"Ray? What's wrong with you? Come back all of a sudden."

　It was a guard who asked Ray so in front of the station.
　But it's not Ray's stern look, it's another one with a more gentle look.
　Ray almost laughed because of the big gap with the guard I had just mentioned, but he managed to hold his breath.

"Oh, I've found a guy with a clue. I've brought him here. ... He's the survivor of a red cloth who tried to break down the mud wall."

　The word "red cloth" turns the guard from a soft look to a red cloth.
　A man with that kind of gaze retreats semi-reflectively.

(The guards have had a lot of trouble with the red cloth. Can't it be helped?)

　Ray was convinced when he saw the change in the guards, but that doesn't mean he's going to leave them alone and frighten the man who leads him.

"Calm down. I couldn't do anything yesterday after all. And now you want a little clue."
"... All right,"

　Unable to refute Ray's words, the guard replies so.
　However, not being able to refute does not mean that what one thinks about red cloth has disappeared.
　The evidence is that even today, the way men look at them is harsh.
　During the conversation, Seto moved to the place where he had been lying before and lay down in the same way.

"I'm going in first. I need to hear a lot of things from him, and there's no possibility that this mastermind will chase him."

　The words grudgingly allow the guard to enter.
　...if anything, it seemed tacit approval.
　When Ray enters the station, the guards inside are naturally surprised.
　It's only natural that Ray, who had just left, is back.
　Not just one, but one man.

"Who's that? Does Ray's arrival have anything to do with this incident?"

　One of the guards looks at the man and asks so.
　Ray gives the same explanation as he did to the guards in front of the station, but... when he hears red cloth, many people think it's not funny, and he has a keen eye for men.
　...and the man who looked at me seriously regretted having come this far in Ray's mouth.

(Oh, is this really all right? Maybe... maybe you shouldn't have come here, but Ray says his pursuers are coming.)

　The man also wears red cloth and has some confidence in his arms.
　But it's just a matter of comparison to the average person, and I didn't think I could win against adventurers, even with security guards who have been trained in interpersonal training.
　It was mentally difficult for me to be protected in such a place where there were guards looking at me harshly.
　But if Ray is asked to introduce anything else, the answer is probably no.

"In other words, we can draw the information that he has."
"Yes, but not by rough means. For the time being, we know the base over there, and the real base, as Grange knew... what do you do?"

　What do you do?" The question is if you're going to attack the base right away, if you're going to gather a little more information before you attack, or if you're going to keep a lookout and see where you're going, or if you'
　However, given the possibility that there may be traitors among the guards, there is a high possibility that if you spend too much time, you will be behind the scenes again.

(Oh, come to think of it, isn't it dangerous to keep this in the guard station if there is a traitor among the guards? ... Well, it looks like the guards are watching each other, so it's probably all right.)

　Ray thought he had failed a little, but now that he's come this far, there's nothing he can do.
　In the first place, the traitors among the guards were more likely to be higher up than the guards at this station. ... If there was a traitor, that's the case.
　Thinking it would be all right for now, Ray looks at the guards.
　At the very least, Ray did not seem to have a traitor among the viewers.
　...though I can't guarantee that the guards here are really safe, as long as Ray doesn't have a particular eye for people.

"No matter what you say, ... unfortunately, there aren't so many people who can move right away because of a surprise attack on those who were watching the base. That's a few people who can move."
"A few people? If you're going now, I'm going to go with Seto. Then a few people are enough, aren't they?"

　Ray's words were undoubtedly true.
　With Ray and Sett, that would be enough for military power.
　So taking the guards with you is probably to force them to do the job... when they need to explain something to someone else.
　The guard, perhaps, knew it, but soon nodded back.
　It's not that I didn't feel like I was being forced to... but that's because I thought that kind of work was done by guards were supposed to do that kind of work.
　Also, if we go right now, Ray and Sett's strong forces will be on their side.
　As long as we didn't know exactly what kind of power they were preparing, it was only natural that we should prepare as much military power as possible.
　The guards at the scene exchange glances, and then one guard nods.

"All right, then I'll be ready in a minute. Even if I go right now, I don't think this number of people will be enough."

　There are five guards in this room.
　With that being the case, there is no doubt that they have no war potential to attack the enemy's base.
　...to be exact, Ray and Sett are not a problem in terms of pure fighting power, but they are in the sense of consolidating their surroundings so that they will not miss those at their base.
　Regardless of how strong Ray and Set are, Ray and Set are one by one.
　If the enemy were to flee in all directions, it would be impossible to capture them all.
　This could be done with Ray and Seto in the sense of killing everyone, but the goal this time is to gather information.
　Finding clues to the mastermind behind the Cobold was paramount.
　If it was really one of the bases, there could be clues, such as documents, but the information obtained by interrogating the captors was invaluable.
　That's why it's only natural for the guards to want to get as many people as possible.

