"Oh, this is delicious,"

　After eating Gamerion's meat, Anastasia says content.
　Anastasia has only recently come to Gilm.
　For that reason, Gamerion, a resident of Gilm, has eaten meat as a winter feature... it may have been processed into a preserved food, but he has never eaten raw meat.
　Gamelion meat is raw, though merchants sometimes buy it as a commodity.
　As long as the Gamerion meat is trapped in the guillem by snow in winter, we have no choice but to bring the Gamerion meat that happened to be caught earlier than usual and sell it before it rots.
　If that happens, of course you can't sell it to someone far away.
　That's probably why Anastasia is happily eating Gamerion's meat.
　...and beside Anastasia, Fana, whose mask was shifted by half and whose mouth was exposed, is eating Gamerion's meat.

"What happened to that fish? Did you eat it?"

　Ray asked an adventurer who said he would eat fish with a slender body and a sharp nose like a rapier's point.
　Ray said it would be better not to eat it if possible, because it might be poisonous, but he said that other fish were fine and that he had no problem because he had some sort of potion.
　Before Ray picked up Anastasia, he hadn't eaten fish yet.
　But when I asked him if he ate it after Ray was gone, he nodded with a confident smile.

"It was delicious. I didn't have much meat because it was thin, but it was greasy. It tasted like eating more if I could. ... Can I catch it again if I use some meat?"
"What about poison?"

　I know it tastes good, but what Ray is concerned with is still poison.
　That fish, in particular, is clearly able to pierce the opponent with its nose, so it's no wonder that anyone with inferior skills can pierce the opponent.
　This adventurer looked as if he had caught it easily, but that's because he's good at it.
　Ordinary... that's what an adventurous person would often wear low-performance armor, and in some cases, could be pierced.

"There's no problem at the moment. I'm going to drink an antidote, so I don't think there's any problem."
"... well, considering the price of the portion, I'm wondering if I'd like to eat fish that much."

　There are many ways to deal with poison.
　Simple ones include detoxifying grasses, some magically expelling the poison, and some alchemy-made magic items.
　One of them was a poisoner's portion.
　However, the effects of these portions vary according to the price, and the higher the quality, the stronger the effectiveness and the effectiveness against multiple poisons.
　In other words, they had to eat fish that might have unknown venom, and if they were really poisoned, they would have to use a reasonably expensive portion.
　If you're going to use such an expensive portion, you can buy something more expensive, just plain food.
　Don't you have to go out of your way to eat unknown ingredients?
　That's what Ray thought, but the adventurer who ate the fish doesn't seem to regret it at all.
　He looked even happy.

(Well, a good adventurer would have earned a decent amount of money, and... wouldn't that be such a funny thing to think of?)

　Thinking this way, Ray brings to his mouth boiled oaks like pork cubes.
　The meat melts away as soon as you put it in your mouth.
　There is a lot of fat, but since it is boiled with herbs for a long time, the fat that dissolves in the mouth is not persistent at all.

"It's delicious."

　All that comes out of Ray's mouth is one word.

"Oh, that sounds pretty good, too. Can I have some?"

　You must have thought Ray was really good when you saw him eating.
　When Anastasia runs out of Gamerion meat, she asks Ray so.
　Ray is not going to have this dish all to himself, so he nods easily.
　Anastasia takes boiled oak out of a pan heated by a bonfire.
　Just by holding it, the trembling image is just like pork cubes.
　And as with pork Kakuni, this kind of food loses its taste when it cools down.
　The duration of the taste is short. Should I put it that way?
　That's how good it would be if I ate it normally.

"It's delicious, isn't it? ... Did Ray make it?"
"That's not the case. I can't cook this kind of food."
"Really? Boiled food isn't that difficult, is it? Of course, if you're going to cook really good food, you'll need to take a lot of time and effort, but if you're just going to cook what you normally eat, it's surprisingly easy."

　Annastasia was so confident, but Ray wondered if he could trust her words.
　That's because, given the personality of Anastasia that Ray has come into contact with, it didn't seem like he could cook.
　It's no wonder you're just saying what you've heard from someone.

"I can cook, but I won't bother you."

　Fanah, watching Ray, tells him briefly whether he understood what Ray was thinking.
　Ray wonders if the words are true, but he is half forced to convince himself that Fanah, who has known Anastasia longer than himself, says.

"No, but Ray was late to pick me up. Were you okay? There will be a lot of monsters in the forest at night."

　One of the adventurers asks anxiously.
　It's actually an act of worrying about Anastasia and, if possible, wanting to get to know each other.
　A beauty as beautiful as Anastasia is rarely seen.
　...but it is true that she is beautiful, but her personality is very different from her appearance.
　In the case of Anastasia, it's more interesting to study than love... that's what I'd be happy with if I could study Whisp.
　If Anastasia were to make a lover, she would be an acceptable partner.

