Leaving Grimm, who immediately decides to link one of his labs to the underground space, Ray goes back to the ground through the underpass.

"Gruly!"

　Seto welcomes such a ray with a happy cry.
　Ray opens his mouth, caressing Seto's approaching head.

"We found out the cause of the metastasis,"
"Slurururururururururururururururur

　a set of surprises such as, "Really
　For Seto, he had expected the metastasis to be where Grimm had found it, but it was only natural to be surprised to find it.
　Knowing from Seto's attitude what he wants to say, Ray caresses Seto on the head with a smile.

"Oh, it's true. ... but I'll report to you tomorrow."
"Glu?"

　Why? To Seto, who questions so much, Ray tells him that Grimm had said he would connect the space with the lab.
　I've heard that the work itself doesn't take that much time, but I'm just thinking about it in case.
　We also share Grimm's views on the whips that were causing them.

"That's why I'll go back to the place of my birth tower first, and tomorrow I'll go and report to Mr. Dusker."

　After Ray's words, Seto exclaims, "I understand!" one by one, they go back to the tower of their birth.
　In the meantime, Ray remembered the burning slime, but for the time being he thought it was far from Grimm's and decided to postpone the matter.





"Huh? Oh, Ray. It's pretty late to take a walk."

　An adventurer who notices Ray and Sett's return releases their arms and says so.
　It's only natural that we should be vigilant because we've come so close.
　Other adventurers, different from the ones we've been talking to, let go of their weapons.

"Oh, there's something wrong with you."
"... a little?"

　It was Ray's words to mislead something, but the adventurer he spoke to did not pursue any further.
　Ray bothers to muddle his words.
　If you ask about something muddy here, you may get into trouble if you don't do well.
　To prevent it from happening, it was certain that it would be better not to stick in any further.
　If this had just become an adventurer, he would have been tempted by curiosity to ask.

"Oh, wait a minute. I'll let Mr. Dusker know about it tomorrow. ... It's very likely that you'll be busy tomorrow, so be careful about that?"
"No,"

　an adventurer who gives a disgusting cry at Ray's words
　As a matter of course, work is better off than busy.

"And did that shiny jellyfish come out today?"
"No, it didn't come out. ... I would have liked to see it today, if possible. It's too bad."

　Oh, my gosh.
　With such a sigh the adventurer muttered, and the other adventurers agreed.
　The sight of actual glowing jellyfish flying in the sky is undoubtedly worth seeing.
　It could be a tourist resource in some cases.
　...however, I don't think there are so many people on the frontier who like to go out of Gillum.

"That jellyfish doesn't come out almost every night. Swimming in the water and dancing in the air while shining in your body will naturally drain your strength and magic."
"I suppose... well, if you know about that jellyfish, some of you think you'll catch it and keep it yourself?"

　Another nearby adventurer interrupts Ray and the adventurer's.
　In fact, the adventurer's concern is by no means wrong.
　Jellyfish that are completely unaggressive and yet present a fantastic sight at night.
　It's no surprise that someone would try to get a jellyfish for the sake of self-reve.
　However, given that it is a jellyfish from a different world, it is necessary to investigate what kind of ecology it has.
　Even so, there was a good chance of catching jellyfish without thoroughly investigating that they would not attack them, resulting in a jellyfish attack for some reason...
　Knowing it, Ray worries about jellyfish.
　It's no wonder some people are telling me to kill all the jellyfish when I'm attacked.

"But you don't even know if the jellyfish can live outside of this lake?"

　Since this lake has been transferred from another world, there is a good chance that jellyfish are alive by absorbing some nutrients or special magic that only exists in the water of this lake.
　That being the case, there's a good chance that you'll die when you get away from this lake... or you'll weaken.

"Hey, Ray. Can't you manage that?"
"No, if you say that to me, I'll be in trouble, to be honest. I may be notorious, but I'm just an adventurer after all. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

　When I tell them so, all the adventurers on guard look relieved.
　Waving to these adventurers, Ray headed for his bed, the Magic Tent.





"What!"

　In Dusker's room, a loud... loud voice echoes.
　Ray didn't wonder if someone was coming to hear the Dusker's voice, but fortunately, there's no sign of someone coming now.
　Since it's still early in the morning, are you busy with your work?
　Thinking so, Ray takes a sip of tea and tells Dasker to calm down.

"Suddenly, Mr. Dusker, if you raise your voice like that, someone might come here with strange anxiety?"
"Huh? ... I'm sorry, but you will understand that I want to shout as loud as I am now?"

　Ray understands Dusker's feelings.
　He said that he had found out the reason why he was causing the phenomenon of metastasis from another world, which he had never known.

