The spirit of the wind calmed down, and a little more than ten minutes later the man came with the guard.
　However, since things had already ended, it was too late to come.

"Ah... so? Can I ask you what happened to this?"

　The guard asks Ray.
　As I ask, Ray's eyes are somewhat dumbfounded.
　It's not so unusual for Ray to be targeted by someone.
　At the same time, however, he thought it would be too much to kill the attacker.
　Ray opens his mouth, protesting at the stare.

"I'll tell you, I didn't kill him. He ran away with the spirit of the wind by some means, and as a result he committed half suicide."
"...well, I think it's true what Ray says."

　The reason why Ray doesn't seem to doubt his words is probably because he has been so friendly with the guards.
　If Ray says so, that's what I believe.
　Of course, instead of swallowing Rey's words, he would be investigating the corpse by someone with specialized knowledge.
　However, the problem in this case is that the cause of the man's death is still the runaway wind spirit.
　Thanks to that, there are certainly not many people who can investigate the area.
　With Ray, Anastasia is an elf and spiritual wizard.
　But when he was with Ray, I couldn't fully trust his testimony.
　This is largely because there is nothing in Anastasia, but simply because she was with Ray.
　Marina, who is famous as a spiritual wizard, is a candidate, but she has a close relationship with Ray, and there is no denying that she may defend him.

"Oh... was there any other spirit wizard? Without him, I can't leave the body as it is."

　A guard mutters a troubled murmur as he gazes at the corpse.
　I don't throw up when I see a corpse because I'm a guard in Gilm.
　Of course, I'm not accustomed to corpses.
　Summer is approaching now, and daytime temperatures are rising.
　and the body would naturally be damaged."

"If you don't mind, I'll keep it for you, but you can't do that, can you?"
"Unfortunately,"

　For a security guard, keeping the body in Ray's mistling won't rot.
　But Ray may be the victim of the incident as well as the perpetrator.
　You can't leave a corpse with Ray.

"Well, I'll leave that up to you. Is that all right? If I stay here for a long time, it's going to be an unnecessary problem."
"All right. But if you want to hear something about this, I'll give you a man... oh... you live in a barony town now, right?"
"Oh. I'm staying at Marina's for a number of reasons, so please contact her."

　Ray told me so, but the reason why he was staying at Marina's house was largely due to Lizardman Zozo's strange loyalty to not wanting to leave Ray.
　The zozo is now in the tower of his birth, so he doesn't have to stay at Marina's anymore.
　Or rather, Ray is staying in bed as a bodyguard for the Tower of his birth, in connection with Zozo.
　With that in mind, contacting Marina's house is unlikely to get in touch with Ray.
　However, Ray is responsible for carrying the trees in the forest of Trent, so basically he comes to Gilm once a day, so if you want to contact him, you can't do anything.
　Ray then explained some of the circumstances to the guards and left with Anastasia and the masked girl.





"And is this masked woman what Anastasia said?"
"Yes. I heard you were in Gilm, so I saw Dusker's face and thought I would go to his house if there was nothing... just right, so I decided to use him as an assistant."
"...it's suspicious to me.

　Ray says so, looking at the mask that hides the woman's face.
　In fact, the masked woman who hides her eyes, nose and mouth is a very suspicious person.
　No, as long as I hide my face with a mask, I don't know for sure if I'm a person.

"Hmmm. I thought you'd say that, but in the case of Hwana... she can't talk to people properly without wearing this mask. She's afraid to talk to people even with this mask."

　Those words remind me of the time when Anastasia was trying to calm the spirit of the wind.
　When Ray asked me if I was struggling because it was taking so long, I told him that this was normal, I felt like I was afraid of him.
　But in the end, it was probably the effect of the mask that gave Ray a firm voice of his opinion.

"I see. I understand the situation for the time being, but is that really reliable?"
"There's no problem. If Fana does something strange... Hmm."

　with a start
　Hearing Anastasia's words, Fana pauses for a moment.

"What shall we do first?"
"Today? I'm worried. I'd like to see Marina, but I don't want to be far away from her. I'm really worried."

　Anastasia says twice that she's worried, perhaps to show how much she's worried.
　In fact, Ray was wondering what to do in this case, so he couldn't say what to do.
　Many adventurers guard the Tower of Birth.
　That would be no problem without Ray for about one night, but there is still an emergency.
　So I hesitated...

"Well, let's stay at Marina's today."

　make a simple decision
　If Anastasia wasn't left to do anything in particular, but simply wanted to meet Marina, who had great spiritual magic skills, Ray would have gone to stay at the Tower of Birth today.
　Or take him to Marina's house and introduce him to Marina, and go straight to guard the Tower of Birth.
　But Anastasia is now in charge of the study of Whisp.
　As long as Dasker... and Ray, too, is entrusted with the study of Whisp, which is of paramount importance, it's only natural to give him some preferential treatment.

