After asking for the dismantling of the snow monkey, Ray heads to the guard post with Seto.
　Naturally, I'm going to ask Grande if any progress has been made in keeping watch over the base yesterday.
　If any significant progress had been made, Ray would also be contacted through the guild.
　However, that could mean that it is not necessary to bother contacting Ray, given the small progress made.
　...in fact, it's burdensome for the guards and the guilds to go out of their way to call Ray through the guild just because there's a movement that doesn't seem particularly important.
　In that sense, it's probably not wrong for Ray to go and hear the report directly from himself.
　On the way to the station, I told the people who saw the set that I didn't have time to hang out today...but it took me longer than I expected to get to the station because I was buying food at a stall.

"Well, set. I'll tell you a little, so don't ask me to come here."
"Gruly!"

　Ray's words tell me!, and Seto lies on the ground a short distance from the station.
　In front of him, Ray puts down some meat buns he bought from a stall on his way to the restaurant, and looks sideways at Seto happily moving his kuchibashi to eat meat buns.
　The door is knocked and opened in a few seconds.

"... Ray? Yesterday's incident?"
"Oh, I'd like to hear a little bit about what happened... ...though I don't think there's been much progress, considering I haven't heard from you through the guild."

　When Ray says so, the guard returns a nod and urges Ray to enter the station.
　The first thing Ray felt was that there were not many guards in the station.
　That's natural, though, because we need to send people there to watch what we think is the enemy's base.

"As Ray said, there has been no particular movement so far."

　The guard hands Ray a glass, saying so.
　Warm water is in a wooden cup.
　It's what we call white hot water.

"I'm sorry that there's nothing like this."
"No, don't worry. In the cold, these things will warm you up enough."

　Ray returned it to the security guard, but he didn't feel cold at all with the features of the Dragon Robes.
　Nevertheless, the security guard's concern did not turn down the offer, but brought white hot water to his mouth.

(Wasn't tea made with ordinary leaves? I think there was persimmon leaves in this world. I don't know if there are persimmon leaves in this world. I think I can dry them for tea. This is a remote area, so I don't think there should be some special plants.)

　That being the case, Ray doesn't really know how to make tea.
　I just feel like I've seen a TV show sun-dried or roasted.

"And I understand that there is no big movement over there, but there is no small movement?"
"I'm afraid they're very cautious, too. ... Of course."

　Each guard nods back to the words of the other guard nods back to him.
　In fact, it was nothing exaggerated.
　Even though it was a cobolt, he pretended to bring monsters into the city, so if he was found and caught, he would certainly be sentenced to death.
　Well, if it's simply the death penalty, it's kindhearted.
　In the worst case scenario, it can be repeated that they are tortured endlessly to recover using potions and restorative magic.

"And what do you do then? I'm not perfect, even though I'm preventing Cobold from breaking in with the mud wall. As proof of that, I saw a few adventurers fighting against Cobold yesterday."
"The question is, how long will the mud wall last? There was no particular problem yesterday because Ray happened to meet the Grangees, but I don't know exactly how much more red cloth there would be left."
"I don't think it's easy to have someone there too."
"Oh, if you do something like keep an eye on the wall, you're going to be the first to fight against Cobold, who has somehow climbed over the wall. We guards are basically good at fighting between ourselves, but we're not that good at fighting monsters."

　It was a matter of course given the job of a security guard.
　Basically, the guards should fight against someone who is drunk and violent in the streets or who has committed some kind of crime.
　We've had combat training against such opponents, but if they become monsters, the story will be different.
　...Of course there are demons, and if monsters come together to attack Guillum, the guards will have to fight against the monsters, but...the ones who should fight usually are people.
　There are, however, various races of men, elves, dwarves, beasts, and so on.

"Are you an adventurer, then? If you were a man who would be happy to subdue Cobold, you would be more than happy to watch over the mud wall."

　Another guard in the room says so, but Ray shakes his head.

"If you're happy to fight against Cobold, you'll want to fight against Cobold more, and you'll break the wall. It's not that easy to break, but you'll still avoid danger as much as you can."

　However, it's quite robust by Mail and Marina's Spiritual Magic.
　That's the kind of thing that can't be easily destroyed by someone who's only strong enough to fight against the Cobold.

"Is that so? But it's impossible to send people from guards. Then all you can do is leave the mud wall alone. Is that all right?"
"Ah... well, let's ask the marina if she can do anything about it with spirit magic."

