"Well, shall we go now?"
"Oh, have a good day," What would the inn do if it won the prize?"
"Well, I think you'll stay for another day or two, so you can stay there."
"All right. I'm looking forward to the souvenir."

　Ray leaves the inn with a playful smile on his face.
　The town of Emocion, which had been in a lot of festivities for a few days since the Lem Race was overthrown, seems to have calmed down after 10 days, and almost everything has left the port like a new ship coming to Emocion.
　Yes, today was the 10th day since Ray beat the Rem race, which was a day when he should have been acknowledged as having killed it because there was no damage done to the Rem race.
　. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . When it comes to the pirates Ray has captured, they seem to have been just the tip of the iceberg.

"Well, I wasn't hired to fight the pirates, and I can only say to the adventurers of the city of Emocion that I wish them all the best."

　If Ray were to do anything about the pirates in the first place, Ray and Seto would have to stand guard or look around the coast of Emocion endlessly. Ray doesn't have to head for the sea as long as the monsters don't show up yet. Or maybe it would have been a different story if the guild asked Ray to do the patrol, but even the guild could not do this because it would be a disgrace if only Ray, who was an outsider, could not do this, and the ship could not hire Ray as a bodyguard, nor could it do that because he had the strength to go to the scene immediately when Remrace showed up. In the end, pirates had no choice but to do something about it.

"Grull?"

　As Sett walks next to Ray and asks, "What's the matter?" I scratch his head with a smile.

"It's nothing. I'll be back in the city of Gillum when the Lem Race case is settled."
"Glu".

　A set that nods while looking at the seafood stands around the area and the recently popular okonomiyaki stands.
　After all, they're buying up marine products such as fish, crabs, shrimp and shellfish, and dishes made from them, as if they'd run out of all the rewards for capturing pirates, let alone the money for selling Remrace ingredients. Even if you live on only the ingredients in the mystery ring, it's a few months... if you're not good at it, you'll still have enough to eat for about a year.
　Besides, Ray and Seto already remember the location of the city of Emosion, so I thought I could come back and buy again when the ingredients and dishes in the mistilling were gone.
　As they walk in conversation like that, they eventually meet Egret, Miloire and Hendeca in front of the guild and Shen, the Icebirds perched on the roof of a nearby building.

"Oh, Ray. Long time no see."
"Oh, you're not going to change... you're not going to change your weapons." You said you'd make Paul Ax out of Rem race tusks, but did you?"

　Ray turns to Egrett's Paul Ax and asks. The whole thing was a whitish Paul Ax, probably made from the shaven tusks of Remlace, and using the tusks as a catalyst in making the axe.

"The blacksmith's dwarves complained a lot of things. Still, Paul Ax is the best for me. He's much more aggressive than a guy who's ruined by a REM race."

　Egrett caresses Paul Ax with a satisfied smile, while Miloire gasps in amazement next to him.

"I think it's inevitable to remake the weapon because it's broken... but it seems like it cost a lot more than the material. This has led me to receive numerous requests for guilds for the past ten days."
"...Guild's request? Did you get a request? I haven't seen monsters lately."
"There are certainly very few requests for subjugation, but there have been quite a few requests that can be made in the city. Especially because there are a lot of ships coming, as if to vent their frustration. The request to carry the goods into them was well paid."
"I don't think it's a load-carrying or a request that a Rank B adventurer would make."
"We've had a few requests to get rid of pirates, haven't we?" I was able to escape only by damaging the ship."
"Well, it was fairly easy to get rid of pirates because of Shen."

　Miloire caresses Hendeca's head with a small smile.
　Ray opened his eyes for a moment to find out what had happened to him at that kind of comfortable appearance. However, he nods as if he was convinced.

"Well, we're going to have a party."
"Well, Hendeca is reliable even though it looks like this."
"Well, compared to the two of you,"

　Hendeca's expression of defiance to Miloire's words is not so much to show to her partymates as to...

"Hey, are you guys?"

　Hendeca stopped moving with a start at Ray's casual murmur. Miloire, if not as much as Hendeca, was somewhat restless.
　After seeing their behavior, Ray finally understands their exact relationship.

"Well, it's not a party, it's a love affair."
"... haha. Did you find out?"
"Well, it's nothing to hide. Wouldn't it be all right?"

　Egrett says to a shy smile on Miloire.
　For Egret himself, there seems to be nothing wrong with Hendeca acting together as a party or companion on a journey, or becoming a lover of his partner Miloire.

"I've always thought you'd stick together,"
"Pu-pu-pu-pu-pu,"
"Well, I don't think I'll stick with Miloire either."

　Ray's words sparkle Miloire and Egrett nods in the same way.
　Ray convinces us that what was between them was friendship, not love.

(They often say that pure friendship does not form between men and women... they are rare exceptions.)

"Ah! I'm so happy to be in love with the person I love."
"Kiss!"

