The day after talking to Grimm... Ray, of course, had come with Anastasia to the underground space in the middle of the forest of Trent.
　Normally, Ray has only sent Anastasia so far, and he can leave.
　Good, but I was coming to the basement with Anastasia for a conversation with Grimm last night, worrying that I might find traces of Grimm in the basement.

"You don't have to act with me, Ray? You're busy with a lot of things, right?"

　Ray shakes his head, though Anastasia questions so much.

"This whisper is quite interesting. It's a different world. ... It's impossible not to be interested in this, isn't it?"
"That's... that's right,"

　Ray's words were convincing enough to convince Anastasia.
　What Ray actually said was not a lie.
　Wisp's ability to transition from another world is of great interest to Ray.
　Another reason for his interest was that Whisp was a monster but never attacked.

"Right? At the moment, it's probably only linked to two worlds, but I don't know at all what's going to happen in the future. ... I think it's going to be a lot of fun if I could get a good idea of that."

　Perhaps it was an agreement with Anastasia, he nods with his eyes turned to Whisp.
　For Anastasia, Ray's words give her a friendly smile and keep her eyes open.

"Well, I'm very interested in the existence of a different world."
"It will certainly be a big profit for Gillum if she is able to move this whisper as she wishes."
"...I wish they would describe it not only as guillem, but also as a whole country and as a whole tribe."

　Anastasia tells Ray that she was looking at him for a moment.m.
　For Anastasia, we know that this Whisp study is beneficial to Dusker, but it was also unconvincing to use it with guillem alone.
　But for Ray, it's not very interesting to have someone else use this whisper... other than Gilm.
　It's only natural. It's understandable that given the ability of this whisper, it's going to be a real hassle.
　On the contrary, there was even the possibility of a major battle over ownership of the Whisp.

"If you know the usefulness of this capability, many people will want to have it. Of course, Mr. Dusker will not give it away, and so will I. Then, in some cases, it will be a civil war."
"That's..."

　The reason Anastasia cannot deny Ray's words is probably because she knew them.
　I lived a long time as an elf, and I've spent so much time with people.
　I know some aristocrats think that it doesn't matter what happens to others for their own benefit.
　It's also true that Anastasia herself had a reason to come to Gilm that it was troublesome to deal with such a person.
　Although she doesn't know about the situation in Anastasia, Ray makes a vague prediction and opens his mouth.

"I think I have a clue. I mean, that's why I don't really want to make the matter public. ... Of course, that's just my opinion, and it's not possible that Mr. Dusker will make it public."

　Nevertheless, Ray thinks it's probably impossible.
　Dusker is well aware of his current situation as lord of Gillum.
　It was clear what would happen if we talked about this whisper in these circumstances, given that he was already teased by the royalists.

(It would be much easier for us if Mr. Taylor had taken a nap. ... I don't know if he's cooperative with me in the first place. If Mr. Taylor of the opposing power of Mr. Dusker had taken a nap, it would be a big deal.)

　In Gilm, there are now quite a few people who want to be a tamer.
　Some of them tamed some kind of monster.
　Needless to say, this is due to Ray and Sett's influence.
　A person who was struck by Seto's loveliness, and who wanted to make a lovely monstrous tame forte himself.
　Or, some thought, taming a high-ranked monster like Seto would definitely help them operate as adventurers.
　That's why Gillum deserves to be a real Tamer or a Tamer.
　There is no denying that some of those people could have a taste for whips.
　...though it's only a possibility.

"Anyway, wouldn't it be better to study Whisp now than to think about the future?"
"...yes,"

　While slightly disappointed by Ray's words, Anastasia continues her research on Whisp.
　Ray has been watching Anastasia and Whisp for about five minutes, but when he finds out that Anastasia has begun to devote herself entirely to Whisp's research, he turns his eyes to the people around him.
　During last night's discussion, Grimm was supposed to make it impossible to recognize what he had put on the ground with a magic item made by drying the fruit of a now-defunct plant called Dasulnica.
　I looked around again, thinking that the effect was...

"Oh,"

　Ray exclaims involuntarily.
　The reason is that Ray's eyes are on us now.
　It was because the space there seemed distorted.

(Hey, Grimm. What's going on?)

　There are one, two, three, four distortions of space on the ground.
　At least there were four that could be seen from where Ray was now.

"What's wrong with you? I'd like you to focus on me if possible."

　It must have been because Ray suddenly uttered a voice.
　Anastasia, concentrating on Whisp's research, looks at Ray a little annoyingly and asks.

