"... I see. Didn't you understand anything in the marina?"

　Oh, my gosh.
　Marina looks dumbfounded as she breathes out and tells her.

"Well, I live long because I'm a dark elf, but I'm not a researcher, am I? But I'm not going to... I'm going to look at a special individual who has the ability to spread it to another world, am I?"

　Marina says grumblingly, drinking cold fruit water.
　Some of the complaints, however, were not due to Dusker's attitude, but to the fact that the fruit water tasted less than it had in the Fruit House.
　It is not because the fruit water served in the lord's residence was light in taste, but because the fruit water in the fruit house used a large amount of fruit juice.

"Even if you say so, as I told Ray, there are no researchers available right now, so it can't be helped. No, you're right to say you're trustworthy and free."
"So it's me? ... I heard from Ray, but is it a little understandable? Do you want to talk about the white meadow puddle?"
"What are you talking about all of a sudden?"

　Marina's casual remark made Dusker exclaims in a flurry.
　Since Dusker doesn't usually scream, his manner attracts Ray's attention as he sits next to the marina watching their conversation.

"The white meadow puddle?"

　Ray said so, but for some reason Dusker twitched his cheek when he heard such a muttering.
　Is this something I shouldn't have asked?
　With that in mind, I looked next to her, but there was only Marina shaking her shoulders and holding back her laughter.

"Well, Marina,"
"... well, here. Forget about it for now. We'd better talk about that Whisp than that now."

　Marina, half-forcefully returning to the subject.
　That was understandable to Ray, but I could still predict that it would be better to do so than to behave like this.
　As a result, Ray doesn't mention any more of the white prairie puddles, and he undoes the topic.

"Okay, for the time being, the passage leading to Whisp's space has been blocked by the spirit of the marina, and I don't think we'll find it for a while. The woodcutters are also cutting trees from the outside for efficiency."

　Ray announces the first half to Marina and the second half to Dusker.
　Hearing the explanation, Dusker agrees with Ray, reassuring that the subject has veered away from his dark history.

"Well, then, I will tell the knights working with the workmen to stay away from the centre, though I don't think under the present circumstances anyone would like to go to such a place."
"That's true. It's possible that Lizardman, the Greens, or anyone else is metastasizing." ... Oh, but...
"What's the matter?"

　Suddenly, Dusker looks suspiciously at Ray, who appears to have noticed something.
　Ray, a little hesitant about whether to say this or not, thinks it's better to say it just in case.

"I think Mr. Dusker has been informed, but yesterday we protected the newly metastatic lizard man in the forest of Trent."
"Oh, I'm listening. Is that what?"
"I can't say for sure, but my experience up until now is that when Lizardman has metastasized, most of the greens have metastasized with him, so there is a possibility that the greens are still lost in the forest of Trent."

　Ray's explanation makes Dusker's gaze severe.
　It's a completely different face as a lord of Guillum than Marina used to tease him.

"A green man? If possible, I'd like to secure one here before any other forces come into contact."

　For Dusker, the Greens are far more valuable than the Lizard Man.
　The presence of greens may enable the cultivation of guillem, spices and other valuable plants.
　Although it is true that Lizardman is useful as a military force, there are many adventurers in the remote guillem alone in terms of military force.
　With such strength, what Dusker now wants was a greener than a lizard.
　...Green people are largely the same in appearance as human beings.
　At the very least, almost all of them would say green if they were asked whether the lizard or the green looked human.
　The difference is considerable.
　It hasn't been long since Lizardman got involved, especially, so many people are in a state of panic when they see Lizardman... let alone Gaga-like Lizardman's giant walking around.
　It's a little bit more... in a few months it's going to be accepted to some extent.
　However, there must have been quite a few people who couldn't accept the lizardman.
　If this was a small number, what would have happened yet, but unfortunately, the number of lizard men who have spread in this case is going to be huge.
　It's only natural that there's going to be a stir when it comes to having so many lizard men roaming around the guillem.
　Other than that, he is not as lovely as Seto.
　Lizardman's children, however, are very lovely.

"Well, I'll take a look around in my spare time to see if there are any greens."
"Please,"

　At Ray's words, Dusker muttered briefly and bowed.
　Normally, it is better not to act like a person in the position of a frontier official bowing so easily.
　But I know Dusker is also pushing Ray a lot.
　That's why I bowed like this.
　With his head up, Dusker asks questions with a difficult look.

