Anastasia reaches out to Whisp.
　Whisp is, so to speak, a flame floating in the air.
　Therefore, if you touch it badly, you can get burned.
　It's not a normal flame, though, because it's produced around magical stones.
　Anyway, Anastasia gently touches the flames.
　Naturally, Anastasia's hands were not left intact, but protected by spirit magic.

(Is it the magic of the wind?)

　Ray thinks that way when he sees something that seems to be the wind covering Anastasia's hand.
　But Ray doesn't know if it's really windy or not, and he doesn't have to worry that much under the current circumstances.
　What we need to worry about now is whether Anastasia's arms can really touch the flames that make up Whisp's problems.

"...what do you think?"

　Ray asks Anastasia, touching Whisp's flame.
　His expression was so serious that if anything should happen, he would immediately use the lotion to heal his injury, and he had already held the portion from the mistling in his hand.
　That's not the kind of part you can sell at a store around there, but rather the high-quality... high-impact part.
　Curiosity may be the strongest, but Anastasia is trying to use her body to investigate Whisp.
　Ray felt that he could respond to Anastasia's actions as soon as possible.

"Well, for the time being... this whisper..."

　After a moment's thought, Anastasia releases the spirit of the wind around her hand.
　Ray is naturally surprised by the sudden action.
　I immediately tried to pull Anastasia's body away from the whip, but Anastasia stopped moving by putting her hand in front of Ray.

"It's all right. Look, look."

　Saying so, Anastasia pulls her hand out of Whisp's body and shows it to Ray.
　It was Anastasia's hands, clean and unburnt.

"This is..."

　Ray exclaims in surprise when he sees Anastasia's beautiful hands without burns or scratches.
　for he thought that, as long as he was a whisper, his body was naturally on fire and he would burn himself if he touched it.

"Wait a minute? I'd like to try it, too."
"You'd better not do that,"

　For some reason, Anastasia tells Ray so.
　Ray casts a questionable glance at Anastasia.
　If Anastasia was OK with touching it, wouldn't it be OK for me to that extent.
　It was natural for Ray to think so.
　But Anastasia opens her mouth to Ray's words.

"I've heard from Dusker that Ray has a lot of magical powers... is not that great, but it's hard to describe, is it? I don't know what will happen if Ray, who has such magical powers, acts like he touches Whisp."
"That's..."

　His magical powers were so great... that he realized that perhaps no one in the world of Elgin was more magical than himself.
　. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
　That kind of experience makes it more difficult not to understand how magical your powers are.

"All right,"

　After a few seconds of worrying, eventually following Anastasia's words, let go of her hand trying to touch Whisp.
　Watching Ray's appearance with satisfaction, Anastasia reached out again for Whisp.

"I don't see any reaction. As long as I'm alive, I don't think I'd be surprised if I was touched."

　I put back my hand that touched Whisp and stared at my finger... at Anastasia, wondering if something was wrong.
　Unfortunately, though... or fortunately, the fingers touching the whisks are all right.

"I wonder what this is all about. ... I'd like to find out more, but it's hard under the current circumstances."
"I suppose. I'd be surprised if there were any other wipes like this."
"Ah, yes. ... I really do."

　The first laugh was from Anastasia with a really interesting smile, but the next moment I said something serious... too serious.
　There is a strong sense of frustration and frustration there.
　I'd like to check out the whisks in front of me.
　However, if you were to make a poor move to Whisp here, there is no denying the possibility that you might die.
　There is a strong feeling in Anastasia about why you can't look into the whisper in front of you.
　Given the current situation, we know it's inevitable.
　I know, but as a researcher, I'm still fascinated... by the fact that even the elves, who live far longer than humans, have attractive subjects to study, such as whether they can meet once in a lifetime...

"Anastasia?"
"Oh!? ...I'm sorry. I was a little distracted by Whisp."

　Reaching herself with Ray's voice, Anastasia takes a deep breath with words of thanks.
　For Anastasia, Ray's words were a real blessing.
　If there was no one here and it was just me and Whisp, I had no idea what I was doing to Whisp.
　It was only natural for Anastasia to realize so.
　And now that I've become aware of it, I can't afford to stay like this.
　Now there was Ray.
　But Ray doesn't stay with him forever.
　I've heard from Dusker how talented Ray is, and I've heard from other adventurers at dinner last night.
　In other words, the current situation is not always going to continue.
　Understanding it, Anastasia thinks a little... and then opens her mouth.