"Yes. It was a little hard, but there was no problem."

　Eating boiled oak, Anastasia replies to the adventurer.
　No monsters actually appear in the underground space with Whisp.
　...no, it's connected to the lab where Grimm is, and since Grimm is undead, it's classified as a monster, it's not exactly that there aren't any monsters.
　There is also a monster that clearly deserves to be called a high-ranked monster.
　That said, the Grimm is a rare monster who can communicate with people and at least doesn't act like he's against Ray.
　Anastasia, who was investigating the underground space where Whisp was, should not have considered Ray's companion and attacked him.
　And, if not Ray's companion, Grimm is also looking into that whisper, and in that sense, he expects Anastasia's research to be useful for Grimm.
　Of course, Anastasia and Fana may not, for some reason, make Grimm angry.

"Really? Then, is Anastasia strong enough?"
`I'm confident in spirit magic,'

　a somewhat curt return of Anastasia
　For Ray, who has been working with Marina for quite a while, I have a strong impression that the magic of spirits is Marina.
　Ray knows that Marina's magic skills are beyond the pale, and he's seen a glimpse of them many times.
　That's why I understand that it's wrong to compare it to marina, but I still compare it to marina.
　And compared to Marina, Anastasia's magic skills are clearly inferior.
　the wind's spirit runaway that Ray had encountered before
　It was Anastasia who did something about it, but her skill at that time was just as bad as Marina's.
　Or, if Ray had more knowledge about spirit magic and could use it himself, he might have understood the situation a little more accurately."So, what do you think? Was it Mr. Anastasia and your masked daughter, Phana? We don't know what the two of them are doing in the forest of Trent, but it's dangerous, isn't it?"
"And you want me to employ you as a bodyguard?"
"Yes. I'm happy to get to know a beautiful woman like Anastasia, and she's happy to be escorted by me. ... How do you feel? I don't think I'm that wrong."

　Anastasia smiles at the adventurer who tells her so frankly.
　However, the smile is not cold... but it's definitely just a smile on the surface.
　If you're as beautiful as Anastasia, you'll be indispensable to the person you're approaching you.
　But I don't think he's that uncomfortable with his smile.
　If Anastasia is really uncomfortable, it's the cutting edge of the tongue that cuts the other person in two.
　The reason why I didn't get that far is probably because I didn't express my hopes directly, but I was honest... I was really honest.

(He's tough, but hang in there.)

　Ray secretly supports the adventurer, who is trying to woo Anastasia, and carries some boiled oak and vegetable salad to his mouth.
　The dish, which should be called an oak horny sandwich, is a delight to Ray's tongue.
　As Ray enjoys his meal, he suddenly gets out of shape as if something had pulled him.

"Wow! What's this? ... Set?"

　Fortunately, he held the pork Kakuni sandwich firmly in his hand, so he never dropped it, but suddenly turned to Seto wondering why he... exactly pulled the hem of his dragon lobe, and he looked straight toward the lake.
　Following Sett's gaze, Ray understands why Sett called Ray.

"If you're free, look at the lake. There's another shining jellyfish coming out."

　Many of those who hear Ray's words rush to the lake.
　The lizardmen also turned their eyes to the lake when they heard Zozo's interpretation.
　At the end of that gaze was the fantastic sight of jellyfish that Ray and his team had seen a little while ago, flying in the sky and shining inside.
　From Ray's impression, I even get the impression that the LED lights are moving by themselves.

"This is... great, isn't it?"
"Yes,"

　Anastasia and Fana, who were on Ray's side, also look to the lake at Ray's words and can hardly speak to the floating presence there.
　All you can do is look at the fantastic scene.
　Ray, too, was fascinated by the glowing jellyfish... for a moment he looked at the slime that was still burning.
　Blazing slime and jellyfish are quite distant.
　Still, there is no doubt that the burning slime has become a source of light, affecting some glowing jellyfish.
　Ray, who burned the slime, is frustrated that he can't enjoy the completely satisfying sight of the slime interrupting.

(How long has that slime been burning? I don't think I can die.)

　The incombustible slime was enough to irritate Ray.
　That's enough to make me wonder if I can kill you with additional magic.
　However, given that the current situation is an irregular one, Ray can't do anything more to add to it from now.
　All we can do is pray that the slime will burn and disappear as soon as possible.

"Oh, you're coming over here,"

　In Anastasia's words, Ray looks back at the lake.
　There, indeed, there were glowing jellyfish heading towards the shore.
　and the jellyfish that came... just as they had before, kept floating about Ray, Seto, and the rest.