Celestan smiles faintly in silence.
　Celestan looks like this, and Ray looks at Elena.
　I asked you what you wanted to hear, but how about you?
　However, it was obvious to Ray that Celestan was targeting him as the enemy of the Black Wolf, and the circumstances were... interesting to Ray what the connection was between the man who led the organization and, albeit skillful, a mere assassin.
　The black wolf, in particular, is from Japan, just like Ray.
　I was wondering if Celestan knew what was going on in that area...if possible, I would have liked to hear it, but considering the way we communicated, I didn't think he would be very honest.
　That's why Ray wanted to give up his place to Elena.
　But Elena shakes her head silently at Ray's gaze.
　If you try to listen to something here, you probably thought... no, you're definitely just going to get evaded.
　If Celestan had answered his question properly, there were many things he wanted to ask.

"Oh, is there anything you want to ask me more? I wish I could have talked a little more."

　Celestan muttered regretfully, and Ray understands why Celestan had been responding to his words earlier.

"Saving time, eh?"
"Yes, that's right,"

　The moment I say that, I feel a mysterious power from Celestan, who had a soft expression until now.
　That's what I've done so far, and it seems like I've been wearing a mask.

"Unfortunately for us, this seal has not yet been unsealed... by our calculations it would have been unsealed a little earlier, but perhaps the blood of the Marquis of Seysor, which was drawn by the man Geiska, who sacrificed it, is not so thick, since it is said that it is not his legitimate child, even though he is a direct descendant."

　Celestan's eye for the cocoon of meat is similar to that of some material, not of human nature.

"But, as far as I can see, it's almost unsealed, and I think it's a success to buy time."

　be unsealed
　As if to prove the word, blood vessels that appear to be entangled in meat cocoons strengthen pulsation.
　The pulse is clearly stronger than when Ray and Elena entered this space.
　I'm sure I'm getting stronger, but...

"I see. I wanted to buy time and wait for the seal to be unsealed. ... I think that means, on the contrary, that the seal is still unsealed? Isn't that too much of an alert considering that you and Elena were in front of you?"

　Yes, Ray says.
　Ray doesn't know what it is like to be sealed by a meat cocoon, but with all this effort to seal it, it's undoubtedly strong.
　But... no matter how strong you are, you can't show your ability when it's sealed.
　In other words, in order for Celestan to defend the cocoon of meat in this situation, it was necessary for Celestan and the butler, and Deotre to deal with the two nicknamed Ray and Elena alone.
　There is no doubt that it is impossible, if not objectively.
　Nevertheless, when Celestan heard Ray's words, he didn't seem particularly upset... even smiling.
　Ray was concerned about how Celestan looked, but Celestan didn't look strong in his eyes.
　Compared to the average person in the neighborhood, it seems to me that I'm training, but that's about it.
　Deotles was of moderate strength, and the butler was superior to Deotles in his movements.
　But even if they are the strongest butlers of the three, they will only be compared to Deotles.
　That level of strength is equal to the margin of error for Ray and Elena.

(Are you hiding your abilities? No, but... I don't think so from what I see.)

　At least it doesn't seem to Ray that the three Celestans are hiding their abilities.
　Then, even under such circumstances, it should have been seen as... a slap in the face or some kind of trump card.
　And Ray thinks the former is infinitely unlikely, given that he leads the largest organization in the world behind Annesis, the second largest city in the kingdom of Milliana.

(However...)

　In front of the Celestans, Ray tried to take the Death Size out of the Mistilling...

"What?"

　The death size and twilight spear that would normally have been able to take out from the mistling on the right wrist...no, I couldn't take out anything else in the mistling.

"Why don't you take out the scythe, which is a synonym for crimson, or... can't you?"

　Celestan's expression as he says so has a smile on his face.
　I guess he understands what's going on with Ray.
　... Ray is strong, but there are many reasons for his strength.
　Mistilling is one of the reasons.
　A real item box that can store anything and is easy to take out, hardly confirmed in this world.
　But if Mistilling, the reason for Ray's strength, is blocked... let alone if he has not yet got a weapon.
　That doesn't mean Ray, nicknamed crimson, will be incapacitated, but there is no doubt that the lack of a death-size magician who has mastered demagogic skills is a major downhill.
　But... Ray's agitation is instantly quelled, even though he understands that his military strength has fallen significantly.
　It hurts to see death size, twilight spear, and other disposable spears, as well as various other weapons and magic items sealed.
　Still, I was confident enough to win against the three men in front of me, and on top of that, Elena.
　That's why I had no idea that I would lose this battle.

