"...you've gone." Whoo!"

　Marina breathes deeply when she sees Ray leaving the guildmaster's office.
　Marina seemed to be behaving as usual in front of Ray from the outset, but even among the dark elves who were good at handling magic, she was even more capable of sensing magic. That's why Ray's immense magical powers make me nervous.
　It's not that hard to keep it secret, especially for Marina, who has lived for a long time, or, above all, because she's in contact with Ray several times and understands his personality, she doesn't have to worry so much.

"And... whoop,"

　The way he reacted to a little temptation seemed as if he were a pure boy in spite of his enormous magical powers. The imbalance reduces the pressure on the marina.

"At any rate, Ray made his way to Emosion, as we had planned. Then, in the meantime, we need to clean up the streets of Gilm."

　Marina, muttering, takes an envelope out of her desk. The letter was delivered from the royal capital about two days ago using a bird summons. The sender is Dasker Larx, the lord of the city.

"Oh, to start a factional struggle as soon as you think the war is over... the royalists are quite at ease."

　Mumbling languidly, and chanting a spell briefly, Marina's envelope burns instantly, turning her finger into ashes in seconds without even a slight burn.

"Well, Emocion is a port city, so there will be many things that Ray will be interested in, and most importantly, it will take a lot of time to defeat only monsters in the sea. Probably considering travel time, the grace period is at least half a month. I wonder if it's going to be January if it drags on. It will be enough to do something about the request of the Earl of Larkes."

　Marina recalls the contents of the letter, which had already been reduced to ashes.
　Among the mainstream members of the royal faction, several nobles sent their hands to the streets of Gilm to learn of Ray's power and to draw him into their power. Of course, Dusker doesn't look good even in a regular draw, but this time the people who were sent in were the problem. They are the sort of people who do the work behind the scenes of the aristocracy, who, by any means, will accomplish their purpose, even if they take the form of any means.
　Does Ray, after all, look down on him as an adventurer or judge him not to defy the nobility? Those who took part in the war understood the course of the Lords, Renojis, but it seemed impossible to get them to understand it, and it was therefore a reckless act.
　Marina may have been asked to do so by Dusker, the lord of Guillum's city, or she does not want to hand over a talented adventurer as a guildmaster to another branch. Moreover, they don't want to see the other person they like getting uncomfortable with. The favor is not so much between men and women as between friends as between friends.
　Therefore, Ray, who was the cause of the disturbance, decided to leave the city of Gilm and act in the meantime.
　Fortunately, as I said to Ray himself, there is a reason for his disappearance in the port city of Emosion. Well, if you don't actually do something about the monsters that are lurking off the coast, the damage to the kingdom of Milliana will be enormous, so what Marina has said isn't entirely false.

"We must work with the Knights first, anyway. And the Wolf of the Grassland? I think there was a band of thieves of that name... how did they bring him in?"

　Marina, leaning her head, was thinking from her years of experience of dealing with someone who brought unnecessary disturbances to this remote city.





"Oh, Ray, are you done with your master's business?"

　It was Kenny's voice that greeted Ray as he left Marina's office and returned to the ground floor.
　Interesting... or rather, the voice was more concerned about Marina's sensuality, but Ray nods softly without realizing it.

"Oh, I'm going somewhere else."
"...what?"

　It must have been an unexpected remark. But it's not surprising. Ray must have been called to Marina to get a magic item. Why would you suddenly go to another city? Not to mention Kenny, Lenora, who was listening next door, couldn't understand.

"I mean, Ray, are you leaving this city?"

　Kenny screams when he comes to himself, and the cry echoes throughout the guild. At the same time, the voices can be heard by the few adventurers who remained in the guild just before noon.

"Hey, just now..."
"Ray is in another city? No, but as an adventurer, there's hardly any place like this, is there?
"Well, a labyrinthine city?"
"Oh, dungeon?" But there's a dungeon near here, right? You know, it hasn't been captured yet."
"But the dungeon over there isn't that big yet." Do you want to dive into a bigger dungeon?"

　Ray's closest adventurers are not many in the city of Gillum, but they are still the most high-profile adventurers in the sense that they made their mark in the war. Gilm's billboard... is too early to say, but its fame is still spreading from those who took part in the war to the kingdom of Milliana and throughout the Empire of Bestia. No, Ray's name would be more widespread in the directly affected Westian Empire.
　There is a stir when Ray hears that he will disappear from the streets of Gillum, but soon Ray shakes his head and denies it.

"I don't mean he won't come back any longer. It seems like a monster is sinking a ship off the coast of the port city of Emocion. I'm just going to put it down."

　Lenora and Kenny look relieved at Ray's words.
　Everyone has different feelings for Ray, but it's true that they still like him.
　However, it should be called a receptionist. Lenora hears Ray's words and recalls an outline of the matter.

"It's about Emocion, right? It's not about a request, it's about a kind of event where the first person to defeat the monster wins the prize money."
"That's right?

