The day after he promised to leave Sett in a scorching wind, Ray was walking along the main street with Sett before the nine o'clock bell rang.
　The city dwellers and adventurers who knew Seto when they saw him walking along the main street tried to feed him food such as dried meat, bread, and fruit, but today Seto would only chirp and receive nothing.

"What happened to Seto? He'd be happy to eat my dried meat."

　A 10-year-old boy who was about to feed Seto with dried meat asks anxiously, but Ray opens his mouth with a wry smile.

"Say, I'm going to be separated from Set for a while for a request, and that's why I'm lonely.Well, if the priest talks to you, you'll lose your mind, so don't get sick of this and play with Seto."
"Yes!"

　He replied cheerfully and scratched Seto's head as he watched the boy run away.

"Get well, Set.As I said yesterday, a week is soon enough.And if things go well, I should be back in about five days."
"Guru..."

　A set that chirps in the back of your throat.
　In order to appease such a set, he pats his back after his head.Then, enjoying the silky feel of the hand, I walked down the main street until I saw the main gate.

"Oh, Ray. Do you have another request today?"

　When Ranga sees Ray, he comes straight to her and calls out.

"No, it's a rank-up exam.Wait a minute more than that.I'm going to meet you here..."
"Seto-chan! How have you been? Oh, Ray, it's been yesterday."

　I knew what to say if I were to talk about it, but suddenly the leader of the scorching wind, the party in which I left Sett, was stroking his head and back, hugging him.

"Well, it feels the same as before, and it feels like... but it's still not energetic.It may be lonely to leave Ray, but please take care of him for a few days."
"Oh, Mr. Millerine... leaving Ray?"
"In fact, Ray is going to take the rank-up examination, and the guild told me that Gryphon was overpowered, but he said it was pitiful to keep Sett in the inn stable for nearly a week, so we had to keep him while the rank-up examination was going on."

　Langahe-Sulnin explains that there is no point.
　Langa showed her understanding of the explanation, but she still calls out to Ray as if it were her role.

"I don't mind leaving Juma with an acquaintance, but Ray is the one who is registered as Juma, so if something happens, Ray will take responsibility for it. Do you know that?"
"I heard about that from Sulnin yesterday.I'm sure they'll be able to trust me with a set."
"Well, if you know it, I have nothing to say.and the guild card and the devil's necklace."

　Following Langa's words, he hands over the guild card he took out of the mistling and the accessory necklace he had hung around Seto's neck.

"Yes, thank you.Be very careful, then."

　With the Juma's necklace intact, he returned only the guild card and went out of the main gate with a scorching wind.

"Well, we have a request to subdue Trent, and I'll excuse you here.As for Seto-chan, I'll be as careful as possible, so Ray should do his best on the rank-up exam.Look, that's where we meet, isn't it?"He turned his eyes in the direction indicated by the Mile Dog, and found a large carriage.and next to the carriage was Gran, the examiner, and Spelvia, who was to work with him for some time.

"Oh, then don't ask for Seto.I'm looking forward to seeing you again in a week."
"Guru..."

　Seto rubs his head lonelyly, but Ray pats his head lightly and turns to Gran.

"Gruly!"

　Finally, with a cry of encouragement, Seto went straight down the road with the scorching wind of Mileinu.





"Is that the devil that Gryphon spoke of yesterday?"

　As Ray approaches the carriage, Spelvia calls out,

"Well, my dear companion.It's faster than that."
"Well, sword training every morning is a routine.I got up early on my own early hours."

　As he says so, he pats on the long sword on his waist.

"Well, Gran.Is this all right with the cabs prepared in the guild?"

　He called out to Gran and turned to the carriage.
　In terms of size, it is the same type as the one on board when they went to hunt down oaks.It may be a little too small for six Lays and a total of seven Gran to ride, but the coachman and the watchman must be on hand, so there is virtually no inconvenience.However, if there is anything different from the time of the Oak Conquest...

"It's small,"

　Beyond Ray's gaze was a horse pulling a carriage.It was not a war horse used in the Oak Conquest, but an ordinary horse.However, for Ray, who had a strong impression of War Horse, he felt small and unreliable.However, the number of horses pulling a carriage in front of Ray has increased to three, as opposed to two Warhorses.
　Gran, realizing this, caresses the back of the horse tied to the carriage with a wry smile.

"I know what you are comparing with, but even in guilds, Warhorse is valuable.If you ask them to lend you anything in the D-rank examination, they'll just reject it."

　While talking like that, two people, Culotte and Schola, appear at the main gate of the town of Gilm.

"Good morning. Nice to meet you for a while from today."
"Thank you very much,"

　As they move towards Rei, they bow their heads and greet each other.
　The appearance was quite different from yesterday's, and it was hard to believe that he had bitten Ray with such force.
　She must have guessed what Ray was thinking when she saw him.Scola approaches Ray and Spelvia, leaving the culotte she is talking to Gran.

