Leaving the lord's house, Ray rides with Zozo on Seto's back to the Trent.
　Many people who are waiting for the procedure to enter at Guillum or who are on the road towards Guillum already know about the existence of Seto and have come into direct contact with Seto.
　However, if Ray is on the set, it's only natural that there's a lizard behind him.
　Many people, even living in Guillum, don't know that Ray has made a new Lizard.
　Naturally, many of the people who were about to enter the guillem now looked astonished at the sight of course.
　But it's Gryphon's Seto and Lizardman's Zozo.
　That would be less surprising than the first time I saw Seto.
　The difference between the Gryphon and the Lizardman is so great.
　...and Zozo's slate is stored in Ray's mistling, as it is highly likely to interfere with traveling on a set.
　Slabs are valuable magic items that allow Zozo to communicate with others.
　Although Dusker had ordered the collection of the slate, or magic items with similar effects, Zozo was the only one who could use the slate today, so there was no danger of damaging or eliminating the slate.

"Arrived,"

　I knew many people were paying attention, but that was just the usual thing for Ray.
　Ignoring the gaze directed at him, Ray arrives at the forest of Trent, which he is almost accustomed to.

"Oh, Ray. I heard it was going to be late today, but it wasn't."

　One of the adventurers who was wary of his surroundings in the forest of Trent notices Ray and calls out.
　Since his face doesn't seem particularly urgent, he determines that metastasis hasn't taken place today... or, if it does, he hasn't come into contact with it yet.
　Still, Ray talks as he descends from Sett, deciding that he should listen to the case for now.

"And what's wrong with you today? You've encountered greens and lizards."
"That's not the case. For now, though... ...when Ray comes, isn't it going to spread?"
"Well, I'm not calling for you,"

　Ray responds dumbfoundedly to the adventurer's words.
　Ray knows that adventurers aren't serious.
　That's why I told him to follow the words.
　The adventurer must have figured it out.
　grinning and opening one's mouth

"Really? Ray has been involved in the recent problems in Gilmoo, right? Then, can't you say that's not the case again?"
"I understand how you look at me,"

　Ray retorted, but it's true that he suspected the incident was Grimm's experiment with featured materials.
　If that is the case, the man's argument was never wrong, as it was Ray who knocked the eye out.

"I don't think I'm the only one. ... Well, that's all. It's been a pretty remarkable appearance since yesterday."

　This adventurer says so because he saw Ray ride this far with Zozo yesterday.
　Ray wanted to go back to that expression, but it is true that the expression "awesome" is appropriate for the sight of Ray and Zozo on the back of the Gryphon running at great speed on the ground.
　However, the greatness was probably in a different way than Ray thought.

"Well, think it's amazing. I'm going to store the felled trees for now, so I asked them to keep watch around here."
"Aye,"

　With a brief chat, Ray leads his way through the forest of Trent with Zozo and Seto.
　That said, as long as we've been cutting down trees in Trent's forest since last year, the forest is naturally getting smaller and smaller and smaller.
　As I walked on for a little while, I saw the fallen tree falling just before my eyes.

(It is a sign of a first-class woodcutter that he can control the direction in which a tree falls.)

　The adventurers of a woodcutter's bodyguard and assistant cut off the fallen tree quickly.
　The performance was remarkable, perhaps because it was a task I'd done so many times.
　That's enough to make me think that I'm not an adventurer, but a woodcutter.
　After cutting down the trees, the woodcutter, who was breathing, notices Ray and waves his hand loudly.

"Oh, Ray!"
"...what? You're in such a good mood. What happened?"

　The woodcutter, who called Ray by his name, has worked with him and has spoken to him many times.
　If you meet Ray for the first time, you might be excited about the existence of Seto and meeting Ray, who is nicknamed crimson, but I don't think this woodcutter will be happy about it.
　Moreover, there should have been no reason to be in a good mood given the sudden metastasis of greens and lizards at work.
　Nevertheless, why are you in such a good mood?
　When Ray questions it, the woodcutter opens his mouth with a masculine smile.

"You've been saying that there aren't many woodcutters, have you? That's when a new woodcutter finally arrived today. ... Well, it'll take you a few days to get used to this woodcutter
"Oh... I see. That's another terrible time for me, though."

　That was Ray's honest impression when he heard of the arrival of a new woodcutter.
　There is not enough building material to magically process trees in Trent's forest for the extension.
　In that sense, the arrival of a new woodcutter would be a joy to Ray... or, indeed, to many involved in the extension work.
　But today's Trent Forest is a special place in many ways, with greens and lizardmen spreading.
　Coming to such a place is by no means desirable in terms of personal safety.
　However, perhaps because the upper management of Gilm understands the situation well, the remuneration of the woodcutters has increased considerably due to the transition incident.

