"What was yesterday's battle?"

　Having a slightly later breakfast, Ray asks the knight next to him.
　As they ask, Ray looks at the water wolf playing with the children of the Lizardmen.
　It's a scene where you can't believe you were fighting to death last night.
　Looking at the scene, it was not surprising to wonder what really happened in the fight last night.
　As for the knight who was approached by Ray, above... he was racking his brains over the content of the report to be submitted to Dusker.
　No wonder.
　I didn't expect that there would be someone in the lake who could communicate with us and build a friendly relationship with us.
　On top of that, it wasn't Dusker who negotiated with the water wolf, it wasn't a knight who was in charge of the situation, Ray.
　As long as the water wolf chose Ray as the negotiating partner, we had to be careful about the contents of the report.
　...but Dusker has deep faith in Ray.
　You've asked for a lot of work, and you've done all of the work, so you've got a lot of trust in this relationship.

"Did you think it was okay for a water wolf to believe in me because of yesterday's fight? Then I don't think there would be such a problem?"

　Despite worrying about the report, the knight replies so to Ray.
　If we could build such a friendly relationship with the water wolf, yesterday's battle would not have been necessary.
　It would never be Ray's overthinking to think so.

"Looking at that situation, I don't think I could have done it without yesterday's battle. Isn't it?"
"I don't know. I don't think I can say anything about that until we fight. It is thought that the water wolf recognized me because of that battle."

　Ray thought to himself, "Really?" but if he says so, I will believe him for now.
　Even if I say something in the current situation, I think it's too late.

"Ray, I want to go now."

　Anastasia says so to Ray, who was talking to the knight.
　From Anastasia's point of view, he was also interested in the ecology of waterwolves and how intelligent they were, but he was still more interested in Whisp.
　It is certainly the Whispers in the underground space in the middle of the forest of Trent that have transferred Lizardman's children, waterwolves, and his birth tower and lake from another world to this world.
　Considering that, it was only natural for a scholar to have the greatest interest in Daigen Whispers.
　Next to Anastasia, Fana is also watching Ray with her usual mask on.
　It is Fana's job to stop the runaway of Anastasia, but Fana would also like to head to the underground space where Wisps is located as soon as possible.

"Okay. ... First of all, I don't think it's going to be very helpful for me to stay here, and I don't mind if I go, do I?
"No, it's not like it's useless. I mean, without Ray, there's no one who can negotiate with the water wolf. That's a problem."

　Struggling with the contents of the report, the knight tells Ray.
　In fact, the word is not so wrong.
　The water wolf is friendly to those who are here, because Ray is here.
　That would be obvious given the water wolf's refusal to allow anyone but Ray to talk to him.
　That's why I'm worried that Ray isn't here for a knight.

"If possible, I'd like you to come back here as soon as you send them off."
"I had a lot of things to do, but in this case, it can't be helped."

　Originally, the organization still in the slums was going to collapse today.
　However, when asked whether to crush an organization that has assassins targeting him or a water wolf that will have a strong influence in the lake, Ray has no choice but to give priority to the latter.

"I'm sorry."
"Ah... but I can't help it when I think about it. But, as it is necessary to carry the felled trees, I shall be there in the afternoon."
"I don't mind that. I would like to proceed with the extension of the gillem as soon as possible. I should like to ask you to do so, considering those things."

　Ray shakes his head at the remark, telling him not to worry so much.
　The incident with the water wolf is undoubtedly of great interest to Ray, too.
　If that's the case, you don't have to push yourself here.

"Ray".

　Hurry up and do it!
　Yes, Anastasia looks at Ray.
　If you're a hobby like that, you'll be happy with a shiver.
　Unfortunately, Ray doesn't have that kind of hobby, so he calls Seto without any particular concern.

"Seto, I'm going now. Come here!"
"Guru!"

　Seto approaches Ray's words with a cry.
　...the water wolf who was playing with the children of the Lizardmen seemed a little interested to see him...is he aware of it or not?
　Anyway, they come under Ray without turning to the water wolf.

"Guru!"

　Seto makes a cry, "I'm ready!"
　Ray caresses Seto's head and looks at both Anastasia and Fana.

"Then shall we go?"

　The two nodded to Ray's words.





"It's troublesome that there are so many goblins."

　When Anastasia arrives at a place where the road leading to the underground is hidden, she says with distaste.
　I don't know his expression because he's wearing a mask, but he nodded in favor of Anastasia's opinion.
　However, Ray doesn't understand Anastasia and Fana's feelings.
　Each one is weak and not smart.
　However, because he is not smart, he does not run away in front of Seto and attacks him.
　Of course, if Seto shows his ability, he will run away, but if he shows his ability, it takes up some time, which is troublesome for Ray.
　...and for Anastasia and Fana, it is only natural for them to be more disgusted with goblins, as they come after their bodies - in a s*xual sense.
　Such goblins were present in the Trent Forest today.
　Ray doesn't know why there are so many goblins today.
　I don't know, but I still couldn't leave it as it is.

