For a moment, his body was enveloped in light, and when he realized it, the view around him had completely changed.
　Only seconds ago, the dungeons were surrounded by stone passages or dimly glowing walls, but the lays found themselves next to a three-meter-high cylindrical transition device at the entrance to the dungeons.

"Oh, is this a metastasis?" I don't feel any discomfort at all. It's the legacy of ancient magical civilization."

　Elena muttered in admiration as she moved from the front of the metastatic apparatus.
　Walking next to Elena, Ray nods as well.
　In addition, Ray's hand was patting Seto's head as he looked around in surprise at the sudden metastasis, but the fact that he climbed up in Ray's hand made people around him feel somewhat relaxed.
　Actually, in terms of metastasis, Seto is the only person among the laymen who has ever experienced it, but from the way he looks around, it doesn't look like that.
　Some tried to distance themselves when they came back from metastasis, but when they saw him, they relaxed their cheeks.
　It's only a little past the afternoon, and one of the reasons why it didn't get noisy is that there aren't so many adventurers around.

"Well, what shall we do first? We're back from dungeon. Shall we have dinner?"

　Ray asks Elena, returning her arm to Seto's back, but Elena shakes her head slightly.

"No, let's go to the guild first."
"To the guild? Why again?"
"It will be decided to buy materials, magical stones, and parts of proof of subjugation. I used to leave all this work to Ver. Actually, I wanted to experience it for a while."
"Experience, dear. I don't think there's anything particularly unusual about it."
"That's probably because Ray is already a part of his life paying in the guild. I'm afraid I'm not. And... I'd like to ask you something."

　Elena's eyes glistened momentarily but sharply, and it was clear that the original purpose was not to buy materials, but to listen.
　And Ray, who has half an understanding of what he wants to hear, agrees with Elena and heads to the guild.
　The adventurers who were there saw them off without a voice... only when they were out of sight of their mouths opened their mouths.

"Hey, hey, hey! Why are there adventurers with Gryphon?" Isn't it a bit fashionable!?"
"Oh, oh, and... if it wasn't my mistake, it looked like a dragon on the back of the Gryphon."
"It's not a dream or hallucination that I could see,"
"I've never seen such a nice woman in my life." Well, I really want you to stay with me for the night."
"Don't do it for a moment," You don't know? It's crimson to be with her."
"...Really?"
"Oh, come to think of it, did you spend the night in the dungeon yesterday? No wonder you don't know. There's no doubt about it. It seems that when we arrived in Egzil yesterday and made a dungeon card in the guild, someone who was participating in the war against the Empire of Bestia told us. And the crimson guild rank is B."
"...Really?"
"Really, seriously. The guild receptionist looked at the guild card and leaked it, so there's no doubt about it."
"You're still in your teens, aren't you? That's Rank B..."
"Well, if you're not good at it, you'll be sure to do it."

　a woman adventurer who mutters and cuts off her head
　The man watching it shakes his head breathlessly.

"No, no. I don't think I should do anything like that..."
"What do you think? As far as I hear about crimson, it seems quite relentless to the enemy, not to mention that he burned all the troops of the Westian Empire alone, but also to hear that he cut off the limbs of a nobleman who complained about it and made them into a show."

　an amputated show Hearing that, the adventurer takes his breath away again.
　If you do such a thing just by complaining, what happens if you touch your peers?

"...it would be better not to touch any good woman,"
"Well, if you're your partner, I'll do it for you, so please enjoy it."
"...what?"

　In this way, a couple of lovers were formed by acts as if they were using Ray as soup stock, but gossip always spreads and spreads endlessly. It was true, however, that Ray cut off the shoulders of Renojis Imagen, the next Marquis, who was also a peer of the aristocracy, but the rumor spread from there about his back fin and even his pectoral fin.





"I'd like to ask you a question about the purchase of course.
"What? Oh, yes. Please buy the materials over there. What do you want to hear? What do you want to hear?"

　The Guild's receptionist replies to Ray's words.
　It wasn't Ray who answered the lady's words, it was Elena next to him.

"About Bune Fraut," Why do you allow her to move solo in the dungeon at her age?"
"In her case, it's what she wants. I couldn't refuse it as a guild because of family problems."
"But at that age?"
"Yes, I understand that. But she needs money, and we guilds don't have to worry about any number of skilled thieves. Also, as you know, adventurers are responsible for themselves, and if they have ability and motivation, they cannot be rejected as guilds. even more so if she were the daughter of the Fraut family who built the prosperity of Egidil."

　Despite Elena's power, the receptionist never retires.
　For a receptionist, the person in front of her is certainly the most beautiful figure she's seen in her twenty years or so, and she's also a Duchess and a person nicknamed General Hime. However, I could never leave here as a guild official.
　You must have felt the feelings of the receptionist. Ray puts his hand on Elena's white armored shoulder.

"Elena, you've lost. It's true that adventurers are, as the receptionist says, self-responsible. That's why adventurers have become so powerful."
"But!"

　While appeasing Elena, Ray also thinks.

(It's true that it's self-responsible, but usually when a 10-year-old child comes to register, the adventurers around him stop it. It's doubtful in many ways that we won't stop it. Well, the house that discovered the dungeon and ruled Egidil must have something to do with it, but I've heard that it's already been nearly 300 years since the Fraut family fell. and yet he still has so much influence?)

