Leaving Seto outside, Ray and Vihela enter the station and immediately call out to the guards.

"You said you were calling me. What's the matter?"
"Oh, actually, yesterday's residence and surrounding residences are to be investigated extensively by the guards. This time, Captain Langa will appear."
"... Langa?"

　Langa is the man at the top of the guard.
　He looks strong with a stern face and beard, but his personality is gentle.
　However, gentle personality does not mean that Langa is weak.
　Nevertheless, Ray hadn't seen Langa for a while, so he never expected the name to appear here.

"Oh, I was very busy a little while ago with the extensions, but now it has settled down to some extent in the winter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
"Well, that's the kind of place. There's plenty of time for the captain of the guard to come out."

　If you want to investigate residences close to the aristocratic quarter, not just one, but also the residences around it, you need someone to be called the leader of the flag to convince the people of the residence or the aristocratic quarter.
　In that sense, it's safe to say that Langa, the captain of the security force, is a good enough leader.

"Oh, I think Captain Langa has taken that into consideration. ... He has asked some other adventurers for their cooperation. But he seems to be confidential with the adventurers he trusts, as they may be known to him if he solicits them extensively."
"Well, isn't that OK? There are many people who are not sure if it will be useful in this situation."

　Winter is what many adventurers call a long vacation, often a dull or small one.
　Even so, their strength is definitely higher than the average person's, so in this case, they may be a military force.

"And can you ask Ray to help you?"
"Oh, that's all right with me."and the Vihela seems to be quite up to it."

　When I tell her so while looking at her, she nods with a big smile.

"I mean, it's fine because it's me, but in this case it's a compulsory investigation. If you don't say you're going to do a compulsory investigation, it's impossible for you to act as soon as you're told today, isn't it?"
"Oh... I'm sorry. This case has been so sudden. I'm having a lot of trouble here, too."

　Say so, and the guard who was talking to Ray bowed.
　Ray also has difficulty complaining if he is so unassumingly apologized.
　In fact, you may know that yesterday's incident has definitely taken a sharp turn.
　I didn't expect such vicious tentacles to come out one after another.

"I suppose they manipulate or summon Cobold by some means, but that tentacle is the object of that ... to be honest, I think it is many times more dangerous, dozens of times more dangerous, and possibly hundreds of times more dangerous."

　Ray's death size could be cut, but there was reasonable resistance there.
　It's not that such a thing has never happened before... but it's also true that it hasn't happened so often.
　It's death-size, so I hope that tentacles will show up in large numbers around the streets.
　With that in mind, Ray understands why he is launching such a raid yesterday and today.

"That's what happens. So I'm counting on Ray's power."
"I know... but what were you going to do if I didn't come here, if I had forgotten the message I had heard in the guild?"
"I don't think Ray, who experienced yesterday's incident, will forget it like that."

　Is it trust, or is it half-stupid about Ray getting into trouble?
　That's what the guards actually thought, and it's a definite fact that Ray came to the station this way.
　If you think about it, it's true that the guards read Ray's actions.
　She looks away from the smiling Vihela next to her and opens her mouth half shyly, wondering if her actions were simple.

"And when is the compulsory investigation going to be carried out? At night so that they don't get suspicious? If the guards move in large numbers, it's easy to read what they do."
"No, this afternoon,"
"It's very early again. And from such a bright hour?"

　Wintery clouds cover the sky, but the sun still shows itself through the gaps in the clouds and has some brightness.
　In the midst of this, if you're an adventurer with a different set of equipment, you'll definitely get attention when the guards move together.
　...though Ray, who is working with Seto and Vichela, will undoubtedly stand out in a different way than the guards.

"Night is usually better, but if the Reys find an underground space and see their tentacles, they may find it dangerous and escape from the Gillum......now they can escape from the site under construction without going through the main gate."
"There's a clay wall made by Ray, but it's not difficult to get over it from Gilm's side."

　One of the guards tells me that he must have seen the mud wall firsthand.
　In fact, it's not a mistake, the mud wall Ray built is difficult to enter from outside the guillem, and not so difficult if you're going out from inside.
　Ray's clay walls were originally built to prevent enemies from intruding from outside the guillem, including Kobolt, and were not built to deal with anyone who was leaving the guillem.

"Then the Gilm side should have kept the ground sunk, though it's meaningless to say so now."
"Don't worry. Nobody expected this to happen in the first place."

