Ray and Elena emerge from the guard post as the sun sets completely and the moonlight begins to shine around them.

"Glu".

　Ray pats Seto on the head as he greets them with a cry of good work.
　Elena also stretches as if she were unconstrained by sitting all the time.
　At that time, the huge Souoka is emphasized and the guards who come out to see them off turn red, but he opens his mouth to Ray without showing any signs of realization.

"Well, it took more time than I expected, but shall we go back to the inn and eat?"
"Well, if you say you're hungry, there's bread, but this is the inn's cafeteria."
"Grull!"

　Ray and Elena look at the guards, nodding to Seto, who claims she's hungry.
　The guards finally bow their heads when they see them.

"It was very helpful of you to solve this case." Thank you very much. and the captain would have liked to see him off."
"Don't worry. It's no use being told that there's a meeting for the leaders of each district. I got paid, too.

　The guards bow uncomfortably to Ray's words.
　This time Ray did not act as a request to the adventurer, but instead offered to cooperate to solve the case on his own initiative. If that were the case, the commission would not have been paid, and only two pieces of silver coins came out of the captain's pocket money.
　However, Ray was quite satisfied to receive all the rest of the bread from the owner of the bakery who decided that he could not open any more today than the silver coin.
　When the shopkeeper said he could take all the bread after Latio, he tried to turn it down on financial grounds.
　However, the owner insisted that all the bread was not for sale in this case, and that he would give it to the Ray's who had fallen in love with the taste of his bread and helped him, so he ended up getting all the bread.
　It was usually too much to eat, but fortunately Ray has the ability to hold all the bread and never get worse as long as it's inside.
　Another reason for receiving the bread is that the captain of the guard said the three people caught in the case were sold out and compensated bakeries -- especially walls and doors that were broken by the Seto's raid.
　When Latio, who was also a bakery clerk, asked her to come back again with strength, Ray decided that he had a strong attachment to Seto.

"For some reason, I've been busy today. I finally cleared the desert hierarchy, and from tomorrow I will start exploring cool places from hot places."
"...even if it's cool, I wish you would forgive me for having such a strong smell."

　At Elena's words, Ray also laughs bitterly at the thought of the 16th basement.
　the odour that floated the moment one step out of the magician's cellar The odour was proof that there were zombies and other undeads on the 16th basement floor.
　Whether it's Ray, Elena, or Seto, two and one of them have a sharper sense of smell. It's usually one of the things that gives you an advantage in your search, but it's only counterproductive in the undead hierarchy.

"And it's basically hard for the undead to get a magic stone,"

　As was the case with the Dungeon, where the altar of succession was located, the quickest and surest way to destroy the core of the undead is to destroy it.
　However, it is natural that Ray will not be able to get a magical stone for use in the art of the beast, and it will be painful and itchy.

(And...)

　Looking at Sett walking next to him, Ray hesitates to give Sett the body of a zombie -- the magical stone wrapped in rotten flesh and internal organs.
　There is no need to hesitate if it's death-size, which is not a means of swallowing directly like Seto, but simply cutting it down.
　He must have had the same imagination as Ray. Elena also frowns uncomfortably.

"Huh, you're pretty, aren't you?" Why don't you drink with me on such a hot day?"

　As Elena approaches him, a drunkard who is already completely finished calls out to him, but Ray and his colleagues pass by without seeming to care at all.
　Luckily for the man, he would have quickly forgotten that he had been ignored because he was completely drunk.
　If I had been half-drunk, I might have noticed that I had been ignored and got entangled in Elena. There is no doubt that Elena would have regretted it the next day in many ways, whether it was with Ray, or Seto.

"Well, I'll scratch it." It's hot."

　Sitting on the ground, the man who sees them off falls asleep leaning on the walls of a nearby building and is protected by guards and guild personnel patrolling the city.





　Ray and Elena, who had returned to their lodgings and finished their meal, were immediately discussing what to do tomorrow.
　Despite the fact that there are only two men and women in a man's room at night, it's probably Ray and Elena who don't talk about it.

"Undead?"

　an unpleasant frown of Elena
　Elena, who was originally keen on the five senses, is nothing short of an ordinary person. In that situation, the odor of zombies was not unbearable.
　But now its sense of smell is very sharp as a result of inheriting the magical stones of the Ensent Dragon.
　What happens if you smell the rotten smell of zombies in that condition? It had been experienced in a dungeon where there was actually an altar of succession.
　And, above all, before leaving the dungeon today, I smelled a bit of a bad smell as soon as I left the room.
　Looking at Elena, Ray reaches for the clean cloth in the room.

"If you cover your face with this, you'll be able to put up with the smell to some extent... but the biggest problem is when you encounter another adventurer."
"... I see,"

　Rey's words suggest that you meet someone who covers your face with cloth while you're working in a dungeon.
　They definitely only look suspicious, and it's no use mistaking them for robbers at worst of all.
　It was only natural to have a strong sense of vigilance against such a suspicious opponent, given that there are now some people who are making strange things about him.
　Well, if there were people who didn't feel that alert, there would be a lot of bad adventurers.
　Elena was wondering what to do, but suddenly opened her eyes to Ray as if she had come up with something.

