When Ray finishes eating the meat of the Aubral Snake, he has nothing to do in earnest.
Some of the adventurers are helping the researchers, and some are taking naps - though it's still morning.
　What stands out among them is probably a mock battle.
　A mock battle involving not only adventurers but also Lizardmen.
　Watching such a battle, Ray wonders what he will do.
　I'm here now in connection with the water wolf.
　However, the reason I'm here is to communicate with the water wolf in case of emergency, and I don't have anything particular to do now, so I'm just dazed.
　"What do you want to do?" But I can't think of anything all of a sudden, and the researchers... especially the men who were trying to find out about water wolves are watching them so that they don't behave strangely.

(Mr. Dusker must have mixed that among the researchers. Or was he wearing a cat in front of Mr. Dusker?)

　While thinking like that, autumn takes the fruits in season out of the mistilling and tastes them.
　Naturally, it's not the kind of fruit you can eat in the current summer season.
　However, in Ray's case, there is a mystery ring.
　If you put it in there, you can always eat fresh... fruits right after harvest.
　The sticky, sweet flesh spreads through your mouth.
　I have eaten mangoes several times when I was in Japan, but it is close to that taste.
　While enjoying the taste, Ray looks around...

"Oh my gosh!

　A scream came suddenly.
　Looking toward the scream, I saw a researcher bitten by a fish that jumped out of the lake.
　From Ray's point of view, the fish was biting the researcher's arm and trying to bite off the meat.
　As far as the fins are as wide as wings, they can probably fly, albeit lightly.
　In front of Ray's gaze, wondering if he is close to a flying fish, an adventurer near the researcher pierces the body of the fish with a spear and kills it.
　Fortunately, the fish is about 20 to 30 cm, which is not that big.
　That's probably why the researchers who were attacked were injured, but not so seriously.

"Oh, thank you. You saved me."
"No, don't worry, but we still don't know how many monsters there are in this lake. In that sense, I think we should be a little more careful."
"Yes, I'll let you do that."

　Researchers express such thanks to adventurers.
　If that was all, it would have been a nice sight.
　However, when the researchers used the portion where it had been eaten, they immediately began to examine the fish that had eaten their meat.
　Normally, it is not possible to bite yourself and check the person who has eaten up the meat.
　No, it may be a different story after a certain amount of time, but since we investigate it quickly, those who have seen the sequence of actions are clearly surprised.

"Wow... That's amazing, researchers."

　One of the adventurers muttered deeply, and others nodded in agreement.
　All the adventurers here can be said to be good.
　However, even for such an adventurer, the behavior of the researchers was astonishing.

"If we get injured in the middle of a battle, we can recover quickly with a portion like that..."
"A researcher must be having a hard time, too."

　Ray agrees with the conversation taking place at a distance.
　However, if you are staying overnight in this camp, researchers know about researchers such as Anastasia and Phana.
　However, Anastasia is absorbed in studying with Whisp, but only if it is in front of her.
　If not... that's what I'm doing when I come back to this camp, I won't show you what I'm doing in front of Whisp.

(The sight of him licking Whispers... It's no wonder that a hundred years of love will cool down at once.)

　It was quite shocking to see Anastasia trying to lick Whispers because she was beautiful.
　While thinking like that, Ray looks around the lake...

"Huh!"

　utter a short voice
　Because I found a researcher approaching the burning slime.
　Since he was a researcher who was obsessed with water wolves, I can almost imagine what he was going to do by looking at the burning slime. ... It's more appropriate to say that it's done.

"Hey!"

　Ray hurriedly gets up from his sitting position and runs to the burning slime... to be exact, toward the researchers.
　The speed of movement is also close to full strength for Ray.
　To those watching, Ray could have seemed to have disappeared in an instant.
　Those around you didn't know what was going on, but if Ray acted like that, you can still understand that something must have happened.
　Not knowing that others are feeling that way, Ray hurried to his destination.
　Researchers approach the burning slime.
　As long as slime is on fire, even researchers cannot touch it carelessly.
　It is true that researchers can only get injured if they touch it poorly, but Ray is also in trouble if it causes a strange disturbance.

"What are you doing?"

　Researchers who were approaching the burning slime stopped when they heard the voice coming from behind.
　And when I turned around, Ray was there.
　Researchers show irritation when they see Ray.

"What are you doing? Of course, it's research. Did this burning slime come out of that lake? Then it's one of my jobs this time."
"...that slime is dangerous."
"I know that. But there's no doubt that this slime is one of the subjects of study. And how long is it going to burn? So we need to make sure that it's here."
"...if you need to check it out, it's not your job."

