"Well, it's going to take half a month again... that's just boring."

　a muttering ray in a carriage
　When Reno heard the words, he looked at them dumbfoundedly.

"You can say I'm bored." You can't be the only one on the set to go back to Gilm?"
"Well, if I'm really the only one who's going back, that's not the case, but as long as I'm employed in charge of supplies, I can't do whatever I want."
"Of course, that will not only disrupt discipline, but also starve us to death."

　muttered one of the knights in the same carriage as his bodyguard.
　Although he is a different knight from the escort on his way to the Celemuth plain, he still treats Ray comfortably because he sees him as a fellow member of the Larx army.
　Living in the city of Gillum, where the most outstanding adventurers gather, Dusker is comfortable with Ray, who is now nicknamed and even feared, because he pays attention to that area and has a knight of that character as his bodyguard.
　Yes, the Raids-Larx army had already left the Celemuth plain and was heading towards the city of Gillum.
　Although he is still on the way with Dusker, the Earl of Larx, about half of the knights, including Dusker, head to the capital to celebrate the victory of the war, while the rest of the knights and adventurers head straight back to the city of Gilm.

"But the ceremony?"
"What are you jealous of? I thought you weren't interested in that."

　He looked at the muttered Luno as if he had seen something unusual.

"I'm not interested in troublesome ceremonies, for sure, but it's true that there are some fancy dishes served at parties and some noble women dressed up."
"... Is it cooking? It's true."

　It was Ray who reacted to Reno's words. However, if you say that cooking is Ray's style, not the lady of a noble family dressed up, it's Ray's style.

"It's true that if you attend a nobleman's party, you'll get a rare meal, but... if you don't have enough achievements to attend, right? If you have the status of nobleman like Mr. Dusker. In that sense, Ray would have found good food and good alcohol if he had attended the party."
"And you want me to get involved in aristocratic trouble?" I'm not kidding. In that case, it's much easier to live in a town in Guilm where you can't eat luxurious food."

(Especially considering Renojis's parents' home, it is certain that they will get involved in a dispute.)

　The face of an arrogant nobleman muttering inwardly and instantly losing his shoulders passes by.
　In the end, it was entirely up to Dusker to deal with the Renojis. Of course, even Dusker was willing to take care of the matter, as it was one of the most important bargaining tools for the aristocracy.
　However, perhaps it was because he intended it from the beginning that he used eggs and his old friend Verda.

"It's no trouble with the nobles," I haven't been so active this time, and I don't have much to do I? If I had attended the ceremony, I would have enjoyed cooking and drinking slowly."
"...if he wasn't active, he wouldn't have been invited to the ceremony in the first place."

　Ray muttered to Reno's words, but when he heard them, one of the knights smiled a little.

"Not really. Luno is in charge of guarding Ray. And as long as Ray gets attention, his bodyguards will naturally be turned to him."
"No, I'm going to get involved, too? I don't want to. Then, as Ray says, we'd better go back to the streets of Gilm."

　Ray turns his eyes to Reno, who easily reversed his words.
　Nevertheless, the soft atmosphere, rather than the tense atmosphere before the start of the war, is probably due to the victory in the war.
　If they had been defeated in the battle on the Celemus plain, it would have been certain that the Westian army would have snowed into the kingdom of Milliana by now.

"But this war was easier than I expected. The actual battle was over in about a day, and the Neutralists were only thrusting themselves into places of confusion by Ray's magic, and they were only shooting magic from behind in support of the Royalists who fought as a diversion when the surprise troops attacked the enemy's headquarters."
It's not unusual for a battle to last for a few days or weeks to a month if you're not good at it. -- in fact, the supplies in Ray's Mistyling are rarely used?"

　a knight who turns to Ray at the word of Loono's word

"Oh, what I consumed the most was the food I brought as a provisions. but that is why he acted so gallantly as a feast of victory."

　Ray recalls a feast held in his mind as a feast of victory.
　a large quantity of food that would have been used as provisions Those dishes, fresh from the mistirings, were served in large quantities at the banquet. That would have consumed Ray more than he did in battle.
　That's how Larx's forces were going along the highway.





　The party had gradually dwindled in numbers in the first few days of their journey from the Celemus plain.
　This is because, on the way, the army of the nobles who accompanied him left to return to their territories.
　Of course, the aristocrats are working with the L'Arquis army as neutrals because they attend a ceremony to be held in the royal capital, but they cannot bring all their forces to the capital. If he did so, the neutrals rebelled against the king... that could be the case.

"...are you serious? You've finally repelled the army of the Westians, so why are you having such a silly trouble?"

　Ray replies that the story of the knight telling him to kill time in the carriage, but the knight says it's because it's now.

"for he has driven away the imminent threat of the Empire of Bestia. Moreover, the damage here is minimal in the eyes of the whole army. ...but the problem is that the king's faction was largely responsible for the minor damage. Thanks to you, the neutrals have made a name for themselves. It's only natural, considering the nickname of crimson on you."
"Well, that's an undeniable fact,"

　Ray nods, recalling the gaze of the captives of the Vestian army at him.

