"Well... today's nice weather, too. I mean, it's morning, but it's getting hotter... I wonder if summer is coming soon."

　Anastasia mutters a loud stretch as she looks at the cloudless blue sky.
　Early in the morning... a little late, but still plenty of time to call it morning.
　Meanwhile, Anastasia enjoyed the morning forest air with Fana.
　However, despite the fact that it's morning, the temperature is already quite high.
　With a lake on the side, it may be more comfortable than the city of Gilm, but the daily rise in temperatures has made Anastasia realize that summer is gradually approaching.

"Really? You'll get used to it soon."

　Ray said so simply, but in Ray's case, he doesn't seem to care at all even if the ambient temperature is hot because he is wearing a dragon robe that functions as a portable air conditioner.

"What do you think, Hwana?"

　Looking dumbfounded at Ray, Anastasia asks Fana.
　When spoken to, Fana hesitates about what to do with Anastasia's words.
　...I don't know what Huana looks like today because she's wearing a mask as usual, but I still know she's confused by the atmosphere.

"Well, Fana, you'd better speak up to Anastasia,
"Uh..."

　Already bewildered, more words from Ray make him speechless.
　Shortly later, Anastasia and Ray understand that there is no point in doing so in the current situation, and stop talking to each other.

"And, of course, you're going to go to-today.
"Yes. I don't know much about it yet, but I'd like to proceed with the research.

　Where are you going? What research do you proceed with?
　Ray and Anastasia talk without articulating the area.
　One of Whisp's cases is confidential information.
　That's a very small number of people I know.
　That's why we had conversations to the extent that we could be heard by those who were escorting the Tower of Birth.
　...though some adventurers were envious of Ray's conversation with Anastasia, and in that sense looked at him.
　Protecting the tower of birth is by no means a trifling request.
　From a nearby lake, unknown monsters...you can catch delicious fish monsters, and the lizardmen are not yet completely communicated, but they are definitely easygoing partners.
　I'm here as a bodyguard for the time being, but I've never really worked as a bodyguard.
　Nevertheless, it must be a very profitable job, given that you can earn a good amount of money.
　There's only one thing... No, two things to complain about: alcohol and women.
　As long as you're asking to be escorted, it's obvious that you shouldn't drink.
　It's not explicitly forbidden from the guild, but it seems that the guards here are adventurers sent from the guild, and that there are people with more morals than a certain level.
　And another complaint is a woman.
　The only woman here, perhaps not a woman among adventurers, is the caregiver of the lizard who came with the tower of birth.
　They were so different races that women could not be recognized but would not be tempted to persuade them.
　That's why Anastasia came.
　In fact, there are also Fana, but in the case of Fana, many people don't recognize her as a woman because she wears a mask.
　That's why Anastasia is recognized as the only woman in the audience... and Ray, who is talking to Anastasia in this way, is naturally looked at with jealousy.
　Although neither Anastasia nor Ray cares at all about what the people around themselves.
　Anastasia has become accustomed to this kind of gaze, as she is already interested in researching Whisp and often acts with Elena.
　It seems that only Fanah, who is shy and sensitive to other people's eyes, had a subtle feeling about the other people's eyes.

"Well, shall we -- shall we go now?"
"Well, I've had a good breakfast, and for now I don't have to eat anything until dinner."
"No, eat lunch,"

　Ray unintentionally plunges into Anastasia, who is eager to study Whisp for lunch.
　Ray wants us to proceed with his research on Whisp as soon as possible, but that doesn't mean that Anastasia should study until lunch...
　In the first place, do you have enough or 20 minutes to do such a thing?
　Dinner times vary from person to person, so I can't say for sure, but I still don't think I can take that much time.
　If so, Ray's honest feelings are that he wants to eat well and continue his research on whips in perfect condition.

"Fana, I'm going to leave the food behind, so please let Anastasia have a good meal at noon."

　That's what Ray says, but Fana looks a little troubled.
　When she asks Ray what's going on, Anastasia says dumbfoundedly.

"Well, watches don't have expensive magic items, how do you know the time?"
"... I see,"

　Ray has a magic watch.
　Also, even without the watch, Gilm would regularly tell the time by the sound of a bell.
　But Anastasia and Fana are underground spaces.
　Not very much, but I can't hear the sound of the guillem bell, and because it's underground, I can't understand the time from the sun's position.
　As long as I was in the underground space, I needed to know the time by things like how hungry I was.
　Such a lack of sense of time probably affected Ray's complete lack of understanding of the passage of time as he arrived last night.
　Ray and Seto remembered that they had forgotten about the Anastasia when they had already finished preparing dinner, and went to pick them up. ... No wonder Anastasia was concentrating on their research, but Fana, who was Anastasia's assistant, also didn't notice any time.

`Then I don't mean to say that time is right now, but that I'll eat when I'm hungry.
"That's all I can do,"
"... I'll do my best."