(First of all, we need to reduce the number of goblins. ...the rate at which goblins breed is abnormal, so we want to do something about it as much as possible.)

　Even so, goblins are fertile, but weak instead.
　That's why other monsters kill you easily, and in some cases, you can be preyed on.
　It was common to say that goblin meat stinks and cannot be eaten, but some monsters like to eat such goblin meat.
　Ray, hoping that there will be monsters like that, asks Seto to watch out for the surrounding area and heads to the underground space with Anastasia and Fana.

"Anastasia, maybe I'll be late to pick you up today... well, in Anastasia's case, is that all right?"

　Due to Anastasia's nature, Ray's late arrival would be much happier if he had more time to study Wisps.
　That's why I spoke to him in an affirmative way, not in an acceptable way.
　Anastasia nods as if it were natural to Ray's words.

"Yes, that's fine. Can I come more slowly anyway?"

　Fana, who was listening to Anastasia's side, shakes her head and denies Anastasia's words.
　Anastasia's assistant... to be exact, for Fana, who takes care of Anastasia, it was honest that she wanted to stop taking care of her more time if possible.
　Ray also nods back to Fana's imploring atmosphere because he doesn't want to impose any trouble on Anastasia alone.

"What do you both mean?"

　Anastasia, who noticed Ray's interaction with Fana, muttered discontentedly.However, Ray and Fana start to act on each other regardless of Anastasia's condition.
　Fana should check the laboratory equipment that she left here yesterday.
　Is there anything wrong with Ray in the basement? ... To be exact, is there anything wrong with the magic items that Grimm hides?
　When I left here yesterday, I told Grimm that I could look at Anastasia's research material and gave him a reply of approval - I just waved from the air - so I thought there might have been some progress, but as far as Ray can see, I don't think anything has changed.
　Some magic items have changed places, but that's all.

(Isn't it possible for Grimm to find out about this Whisp......isn't that strange too?)

　Whispers that exist in front of us have the ability to transfer people and objects from another world and bring them to this world.
　It's obviously not an ordinary ability.
　That must be very rare in the history of this world.
　Therefore, no matter how good Grimm was, there was no way he could do anything about it so easily.
　For now, Ray can do either Anastasia or Grimm, so he wants us to proceed with the research on Whispers as soon as possible.

(There is a possibility that you will be able to go to another world in the future.)

　Ray's goal is to return to the original world... Earth.
　No, I'm prepared to bury my bones in this world, so it's more correct to say that I'm going to do a little business instead of returning home.
　I wanted to buy things that I couldn't buy unless I was in Japan on earth, and I wanted to collect a variety of other knowledge, especially related to cooking, and buy books.
　I also want to meet my family and friends who have left me in the other world.
　...but Reiji Saeki and Rei now differ greatly from each other in terms of appearance.
　Not really, but no one can understand Ray as Reiji just by looking at him.

"Ray? What's wrong?"
"No, I'm wondering what kind of guy that Whisp is. ... What do you think?"
"Whatever you say... All I can say is that it is very interesting."

　Ray simply replied, with an air of firmness.
　In fact, in this case, as Anastasia is a reliable person, I decided that I should stop saying strange things here and offending him.

"I see. Then I'll leave the matter to you. ... Well, I'll be back soon, so don't worry about this matter."

　Deciding that it would be better to return to the lake as soon as possible, Ray says so and leaves the underground space.

"Guru!"

　Seeing Ray like that, Seto, who was wary of the people around him, approaches with a happy cry.
　As he caresses Seto, Ray checks the surroundings... he notices more than a dozen goblin bodies lying on his face and looks displeased.

(The number of goblins is increasing, after all. ...I think we should go for a goblin hunt on a large scale, but...there are more people.)

　I want to deal with goblins as much as possible.
　However, if not before, since the tower of birth and the lake have transferred, it is not easy to use other people.
　Furthermore, if you think about the case of water wolves, you will need to keep a secret even more.
　In that case, it means that only those who know the situation are there, but then the number of people is small.

"Well, a great man should think about that. For the time being, let me know that the number of goblins is increasing."

　Once Ray decides on his policy, he gets on Seto and leaves.
　They then run through the forest of Trent, and on the way, they are attacked several times by a flock of goblins, and every time they blow the goblins away, they head for the lake.

(Isn't there more goblins than I thought? To be honest, it's too much trouble.)

　With that thought in mind, Ray threw a twilight spear at the goblin he saw in the distance.