"...what?"

　He was called by the original lord of the city of Barr, and led to the lord's house, where he met the man who called him, and the next moment the nobleman turned upside down and fainted. That's probably the case if Ray reveals the facts he's experienced.

『……』

　And so did some of the guards in the room. It was too much of a development, and I didn't know how to move for a second.
　The first to take action was with Comish, who brought Ray here.

"Are you all right, Soleil?"

　with no sign of concern at all for the fainting of the Lord he serves. No, rather, he calls out with a genuine annoyance.
　Then, perhaps the guards recovered from the voice, they rushed to Soleil.
　Ray was watching the conversation, but before long one of his bodyguards looked at him in a somewhat bewildered way.

"What did you do to Mr. Soleil. Soleil?"

　As a bodyguard, they were confused as soon as they saw the man in front of them. It was no surprise to assume that Ray was responsible. However, the guards watched Ray from the moment he came in, and even if they took any action they would not be able to overlook it. He is wearing a robe, but he is not wearing a hood because he is meeting a noble families. For that reason, I could see a face that could be called a child's face and a delicate body. How did such a child, apparently nothing more than an apprentice wizard, confuse their Lord? The questions themselves were not so strict because of this feeling of the guards. And of course it's a wet blanket for Ray.

"No, not particularly so," I mean, as soon as I entered this room, what could I do?"

　The bodyguard agrees with Ray's words in private. But he could not understand Soleil's behavior unless the man in front of him had actually done something.

"That may be true," But..."

　He said so, and tried to continue his words, but on his shoulder lies Comish's hand from behind him.

"Calm down, Mr. Soleil is just fainting. come to one's senses soon Then we'll have to listen. -- just in case, isn't it really your fault?"
"Oh,"

　Rey nods to Cormish's words.
　Then, for unknown reasons, Soleil fainted, and a tingling atmosphere begins to float around him.
　For the guards, even if this was not Ray's fault... in that case, they were even more wary of the attack on their master by someone or some other means, and Ray was also unable to grasp the meaning of Soleil's actions the next moment they met and spoke. But...

(... a)

　There was a vague sense of visibility in Soleil's appearance at that time, and Ray suddenly remembers. The existence of a wizard who was paralyzed the moment he saw himself during the disturbance with Bornter. Didn't you react like you are now? And information I heard from Sazanas, Deerlogo, and Seith was that Soleil was absorbed in magic. in other words

(Do you have the ability to sense magic?)

　If you're addicted to magic, you can have that kind of ability. No, it's only natural. When Ray decides so, he looks at Soleil, who is lying on the sofa.
　Then, perhaps one of the bodyguards used some magic, he puts a warm light in his hand and touches Soleil's head.
　About 30 seconds after the light that touched the head went out. Soon Soleil's eyes opened.
　You probably don't know what's going on with yourself. look around one's mouth

"... Huh? What's wrong with me.
"Mr. Soleil, as soon as he saw him, fell into a state of panic, and fell down on the sofa."

　It must have been compassion as a bodyguard not to say that he had fallen on the sofa and knocked his head on the floor. As Ray watches the development of the situation, his narrow eyes, like that of Soleil's fox, turn to him.

"I see. Did I faint?" It is true that a sudden sight of a man of such magical powers could cause a panic."

　Ray twitches back to the muttered words.

(You saw me? I mean...)

　What passed Ray's mind, muttering inward, was Reno's face in the guild several times. a Rank C adventurer and a relatively high‐ranking adventurer but soloist The main reason for this was the magical power of the eye to see the magical power directly.
　And when I think of the content of the murmur, I could easily imagine that Soleil, who was looking at me with interest on the sofa, probably had a similar kind of magical eye.

"You're Ray,"

　I was at a loss for a few seconds as to what to do with the question... I chose an unfamiliar outward-looking language to consider myself a baron and a Deerlog boss.

"There is no doubt about it. This is Ray, the adventurer of the town of Gilm."

　I'm not the adventurer of this city, but Soleil looks at it as interesting as ever without realizing it.

"…hmm. Is it possible to do it with all this magic? No, but the core of the dungeon itself has not yet grown."

　Then he suddenly gets up from the sofa where he was sitting and begins to watch Ray eagerly.

"Huh? You said Ray. That robe you're wearing is a very high-level magic item."
"What!"

　Soleil's words took my breath away.
　I knew from my previous actions that I had a magical eye for magic, but I still didn't expect to see the effects of the cover-up.

(I've heard he's a good wizard, but he seems to be a much higher-level wizard than I expected.)

　muttering inwardly, and turning a slightly wary glance at Soleil.
　Ray must have sensed a sign of surprise. Soleil opens his mouth with a smile.

