“I feel like there’s a lot that had happened.”
It was as he said.
Today was quite full of various incidents and events.
“I even went to a temple for the first time in my life.”
In Solia Temple, he ran into an existence they called a priestess, a wench that he did not want to meet. When he went there, Riley was actually worried he might recieve yet another divine message like he had in his past life. Fortunately, nothing like that happened.
“I also went to the Magic Tower.”
At the Magic Tower, he even had the mana measurement done per request of everyone, including his mother.
Because of the Blessing of Blades that he received in his past life, Riley was able to gather mana in a way that was a little different from the method others used.
Riley was concerned that the amount of mana he actually accumulated could be discovered by that tiny orb, but perhaps it was thanks to him minding this, he was able to get it over with and not have his true mana capacity exposed to everyone.
“Well, anyway, nothing in particular happened, so that was fortunate.”
“It is not like you have been going to places where something could happen, right? Ian and Sera were also accompanying you.”
Nothing in particular?
Iris asked as she tilted her head.
“Hahaha…”
Riley acted like he was busy with something else and dropped his fake smile.
Now that he thought about it, it is not like he went to Lower Solia that he was warned about, so it would have been weird if anything in particular happened today.
“Ugh! Mr. Ian, please get a grip!”
“Huugh… How could this be? There is no way I was just seeing things…”
The mother and son pair, who were holding hands and enjoying their time together, turned their heads after hearing voices from behind.
A maid approached with an old man as she struggled to support him. He had a blank look on his face as if he had just lost his soul.
“It looks like Ian was the one most disappointed by the result earlier.”
When Iris made suppressed laughing noises and looked at Riley, he smiled and asked,
“Mother, weren’t you disappointed? Because your son is ordinary?”
“Hm? Riley, I am relieved to know that you are ordinary.”
“…”
Riley’s mouth opened wide as if he were dazed.
He was expecting it, and he was hoping for it all along, but having received the response he wanted so promptly, it seemed as though Riley could not hide his joy. With a satisfied face, he asked his mother,
“Really?”
“Really? Of course.”
The mother and son duo chuckled as they continued their walk.
“Mother, would you like to stop by over there? I can smell something delicious in that direction.”
“Okay.”
* * *
“Hey, Beta, what if we get busted from continuing to do this?”
“I know it’s getting riskier! That’s why I said we are going to stop performing the ‘Prince! Please Save Me!’ scheme. Now it is time to go back to our original trade, the original.”
“What, our original trade isn’t thievery? It’s the same deal. What if it goes wrong?”
“It will be alright. Just fine! It’s not even midnight yet, right? Also, you do realize what day today is? If we miss this day, we have to suck on our thumbs until the next festival!”
In the main plaza of Solia, these two homeless people who were pretty famous in Lower Solia, the Hamil and Beta couple, were lurking around to find prey.
“Oh, that guy looks good. He even the tint of his clothes look different, don’t you think?”
“Can’t you see the massive number of knights sticking to the man? At the minimum, those guys are from a Count’s household. If you tried to take a bite out of them, you will really get your jaw torn apart. Pick another brat.”
Of all the people in the area looking like little fishes swimming around the sea, Beta was constantly moving her eyes in search of a prey that was the right size for her. She opened her eyes wide and said,
“Hey, Hamil! What about that one over there?”
“Um?”
Hamil looked carefully toward the direction that Beta was pointing to and then cringed.
“Aren’t those the pricks from the day before yesterday?”
“Yeah! Those pricks! The ones that completely ignored us like it was none of their business when they saw a fragile little girl who was about to be dragged away by rotten men and get raped!”
“…”
“It looks like a na?ve young master, a noble lady, and a maid with a weak old butler dragging his feet added to the bunch. That’s only four in total.”
It appeared Beta found her target.
Beta wetted her lips as she flicked her tongue.