"Well... this was a little unexpected, to be honest,"
"Glu".

　Say Ray's words in agreement with Seto.
　Beyond the gaze of one and the other, there was nothing but an empty view of the nightly night.
　But there was a fire whirlwind in the space until a few minutes ago... and a fire whirlwind with wind blades was moving about everywhere.
　The blade of the wind was the wind-mongering ore Ray had received from Libertese as a reward... this time for Libertese's... showing the power of the Duke of Kelebel, and asking the Marquis of Seysall to show a fire whirlwind in order to pursue him of some sort, and using another barrel of wind-mongering ore as an additional reward.
　However, I didn't use it as it was, but it was about half of a barrel.

(You must have known that I was going to accept this request from the very beginning, that I had prepared an additional barrel of wind-mongering ore so readily.)

　It's not that I don't feel like I've been beaten up for it, but I've been able to get paid more than enough and, above all, try a fire whirlwind using wind-magic ore, so I'm very satisfied with it.

"I didn't expect the blade of the wind to come out. ... I'm sure it's become vicious."

　We didn't know exactly how effective it would be until we actually tried using wind-magic ore.
　Therefore, while the results were unexpected, Ray's honest feeling is that he was glad he didn't have to use them in action all of course.
　the blade of the wind...a blade that is not actually a blade in a physical sense, but a blade that is composed of wind and has no substance.

(When I was in Japan, there was a beam saber in cartoons and anime... Is this kind of blade similar in a way?...although it's completely different in wind and beam.)

　Recalling his time in Japan, Ray looks at the sky, caressing Seto.
　Beautiful... even though it's a winter night, the moon and stars look beautiful without a cloud.
　Watching it, Ray eventually senses a sign of approaching his place in the night.
　Perhaps because they didn't try to hide any signs or footsteps, they could hear the footsteps normally.

"What's the matter, Elena? Do you have anything to do with me?"

　Ray asked without looking, but the person who was called by the name didn't seem particularly bewildered and spoke.

"I don't have anything particular to do. I just came to see how Ray is doing. So how was the windfall?"
"I don't care what you say. I can only say it as you see."
"The blade of the wind, you know... if you send it to the enemy's position, you'll expect a great deal of destructive power."
"I don't deny it. ... To be honest with you, I never thought it would be such a terrible thing."

　However, Ray imagined that wind blades would be around him... that he would continue to shoot death-size skilful flying slashes in all directions, and in terms of destructive power, annihilation power, and offensive power, he would be worse than wind blades.
　In that sense, Ray's expression of being a little disappointed might be appropriate.

"But isn't it good, at least in terms of appearance?"
"Well, I'm sure it was flashy. Many of the people who saw it were happy. ... Some of them were terrified."
"Ah... well, I suppose,"

　Elena's words make Ray look convinced.
　As a purely aristocratic figure, Ray is just another faction of neutrality.
　The relationship between aristocrats and neutrals is good now, but it doesn't always last.
　If the aristocracy and neutrality get on bad terms with each other, the aristocrats will fight Ray.
　What's more, in that case Elena, the symbol of the aristocracy, would fight Ray... that would be subtle.
　The relationship between Ray and Elena is already well known as information.
　That being the case, Elena didn't think she could fight Ray.
　...which, conversely, means that Ray may not be able to fight Elena, but somehow he thinks Ray can fight.
　However, if Ray had been relentless in his power against aristocrats and gathered various rumors and information about Ray, he could have come to such a conclusion.

"Well, then, it's no use doing this for a long time. . . . . . . . I'll go back."
"Is that all right?"
"Oh, it's not like I was thinking of anything else... is it?"
"Glu?"

　When Ray calls out to her, Seto shrieks, "Is that so?"
　He kept silent so as not to disturb Ray and Elena's conversation, but rubbed his head against Ray, hoping he would tell him sooner.

"Hey, set. What's wrong with you all of a sudden? Hey, you're tickling me."
"Huh, you guys are the same. ... See, I'll go back there. I'll be waiting for my father to improve."

　Tell him so, Elena stops Seto, who is playing with Ray, and starts walking with him alone.

"And yet... it's gotten a lot warmer."

　Winter nights should normally have been as cold as shivering.
　However, there is considerable warmth in the area, partly because of the still some hot air from the fire whirlwind.
　However, in a little while the warm air will be swept away by the wind.

"Only for a little while. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .."

　The subject changes suddenly as we walk.
　At Ray's question, Elena thinks a little and opens her mouth.

