"...what?"

　The landlord of the house utters a stupid voice.
　In fact, he probably still doesn't understand what happened.
　It was completely unexpected that a dagger should not be thrown at me from somewhere else.
　However, for the security guards and adventurers involved in the raid, the evidence of the crime has been found, and it is not surprising that the landlord of the house should be targeted for that reason.
　It was quite surprising that he had committed so many crimes that he didn't expect to be targeted.

`Well, I wonder if you're finally out,'

　Looking at the dagger that fell down the corridor with the back of her hand, Vihela says with joy... from the bottom of her heart.
　If you don't know Vihela, you'll be captivated by her beauty and you'll be captivated by her beautiful smile.
　But since most of the people here know what Vihela is like, some people are in awe of her smile, but others are in love with her... in fact, she was in her own way.
　Beauty is probably a testament to the ability to attract people's attention.
　However, the person with the smile runs quickly toward the dagger, regardless of what the surroundings.
　Vihela ran out of the room, but those in the room saw her back... and finally the landlord of the house came back to himself.
　When he saw the dagger on the floor, he must have realized that he had been killed again.
　suddenly sit there

"What?"

　It was Ray who raised the question, but there was no doubt that the others were wondering why they would sit down suddenly.
　However, when the owner of the house, who was staring at everyone in the room, understood his situation... his face was red and his mouth opened.

"Oh, wow, carry me somewhere else!"

　Shouting with a mixture of shame and anger, the maids and butlers around them finally recovered.
　They walk away, holding their master on the floor.
　...and the other maids and butlers bowed politely to the Rey's, and the appearance was somewhat cheesy.
　I wonder why he should bow so gracefully when his master is so stupid.

"Well... for the time being, there were people in this house who looked like guards or assassins, just like yesterday's house. Fortunately, they seem to be few."

　After the housekeepers, maids, butlers, and soldiers disappear, Ray tells them to change the mood.
　With that Ray's words, others have probably come to their senses. Each of them begins to talk about what's going on.

"But I never expected him to be targeted in this situation. ... Why was he targeted in the first place? If he had to be killed, he would have had plenty of time."
"Now that you mention it, you know... I think it's nothing but suicidal to go out of your way to kill Ray when he's there. Was there any reason why it should be now?"

　The guard's words cast the gaze of everyone in the room at one point.
　In other words, on the stairs leading to the underground space.

"But why? Just because we found these stairs, it doesn't mean we have to kill them right now."
"Is that so? We've found some good evidence of a crime in the raid, so don't you think it's a good idea to think that we're going to get caught like this, and that we're going to get caught before long?"

　The guard's words make sense to many people.
　The guards had actually intended to capture the owner of the estate from the evidence they found after today's raid.
　And the difficulty of assassination increases dramatically when captured by guards and taken to a guard post.
　If so, it would be natural for the assassin who had entered the house to decide that it would be better to get rid of course.

"But why do we need to get rid of him? From what I saw, he seemed to know nothing about these hidden steps, so I don't think we have to take any risks to silence him."

　The words of one of the guards certainly nodded...

"Then why don't you ask her the details?"

　The voice coming from the door gives a look of surprise to all but Ray, who was sensing the signs.
　The one there was Vihela.
　However, there is a fainting child in that hand.

"Ah,"

　It was Ray who involuntarily shouted at the sight of the child.
　because the child was a man whom Ray had met... to be exact, a child who was attacking a guard when he raided the neighboring house yesterday.
　I lost sight of it in the underground space, and when I was to follow him there was a pink tentacle, I retreated from it and left it there.

(Perhaps he escaped from the basement into the house, using the hidden stairs)

　But there is no reason to kill the owner of the house.
　With such doubts, Ray calls out to Vihela.

"And how was it?"

　I didn't hear exactly what it was or what it was like, but Ray and Vihela had enough communication.

"Well, I think it was a little smaller than I expected, but at this age, it looks promising for the future. ... But I don't know what kind of life he's going to have in the future."

　Being a child doing this kind of work, there's no doubt there's some obvious reason.
　What will happen to this child in his arms?
　Vihela seemed a little excited about it and had some worries.
　I didn't even think that I'd pick up the child...

"Children?"

　If you think of some sweet Langa or Dusker, you'll probably be taken in and put in Egg's hands and put in the hands of intelligence.
　That's how Ray turns his head around.

"Well, then... there's a staircase to the basement, so shall we go on?"
"Hey, Ray! What did you do all of a sudden?"