　Rey nods to Lenora's words as if it were her first time hearing of him, but she looks at him with a look of surprise.

"You mean the ship is half-blocked, right? But why are you doing such a leisurely thing. Wouldn't it be all right to gather the hopefuls at the request of subjugation?"
"Even so, I didn't make a request... but from what I've heard, it seems a lot complicated.
"Is it complicated?"
"Yes, I heard that there are many interests involved, and the adventurer's guild in Emocion has some face, so they want to defeat it by themselves." However, as the lord of Emocion, he expects a higher-ranking adventurer of other guilds than the guild of Emocion, which has failed to subdue several times. Of course, it is not interesting for an Emocion guild, but it seems that if the lord asks me to do so...."
"…it's true that there are a lot of things to do just by listening to." But is it okay for Ray to go to such a place, even though he might get involved in a strange relationship?"

　Kenny looks worried, but Ray has no intention of getting off here.

"You might get a rare monster's magic stone,"
"...I honestly don't know what's good about collecting magical stones..."

　Even Kenny, who liked Ray as a woman, could not understand Ray's hobby of collecting magical stones.
　However, I don't understand Ray's other hobby, collecting magic items.
　There are quite a few who are interested in collecting magic items, but given the price of magic items, they are usually aristocrats, merchants, and high-ranking adventurers. Such expensive hobbies are beyond Kenny's comprehension.
　Kenny, who knows how much money Ray earns as a receptionist, might well have such a hobby, but whether he was satisfied or not was not.

"Well, whether it's collecting magic stones or collecting magic items, I know I can't say anything about it because my hobbies are different from one person to another."
"That would be a great help to me," Anyway, I'll tell you that I'm going to Emocion."

　He must have understood that it would be meaningless to detain him any longer. Lenora pulls Kenny by the hem of his uniform and shakes his head slightly and calls out to Ray again."And, Mr. Ray, when do you think you'll be leaving?"
"It can't be to-morrow... so it's to-morrow."
"Well... Ray, I think this is your first time dealing with sea monsters, so please be very careful. and especially if you're sinking a number of ships, you'll probably have a huge opponent."
"Oh, in my case, there's Seto. Don't worry, we can escape from battle immediately if there's any danger. Well, thank you very much for your concern."

　When Ray says so, Kenny suddenly opens his mouth.

"Come to think of it, I've been working for some time now. Don't you think it's all right to get some time off?"

　Kenny mutters meaningfully and looks at Lenora. It was clear what I meant. Is your eyes as eloquent as your mouth?
　But what Lenora did to Kenny was to roll up the papers he had in his hand and shake them down on the back of his head, and a light whizzing sound echoes around him.

"It hurts! Hey, what are you going to do?"
"What are you going to do! You know you've been busy, but it's the same for all the guild workers!"

　Lenora yelling at Kenny protesting after being punched in the back of the head.
　In fact, it is true that the guild has been very busy for some time now because of the war. But, as Lenora said, everyone was busy, so if Kenny was the only one to rest, Lenora's anger would naturally explode.

"Well... but what if Ray falls for a strange woman in Emotion?" Aren't you curious about Lenora?"

　Kenny tried to persuade Lenora by saying so, but Lenora's answer was once again a blow to the documents that had been dumped.

"Yuck!"

　It was a curled-up blow, but its power was as aggressive as Lenora's spirit, sinking Kenny to the counter.

『……』

　The scene must have been shocking. The guild staff at the counter, the few adventurers, and Ray's eyes were on Lenora when he saw what was happening.
　You must have felt the gaze being directed at you. Lenora also puts her hand to her mouth and smiles misguidedly.

"Oh, I've shown you something strange, I'm sorry,"

　With an expression as if he could express himself as if he were "ho-ho-ho-ho-ho," he misrepresented the people around him and calmly sat down in his seat.
　After a few seconds of silence, noise returned to the inside of the guild. Many people, depending on the person, have probably decided not to have it now.
　Meanwhile, Ray also looks at Lenora by showing Kenny sinking into the counter.

"Well, I'll be going soon, too," I've got to get ready for tomorrow.
"What? Yes. All right. Sea monsters are completely different from the monsters Ray has fought against, so please be careful when you fight."
"Oh, that's all right. In a moment...

　Speak up to that extent and interrupt.

(Well, probably the port city... or rather, there must be a lot of sea-specific monsters. Then it would not be bad to collect magical stones over there for about a month.)

"Mr. Ray?"
"No, I'm going to the sea anyway." I thought I might as well rest for a while."
"South Sea... Sandy Beach... Open... Woman... Enemy..."
"Shut up,"

　a document that falls again on Kenny's back as he mutters to raise his upper body.

"Well... if you knock me down, I'll eventually see a second or a third me." I'm sure.
"Stop it!"

　a blow from the Holy Sword to destroy the Devil That's how Ray glanced at the papers that were dumped on Kenny's back for a moment.