"Well, here... there's no one here, I'm sure."

　It is relatively close to a slum in the guillem.
　It's a space created by accident between buildings, with many flowers blooming around it like spring.
　It's probably due to the nature of the place that people are still deserted.
　Ordinary people wouldn't want to get anywhere near the slums, and the slum dwellers are desperate to get their day's meals ready.
　Of course, it doesn't mean that no one will come here in such a situation.
　For example, children.
　They don't usually behave as if they're close to slums, but many children are reckless and courageous, making this a perfect place to be a secret base for themselves.
　Fortunately, however, these children don't seem to come here either, perhaps because they're doing their job now.

"Glu-lu-lu-lu-lu-lu-lu-lu-lu-lu-lu-lu-lu-lu-lu."

　They must be pleased with the flowers growing around them. Seto runs around happily.
　There is no sign of tension there.
　No wonder. When I was in a crowded place, I didn't know where the assassins would come from.
　It was so difficult to find someone because it happened in such a crowded environment.
　If it wasn't for the kind of discomfort to extinguish the carnage, I might have felt that kind of emotion in the crowd, but I can't do it now.
　In other words, it was necessary to detect and prevent the moment the other person took action.
　However, if you try to imitate them, the difficulty will naturally increase.
　She must have been happy to see that the situation had gone from being so tense situation.
　The sight of Seto walking around feeling good and relaxed also calms Ray down.
　Ray didn't seem particularly concerned when he was targeted by the assassins, but he must still have a lot of thoughts.
　This was never a bad place in terms of a change.

`...wow,'

　I glanced at the sound of the call and saw a puppy there.

"Ah... I see,"

　When Ray sees it, he is convinced.
　This place is not a place for a lot of people to come.
　It's a good hiding place for those who don't want to get too close to people.
　And the puppies in front of Ray's eyes are probably the ones he doesn't want to find.
　But when the puppy came to his hiding-place, he found himself there, not to mention Ray... but Sett, the Gryphon.
　From the perspective of a puppy, it's not surprising that he feels that his death will be confirmed when he meets him.
　The reason why the puppy still didn't run away from here is probably because it was such an important place for the puppy.
　an act considered reckless
　However, the puppy's behavior was not fatal, partly because the other party was Seto.

"Glu?"

　Seto looks at the puppy and makes a short cry.
　The appearance is not against the enemy... if anything, it is a kind of song that is affectionate.
　Play with me? Come here. A complaining cry.
　Perhaps because he was Seto, he liked the puppy who wouldn't run away in front of him.

"What?"

　The puppy's mouth makes a questioning cry.
　I tried to confront Seto, who had taken his place, but for some reason he was not hostile to me, but rather created a friendly atmosphere.

"Wow... whoa?"

　The puppy approaches Set, albeit timidly, with a cry of one, two, three steps, and so on.
　It's overwhelmingly bigger, it's overwhelmingly superior, it's impossible to even get close to it... No, when you get into sight, you should run away or be prepared to die.
　Nevertheless, the set was not now hostile to him, but rather friendly.
　Coming close to Seto, the puppy looks up at him.
　Yes, a three meter long set and a puppy can't see it completely unless they literally look up.
　And if you look up close, you can see the enormity of Seto.
　...despite all the differences in size, the current set is not particularly high-handed towards puppies, but rather friendly.
　Eventually, he squatted a little and looked closer to the puppy looking up at him.

"Glu?"
`...wow,'

　The puppy suddenly crouched down, but you already know that Seto is friendly.
　It sounds much less alert than when it first encountered Seto.
　Then I look at Seto, who gently approached me, and I lick him in the face.
　Watching from a distance, Ray convinced the puppy that it was a sign of greeting.
　Taking advantage of the behavior, Seto and the puppy were singing and talking to each other in a friendly atmosphere.
　At least that was what Ray looked like.
　...I don't think we can have a conversation because Seto and the puppy actually have very different races...but there's no doubt that Seto and the puppy seemed to communicate well in Ray's eyes.

"Well... you're taking it easy."

　Ray mutters, looking timidly at the puppy facing Seto in the warm spring sun.
　In fact, it's almost summer and it's almost as if the sun is hot as it is, but for Ray wearing a dragon robe, the temperature of the sun doesn't have to worry about.
　It was not just cloudy, but enough now if we could see the blue sky.

"Grull?"
"Yuck, yuck!"

　Puppies were happily running around Seto to see what had happened in ten seconds or so while Ray was looking at the blue sky.
　His admirable affection for him was a real indication of Seto's greatness.

(Seto is quite disliked by animals... No, he was often frightened. So, is that puppy quite a big deal?)

