Even though it was quite fun to watch what was happening, Rei decided to intervene anyway, because the servants really didn’t deserve this. Just as he opened the window sashes and was about to jump off, he noticed two more silhouettes appearing from behind the manor wall. The guy instantly recognized the hostess, in whose eyes the same fear flashed as that of the poor maid, when she noticed a huge monster next to her daughter. The bodyguard was about to rush to the girl when he noticed how she, finally wiping her face, again rushed to hug the panther.

Griham froze in half a step, looking at his mistress, who, despite the fact that a moment ago she was filled with sincere motherly horror, realized the situation much faster than the old man standing next to her. The slight bewilderment in her gaze quickly receded, replaced by a bright smile. The old man, noticing the change in Lifina's face, also calmed down and looked at the surreal picture.

- It looks like this beast is not as dangerous as it looks. - the woman said, watching her daughter, who smiled happily trying to grab the cat's twitching ear, but still could not reach it.

At this phrase Griham just shook his head.

- Not. Rather, it was the young mistress who managed to make friends with him, which is incredible in itself ... There is another option that is much more realistic, - the old man looked at Lifina and made his voice serious, - the owner of this beast could order him to behave like this.

The woman thought for a moment, then automatically turned her head in the direction of the estate. To her surprise, she noticed a familiar face in one of the windows. Amazing green eyes looked into her own, and in a moment the figure of a guy darted right out of the window.

Griham noticed Ray a moment later, so he reacted while he was still in the air. With one movement, he rounded Lifina and was already in front of her, but this was unnecessary. When the guy's feet touched the ground, he only glanced at the bodyguard, who still managed to note the noiselessness of the landing.

- Excuse me, Cessa, if you are worried about your daughter, I will order him to leave. And the servants won't be so nervous. - he turned to Lifina, nodding towards the plump maid, who did not have time to recover, despite the help of another girl.

- It's not worth it, if Mia likes to spend time with him, then I will not take away this opportunity from her.

Ray only nodded at these words and drew attention to Griham's strange, searching gaze that wandered over his armor.

"Oh. So he recognized her too? - the guy thought a little sadly. He hoped that he would not have to explain something to this old man once again, but, unfortunately, his hopes for the umpteenth time were not destined to come true.

“Mooncaller Armor… Young man, how did you get your hands on this treasure?” - Surprisingly, the old man's voice sounded less alert than before, it even appeared, albeit completely imperceptible, but nevertheless, notes of interest and something resembling respect.

This caused Ray to reconsider his opinion about this bodyguard a little, although he hadn’t thought very badly of him before, yet his suspicious attitude was only due to concern for the safety of his mistress.

- Trophy. And, as you have already noticed, very valuable. - the guy answered honestly, but without unnecessary details. However, the old man did not ask anything more, but Ray was very interested in how Griham knew the name of the armor, because Arvus said that he received the armor as a reward in a tournament held in the capital of the forest people. Of course, his teacher could lie, but he could no longer find out the truth, and if he asked the old man a question, he could arouse suspicion. True, he was still curious, so he decided to come in from afar:

Are you interested in this armor?

At that moment, the bodyguard realized that he looked very inappropriate, so he hurried to apologize, but not to Ray, but to Lifina, who was not particularly worried about Grikham’s behavior, because now she was closely following Mia, who had now brought some - a cat.

- It really is. If my memory serves me right, and I am sure that it is, then the armor should be made from the body and skin of the Gilfar, of which there are very few left today. - unfortunately, the words of the old man carried little new information, but the guy did not count on much, and therefore was not particularly upset.

- You wanted to meet the blacksmith to fix it? - the old man became unexpectedly talkative, but he chatted on business, so Ray was even glad of such a change.

- Yes. As you can see, he managed to wear out.

- Then I must disappoint you, but the blacksmith of the capital cannot restore it to its original state. He simply does not have the materials needed for this.

- That's how. The guy was a little sad, but not much more. Well, I hope he can fix it up a little. This will be enough. - after Rei said this, the old man nodded and took his place next to Lifina, but even in spite of all his many years of experience, he still sometimes threw a rare glance towards the guy, who at that time thought about what he had heard.

“So it is difficult to repair. Maybe I should wear regular atanit armor and wear this one only when necessary?

"You can still try to find something to replace in the capital, although according to Griham, this material is considered too valuable, so you should not count on much."

Ray was pulled out of his thoughts by Mia's smug voice.

“Here, I promised to introduce you. This is Ruth. - said the little girl, literally poking a small red cat in the face of Cess.

He obviously did not like the gesture, because he only snorted his nose, causing the red hair of the pet to fly up, and the animal itself to twitch in horror in the hands of the girl. She, despite the fact that Ruth was very small, still could not hold her in her hands and the cat rushed headlong home.

Mia looked after her pet with a sad look, and then her displeased eyes turned towards the panther, who looked arrogantly at the girl. Cess was clearly pleased that he was stronger than the other beast, so now he was expecting a well-deserved praise. But the girl clearly did not understand the feelings of the animal, because with a cry of "Bad Cess", she turned around and ran away towards the house.

Panther was obviously very surprised, but did not even think of catching up with a strange human child. Looking around, he found his ideal refuge in the form of a shadow cast by a fairly large tree, where he fell onto the grass, tiredly closing his eyes. It seems that playing with children tired Tsess much more than continuous night hunting in a forest full of predators.

Rei just shook his head as he watched. Panther seemed to him more and more reasonable, but the guy, like many times before, attributed this fact to his own imagination.

At that moment, he heard a gentle female voice from the side:

- Dear Ray, the blacksmith should be closer to noon. I'm sorry I can't keep you company, I want to be with my daughter.

- Do not worry. And you can call me by my first name. - Having said these words, the guy nodded and went towards the gate.

The woman followed him with a thoughtful look, but when the figure in gray armor disappeared from her field of vision, Leafina immediately went towards the estate, wanting to quickly find Miya.

Walking around the house, Rey reached the gate, but suddenly stopped, causing the guards to turn their attention to him. Looking around, he wandered around the windows of the second floor of the manor.

“Maybe you should call her too.” - with this thought, the guy turned around and went back to the mansion.