"... don't you have any strange feeling?"

　Ray, who enters the guillem, feels somewhat uncomfortable when he sees what's going on around him.
　A short distance away, a guard who was taking care of the next person to enter the guillem turns to Ray.
　He then turns his eyes to the city, but the guards tilt their heads and talk to Ray, wondering if he felt any particular discomfort.

"Really? From what I've seen, it just seems like a normal sight. ... What's the difference?"
"I don't care what you say. Like this... atmosphere?"
"Atmosphere? ... Wait a minute."

　The guards tell the person they were going through the procedure and look at the city of Gilm again.
　There he came to the attention of the guards, looking as lively as usual.
　The presence of a greater number of people than usual in connection with the construction of the Gillum building is only seen in the eyes of the guards on a lively daily basis.
　Ray's intuition is trustworthy to the guards, who even stopped the process of entering the guillem temporarily.
　Since Ray's ability has been shown many times, if he says he feels uncomfortable, it is impossible to take it lightly.
　But... when the guards saw what was going on, they didn't notice anything in particular.

"Well, is that so? From what I've seen, there's nothing wrong with it, it's just the same as usual, isn't it?"

　Suddenly the guards showed a merchant and an adventurer arguing a little further away.
　If you listen a little, you'll hear about the bad attitude of the bodyguard and the bad quality of the food.
　That alone makes it easy to predict what the hell happened.
　I suspect it's trouble with an adventurer hired by a merchant as a bodyguard.
　Whether it's taking some kind of material or a request to kill a particular monster, there's someone to guard as a matter of course.
　In that case, it is not uncommon but not uncommon that there are many problems with each other, such as the scene Ray is currently seeing.
　...however, there are some who are willing to force the matter here to reduce the reward of the bodyguards a little.
　But it's only a bad move.
　Such an imitation naturally circulates information among adventurers, not only to the escort, but also to many who refuse to accept any request, or worse, to the guild.
　That would be fatal to the merchant and would end up in bankruptcy at the worst.
　However, it has nothing to do with Ray, so he shakes his head while watching the conversation at the end of his eyes.

"No, it's not. It's something else."
"...even if you say so, I don't know. Hey, can you give me a second?"
"I don't feel any discomfort either,"

　A guard who was talking to Ray approached another guard who was proceeding to enter the guillem a short distance away, but the words returned were as follows.

"... it seems, isn't it Ray's imagination?"
"Even so. I'm sure there's something wrong with you. ... What do you think of Seto?"
"Glu".

　Seto chants as if to agree with Ray.
　There is no unconditional support for Ray, and Seto must have judged that there is something wrong with the guillem atmosphere.

"Not only Ray, but also Seto."

　The murmur of the guard takes on a slightly serious color.
　If Ray was the only one who felt uncomfortable, the guards wouldn't look this serious.
　Or set alone.
　But if Ray and Sett all complain of discomfort, the story is different.

"Well... what do you do? When Ray and Sett come together, I think there's a reason. Will you stay out of the guillem until it's clear?"

　It was the best suggestion possible for the guards.
　If there is something in the current guillem, you don't have to worry about it at all.
　Negative, but uncomfortable... in this case, you can say it's dangerous, but it's definitely the best option to stay away from it.
　But Ray shakes his head at such a guard's words.

"I don't know why I feel uncomfortable, but I don't know how long I feel uncomfortable, so there's no point in retiring here."
"That's... well, that's true,"

　The guards can't argue with Ray's words.
　In fact, when I think about this incident, I don't understand why I feel uncomfortable about Gilm.
　At least the guards couldn't give a reason for the discomfort.

"Right? So don't worry."
"... well, I don't think I can communicate with you even if you tell me to be relieved by the flow of the story."
"Don't worry. It might be dangerous if you go into the guillem without noticing the discomfort, but if you go into the guillem in a situation where you notice it, it's not difficult to deal with it. It's safer if you don't know there's a trap, right?
"No, if you know that there is a trap in the ordinary course of life, you can avoid it."

　Even so, in this case, since there is a trap in the guillem, I am convinced that Ray can avoid it and imitate it.

"In my case, it's like destroying a trap and going on... I don't know why this discomfort is caused, but as long as there's a high possibility of something going wrong, I might need a guard. If that happens, please take care of me."
"Well... as far as Ray is concerned, there will definitely be a disturbance, and from what I've seen so far, there's been a considerable disturbance... OK, but if you try to keep the surrounding buildings as low as possible, it'll help me."
"I would like to proceed with a positive review."
"...what's that word? Is it a magical spell?"
"That's how it is,"

　Talking to the guards, Ray takes a step back... suddenly remembers being attacked by an assassin yesterday and asks the guards.