"Well, you're surprised to see how Culotte looks different from yesterday.
"Yes,"
"Very different indeed,"

　Schola opens his mouth with a bitter smile at them.

"Culotte actually looks like that, but it's quite a lethargy.And this is my first ranking test.That's why I was a little runaway because of my enthusiasm and such as that."

　The three of them look at Culotte talking with Gran with an unexpected expression on her face.
　Indeed, from Ray's point of view, the culotte seems to have been very enthusiastic.(I'm not very happy that the bandits who act as the eyes of the party are working hard.You don't have to worry about it if you have Seto.)

　The sense of Seto, which is a glyphon, is appropriate for its monster rank and is literally in an extraordinary area.And up until now, Ray and Sett have been responsible for discovering enemies when they hunt down monsters at their request, and for sensing the sound and signs of someone approaching them.
　That's why Ray, who is now the party leader, isn't very happy about the current state of Curotto.

"Oh, they're all early.Are you a little late? Good morning."

　I can get a new call from Ray.
　The person with the voice is Elf's fielma with a bow in her hand and an arrow barrel in her back.
　Each of them returns a greeting and talks about the examination and what they brought, before long the nine o'clock bell rings around them.

(...and where's the Allogan?)

　They hear the sound of the bell and look around, but only five of them are there: Gran, Spelvia, Curotte, Schola and Filma, and Ray.While he was talking, he must have noticed this, and he was looking around.
　However, when they find out that there is no Alogan around them, the four of them, except Gran, turn to Ray.
　Gran is under silent pressure to do something about it because he is a party leader.

"What happens when the nine o'clock bell rings?"
"Oh, yes.I didn't expect this to happen.But for adventurers, it's a significant downside to being late for the start of a request.Moreover, if you're late for the important examination day, you'll be in a very high position..."

　It was when Gran said so and tried to declare Allogan disqualified.I could see the arogan walking slowly from the main gate.

"Sorry, are you late?"

　Then he spoke to me lightly.

"... Is that all?"

　I guess he didn't think so.said Spelvia.

"Ah? What's wrong with you? You haven't left yet, so that's all right."
"Hey, you! I don't care what happens to the rank-up exam, but I'm serious! What's that attitude with the habit of being late?"

　The curotto snapped at him, as if he had lost patience with his manner.But Alogan's attitude to it was to laugh with his nose.

"Well, my mouth is admirable for the manner in which I couldn't touch in yesterday's mock battle."
"What!"

　Culotte, who is about to take a further bite at his blatant derision of himself, is soothing that Spervia and Fielma look coldly at Alorgan.
　Then, even though it was extraordinary, Ray couldn't help but sigh at the sight of his partymates.

(In the first place, Culotte is a thief, not a warrior, and it wouldn't be proud to win in his own ring of battle.)

　Now I looked around and saw what was going on, and saw Gran, who was looking at me.His eyes tell him to do something about it because he's a party leader.He breathed again, took the death-size out of the mistling, and thrusted the blade into the neck of the arogan at such a speed that no one could stop his eyes.

"Did you forget what was only six days ago when you were talking to Culotte about, and who was the one who had your proud sword blown away in the face of the guild?"
「……」

　As expected, Alogan looks at Ray in silence, as he does not seem to be able to behave as before when a huge blade is thrust at his neck.
　It seems that he can't be as aggressive as he was toward Curotto because he was not good at it because of what Ray just said.
　As cold as Spelvia and Fierma, he reopened his mouth to her.

"You have something to say, don'
"...I'm sorry I'm late.I'll be careful next time."

　Still, I put the death-size, which had been hanging against my neck, in a mistling, to Alogan, who told him reluctantly.

"This is a party test, let alone an individual test.Understand that you are free to drag yourself down, but that it affects other faces... all right?"
"... oh,"

　Seeing Alogan nodding, Ray turns to Gran.

"I'm about to leave,"
"From here on, you guys are going to make decisions.I will guide you to the robber's hideout, but otherwise I will not interfere."

　When Ray hears the words, he looks around him.

"Have any of you ever been a coachman?"

　Culotte, Schola and Spelvia raise their hands to answer the question.

"Well, then three of you will take turns asking for the coachman.Me, Filma, and Alogan are on the lookout for monsters attacking next to the coachman... but Alogan.As a penalty, you'll have more guards than others.If I were to be attacked by a monster for guarding... the next thing to fly in the air would be your head, not your magical sword?"

　He must have taken Ray's words seriously.Allogan nodded with a serious expression.

"Well, let's go.The first coachman was Scola, and the lookout was Alogan.Put your baggage in the back of the carriage."

　proclaiming to the participants in the rank-up examination, they all got into the carriage.