After finishing his conversation with Vihela and Bune, Ray decided to leave immediately.
　Lana just smiles at Ray, who comes back to the inn and says she'll be back soon.
　The smile, however, was the usual... more energetic than Lana's, as Ray knew.
　You must have something to worry about, but as long as you live in Guilm, you can understand the feeling of being defeated by someone like that.
　Lana's smile cheered me up... and it was Marina's house, which had become a half-laid retreat, that led me out of the stable and with Vichela and Bune.

"Oh? ... That's unusual."

　Vihela said so curiously, perhaps, because a carriage was parked in front of Marina's house in the barony.
　It's not an ordinary carriage, it's a high-quality one used by aristocrats and wealthy merchants.
　In particular, seeing that the horse tied to the carriage was frightening to see Sett, but not in a state of depression, much less in a runaway fashion, shows how hard-trained the horse was.
　Perhaps the person sitting on the coach's stand notices the abnormalities of the horse, so he hurriedly looks around and notices the presence of the lays.
　However, even if they notice the presence of the lays, there is no particular reaction, and as soon as they get off the cab, they stroke the frightened horse to calm it down.

"Look, what's going on? Calm down, calm down, calm down."
"...blewlewlewlewlewlewlewlew."
"Bull".

　The two horses soon seem calm, perhaps well stroked.

(That's a great technique... even if it means caressing a set, I want you to tell me.)

　That's what Ray thinks when he sees his horse calm down in an instant.
　Of course, Seto isn't dissatisfied with Ray's stroke.
　Still, the way the coachman stroked now was wonderful to Ray.

"Ray? What's wrong?"

　Vihela wonders Ray as he watches the coachman patting his horse.
　Ray shook his head as if nothing had happened and looked at the carriage again.

"Do you know where that carriage is?"
"Why do you think I know Ray, who has lived in Gillum longer than I do? Well... it seems to be a pretty good carriage as far as I can see."

　And I saw the door of Marina's house open before Ray and Vihela's eyes.
　Coming out of the house was a woman in her fifties and Marina, the owner of the house.
　As a matter of course, the marina soon notices the Reyes.
　As usual, there's nothing unstable about the movement, even though you're wearing a party dress that doesn't seem very easy to move around.
　However, if it is not appropriate for the place or season, it is the same as the viehra, which is worn by prostitutes and dancers, in which the other side can be seen through.

"Oh, Marina's beckoning. ... What's this? Let's go. ... Bune, let's go."

　Vichela calls out to Bune, who was stroking Seto, who was a little shocked at frightening the horse.

"Yes,"

　Shortly answered as usual, Bune heads to Marina's house with the Reys.
　As we passed by the carriage, the horse was almost on the verge of violence, but, perhaps because the coachman had managed to hold it back, there was no great disturbance.
　Soon, when she arrives in front of Marina's house, the woman she was talking to approaches Ray with a smile.

"Are you Mr. Ray?"
"What? Oh, yes."

　Ray responds somewhat bewildered, perhaps because he didn't think he would be able to speak to him all of a sudden, but he continues to speak without a trace of concern himself at all.

"Well... Marina, you've found a nice person, haven't she?
"Phew, isn't it?"

　Marina proudly smiles at the woman's words.

"Oh, Marina. ... Anyway, I had a good time today. Would you like to have tea with me next time? It's wonderful to have a pleasant tea in the garden this season."
"Caleria. You always say the same thing. ... Well, I'm glad you liked it."

　Then the woman, called Calaria, bows small to the Lays and leaves in a carriage.
　As he saw off Calaria's carriage, Ray was convinced of the last words he had said that he could have a pleasant cup of tea in the garden.
　Whether it's snowing, raining, or being exposed to the intense direct sunlight of summer... you don't have to worry about them at all, you can have a comfortable time.
　Marina can do it because she's an outstanding spiritual wizard.
　If the spirits wizard around you tells you to do something like Marina, you'll be yelled at not to be silly.
　That's how outstanding Marina's magic skills are.
　though there are still so few spirits wizards among them that they rarely meet other spirits wizards.

"Who was Kararia after all? She looked pretty close."
"Caleria? She's the wife of a merchant I met about ten years ago. She lived in another town, and it seems that she came to work on the extension of the guillem just as winter approaches."

　Marina smiles happily and tells me so, I suppose, because she's on good terms with me.

"That's what it is. ... For the time being, I'm glad that Marina has a friend."
"Well, let me tell you, there are definitely more friends than Ray."

　Marina, with some amazement, said so, but in fact, the words were also true without doubt.
　Ray also has friends, but the number isn't that high. ... No, it's just that small.
　Ray's personality naturally influences it.
　By comparison, the caring and friendly marina was naturally liked by many, not to mention the former guildmaster.