"Now that you mention it, have you heard anything about my assassination yesterday?"
"Oh, I've heard of it. It seems like you're just keeping silent."
"You're a tight-lipped man,"

　Ray thought he could get some information by handing over two of yesterday's so-called theater assassins to the guards, but that was wrong.
　The fact that the interrogator hears and still doesn't speak means that he is a well-trained person, not a chimp.
　However, when Ray remembered the time he fought, he understood that he was not that kind of gangster at the time.

"Oh... but as long as there is no other way, we have to leave it to the experts. Or will Ray interrogate you?"
"I'll stop it,"

　Ray has no knowledge of interrogation.
　If this is a tinker in the neighborhood, it will tell you what you know if you hurt it lightly or if you notice the difference in ability.
　But if you were trained in interrogation, it would only hurt the other person pointlessly, no matter how many times Ray, who has no skill in interrogation, would be called torture.
　Ray doesn't have that skill, so he doesn't have to force himself to do anything about it.
　The guards probably didn't really listen.nod and open one's mouth at once

"Then leave this to us. More importantly, the discomfort... be careful."

　After all, Ray and the guards have long known each other.
　We've known each other since Ray first came to Gilm.
　That's why guards tell Ray to be careful, even though he knows his ability.
　At such a guard's word, Ray waves lightly through the guillem.
　The more you go through the guillem, the more uncomfortable you feel.

(What? I still know if it's hostile or murderous, but it's not like that... it's just a sense of strangeness.)

　If it's hostile or murderous, it's not hard for Ray to deal with.
　But it's uncomfortable there, not hostility or murder.
　That sense of strangeness had slowed Ray's behavior.

"Set, do you understand?"
"Guru..."

　Walking through the crowd, Ray asks Sett.
　But Seto just purrs apologetically.
　If this was outside the guillem...and not many people, Seto might have been able to identify the person who felt uncomfortable.
　However, this is a crowded guillem.
　Many people are also gathering for the extension work.
　In such a situation, it is undoubtedly difficult to find the source of discomfort, even if it is a set.

"Then what do you do? Do you think we should wait for the delivery of the felled trees until we find out what this discomfort really is?"
"Guru..."

　At Ray's words, Seto chants hesitantly.
　They must be wondering what to do in such a case.
　Ray caresses Sett on the head.
　Then some children come up to see him.

"Oh, set! Set! Set! Let's play!"
"Wait a minute. I'll play with Seto, too.

　Children who are not even ten years old are clamoring to play with Seto.
　I could have let him hang out with me for a moment, but... I couldn't allow it in this situation.

"I'm sorry. I'm a little busy now. Can you hang out with Seto again?"

　Come to think of it, it's normal... that an adventurer can quickly understand what Ray means and set them free.
　No, many, if not adventurers, will.
　But... not this time.
　He's still under ten years old.
　Such children will never understand Ray's point and listen to him.

"Oh, no! I'm going to play with Seto! I'm going to play with him... wow, wow!

　Oh, yes!
　Perhaps because of his emotional exuberance, Ray is impatient with the child who burst into tears.
　I guess you never thought you'd cry in such a place.
　That's why Ray is at a loss for a moment.
　It was Ray's sense of strangeness that prevented him from playing with his children.
　Should I just leave the child alone, or should I stop crying and let him play with me?
　Or should we mislead them with the sweetness of dried fruit?
　That's why Ray hesitated, but when the child cries, it stands out as if it were natural.
　It would be even more so if it were crying near Sett.
　I was a little confused about what to do with the attention of the people around me... Ray caresses the child's head and hands him the dried fruit.

"Look, I'm going to do this, so stop crying."
"What?"

　Crying children stop crying, perhaps attracted by the sweet scent that floated.
　Then gently pick up the dried fruit offered by Ray and put it into your mouth to be guided by a sweet scent.

"Whoa..."

　When dried, the concentrated sweetness fills a child's mouth.
　Raised in Japan, Ray was able to buy sweets at daggers and other shops from an early age.
　But sweetness is basically an expensive thing in this world.
　It's not too expensive for the general public to buy, but it's not something that children can buy with their own pocket money.
　In that sense, the child must have been lucky to receive dried fruit from Ray.
　And... of course, if one child gets such a delicious thing, the others will want it.

"Hey, brother. Give me one, too?"
"Oh, neither me nor me,"
"I want it, too."

　Many children complain to Ray that they want dried fruit.
　Ray was at a loss what to do about it, but he still took the dried fruit out of the mystery ring, wondering if he had to do it alone and the other children would cry again.

"Look, I'll do this to you guys. But I and Seto are a little busy right now, so you can play with Seto again next time. OK...?"

　Listen? When Ray tries to say that, he feels a sharp murder for a moment and looks at it.
　But by the moment Ray tried to look at it, the murder had already disappeared and Ray could not tell who had started the murder.

(Still, it was in the harvest that I found out that the sense of strangeness had something to do with the murder... to be exact.)

　Thinking so, Ray would pass the dried fruit to the children.