"Even though the king's nobles had killed the enemy's chief, you were undoubtedly the most famous man in the war, and thus Mr. Dusker, who employed you." In other words, it's a pretty good thing to say. Do you think the king's faction, the largest faction, will be pleased with that? They'll try to discredit the neutrality raised in the war. and it would be the best option for you not to go to the royal capital."

　Ray, who doesn't know how to behave toward aristocrats, doesn't know what kind of difficulties he has. Ray had no particular objection to the Knight's words that blurt out.

"I suppose any royalist who took part in the war would know the danger of offending you... unfortunately, the royalist who took part in the war would not be considered the mainstream." You won't realize it unless you know the dangers of actually offending you. I think the aristocrats know your danger in great detail."

　a knight with a wry smile
　Rumors of Ray's treatment of a nobleman named Renojis, who tried to assassinate him, had spread throughout all the noblemen in the army of the Milliana.
　However, it is true that Dusker brought such a story, but in a sense, he felt that he had made a mistake because most of them had seen Ray's ability.
　Ray showed his ability to convince even the proud aristocrats of the aristocracy, but it is only for those who participated in the war. I didn't check it with my own eyes, and if you judge only by what you hear from others, you may not want to interfere with Ray. Then there was more than enough fear that what was ultimately waiting would be a capture order against Ray.
　With that in mind, Dusker's decision not to bring Ray to the royal capital could not have been more correct.

"... if that tornado of flame were to be seen in the royal capital, we would be more damaged than that, even though we had repelled the army of the Westians." And Ray has Seto, too."

　muttered Reno, who had been listening to the knight.
　With limited means of flying, even the Dragon Knights, which exist as the strongest group, were easily kicked before Ray and Sett. With that in mind, it was clear that even if a capture order was issued in the royal capital, as long as Seto was present, there would be useless damage.

"Anyway, Ray and we can return safely to the city of Gillum." The rest of the problem is..."
"...problem? Is there anything else?"The war is over, and there will be no doubt that there will be a conflict. I will not go to the royal capital either. But why does the problem arise? Ray asked with that in mind, but Reno shrugs his shoulders and then opens his mouth.

"Look, so many adventurers are being driven to war from the streets of Gilm. Of course, the city still has some defense left, but it is still only the bare minimum. Given the experience of participating in the previous war, I'm pretty sure the request to be brought to the guild has been delayed. Of course, urgent requests and requests for extermination that are likely to cause damage will be prioritized, but conversely speaking, requests other than requests for extermination and extermination will be prioritized. Such requests must have accumulated on the request board. ...you'd better be prepared, if you go back to the city of Guillum, you're likely to be given preferential treatment from the guild for a while. Usually I pick up a request and take it to the counter... but I'm sure I'll be busy until the request is finished to some extent."
"...wow..."

　Rey groans when she hears Runo's words.
　Basically, Ray, whose goal is to collect monsters' magical stones, would welcome requests for subjugation, but he doesn't like other requests that much. Of course, it's not like I did when I was asked to escort, but it's true that I don't like it at all. There is no doubt that even with that request, there was a feeling that they might be attacked by monsters because they were guards.

(Then you should choose a request that would allow you to fight monsters even a little bit like that. I wish I could manage it in three months until I got to the labyrinthine city.)

"Well, I can't help it. If we do not do our best here, the more dangerous the streets of Gilm are in many ways."
"Well, there are times when even our knights get asked."
"Do you like it? Knight impersonates adventurers."
"Of course it's not good, but it doesn't make sense if the rules are followed and the economy and security of the city of Gilm are hampered, does it? That's why it's tolerated only when the adventurer really can't handle it."

　As I said so, there was a knock on the door of the carriage.

"Who is it?"

　Luno, who determines that the lack of vigilance of Sett, walking next to the carriage, is not his enemy, but asks him just in case.

"He belongs to the Knights," Mr. Dusker is calling for Ray, so please come."

　It was certainly the knights of the Knights who opened the door and showed up. He looks familiar to both Ray and Reno.
　Naturally, the knight who was talking to Ray would not know his colleague's face, and would greet him with a smile and open his mouth.

"Mr. Dusker? Why again?"
"It's about time the road to the royal capital and the frontier was divided." Before that, you'd like to talk to Ray, who is one of the most valuable. And I think there are a lot of things to be careful of course.
"Oh, have you come to such a place yet?" All right. I'll take Ray to the carriage where Mr. Dusker rides."

　The knight says so and takes Ray to the carriage where Dusker is riding.
　For some reason, Reno, who is supposed to be the bodyguard, does not follow Ray, but remains in the carriage.

"Hey?"
"It's basically safe here, isn't it?" Besides, adventurers meet the nobles so easily. I don't like suffocating."
"Mr. Dusker is not the sort of person who cares about it,"

　The Knight said so, but Reno shrugged his shoulders and saw them off.
　A few hours later, it will be divided into a group headed by Dusker heading back to the city of Ray's Gillum and a group headed for the royal capital.
　In addition, as for the magic items handed down to the Larx family of rewards, it was only after Dusker returned to the city of Guillum that he would receive only the basic rewards in guilds.