"But I'm a little bit skeptical. On what basis does the underground whisp metastasize? Ray says he's consuming a lot of magic."
"Not me, but the master, to be exact, but I'm afraid I have no idea what the standard is. Why did you go out of your way to transfer the Lizardman again before the magic was restored?"
"The place where the lake existed is a different world than the one where the Gran Dragonian Empire was located, but after the lake was relocated, we moved the lizards again. Is that where the Whisp moved from one world to another where the Gran Dragonian Empire was located?"

　Marina's question is unfortunately unanswered by Ray.
　For Dusker, who had never seen Whisp in person in the first place, and who had just listened, there was no way he could answer.

"Is it a scholar that is necessary to investigate everything about it?"

　a fatiguing dasker
　For Dusker, this has made it more and more necessary to prepare scholars.
　If a scholar's research is successful, it is certain that it will be a tremendous... an indescribable profit.
　It is not uncommon for spices that cannot be grown in this country to have the same value as gold dust, but if we can monopolize things that do not exist in this world, let alone in this country, the profits are immeasurable.
　However, some profitable people naturally try to steal the profit.
　Fortunately, Dusker leads the neutral faction, one of the three major factions in the kingdom of Milliana.
　That is why there will be many who will come close to us, but there will be no one who will openly take away the interests of Dusker's guillem, but there are few, if not all of them.
　Nevertheless, the few are very powerful, so we must be on our guard.
　That's what the royalists will do, directly or indirectly, if they know what's going on around here.
　Whisp's ability had to be thoroughly investigated for a rainy day.
　with the condition that it be done by a reliable scholar

"Fortunately, when I and Ray approached, they didn't show any particular reaction, did they? Then it wouldn't be too dangerous to do research. ... But it's possible that we didn't move because we were above a certain level of ability.""Stop making bad predictions. When it becomes true, it's no joke."
"Oh, it's only natural to be on the alert beforehand, otherwise you don't know when and what will happen."

　Ray conjures up the word flag, but he keeps silent for the moment because it doesn't make sense in this world.
　In this case, Ray doesn't know if it will actually be flagged. I don't know... but I'll tell you.

"I don't know if what Marina says is true or not, but as long as there's a good chance of it, I think a bodyguard is necessary. Me, Marina, and the master. All three of them are quite strong."
"...I don't think it's fair to say that Ray and Marina are quite strong."

　In fact, Master... Dasker didn't know Grimm's strength, but I didn't think it would fit in with the expression that Ray and Marina's strength was pretty strong.
　If you're pretty strong in Ray or Marina, it's not appropriate to say that most adventurers in Gilm are pretty strong.

"Is that so? Anyway, I think you should have a bodyguard so that Mr. Dusker's trusted scholar will not get hurt. I don't know anything about him yet. In the worst case, he may try to get rid of him and move him into his own space, not into the forest of Trent."

　It was quite possible.
　Until now, researchers have not acted so boldly to investigate Whisp, but scholars can touch it directly.
　Then Whisp also feels dangerous and may not transfer ferocious monsters and animals from another world to protect himself.

"All right. It's very likely that Ray will do what he says, and besides that, it'll be necessary for a scholar to protect him."

　Unlike when I was worried about selecting a scholar, this time I nod easily.
　For Dusker's sake, his knights are full of trust.
　They're not as strong as Ray or Marina, but they're still as good as average Rank B to Rank C adventurer.
　That being the case, you don't have to hesitate like you did when choosing a scholar.

"Have you noticed anything else?"
"Well..."

　Ray, Marina, and Dusker continue to talk about Whisp for a while.
　Originally, today's Dusker should have been very busy.
　But even if we can manage those jobs, we need to talk about Whisp now.
　That much of Whisp's ability to metastasize from that other world.

"Maybe that Whisp... not only can it spread from one world to another, but it can also spread from one world to another."

　When Ray hears the words, he is careful not to express his surprise.
　For what Dusker said was that Ray might... really, but he thought it was possible.
　It's very unlikely.
　That seemed to be Ray's chance of winning the first prize in the lottery.
　In some cases, it may be even lower.
　Still, there was a good chance that I could possibly return to Japan.

"Well, I wonder if there's any possibility that I can do that ... but I think it's pretty difficult."
"Well, I don't really think it's going to work out that way, but you don't mind if you think so?"
"Well, hope is important."

　It seemed like I told Dusker, but I actually told him to tell me.
　Ray is already fully convinced that he will continue living in this world, but that doesn't mean he doesn't want to go back to Japan.
　However, if you look at Ray now, no one will know who he was originally.
　That's how Ray kept on talking to Dusker.