"To Ray and his comrades who destroyed the headquarters of Dragonius, defeated the leader, and even defeated Dragonius, who attacked the village by himself... Cheers!"
'Cheers!'

　With those words from Zai, everyone raises a cup and says toast.
　Like the others, Ray also holds up the cup and drinks up the contents.
　Of course, the contents of Ray's cup were tea, not alcohol.
　After drinking up the contents of the cup, everyone begins to eat together as a matter of course.
　Normally, we don't kill livestock at this time of year.
　However, today is not today.
　This village...and the malice...no, the symbol of hunger that has plagued Centaur.
　It is a very auspicious day when we destroyed the home ground of Dragonius and defeated the gold-scaled Dragonius who ruled the Dragonians.
　It was only natural to slaughter livestock and serve them as feasts.
　Above all, whether it be Ray or Vihera, they helped this village, which had nothing to do with it.
　We had to have such a feast to show our appreciation for it.

"Here you go. It's the most delicious place."

　There was a dish of pork filled with herbs and various ingredients and then steamed.
　The scent of appetite-stimulating that drifted from Ray and Vihera while they were discussing in the tent.
　That was the pork dish.

"It's delicious."

　By steaming, the pork is quite tender.
　Also, perhaps because it is a meadow, it is full of herbs.
　Nevertheless, the herbs made sure the food was not spoiled, which made the food taste even better than usual...at least more time-consuming and definitely better than the food Ray served when he first came to this village.

(Come to think of it, what is the difference between spices and herbs?)

　Softly steamed, it also has an appetizing scent of herbs.
　While enjoying such a dish, Ray suddenly has such a question.
　Spices... for example, pepper would be common.
　Herbs... There are many things called herbs.
　If you are an expert on cooking, you will be able to see many detailed differences in that area as well.
　However, when it comes to cooking, Ray, who basically specializes in eating, doesn't understand that.

(The pepper is dry, and the spice is dry? ... Well, I don't care. If it tastes good, there's no problem.)

　In the end, you come to that conclusion and enjoy the taste of the food.
　Whether it's spice or herb, it doesn't matter so much to Ray if it tastes good.
　...although it is definitely a spice in the sense that it is profitable.

"What do you think about our traditional food?"

　One Centaur appeared in front of Ray, who was enjoying cooking.
　You can call her an old woman, she's the one with the cane.
　...Rae wonders if a Centaur with four legs will need a cane when he gets older.
　Nevertheless, it is obvious from the circumstances around him that the person is not free.
　I don't think Ray really talked to me just to taste the food.

"I think it's a pretty good dish. I hope it's not too bad even though it's full of herbs."

　No matter how good seasonings or spices are, if you use them too much, you can never say that they are delicious.
　Nevertheless, despite the fact that the pork dish Ray is eating uses a lot of herbs, there is no doubt that the food is delicious enough.
　In other words, how much herb should be used is being used in extreme conditions.
　How much skill does it take to do such a thing?
　It should have required a high degree of skill that Ray could understand.

"I hope you'll say that. I'm very grateful to Ray and Vihera for the dinner tonight. Please enjoy it to the fullest."
"I'll let you do that. So..."
"Grandmother!"

　Before Ray says anything, Zai's voice echoes.
　Zai approaches the old woman who was talking to Ray, revealing his strong surprise and pushing through the crowd.

(Grandmother? Come to think of it...)

　Ray remembers the day he first came to this world.
　Zay was rather surprised to learn that Ray could use magic.
　Also, there are only two people in the village, but they can also use magic.
　One of them is the drum, the head of the village, and the other is the grandmother.
　Remembering those words, I was convinced that this old woman was the grandmother Zai was talking about.
　...because Zai calls her an old woman, her judgment was not wrong.

"Zai, can this person use magic as you said?"
"Well... but she's as old as you can see. I can't walk around carelessly."
"Huh! It's nothing to worry about. It's also a party for the two of you who saved this village."

　An old woman who says so with a smile.
　The color on his face looks happy.
　As residents of this village, they must be grateful to Ray and Vihera for protecting the Centaurs.

"You two really helped me. I'm full of gratitude, too. I wish I could thank you..."
"Even so, I don't have to worry about it because I'm supposed to get paid so much from the drums."
"Don't you have anything? I'll do whatever I can."

　In fact, the power of drums...with influence, they promise to find Anastasia and Fana.
　And even without it, it was enough as a reward, because he had the body of Dragonius, who was thought to be the leader, and who had the scales of gold.
　...we were able to experiment in a way, such as using ten fire whirlwinds at the same time.
　By doing so, I was able to convince myself that my skills were clearly better than before in terms of attack magic over a wide range.
　If that's the case, I'm getting paid more than enough for this case.

(Oh, but...)

