Ray was guarding the tower of his birth, but there was nothing particular to be done.
　There are no mercenaries attacking us like yesterday, no woodcutters shaking their axes to cut down trees, no monsters or animals attacking us.
　I'm not surprised to think that there really was a big fight here yesterday, but... in fact, there was nothing to be done now.
　Of course, we're ready to deal with anything wrong, but there's still not much work to be done, and Ray had plenty of free time to say.
　Ray is not the only one who has too much time on his hands, but so are other adventurers.
　In the midst of this, the knight is the only one who has been told something by Dusker, checking the surroundings, and teaching the lizards.
　Many of the lizardmen were taking classes from knights, perhaps intelligent in their own way or talented in language.
　...some of them seem to be playing mock games with their peers, saying they don't want to study.
　What was surprising to Ray was that he saw Gaga in his studies.
　Given Gaga's personality, it's no wonder she's calling for a mock battle with Ray.
　But for some reason, Gaga was studying languages like this.

"Gaga is one of the five strongest in the Gran Dragonian Empire, but she's not stupid, is she?"
'Well, I don't mean that he likes to study that much, but he's definitely quite smart. I heard that he was lamenting why he concentrated on military power even though he was so smart.'
"Did you get that much strength because of that?"
"When Mr. Ray says so, I don't understand it a little honestly."

　Zozo looks indescribably subtle next to Ray.
　In terms of pure basic physical strength, Lizardman is clearly superior to man.
　There is also a part called a tail that is not present in humans, and it can be used as a third hand or foot.
　He was, so to speak, a more powerful lizard than man, but Zozo could not win a mock battle with Ray.
　On the contrary, even Gaga, stronger than Zozo, cannot beat Ray.
　It makes me feel delicate to be told that Ray has acquired strength.
　...although in reality, Ray's body is a product of the art of Zepyle and his associates, and cannot be called a very pure person.
　However, apart from Ray, Zozo has never beaten anyone other than Bune in a mock battle, and Gaga is also fighting almost evenly with Vihela.
　No one is using anything in the background, so if you ask me if I'm really good at it, I'm not sure.

"Is that so? Well, still..."
"Ugh!"

　Just as Ray tries to say something, an adventurer who is suddenly on guard a little further away screams in surprise.
　Those who hear the voices, regardless of adventurers, knights, or lizardmen, prepare for battle, thinking that an assailant had appeared... suddenly, Seto, who had killed the corpse of a deer.
　Sett's back is a child of a lizardman with a proud look on his face.
　Deer, in a word, is clearly not an ordinary deer.
　At least, as Ray knows, a deer is the size of a set... not about three meters long, not a meter long, not a horn.
　Combining the horns and the length of the body, the size exceeds set.
　Seeing a deer that doesn't even know how much it weighs, Ray is at a loss as to how to react.
　Should I praise Sett for catching such a deer, or should I be angry for fighting such a deer with a lizard child?
　Ray hesitates for a few seconds, but Gaga happily calls out to Seto before he can act.
　Naturally, however, the words are incomprehensible to Seto and Ray.

"Zozo, will you ask the children where and how they fought against such a huge deer?"
'All right,'

　At Ray's words, Zozo speaks to the children.
　Watching it, Ray looks again at the huge deer that Sett has put on the ground.
　Seto can even grab the body of a bear bigger than himself and fly with his forefeet.
　With that in mind, it is not surprising to be able to carry a deer as large as you.

(But the average deer get this big? Monster? No, I don't know. And if it's a monster, it's a new species? Or a normal animal? ... But, regardless of body size, with such a big horn, I could walk around the forest of Trent.)

　As a matter of course, it is difficult to move from one tree to another at an angle of about a meter.
　Even if it's as big as a set, it's possible to move between trees by moving flexibly in a place made of muscle.
　But you can't do that at the corner.

(Maybe Seto attacked me when I couldn't move my corner because it was in my way? ... You didn't break a tree at that corner, did you?)

　We didn't have to worry about the area, as we didn't actually hear the trees falling down.

"Ray, what are you going to do with this deer?"

　One of the adventurers casts an expectant glance.
　That's probably what they think when they see a giant deer's body, they might be able to eat a full stomach of fresh deer meat.
　In the case of ordinary animals rather than monsters, eating them after a certain amount of time actually makes the meat taste better than just killing them, but if you actually see a dead deer in front of you, you probably can't stand it.

"For the time being, shall we bleed? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ."

　The smell of blood may attract monsters and wildlife.
　Then Ray puts the body of a giant deer in a mistling, hoping to drain it a little further away from here.
　The sooner the blood is drained, the better.
　If you put it in a mistling, time won't go by during that time.
　Then you'll have some time to bleed.
　...the time it took for Setto to knock this deer down and bring it all the way here is already hopeless.

"And what about the children?"

