a black dog hideout
　Ray looks wary at the man who tells him so.
　Originally I was wary of calling myself in, but somehow I came up with the name of the black dog, even though Ray didn't say nothing.
　Considering that he was deceived by a man who had just been told to show him to the black dog's hideout, it was impossible for him to be honest and not watchful.

"Who is it?"

　Ask so, and if you do something in this situation, prepare for an immediate counterattack.
　But the man in front of Ray's gaze raises his hands, as if he were not his enemy.
　Ray is a little less alert when he sees such a man.
　...however, Sett, who is next to Ray, has not yet seemed to be free of the man's guard.

"I'm not the enemy. You can trust me only that."
"Isn't it difficult to believe it without any evidence?"

　Ray tells me to show some evidence, but the man thinks a little before he speaks.

"When Ray approached this building, the people nearby took their eyes off him, didn't they? Isn't that a little reason?"
"That's..."

　As long as what the man said was correct, I can't deny the word.
　In fact, it's a fact that many people who had been paying attention to Ray turned their eyes away from him as they approached the building.

"What do you think? Did you come to believe me a little?"
"...yes,"

　Ray nodded back to the man's words, but he didn't necessarily believe them.
　Still, the immediate counterattack disappeared, and the man smiled and opened his mouth.

"That's all right now. ... Well, as I said, I'm not the enemy. I mean, exactly who you're looking for."

　the person someone is looking for
　Ray initially wondered if he was part of a gang of assassins targeting him, but the flow of the story soon made it clear what the man meant.

"Black Dog?"
"Correct. That's why I called Ray."

　The words remind Ray that when the man approached him, he said he wanted to know about the Black Dog's hideout.

(Well, if this man belongs to the Black Dog, then of course he may know the place of the Black Dog's hideout. ... but only if that is true.)

　Once you've been fooled and almost assassinated, you can't believe a man's words completely.
　I can't, but... it was true that, as long as there was nothing else I could do about it, I had no choice but to believe in a man.

(And if it's a trap, all you have to do is chew it down.)

　After deciding so, Ray decided to follow the man's words.

"All right. So you're going to show me to the Black Dog's hideout?"
"Well, I don't mind that. But why on earth are you going to go to Black Dog's hideout? If you don't ask me what's going on, I won't be able to show you around."
"You know I'm looking for a black dog hideout, and you know why?"

　Ray wonders if the man in front of him is a little pig-hug, but he shakes his head against him.

"Nevertheless, I still need to ask Ray directly why he wants to go to the hideout. If he doesn't have any particular questions, doesn't he?"
"That's... well, that's true,"

　In fact, I'd be in trouble if Black Dog were involved in this assassination.
　However, since it was Marina who introduced me to Black Dog, I wasn't that worried.

"Right now, I'm attacked by assassins. Only today... No, I've come to Gillum many times. I've felt very uncomfortable since I came to Gillum today. That's enough to make me feel little sign of assassin murder."

　When Ray explains, the man nods in agreement.
　At first glance, you may be impressed by Ray's explanation, but you're actually thinking about whether his explanation is any different from the information you have.
　Ray, who was watching the man's behavior, understood the situation, but the current situation... he told me about the black dog's hideout and was trying to get information there, so I can's no way to say anything about his attitude.
　Then a few tens of seconds passed... and the man nodded.

"OK. Then there's no problem with taking Ray with you. Then what should we do? Shall we go now?"
"...you make up your mind so easily, considering it was a waste."

　Ray says with a little surprise.
　I always thought I was going to be more hesitant and make a decision.
　However, the man who actually heard Ray's words nodded easily.
　If so, it's natural to think that the decision was made in that way from the beginning.

"There are many things, many things.

　To tell Ray that alone, the man shows him the back of the building.

"Here we go. Follow me."
"...can Seto come in, too?"

　At all times, Seto cannot enter the building.
　They are too large to enter the building.
　If you force yourself into it, the building could be destroyed.
　That's why Seth asked if he could enter the building.

"Ah... well, I don't think it's possible to get Set, but if you don't go through here, you'll have to take a long detour. What do you do you think?
"I ask you that the door is not forced to move somewhere with magic, is it?"
"Of course. I've never seen or heard of such magic items. ... Oh, but if you're Ray, why don't you know there's something like that?"

　The man asks Ray if it's possible, but Ray shakes his head as if it's natural.
　For Ray, he spoke of metastasis as a real possibility.
　In fact, the Westian Empire already requires a lot of money and can only be transferred to a limited number of places, and although it is necessary to prepare in advance, it has been transferred.
　With that in mind, there is no denying the possibility that we are using metastasis here.

"I don't have such magic items. It would be convenient if I had one. ... But I rarely have trouble with moving speed if I had a set."