　If the Centaur in front of you can use magic, I think it might be a good idea to see what kind of magic it is.
　However, after thinking for a moment that it might be uncool to say such a thing during a party, Ray opens his mouth.

"Then... may I call you grandmother in this hamlet?"

　After seeing the old woman nod that she doesn't mind Ray's words, Ray continues.

"It was said that only two grandmothers and drums can use magic, so I'd appreciate it if you could show me the magic that grandmother uses around tomorrow."

　What kind of magic do the Centaurs use?
　Or, as long as this world is different from Erjin, you may be able to see magic that Ray doesn't know.
　Other than that, Ray is basically not using existing magic, but creating new magic with his own senses.
　In that sense, it was an undeniable fact that the magic used by the grandmother could be a hint of a new magic used by Ray.

"Magic? If that's all right with you, I don't mind..."The grandmother nods in surprise, perhaps because Ray's words were unexpectedly.
　To be honest, Ray can't handle jewelry or anything... or even get livestock from this village.
　If I could get a dish that uses plenty of herbs, that would be a different story.

(But today's food must have been a lot of strain, and as long as it's been badly damaged by Dragonius, I don't think it's going to be easy to get rid of any more livestock.

　Already, this village has been evacuated by those who escaped the Dragonian attack.
　Thus the number of communities is increasing, but none of the Centaurs who came to bring livestock... but the number is inevitably decreasing.
　If so, it will be difficult to say whether there is enough food in winter.
　Despite this situation, I wanted to show my gratitude to the rays for slaughtering their livestock and serving dishes using the meat.

"Then, please do it tomorrow. Today... I don't think I can do many things."

　The old woman nods to Ray's words.
　If it's enough to show magic, it really doesn't matter.
　I think that's not enough to express my gratitude for protecting the community.

"Look, old woman. Ray is saying that's all right. Shouldn't we take a break today?"
"It's still in the middle of a party. Can't you? Of course, I won't push myself too hard."

　From Ray's point of view, it seems like a conversation between grandmother and grandchild.
　However, according to what Ray heard from Zai as a small talker, he had heard that grandmother and Zai were not related to grandmother and grandchild.
　...but most of these villages are more or less related by blood.
　Now we are evacuating from various villages, so many people are not related by blood.

"Things like that make me feel warm."

　Ray agrees with Vihera's words as he eats.

"Well, anyway..."
"Squealing!"

　Just as Ray is about to say something, Seto, who is running around with the Centaurian children, suddenly cries.
　It's not just a cry, it's a cry that inspires alarm in the listener.
　For Ray and Vihera, the voice was enough to make them think they needed to take action immediately and move reflexively.
　Rising quickly from his sitting position, Ray pulls a death-size and twilight spear from Mystiling.
　Next to Ray, Vihera was standing up as well, ready to react at any moment.

"Well... what do you think came?"
"Now? I'm afraid you don't know. Ray cleaned up the Dragonias, right? Then... something else?"
"I don't know. ... Do we need to go and see it in person? Seto!"
"Guru!"

　At Ray's words, Seto, who had come close to him, makes his throat growl.

"The enemy is here... is that right?"

　Seto throats at Ray's question, saying he is sure.
　Neither Ray nor Vihera know how keen Seto is, so they don't judge that it's some kind of misunderstanding.
　On the contrary, if Seto says so, I even judge that there is no doubt.

"Ray!"

　And there are other people besides Ray who know in detail about Seto's abilities.
　We didn't have much time to act together, but we were still sent to watch at the camp on our way to Dragonius' home base.
　It's not difficult for Zai and others to understand the situation from the current situation of Seto.

"Oh, it's definitely an enemy. ... I'll ask you just in case, do you have any idea of anyone else attacking Centaur?"
"No."

　When I see Zai shaking his head immediately, I wonder if it's Ray too.
　The Centaurs were originally called the prairie champions before Dragonius came.
　I was overwhelmed by Dragonius' high ability as an individual and, above all, by his instincts due to hunger, by the strangeness of coming to eat him to death in a literal sense, but that's because he's the other person.
　To the rest of the enemy, Centaur shows enough ability to match the champion's name in the meadow location.
　I don't think there's anyone who's going to attack this very large village of Centaur.

(Then...)

　I have a bad feeling in Ray.
　It's a simple calculation.
　Dragonius is the only one who can attack the Centaurs.
　Then, isn't it Dragonius who attacked?
　That is by no means wrong in my expectations.
　...unless Ray and his colleagues annihilated Dragonius' home ground.
　However, it is true that Ray had only one hunch.
　The gold-scaled Dragonius was undoubtedly strong.
　But... still, Ray, who actually fought, had doubts.
　Is this Dragonius really the last enemy?
　And... Ray's prediction is correct.

"It's Dragonius, a flock of Dragonius is heading this way!"

　One of the Centaurs who came running from outside screamed as much as he could.