　It was only natural that Ray responded to that remark.
　It was Ray who claimed that underground space was dangerous.
　It was only natural, however, for the guards to wonder why they were going underground in this situation.
　But unlike the panicked guards, Ray opens his mouth unnerved.

"I understand what you mean, but you've got to look into the underground space. I think you've asked me to see what's going on, but it's really back right away, right?"
"No, but that's..."

　When the guard tries to say something to Ray, he nods that he knows.
　In fact, Ray knows that guards were told to stay inside the underground space as much as possible to avoid being damaged by pink tentacles.
　Still, Ray said he was going to the underground space because he wanted to make sure that the underground space was the same place as yesterday, and more importantly...

"Yes, please. You'd better tie her up now, as she'll probably go wild when she comes back to consciousness."

　Vihela handing a fainted child over to a guard.
　The Vihela's gaze was immediately directed toward the hidden staircase after handing over the child.
　No matter what the guards say or what Ray says, they are determined to head for the underground space.
　However, it is understandable because Ray is working with Vihela, and the guards cannot read her expression in such detail.
　...but it's not hard to predict what Vichela is thinking, given what she's saying and what she's saying.
　The security guards' association with Vihela seems to be influencing them in somehow.
　Vichela looked at Ray and the guards, but she didn't seem to care about him, so she approached him as she was..."Well, Ray. Let's go. I don't know if the tentacles will come out, but nothing will happen unless you go there first."
"That's the case,"

　Instead of replying to Vihela, I tell the guards so.
　The guards can't even say anything to Ray's willingness to stop this Vihela.
　It wasn't that the guards didn't feel like they could stop Ray if he was serious, but Ray didn't try to force him to stop.
　Above all, it is true that he wanted to check the underground space himself.
　That's why we're heading towards the hidden staircase with our Vihela.
　The guards silently see them off.
　This is because I understand that it would be meaningless to stop here, and that it would be out of the question to use force.
　It was also in the interest of the guards to check the underground space as closely as possible.
　So no one stops and Ray and Vihela go down the stairs leading to the underground space.

"I thought someone would stop me,"

　As I went down the stairs, Vihela muttered.
　Ray shakes his head as he walks behind Vihela, thinking he won't see her.

"It's absolutely necessary to look into that underground space, and then I'd like to gather even a little bit of information. In fact, there's very little information about that underground space."
"I wasn't in this mansion, but there's no doubt that there's someone else in the mansion who knows about this underground space, so why don't we catch them?"

　Seeing some people actually come into the underground space with red cloths, Ray was convinced of what Vihela said.
　Then, talking down the stairs... and then suddenly going out into the underground space.

"...what do you think? The same place I came to yesterday?"

　Vichela, looking around, asks Ray.
　Ray also looks around in the same way and nods back to his words.

"Oh, there's no way there's so much underground space around there. It's definitely the same place I saw yesterday. ... It seems that there are some stairs up there."

　Ray, who has higher vision than any other person, understands that there are stairs leading up the wall from where they came down.
　Vihela also nodded convincingly following Ray's gaze, perhaps because she now has more abilities than human beings.

"I see. ... It's really big when you look at it like this. How did you create this space? Maybe it existed before you built a mansion on top of it says.
"I don't know. If you have such a space, you'll find it when you build a house, and I don't think you'll build such a fine house in such a place."

　If there is so much space underground, there is a danger that the ground will cave in when building a building.
　If that were the case, it didn't sound like Ray to build a building when there was such an underground space.

"Ah,"

　Suddenly, Vihela muttered.
　When I turned to Vihela for the voice, her face looked sideways.
　Following Viehla's gaze, Ray saw several guards emerging from the stairs.
　Ray could tell that they were surprised to see Vichela.

"Perhaps they found a hidden staircase leading to this, even where the guard was."
"Well, you know, we've been conducting raids on all the houses around here at the same time, and it's not surprising that we should come down to this underground space at the same time."

　Ray and Vihela also wave as the guards come waving.
　When the guards see it, they don't seem to be approaching Ray and immediately go back down the stairs they came down.
　As did the guards who found the hidden steps down, there was a pink tentacle, so they would have been told to come back as soon as they checked the underground.
　Ray and Vihela can cope with the attack by tentacles, so there is no problem.

"Well, what shall we do first? Shall we look here a little more?"

　When Ray asked, Vihela nodded back.