　In fact, Seto's moving speed is incomparably faster than that of a horse on the ground.
　...and yet Ray thinks it's more convenient to move far away.

"Well, I see. ... Oh, it was Seto. Wouldn't it be possible for Seto to fly over this building? Then I wouldn't have any problem."
"...that simple..."
"This is a slum, so it's only natural. Let's go."When the man tells him so, Ray tells Seto to fly over the building and Ray goes out through the door he led.

"Slurrurling.

　Ray had gone outside for a few seconds before Seto came down from above.

(This stands out... well, I think it's wrong to worry about that when Sett was there.)

　Patting Seto, who is rubbing his face against him, Ray expects the slums to be in a big uproar by now.
　Because Seto suddenly flapped his wings and jumped over a building.

"I think Seto is here, too. Then I'll show you around. ... I'll tell you, Black Dog is just behind the scenes. You're going with that in mind, aren't you? It's really late now."
"Of course, I know the circumstances, but in order to gather the necessary information, I need a source of information. In that sense, it is true that black dogs are a good choice."

　Of course, if you look for an informant outside the slum, you'll get some information about the slum.
　But rice cake is a rice cake shop.
　If you want information about the slums, it's best to ask the slums.
　And at the same time, if you're going to listen to slum dwellers anyway, you'd definitely want to hear from someone with the most intelligence-gathering ability.
　In that sense, the Black Dog organization was the best choice.
　...the most decisive factor is that Marina recommended it.

"Hmmm. Well, I don't mind. Then it's this way."

　Are you convinced by Ray's words or did it matter from the start? Ray didn't know about them, but the man takes them along the road anyway.
　The road is by no means wide, as it was provided at the back door of the building.

"Glu".

　Since the folded set of wings is large enough to finally pass through, Seto's mouth says, "It'sounds like "narrow."

"Seto, you can use your skills."
"Glu?"

　Rey's words make Seto cry, "Really?"
　Originally, Ray's skill set... resizing may not be something that should be easily visible to others.
　But now we can still manage to get along, but the road won't always remain the same.
　Maybe it's not even possible that the road will widen, but it's hard to think of it as a slum.
　And as long as they are targeted by assassins, if they think about being attacked in this situation, the current set becomes a good target for the enemy.
　Therefore, if the enemy attacked us here, we had to be able to move to a certain extent.

"Huh? What's wrong? What happened.

　Ray and Sett look at each other and the man ahead asks.
　Ray responds to such a man, looking at Set.

"This road is a little too narrow for a set. It'll be a little smaller."
"...in a small way?"

　Ray looked at Sett, saying that if he had no idea what Ray was saying, it would be quicker to show him in person than to explain.
　Seth must have understood the meaning of the line of sight right away. He starts his skill by making a short cry.

"Ugh! Ugh!"

　a man's voice of astonishment
　It's only natural. The size of the set has shrunk from 3 to 70 centimeters.
　I could have made it even smaller if my resizing skill level improved, but I could have done my best at 70 cm in Level 2 situations.
　Now that you're this small, you'll have no problem going down this road.

"For the time being, it's not too small to set,"
"Grull".

　Seto who cries joyfully at Ray's words.
　A man who was dumbfounded and watched the set finally comes to himself.

"No, no, that's not it! Why are you getting smaller all of ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
"It's the effect of skills. Set is a rare species that can use many different skills."

　an ostensible explanation
　However, it was definitely more persuasive than a monster born through witchcraft and learning new skills through the magic stones of other monsters.
　In fact, the man had shown some satisfaction with Ray's explanation.

"A rare species? Come to think of it, I don't think I've heard of it."

　Watching him muttering like that, Ray caresses his diminished set.
　However, that is only a comparison of three meters, and seventy centimeters is a reasonable size.

"Look, I'm going faster than that. It's not very interesting to stay still here forever."
"... Oh, oh. All right. Shall we?"

　Rey nods, and the man begins to guide again.
　In fact, Ray still had no complete faith in the man, but he still feels safe as far as this goes.
　I just grew small, but I found out I was obviously surprised by Sett's appearance.
　It seems to Ray that even if he is told that he was actually an assassin in this situation, it is not difficult to deal with it.
　At any rate, the two of them keep walking... between buildings, along fairly narrow roads, and so on.

(Prevention against tailing? ... You don't have to worry about that at the time of Sett's presence. But because of this discomfort, it's hard to detect not only murder but also signs?)

　Today's experience in the battle did not seem to me to be the case, but it was also true that Ray could not imitate the discomfort completely without knowing what it was.
　Anyway, Ray and Sett continue to walk in places where it's hard for people to walk... half an hour later, the man opens his mouth.

"Look, I see it. That's the black dog hideout."

　It was a two‐story building that was ahead of me.