about two days after the preliminary round for the competition Ray was walking alone in the imperial capital when the main tournament was finally coming up in a few days.
　Originally, they wanted to go to the imperial capital yesterday, but Elk and Min, who were happy that Rodos had passed the qualifying tournament, drank too much at the celebration and had a slight hangover.
　Of course, he had a slight hangover and could have guarded Dusker with a little effort, but Ray had to guard Dusker yesterday because he wouldn't have to go out of his way here.
　Nevertheless, Dusker cannot leave the inn for safety reasons. All I had to do was spend my time in the room or move in the courtyard just like Ray.
　In the courtyard, guards Knights and Ray prepared for a rainy day, but after a day passed without a hitch, Elk and Min returned to guard today and Ray was relieved of his service.
　I could have moved with Luzzi in the courtyard to get in shape until the end of the war, but I thought I'd take this opportunity to find magic items for sale in the imperial capital, so I'm walking around the city alone.

(As expected, if you don't have a set or a death size, you won't know.)

　Ray himself is rather handsome, but wearing the hood of a dragon lobe also hides it.
　Dragon robes themselves are an extremely powerful magic item, but with the effect of concealment, ordinary people cannot see through them.
　In other words, Ray looked like a fledgling adventurer, though not an ordinary person everywhere.
　Regardless of this time of year when the competition is being held, it is not unusual to see a fledgling adventurer in the imperial capital.

"I think it was the third house from there, going straight down the street and turning left at the end."

　Ray follows the story he hears on his way out.
　The main activity area of the Furyu tusks is the Westian Empire, but not the suburbs of the imperial capital. Compared to the imperial capital, it was one of the most advanced cities in the Westian Empire.
　However, he has been to the imperial capital several times as a bodyguard, when he has been to several shops selling magic items. One of them was taught as a reward for training, and now Ray goes down the road alone to the shop where he taught him.
　All the preliminary rounds for the competition were finally over the day before. Due to this influence, the city was flooded with people who had been cramming into the stadium until yesterday to see the imperial capital, and the number of passers-by was surprisingly high.
　At the same time, merchants who aim for the passersby call in customers as if it were time to earn money.

"Oh, my dear lady," Are you a priest? Why don't you buy me a ring? You can wear it, or you can give it to your lover, I'm sure you'll like it."

　A street vendor who is expanding his products on the street approached him and glanced at the products with some interest, but soon he breathed a sigh of amazement.
　The goods on display were clearly of inferior quality.
　There were many ornaments such as rings, bracelets, ankles, collars, and necklaces, all of which were dull in color and unskilled in appearance.
　It's probably too bad a thing to be discovered by Ray, who doesn't have the aesthetic sense of the thing.
　No matter how many tourists are like yourself, they just walk away from the street vendor, wondering how many people buy this.
　Even as a street vendor, I thought it might be because the person I spoke to was a small person wearing a robe, but I still don't have to stick to Ray alone.
　If you find it impossible to attract interest, you immediately call out to another customer.
　After doing this a few times, I went the way I was told by Most... and eventually discovered the shop I wanted.

"Here,"

　It's just an open street store, but it's strangely deserted.
　That's only natural. Unlike other restaurants, the restaurant does not act like attracting customers by judging that it is the time to make money, and the appearance of the restaurant is as good as telling them not to come at first glance.

"...this is all right, isn't it?"

　Looking at the state of the shop, I tilt my head in spite of my conviction that it should be all right here.
　But, judging that there would be no use in my hesitation here, I reached for the door of the shop.
　Immediately sensing something, Ray jumps out of front of the door. 　
　At the same time, something comes flying through the door and stops in front of Ray as he bounces on the ground several times.
　Passersby walking in front of the shop saw it and their reactions were split in two.
　One of them leaves the scene, and the other calls out anxiously to the person lying on the ground -- a middle-aged man in his 40s.
　Those who spoke anxiously were those who came to the imperial capital to coincide with the competition, and it was those who knew the nature of the owner of this shop who quickly ran away.
　The next moment a thin man in his thirties appears in the shop.
　Hold a bucket of water in your hand.

"You'll never come to my shop again!"

　With that cry, the water in the bucket is vigorously sprinkled against the fallen man, and all those close to him run away.
　Watching such a scene beside a man, Ray feels preoccupied with the sight of a man flying through a door.

(... oh, when I first met Vichela.)

　At that time, an adventurer belonging to the Silwa family, who had been blown away by Vihela, had been kicked off or beaten off, creating a scene similar to what was happening right now.
　But suddenly I realized.
　The man was blown away by Vihela's own power, but could the thin man next to him do such a thing like that.

(He's thinner than I am, so it's impossible in general.) ...yes, as usual)

　Thinking so in private, he was looking at a thin man holding a bucket, and the man probably noticed Ray next to him.
　He looked furiously at Ray... the next moment he opened his eyes wide.

"You... on earth..."

