"Have been there, Mr. Elena and Mr. Ray,"

　Rey and Elena leave the inn and head to the stable, listening to the voices of Tufal.
　the second day of one's arrival at Egzil Having finished their slow breakfast, the two were going straight to the dungeon.
　Ray, as usual, wore dragon robes and slapnil shoes, a very wizardly outfit. Elena, unlike her plain clothes the day before, is fully equipped with white metal armor and cloak, Slapnil's shoes as well as Ray's, and a sheath containing a connecting sword, which is a symbol of Elena's.
　Elena's equipment is all magic items, and knowing the value of the items is probably worth it to the point where thieves and tinkers will attack without hesitation.
　In that case, however, he would be looking for Elena rather than for magic items. Her beauty, the Duchess, the Princess General. Elena herself has too many reasons to be attacked.
　...but it will be very difficult for the attacker to accomplish his aim.
　At any rate, the two of them, who were leaving the entrance of the Golden Pavilion, were looked at in various ways by their guests.
　Still, no one spoke to me because the drunken man who was dazzled by Elena's beauty at dinner the day before, and the drunken man who judged that Ray's appearance would make any difference, were severely beaten up.
　"Of course, it wasn't that I was seriously injured, but since I was injured to the extent that the pain didn't go away the next day, it was not surprising for the guests to judge that I would have had a terrible time if I got involved carelessly."
　As an employee of the inn, I was grateful to Ray and Elena for suppressing the drunken men in the cafeteria.
　The fact that the food served at breakfast was a little more luxurious than the rest of the guests probably indicated the inn's favor.

"But I don't think he came back last night because he wasn't with me now... was he with Seto all night?"

　Elena nods with a wry smile to Ray on her way to the dorm.

"I suppose so," For some reason, Yero has a strange attachment to Seto. I've known that for a long time, but I didn't think that was all."
"…I see. Well, in a way, they are of similar background."

　Ray, who cares about the eyes around him, simply tells him that.

(Yero was born as a messenger, and Seto was born as a sorcerer. There are many minor differences, but they are the same in that they are created from magic. that's probably the reason.)

　As they walked, pondering their previous doubts, they soon arrived at the stable.
　When I see Ray like that, I see one of the first people to approach him.

"Oh, are you going out at once? That person... he was probably related to the Duke of Quevel." My name is Proton, and I am in charge of the stable at the Golden Fungjeong. I don't know much about manners, but thank you very much."
"Oh, thank you very much," There's a little dragon in the stable, I suppose, with Sett, but may I enter?"
"Yes, there's no problem."

　Elena, speaking back to the man who called herself Proton.
　Their conversation makes Ray look small and surprised.
　Because the language used for myself and for Elena was completely different.
　But in a sense it's only natural. One is an adventurer and the other a daughter of the Duke. It will be a problem later if we use the same language.
　He enters the stable under the suspicion of what kind of relationship he had with the man who called himself Proton.

"Squeak-squeak!"
"Rolling".

　Two kinds of calls that come from the back of the stables.
　It can be said that they are already familiar with these two animals, with yellow on their backs.
　When they come close to Ray and Elena, Yero kicks Seto in the back and leaps at Elena, who rubs her face against him as a morning greeting.

"Squeak!"
"Yes, good morning, yellow," I think you slept well yesterday."

　In Elena's words, the yello chirps joyfully, wagging its short tail, which is incomparable to a real dragon.

"I heard you slept well yesterday, too."
"Grull".

　Smiling and talking to the rubbed face.
　In such a situation, after a few minutes of teasing each other, Elena at the end lightly approaches two Warhorses pulling the carriage, and two and two leave the stable.
　It was probably not Ray's imagination that the Gryphon disappeared from the stable and the other horse and horse monsters seemed relieved.





"Well, you can't help but stand out at first."
"Glu?"

　As she mumbled along the main street towards the dungeon, Seto leaned her head slightly and turned round eyes.
　Seth was scared and depressed when he came to Egzil yesterday, but today Ray and Elena are next to him, and Yero is still on his back yesterday. It seemed that loneliness had been misrepresented.

"Oh, it smells a little delicious," Let me buy you a little."
"Glu".

　Laughing at Ray's words, he heads to a stall that runs a shop nearby.
　As expected, it is a labyrinthine city, and there are many adventurers who are heading to dungeon from this time.
　Most of them were attracted to Elena, and at the same time they were amazed to see Seto and convinced to see Ray.
　Some of them were adorable female adventurers, but they were still in the minority.
　Usually, there was an adventurer who would definitely be involved in Ray for Elena, but the day before, Ray's crimson spread in the guild, and as a result, the adventurer who came to the guild was told more and more about the situation, and as a result, it was fortunate that he was not involved in the guild for no reason.
　Anyway, Ray and Sett talk to the owner of the street stall selling skewers, even though the people around them look at them like that way.

"It's a delicious-looking skewer," What meat?"
"Da, it's the meat of a lizard man from a dungeon."
"Oh, Lizardman," Well, give me two bottles first."
"All right, I'll get it ready right away!"

　The owner of the restaurant rushes through the sauce of Lizardman's skewers to Ray, who pays the price without worrying about it, while feeling the gaze of the adventurers around him.
　I take a bite of the skewers that I prepared at the speed of thinking that I could set the Gryphon on if I was a little late.
　Lizardman's meat spreads in the mouth, and it tastes like chicken. It is grilled with sauce, and when chewed, the sweet and spicy taste of the sauce spreads, and at the same time, the juice fills the mouth.

