The heel of Sera’s boot, which was layered with mana, crushed Beta’s left fingers.
Crack!
With that sound, which would make anyone cringe, Beta bit her lips and tightly closed her eyes.
“We are not going to give you lectures for pick-pocketing other nobles, but next time, it will serve you better if you picked your target more carefully.
“Ugh…”
Beta rolled around the ground in pain.
To Beta, who was letting her face scrape against the ground due to not being able to use her hands, Sera continued her words and then turned herself away.
“My master despises being bothered.” 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮
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“…Huh?”
Riley, who had his hands full of various foods from the street vendor, turned his head.
As he licked off the sauce that was on his lips, Riley asked Ian who was following behind.
“Ian, where’s Sera?”
It was because he couldn’t see Sera.
Ian shrugged and casually answered.
“She said she would be relieving herself for a restroom break. She will probably come back soon.”
“Is that so?”
“Young Master, do you need to go as well?”
“No, not exactly. I was just curious because she suddenly disappeared.”
Knowing that he managed to keep the master from finding out, Ian sighed in relief and looked around the surroundings.
It was because he judged that the other members of the runts, which they had just given a serious beating to, could target Riley and Iris.
“Um, while we are at it, perhaps it would be best to make certain…”
Ian, who was in middle of looking around the surroundings and not able to properly hear what Riley just said, tilted his head in confusion.
“Come again Young Master?”
“No, it’s nothing. Ah, mother! That one looks delicious!”
“Okay. Okay. But first, please properly wipe off the crumbs on your mouth.”
Fondly exasperated, Iris smiled toward her son. She was just about to wipe Riley’s face around his mouth. At that moment,
Pew!
They could hear something being shot.
“Huh?”
Boom!
A red ray of light that was shot from the ground exploded splendidly, and it started to form the shape of a beautiful flower.
“…Finally, it feels like this is the beginning.”
Sera murmured as she watched the fireworks decorating the night sky. As if she just returned from her business, before anyone noticed, Sera was standing next to Riley and Iris.
“Ah, Sera. Welcome back. But…what is it?”
Iris welcomed Sera who just came back and asked Sera as if she was confused.
Sera smiled big and responded,
“It’s about the Capital’s Swordsmanship Tournament!”
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