"Oh, is that all right? Then don't hesitate. Fanna is going, too, right?"
"What? Me too? But...."

　Fanna looks bewildered, wondering if she never thought she would be taken to Marina's house.
　But Anastasia, who grabs Phana's hand, brings her face closer and opens her mouth as if to tell her.

"Yes, yes, yes?"

　Rather than telling her, she seemed to be threatening, but I couldn't carelessly interrupt her just because she was talking about Anastasia and Fana.
　If we were told that this was normal for the two of us, we had no choice but to agree.
　Anyway, that's why Ray, Anastasia and Fana are staying at Marina's house today.

(Then, if I had to contact the tower of birth, I would go to the lord's house and drive to the carriage, I suppose, from this hour on, I might as well go directly to the tower of birth and tell him that I will stay at Marina's house to-day.)When Ray told Anastasia and Fana that they would go to the Tower of Birth and tell them what was going on, he left with Seto.





"Well, without Seto, it would be hard to escort him, to be honest, but I can't say it's unreasonable."

　muttered the adventurer in charge of guarding the tower of birth, a little troubled.
　As a matter of course, Sett's sharp senses are a great force when it comes to escorting here.
　Without the set, you can't afford to be on guard as usual.
　But that's the norm for adventurers.
　Regardless of Ray, who always works with Sett, other adventurers don't usually keep watch with friends like Sett.

"For the time being, I'll be back here tomorrow, so please take good care of me."

　Zozo, who was giving some instructions to his companions at a distance, notices Ray calling his name and approaches him.

'What's the matter, Mr. Ray?'
"I'm sorry, but I'm going to stay at Marina's house today, not here. Please take care of me here."

　Zozo looks as disappointed as anyone can tell.
　For Zozo, Ray is the one to whom he risks his life and loyalty.
　That's why it's so depressing that the principal Ray is in a different place.
　Still, I don't think I have to be on Ray's side at all times, perhaps because some days have passed since I started following him.
　The presence of Zozo's brother, Gaga, may have influenced this area.

'All right. ... Come to think of it, brother Gaga said he wanted to play a mock game with Mr. Ray. I'll win this time.'
"Oh... I'm sorry, but I'm late on that. I'm so busy right now that I can't afford it. But if you're going to have a mock fight in the morning, just tell me you're going to take it."

　Zozo bowed to Ray's words.
　Leaving the zoo, Ray called Seto, who was playing with Lizardman's children... back to Gillum.





"Oh, this... How dare you..."

　Anastasia's mouth is clearly dumbfounded, albeit with admiration.
　Returning from the tower of birth, Ray and Sett came to Marina's house in the barony with Anastasia and Fana, who had been waiting for them.
　And when Anastasia arrived at the front gate of Marina's house, she said:
　Ray didn't understand the meaning of the word, but he can still predict it.
　Marina's house is maintained in a comfortable setting by spirit magic, and is also protected by spirit magic in a security sense.
　In other words, they are wasting too much spiritual magic.
　If you actually look at the state of Anastasia, it's easy to predict even Ray's thoughts like that.
　I don't know what Fanah is thinking, though, from wearing a mask.

"Hey, Ray. I'll ask you, is it all right if I come in without the owner of this house? As far as the magic of the Spirit hanging in this house goes, if someone goes in without permission, there will be a great problem."
"That's all right. Marina tells me there's no problem with that when I start living in this house."

　It would be bad if the marina were not there, if the people who live in this house brought in someone, or if the spirit refused to allow it.
　That is why spirits have come to tolerate the ambiguity of the area.

"Really? I believe you, I think a house protected by so many spirits has a stronger defenses than the fortresses around it."

　Since Anastasia can confirm the spirit as a spirit wizard, she will understand the strong defenses of Marina's house.
　Ray opens his mouth as he watches it.

"Look, we'll get in soon. We can't stay like this forever, can we? Or are we waiting here all the time until Marina comes back? ... Well, in some cases, it's about time we came back."

　It's almost evening.
　The early ones will have already finished their work, and as a matter of course, Marina's work in the clinic will be finished.
　There are actually people who go to bars after work and drink, and then fight and get injured every night.
　Marina had basically not been treated, as it was not a work-related injury.
　Buy a potion at your own expense and treat it, or put up with the pain of the injury and work.

"Well... I can't wait here forever. Then... I'll go."

　He took a deep breath to cheer himself up... and eventually Anastasia set foot on the property of Marina's house.