"Did Ray do everything for you after all? I'm sorry."

　Ranga, who comes out of the bush with other members of the expedition, says so, scratching his head slightly.
　Ray shrugs his shoulders and opens his mouth to Langa, who offers him words of thanks.

"It's a formal request for the robber," I'll do the right job. Wouldn't it be better to tie them all up before they come up with any strange ideas?"
"Huh? That's for sure. -- all of them."
'All right,'

　At Langa's direction, soldiers of the expedition answered in unison, and immediately tied up the bloody blade members with ropes in their hands.
　Keeping tabs on the bandits so they don't do anything strange, Langa calls out to Ray, who is watching the similarly bloody blade members next to her.

"There are strangely many dead goblins. What about this?"
"They were fighting against the goblins when I came. According to what I heard in Gilm yesterday, some party destroyed the village of Goblin in the forest by the side of the road, so it is probably their survival."
"…I see. Come to think of it, there was such information. Since we used the same forest as our territory, it's only natural that we bump into each other. What shall we do about the bodies of the goblins, the testimonial parts, and the magical stones?"
"Well, then I'll take only the magic stone of Hobgoblin," It's a magical stone that I haven't had yet."

　If you or Seto are not involved in battle, you can't absorb magical stones in the art of the beast. However, since he professes to be a hobby of collecting magical stones, it seems strange not to collect rare magical stones. With that in mind, Ranga nods to Ray as if he was saved.

"If only the magical stones of Hobgoblin are all right, I have no objection to them. No, I'd like to thank you very much appreciate it. The robber's treasure belongs to Mr. Dusker, but you may get the magical stones of the Goblin and the proof of his conquest here."
"...but after all it's a goblin?"
"It may be cheaper to buy one by one, but the more you get, the more money you get." And..."
"Is it the cost of the launch after this incident is over?"

　It was the knight who emerged from the bushes that told Langa to cover him.
　I guess I have no objection to Langa's words, too, as he was sent from Gilm.

"Yes. We've got some money for the launch, but if you make a little money here, you'll be a little more luxurious."

　As a boss, the labor of his subordinates is probably an important task.
　It's probably impossible for me. While Ray is talking with the knight for a while, soon a soldier from the punitive force arrives, who has tied them all up.

"I completed the capture of the bloody blade."
"All right, then, keep an eye on me a little further away. And what did they steal from the merchant?"
"That's..."

　The knight's words make the soldiers of the punitive party mumble in distress.
　Ray, who was watching it, opens his mouth.

"I think they were attacked by the goblins when they came up here. It seems that the treasures he had accumulated at that time were taken out at will. -- you know, as it is over there."

　Beyond Ray's gaze is the image of a goblin cut across his robe.
　He is no longer breathing, but holds a long, narrow crystal about 30 cm long in his hand, which is lying on the ground.
　It wasn't that expensive to look at as a gem, but it was one of the most useful materials to use as a magic item.
　Knight and Langa must have noticed the crystal held by the goblin. Open your eyes slightly and let out a sigh the next moment.
　That is to say, we have to hunt through this hideout and even hunt for the dead goblins.
　Furthermore, we have no choice but to give up on the items that the fleeing goblins would have taken.

(If anything, it must have been a reward for the Milanes who hunt for the remnants of the Goblin to-morrow.)

　I turn my gaze to the knights and langas, thinking like that inside.

"Ah... well, I'll do it over here for now." But what about Ray's share? You can get whatever you like from the thieves' hoard?"
"Oh, well, if you beat a thief, the adventurer would be able to take the whole thing, but this time it was a direct request from Mr. Dusker."

　Ray mutters with a small sigh.

"That can't be helped," the usual guild request and the lord's direct request I'm too bright to think of it the same way. Besides, as for appearance's sake, the request to Ray was only for the support of the punitive force? ... Well, in fact, this is how it is."
"There's a reason here, too," I wanted to refrain from wasting my time here."

　Ray nods back to the words of the knight, who mutters dumbfoundedly.
　For the time being, we head to the tent where soldiers reported that it was being used as a warehouse to find out if there were any good magic items.





"Well, what you're doing after all is with us, isn't it? It's the difference between us stealing from merchants and us."

　One of the bloodstained blades spits out as he and his knights and langas watch Ray head to the tent where the treasures they desperately collected are stored.
　The soldier, who was left as a lookout for the words, glances sharply at me, but he doesn't say anything in particular.
　The purpose of the conversation is to avoid concentrating on the man alone.
　Right in front of us is a group of mercenaries, bloodstained blades, whose mobility-oriented forces are well known.
　Although he was not only famous for his military power, but also for his relentlessness.
　For that reason, I don't know what I'll do if I take the opportunity to do it carelessly.
　No, I don't think I'd do that because there's crimson nearby, but I still had to be on my guard down.

(Hush)

　Eberogi then smacks his tongue inward when he sees the soldier's attitude.
　Evellogi certainly made the choice of being caught quietly in front of Ray, but that's best if he can still get away here.
　The Gryphon flying in the air was a nuisance, but given the geographical nature of the forest, I could have managed to escape.
　But the soldiers around them are on their guard even when they are tied up.
　No, on the contrary...

