"Cerberos? ... That's troublesome."

　Dusker's words echoed through the office.
　After selling Kerberos material in the guild, Ray had come to the lord's house.
　I think we will learn about Kerberos's appearance from a report from the knight, but I decided that it would be better to let him know as soon as possible.
　Other than that, I wanted to speak to Dusker from Ray's point of view... as an adventurer.
　Reports from knights are strictly from a knightly perspective.
　That wouldn't mean that his position as an adventurer would be ignored... but he still needed to keep his story straight from an adventurer's point of view.
　That would be especially important, given the need for adventurers to guard the woodcutters.

"Yes, I've talked to Guild about Kerberos, but I think it's difficult to match the number of adventurers who have the ability to compete against Rank B monsters in the guild today."
"I guess so. There is a lot of work in Gilm right now, and even a situation where there are not enough people."

　With spring coming, monsters are moving more actively.
　In addition to the extensions in the guillem, the killing of such monsters is also important.
　And, of course, there are many monsters around Gilmoo.
　Weakness comes from the goblin, strongness comes from Kerberos, and others like Cyclops and Oak King.
　When it comes to killing such monsters, you need a decent skill.
　As a skilled adventurer in Gilmoo, not an adventurer who came to Gilmoo after the extension work started, I can't afford to neglect that job.
　Monsters rarely approach highways based on their previous experience, but they were too rare to deny the possibility of monsters coming to highways in some cases.
　Given the circumstances, it is still difficult to send a skilled adventurer to guard the forest of Trent.
　However, it is also true that if we do not send a bodyguard around even though it is difficult, the woodcutters will be damaged and they will not be able to cut down trees.
　If that happens, the extension will not be stopped suddenly, but it will certainly be extended.
　When the construction period is extended, naturally, Dusker is not happy, and money that is not needed in the first place will come out one after another.
　With such a large scale construction, the amount of money consumed by the construction period increased by one day-to-day by day by day by day by day by day by day by day by day by day by day by day by day by day.
　As the lord of Gillum, Dusker may well want to avoid such a thing as much as possible.

"Why don't you invite more people?"
"We can do it or not, but in this case the question is where to put the newcomers to sleep."

　The remark reminds me of Ray's lack of lodging.
　It is not enough just to run a restaurant, but also to let people sleep in ordinary houses.
　If the number of people increases further here, it naturally becomes a question of where they sleep.
　Then suddenly I remember what happened to Ray in winter.

"What about the house used by the royalists in the winter? There were quite a few large houses there, and I think we could have them sleep there."
"...I don't want to let too many people in, for I haven't finished my investigation of that matter yet. I wonder, but if you think about the number of people you want, it's not enough to stay in the house, is it? We need more houses."
"If there is an empty house, can't you use it as an inn temporarily?"
"There's nothing I can't do, but there are owners of such empty houses, and we need to negotiate with them, unless they've been so blatantly guilty as that mansion."
"I don't know much about the procedures, so I'll leave it to you, but I'm sure you'll be busy from now on, and I think we should make room for the people who come to stay."

　At Ray's words, Dusker exhales deeply and deeply over a cup of tea.
　Dusker knows that.
　But even in this situation, I've been working almost all day.
　To increase the number of jobs in such a situation is nothing but suicide.
　As a Dusker, I was honest that I wanted to move on to my next job after I could finish my work even a little.
　However, as Ray says, you need more people to make room for work, and you need a place for those people to sleep... and it's a completely negative spiral and you change your mind.

"Well, I'm still leaving the work to my subordinates as much as possible. Can you try a little harder?"

　All Dusker said was to give her something wrapped in Kerberos' meat so that she could do her best.

"First of all, I wonder if Dusker will be satisfied with the meat of the Rank B monster. Eat this dish made of Kerberos meat and do your best. If Dusker is a cook, he will be able to cook well."

　Ray knows that chefs working in the lord's house are good because he has eaten here many times.
　Then they should have cooked the Kerberos meat to suit Dusker's taste.
　or, if possible, how to cook Kerberos' meat.
　Ray is the first to eat Kerberos meat, so he doesn't know what kind of food he'll go with.
　I think I'm going to eat it like grilled meat or skewers.
　Meat is suited to some dishes, but not others, depending on its nature.
　The taste of meat varies greatly depending on the meat that is suitable for stewing, grilling and frying, steaming, and many other cooking methods.
　Of course, it's just that it's suitable, not that you shouldn't cook anything other than the way it's cooked.
　The skill of a cook...a person who is good at preparation and how much meat is cooked can overcome the differences in meat properties.
　It was simply about which meat was suitable for which way of cooking for the general public, who were not professional cooks.

