Time goes back a little from the time the Rays are fighting in the basement of the Maaschel family.
　Elena, Esetus, Seto, and Yero, separated from Ray, Vihela, Bune, and Nact at the Holy Light hideout in the slum, were traveling through the already dim city of Egzil.
　Those two and the two attract the attention of the people around them, but not just the eyes that fall in love with Elena's usual beauty and love of Seto and Yero.
　No, of course, there are more than a few eyes of that kind, but more eyes are directed at the six men tied to the rope that Esetus is pulling.

"What the hell is that?"
"Well? But the fact that there's a beautiful woman named Sett and Elena, I suppose they've made some sort of interference with heralded.
"... oh, I see. But then it's quite dangerous. I've never had a man who'd put his hand in that way before, but he'd never been taken about like that."
"Now that you mention it," Then did you do something so bad? Well, I don't know how you feel. Elena is so beautiful that she is rarely seen, and Sett is a Gryphon, though lovely. It's not surprising that some of you lost your mind.

　In the midst of hearing such conversations, the six men, who were actually forced to walk with their arms and legs tied together by ropes so that they could not escape, were in some ways more tortured than tortured.
　Furthermore, Ogle is suffering from both mental and physical damage because she was trampled on by Ray during interrogation and had several broken ribs.
　These six, of course, are behind the doctrine of the Holy Light. They are so‐called dirty people who do the dirty work that no one can tell them, and of course their bare faces should not be exposed to the public.
　However, the six are now roped up and walking through the streets of Egzil like a show.
　Now that things have come to this naturally, it is clear that even if we were somehow freed from this incident, we would not be able to do the same work as before.
　Noticing this, the six walk around the city, drawn by Esetus's pull rope, with a look that could be described as a living hell.
　Even six people who were exposed to the public would rather kill themselves than give them the information... but Ray and Elena, who had seen the people who had created the abnormal species commit suicide before, could not avoid it, and now they are tied from the outside with the cloth taken out of Ray's mistling stuffed in their mouths, making them unable to act as simple monkeys to take their own lives.
　That's the way things are going... before long we arrive at the Silwa house.

"Well, I'll have a little contact with the bosque. Esetus will look out for them with Sett."
"All right. Please."

　Shortly after learning Elena's identity, Esetus was at a loss to deal with her, but only after that did she learn to behave in the same way as usual.
　It's probably the result of Esetus' rough nature working well around here.
　Leaving such an Essetus on the spot, Elena immediately calls out to the gatekeeper, whom she is already familiar with.

"It's Elena Clevel. Wouldn't it be possible to meet with Mr. Bosque, for I have information of an abnormal species and of any importance connected with it?"
"Yes, come to see me at once..."
"You don't have to,"

　just as the gatekeeper was going in I heard a voice like that from the house.
　Looking to the Lord of the voice, Elena puts a small smile on the face of a familiar person.
　I had the feeling that I wouldn't have to spend too much time on questions and answers.
　I'm in my late twenties and early thirties, and I see a high light of intelligence.
　This is Saints, the head butler, who works as a right-hand man for Bosque in this Silwa family.
　The Saints bow gracefully and open their mouth.

"Welcome, Mr. Elena," To-day... oh, how about you?"

　Saints' eyes turn behind Elena and she is asked so.
　I know Seto because he has visited the Silva family so many times, and even Esetus knows him rightly because he is now treated as an adventurer belonging to the Silva family. However, the six-member group, whose arms and legs were tied together by other ropes and even improvised monkeys, had no idea.
　However, as is the case with the dragon Yero, a child riding on Seto's back, in the sense that he did not recognize her, he did not particularly care about it because it was free and there was Seto, a Gryphon.

"I'm sure they know a lot about the strange species. and about the kidnapping of Esetus's companions."
"... oh,"

　Elena's words give Saints a sharp look at the six.

"I think we'll have to hear more about it inside." Come this way, please. I'll let you know soon."
"Oh, and I'm sorry, but I want you to lend me a man. You can't put a set in the house, can you? I'll keep an eye on them not to make a bad impression."
"Yes, at once. First of all, either of you will keep watch over them with Mr. Elena. The room is between the months."

　At Saints's word, the two gatekeepers have an eye-to-eye conversation, and one of them immediately steps forward.

"Well, then,"
"Please, sir. ... Mr. Elena, please follow him. I'll call for Mr. Bosque in a minute."
"All right, but hurry as much as you can." The Rays are now on their way to the Maaschel family."

　The moment the word Marcher comes out, Saints' cheeks twitch.
　But he bowed gracefully, and walked away without hesitation.
　One of the gatekeepers who had seen it off called out to Elena.

"Well, I'll show you to the room."
"Yes, I did,"

　After hearing the words, he must have understood that his role was over for now. Seto walks accustomedly into the Silwa family's garden with Yero on his back.
　and Elena and Esetus led the six prisoners to a room called the Moon Room under the direction of the gatekeeper.