"I'm sorry, but I want you to wait another few days. Normally, I'd like to say that tomorrow... yesterday's incident has a lot of things to do."
"Oh... I suppose,"

　It's only natural for Ray to understand what Elena wants to say.
　In the first place, the black wolf, who was famous in Annesis, died, and so did Celestan, the head of the organization connected to the black wolf.
　What's more, yesterday alone, was that the house Celestan lived in disappeared.
　Elena, who was involved in many of them, was also the Duchess of Kelebel, and had to work hard to settle the matter.
　If such an Elena were to leave Anesis without cleaning up at least to some extent, it would be a bad news would be bad.
　Some sort of emergency... that would have been a different story if it meant we had to hunt down powerful monsters as soon as possible.

"I'm sorry,"

　Ray shakes his head not to worry about Elena apologizing again.
　If this had taken weeks or months, Ray would have thought a lot about it, and he might have returned to Guillum by himself and come back to Annesis after a certain amount of time.
　But if it's only a few days or so, Ray has no particular problem.
　The Duke of Kelebel's residence also houses a large collection of books Ray has never read, and Ray is hard to throw away in mock battles with the Knights led by Filma.
　Or you could go downtown and look for something delicious.
　After all, Ray has been eating around, but he hasn't found anything like Anesis' specialty yet.
　That being the case, Ray wanted to look for a specialty.k.a. specialty.
　From Ray's perspective, it's almost like a treasure hunt.
　I don't know exactly what kind of food I can find, but it's definitely exciting for Ray.
　...however, there are some specialties that you can't or won't want to eat, so it's not necessarily just that the specialties are delicious.

"Don't worry. I'd like to go around and see Annesis."

　Since I came to Annesis, I've left the Duke of Kelebel's residence many times to look around the city.
　But Annecis, as it is called the second largest city in the kingdom of Milliana, is naturally quite large.
　That's enough to make it impossible to look around the city a few times.
　In that sense, Elena's words of remaining a little more in Anesis were never bad for Ray.Perhaps Ray understood that he wasn't paying attention to himself and saying so. Elena was relieved too... just at that moment, they arrived where the Libertes were.

"Oh, Ray. You did a great job of responding to my request. It was a great tornado of fire. That's enough to make me lose my eye."

　It was only natural that Ray was the first to speak to Ray.
　This is out of the idea that Ray and his friends are on good terms with each other, but at the same time not to make Ray feel uncomfortable with the influx of other nobles.

"I'm glad you liked it. We were able to experiment with wind-magic ore, too, so it was very helpful."

　The aristocrats who hear the word "fengoku ore" are all buzzing about.
　Of course. Wind-magic ore is one of the magical metal ores of the wind system, and its production is not by any means high in the whole of the kingdom of Milliana.
　Low output means high value, and in that sense it was very interesting to the aristocrats here.

(Huh? Didn't you explain that?)

　That's how Ray thinks as he talks to Liberte and watches the other nobles.

"Well, I'm glad my pay was helpful to Ray. Well, I've seen more than I expected, and I'm going back to town soon. I'd like to soak in this afterglow for a long time, but I'm sure some people will get sick in this cold weather."

　Some nobles nod their approval to the remark.
　Being a nobleman, he naturally wears warm clothes, but it must be cold to be in such a place on a winter night.
　If this had been trained like a knight or soldier, he could have endured the cold.
　And as they all began to head for Annesis, some approached Ray and Elena.

"Ray, honestly, I'm surprised. ... How dare you make a tornado of fire like that? Now I know why you got the nickname crimson."

　It's Blue It that I've been saying so with all my heart.
　On the other side are Lanigs and Tellez.
　Their faces were as excited as Ray could see.
　...maybe because he is still young, he doesn't seem to care so much about the cold as the other nobles do.

"Did you come, too? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

　When Ray saw three of his acquaintances, he said so, but there was a smile on his face.
　It was also easier to act with acquaintances in this way than to be a show of strangers...or of some nobles who had seen their faces.
　For some reason, Ray wouldn't be dissatisfied if he became a show.

"To be honest, it was a bit troublesome to come this far, but I'm glad I came. I've had a really great sight."

　Rarely, Lanigs says so excitedly.
　Lanigs knew Ray's ability, but it was still very different from what he knew as information.
　Especially for Lanigs of the royal faction, he never comes into contact with Ray.
　It's not altogether nonexistent, but it's nevertheless less frequent.

"I'm glad you liked it,"
"Ah... and I'd like to ask you one question."

　That's how Blueit talks to Ray and Lanigs.
　The manner in which Blueit was different from his usual manner was somewhat uncomfortable in Ray's eyes.

"What's wrong with you? It's rare for Blue It".
"Well, the bluit I know must have been a more ... violent person."

　Teles nods in agreement with Ray's words.
　Arra, who had come near Elena before she knew it, nods at her words.

"Don't you think I can imitate that tornado of flames?"
"Well... I don't know. I might be able to do something similar, but I don't think I can do exactly the same."

　As it was a combination of skills and magic, I didn't think Blueit could do exactly the same thing, but... he looked disappointed at the words.