(Seto... No, he's the howler of a loser even if I say this.)

　Including those who love Seto, he has more friends.
　Ray tried to say so, but he had nothing to say after all.
　But they look at each other with smiles around their mouths, wondering if Ray's ideas were out of the question for Marina and Vihela.
　Trying to show off in vain and convince each other that the trouble is Ray's and lovely.
　The word pockmark is probably for times like this.
　By the way, Bune was caressing Seto, not caring at all about the interaction of such adults.
　However, Bune also has a friend to call them friends.
　Orphans in the labyrinthine city of Egzil, living in the Flaut family's mansion, or adventurers training them.
　The orphans, however, may actually be more like servants than friends, because they promise to take care of them instead of living in the house.
　The adventurers who train it may also be closer to the servants of Bune in that they live in the Flauts.

"Well, anyway... welcome back, Ray, Set. When did you come back?"
"Huh? Oh, just a while ago. Back at the Wheat-tei at dusk.

　So he paused because he remembered that Vichela and Bune had been in his room.
　Vichela smiles meaningfully when Ray looks at her.
　After seeing them interact, Marina opens her mouth to change the conversation."And? If Ray is back, what about Elena and Arra?"
"Elena and Arra said they would come here after they saw Mr. Dusker."

　Marina's expression of satisfaction at the remark.
　In Elena's case, the position is hers, so it's only natural to talk to Dusker.

"Then it'll take a little longer until I get back... ...and I think I'll have a lot more to talk about."
"About the Cobold?"

　Marina was surprised to know for a moment that she knew about it, but there was a lot of talk in Gilm about Cobold, and most importantly, if she was with Vihela, it wouldn't be surprising.

"Well, to be honest, the Cobold's movements are obviously strange. It's winter, and they don't have much food, so it's not surprising that they're hungry... but I still feel someone's intention to get into the guillem no matter how many times they're wiped out."
"Isn't it a rare species or a superior species?"
"It's true that there's a good chance of it, but no one has ever seen it before."
"That would have been the case. But isn't it just that rare or superior species didn't take part in the attack?"
"Don't you think that if we don't have an individual to put together, we'll run away if we're at a disadvantage, especially when we're not strong monsters?"
"...if you say so, I said.

　If not as good as Goblin, it's safe to run away as soon as you realize you're not going to win.
　But that's how Ray hears that Cobold never makes such a move, and that's how he fights on until the flock that stormed into him is wiped out.
　It's true, then, that Marina has some doubts.
　However, it's not so easy to tell what monsters are thinking.
　As such, we cannot deny the possibility that rare or superior species may not be involved in this case.

"Perhaps Dusker is talking to Elena about that too, though she doesn't want her to solve the matter."

　The remark only nods convincingly to Ray.
　Elena is in Gillum to watch the aristocratic nobles make strange noises in the construction of the Gillum.
　... of course that's an ostensible reason, and it's Arra who actually keeps an eye on it.
　That's why I'm in Gilm, so I wouldn't be able to ask you to solve the Cobold case face-to-face.
　If Elena were to touch the matter at her own discretion, it would be hard to understand.

"Well, I never thought, until I came back to Guillum, that there was such a fuss about the Cobold affair. To be honest, I was going to have him dismantle the Giant Turtle as soon as he came back."
"Now that you mention it, you said it... but isn't it all right, of course, that the number of adventurers in Gillum will not be as large as I had originally planned, but I think that a fair number of adventurers will still be there?"
"It's troublesome to fight against the Cobold, but there are people who are interested in the Giant Turtle, but we don't know the official reward unless we ask the Guild, but is it possible that people will gather here, judging that dismantling is a better job than repelling the Cobold?"

　Originally, Ray would pay the adventurer to dismantle the gigant turtleneck.
　But Ray doesn't have to pay for hiring adventurers in the form of guilds and duskers for the demolition of the Giant Turtle.
　That's why Ray doesn't know how much he'll pay the adventurer, and in some cases, if the dismantling of the Giant Turtle is better paid than the killing of the Cobold, then the money-seeking adventurer could come to the dismantling.
　Or there is a possibility that some people will choose to dismantle it, even if it is a little cheaper.

"Why don't you go to the guild and have it checked? ... What do you want to go now?"

　Vichela says Ray shakes his head after a moment of thought.

"No, I'm going to Guild tomorrow. I'm finally back in Guild today. I want to relax."
"Oh, you came to my house to relax. I'm kind of glad to hear that."

　Marina, with a big smile on her face, entered the house with the Ray's.