"With Ray, was the lizard man metastasized? If he suddenly appears, there's no problem."

　It was trust because it was actually showing results.
　Ray nods to such a woodcutter.

"Well, if you're as good as Zozo, you can do something about it. ... Before that, if you're a lizard, you'll do something about it if Zozo orders you, unless it's an exception like Zoza."

　Zozo's brother, Zaza, was not something I could tell from him.
　As a result, he was overthrown by Zozo and is now in a dungeon.

(Is Zozo the thirteenth prince and Zaza the eleventh prince? ...I don't think the higher you go, the stronger you get.)

　Ray kept talking to the woodcutter and said so, recalling that he had kept the slate.

"I'm sorry. Wait a minute. ... I'm afraid."

　Pass the slate from the mistling to Zozo.
　Naturally, the woodcutter doesn't know what the slate is.
　Turn a mystified glance at Ray and ask him what the slate is.

"This is a magic item I borrowed from my teacher. With this, I can have a good conversation with Zozo. I was late today because I reported this slate to Dusker."
"...really?"

　From the perspective of a woodcutter, I wonder if he can communicate with Zozo, who has been unable to communicate with him and has only been able to communicate with him with gestures.
　Ray knew what the woodcutter was thinking, so he nodded and called out."Then tell me something,"

　The woodcutter nods after a moment of confusion.
　If he had seen Zozo for the first time today, he would not have nodded so easily.
　Fortunately, however, this is not the first time a woodcutter has seen Ray and Zozo together.
　That's why I was able to nod honestly to Ray's suggestion.

"All right. ... Zozo, do you understand my words?"
'Yes, I know,'

　The answer to the workman's words is displayed on the slate.
　But when he saw it, he tilted his head.

"I won't answer you,"
"No, it's on a slate, letters."
"What? ... I'm sorry, but I'm not going to read."

　Ray looked at the woodcutter's face unexpectedly, but when you think about it again, the literacy rate is not so high in this world.
　It was the lord's residence that Ray had been there, so everyone could read normally, but it was not surprising that a woodcutter could not read.
　In terms of literacy rate, adventurers are much higher than woodcutters because they need to look at the request form and find out for themselves what kind of request they are, who they should fight against, and how much they pay.
　Some people read on their behalf if they can't read, so it doesn't mean that they have to read.
　Anyway, it was quite a miscalculation for Ray that he could not read the letters on the tablet.
　Of course, Ray knew that the literacy rate was not high in this world, but he probably didn't care that much because most people could read within the range of his activities.
　Also, he didn't go out of his way to ask others if they could read.

(To be honest, I'm a little troubled.)

　Ray thought he could communicate with anyone if he had a slate that Zozo was using.
　But as long as there are people who can't actually read... after thinking that far, I suddenly wonder.

(Huh? At the lord's house... How could you read it?)

　It's only natural that Dusker, his men, and the lecturers can read.
　Zozo's men, Lizzardman, may be able to read as a soldier serving the country.
　But the greens, including Llornola.
　Although it was impossible to read precisely because of the effects of the lithography, trying to read the letters on the lithography meant that Lorolnola could read.
　As far as Ray has heard from Zozo, green people don't live in the city, but rather in forests, forests, mountains, and so on.
　So where did they learn to write?
　It was only natural to question the area.

"Anyway, if you can't read, you can't communicate with them... Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
'Yes. I've known about it since I was born.'
"... I see,"

　With that word, Ray is convinced that the Zozo are from a different world, not this world.
　To have knowledge of reading from birth was nothing but unusual in Ray's eyes.
　Of course, I don't have all the knowledge from birth, but I think it is necessary to study and acquire more knowledge by myself.

"What's the matter?"

　The woodcutter, who was talking to Ray, looked at him in wonder.
　Ray shook his head saying it was nothing, but he became more interested in the world of the zozos than ever before.
　It's only natural. Having such knowledge from birth means... yes, there is a transcendental being, for example, for example.
　Having come to this fantasy world, it's safe to have God.
　But Ray never felt God in this Elgin at least.
　...however, there is a religion called Shoko-kyo, which has only the impression that it is a shady new religion in Ray's point of view.
　For a person who has encountered him so many times, it is safe to call him a heresy.
　God is not such a false being, but in the real sense.
　And there's no way Ray wouldn't be interested.

"No, they seem to know the letters when they were born."
"Is that true?"

　Ray's words surprised not only the woodcutters but also the others who heard the story.
　What they see is a deep sense of envy.
　Even those who can read must have been envious of the fact that they can read from birth, given that they have studied very hard.