"... Is there anything?"
"Oh, no. Wait a minute."

　Anastasia seemed unhappy, but Ray was more concerned about what he was looking at, so he tried to look at her... and he tried to stop it, but unfortunately it was late.

"What, there's nothing special. I thought Whisp had transferred something."

　That's how he talks to Ray.
　Ray wonders about Anastasia's appearance, but he manages to agree that Anastasia will not be quiet.

"I'm sorry. I felt like something had moved."
"Really? But it was a closed room until the underpass was built, right? Then you broke through the spirit magic and came in here..."

　Ray shook his head hurriedly and denied what he said to Anastasia, who began to think seriously.

"No, it's just my imagination. I think I mistook the shadow or something because of Whisp's light."
"Really? I hope so."

　That's what Anastasia says, and she goes back to researching Whisp.
　Watching it, Ray turns his eyes to the direction he was looking at... and Anastasia turns his eyes to the direction he was looking at.
　But there's definitely something there that looks like only a distortion of space.

(That distortion, I'm sure you saw Anastasia... right?)Anastasia followed Ray's gaze and looked at him, so it shouldn't be impossible to see the distortion of the space there.
　Still, Anastasia did not notice the distortion of space.

(I mean, I'm the only one who can see the distortion of that space? ... but why? No, there's only one reason I can think of.)

　Who in the world made his own body?
　When I thought about it, I was able to see the distortion of the space, which I honestly understood.

(But why suddenly? I've seen space distortion a few times before, but when I saw it, other guys usually saw it, right? Then why suddenly?)

　That's what I think…come to a conclusion.

(Dasulnica fruit?)

　This magic item is said to have been used by Grimm using Dasulnica fruit.
　Has it awakened Ray's body to a new capacity, or has it simply enabled him to see through the fruits of Dasulnica?
　I don't know which one, but as a Ray, the former was better.
　In this regard, I decide to ask Grimm later and look around the underground space again.
　There were only four distortions in the space we first found, but when we walked through the underground space, we found quite a few others there.

(Did you put Grimm's everything you could possibly find because he couldn't find it with the fruit of Dasulnica? ...No, no. Grimm used it freely until Anastasia came. If you think about it, you can't go out of your way to do it in this situation.)

　In other words, there must have been a lot of magic items in store for a long time.
　It was simply Ray who didn't notice it.

"Is it just the fruit of Dasulnica?"

　Ray wandered around in the underground space, but in the end he couldn't find anything particular in the middle.
　That means that Ray may not be very interesting... that his eyes only reacted to the fruit of the dasulnica.
　It might have been a useful ability before the extinction of Dasulnica, but it is of little use in this day and age.

(Well, in the days when Zepyle was around, it might have been useful, but... when you think about it, my body doesn't have any strange abilities that I don't know myself, does it?)

　When Ray thinks about it, he becomes anxious, so he decides not to think about it for now.
　In any case, it's not the ability to express itself in the current situation, so it's no use worrying about it.
　...although he knows it's only a shelving.
　At any rate, I let my body calm down and approach Anastasia, where I study Whisp.
　Are you aware of Ray's approach?
　Never minding what's going on around her, Anastasia was doing a lot of research on Whisp.
　However, I don't know what the effects of touching a whip will be.
　That being the case, I'll start with careful observation.
　the front, back, left, right, down
　...I would probably have watched from above if I had the means to fly.
　The sight of Anastasia, who could be described as an intellectual beauty, diving underneath a whisp floating in the air with a serious face and observing the lower part of the whisp was a kind of humorous sight.
　I wonder if he's serious about it.

"Anastasia, do you know what it is?"
"... no. I can't tell from just observing it like this, but... I can't be careless about it."

　Anastasia, crawling out from under her whiskers, shook her head as she spoke.

"Well, if there were a few more of these wipes, we could do that."

　What if you carelessly touch the whip and it causes something irreparable?
　I don't know how to report it to Dusker because that's what we call the discovery of the century.
　But...

"But it's also true that you can't tell anything from just observing it like this way.
"... I suppose,"

　The words of Anastasia forced Ray to nod.
　In fact, it's been nearly half an hour since Anastasia began observing Whisp... ...that is, Ray explored the underground space.
　I watched Whisp for that long, but I didn't know anything.
　However, it is not unusual to observe it for hours, days, weeks, months, etc. at times like this.

"For the time being, I'll move on to the next step."

　That said, Anastasia reached out to Whisp.