496 Episode 0496



After going up the 17th basement forest hierarchy and encountering a flock of goblins, Rey and his team managed to find steps to get down the next floor, they quickly moved out of the dungeon, deciding to defeat the forest monsters the next day, as previously mentioned.
 Then, at the guild, they sell proof of the goblin and the magical stones, and walk down the street, buying and drinking as usual.
 The sun was still fiercely self-asserting, and not long had passed since the afternoon.
 But it must have been more exhausting than I had expected to go through a roadless road. Although it hasn't been long since they had lunch in the dungeon, they buy snacks like skewers and sandwiches and savor them.
 If that happens, they naturally complain that they want to eat seto and yellow, and in the end, the two of them enjoy shopping and eating more than usual.

"Well, the ingredients of this sandwich are hot meat,"

 Elena exclaims in surprise as she grills the chicken and eats a dry -- but blue -- sandwich between the breads.

"This fish has a sour fruit in its boil,"

 While eating sandwiches like that, we report each other's taste, or we go down the road tasting each other's sandwiches.
 Even though the temperature is well over 35 degrees Celsius in the afternoon, and the sun is still shining brightly, they...and Seto and Yero are enjoying shopping and eating together.
 Normally, this heat might cause me to lose my appetite, so-called summer fatigue, but I kept walking without showing any signs of it.

"Oh, it's very hot, isn't it?" No, I suppose I should say it's hot."
"Yes,"
"Oh... did you interrupt?"
"...huh, Kohon,"

 When I move near the Golden Pungjeong, I'm told that.
 Turn to the voice and you'll find four people ahead of you. Moreover, they were all acquaintances.
 In this heat, Vihela, still wearing light clothing like a dancer or prostitute, Bune reaching for Seto and his back in an expressionless manner to caress him, Esetus, raising his hand lightly with an irresistible expression, and Nact, looking away as if he had seen nothing.
 Ray says it out, leaning his head into an unexpectedly rare combination.

"It's a rare combination," What's the matter?"

 When Ray asks such a question, Vihela answers with a smile on her lips.

"Yes, actually, I've got something to help me with. I'm sorry to interrupt your meeting."
"Oh, see me!"
"Oh? Is it not?"

 Vichela asks Elena, who responds with a teasing smile, and Elena realizes that she is only being teased. clear one's mouth slightly and then open one's mouth again

"And what do you want me to do to help you?" ... Well, I can guess roughly when I see them."

 Elena's eyes were turned to Esetus and Nacto.
 They introduced themselves to Bosk, the head of the Silva family, to help the kidnapped Tivia.

"Oh, oh, uh... I was actually searching for those who kidnapped Tivia, and they attacked me." That's where I got their help."

 Esetus tells Vichela, who looks at Elena with a seemingly friendly smile, and Bune, who still caresses Seto and Yello with little change in expression.

"Oh, well, did you find them in their hiding place? And they're not fighting enough? It won't take long, and I can help you."

 The actual attack on the hideout would take about an hour. That's no trouble or trouble, or you can help me. Vihela shakes her head at Ray's words.

"I haven't found any sort of hiding place yet," ...but there's information that Ray can't overlook."
"...information that I can't overlook?"
"Yes. When Ray overthrew an abnormal species, we knew he was bringing it into the Silwa family, but is he doing so because he is interested in the existence of an abnormal species?"
"Well, it's true that you're interested."

 More accurately, I'm interested in doing something about the person who is creating the abnormal species because it could have a negative effect on the art of the beast, but I can't say it that much, so I'm vaguely saying so.
 But that was enough for Vihela.

"""The existence that is creating these abnormal species, and the existence that is recently kidnapping adventurers." What if they had anything to do with it?"
"...is it true?"

 an attack on an unusual species and adventurers Ray asks Vihela, who did not seem to have a connection between the two incidents.

"My hunch,"

 Ray looks dumbfounded for a moment at Vihela, who swears that way.
 However, looking at Vichela's face, it is by no means a joke, and at least Vichela himself is convinced when he sees that it is true.  
 It would certainly be a laugh if ordinary people judged it by intuition.
 But unless you're talking about a high-ranking adventurer.
 My intuition is an unconscious judgment of the data accumulated from the events that the person has experienced.
 Furthermore, what is now glamorous in front of Ray is a combat freak called a mad animal, so he shouldn't have thrown away anything that could have been described as wild intuition without considering it.

"…that's all right." Get up for now! Let's hear the details in my room."
"Well, you just have to do it from the beginning.

 Vichela smiles a little at Ray's words.
 However, the source of the smile stems from Vihela's desire to fight against stronger enemies.