『……』

　Silence fills the room called the Moon Room.
　There were six people in the room with their arms and legs tied together, Elena, Esetus and the gatekeeper.
　Everyone waited patiently for the time to pass without saying nothing.
　Yet Esetus repeatedly glances at the men... especially Ogle, and then again at Elena's remonstrance.
　Esetus would like to head to the Marcher family, where Tivia was captured, as soon as possible. But this was not the time... I knew I had no choice but to trust and wait for Nact to rescue Tivia, but there was nothing I could do about it was nothing I could do.
　In such an uncomfortable atmosphere, Elena suddenly turns to the door.
　When Esetus looked at the door as if he had timed it.
　Behind the door opened without knocking or anything was Bosque, the present boss of Esetus and the head of the Silva family.
　With an irresistible look of anger in his eyes, Bosque glances into the room.
　Even Esetus, who is well known as the avant-garde of the blade of sound, is so powerful that he makes himself tense for a moment.
　His eyes stopped in front of the Ogles, and he opened his mouth as if groaning.

"That's what they are they?
"Yes, of the Sacrament... And I'm sure it's the puppeteer you've been talking about for a long time ago. But he will never give information."

　A twinkling eyebrow twinkling at the word "Shokoism" to Elena, who muttered with a slight shrug, glances behind the door and opens her mouth.

"Hey,"
"Yes, I know," You can leave everything to me.

　It was an unnaturally thin man who showed up.There's not even the flesh that's been put on top of the bone... a man who'd be convinced if he were called a superior skeleton.

"Take them with you,"
"Yes!"

　The gatekeeper, who was watching the men, nods and forcibly pulls the rope between the six Ogles out of the room.
　A skinny man follows behind him with a happy smile.
　You don't know what the man is like today. Esetus turns his eyes to Elena and Bosque, turning his eyes black and white.
　Elena, however, has nothing to say but a touch of disgust.

"Oh? I thought a great knight would say something."

　The sly expression I've had so far disappeared, and an unexpected expression appears in Bosque's expression.
　Ignoring such words, Elena immediately gets to the point.

"It turned out that a fellow Esetus had been taken to the Maaschel family. Ray, Nact, Vichela and Bune are now infiltrating the Maaschel family to try to rescue Tivia."
"... oh,"

　a voice muttered again
　But there are still bigger surprises in Bosque's face.

"I can't believe that Bune would help me. I hope it won't fall down tomorrow."
"May I have Ray rain my spear if you wish?"


　Does Bossk know that Ray is good at throwing spears? He frowns disgustingly at Elena's words.

"I know that you and... more precisely the three families who now rule Egidil are on bad terms with Bune. However, this case is not for you in particularly, it is not for you. It's simply us that Bune is helping us."
"That's enough," -- he's going to let others know."

　What came out of Bosk's mouth was unexpected to Elena.
　Just as much as Bune hated Bosek, Bosek thought he hated Bosek, but the sound of his voice even had a touch of gratitude for him.
　Elena is bent on different topics from what she has been hearing, but now she thinks that moving forward is the first thing she wants to do, and she spins her words.
　Even now, Ray and Bune are still looking for Tivia in the Maaschel estate.

"And now that we know that there is a connection between the Maaschel family and the Holy See, including in the case of abnormal species, the Silwa family cannot remain silent, can't they? If we leave it alone, I'll have to report it to my father."
"...is that a threat?"
"No, it's a pure fact. Even though it is an autonomous city, it still belongs to the Kingdom of Mileana. That being the case, it is only natural for me, as a nobleman, to report what I felt was a problem."
"...hey, didn't he say that this is not the only daughter of the Duke of Kelevel?"
"There's a limit to things. This is already a labyrinthine city, and as long as there is a dungeon, it is profitable, but equally dangerous. However, there are religious organizations that create the existence of abnormal species, kidnap adventurers, and even connections to them are one of the three families that rule over Egzil. Don't you think it's only natural that I should feel uneasy?"

　She is worried about the current situation in Egzil, and in fact Elena's true feelings.
　But there's definitely some concern about Ray.
　Even if you're bosque, you know pretty much what Ray and Elena are like. As long as Elena is the Duchess of Kelebel, it is essential to gather information and, above all, to see how the two of them are, I could understand most of the relationship.
　About a minute to think, looking at Elena as she casts a keen eye on herself.
　Egzil's present situation certainly contains many elements that could lead to bad situations, as Elena said. And I could imagine that if I left it as it was, the Church of the Holy Light would move more freely in Egzil.

(There was nothing wrong with the table alone.)

　Even though they take a considerable amount of money, the mercenary followers of the Church of the Sacred Light have some skill, and quite a few of them are experienced adventurers.
　On that account, the existence of the Holy Light has benefited more than enough from Egidil.
　But now that the background has been revealed, we can't leave it alone.

(Is there now any advantage in being able to do favors to the Duke of Kelebel and Ray?)

　Deciding that the best thing to do now is to send an adventurer, Bosque nods softly and calls out to Saints waiting outside the room.

"Gather people, Saints! Get as many people as you can who are working on abnormal things as you can! And get as many people as you can in the guild! To-night we'll clean up the pus from Egzil!"

　Bosque's loud voice echoes through the room, and the Silwa family's estate suddenly becomes lively.