"Was it surprising that you found out?"
"No. I've heard you're a good wizard."
"Well, I see," I'm sure I'm pretty good at it as a wizard. I mean, if you take the magic out of me, I'm nothing but a hobbyist."
「……」

　As expected, I can't agree with that remark without hesitation, so I'll let it pass without saying anything.
　But Soleil continues with a smile on his face.

"Well, I've been so absorbed in magical research that I've had a great deal of trouble with distribution, financial statements, and so on. It's because I've been made to take down the role of lord of this city by the people I've cared for. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(...I see. That's typical of a research idiot. What's more, he's not a little talented in that field. Surely it is inevitable that he should give up his duties as a lord who is not interested in it.)"And, you know, the core of the dungeon. Is it true that it existed in this city?"

　I guess we've finally got to the point. Soleil, with his narrow eyes like a fox, still casts a somewhat feverish gaze at Ray, which is characteristic of the researchers.
　Feeling the meaning of his gaze, Ray nods honestly.
　The reason why there was a core of the dungeon is because we already know that Sasanas have been reported to the Deer logo and the sale, so we judged that it would be no good to hide it here.

"Yes, I think the magic fever that was prevalent in this city a little while ago was probably caused by the nucleus of the dungeon."
"d*mn it, after all," I couldn't believe it when I heard this report..."

　As might be expected, Ray's words, which confirmed the core of the dungeon with his own eyes, seem to have had to be believed.
　It was obvious that Ray's enormous magical powers were also involved. A man of such magical powers is in action.

"But why did you imitate the short-circuit destruction of Dungeon's nuclear weapons?" There are still a lot of unknowns about Dungeon. No, there is very little known. Wouldn't it have been better if you had a dungeon's core in it temporarily, since you had an item box?"
"The core of the dungeon was buried in the ground of a storage facility east of the city. If you take it out, you have to do something about the ground where the nucleus is buried, and it can irritate the nucleus anyhow. I was a little scared to think about what would happen as a result."
"But that is only speculation?"

　Ray shakes his head slightly at Soleil's suggestion.

"Surely nothing could happen. However, there was actually a commotion to produce slime that spewed out purple mist. That action by the Dungeon's nucleus may be the cause of our careless discovery and approach."
"…I see. It's possible, indeed, given the magnitude of the magic you can feel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Do you know what this means?"

　Ray reacts inwardly to the question.
　As for the nucleus of the dungeon, Ray's death size disappeared the moment it was destroyed. Just like when you absorb a monster's magic stone.
　But of course I couldn't say that, so I pretended to think about it for a few seconds before I spoke.

"The guildmaster was blowing off the roof with a tornado to collect the fog in the repository. Wasn't the piece of the dungeon's nucleus blown away somewhere, or was it sucked into a tornado? ... but in the latter case, I think, by my magic, it had been turned into charcoal."
"I wanted a piece of Dungeon's core."

　Breathe out at Ray's words, he sits on the sofa, covering his eyes with his hands.
　Just wait for five minutes. Still, when Ray sees no movement, he soon asks Soleil.

"If you don't have anything else to do, can I go back to the hotel? I'm tired of many things today."
「……」

　Soleil, who doesn't seem to have noticed Ray's question, is absorbed in his own thoughts.
　This is probably the reason why I felt that Ray was a research idiot.

"Oh, isn't it okay? I might call you back if I have something else to do?"

　Cormish said lazily, and Ray also reached out to the door... to hear the sound of a thud approaching along the corridor, and to distance himself a few steps from the door.
　As the eyes of Comish and his bodyguards gathered on Ray, wondering what he was doing...
　The door is forced open with a bang as if it were being knocked off.

"Baron Soleil! What's your business when you said you can't go to the streets of Barr?"

　As soon as the man stormed into the room, he sat on the sofa and saw Soleil absorbed in his thoughts, he yelled out loud.
　Wear a leather armour made of monster skin without disturbing movement, and a huge battleax on the back. For a moment, Ray stifles when he sees his appearance. I thought it might be a momentary misunderstanding, but it's definitely a familiar battleax on the back of the person yelling at Soleil. If it's just a face, it's possible that it's another person's imitation, but it's very unlikely that the other person's imitation has a magic item that they once owned.
　Therefore, Ray calls out to the person in front of him. To someone with well-maintained and well-used power aces.

"Are you sure?"
"For the most part, Baron Soleil has the power as a wizard, so he deserves it... eh?"

　a woman who turns around at the back of her voice interrupting her sermon to Soleil And when Ray is caught in his sight, he turns his face into an astonishing color, as if he had seen something unbelievable.

"Rae, Ray! Why are you here?"

　The person who was dumbfounded but spoke was definitely Arla Scarley, who had become acquainted with Ray when he was previously employed on a nomination request.