(It hurts to have Mistilling sealed, though... if you think that the abnormalities in the space since the time of this hidden passage were caused by the cocoon of the flesh, and perhaps it was the cocoon of the flesh that Mistilling sealed. If you could manage the cocoon of the flesh...)

　The mystery ring should be unsealed.
　Ray understands, albeit semi-intuitively.
　I don't have any proof, but I'm still half sure because I feel the power from the cocoon of the meat that is pulsating.

"Mistilling... I'm kind of surprised that I sealed the item box, but what are you going to do from there? I can't use weapons anymore, but it doesn't mean I can't fight without weapons. And..."

　Then, when Ray stops talking, Elena pulls Mirage out of her waist sheath.
　Mirage, which has two forms as a connecting sword: a whip and a long sword, is also a symbol of Elena.
　Although Ray's death size was a special weapon that was difficult to handle... Elena uses the Mirage perfectly.
　There were many people who longed for Ray only after hearing rumors and tried to use a sickle like a death size, but there was no one like that about Elena's connecting sword...but there were very few.
　It's only natural to think about it, but a scythe isn't that difficult to make; it's much simpler to make.
　However, for a connected sword with two shapes, a long sword and a whip, it is very complicated to make it into a whip, let alone a long sword.
　That being the case, it's difficult to make it as a trial... No, there are far fewer blacksmiths who can make it.
　Or is it going to be rubbish that you can't force to use?
　At any rate, few people thought to use the weapons with Elena because of the nature of the weapons they had.
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"I'll be quite surprised to have sealed Ray's weapon, but..."If you can't seal my weapon, you'll understand what Ray means."

　In fact, even Elena isn't that difficult to defeat three people near the cocoon of meat.
　Of course they knew it, but they didn't show any signs of frustration.
　At Elena's words, Celestan even opens his mouth with a smile.

"Well, we won't win as it is, but... we don't have to win, we just have to make time until the seal is unsealed. ... Deotres, let's get our contract fulfilled."
"I know,"

　Deotles takes a step forward with a serious look on his face, wondering where the frenzy had gone.
　Deotres was not the only one who came forward; the old butler also stepped forward side by side.What they're thinking is obvious when you see them standing in front of Ray and Elena.
　It's nothing but our determination to buy time until the seal is unsealed.

"Do you really think you can keep me and Elena under control?"

　As he says so, Ray recalls the weapons he has on his waist belt hidden in the Dragon Robe.
　The eyes of Nebra, a magic item that can make arrowheads only for ten to several tens of seconds by making magic flow.
　Whether it's death size or twilight spear, Ray, who basically prefers long-handled weapons, is usually stored in a mistling.
　That's why Ray's only weapon now available was Nebra's eyes on his waist belt.
　Since it is only a weapon for throwing arrowheads, it is not as powerful as it is, and it is basically just a weapon to check them.
　However, even with such weapons, if they were to be thrown using Ray's dehumanized physical abilities, it would not be a fatal blow... but it was certain that they would still be a rather violent blow.

"Hoho. If you tell me to do it mainly, I'll have to do it in my place. And... I don't think I should underestimate you very much."

　The butler says so with a smile.
　The appearance of having some leeway gives off the smell of having some sort of inner hand.
　Deotres, with his long sword in his hand, turned to Ray and Elena as if all their expressions had disappeared.

"Well, let's get started,"

　It wasn't Ray or Elena or Deotre or the butler... Celestan.
　Before he knew it, Celestan was gently reaching for a cocoon of meat nearby.
　Then, the next moment... two blood vessels that were gnawing out of the cocoon of the flesh, like whips.
　The moment Ray and Elena saw it, they suspected it was an attack on them, but the blood vessels extending from the cocoon of the flesh turned to themselves.

"'Goo!'

　The butler and Deotre's mouth let out something like moaning.
　Red blood vessels pierce the butler and blue blood vessels pierced Deotres.
　The blood vessels that pierced the back of the neck were pulsating more than ever before.
　Ray and Elena are both momentarily surprised at how they look... the next moment Ray comes forward at once in a while.
　Following Ray, Elena also came forward with a Mirage.
　At first glance, stabbing a blood vessel into a comrade only seems to have attacked his friends.
　However, I don't think Celestan would do such a thing in this situation, meaning that this action was not an attack on his friends, but for some other reason.
　In other words... the strengthening of military strength.
　Perhaps it was because Ray had read various comics and novels in Japan that he was able to anticipate his actions.
　Shrinking his distance, Ray invokes Nevra's eyes and throws arrowheads one after another to check.
　The arrowheads, released only by the movement of their fingers, poked one after another into the bodies of Deotle and the butler... the beginning of the last battle that would take place in this Annesis.