"Glu".

　Seto, who did not follow Ray to the tent he headed for, lies near the Eberogies, crying.
　I just closed my eyes, but just because of the existence of Seto, I could not help but give up the idea of running away here.

"Hey, man. Are you ready?"
"Yes, I have permission from the captain. I mean, the captain asked Ray to send him a set."
"…I see. Well, it's true that Seto is much more secure than we are watching."

　Soldiers of the expedition, who were watching over the Everogis, also spoke in low voices, looking at Seto, who was lying nearby.
　In fact, it's true.
　As long as Seto is here, whatever the captured bloody blade members do is useless.Soldiers of the expedition, looking at Seto from a state of nervousness, let out a sigh of relief, and nevertheless kept an eye on the Everogies without pretending to neglect their work.





"Ah... well, of course."

　Ray mutters involuntarily when he sees the inside of the tent led by the soldiers of the expedition.
　There was certainly a wide variety of treasures in the tent. ...yes. They were 'in custody'.
　Most of the contents have been taken away by the goblins, and only a few old items remain.
　Perhaps because it didn't seem worth seeing, the goblins didn't touch it either.
　Ray looks into the ravaged tent and sighs and turns his eyes to Langa and Knights, who look as depressed as he does.

"And... what shall I do?"
"No, whatever you say, the least salvation is that the bloody blades have brought down much of the Goblin."

　Langa's lines with his sigh seem to have agreed with the knight, and he also gasps and opens his mouth to Ray.

"And you said you'd choose your reward from among these... but you don't want to choose from these few, do you?"

　As the knight said, it seems almost worthwhile to stay in the tent.
　...and Ray decides again after collecting what was brought to the goblin. That's when I was going to say it.
　Suddenly my eyes turned to the broken crate at the end of my gaze.
　I wasn't interested in the crate itself. I was distracted by something reflecting the sunlight coming in from the tent that I thought had been torn by the goblins from the broken spot.

"...wait a minute,"

　Call out to Langa and Knight and take something out of the broken crate.
　Some of them are made of metal that is exactly the size of the palm, with chains extending from the tip.
　But the problem is not there. What surprised Ray more than anything else was...

"Missril?"

　Yes, Ray held it in his hand, and the whole body and chain were made of misrils.
　Misril is a rare magic metal that is easy to adapt to magic, and Ray, who has a hobby of collecting magic items, only has a misril knife.
　It was such a rare magic metal.

"And this is..."

　There is a push-in switch at the top of the circle that opens the surface of the body around the switch.
　The numbers inside are from 1 to 12.
　The figures were also made with jewels embedded in them, and the needles between them were also made of misrils.
　a needle indicating the hour, a needle indicating the minute, and a needle indicating the second That is to say...

"A watch?"

　It's what we call a pocket watch.
　There is a clock in this world, just as the bell rings at a fixed time, starting with guillem and exil.
　However, adventurers use only hourglass.
　Even the hourglass is usually made as a magic item because it's too big for a few hours.
　Ray also has an hourglass magic item, but it's the first time I've ever seen a watch that could be sold normally in Japan.
　In the first place, it was difficult to make them as magic items, and the number of craftsmen, including alchemists, who could make them, was very small.
　It's not that you can buy with money, but rather that you can do things like communication and connections.
　Even a watch in Ray's hand was probably ordered by some nobleman or merchant.

"... oh, my watch?" And it's made of misrils, so it'll consume less magic."
"This is... beautiful,"

　The watch's lid, the misrils, are elaborately carved, such as trees growing around the spring.
　That's probably what surprised the knight.
　Ray glances briefly toward the two exclamating men and then back to his watch.
　As Langa said, most of the watches are made of misrils. Ray, who possessed enormous magical powers, felt very familiar. Is this because of the high affinity with the magical powers of misrils?

"It was an unexpected find," I'll pay you for this request."
"I suppose so. If you have that much, do you usually choose it."
"Oh, Mr. Dusker has some watches, but when it comes to this much..."

　Listening to their voices, Ray tries to put his watch in the mistling, but stops moving.

(Time stops while you're in the mistling. Wouldn't it not taste good to put in a watch, then?)

　Putting a watch in a mistling seems to be bad, let alone an hourglass. Ray made the decision, but he must have questioned Ray, who stopped working with his watch in his hand. The knight opens his mouth.

"What's the matter?"
"No, I don't know if I can put this watch in the item box."
"Now that you mention it, time is stopped in the item box."

　Ray nods to Ranga's words as he listens to the conversation next to him.

"Oh. So I thought if I put my watch in the item box, I'd lose time."
"Then you needn't worry,"

　a knight who flatly denies Ray's concerns
　Doubtful of this, Ray turns his eyes to the knight and he opens his mouth with a smile.

"Not only watches, but magic items are powered by magic. Especially in the case of such a watch, it should have a function that automatically adjusts the time when absorbing magic. All of Dusker's watches had such functions, so perhaps the watches that he thought were close to the finest ones would be all right."

　He put his watch in the mistling, thinking that it would not be known if he hadn't tried it first.