　While questioning inside, Ray realizes that any more noise here will only cause trouble to the guild, so he takes Elena to the material purchase counter, ignoring the gaze of curiosity from the people around him.
　The sharp separation between reception and purchase may be a unique system of Egzil, a labyrinthine city with many adventurers.

"Ray! Why...""Elena,"

　Ray interrupts Elena's words and calls out.

"...what?"

　Elena, who is unwilling to answer it.

"You have served as a soldier. I am therefore unfamiliar with adventurers. . . . . ?"

　Elena nods silently to Ray's question.
　I know the military world better than I could have known it, and I know the aristocratic world in my own way. But for Elena, who had never been involved in anything but the adventurer and the extermination of monsters, Ray's question had no choice but to nod.

"There is a military style for soldiers and an adventurer a style for adventurers. -- you know what I mean?"
「……」

　Elena nods silently to Rey's words.
　I'm not convinced emotionally, but I understand reasonably.

"Well, the next time you see Bune, you can ask him about it. Now I'm going back to the inn after I've sold the materials."
"All right,"

　Following Ray's words, they head to where they buy materials in the guild.
　Fortunately, perhaps because the sun is still high, there are not so many adventurers on the counter, and there are also a few empty counters. Ray and Elena head to one of those counters and call out to the guild staff.

"Please buy the material."
"...that's fine, but what's the essential ingredient? It doesn't look like you've got anything?"

　A female staff member in her thirties looks at Ray and bends her head.
　However, inside, she screamed with joy at the sight of General Hime, who had been spreading among guild officials.
　I guess it's professional not to reveal what you're thinking inside.

"Oh, I'm sorry. Here it is."

　Mumble, take the material stripped off from the mistling on the counter, the magical stones, and the proof of subjugation and arrange them.
　The materials themselves are commonplace, and the quality of the stripped materials is mostly around the bottom of the inside, and even the best ones are above the inside. Still, the female staff looking at Ray opens their eyes in amazement.

"Item... Box..."
"Oh, well," ask for a buyout assessment rather than that Well, it's a monster material on the first and second basement floors, so I don't expect the price."

　A woman who is dumbfounded but quickly comes back to life by Ray, who calmly acknowledges the existence of the item box. start assessing the material on the spot
　A few adventurers watched it, breathing and shaking their heads out of the guild. Given his nickname, he probably decided he could have an item box.
　Or, there might have been some sort of person who would recklessly try to steal the mistling from Ray at a more crowded time. But it was also fortunate that the sun was still high and there were few adventurers in the guild.

"Oh, yes. Wait a minute."

　The staff in charge of purchasing returned to Ray's voice and confirmed the materials.
　"However, the amount itself was not that large, so the confirmation was finished immediately..."

"Materials, magical stones, and parts to prove the subjugation." All in all four silver coins and five copper coins, will that be all right?"
"Oh, that's all right. I mean, I'm surprised that it's much higher than I expected. I should have thought twice as long as I could get two silver coins."
"The price of magical stones has gone up recently, and they are buying them from the guild so that the Maaschells and Levisors can compete with each other." Of course, I can't complain about it as long as the guild buys it at the regular price, but thanks to that, I don't think I have enough money to send to the magic item. Therefore, the purchase price of magical stones is currently rising. It's more than quality because it's a magic stone that city dwellers usually use. So if you don't mind, it would be helpful if Ray and Elena could dive into the dungeon with that in mind."

　a woman who glances at Ray's wrist and continues to speak.

"I don't think Ray needs a porter, especially as long as he has an item box."
"We're going to dive into the dungeon and move on, so we'll only be able to sell the Mystery of Small Fish Monsters now. If you don't mind, I'll bring you as many magical stones as I can."
"It would be helpful if you could do so,"

　When Ray nods to a woman's words, Elena says as if to put a damper on them.

"But Ray has a strange hobby of collecting magical stones, so he may not be able to buy them very often."
"A collection of magical stones?"

　The woman glances at Ray at the words.
　Elena knows the main purpose of Ray's arrival at the dungeon is to absorb the magic items into sets and death sizes. Therefore, it was a kind of check-and-balance word to keep all the magical stones that you would get from the dungeon before you selling them.
　You've got it, haven't you? Ray nods to the woman with a wry smile at Elena's concern.

"Oh, basically we have two magical stones available, one for preservation and the other for ornament. I'm sorry, but I can't sell it here."
"...is that so?" But if you think about it the other way around, you can sell them to me, right? Oh, of course, I don't mind going directly to a store in town instead of a guild."

　Ray nods inwardly at the woman's words.
　For the guilds, naturally, if the Maaschels and Levisors are collecting magical stones, they should want to sell them from the guild. That's going to pay for the guild. So the woman's offer to sell other than guilds makes Ray questionable.
　However, this is related to Egzil's current situation, in which the absolute number of magical stones is insufficient.
　We still have plenty of magical stones in stock right now, but if we continue to buy them at this pace, there is a possibility that we will eventually run out of money for magic items. Therefore, the idea was to make up for the shortfall by throwing a few magic stones into the market.
　Regardless of Elena, who understood women's ideas through her education as a noble, Ray tried to ask them without thinking...

"Don't be silly! You've caused damage to me!? But you're too greedy for rewards!"

　Such angry voices echo through the guild.