　Sheen crows in celebration of the embarrassed laugh of Hendeka.
　Such conversations in front of guilds naturally attract the attention of those around them, and other adventurers send warm glances, jealous glances of being good at things, and a few but happy glances.
　and he must have noticed that Miloire, with his cheeks red, reached back to the whip at his waist. . . .

"Oh, look, Mr. Miloire. Let's get into the guild. It's a day when you can get a prize, and it's a shame to make a fuss!'
"...hmm. I can't help it." Look, Egrett and Ray too. I'll go."

　That said, Miloire and Hendeca go into the guild.
　Seeing them off, Ray smiles amusedly at his lips.

"Oh, there's that Miloire..."
"You're surprised, aren't you? I was surprised, too. But if you think that it's some sort of unreliable henpeca with your skin, you'll under the sun."

　With Egrett, who shrugged his shoulders, Ray followed them into the guild.





　As soon as he sees Ray enter the guild, the receptionist calls Roseus, who is already accustomed to it, expecting them to come today, ten days after defeating the Lem Race, so he does not panic and invites them to the upstairs conference room.

"Welcome, sir. I've been waiting for them to come."
"That means you don't think the REM race was damaged?"

　Now that the Lem Race has been defeated, the whole city of Emocion has already moved on that premise. It was the same for ships, and it was certain that there would be uproar if Remrace were to reappear. Yes, it's so obvious to Ray in the city. However, such a commotion never happened, and he made a knowledgeable inquiry. In a sense, it was such a question as to blame the guilds and the upper classes of the city for doubting Ray's words, but Roseus nods softly to it."Yes, that's right. But it certainly proved that Lem Race had been defeated, so it wasn't so bad for Ray and his men, was it?"
"Well, I don't know,"

　Small smiles at each other, but as always, Roseus gently pulls a small cloth bag out of his pocket.
　As far as I can hear when it's placed on the desk, it must be something hard in the bag. Egrett whistles to welcome what it is.

"Did you divide it into twenty pieces of white gold, rather than two pieces of light gold?"
"Yes, I've heard that the four of us are going to go halves." I thought it would be better to do it than to have an odd fight."
"Well, that's a relief,"

　Ray thanking Rosseus for his concern. Egrett and Miloire both thanked each other in a small way, and when Hendeca first saw the white gold coin, he had only seen a bag, but the movement had stopped completely.
　Since the white gold coin is still in the bag, what would have happened if two gold coins had been offered, the original prize money.
　For a moment, Miloire wanted to see such a lover, but immediately shook his head and thought about his share.

"Ray, my share is to share more prize money instead of materials, right? As for Hendeca."
"Oh, that's all right,"

　nod to Miloire's words, remove the contents of the bag from the table, and make four piles of white coins, one by one, following the name of the coin.
　Take the four mountains in front of each of the four.

"First of all, 20 copies. Miloire and Hendeca put a lot of emphasis on rewards..."

　Move two pieces each from the white gold in front of himself and Egretto to the pile of Miloire and Hendeca.
　Ray and Egret are divided into three white coins, and Miloire and Hendeca into seven white coins.

"Is this all right?"

　In response to Ray's question, the three nodded that they had no particular objection.

"There are a lot of parties where you can fight over rewards, but you're all as good as you expect."

　Rosseus smiles, but Ray isn't too worried about gold in the first place and sells out all the REM lace materials he uses. Furthermore, since they have been rewarded for catching pirates, they are in the black in the sense that they came to the city of Emocion. ...though most of the rewards I received for piracy were devoted to buying food and seafood. Even for Egrett, there is no particular problem as long as he gets a new Paul Ax, and Miloire and Hendeca are satisfied with the prize money, perhaps because they want to fight against a strong opponent but have no trouble with money.

"Well, there were not many elements of conflict in the first place. Well, I've finished paying the prize money for now, is it about time?"
"Yes, there is no problem with the guild," To be honest, I wish the adventurers in the town guild of Emocion would defeat the Lem Race in a humorous way...well, the former is definitely a priority for harbour workers in trouble and ours. I can't thank Mr. Ray enough. Thank you very much I'll also let you know as soon as I get information about rare species as I promised."

　Saying this, he politely bowed out and saw off Rosseus, and Ray and his colleagues went downstairs, thinking it was meaningless to stay in the conference room forever, and out of the guild.

"...so we're going to leave town if we pick up our luggage. What are you going to do with Ray? If so, why don't you work with him a little more?"

　At Egrett's words with Paul Ax on his back, Ray shakes his head, stroking Seto's head as he approaches him.

"No, I'll stay here a little longer. I still have some things to buy."
"Is that so? All right. That's where we're going to be."
"Oh, I hope you're all right, too."
"I'd like to say that Ray is fine, too... but whatever I say, Ray looks fine."
"Ah! Mr. Miloire's words are true. But thanks to Ray, I was able to grow up a lot. Thank you very much for everything. See, Shen?"
"Kick! Kick!"

　At Hendeka's words, Shen, who was sitting on Seto's back, shouts to Ray.

"Grull".

　Seto also shouted goodbye to the three of them, thus breaking up the special party to defeat Remrace.