"Do you like Beune? They are now members of the Silwa family."
"...huh,"

 When Elena asks Bune, who is stroking Seto and Yero, she briefly returns after a few seconds of silence.
 Of course, Bune himself could never say that he has nothing to do with the three families that currently rule over Egzil.
 But it was not difficult to control my feelings if it was to help Ray and Elena, who had been friendly to me.
 Besides, there will be signs of a lot of money.
 As a constantly cash-strapped Bune, there was no way to miss this opportunity.
 Even if it is likely to benefit the Silwa family.
 Anyway, if Bune has no problem, Elena has no complaints. The party, leaving Seto and Yero in the stable, go into the inn together.





 Elena, who had easily wiped off sweat and dust and dressed herself up in her room, joins her, asks the hotel staff to prepare cold fruit water, and immediately starts talking.

"And Viehla's intuition is the reason... what do you think?"

 It was only natural that Ray was the first to react to his words.

"According to the man who attacked us, it was confirmed that Tivia was still alive. But when it comes to how long it can live, it's a different story. ... well, since he leaked the information to us, he could be killed at any time. unless there are some special circumstances."
"Special circumstances," Having chosen and kidnapped Tivia, I can't rule out the possibility of it... too dangerous to bet on it."

 So he pauses and turns his eyes to Esetus and Nacto.

"I understand your feelings. But didn't you expect to bring that information to the Silwa family?"

 Even if they had entered a temperature-controlled inn, they would have been thirsty by the boiling heat outside. Drinking cold, cold fruit water in one gulp, Esetus shakes his head.

"I don't think Mr. Bossk would be able to work on this groundless intuition. Besides, it was only here that I heard of intuition.""Well, and I know the relationship between the Silwa and the Flouts. With that in mind, it is true that they are acting as if they were returning their favors to the Silwa family when they could get their help. ...but it's all about helping Tivia out. After that, I will make a bosque-like apology for the injustice, and if I am told to make amends, I will make amends."

 Hearing their determination, Ray sees their eyes telling him they will never retreat, and then turns his eyes to Elena.
 Now that there is a possibility that an abnormal species is involved, there is no reason why Ray should not help.
 But it's a self-interested preference to get rid of the irregularities in the art of the beasts.
 Can we get Elena involved in it? I looked at him with that thought for a moment, but what he returned was a look of displeasure.

"Elena?"
"…I have no complaints, of course. I'll be glad to help you."

 That's what Elena told me, but her attitude is clearly offensive.

(I don't think you have to ask me if you're going to follow me anymore, but you can understand my feelings.)

 It smelled like water. That was the feeling in Elena.
 I think I've been with Ray for a reasonably long time, and I think we've had a good understanding each other. Still, it was frustrating for Elena to occasionally ask me something that I could understand without saying so.
 And there is one person who doesn't miss Elena.
 A smiling Vihela opens her mouth next to Bune, who is sipping cold fruit water.

"Oh? It looks like it's working, but I wonder if it's not working. I should be able to cut in in ten minutes."
"That's never the case. But what would we do if we were to lend a hand? Are we not following those who attacked them after all right?

 At this rate, Elena forcefully returns, judging that she will only be teased again.
 Vichela looks a little disappointed at the scene, but Bune, who was drinking fruit water, gently tugs at Vichela's thin coat and urges her to move on.

"Yes,"
"I can't help it, I see," ...when these two were attacked, the assailant was not hiding his face. Perhaps it was because they thought they would never let him go. Or did you think that wearing a mask would stand out? If it were at least night, I would not have been as suspicious as it was during the day, even if I had a mask or moonlight on."
"... Come to think of it that way." Why did they attack you again in the daytime?"

 Esetus muttering involuntarily to Vihela's words.
 It wasn't Vihela... but Nacto who answered it.

"There are several possible reasons. Maybe you thought it was a back alley near the slum that you didn't have to worry about, or... there was something nearby that you wouldn't want to see."
"In other words, those who were searching for them approached them, and they tried to do something early?"
"It's just my prediction, and above all, it's highly likely that something has already been dealt with by you."

 Elena was listening to Vichela and Nacto's conversation, but she momentarily hesitated over whether to reveal the information she had.
 But if, as Vihela says, the recent events are really linked, we judge that hiding the information is a hundred harms and no good, and we put the fruit water in our hands on the table, and then look around and speak to everyone there.

"If there is a real connection between the perpetrators of the kidnapping of Tivia and the unusual cases ... there is a high possibility that the Maaschel family will be involved."