"Well... well..."

　Ray awoke to find the room familiar to him after several days' stay.
　one's own room in Marina's house
　But I don't know why I'm in this room.
　When I woke up, I looked around... and fell down again on the bed.
　Falling down, uncomfortable with the strange difficulty of sleeping, he takes off his clothes.
　I usually wear clothes that make me sleep better. Why?
　Even if you have a few questions like that in your head, you can't think that well when you wake up.
　Nevertheless, taking off clothes unconsciously means that it was still so difficult to sleep.
　and when he was dressed lightly, he tried again to enjoy his sleep in bed."

"Are you awake, Ray? It's almost breakfast time."

　I hear a voice like that through the door.
　Ray, who was about to go to sleep again, looked up at such a voice, but... he put his face on the pillow again.

"Are you awake, Ray?"

　Oh, my gosh.
　Ray raises his head to see if the word breakfast remained in his mind, as he hears from the corridor.
　Ray was weak in the morning, but he's not usually this weak.
　The reason I'm so sleepy today is probably because I slept so little yesterday.
　When I woke up in the tower of my birth yesterday, I was able to act immediately when I woke up because of the urgency of the place.
　But I guess they're still half asleep because they don't have to be nervous here.
　It was also a testament to Ray that this was such a comfortable place.
　Marina, who came to wake Ray, must be happy.
　That said, waking up Ray was the first thing I had to do now, rather than feeling that joy.

"You're not awake yet? You're going in, okay?"

　Marina says so with a few knocks, but Ray doesn't show any signs of waking up.
　As a result, Marina opens the door reluctantly -- let alone her inner thoughts.
　What I saw was Ray lying on the bed with his clothes off.
　Dragon robes, Slapnil's shoes, Nebra's eyes were all taken off and placed near the bed with Elena.
　...I thought maybe I should take it off and make it easier because I was actually going to sleep, but I felt embarrassed and couldn't do that.
　If this had been either Elena or Marina, she might have been able to get rid of Ray because of the force of the moment, but it was probably because of the two of them that she was not able to imitate him.
　I couldn't see Ray's sleeping face from the marina because he was sleeping with his face pressed against the pillow.
　Still, when I see Ray, a smile comes to Marina's face.
　The smile is not the usual glamorous smile of a woman, but the smile of a woman in love . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
　Marina wanted to keep watching Ray sleep until he got up naturally, but there was a situation where she couldn't.
　Most importantly, if Marina stays in Ray's room, Elena, who is suspicious of Marina's return, may not come.
　Marina takes action after enjoying a little bit of the happiness of seeing Ray sleeping.

"Look, Ray. Wake up. Breakfast is ready. There's fresh bread, fresh salad, and a winner."

　with a pinch
　At Marina's words, Ray's body moves slightly.
　Marina shook Ray's body with a complex expression on her face, responding to the word breakfast instead of her own.





"Yes, this winner is delicious,"

　After all the preparations, Ray was quick to taste Marina's breakfast.
　A breakfast made by such a beautiful woman as Marina could be a few gold coins...and in some cases even a white one.
　Ray thoroughly relishes that kind of food.
　Today's main breakfast was, as Marina told Ray, the winner.
　Winner, however, is one of the ingredients that often turns into a fight over the way it is cooked.
　It was no less a subject than what to put on fried eggs and lemon juice on fried eggs.
　A well-known way to cook winners is to cook them when they are boiled. ... Some people in Japan used microwave ovens.
　At any rate, there are two ways to cook winners, but they are divided into small parts.
　When grilling, do you bake it so that the skin won't tear or until it bursts?
　How long do you boil it when you boil it?
　Other than that, the condiments on the winners vary from person to person.
　Ketchup, mustard, soy sauce -- soy sauce has not yet been found in this world -- and salt.
　Everyone had different tastes, but Ray liked boiled winners.
　And there's a winner that's too boiled and the skin's not ripped.
　Ray's opinion is that when the skin is torn, the juice of the winners will pour out into the boiled water and the taste of the winners will fade.
　Marina knows Ray's taste, so the winners served are boiled to the point where the skin won't tear.
　The winner is served with a mustard-like hot and sour green sauce.
　With the crispy texture of the skin in the mouth, the gravy spreads through the mouth, which mixes with the spicy and sour sauce.
　If you eat fresh bread or fresh salad there, your mouth will look like a perfect harmony.

"You're going to eat very deliciously. As a cook, I'm glad you enjoyed it that much."

　Marina laughs content to see Ray eating a blissful dinner.

"I was hungry, perhaps because I slept soundly."
"Ray went to bed as soon as dinner was over yesterday, so you just woke up, right? Then it's like eating two meals in a row, isn't it?"