"Well, I understand about Mr. Dusker's murderous busyness, but... this story may make him even more busy than he is now. Do you still want to hear?"
"Of course. I'd rather know a little about the situation now than the situation where I don't know anything. So why does the phenomenon of metastasis from another world occur?"
"Simply put, there's a nice space underground in the middle of the Trent forest, and there's monsters in it that have transferred the existence of lizards, greens, birth towers, lakes from other worlds."
"Wait. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait

　After hearing Ray's words, Dusker gathers some thoughts and re-talks.

"In the first place. Why did you think there was such a space underground in the forest of Trent?""Last night, I couldn't sleep, so I was taking a walk with Seto in the night sky, and the teacher came and told me that."
"Wait. Wait, wait, wait, wait."

　a dasker speaking exactly the same language as before
　My head hurts... No, I'm holding my head in my arms, and I'm going to open my mouth to Ray again.

"What happened to you? Did your master come to Gilmoo?"
"Yes. When I passed by this neighborhood, I stumbled across the space around here because I felt a little uncomfortable."

　Naturally, it's a cover story, but it couldn't be helped unless I could explain Grimm in detail.

"Oh... what's going on? Well, that's fine. Anyway, did you and your master investigate the cause of the metastasis from another world?"
"That's the case,"

　He said so, and when his master -- Grimm -- discovered that there was a cause of metastasis from another world underground, he magically created a passageway through which he went down... where he found Whisp.
　As I explained it, Dusker's face was as surprising as I could see... no, a look of amazement.
　No wonder. Dusker was originally a knight, he's also dungeon-like, and, above all, he knows a lot about monsters as a frontier lord.
　Even with such a dusker, I don't think Whisp has that ability.

"Does Whisp have that ability?"
"I don't think it's possible to have a normal whisper, but obviously the whisper in the basement is not normal because of its size. Is it a rare species or a superior species... or something like that."
"...I understand what you mean for now. So? You've knocked that whisper down, haven't you? So we can assume that there won't be any more metastases from another world?"

　Ray shakes his head against him, as if he was already convinced that Wisp had knocked him down.
　At Ray's appearance, Dusker didn't understand what it meant to shake Ray's head for a second.
　But I soon realized the meaning of the gesture...

"Wait. Why? Why didn't you knock it down when you were there? Did you spread it from another world? Then, I don't think it's strange to knock it down?"
"To be honest, I meant it at first, but my master has shown that if I defeat Whisp, it is quite likely that I will summon him from another world."
"What?"
"This Whisp is either the effect of the lake's transition or the weakening of it. ... For some reason, we had the Lizzardman again yesterday, but anyway, it seems that it's because it's so weak that it's going to be the last one that's going to be flammable."
"In other words, can't you kill the whisp?"

　Dusker looks confirmingly at Ray, who shakes his head in denial.

"Considering the ecology of Whisp, it's not clear whether the expression of killing is appropriate or not, but in that case, something incomparable to that lake... and in some cases, something bigger than the kingdom of Mileana could metastasize, so if that's all right now."
"What... what...?"

　As Ray was told by Grimm that if possible, he would not kill Whisp, so he exaggerates what he would do to spread.
　That being said, it's neither exaggerated nor entirely false.
　If what Grimm told us was true, that could be the case.
　For Dusker, what Ray explained was completely unexpected.
　All I have to do is look at Ray sitting in front of me, surprised and speechless.
　Still, he is the lord of Gilm, and within minutes he manages to recover himself.

"Is that true?"
"I think it's true because my teacher said so. At least I couldn't choose to defeat Whisp, ignoring his words, and that's why I'm reporting like this."

　Ray's words were probably convincing enough.
　Dusker puts a very troubled look on his face.
　If Ray's... no, Ray's teacher's story is true, there's no option but to defeat Whisp.
　But then it was impossible to defeat Whisp."

"In other words, maintain the status quo?"
"That's the case,"

　Dusker muttered bitterly, but Ray answered simply.
　It was definitely the best choice for Ray.
　However, I think Dusker doesn't have time to relax at this rate, so I'm going to cut one of my cards to make him feel better.

"But the teacher says that the whisp has no ego, so to speak, one system that connects the other world to this world... is close to a magic item. So if you can control the whisp well, you can connect the other world to this world freely."

　The remark was enough to stop Dusker from moving.
　Even in this situation, Gilm has benefited a lot from other worlds.
　a green man, a lizard man, a lake
　But what would happen if we could freely connect to another world and transfer what we like?

"Ray... will you let me see your master?"

　After a few minutes of reflection on Ray's words, Dusker asked.