Elena was watching the knight look bored, but it was Vichela who first broke the silence.

"So, Ray. What does that flame burn after all? I'm concerned about the lake being formed before I know it, but I'm more concerned about that."

　The reason I look toward the lake as I say so is probably because I understand that the existence out of the lake attacked Ray.
　I saw a huge flame, and when I came there was a huge lake.
　With that in mind, it is needless to think where the existence that is now being burned has come from.

"To put it simply, there was a huge slime at the bottom of the lake, which was like a mountain or a hill."
"Slime,"

　When I hear it slime, I look a little disappointed.
　For Vihela, slime is probably not a very fighting and enjoyable opponent.
　To defeat slime without magic, you need to destroy the core of the slime.
　But if it's an ordinary slime, it's as big as Ray fought, and it's hard to destroy the magical stones.
　Moreover, slime magic stones can be translucent and move freely throughout the body, making it difficult to find.
　When Ray was actually fighting the slime in front of him, he didn't know where the magical stones were.
　That's why I thought maybe this slime from another world has no magic stones.

"Oh, he was quite a nuisance. ... No, I should describe him. He's not dead yet."
"...not dead?"

　Looking at the slime that was still burning, Marina looked at the flames... or, no, the rest of the newcomers, dumbfounded.
　I don't feel the heat, but it's easy to understand how powerful the flame is just by looking at it.
　That's why I couldn't understand that the flames burned me down and I wasn't dead yet.

"The continuing burning of that flame is proof that the slime that is still burning is alive. . . The good news is that nothing can be done while the slime is burning."
"I don't have any pain in slime, and I think I can act while being burned."
"I can only say that it's my magic,"
"Well, it's Ray."

　Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
　However, even against a bad opponent, he is definitely a strong opponent, and if Slime was still here, Vichela would probably have taken on the fight.

(I'm a little uneasy about asking Marina about this.)

　Vihela will undoubtedly be glad to fight if she is still found to have slime at the bottom of the lake.
　He didn't seem to care at all about the fact that he was a bad opponent... no, there was a scene in Ray's mind where he was going to fight slime in order to overcome his bad opponent.
　...that doesn't mean he has to make sure the lake is dangerous, and Ray calls out to Marina, who was listening with great interest.

`I'd like to ask Marina for a favor, `for slime, and so on.'
"If you want me to do something about that burned slime, you can't do it. I'm not compatible with the Spirit of Fire."
"No, that's not it. Actually, I want you to examine the lake with Marina's Spiritual Magic. This lake is sure to be of great benefit to Gilm, but if there are other monsters like slime in the lake, you can't fish carelessly."

　Marina nods convincingly at Ray's words.
　Elena, who was watching the lake nearby, nodded when she heard that it was no mistake to ask Marina, who was compatible with the spirits of water, if she wanted to study the lake.

"Fishing, you know. That gives me a bit of motivation. Raw fish is hard to come by in guillem."We don't have to worry about it at all thanks to Ray."

　After Ray began to eat at Marina's house, many raw fish were served in the mistling.
　But it was possible because Ray kept fish caught in the sea and rivers in a mistling.
　Other than that, Seto would have been able to go out to sea comfortably to the sea.
　Such a thing can only be done because it's Ray, and usually you can't eat guillem and fresh fish.
　But this lake is a different story.

(It's probably a lake that has spread from another world, so I don't know if they can eat the fish. ... No, they've eaten the fish in this world. Are you OK? But it's hard to judge that this lake doesn't necessarily spread from their world.)

　Ray also looks at the lake.
　I just hope there's no other kind of slime that's still burning.

"Can I ask you?"
"Yes, leave it to me. I don't think it's just a matter of asking the spirits of the water in this lake, but a matter of asking them. Then, can I do it right away?"

　nodding to Ray's words, Marina spoke to the Spirit of Water...

"Oh?"

　Suddenly stop the movement.
　Marina, who has the absolute trust in spiritual magic, Ray... and the others around her looked at her mysterious eyes.

"What's the matter?"
"...the spirits of the water in this lake seem a bit difficult to please. I'll explain that later."

　Difficult?, Ray wonders.
　for I thought that a marina compatible with the spirits of water would soon be able to explore the lake.
　However, given the significance of his gaze, it was highly likely that it was in some way difficult to please.

(Spirits...spirits? Oh, maybe because the lake came from a different world, spirits are different in character or compatibility? It was possible that there were no spirits in the first place.)