　The breadth of Marina's application of spiritual magic is clearly special to Ray.
　That's not to say, however, that spirit magic is such a liberal magic.
　Marina was the only one who used it, so it was highly applicable.

(Marina's house is guarded by spirits in her absence, and stops strangers trying to break into it. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

　So Ray thinks he'll try to suggest to Marina this evening.

"Guildmaster... No, former guildmaster? To be honest, I think it's amazing that you can go out with such a person normally."

　As one of the guards listening to Ray's words admires him... at the same time, he looks at him with great envy.
　For people living in Gilmoo, Marina is admired by many, and many feel that she is a flower of the highest caliber.
　However, it is very rare for people to really win over Marina.
　Marina was not just a beauty, but a beauty with a strong feminine charm.
　Marina, in a sense, is too perfect, and anyone who can invite her to do so... is either too confident in her power or too ignorant of anything.
　At any rate, it was surprising to many that Marina was the only such person, and that Ray was partying with her and, moreover, eating at her house almost every night.
　What's more, if you're a little intelligent about relationships, it's easy to guess what the eye that Marina's eye on Ray means.

"Well, well, I know Marina is a great guy, but she's just a normal woman with me."

　In a way, it was unusual to call Marina an ordinary woman, but... unfortunately, she didn't notice it.

"Don't do that. Ray's got as many other beautiful women as Marina. There's no point in saying that."
"...how about the expression that I'm making you wait?"

　It's appropriate to say that he's following suit, but Ray himself doesn't mean that.
　That's why I complained, but the guards just stared at Ray's words as iffy words.
　Ray turns a blind eye to his situation here and turns the subject away."And haven't you found out anything about the enemy's stronghold that you're watching? Who owns that building?"
"Oh, I looked it up. ... Unfortunately, he's not in Gillum at the moment. I don't know if he knows that. It's possible that he knows that the owner is not in Gillum at the moment, and that he's based on it without permission."
"... without permission. If you do that, I think you'll eventually get ragged. Anyway, may I ask who owns the building? Oh, of course, if you don't mind telling me."
"I don't care. It's the Marquis Cobbs, a royal nobleman, who owns that building."

　It was called the Cobbs Viscount's family, and Ray wondered if he had heard of it, but unfortunately it was a name he didn't remember hearing of.
　Ray is not so close to the aristocracy, so that's natural.
　However, I know some of the great nobles, including Dusker.

"I don't know the name,"
"Well, I don't think so. He's such a famous nobleman, and it must have been one of his relatives, not the head of the Baron Cobbs family."

　In addition to the neutrality led by Dusker, there are also royal and aristocratic mansions in the aristocratic quarter of Gilm.
　But, of course, there is no way for the head to live in a different faction... in other words, in a power that is almost hostile to him.
　The main purpose was to gather information on the neutrals, so anyone with a certain degree of ability could... the Baron Corbus family in Guillum was also a relative of the head of the family.

"You said he was a king, but how high is he? That's the Duke of Quento I know."

　To be exact, it is right that she is close to her granddaughter, Marca Quent, not to the Duke of Quent.
　He also met some royal aristocrats on that occasion, and the guards shake their heads to Ray, who wonders if any of them had anything to do with the Cobbs family.

"No, no, the Baron Corbus family is not so great as it is a viscount family,"
"...if it's not a big house, I don't think it's going to be such a big idea. So, does that mean someone else is using that building on their own? Was it Viscount Corbs' house in the first place? Wouldn't there be anyone there who was sent there?"
"No, there is no one. That's why everyone, including employees, left the building at the beginning of the building extension, because there is a high possibility that many unknown people will come to the building to disturb public safety."
"I can't deny that,"

　In fact, many, if not adventurous, came to Gilm for work on the extension.
　And as a matter of course, when so many people gather, there is a mix of bad behavior.
　In fact, patrols of guards were not enough, but they hired adventurers to maintain public order.
　Ray's acquaintances said Vichela and Bune were involved in that kind of work.
　Even under such circumstances, there were many problems, and there were several other people besides the Marquis Cobbs who had acted out of fear of public safety.
　With that in mind, Ray could not deny the reason the guard had said.

"Then, may I assume, after all, that the Viscount Cobbs is not involved in this case?"
"I don't know. I don't know exactly about that. I can say I'm probably not involved...."

　Ray was at a loss how to react to what the guard said.