Ray left his Gamerion at the training ground and returned to the guild.
　It was the usual sight of a few guilds and a bar full of people that greeted Ray.

(No, are there more bars than usual?)

　The number of people in bars is large, perhaps because of the influence of the first snow.
　Not only adventurers, but also merchants and city dwellers are showing up.
　Many people must have come looking for alcohol to keep out the cold.
　Since it's already dinner time, many people are looking for food as well as sake.

(The Mire Dogs...)

　As we headed to the training ground, we looked for the faces of the scorching wind that broke up, but they didn't exist in the guild.
　Ray heads to the counter, deciding that he had probably completed the request and left for a reward.
　There are few people in the guild looking for a request or reporting the completion of a request, and many receptionists are organizing and talking about documents.
　In the midst of all this, it's only natural that anyone who's heading to the counter stands out... Lenora, Kenny, and Ray are the two familiar receptionists who naturally notice them first.

"Oh, Mr. Ray," Is cheers for good work. About Gamerion?"
"Good job, Ray," It's snowing, isn't it cold outside?"

　Ray also opens his mouth with a smile on his face as they ask.

"Oh, I was surprised to see that it suddenly snowed, but it was not during the Gamerion hunt, it was saved."
"... I've heard from Mr. Millerine that you were really hunting for gamerions." Don't you think you're trying a little too hard even though you've beaten that dungeon? I hope you don't hunt too much right now, regardless of the dungeon aspect."

　Rey shakes his head at what Lenora has told him, though it seems difficult to say.

"No, I didn't hunt the Gamerion, but just to help. Actually, I didn't fight against Gamerion. All I did was to scout from the air at Seto and find him, and to carry his body."
"... if Seto had scouted from the sky, he would soon find Gamerion."
"Well, it's Seto,"
"Well, Mr. Ray," As I said earlier, be careful not to hunt too much, basically. If you hunt too much Gamerion out of greed, you'll be in trouble after next year."
"Oh, let me be careful," but there was a little reason here, too."

　That's why they were rewarded for the finest cheese, or to familiarize Johanna and others with their lives in Guilm, but not so much.
　...in some respects, especially on the grounds of cheese.

"Ray and Ray's demolition of the gamerion in the dungeon is progressing a lot. What should we do about the ingredients and the meat?"

　Kenny interrupts, saying, perhaps because Lenora was the only one dissatisfied with talking to Ray.
　If this wasn't the time of the year, Lenora could have told her to do her job because she's busy with the evening.
　But the number of adventurers in action at this time of year is small, and Kenny's task is all over.
　Under such circumstances, Lenora could not nag Kenny.
　Ray also calls out to Kenny to avoid being nagged by Lenora.

"Oh, it's over,"
"It's not entirely. How many days do you think it's been since then? Well, I think it's true that it took longer than I thought because so many people went to hunt gamerions."
"Well, I'll pick up the magical stones and meat, so I want you to buy the rest of the materials."
"We're supposed to buy all the ingredients, magic stones, and meat after we've finished, so shall we bring only the meat we have now?"

　A few separate transactions can be a drag on the process.
　For a moment that thought passed through his mind, but eventually he succumbs to the temptation of Gamerion's flesh and nods to Kenny.

"Yes, I will," So can I get it right now?"
"Well... wait a minute,"
"Oh, wait, Kenny!"

　Kenny ignores Lenora's restraints and heads straight to the boss behind the counter.
　Lenora saw it off with a discontented look on her face, but in the end she would not say any more, but would breathe out and look over the papers in her seat.

(Unusual)

　Ray muttering in his heart like that.
　He would always have taken Kenny back by force.
　However, Lenora, who is a human being, is no match for Kenny, who is a beast in pure physical ability.
　In that sense, it wasn't always Kenny's moderation of Lenora... it was the result of his daily power relationship.

"Come to think of it, Mr. Ray," Do you have any plans for this winter?"

　Lenora looks up from the papers and asks Rey if she was worried about Ray's gaze.
　Ray shakes his head at the question.

"No, I don't have anything particular to do, so I'm going to relax. I've been busy in many ways this past year."

　In spring, there is a war in the Vestian Empire, in summer, in Emocion, in the labyrinthine city, in the dungeon, and in autumn, in the Vestian Empire, participated in martial arts and civil wars.
　It's only a big event, and there are even more minor incidents.
　It wasn't something I'd go through in a row in a year.
　Density is such a number of big events that ordinary adventurers may not experience for years or even for life.
　For that reason, it's only natural that you want to rest well in winter.
　Knowing how much trouble Ray has been involved in, Lenora breathes a little and then opens her mouth.

"It's true that Ray has been involved in a lot of trouble, and it might be a good idea to take a good rest. But I think it's better to move from time to time so that I don't have to rest too much, and that I couldn't move in spring comes spring."
"That's certainly a problem," Thank you for your advice. I'll try to move myself properly sometimes."

　While answering this question, he had to go out of the guillem as long as he had to hunt for monsters to feed on.
　Of course, there is enough money for Seto to eat satisfactorily, but I still think it's better not to waste money.
　Also, it must be stressful for Seto to stay still in the stable throughout the winter and not be able to move as much as he can just walk around the city.
　Thinking about it, it was a matter of necessity to go hunting outside of the guillem. from time to time.