"Hey, Ray. I'd like to get someone to help me."
"Huh? Assistant? ... Isn't it difficult? Because Dusker was very worried about the people he needed to study this whisk, and given his ability to study it, what he needed was whether he could trust it or not."

　After a few seconds, Ray pauses and looks seriously at Anastasia as she comes before him.

"And Mr. Dusker finally found... I mean, it wasn't Mr. Dusker, it was Anastasia who appeared before him. Do you think he'll soon have as much credibility as he does? At least I don't think I can."

　Anastasia probably agreed with Ray.
　shut one's mouth unspokenly

"...however, why did you suddenly say you wanted an assistant? The investigation we're doing now doesn't require another assistant, does it?"
"Well, but when I was the only one who looked into Whisp, I realized there was a problem."
"...is it a problem?"

　Ray didn't seem to have a problem like Anastasia said.
　Or rather, the truth is that we've just begun an investigation and it doesn't seem like we need an assistant at all.

(Do you want to have an assistant in that sense, like preparing a meal? Well... I don't think I don'I think so, but as far as Anastasia is concerned, it's also true that it only looks like it's in desperate.
　But why?
　You must have noticed such a question on Ray's face.
　Anastasia hesitates a little... and eventually opens her mouth.

"It's true that I'm competent as a researcher. I'm glad Dusker thought so. ... But as a researcher, I have a big drawback. Some people say it's an advantage, but at least I think it's a drawback."
"... a fault?"
"Yes. I'm a little extraordinarily curious for an elf.
"Isn't that what a researcher needs?"

　I remember hearing that excellent researchers are curious when they were in Japan, although few researchers in this world know Ray.
　I don't remember exactly, but I'm sure it was similar.
　So the curiosity Anastasia described did not seem to be a negative factor for the researchers.
　...but that's just Ray's idea, and there's a good chance that it's different for researchers in this world.

"Well, I don't know if these expressions are appropriate, but if they're reasonably curious, I'm considerably more curious than usual. That's enough that if I'm into something I'm interested in, I'm too focused on it to notice anything else."
"That's..."

　At Anastasia's words, Ray is at a loss what to say.
　Certainly, when it comes to being so enthusiastic about the subject of curiosity, it is not necessarily an advantage for researchers.

"Right? So if I concentrate too much on Whisp, I want someone to stop me. I hope Ray was there today, but he can't be with me every day, can he?"
"Ah... well, I know. I have a lot of work to do."

　Especially essential every day is to transport the trees that have been cut down in the Trent forest to the guillem.
　If Ray doesn't do this, adventurers will have to transport the felled trees using a number of coaches.
　If that happens naturally, it takes incomparably longer to travel than Ray, which can be stored in a mistling and moved in a set.
　At present, high-ranking monsters like Kerberos appear in the forest of Trento, and it is impossible to neglect the guards of the woodcutters who are being guarded.
　With that in mind, Ray is still the quickest way to carry the trees.
　...however, Ray is quite honest that he would like to refrain from going where the alchemists are.

"Isn'

　Anastasia has not heard the details of Ray, but she still has heard some from Dusker, so she returns.

"That's why I need an assistant to stop me in the nick of time."
"All right. All right, but... I think it's pretty difficult. That assistant, of course, must be someone you can trust."

　Until Anastasia appeared, no researcher could be left to investigate Whisp.
　In this situation, if Anastasia wanted an assistant, Dasker would have a headache.

"I'll talk to Dusker directly about that, whether you see it or not, as a researcher, you can understand... some researchers can believe it."

　Dusker's eyes are as if he were a lord... or as a knight.
　On the other hand, Anastasia's eyes, as a researcher, are determined to see through the other people.
　If you think about it that way, it would have been natural to think of the other person as a reliable researcher because of his perspective as a researcher.

"For the time being, I understand what Anastasia means. What do you really think of Mr. Dusker... don't make a strange fellow an assistant?"

　Ray wouldn't mind this much if this, for example, was... to do with green spices.
　Of course, I would be happy if I could buy spices cheaply in guillem.
　However, if things go well with Whisp, he may be able to return to Japan temporarily.
　That's why Ray's honest mind was that he didn't want anything to happen.
　I didn't know if he understood Ray's idea or if he had taken it in any other way, but Anastasia nodded seriously to him.