"Is this the lake of another world?"
"It's amazing, Doctor. I can't believe there's a different world that was supposed to exist only in theory."

　Looking at the lake, a man in his late twenties and a woman in his mid-teens are chatting.
　A short distance away, another group of scholars were exploring the lake as their interests went.
　Some are watching slime still burning.
　When a stranger comes, a knight who is in charge of stopping it, or a scholar whose opponent is sent at the request of Dusker, cannot stop it.

"But... are you sure you're all right? There might still be that amenbo in the lake, and there might be another monster."

　Ray's view of the water-blowing animal is not yet known.
　That being the case, there was no doubt that it would be dangerous to do whatever you wanted to do whatever you wanted.
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"Hey, adventurer there. I heard you ate fish caught in this lake. Is there anything wrong with you? How's the taste? How was the texture of your body?"

　There were some scholars who asked adventurers who ate fish caught in the lake, but when Ray saw it, he was glad he didn't eat fish.
　I don't think you need to worry about it because everyone who ate the fish said it was delicious and no one looked particularly sick a little while after eating it.

"It's easy for a scholar who doesn't get into the lake like that to take care of his charms."

　Near the scholars who are going into the lake and looking around, adventurers are waiting to be ready to deal with something as soon as possible.
　Not only adventurers, but some of the lizardmen, on the orders of Zozo and Gaga, were on the guard of such scholars.
　...though some scholars were more interested in the friendly Lizardman than the lake.

"Oh! Look at this! This is a new species I've never seen before!"

　One of the scholars screams, holding the shellfish in his hands.
　Yes, as you can see with both hands, the shellfish was quite huge.
　It's a shell of that size that can only be held in both hands.
　It's a snail resembling a tanishi in shape, though its size was not quite normal.
　For Ray, a shell called Tanishi is very familiar.
　When I was in Japan, I've seen it live in a river running near my house.
　Nevertheless, I have never seen such a big Tanishi.
　Speaking of Tanishi that Ray knows, it's about the size of a fingertip.

"Hey, old man. Such a huge shellfish is dangerous..."

　An adventurer guarding the scholar tells a scholar with a huge shell... the next moment the adventurer blows it off with a spear butt in his hand.

"What!"

　The scholar glares at the adventurer who did it after his shell was blown away.
　But the glaring adventurer shows a shell blown off with a spear in his hand.

"Look. If I had beaten you a little later, what would have happened to your hand... you know?"

　When the scholar said so, he turned his eyes to the blown‐off shell... a sharp needle was sticking out of the shell.
　The length of the needle itself is about 10 cm.
　If the scholar had kept the shellfish in his hand, as I mentioned earlier, there was no doubt that a needle extending from the shellfish would have penetrated the palm.

"This is..."

　a scholar who gazes at a shell with a needle stretched out.

"You know what I mean, don't you?"
"It's wonderful. Is this how this shellfish catches its prey? If so, it should be considered a carnivore."

　Let's see...
　Even though he was on the verge of being injured, the scholar looks at the shellfish with an interesting eye, with no apparent concern about it.
　From a scholar's point of view, unknown beings must be so interesting.
　It's as if you don't care about giving your own flesh and blood to satisfy your intellectual curiosity.
　Not only Ray, who was watching it, but others were subtly drawn to such a scholar.

"Is this fish... not raw anymore?"

　One of the scholars asks the adventurer who ate the grilled fish, without showing any concern for the scholar's appearance with the giant shell.
　The adventurer, who had been doggedly asked what the fish tasted like, opens his mouth, slightly fed up with what he said.

"It's quite easy to catch, so if you want to catch it, you can catch it right away."

　As he says so, the adventurer's face has a slightly unpleasant expression on it.
　I would have gone into the lake and caught fish without any particular concern.
　But the truth is that if you look at the huge shells that the scholars had earlier, you don't want to go into the lake if possible, as long as it is certain that the same shells live in the lake.
　But scholars speak as if they don't care about the adventurer's appearance.

"Then go and catch a fish. If possible, keep it alive. I'd like to compare it with the fish of this world."

　This world? The adventurer shakes his head.
　Scholars have been informed by Dusker of the possibility that the lake has metastasized from a different world, which is why they were very interested in this study.
　But the adventurer was not informed of it, so he probably didn't understand the meaning of the word.
　For adventurers today, however, the problem was that they had to go into the lake and catch fish rather than the world.

(I wish I had a fishing rod or something like that.

　Some people would own fishing rods in port towns or places with large rivers nearby.
　There is also a river near Gillum, but it is quite a small river, and moreover, it is a remote area, so there are many monsters and not many people fishing.
　If you look for it, there may be some people in the guillem who like such things, but unfortunately there is no way you can do it in this situation.
　I can't ask you to wait here to catch a fish because I'm going to Gilmoo now to find someone who has a fishing rod, and I'm sure the scholar will reject it.
　That's why...