　After storing it in a mistling, Ray asks, noting that Zozo had come up to his side.
　Lizardman's children were talking excitedly, and Ray was watching.
　That's why I found it difficult to find out exactly what was going on, but when I saw him coming to my side, I could imagine that he had probably accomplished the difficulty.

'Yes, apparently, when I was walking in the woods on Sett's back, I suddenly came at Sett with a horn in the direction of progress, and I broke his neck with a blow of the forefoot.'
"Oh... Come to think of it, I didn't have any traumatic injuries, but my neck was broken. I'm glad to hear that Sett learned how to handle it."

　Seto is originally a Gryphon for Rank A monsters and has a very strong power.
　As a human being, Arra has the power to think that she is over the limit, but if Sett is serious, she can be treated as a child by force.
　On top of that, Sett's forefeet was a powerful magic bracelet, which would have stuck to the surrounding trees in a fog of blood, flesh and bones, rather than broken bones the moment he hit the deer on the head.
　It's safe to say that you're quite comfortable with Seto's attack, as he's just broken his neck.

"But if you were a deer, you understand the absolute difference between Seto and yourself, but why did you try to attack him.

　Lizardman's children testify that although Ray had always wondered if Seto had found the deer and killed it as a souvenir, it actually came from the deer.
　There's no way Zozo will lie to Ray in this situation.
　There is no doubt that the deer attacked Seto.

"I wonder if he went into his territory?"

　I acknowledge Zozo's remark.
　Raised in the countryside of the northeast, right next to the mountains, Ray naturally plays in the mountains and has seen deer at times like that.
　Ray's image was that deer had no territory, but he was surprised to hear from his father's friend who was a hunter that deer also had territory.
　The deer may have angrily thrust themselves into the turf to get rid of them.
　At the same time, Ray wondered if the deer would be so fierce.
　However, the deer Ray knows are not deer in this world, but deer in Japan, and in the mountains in the Tohoku region.
　The deer overthrown by Seto could be a deer that evolved uniquely in this world.
　What's more, this is a remote area. A deer born and raised in such a place cannot be an ordinary deer.
　Even if you're a glyphon, you'll need the courage to stand up against it.

"Maybe, but if such a great man is coming into the woods of Trent, I'd like to hear some information. ... Is it because of one of the towers of his birth?""I don't know, but if things go on like this, isn't it dangerous for the woodcutters that Mr. Ray is guarding? Fortunately, they're not here to cut down the trees today."
"A woodcutter, I see. If there are any other deer like that, it might be dangerous."

　Ray doesn't know exactly how strong the deer killed by Seto were because they didn't actually fight.
　But, given the size and sharpness of the horns, it seemed impossible for a woodcutter to cope with, even though he was an adventurer.

"Ray, let's explain that to the guild. Let's get rid of the deer's blood sooner than later. You can hardly eat that delicious looking deer's meat. Oh, leave it to me. It looks like this, and I helped my father, who used to be a hunter when he was little."
"All right,"

　a simple nodding ray
　I've gotten used to dismantling monsters, but I'm not really good at it.
　What's more, deer are animals, not monsters.
　... I'm fairly confident in the dismantling of chickens, but I don't think I'll be able to do we?
　In that case, you should leave it to someone who is confident about dismantling it from the beginning.
　That is why I readily nodded to the adventurer's words.

"Then shall we drain the blood first? ... How far do you think we should go?"
"Well, I suppose, given the size of the deer, I think it will produce a fair amount of blood, so I think we should move some distance from the Tower of Birth."
"All right. Then, Zozo. I'll be leaving here for a while, so please take care of me. ... If a mercenary attacks, there's no problem with Gaga."

　Gaga looks at Ray, wondering if she hears his name called.
　But Ray showed it was nothing and went into the forest of Trent with the deer-breeding adventurer.





"Wow, this is amazing."

　When Ray comes back after disassembling the deer, he pulls a piece of meat from the mistling, everyone is surprised to see it.
　Back roast, thighs, spare ribs, heart, liver, and a little unusual tongue.
　I liked beef tongue when I was in Japan, and I often had pork tongue at the supermarket.
　But I've never had a deer tongue in such a ray.
　According to the dismantled adventurer, I brought it here because it was so delicious that I should not eat it."

(What do you think? Well, if it doesn't taste good, he'll eat it, so there's no problem.)

　It has already been a little past noon, partly due to the time it took to disperse the deer.
　Still, everyone was waiting for Ray and his adventurer to bring deer meat, not for Ray.
　Not to mention a bonfire, they even built a simple kamado, on which an iron plate was placed, and they were eager to grill meat.
　Is it not tasteful to cook meat here, even though we have dismantled the smell of blood away from it?
　Even so, Ray lost to the charm of yakiniku...

"Well!"

　Such exclamations echoed around him.