Hey, look who's here, Master Hermes. You're just in time.
Hmm?

　In the evening, when I was wandering around the town of Pindos at random, I heard a familiar, or perhaps familiar, wrinkled voice.
　When I turned toward the voice, I saw an old man I recognized.

　The old storefront, the books that seemed to overflow almost to the outside of the store.
　It was Cassios' old man, an acquaintance who runs a bookstore here in Pindos.

Old man Cassius. What's the matter with you, just the right place?
Hmm, I got something for you. I'll see you in a minute.

　The old man quirked the corners of his mouth with a grin and went back inside the store once more.

''Ho...?''

　I could see the corners of my mouth going up, too.
　I've known Grandpa Cassios for a long time.

　Most of the photo books I have, the ones with a "rare" value in them, were bought by Kassios' grandfather.
　He told me that he had gotten a good one.

　Our expectations rose inexorably.

　We waited in front of the store for a while, and then the old man came back.

He said, "Here. Here, it's out of print.
Let's see. The White Warrior Princess I can't read the part about the name.

　Maybe it was because it was a very old photo book, but the latter half of the title was so faint that I couldn't read the part that seemed to be the name of the book.
　I nodded my head, but the old man said, "Pull out some more men-damas and take a closer look.

He said, "Pull out some more men-damas and take a closer look.
'You can't see it if you pull it out... hmmm, the second half of your last name?　Is that all that's left?　This is .........Cano? .........Cano?
Oh.

　I was so surprised that I looked up and saw my grandfather, he had a proud smile on his face as he showed me about three teeth left on top and bottom.

It's the first master of this house," he said.
First generation?

　Surprised, I look at the cover of the photo book again.
　I know the name of the first one, of course, by its full name.

　When I change it with the knowledge of it - indeed, the blurred part reads that way.

'So that means this is hundreds of years old.
You did your best to get it, huh?
Yeah.

　I flipped through the first photo book with a different emotion than when looking at various Ortias' photo books.

'.........Strong.
What?
No, it's nothing.

　Carelessly and inadvertently.
　Inadvertently, I spoke my mind.

　The first female swordsman in the photo book is very dignified, and she's a pretty good swordsman, as you can see from the photo.

　No........this is seriously strong.
　This is the strongest swordsman I know, by far.
　It's obvious from the edges.

　The reason I know this is because............she's a stubborn type of person.
　It's a photo album, but she's in a very stubborn "sword" pose with no regard for how she looks in the photo book.
　He's stubborn, inflexible, and just plain strong.

　The first photographs made a powerful case for it.

'The first Master Cano?'
God, it's beautiful. You're in love.
I wish I had a girl like her to marry.

Whoa!

　I was stunned to the point of being knocked off my feet.
　Before I knew it, the town's residents had gathered around me and were peering at my photo album.

　They were all looking at my photo album with great interest.

'It's just like the image of the first Master Cano that was handed down to me by my grandfather's grandfather even more.
Does he look like his current lord?
It's true. I see the resemblance.

　Someone said that, and now all eyes were focused on me.

　It's a little uncomfortable to have them stare at me intently.
　Well, they're descendants, and if they say we look alike, well, that's just the way it is.

　I was smiling bitterly and wondering what to do about it when I heard a commotion from some distance.

　Then I heard a commotion from some distance away.

　I wondered what was going on, and this time I looked in your direction.

"Geez.

　It was bad in another way, I thought.
　Those rough-looking guys who looked like rough guys who were just walking down the street and the residents would naturally clear the road, were, you know, the Dreamers.

　It's not that they're doing anything wrong, but they look like bandits, so the residents are selfishly frightened, clearing the way and whispering to each other in the distance.

　By the way, the Dreamers don't seem to care about it at all, and are walking normally in the middle of the road.
　It's coming toward me - towards me.

"Oh.

　After one of the group members spotted me, they all came towards me at once.

　Oh no, we can't keep this up.
　While I was wondering how to cover up the situation, they all came right in front of me.

　The residents who had gathered to look at the photo album were also frightened by this group of dreamers.

''Li Li, my lord. Please help us!''

　He said to me.

　Almost at the same time, one of the group members opened his mouth to speak to me, but when he heard the resident's words, Cyrus raised his hand and cut him off.

　Cyrus looked at me with a straight face and then.

''You are the lord of this town?''
Yeah.
...I see.

　I and Cyrus look at each other with a difficult face.
　The other members of the Dreamscape group are baffled, and the frightened residents.

　It's not good, how should we get out of this place?

　If possible, I want to keep the fact that I'm the leader of the Dreamscape Clan a secret.
　The Viscount who became the head of a very famous bandit group.
　Hmm, I can't predict whether it's good or bad, but it's obvious that he's going to become famous and become a total pain in the ass.

　I'll have to cover up somehow--and I was thinking.

"Excuse me, we're a bunch of a**h*les called the Dreamscape Group.
...Yeah?

　I was a bit confused by Cyrus' dialogue.
　Could this be.........?

I've always wanted to meet the Viscount of Cano.

　I know you haven't met him but are you going to put on a good show for me?

　Me, I thought, and it was the right thing to do.
　Cyrus was casually giving me a look, so that I was the only one who could see him.
　It sounded like he was talking to me, and yes, he was saying it.

'What's it going to be with me?'
You know, we're bandits, you know, we're just guys in the business of robbing rich people, you know, who don't need their money.
That's a nice way of putting it.
So I wanted to meet the Viscount once.
I just met you. And?
As expected from the greatest swordsman in the world, or perhaps the greatest swordsman in history, Lord Cano.

　Yeah?
　You mean the first generation of Lord Cano's descendants?

'What a surprise, Master Cano's war name is still the talk of the continent.
I see.
You don't seem bothered by it, but you're no ordinary man. That's what I call a descendant of Master Cano.

　Cyrus lifts me up while using the first generation as a dupe.

'Yeah, I can tell when you're hiding it. We'll never be able to match it.
What?
We were wrong in our arrogance. Will you please let us go?

　Cyrus said and bowed his head to me.
　Behind Cyrus, the other members of the Dreamscape group looked at each other and poked each other with their elbows.

''You're going to have to miss it!''

　And they acted in unison with their voices.

　The fact that all the members of that famous Dreamscape group bowed together was a shock to everyone around them.

''Oh, hey. Is my lord-sama that strong?''
I don't know, but those dreamers are bowing out.
Of course he is, but he has a lot of the old Master's face in him.

　A sullen voice, something self-servingly convincing.
　No, Cyrus is leading me to it.

"Well,
'Miss it. We don't do anything bad in Lord Cano's territory.
""Please forgive me."

　All of us raised our heads in unison, once and then lowered them again.

　All around me, they are staring at me.
　I see the color of expectation in their eyes.

　It's the type of expectation-laden public opinion that can't be defied.

'Wow, I get it. If we were normal, we wouldn't be doing anything.
Thank you.
""Thank you!!!"

　Three times, the dreamer's group of voices were aligned.
　The face he raised seemed to be grinning somewhat.

　That's still good, even worse than that.

''Great, you've held the Dreamscape Gang at bay without doing anything.
'Was our lord such a great man?

　I heard the unheard words, "I'm not going to do anything.

　No, it's not like I didn't do anything.
　I certainly didn't do anything in this place!　To tell you the truth, I didn't do anything!

Mmmm...

　I couldn't tell you about my relationship with the Dreamers now.
　I'm in public.
　I've ended up screwing over the continent's deadliest bandit group for nothing.

　And this thing - this type of thing.
　It was going to be a big rumor with a tail and a dorsal fin.