(If there are any guards who are spreading information, it is possible that they will be exposed with strange movements.)

　If anyone leaked information in this case, the attack on the base is also significant in that they may be able to find the person.

"Well, that's why we've decided..."

　Ray calls out to the red-clothed man as he sees the guards in the room immediately go to collect his men.

"Where on earth is the base over there that you know?"

　Ray looked at the man on red cloth with a look that he wouldn't understand if he told a lie or a trick, but even the man on red cloth didn't act foolishly like telling a lie here when he was told that his life was in danger.
　...in fact, it was only Ray's prediction that men would be more likely to be targeted, but I was completely convinced that such a notorious adventurer as Ray would say so.
　However, from Ray's point of view, it's not exaggerated or anything, and he really thinks it's okay to send an assassin.

"The house is not far from the barony,"
"Near the barony town? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .."

　As a matter of course, the security of aristocratic towns is tight.
　for the soldiers, knights and adventurers employed by each of the aristocrats are touring the barony streets.
　Even if it's not in the aristocracy, it's just that it's close to the aristocracy, and it's more or less safe.
　However, it would be expensive to rent or buy a building in such a place, as a matter of course.

"Well, that's why it's so hard for us to find."

　When one of the guards muttered the words, some nodded... one of them raised a question.

"If you rent a place like that, even if it's not a building in the aristocracy, you'll need not only money, but also credit. If you think about it, there's a possibility that the person behind this case is a bigger one than you think.""I'm trying to manipulate red cloths and collect covolts. I'm sure you're not an ordinary fellow."
"Oh, well, well, there's only circumstantial evidence in the first place, so it's not always the people hiding red cloth that are the mastermind behind the Cobolt case."

　Circumstantial evidence alone is almost certain to be the mastermind.
　That's clearly black when he tried to destroy the mud walls Ray had built to prevent Covolt... when he asked Grande to kill the red-cloth men after the destruction.
　But there is no clear evidence.
　It would have been a different story if Ray could come up with a magic item that could collect and manipulate covolts.

(Is there a possibility that there are magic items in a base that is not fake? In the first place, even though Gilm is large enough to call it a quasi-city, it is not possible to prepare many bases at will...but it must be quite difficult.)

　In that case, the possibility is that there is a magic item at the base in the red cloth man's place.
　However, Ray had a stronger feeling that he probably wouldn't.

"Anyway, yes. We'd better get out as soon as the guards are ready. The less likely it is that the information will flow over there, the better."

　Ray's words make some of the guards look slightly obnoxious.
　But there was no doubt that the information could not be denied immediately, given the high possibility that it had actually been leaked.

"I'm already ready, so I don't have to keep Ray waiting for that long." ...but that man should just be put in jail as Ray told him to be it.

　Ray nods back to the guard looking at the man on red cloth.

"Oh, do that. I'm not just a criminal... I mean, just a criminal."

　Since he has done a lot of bad things as a red cloth, it's no mistake to say that he's a criminal.
　Nevertheless, Akafu's crimes include fighting, blackmail, assault... some of which are a little difficult to call minor offenses, but he has never committed murder.
　Even with such minor offenses, repeated numbers will undoubtedly make the crime worse.

"Anyway, there's no doubt that you've brought us the information, and when you think about it, make sure you don't get cold or give us some food."
"... All right,"

　Despite a little dissatisfaction, the guard still nods back to Ray's words.
　It is undoubtedly true that the man's information is likely to move wildly in the Kobolt case.
　Then, as a guard, we cannot ignore the man's contribution.

"That's why you're in prison from this very day,"
"...very, very much, but it's not a good grief.

　The red-clad man returns to Ray uninterestingly, but he doesn't complain if he knows that relying on a guard is definitely the best option to save his life.
　When asked whether to choose between being in prison and dying, the former is still the one who can choose to be a man.

"Here we go. Don't worry, as Ray says, I'll give you preferential treatment over other criminals."

　Encouraged by security guards, the man leaves the room.

"Hmm,"

　When the man disappears, one of the guards snort discontentedly.
　As a security guard, it would not be interesting to hide a man in this case.
　Still, I couldn't express my dissatisfaction directly because I might still have other information.