That story was already all over the place. It was the story about how Nainiae cut down a training dummy in half with just one strike.
Even Stein was interested. He was watching Nainiae.
Because of the situation with Nainiae, Ryan was concerned Riley might get pretty high points in the successor competition.
“If it is possible, I wish I could see it again.”
Lloyd mumbled as he bit his lips.
After all, he was the second son of the Iphelleta House.
He was a swordsman, it was only natural to have emotions such as admiration or envy toward others who had better swordsmanship.
Lloyd was mumbling as he bit his lips, and now he asked Ryan a question,
“What should we do?”
Ryan had to make his thoughts brief, and he had to make a quick decision.
Lloyd was asking Ryan about what to do with Nainiae, Riley’s maid.
Lloyd asked carefully to his older brother,
“Should I put pressure…on her?”
It was understandable.
It didn’t seem like a good idea to do something to Nainiae, a maid that Stein would be watching.
“Hmm…”
It was a problem that required a serious thought.
Ryan fiddled with his chin. He was holding himself from giving a reply. It was at that moment.
“…Ha!”
Baam!
The closed door opened wide and Annabelle walked in.
Judging from her red face, it didn’t look like she came with a good news.
“Annabelle?”
“Sister in law?”
Shocked by Annabelle’s sudden entrance, Ryan and Lloyd called her.
Step Step
In her high heels, Annabelle walked in and frustratedly plummeted in the sofa.
“Did something happen outside?”
“Big Bro. There’s no need to even guess. It must have been Riley. He must have done something bad to her…”
“…No.”
Annabelle opened her mouth and interrupted Lloyd.
With a question mark above his head, Lloyd looked at Annabelle,
“There wasn’t an incident…like that…”
Annabelle said as she bit her lips.
Again, she said there wasn’t an incident like that.
‘…It would be best if you didn’t touch my young master. Of course, I would like to also advise you against running your mouth carelessly.’
Those were the words she heard from Nainiae just now in the corridor. Annabelle ran into Nainiae the maid again in the corridor, and Annabelle just came from being threatened by Nainiae.
It appeared that Nainiae was a mage who had been hiding her true identity. Annabelle thought about how Nainiae made threats with a ball of flame floating on her palm. Annabelle’s shoulders were still shivering a little.
‘I heard you are a daughter of a famous House, however… That is not all that important to me. I only act for the sake of my young master.’
Annabelle was half scared and half infuriated.
‘That girl, she is just a lowly commoner, yet she dared to talk to me like that?’
The thought was dominating her head at the moment.
‘I’m not expecting an apology from you. So, I’ll advise…no. I’ll warn you once again. If you pester my young master again, I’ll demonstrate my abilities to you. Since you are well educated, you do understand that this is the first and the last warning, right?’
It was a threat that stated Nainiae will demonstrate her abilities if Annabelle displeased her.
‘She is just a maid, but she dared to make threats to a daughter of a nobility?’
This was the first time Annabelle ever heard of a threat like this. She felt there wasn’t anything more humiliating than this.
“…”
Although Lloyd couldn’t tell, Ryan noticed that Annabelle’s shoulders were shivering.
However, he didn’t know why she was choking in fear or why she was so infuriated.
‘So, although I don’t know how many Circles she has, she is saying that she’s a mage, is that right?’