"Wouldn't it be possible for us to be suspicious if we acted with Sett?"
"There is a possibility of it, indeed, "but honestly, what do you think?"

　Surely, Seto, who is a glyphon, would normally draw attention there. But that was not necessarily the case.

"However, covering your face with a cloth naturally makes it difficult to breathe. I don't recommend it, after all, when it comes to fighting."

　Speaking back to Elena's words, Seto opens his mouth as soon as he speaks.

"You didn't take Yero to the desert because he couldn't stand the heat of the desert, right? Then what are you going to do from tomorrow? It's a cool place."

　Before leaving the dungeon, the 16th basement floor had been confirmed, and the temperature Ray felt when he reached out of the Dragon Robe was described as cooler than downtown.
　It's almost the best way to stay indoors during the summer.
　However, if you can stand the odor of zombies and other things, you will be given the condition.
　After a few seconds of agonizing over Ray's question, Elena nods slightly and opens her mouth.

"I'll take you," As for deserts, it could not be helped because they might have a negative impact on the growth of yellow plants, but this time it is not the case. If you look at it as an erotic, you'll probably hate it. This is also an experience."

　Elena herself doesn't want to take a little errand boy like Yero to the haunt of the undead. But that won't do.
　From now on, Yero will spend countless battlefields with Elena. Of course, it's more likely than not that the other person is a monster, and of course the undead will be included.
　When I thought about it, I thought it would be better to get used to it from now on.

"Well, if Elena says so, that's fine. As long as I'm taking Sett around with me, I don't have the right to say anything. Fortunately, the 16th basement was a fairly large passageway, so it wouldn't interfere with the battle."

　The 16th basement was an ordinary dungeon in appearance.
　It's like a stone-paved passageway... that looks very similar to the hierarchy where the undead was at the altar of succession.

(…an altar of succession? You don't have Grimm, do you?)

　I suddenly thought of such a thing, but I shook my head inwardly, thinking that I would never encounter it so many times in a dungeon.In addition, Ray has magic items to contact Grimm, so you don't have to expect them by chance.

(However, getting this kind of magic item is one of the big reasons I'm challenging dungeons. The rest is magical stones. ...Should I ask the guild to dismantle the materials?)

　You must have been curious about Ray's inner thoughts. Elena's gaze turns to Ray and gently reaches out.

"What's the matter, Ray?"
"Huh? Oh, no. Because there are quite a few monster bodies in the mistrings. I was at a loss as to when to send the stripping to the guild at the request of it. I'm thinking that I'll make a request about tomorrow, and that I'll be back the day after tomorrow. What do you think?"
"...for these days I've been diving without a break. Was the last time you took a day off when you prepared for the desert hierarchy? With that in mind, I think it might be a good idea to make a day when I don't dive into dungeons."

　Leaving his hand on Ray's shoulder, Elena nods after thinking of the words for a few seconds.

"I'm sorry,"
"What, for me, once in a while?" But the number of dead monsters we have right now should be quite large, especially in Cobold."
"There's an earth club and a spiral rabbit, two dessert lizardmen, and quite a few Bloody Dáil and Cobolt." I guess the main thing is the earth club. You can eat it as an ingredient, or you can expect it to be a magical stone because it's a powerful monster in its own way."

　Ray recalls a fire-baked earth club.
　There are four giant scissors, which are several times larger or dozens of times larger than regular crabs.
　At least it would be more than a hundred times larger than the crabs Ray used to catch in a mountain river when he was in Japan. 　
　Elena nods with a faint smile, perhaps because Ray reminds her of Earth Club.

"Well, I was looking forward to Seto, and I'm sure he'll be happy if I bring him with me.
"Crab?"
"Ray? What's wrong?"

　Elena calls out to Ray, who suddenly stops talking.

"No, there's a dish called crab cream croquettes. It's pretty good, but unfortunately I don't remember how to make it. If I knew it, I just wanted to tell the cook and have him make it."
"Crab cream croquettes? Interesting. Is there no clue as to how to make it?"
"Do you want to stir-fry flour to make cream?" or something like that.

　Elena nods at Ray's words.
　It was because I couldn't imagine how to fry flour and make it cream.
　Originally, the process was to melt butter, stir-fry flour and add milk to make cream, but Ray didn't know that because he had never made it.
　In addition, since oil is a very valuable item in this ergin, deep-fried food is not prepared unless it is prepared in a high-class restaurant.
　With that in mind, crab cream croquettes are still too early in Elgin.

"""It's crispy on the outside, and when you bite it, the rich cream inside spreads in your mouth, giving you the flavor and aroma of the crab as if you're chasing after it." It's delicious enough as it is, but if you eat it with bread, it won't make it even better."

　In this way, Ray told Elena about the deliciousness of crab cream croquettes, but because he didn't remember the recipe, he couldn't make them differently from udon, and ended up stimulating Elena and her own appetite pointlessly.