(Oh, but can Marina do something about that? She's no better than her professional cook.)

　Marina, who has lived for a long time, naturally developed her culinary skills.
　It's also Marina who cooks when Ray actually stays at Marina's.
　Given the circumstances, I think it would be better to leave some of Kerberos' meat in the Tower of Birth and have Marina cook something for me later.

"Oh, the meat of Rank B monsters? That'

　When it comes to Dusker, the lord of Guilm, he has the opportunity to eat any amount of high-quality meat.
　But when it comes to the meat of a high-ranking monster, the story is different.
　In the first place, you can't find a high-ranked monster.
　In that sense, Rey's Kerberos meat is rather unusual for Dusker.
　...and only to a certain extent because Dusker is lord of the frontier guillem.
　When Dusker receives the meat, he immediately calls his men to deliver it to the kitchen and tells them to use Kerberos meat for dinner tonight.
　Ray then left his office after a ten-minute chat with Dusker for a change of pace.
　I was walking down the hall... when I noticed a man walking from the other side.
　He must be one of the servants working at the lord's house.
　But Ray was only a little impressed when he saw the man because he could see that he had some strength, even though he was not in need of military force.k.a. servant.

(If you think that this is the lord's house, it is strange that some of the servants are skilled. The lord of Gillum is obviously envied and envied by others.)

　Gilm, the only frontier in the kingdom of Milliana.
　If you become the lord of the manor, you can get a large sum of money regularly.
　That's why they've been able to lead a neutral faction.
　Of course, just having money doesn't keep up with people. You have to be good in character.
　Anyway, Ray understands that it's not uncommon for assassins to be sent targeting Dusker, and it's not that direct, but rather, it's possible to send spies.
　If so, it is no wonder that there are not only those who are as strong as knights, but also those who are not as strong as knights.

(Was it "Oniwabanshu"? Like I saw it in a cartoon or something.)

　I was walking down the aisle thinking that the servant I had just mentioned was probably one of them, and now a knight walks in front of me.
　Judging from the hurry, there must have been something wrong.
　But Ray doesn't mean to help himself when he's not even asked.
　I wanted to be as close to the tower of my birth as possible now that the case of Whisp was revealed.
　She joins Seto, who was playing in the garden, and leaves the lord's residence.
　A man who seemed to be a merchant was eating at a knight who was guarding the gate.

"Why! It's good enough to say hello to the lord, isn't it? He told me to meet him properly!""Even so last year, Mr. Dusker has been so busy this year that he has basically refused to see the merchant. If the story of meeting a merchant spreads, I am sure that a great number of merchants will come?"

　Ray is convinced by what the knight says to the merchant.
　For merchants, meeting Dusker is a powerful weapon in dealing with other merchants.
　If such a person met Dusker, the information would naturally be known to other merchants and they would certainly want to see him.
　That's why knights can't let merchants meet with Dusker.

(Good luck)

　and with this in mind Ray took a glance at the knight and tried to pass by the merchant...

"Why, then, did he come out of the lord's house?"

　When he stopped arguing with the knight -- only the merchant said it unilaterally -- he grabbed Ray's dragon robe and said so.
　For the merchant, he could not have met Dusker, but Ray could not have forgiven him for coming out of the lord's house with Sett.

(I think you know who I am because there's Seto.)

　No one who lives in Guilm doesn't know that Ray has Sett with him... but the vast majority still know.
　And there are many people who know rightly that Ray is Dasker's sword.
　Ray doesn't really think he's that way, but it's true that he likes Dusker.
　At least I'd like to help Dusker if he's in trouble.
　At any rate, Ray looks a little dumbfounded at the merchant's man, who doesn't seem to know him at all.
　For merchants, information is life.
　That being the case, it's fatal that you don't know Ray when you come to Gilmoo.
　Moreover, Ray's nickname, crimson, has now spread throughout the kingdom of Milliana... not to mention to the Empire of Bestia and the surrounding states of each country.

"Do you know whose robe you are holding?"

　a knight with a dumbfounded stare at a merchant
　For a knight, Ray is now more of a guest of Dusker than he knows.
　If you want to do anything to Ray, you must stop him as a knight.
　Leaving the merchant away from Ray... a sudden and powerful shock.
　With a few seconds of light floating, the chill of the ground feels on my cheek.
　Nevertheless, he turned to the one who had been blown away by his movements as a trained knight, and saw... Ray holding the arms of a merchant with a dagger.