　Vichela, who was enjoying vegetable soup, questions this way.
　Speaking of such violas, yesterday we had a mock battle with Gaga after dinner, and today we have another mock battle with Gaga early in the morning.
　At the same time, I trained the veneers, but they don't exercise that hard.
　The mock fight against Gaga is such a hard exercise that breakfast is good... that I eat about three regular people.
　On top of that, I was eating a good supper yesterday.
　The reason you don't gain any weight after eating that much is probably because you exercise your body more than that.
　After all, if you consume more energy than you consume, you won't gain weight.

"Even when I sleep, I get hungry strangely."
"Isn't that normal?"

　In Ray's words, Elena says so.
　Elena also eats well for breakfast.
　No, to be exact, everyone here eats their breakfast well.
　Being physically active, skipping breakfast definitely won't keep you up until noon.
　...though Elena, unlike the Lays, is mostly in contact with the nobles, and does not move so much.
　Still, combat training is essential, so we're moving accordingly.
　Ray has raised the question that it is not surprising that the succession of the Gent Dragon's magical stones will make a difference in that area, but he has not heard about it, judging that it is better not to hear about it.

「●●？」

　As Gaga eats silently, she looks at Ray in wonder.
　But even with that kind of stare, Ray doesn't understand what he's wondering.
　If Zozo had been here, he would have been able to interpret on a lithograph, but he was staying at the tower of his birth to act as a bridge between us.

(Mr. Dusker said that he would try to find a magic item similar to the tablet Zozo is using, but it would be difficult to find.)

　The slate Zozo is using is Grimm's.
　Even the Grimm had only one, so it would be no easy task to find a similar slate... no, not just a slate, but a magic item of similar ability.
　Even in the remote region of Gilm, you can't get everything.
　In fact, you should think that these magic items are more accessible in places like the royal capital.(No, now it's better to understand what Gaga means than how to get the slate... table?)

　Gaga's huge hand points to the table.
　But I don't understand Gaga any more.
　I was wondering if I'd like to eat more, but I don't think I'm looking for another bowl of food because there's still more food left in front of me.
　Then should we finish the meal quickly? Ray thought so, but from what Gaga did, he doesn't seem to be in a hurry.

"...what do you think?"
"Even if you say so, ... well, do you want more soup?"

　In Marina's words, Ray looks at Gaga's soup plate on the table, though it's huge.
　But there's still plenty of vegetable soup in the soup plate, and it doesn't seem like Gaga's insistence on drinking more.
　In addition, the same vegetable soup that Rei is drinking in Gaga's soup plate, but it is a special product that takes the time to unravel the meat of the grilled fish that was left over from yesterday's meal and bring it to an additional boil.
　This was Marina's discretion to discover that Gaga liked fish, if not so much.
　Ray was a little curious about the taste of the soup, but now he'd better guess what Gaga was thinking.

(You don't look angry, so when you think about it... are you happy that this soup tastes good?)

　In fact, Gaga doesn't look sullen, but rather cheerful.
　That being the case, Ray seemed to be pleased that the soup was delicious.

"Don't you like the soup?"

　Vichela says so, having come to the same conclusion as Ray.
　As far as Gaga's condition is concerned, others agree with her... so Ray points to the soup plate in front of her and raises his hands to express his surprise at the taste.
　...and I was a little skeptical that the expression "delicious" would be conveyed, but fortunately, Gaga nods satisfactorily when she sees Ray.
　Since it was a gesture communication, I didn't know if the communication was really successful.

"Do you think it makes sense?"

　Ray asked me just in case, but I don't know if I can really communicate with Gaga or not.

"Even if it's not Gaga, it's Ray who has known these lizard men for the longest time, including Zozo, so don't you know that?"
"Don't talk nonsense, don't talk nonsense."

　return it to Vihela's words
　If this is Zozo, or even without a slate, we may have found out.
　Unfortunately, however, it's not Zozo, it's Gaga who seems happy right now.
　Ray got along with me by playing a mock game, but I still can't make myself understood.

"Well, don't you understand what Vihela is saying, who has been fighting simulations with Gaga many times?"
"Even if you say so, when you're in the middle of a battle, you can understand what the other person is thinking."

　It's no good now.
　When told so clearly, Ray can't say anything more.

"For the time being, I'm not angry, but I'll ask Zozo when I go to the tower of Birth."

　Everyone -- except Gaga -- nods to Ray's words.
　Apparently, it doesn't seem like an urgent matter, so it's going to be delayed or shelved.
　Ray gestured and told Gaga that he would hear the story later... whether he understood it or if he had decided to nod, he said nothing more and went back to eating.