Out of the hidden passage, Ray and Elena saw a very large... a very large cellar that could have been about 100 tatami mats.
　It's definitely more than 10 meters high, not just the size, but the height clearly doesn't seem to be in the basement.
　It's not that big, but it's so big that I can't believe it's connected to the house where the lay people were.
　However, considering the time spent walking down the hidden aisle, it was almost possible for both Ray and Elena that something was going wrong in space.
　At any rate, Ray and Elena were both in such a large cellar, but the sight that had spread out was completely unexpected.
　The first thing I saw was a lump of meat in the middle of a space of about 100 tatami mats.
　No, in this case it would be better to describe it as a cocoon of meat, not a lump of meat.
　The meat cocoon has blood vessels of various colors, blue, green, yellow and red, which pulsate.
　The oval meat cocoon was mounted on a similar meat pedestal on the ground, extending from the top of the oval to the ceiling.
　Perhaps the feeling of those who see it is disgusting.
　There were three figures around the cocoon of such meat.
　One of them is Celestan, who leads an organization with connections to the Black Wolves, the chief of the house where the Reys had been.
　and to the butler who served Celestan... the other, pretending to serve Geiska, was eager for a chance of revenge.
　Not surprisingly, Ray had never seen any of the three, but he still knew who the target was from information he had heard from Elena before.

"You're Celestan?"
"Yes, that's true. It's an honor to know my name by your nickname, crimson."

　At Ray's words, Celestan says so without a trace of agitation, bowing gracefully.
　Next to Celestan, the butler bowed like the Lord.

"...that's your butler. And? Who's the other one?"
"I'm under Geiska. I've seen him before."

　It wasn't Celestan or Butler or Deotre who answered Ray's words, but Elena beside him.
　The name Geiska is not something Ray can easily forget.
　In the first place, we can say that it's the cause of this incident.

"Then there's Geyska here, too, but why was the Marquis of Seysore about to break into this house? Is it because they're trying to stop him?"
"Hahaha...haha...haha...haha...haha!"

　Deotres suddenly laughs at Ray's words.
　He seemed to say that he didn't think what Ray said was so interesting.
　But, of course, Ray has no idea why his words are being laughed at.

"I'd be glad if you could tell me about the funny part of the story."

　Ready to respond whenever the battle begins, Ray talks to Deotles.
　But Deotles didn't seem to care at all about Ray's behavior, and his laughter echoed around him.
　Elena frowns slightly as she watches Deotress.
　The man that Elena knew, Deotres, would not have had such a loud laugh.

(Is he really a man I know? ... In the first place, where is Geiska when he is here?"）

　Yes, it's understandable that Deotrez is here.
　Since it was Gaiska who hired the black wolf, it was only natural that his subordinate Deotre should be here in a way.
　However, his master, Gaiska, is nowhere to be seen now.

"What's wrong with Geiska? I don't think it's here."

　Elena quietly asks Deotres, who was laughing so hard.
　The voice was never loud, but Guiska's name must have been loud. Deotles stops laughing and looks at Elena.
　Deotre's expression was as eerie as an ordinary woman could have walked back the moment she saw it. ... Unfortunately, Elena is not an ordinary woman. She has gone through many battles and is nicknamed General Princess.
　Even if Deotres looks at me, I won't back down, and I'll look back with dignity.
　Deotles glances at the cocoon with a happy smile, wondering if there was something in Elena's gaze.

"Geiska... Geiska, see? I'll be there. Well, it's no use not being able to hear you. Now it's hard to even speak out."

　Deotles, looking at the cocoon of meat, says so.
　Neither Celestan nor the butler said anything special about the words.
　It meant that Deotre's words were correct.
　Ray and Elena, looking at the cocoon of meat again, only realize after a few seconds of observation.
　The wrinkled part of the pupa... to hide there, but to have one face.
　The presence of only the face means that the body is in the cocoon of meat.
　Given the circumstances, I don't think I'm safe, albeit not.
　In fact, his face is so skin and bones that, as far as the eye can tell, he doesn't seem to be alive.

(No, it's probably that the cocoon of that meat is keeping him alive, and from Deotre's appearance, it's probably Gaiska who's buried in that cocoon of that meat.

　Ray anticipates this from previous conversations and tries to remember Geiska's face.
　However, perhaps because I saw the situation embedded in the cocoon of meat, I couldn't easily remember the face of Geiska.