　Though not yet confirmed, Ray watches over Marina, thinking perhaps she's right.
　Everyone watched the marina... and a few minutes later, a water polo of about a meter in diameter emerged from the lake and came to the front of the marina.
　Water polo moving through the air is an amazing sight if you're not familiar with it, but it's not so unusual if you're with a marina.
　Then the spirit returns to the lake.

`Whoa,'

　Marina, breathing out, smiles... and opens her mouth, looking at Ray with a strong, feminine smile as usual.

"I asked the Spirit of Water for a moment, and found out that Ray had knocked down the huge slime... Is he knocking it down? It seems to be just one."
"Did you gather the information just now?"
"Yes. That water spirit originally lived in this lake. You seem to know most of the situation in the lake. ... The problem is that it's hard to communicate."

　The last little murmur makes Ray understand why he was having trouble at first.

(I don't know exactly how they communicate with spirits, but as Lizardman said, so do spirits communicate? No, but it seems like they communicated right away.)

　At any rate, Marina's words were enough to reassure Ray.

"By the way, are there any other dangerous monsters besides that slime?"
"Well... that's what I said before, but it's hard to communicate."

　Marina tells me she's in trouble, but she won't go into any further details.
　Did you decide not to mention it here, or did you think it would be impossible to understand even if you simply talked about spirit magic?
　Ray didn't understand the reason for that, but anyway he goes back to talking about the lake."The lake may not be completely safe... but it's still helpful to know that there's no such substandard existence as that slime. The next question is... whether we can eat fish caught in this lake."

　If this lake came from a different world, the fish would naturally be unknown.
　Ray hopes that at least a lake from the world where the Grand Dragonian Empire once existed... will not be half-hearted.
　If the lake had metastasized from a certain world of the Gran Dragonian Empire, it is likely that the zozos knew about the fish in the lake.
　But if the lake is not Ray's world, nor is it the Zozo's world, but rather a third world, then we need to find out which fish we can eat first.
　That's because some fish may not have poisonous fish like pufferfish.
　If there is a fish as delicious as a puffer fish, it could be eaten first, and the poison could spread.
　...though Ray has never eaten pufferfish.

"You'll have to look into it, sir. You can't ask the Spirit. ... You can'

　Vichela asks Marina just in case, but she shakes her head as a matter of course.

"Well, then, we'll have to start with catching fish and all right?I wonder how many kinds of fish there are in this lake."
"Oh... Yeah. That sounds like a lot of trouble to look into."

　Rey agrees with Vihela's words.
　The lake that stretches out in front of us is quite vast.
　The mere thought of how many kinds of fish there are makes it troublesome.
　Not only fish, but shellfish and crabs, but also animals with hair that are not wet at all when they fly over the sea on a set.
　When it comes to examining all of them, there is no doubt that there is considerable hardship.
　Ray recalls a TV special that he saw on Amazon every day about new species of life being discovered.
　Of course, this lake is not as large as Amazon, but if it were to be transferred from another world, it would inevitably be full of new species at first.
　Still, unlike the Earth, Japan... No, you don't have to register when you find a new species, and on the contrary, it seems to be the world where finding a new species of monster, fish, plants, insects, shellfish, etc., doesn't make such a fuss... no, it seems to be a frontier.
　In the first place, because there are so many unknown monsters and animals, they are sometimes called frontiers, and new species of life are not so rare.

"Let's get on with it. Scholars and... alchemists would be excited if they could use it as a material. And I wonder if the fact that there are many unknown creatures in the area of pharmacists would be excited. There's no denying that plants that grow by lakes might have some medicinal effect."
"They'll come to this lake with great pleasure, for the time being, according to the Spirit of Water, there's no danger."
"Well, I can't deny that there are other monsters that are as powerful as the slime that is burning."

　It's not as bad as slime that attacks the rays and is still burning, but there may be some kind of person who attacks them.
　What's more, if it's such a large lake, there may be no fish-shaped monsters. ... No, you'd better be sure there are.

(When it comes to a lake that has spread from another world, it's not a fish or a monster, but a third entity.)

　At the very least, I wish it were clear whether this lake really came from a third world, simply from the Zozo world, but the Zozo didn't know it, or from a country other than the Grand Dragonian Empire.
　Thinking so, Ray looks at the slime that is still burning.
　It's been a long time since the fire started, but the slime doesn't seem to burn at all.
　To be honest, the incessant state of the fire was enough to question how long it would last, even from the perspective of magic ray's perspective.
　Ray had a slightly unpleasant look on his face today, wondering if it would continue to burn for a few days, ten days, tens of days... or even longer cases.