"Oh, come to think of it, Baron Cisne said he wanted to ask for the nomination if Mr. Ray was present. What would you do?"
"Baron Cisne? ... Oh, Basrero?"

　Lenora's words remind me of a child who trained in combat just last winter.
　The combat drill, however, was not as serious as Ray did in the squadron. It was just that he taught the basics.
　It's only natural that they trained against a 10-year-old child.
　If you had trained like you did to the squad, you'd probably have a fighting phobia.

"Yes, it was last year's nomination request. This time, too, it's a request for nomination, but what shall we do?"

　Lenora's words give Ray a little hesitation, but eventually he nods back.

"Well, then, shall we?" It will snow and everyone will be on vacation, and it is true that there is nothing to do until spring."
"Well, I'll get in touch with them, but what's the date?"
"I'll leave it to you," I'm basically free every day."
"Well, then..."

　As Lenora writes something into the papers, Kenny returns."Now, Ray. I got your permission... Huh? What's wrong, Lenora?"
"Look, Mr. Ray's nomination."
"Oh, now that you mention it," Ray, do you get it?"
"It's snowing and I'm free every day."
"Well... Baron Cisne doesn't hear any bad news, so there's probably no problem." Shall we go to the warehouse? It's not all bad to be free without a job at all right.

　Put a shawl on top of your uniform and go out of the counter and pull Ray's hand.
　Lenora looked at Kenny with a somewhat dumbfounded stare.
　In fact, I'm sure I'm free now, and there's no problem with Kenny walking off the counter in this situation.
　Of course it's only with the permission of the boss.

"Come back before it's too late, Kenny,"
"Yes, I know," That's why my mother-in-law is so loud that I'm in trouble."
"...who is your mother-in-law?"
"Oh, no. My mother‐in‐law got angry. Let's go, Mr. Ray. The escape of love!"
"Kenny!"

　Kenny deliberately tells Lenora to sound like him and pulls Ray's hand to the guild exit.

"Hugh, hugh, I envy you!"
"No, no. I'm not jealous, I'm jealous."
"Kenny, I hope you'll escape from love!"
"d*mn it, Kenny, why should he be like that?"
"No, because he has good features, and he is a Rank B adventurer at that young age, and he has a nickname." ...it's impossible not to be popular, isn't it?"
"Oops! Don't answer me seriously!"

　Rey walks out of the guild with Kenny's hand drawn, leaving the bar with a hilarious sound.
　and the first thing they saw out of the guild was...

"How about this or this? Oh, this skewer..."

　It was a scene where Miredogs were serving Seto food that he thought he had bought from a nearby stall.
　It's snowing, too.
　The reason why Sulnin, who was originally the guardian of the Mireinu, was not seen is probably because he had already finished his request to escort him.
　Ray thought of calling out to Seto for a moment, but when he sees Seto caressed happily by a Miredog, he leaves.
　But Seto couldn't have noticed Ray's presence, and when his round eyes turned to Ray, he waved lightly with the intention of appearing a little.
　It should be said that Seto and Ray have a deep bond with each other as they can understand Ray's signal.
　Mile Dogs and Johanna would certainly writhe in jealousy.

"Oh, good Ray,"
"I won't take that long to come back anyway. But let's go to the warehouse right away."
"Well, I hope you're good. Well, let's go on a date for a little while."

　Kenny, teasing him, pulls Ray by the hand and heads toward the warehouse.
　As Kenny said, it took almost no time to arrive at the warehouse.
　It's a journey outside in the snow, so Ray sweeps snow off his hood and Kenny goes into the warehouse.
　Kenny, in particular, is a uniform with a shawl on, but originally with a wide open chest.
　Inside the guild, it's warm because of magic items, but naturally it's cold because it's snowing outside.
　Even so, there's something like Kenny's policy around wearing a high-profile uniform.
　In fact, it is true that Kenny's uniform is popular with guild adventurers.
　In that sense, Kenny insisted that he was working hard as a receptionist, the guild's signature...

"Well, let's go, I'm sure you'll be surprised."

　Listening to Kenny's mischievous smile, Ray looks around the warehouse... and he's certainly surprised.
　Most of Gamelion's remains, which had been lined up all over the warehouse, have been dismantled, stripped of their materials, and, of course, magical stones have been taken out.
　Only the body of Gamelion, which is about three meters long, was buried most of the ground in the warehouse when it was brought in, but it is no longer there.
　Of course, not all Gamerions have been processed, so there are still some Gamerions' corpses lined up.
　And instead of Gamerion's corpse, they were lined up with meat, materials and magical stones.

"That's certainly surprising. It's spectacular to see it like this."

　Several adventurers are still dismantling and stripping the material near Gamelion's corpse.
　The performance is accurate, and obviously more skilled than Ray.

"Now, Ray, shall I choose the Gamerion meat you want to bring?"

　Kenny nodded and Ray reached for the flesh of Gamerion.