"Do you mean that the meat cocoon is filled with Geiska?"

　Deotles nods in a matter of course to Ray, who asks on behalf of Elena.

"Yes, do you know that the Marquis of Seysore was engaged in the task of sealing up opponents who, back in the past, could not have been overthrown by themselves. It was recognized by the state, and now they are in the title of marquis. I mean...

　Deotress told me it was important, but now that she has said that much, Ray understood the general situation.

"Do you mean that the cocoon of the meat is something sealed by the Gaisca ancestors?"

　Deotles nodded at the remark, and shook his head extensively.

"I'm sorry to say that it was sealed, but it was not the ancestor of the Marquis of Saysor, but a different person. It is the same that it was sealed. Then, if you use someone of that lineage... it is not difficult to unseal it."

　However, using a very aggressive method, Geiska felt like he was going to die in a literal sense.
　Deotles smiled with a hearty delight.
　That's as good as saying that I've never been happier.
　Judging from Deotre's appearance that he could not get any more information, Ray then turns to Celestan.

"And why did you do this? You're the kind of person who's putting the world behind Anesis together. What are you going to do if you're trying to destroy her?"

　Ray doesn't know exactly what the meat cocoon looks like.
　But the fact that it was sealed is, of course, dangerous, and it is like a parasite killing a parasite.
　Of course, Ray doesn't think that the organization itself will disappear once the anaesis is gone, even though he is currently active in Anaesis.
　Nevertheless, it would be a greater disadvantage to the organization led by Celestan.

(I don't know how dangerous this meat cocoon is, but from the impression I've talked about it, it looks like it's going to be treated as a nuclear weapon.)

　That's just the impression Ray received, though it may not be true.
　But looking at Deotres, it didn't seem that wrong.

"Why... Well, is there anything you want to do?"
"... because you wanted to try it? I don't know exactly what the cocoon of meat is, but I understand that it's dangerous. If you don't do it well, you who unsealed it might die.""Oh, you don't have to worry about that, of course, I'm in shackles so that I don't do anything."

　Celestan's words tell us that it's a shackle, but Ray can't believe it.
　It was easy to imagine, from experience up until now, that they would easily break the fetters if they were told to put them in the fetters.

"...I didn't come to this house to do anything like this."
"Well, for what purpose?"

　Celestan asks Ray's muttering with some interest.
　Facing such a person, Ray opens his mouth without any hesitation.

"You acted as a go-between with the Black Wolf, didn't you?"

　Ray says so, looking at what appears to be a geiska embedded in a meat cocoon.
　There was no doubt that the Duke and Duchess of Quelevel would not be able to leave the celestans alone if there was a case of the meat cocoon.

(To be honest, I don't know what I really thought of doing this. I don't know... but I still don't have the option of leaving it alone.)

　For Ray, the Duke of Kelevel is different from the rest of the aristocracy.
　It was strange to say that it was not only Elena's house, but it was also an able man to Ray's eyes.
　It's not bad manners either. ... The first time Ray met, he was threatened accordingly, or threatened by the nobility.

"Well, what do you mean, sir? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

　For Celestan, the black wolf was not only a tool of trade, but also an invaluable object.
　Celestan must have known it, though, given that no one had seen the battle, since he had said it was the enemy of the black wolf, it was certain that Celestan knew it.

(There was definitely no one in the place of the battle. Then... did any of the Duke and Duchess of Quelevel divulge information? Well, even if it were the Duke and Duchess of Quelevel, it would not be the absolute loyalty of all working people.)

　As far as Ray knew, many of the people working in the Duke of Quevel were satisfied with it and pledged genuine loyalty to the Duke of Quevel.
　But that's only as many people as Ray knows.

"The enemy of the Black Wolf... ... how did you come to know that information, and if you could tell me about it, I would be of great help to you."
"Why don't I bother to say that? Then you've been underestimated a lot."
"...I thought you'd say that. Then, shall we change the subject? The trap in this house and the hidden passageway from that room. Come to think of it, I understand."
"Yes, of course. As for traps, this house itself has become a kind of magic item. The hidden aisle is..."

　So Celestan paused and turned his eyes to the cocoon of meat.
　I'm not saying anything, but it's obvious what I'm saying.

"Well, that's my last question, and I've got a cocoon of meat ready for me. I hear you'll unseal it. So what are you going to do now?"

　Celestan smiled faintly at Ray's words, but never replied.