　One of the guards comforts Ray.

"If you say so, I'll be saved, too. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

　Regardless of the pink tentacles, considering the power of those who defend the other residences and attack the Ray's, the unity of forces like Ray and Vichela would be a waste of energy.
　I thought so and asked, but what the guards looked like was a complex or subtle expression.

"Ah... well, we can't control Vihela. If possible, Vihela should act with Ray. As I said before, we're talking to a reliable adventurer, so there shouldn't be a shortage of military strength."

　Vichela doesn't look particularly dissatisfied when she listens to the guards.
　Maybe it was because he knew he was going to be treated like a nuisance.
　The guards, in particular, did not want to be associated with them because they had been away from Vihela many times before.
　However, some people may have told us to act with them because it is dangerous to leave Vihela alone, but fortunately, none of the guards here today were of that type.
　It's much quicker to leave it to Ray, who's partying with Vihela and used to handling it.
　Rey and Vihela nod to each of these words.

"All right. If that's all right with me, I don't mind."Vichela is good, isn't she?"
"Yes, that's fine with me, too. But... whoop."

　For some reason, not only Ray but also the guards look at Vihela with a sudden smile and a happy smile.
　When you think about the way you treat Vihela, it can be unpleasant, but you never thought you'd be in a good mood.
　However, it would be no fun to ask what the guards are doing here, and to be told that they will act differently from Ray.
　The guards think so... but Ray, who doesn't know what the guards think, usually asks what's going on."I thought you'd be in a bad mood. What's the change in your mind?"

　The guards shouted inside, "Stop it!" but it shouldn't reach Ray.
　...screaming in his heart, and perhaps because the guards wanted to hear the reason for Viehla's smile, they watched him, even though they were dissatisfied.

"Oh, because Ray and I are going to act together, right? Then it's not a date."
"...there were some very dangerous dates."

　It was undoubtedly true that while Ray said so to the unexpected, Vihela was a little pleased to say so.
　The guards look dumbfounded and jealous at their interaction.
　Even though Vichela has troubled her many times, it is undoubtedly true that Vichela is such a beautiful woman that the expression of superiority is not sufficient.
　I couldn't have been more jealous as a man of Ray, who was devoted to such Vihela... not friendship, but love between men and women.
　However, if you are asked if you want to be directed to such feelings by Vihela, no matter how beautiful she is, there will be considerable problems in her personality and it will be difficult to nod honestly.
　Ray had that kind of gaze on him, but he was used to that kind of gaze, so he opened his mouth without any particular concern.

"And if you're going to start a raid in the afternoon, what should I do with Viehra and the other guy in the street, and I don't think I'll be in the office all afternoon?"
"Oh, yeah. I don't mind being in the station. I don't have any particular problems. Is there anything else I should do by the afternoon?"
"...No. There are a lot of details, but I really don't think it has to be today. I'd just like to take a look at what's going on with the mud wall we've been building on the site of the extension. I think it'll be all right, but maybe..."

　I didn't have to tell the rest, but the guards understood what Ray meant.

"Well, you'd better look it up, I suppose, but that's probably the best place to escape. ... But in the night, in the winter, you wouldn't normally want to go out."
"That's true. Normally."

　Ray tells me that the person who is plotting this case is far from normal.
　In fact, it is far from normal to summon such tentacles and consequently summon covolts to guillem.
　Knowing this, the guards probably responded meaningfully to Ray's words.

"Then we'll go and see the mud wall for now. Is that all right?"
"Oh, I don't have anything to do anyway, and you'd better go buy and eat and see what's going on there."
"As usual,"

　The word buy-and-eat makes some guards smile and say so.
　Normally, it would be hard to get an appetite if you stepped into a strange opponent's base.
　Nevertheless, Ray seemed perfectly fine and said he would buy and sell.
　It's only natural for the guards to feel that way, no matter how brave they are.
　However, Ray has had countless experiences with Ray.
　There was no way that this would dampen my appetite.

"Really? You can't fight because you're hungry. ... I forgot what country it was, but there's a saying like that. Appetite is important."

　Of course it's a Japanese word, but it's impossible to say such a thing here, and it's misleading.

"Can't you fight if you're hungry? That makes sense."

　As a security guard, he must have felt strongly about the words.

"Well, that's the case. Anyway, we'll go and look at the mud wall."

　That being the case, Ray was leaving the station with Vihela.