　Even in the Wheat-tei stable at dusk, horses and other animals who first met Sett are often frightened.
　Still, if they stay together for a certain period of time, the stable animals will gradually get used to the set.
　But Ray knew that many animals would become accustomed to using Seto.
　The puppies currently roaming around Sett seem to be quite reserved against those animals in the stable animals.
　Watching the two lovely dogs, Ray thinks it might be a good idea to keep them with a warm heart.
　Of course, unlike Seto, he is not intelligent, so there is a high possibility that he will not be able to wait quietly in the stable.
　That would mean keeping them in Marina's house, as it would be impossible to take them to the Wheat House at dusk.
　Marina's courtyard is fine... it's big enough for a set to run, so it's possible to raise a puppy in a relaxed fashion.
　However, now, there are doubts as to what to do if Ray and his colleagues need to leave Gillum for a long time at some request.

(Marina's house is doing a lot of things with spirit magic, so there is a possibility that the spirit will take care of the puppy, and in some cases take the puppy with him to request it...? The question is whether he can get along well with Yero.)

　It had already been decided that Ray would have a puppy.
　That's how Ray was looking at the puppy, but I guess Seto, who was surrounded by the puppy, felt affection for the puppy who came to him without fear.
　Run around the square with puppies, crying happily.
　And how long has it been?
　It's been half an hour, but it's still too long to reach an hour.
　Ray experienced that kind of time, but suddenly he finds Seto stopped moving.
　It's also to protect the puppy from its back.
　Then it won't be difficult to think about what happened.
　Ray looks at Sett's gaze... and soon nearly ten blacks appear, though that gaze may not be effective.

"Are you guys again?"

　That's what Ray said, but I'm sure it was an honest feeling.
　The black costume was familiar to me.
　It was the black clothes worn by those who came to the lake at night.
　And the people who attacked the lake while carrying them to Gilm were dressed in the same black.
　Or, there is a possibility that people who are dressed in the same black but actually belong to a different organization...
　It's true that, as far as I can see, I still look like a person from the same organization."Well, was it to lure us to such a lonely place?"

　The man in black looks like he came out after guessing Ray's aim.
　It is obvious from their position that the man standing in front of Ray is the leader of the black suit.
　Watching such a man, Ray opens his mouth a little unexpectedly.

"You came out with that understanding? To be honest, it's nothing but suicide."
"There's a reason for that. It must have come out because there's a chance of winning. ... I thought I'didn't it?"
"Even if you say so, it won't be persuasive if the people in the organization who have lost so much to me say so."

　I said this half-provoked word, but I don't think I'll fall for it easily in this situation. I don't think so...

`Oh, my God, I'm sure you're dead!'

　a man who cries out animal nature
　Well... that was Ray's honest feeling, but I'll put up with it because I can't show it in this situation.
　No way, Ray didn't expect an assassin to take such a simple provocation.

(Can't you forgive your organization for being ridiculed, or can't you forgive your comrades for being ridiculed? ...the latter?)

　Now that he's here, there's no doubt that the black man, who is showing irritation, has been judged to be competent by the organization.
　However, the reason why other black men seem to be obedient to such men is probably because there is something about the screaming man.
　There is no possibility that a man is forced to obey those around him, but from Ray's point of view it doesn't seem that people around him are afraid or in awe of him.
　However, unlike the people I have encountered before, my face is now covered in black.
　As long as that's the case, I can't see the expression clearly, but I can understand it by the atmosphere.

"Are you going to die? ... Me? Who's going to kill you? You're not going to deal with me, are you?"
"... you're really dead. Do you really think you can do something about me, against us, just because you've beaten a small fish like you used to?"
"Well, I should like to hear that,"

　a renewed provocation
　There is no way that a man who is already so easily exasperated by such a provocation would be quiet.
　Hold the weapon out of your pocket and glare sharply at Ray.
　Regardless of his personality, he's definitely a first-rate product in terms of strength.
　The man faces Ray and holds his weapon... a dagger with a three-pronged tip and a pile of kanji.
　There is a weapon called a tricuspid sword.
　However, since the tricuspid sword is not a dagger but a long-handled weapon, the weapon that a man has is not exactly called a tricuspid sword.
　Anyway, Ray had seen it in games, comics, and anime when he was in Japan, but it was the first time he had seen a weapon close to a tricuspid directly.

`You'll regret it!'

　Screaming, the black-clad man runs toward Ray at once.
　The speed is pretty quick.
　That's the speed at which the expression like the wind speed.
　And as the first man to run, the others in black were running towards Ray.
　However, in terms of speed, the man with the tricuspid sword is still the fastest.
　As he approached Ray quickly, he tried to wield his weapons... and suddenly leaped away from him as if he had noticed something.

"Darb... what do you mean?"

　Other black-clad men approached the man with the tricuspid sword...turn one's gaze suddenly a little further away
　There was a man of balloon build with a smile, dagger in his hands.