto uses his nose-raising skills immediately.
　But... after ten seconds of sniffing around him, Sett looked apologetically at Ray.
　By looking at Seto's appearance, Ray can see what Sett wants to say.

"I thought it was a kind of optical camouflage, but was it not?"

　One of Seto's skills is optical camouflage, which makes himself transparent and invisible to others.
　But while the skill disappears, it doesn't change that you're actually there: you can't get rid of the smell.
　Nevertheless, Seto couldn't smell the man he was today.

"Guru..."

　a little voice that says sorry
　While patting Seto on the head, Ray doubts the man's behavior now.

(With Seto's optical camouflage, the smell will never go away. I mean... super-compatible skills in optical camouflage, magic, magic, or something completely unrelated to it. ... Which is the possibility? No, I'm not very happy with either. What can be thought of is transition?)

　There are not all the magic items of transition.
　In fact, they are rarely mass-produced in the Vestian Empire, and they have had a hard time before and during the war.
　However, metastasis is not free to use.
　There were, at least, many limitations as Ray knew.

(Then there is a high possibility of something else...)

　As I stroked Seto and thought of the man I had just mentioned, I saw Blueit coming back with some guards and knights.
　The reason why guards and knights seem a little reserved is probably because they understand that Blueit is a nobleman.
　However, given that this is the Duke of Kelebel, if the nobles were to commit any crime, they would be mercilessly captured.

"Wow... this is..."

　One of the guards blushes involuntarily when he sees some of the men on the ground not breathing already.
　In fact, even those who are accustomed to rough things can be surprised to see them rolling on the ground.
　The least salvation would be the lack of use of weapons with blades, whether Ray or Blue It, without blood strewn around them.
　. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

"Ray, I'm glad you're safe for now. But all of a sudden, a strange fellow has taken aim at you."

　It was a knight who had fought several mock battles that had called Ray so.
　Although he was a knight, he was a relatively good friend to talk to Ray.

"Oh, I didn't expect you to be attacked by these guys right after the mock war."
"Oh... well, I guess so. Given Ray's ability, these guys are nothing but suicide. In that sense, it's almost self-inflicted. ...just taking drugs?"

　I'm sure you've heard about it from Blue It. A knight asks Ray uncomfortably.

"Oh, even though my arm was broken, he didn't seem to feel any pain at all. I don't think one person would feel like that, or his natural constitution... but when it comes to all of themselves."

　Rey nods in his words that he is a knight.
　And while Ray and the knight are talking, the guards follow the orders of the other knight and take the moaning men away.
　The corpse remains here, but he probably thinks that we should first inquire about it.

"Ladinas, I'll take these men with me, and watch over them for a little while. I'll call in additional guards at once!"

　Speaking to Ray, the knight called Radinas answers the other knight's words with a small hand up.
　Blueit, too, raised his hand lightly to Ray before leaving.

"And what shall we do?"
"No, you're the one who asked me to stay here, so I don't have to stay here, do I?"
"But I'd like to ask Ray just in case."
"...Didn't you hear it from Blue It?"

　After coming with Blueit, the knight nods and opens his mouth to Ray's question, wondering if it was so.

"Over there. Ray is Ray. To be honest, it's not unusual for new facts to emerge from people."

　If you say so, Ray can't turn down the story of the knight.
　Remove fresh bread from the mistling and pass it to Seto and Radinas.

"If you want to talk, you'd better eat something."
"Oh, I'm sorry,"

　When Ray sees Radinas receiving bread as he says so, he suddenly remembers a comic strip about a detective drama he saw while in Japan.
　When it comes to detective dramas, it's easy to remember the scene where people eat katsudon in the interrogation room.
　However, when you eat katsudon in the interrogation room, the suspect pays for it.
　However, this time Ray is not a suspect, but a victim.
　...although it may not be clear how many people can recognize the sight which is now spreading before Ray and Radinas.
　And while eating bread, Radinas opens his mouth.

"And you have any idea what it is that you were attacked by... you know.""Oh, I know everything that means being hated and attacked by the nobles."

　I know that this visit to Anesis alone is enough, but there is no doubt that there are many other aristocrats who Ray has treated and who have a grudge against Ray.
　However, it was half-decided among Ray that it was the man who was behind the attackers.
　It's a bit incredible for Ray to say that he was not the mastermind behind the scenes, even though there was a possibility that he wasn't.

(What is he after all, though there is little doubt that he will be hired by someone -- perhaps a nobleman -- to go after me.)

　After thinking that far, Ray suddenly realizes that Radinas in front of him is a knight.
　Although separate from the guards, it is undoubtedly a force to keep the peace in this Anesis.
　If so, perhaps you will understand what kind of man the other day was looking at you.
　Feeling that way, Ray opens his mouth to Radinas.

"Actually, I know someone who may have caused this incident."
"...what?"

　Pickle. Radinas stops eating bread and turns his eyes to Ray.

"Really?"
"Oh, but there is no conclusive evidence. It's only circumstantial evidence."
"Still, it's better than no clue. So? What exactly was your partner?"
"Ah... should I explain how I recognized him first?"

　Wouldn't it be easier to understand if you explained that way of looking rather than just talking about the characteristics of a man?
　As Ray asks, Radinas thinks a little before nodding back.
　This case is not just about drug addicts raging.
　In the first place, this uproar occurred in the midst of a festival... so many people.
　It's not very much, but it's not something you can play lightly.
　The men lying on the ground were able to suppress -- or rather violently -- the presence of the Lays without any particular great disturbance.
　But if these men had gone on a rampage in the festivities... there would certainly have been a large number of injuries and deaths.
　The men's weapons made it clear.
　And then Ray said about the gaze he felt... and even after the mock battle, the gaze kept on following him, somehow realizing that he had followed Ray, Sett, and Blueit, and that he had been attacked.
　Radinas is convinced by Ray's explanation, but looks a little dumbfounded.

"Well, why are you trying to solve it there? You could have had the option of telling the guards quietly."
"You said so. I didn't think he was aiming at me at first. I thought he was aiming at Blue It."

　When Ray's name comes out of his mouth, Radinas can't say anything.
　for by the time he had come here he had been told that Blueit was a nobleman aristocrat.
　Let me tell you how honest Radinas is, I wonder why the aristocrats are dressed like that and going out without a bodyguard.
　Still, the reason why he didn't directly express his dissatisfaction was probably because he was a man of rare familiarity for a nobleman, as well as because Blueit was a man of trouble.

"Ah... I got the general picture for the time being. So? Is there someone behind them who kept looking at Ray?"
"I think so, or I wouldn't go out of my way to beat them."
"But didn't you say that Ray would come out? Then, isn't it possible?"
"It's possible. But if you think about which one is more likely... that's obvious, of course?"

　If you say so, Radinas can't disagree with Ray.
　That's because if the situation is that good, Ray's opinion is more likely than his own.

"For the time being, I understand the situation. So what kind of guy was he after all? Tell me what he looks like or anything else you're curious about."
"Regardless of his appearance, he is quite clever... or he is certain to have the ability to understand. When he showed up, he showed up without warning, and when he disappeared, he disappeared, and even Seto couldn't follow the smell."

　Rey told him so and told him again about the man's appearance.