"Shells usually don't move. Then if you see them somewhere in the lake, you'll find something to do with them. ... Please, don't be there."

　Encouragingly and comfortingly, adventurers go into the lake to catch fish.
　What you have in your hand is a long sword.
　Normally a spear is better than a long sword to catch fish, but unfortunately a man didn't have a spear.
　...as for Ray, I should have been able to borrow the harpoon I had obtained before.
　At any rate, the adventurer goes into the lake... wielding a long sword.
　Fish do not draw their long swords out of their sheaths, as long as they wish to remain alive.
　and he was even clever enough not to kill the fish by crushing it with a sheath.
　Rather than beating them, fish that are thrown out of the lake with scabbards fall straight to the water's surface and raging vigorously.
　It showed the fish's liveliness.

"Oh, that's great. I'm sorry, but I'd like some more."

　Adventurers repeatedly wavered at the scholar's remark, wondering if they thought it would be too much for themselves.
　To be able to catch fish so easily is, after all, a good adventurer.
　two, three, four, five
　Subsequently thrown to the ground by an adventurer, all of the fish are still naturally alive and bouncing vigorously on the ground.
　a scholar who delights in catching such fish

(Even if you catch them alive, they don't have a tank or bucket, so isn't it impossible to take them to Gilm alive, let alone to leave right now, other scholars would still like to stay here.)That's what Ray thinks when he sees a scholar happy to catch fish.
　In Ray's eyes, there were many other scholars wielding adventurers.
　Others say they walk around the lake, pick up stones on the ground, write and collect them.

(Are you investigating the ore? ...I don't know if there are any ores in the lake.)

　To be precise, there will be a variety of ores in terms of ore.
　But if you say it's enough ore to sell, it's usually a no.
　However, since this lake has been transferred from a different world, it is not strange that there may be minerals that do not exist in this world.

"Glu?"

　Seth asks Ray, looking around him, "What's the matter?"
　For Seto, I don't know why he's just looking around in silence.
　...and Ray isn't actually imitating it for any particular reason.

"No, it's nothing. I was just looking around. There were more scholars than I expected."

　It was Ray who wanted Dusker to send him a scholar.
　Nevertheless, I never expected such a large number of scholars to be sent to me.
　I'm glad of Dusker's quick action, but when I look at the scholars like this... it's no use feeling subtle.
　Scholars studying the lake remind me of some alchemists.
　These alchemists would bring the trees that had been cut down in the forest of Trent, and they would gather for them, and they would ask Ray to hand over the materials of the giant, eye-catching monster he had fallen in the winter.

(I still feel quite quiet compared to the alchemists.)

　At least they don't ask me to give them any material.
　In fact, it might just be hard to tell how much material is in Ray's mystery ring.

"Ray, can you give me a second?"

　Among these scholars, a woman in her late twenties speaks to me like that.
　He was examining the water in the lake.

"Oh, I don't care. So what's the matter? Do you know what?"
"Yes, but there's still a long way to go in terms of a full-scale investigation... ...but for now, there's no problem with people drinking the water in this lake."
"Yes,"

　Raw water is generally dangerous.
　But Ray was right to be surprised because he said he had no problem drinking the water in this lake.

"Is that for sure?"
"Yes,"

　When asked again by Ray, the woman asserts so.
　He must be so confident, but he still wondered if he could really look everything up in this short time.
　However, he nods that much.

"Okay. When we use it, we boil it once before we use it, but is that OK?"
"Well, I'm confident in my analysis, but I think it's better to do it just in case."

　It was surprising for Ray to say something that would allow his analysis to be completely discredited.
　That kind of feeling must have come into her expression. She asks with wonder.

"What's the matter?"
"...no. You said you didn't trust my test results completely, but I never thought you would say anything positive about it."
"I've done the research, but it's only within my knowledge, because I understand that it's relatively simple and not a deadly poison, but I don't know more about it until I do a more detailed investigation, so if you're going to use it as drinking water, you'd better boil it once. ... But if you're really going to be careful about it, I don't think you'd have to bother using lake water."

　The remark was correct.
　When you actually bring food in a carriage, the water in the cask is also brought in.
　If you have it, you won't have to run out of drinking water.

"But I think it's a waste to have so much water in front of you. If this water can be used as drinking water, it can be used for other things."

　Normally, Ray has a running dagger if it's drinking water.
　Water produced by Ray's magic has a taste that can be called heavenly sweet dew.
　However, if you know the taste of the water, you won't be able to drink any other water... it's not like that, but it still feels bland for a while.
　With that in mind, there was no doubt that you should drink normal water.
　Ray would have a brief conversation with a woman about water.