　At Ray's words, researchers are so frustrated that blood vessels float on their foreheads.
　If it wasn't Ray who said that, the researchers wouldn't have been so angry.
　However, Ray was unhappy with the case of a water wolf.
　Now that Ray has warned me again, there is no way a proud researcher can follow me quietly.

"Don't be silly!"

　Screaming in frustration, the researcher starts running toward the burning slime.
　In this kind of situation, even if you reach the place where the slime is burning, you can't do it as if you were doing research.
　However, the man, who is half motivated by his will towards Ray, doesn't seem to notice the contradiction of his behavior and continues to run.
　As a matter of course, Ray cannot let researchers do such a thing.
　Therefore, the only thing Ray could do now was capture it before the researchers arrived at the slime location.
　And... researchers and Ray naturally have different physical abilities.
　After the researchers have taken a few steps, Ray catches up and grabs the arm and hurls it hard.

"Yuck!"

　The researcher's mouth, which was beaten to the ground, let out such a scream.
　Originally, the other party is a researcher prepared by Dusker, so there is no reason to do such a thing.
　But if I tried to reach out to this burning slime, it would have been a different story.
　Unlike the friendly water wolf in the lake, this slime was a clear enemy.
　They are not intelligent but act on instinct, and they have the property of attacking anyone who can eat what is in front of them.
　Now it's not moving because of Ray's magic, but if the researchers messed up badly, the worst slime could move around freely again.
　It's already the size of a hill or a little mountain.
　It's natural that you don't want to think about what kind of damage it will cause if such an entity goes on a rampage.

"Well... well..."I can hear the researcher moaning at the pain of being hit on the ground, but I don't think Ray went too far.
　This incident was an uproar that might have resulted in Gilmoo being destroyed if he was not good at it.
　Considering that, it was no doubt lucky that one of the researchers was injured.

"Ray, this is... no, you don't have to ask to predict it."

　Only at this point does the knight catch up and ask Ray so.
　However, when I understood that the researchers moaned in pain on the ground when I was a water wolf, I could somehow understand the situation.
　open one's mouth in amazement

"This is after the water wolf. I think it is necessary to report it to you."
"If you do that, it will be helpful for us as well. If these things come and go over and over again, it's no trouble for me."

　Ray wholeheartedly agrees with the knight's words.
　As long as he is a researcher, Ray can understand his curiosity.
　I can do it, but it is also true that it is very troublesome to be treated like this.
　I know that Dusker is the one who went out of his way to choose, but it was Ray's honest feeling that if possible, he would not come from the next survey.

"First of all, should this researcher rest?"

　The knight muttered when he saw a researcher who had been groaning with pain until a while ago, perhaps because of the pain, or for some other reason.
　Ray had no intention of opposing the idea, so he wouldn't stop the knight from taking him.
　A researcher is carried by a knight in his arms... even if he is carried in a way called a princess hug.
　It is only natural for such researchers to think that they should bind their hands and feet with strings so that they will not wake up and go on a rampage.
　If you let him lie in the carriage bed or somewhere else without doing anything, it could cause some trouble again.

"Why don't you tie him up so he can't move?"
"No, that's a bit..."

　The knight shakes his head at Ray's suggestion.
　For a knight, no matter how problematic he is, he is the one sent by Dusker.
　It is impossible to bind such a person.
　If you did something like this that suddenly broke out with a weapon... that's a different story.
　Ray was also a failure, and it was a proposal to the extent that I wished I could do it, so I am not particularly dissatisfied with the Knight's denial of his words.
　I see. I just thought so.

"Anyway, I think we need to do something about this first... but if we're going to go on a rampage again, we'll have to deal with it accordingly."
"Uh... I know."

　For a knight, it's just like being sandwiched between his boss and subordinates.
　Anyway, I will come back to where everyone is like that.

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"Wow, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh!"

　Seto and the water wolf cry together as if they were waiting for that moment.
　It's not like Ray made a sound of relief because he's back safe, but rather a warning cry for someone unknown.

"What!"

　Judging from their appearance that they were not joking, Ray semi-reflectively pulls a death-size and twilight spear out of Mystiling.
　A moment or a few seconds behind Ray, the adventurers and the lizardmen also hold their weapons so that anything can happen.
　The researchers have no idea what happened and just look around in panic at the sight of Seto and the water wolf.
　This is probably the difference between adventurers and researchers.
　But... after a dozen seconds, nothing seems to happen.
　I was wondering if that would be the case with a powerful monster in the current situation.

"What happened? Is it a prank?"

　Before I knew it, the knight, who had thrown the researcher to the ground and was holding a long sword, muttered, but as far as Ray looks at Seto and the water wolf, it doesn't seem like a prank.
　Ray, looking at Seto and the water wolf again, looked at the two of them staring at one place and watching.
　What's in front of them is...

"Whisp?"

　Yes, Ray muttered.