　As Fana adds to Anastasia's words, Ray had the question of whether he could understand the sense of time by working hard.
　In a few minutes or so, you may understand to some extent.
　But if you don't have anything like the sun that tells you the passage of time, and you really have to look it up on your own, it's hard to do that if you ask if you can tell it for a few minutes or a few hours.

"Doesn't Anastasia have a watch? She's a researcher, and I think she can have a watch."
"Well, it's in the royal capital, but it doesn't make sense."
"...don't you think you need a watch to travel?"
`I wouldn't normally care so much about the time,'

　When Ray was told that, he suddenly remembered when he was in Japan.
　As I was doing on TV, it is not unusual for trains to be delayed for several to ten minutes, or even tens of minutes, in foreign countries, in contrast to Japan, where trains are driven without a hitch.
　When I think about it that way, I guess I'm also deeply attached to the Japanese senses.

(but let me borrow my watch.)

　Ray's watch is a very expensive thing. ... Ray didn't buy it, but he got it in the hunt for thieves.
　A watch made of misril is quite expensive, too.
　Even as Ray, he can't afford to rent.

"I can't help it. Eat it when you're hungry, as I suggested. I'll pick you up in the evening."

　That was the end of the matter.

"I don't know what kind of research you're doing, Anastasia, but do your best."

　A man who desperately appealed to Anastasia last night calls out to Anastasia, straddling Seto.
　The order of the rides on the set is the same as last night, followed by Fana, Anastasia and Ray.
　It seems that Fanah is used to this situation, perhaps because the three of us rode the set yesterday.
　Anyway, the man looks envious and jealous at Ray, who appears to be hugging Anastasia from behind.
　Ray nods back to the man, wondering what he misunderstood about his gaze.

"Don't worry, Anastasia will take you to your destination."
"Oh... Yeah. Good luck."

　When he gets a completely different answer from what he had expected, he says it out of control.
　For a man, Ray is now the closest person to Anastasia.That's why he was so competitive with Ray, but... Ray probably returned it because he didn't know how he felt.

"Leave it to me,"

　After telling him so, Ray would send a signal to Seto and start.





"Well... Anastasia has been safely delivered, and what shall we do now? Will we recover the wood from the woodcutters?"
"Grull? ...Grull.

　At Ray's words, Seto exclaims that it doesn't matter.
　For Seto, if he can be with Ray, he's happy to do anything anywhere.
　...though I would like to go hunting monsters if possible.
　If Ray understands Sett's situation, he says he'll go to the woodcutter's place.
　After hearing Ray's words, Seto immediately starts running.
　It's faster than carrying Anastasia or Fanna.
　After a few minutes of running, you'll see the woodcutters.
　Adventurers guarding the woodcutters notice Ray and Sett running.

"Hey! What's wrong with you? It's so early today."
"No, I've got something to do here. The trees that were cut down since I came last night... and the trees that were cut down this morning."
"Oh, the woodcutters are doing their best today, too. ... See?"

　an adventurer who says so and tells you to listen.
　Not surprisingly, Ray could hear the sound of a woodcutter waving his axe down the tree.

"Now that you mention it, what happened to the shortage of woodcutters? Has the number increased?"
"Huh? Oh. Besides Ray's hard work collecting, the upper layers of the guillem seem to have done a lot more than before. ... But it takes time to get used to the Trent forest, so it's going to take a little longer to really get used to it."
"I see. As their military strength increases, we can bring a lot of felled trees, so it will be easier for Gilm."

　He then breaks up with the adventurer by exchanging light words, and Ray keeps the felled trees one after another in a mysterious ring.

"Glu... Glu! Glu! Glu! Glu! Glu!"

　Seth, who had seen the trees cut nearby stow away in the mistling, suddenly sees a rabbit coming out of the tree and begins to chase it.
　Of course, rabbits are ordinary rabbits, unlike monsters like Gamerion.
　The rabbit, as soon as he saw Sett, quickly tried to escape... but he blew right beside him with a blow on the front leg of Sett's quick pause.

"Gruly!"

　If you only know Seto in the street, some people will scream at this sight.
　Seto killed the lovely rabbit with one blow.
　The blown rabbit has already died after breaking its neck when it hit a nearby tree.
　I'm going to bite a rabbit like that, and I'm going to show Ray what I'm going to show him.
　For Ray, rabbits are prey that he doesn't have much room to eat.
　I've eaten it several times when I was in Japan, but I had the impression that there were a lot of bones.
　Nevertheless, it is true that it is a game that Seto has been catching, so he decides whether to do it for dinner tonight, and puts the rabbit's body in a mistling.

(Somehow, there are quite a few animals.)

　With this in mind, Ray keeps the trees in the mistling... and eventually rides a set to Gilm.
　Only Seto, who flew in the air, arrived at Guilm in no time, went through the procedures, and went into Guilm...

"Huh?"

　Suddenly, there was a strange sense of strangeness, and Ray looked around.