She showed her scar which went across both of her eyes. She covered her eyes with the blind and said,
“… Sound of the breathing…”
“Pardon?”
“I think another guest came? Am I right?”
Inaril faced toward Nara who had just arrived here by following Nainiae and tilted her head to the side. Nara still had not figured out the situation yet, so he started to whisper to Nainiae.
“W… Who is she?”
“First, can you please check her color?”
“Color?”
Nainiae said she will answer his question later. Inaril had a small smile on her face.
“Huhu…”
It was not that she was laughing to belittle and let it be known that she knew what they were up to. It was a bitter, sad smile. To let them know she heard it all, she added something about Nara.
“Since you are talking about colors, it seems you also brought someone who is a basilisk. I was not trying to hear it, but I ended up hearing it. Because my eyes… are like this…”
Nara looked at Inaril, the woman with blinds who was sitting at front of the fireplace. Nara furrowed his brows, took a step toward her and asked,
“… You, what are you?”
“…”
It was not because it had been found out that he was a basilisk.
“Is the color purple?”
Nara was standing behind Riley. Riley asked Nara as he glared at Inaril. Nara opened and closed his mouth a few times like a fish and said carefully,
“… No.”
‘No?’
“This woman…”
As if he could not believe it, Nara blinked his eyes several times and stared at Inaril. He explained about her color that he tried to observe.
“… does not have any color.”
* * *
It was at the entrance of the Romella Village. There was Iril, a girl who was wearing a wide and flat hat. She looked back at the young man who was following her. She clicked her tongue.
“Ryan. Stop dragging your feet. Follow me quickly.”
“No, wait. Just what are you trying to do so suddenly? Also, the master is by herself, isn’t she? If it is not something important, won’t it be better for you to go by yourself…”
“Grandmother is all right. On the contrary, it is better to take care of things like this quickly. Grandmother does not have much time left.”
“Um? Not much time left? What do you mean?”
“You don’t need to know.”
“I won’t understand unless you explain properly.”
“There will be a test.”
“A test?”
Iril was leading the way. Having heard what she was saying, Ryan had a puzzled look on his face. He suddenly stopped walking.
“Um? What are you doing? I told you to follow me quickly?”
“…”
Ryan was following Iril to the outside of Romella Village. He had a reason for stopping all of the sudden.
It was because he found someone he knew.
Among mercenaries, this old butler was more famous across the land than Count Stein, his father. The butler was walking toward the Romella Village. Their gazes met and the butler stopped walking.
“… Young Master Ryan?”
Iril floated a question mark on her face.
“Uuuing? What’s this? Someone you know?”
The mercenaries called him the mercenary hero.
“Ian…”
The Iphalleta Family’s butler was facing Ryan in hooded cape who was on his way out of Romella Village.
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