　The attitude was similar to those who could sense Ray's magic, but it was definitely different. It's true that there's a near-awakening gaze in the eye, but it's not Ray's.
　I'm looking at Ray, but it's not Ray. ...that is, a change in facial expression at the sight of Ray's dragon robe.
　But the surprise was fleeting.
　He immediately smoothed a little cough and looked into the shop where he came out.

"Come on. You mean here is my guest, right?
"Ah, oh,"

　In spite of the unexpected developments, Ray never refuses.
　Since I came to get a magic item in the first place, I can't refuse an invitation from the owner of the shop...or someone I think is involved in.
　Ray follows the man into the shop.
　But... the first thing I saw in the shop was a bad and unexpected sight.
　I didn't even think there was a huge array of magic items... but I still thought there was a certain amount of them.
　However, Ray's view is not limited to magic items, but only an empty shelf, and there is no other magic item on the shelf.

"Oh, you're surprised, aren't you?" There are no goods in the store."
"It's true that this is..."

　When Ray doesn't know what to say, the man who seems to be the owner of the shop opens his mouth with a smile.

"Well, to put it simply, I've failed in business. My friend tried to raise money for me, but I couldn't make it in time."

　There is no remorse in the expression on his face. He even has a neat expression on his face.

"Well, I heard that you have a good selection of magic items, but I'm sorry."
"I'm sorry. Oh, it's not like we don't have any magic items. But as you probably saw earlier, there are a lot of people who are trying to buy all the magic items before they collapse. Even though I had an appointment with a friend, I still wouldn't give up, and in the end there were people who would sneak in at night. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

　You must have remembered what happened at that time. a man with a bad smile on his lips that is very different from the one he had a few seconds ago
　Ray is convinced that he is not just a thin man, as can be seen from the fact that he had poured water in the other day.

"Well, that's why I'm sorry that you can't come to my shop and sell me the goods, but ... that's all I'

　When I stopped speaking, I looked at Ray with a sharp gaze that was completely different from what he was wearing a few seconds ago... No, just like before, at Ray's dragon robe.

"Who are you? Those robes are crazy magic items, aren't they? And those shoes are Slapnil's shoes. It's not a piece of equipment that a child of your age can get. It doesn't look like he's a nobleman."
"... oh, you know what I mean?" This robe has the effect of concealment."It was a pure surprise to see Ray's muttering expression.
　Few people have ever seen the effects of dragon robes. Nevertheless, I never expected to see it through at a glance.
　In other words, that's how good a person is right in front of you.
　I don't know if it's a merchant's eye selling magic items or an alchemist's eye.

"Now I've had my meal." So can I ask you more about this magic item?"
"I can't tell you what effect it has, but I don't know if it's just a name. a dragon lobe That's the name of this magic item."

　The shopkeeper reacts sharply to Ray's name.
　a dragon lobe It was obvious without thinking what it meant.

"Using dragons as materials? It's like riding a dragon knight... No, it's not." You can make some powerful magic items with flying dragons, but it is still difficult to give such a powerful cover-up effect. Then..."

　open one's mouth gently with the sound of a spit

"Real dragon species..."

　There is no doubt that the flying dragon on which the Dragon Knight rides, and in some places it is called the Weiburn, are also dragon species.
　In this case, however, the dragon species refers to the dragon in the correct sense of dragon.

"A little... even if you touch it?"
"Oh, I don't mind,"

　With permission, he gently reaches out to touch the dragon lobe, but in a moment he finds himself uncomfortable.

"Isn't this just dragon leather? This feeling..."

　the front and back of a dragon lobe Being in contact with both of them and being sandwiched between them. It doesn't seem hard, it doesn't seem hard, it doesn't seem hard.
　The man recalls once being touched by an old friend by such a contradictory feeling.
　a superior being, a dragon species equipment made of the material

"A dragon's scale?"

　Unspeakable, Ray's eyes are wide open with surprise.
　The scales of dragons usually grow in proportion to their bodies. It had been processed and strengthened by magic and alchemy, and had been stocked in dragon robes.

"I can't believe this much... even if it's a national treasure..."

　The shopkeeper muttered dumbly, but at that moment Ray's hand... turned to his right hand, and stopped moving again.
　It was because I understood what the bracelet was on his right wrist.

"Items... boxes?"

　I saw something unbelievable. The owner looked at me like that, but he soon came back to me in about a minute.

"Well, let me see a good thing. To be honest, if you have such a great thing, is there any point in coming to this restaurant.
My hobby is collecting magic items. That's why I was looking forward to it...

　I muttered so, then. The doors of the shop are reopened.

"What's the matter with this...?"

　Men in their thirties and forties appeared.
　Seeing the man, Ray leaps almost reflexively to distance himself.
　It must have been fortunate that Ray's move did not involve the shopkeeper.
　If he had touched Ray, he would certainly have been involved in his movements.
　But Ray didn't seem to have noticed the owner, and he kept his vigilant gaze at the man who came into the shop.