"It's delicious. See, Seto?"
"Grull".

　Lizard man skewers offered by Ray, and a set of meat pulled from the skewers with a stick while making a sound.

"Gurling... Gurling!"

　a set of voices that shout "delicious!"
　The owner of the restaurant, watching the happy scene, looks at the set eating his grilled skewers with a false delight, which until only a few minutes ago had been so terrifying.
　It's the same with the adventurers around them, and the owners of the restaurants around them, and suddenly I wonder why they were afraid of the people who were eating skewers so happily.

(I can't believe... eating skewers alone takes away the fear of Seto from the people around me. Well, it must have been because of Seto's love.)

　Elena felt the fear coming out of the bodies of those who watched Seto, with a yellow on her shoulder.
　At the same time, new residents and adventurers approaching because they're worried that they're stopping, and they also feel a bit more relaxed when they see Seto eating Lizardman's skewers happily.
　Just about 10 minutes. I ordered a few more skewers, perhaps because I liked them too much, and by the time Seth ate them up, the look of fear had completely disappeared from Seth's gaze.

"Thank you for the meal. It was delicious, so I'll stop by again."
"... oh, yes! I'll be waiting for you again!"The owner of the stall bowed in a flustered manner.
　Naturally, there is not a shred of fear already in the attitude of the stall owner. He looked at Seto with a friendly glance.

"Well, this is a bonus," Did you say Seto? Give it to the Gryphon."

　He said that, and offered Ray a few skewers. However, the meat is not available for sale.

"Are you okay? I'm sorry. Set, you too."
"Rolling".

　Ray's words make me cry.
　The owner of the shop unwittingly loosened his cheeks at Seto's lovely appearance.





"It's a labyrinthine city, and there are so many people in the dungeon."

　muttered Ray, looking at the adventurers lined up in front of the gate to enter the dungeon block.
　At Ray's words, Elena nods and looks around.

"But the dungeon entrance is not very crowded, let alone in the dungeon block."

　A gate is set up at the entrance of the dungeon block, where you show your dungeon card to the security guard and go inside, then dive into the dungeon. Unlike Dungeon, where Ray and Elena had the only altar of succession they had experienced, here it did not seem like there were adventurers lined up at the entrance.

"Well, if you go, you'll find out."

　muttering, Ray, along with Elena and Yero on his shoulder, and Seto, makes his way to the gate.
　Many people look surprised to see that so many adventurers don't know about Seto.
　But when he sees the devil's necklace on his neck, he doesn't run away, so he ought to be called an adventurer.
　Eventually, Rey's turn comes and shows the guard the dungeon card and heads into the gate.
　The first thing I saw was a brown column 3m high and 1m in diameter, rising next to the stairs leading to the basement that seemed to be the entrance to the dungeon.
　It's nothing but a really brown cylinder.

"What's that?"

　Ray muttered in spite of himself, but what it was was was discovered before Elena opened her mouth.
　When a party of three touched the column, it lit slowly and disappeared the next moment.

"Well, that's the metastatic device you've heard of,"
"That's the case, apparently," And that transition device won't be too crowded to enter the dungeon. It's my first time seeing it in person, but..."

　Ray and Elena were naturally attracted to the most prominent devices here. Seto and Yero bring them to their senses.
　Let's go to the dungeon.
　Two people who are lightly stabbed by Seto's kuchibashi and patted back on the front legs of Yero.

"Well, we don't know what it's like until we actually dive into the dungeon. Ray, shall we go down to the ground floor now?"
"It's better to get used to it than to learn. That's certainly fine, but... before that, look at it."

　Ray gazing at the dungeon entrance.
　Previously, I was focused on the metastatic apparatus, but if I look closely, I see quite a few people near the entrance to the dungeon.
　When Elena turned her attention to what she was doing, a group of at least one, or at most a few, would gather to speak to those around her.

"We are looking for robbers. The goal is to explore the third basement floor.
"I'm looking for a warrior! He's an archer and a warrior!"
"Wizard, are there any wizards!? I'll give preferential treatment to anyone else who can use recovery magic!"
"This is Porter," I want you to leave the baggage to me. I'm confident in my strength, so if you hire me, you don't have to worry about transporting materials!"
"I am a porter, but it is possible to support the battle with a bow. Would anyone hire me?"

　Those who speak of their abilities and strengths, or ask if they have the abilities they want.

"Is that what you call a stray party?"

　Watching around as if caught by Elena's gaze, Ray muttered convincingly.
　A stray party is what we call a one-time or one-day party, like the dungeon version of a special party Ray had in the guild several times.
　However, unlike the guild's request, dungeons are almost certainly fighting. With that in mind, it is not desirable to have a party with strangers, but not everyone can have a party properly, and in a labyrinth city where there are more adventurers than Gilm, a stray party including Egzil is not so unusual. No, in a way, it can even be said to be a specialty. Unlike special parties, one of the easy reasons is that you don't have to report to the guild every time.

"Well, it has nothing to do with us..."

　As Ray muttered and tried to head to the dungeon, he turned his gaze to a certain place. 　
　There was a group of nearly 20 people, unlike the other wild parties. In addition, everyone wears equipment that gives a sense of unity, although the design is different. In addition to the large number of warriors, there are also a small number of bandits and wizards.
　One of the wizards is feeling Ray's magical powers and tightening his expression, but Ray opens his mouth, ignoring the usual.

"Well, what do you think they are?"
"They are the Holy Lights,"

　It wasn't Elena... who answered Ray's question, it was something of a young man.