"A body! A corpse!"
Riley looked at Ian as if he had gone crazy.
"What the hell are you talking about?"
The Riley Ian saw now was nothing like how he had been when Iris had collapsed.
"Haaa..."
His eyes had potential when he grabbed the sword, although the result had ended up being disappointing.
Ian sighed as he remembered the expectations that he had before.
"I'm glad I made it in time."
When Ian mumbled to himself, Riley's face turned even sourer.
"A better explanation please."
"An unknown man dressed in black was found. In front of Lady Orelly's room."
"Huh, really?"
Riley asked, as if he could not believe it.
"It seems that Count Stein has heard of Lady Iris' condition as well. The entire mansion is being turned upside down."
A stranger had managed to sneak into the mansion.
And poison had been found in the soup.
Although a body was found, it was hard to say whether there was only a single invader.
The reason Ian mumbled 'I made it in time' was because he needed to ensure Riley was safe from the unknown assassins.
"In any case, it is dangerous for you to be alone."
Ian spoke with a bittersweet expression on his face.
"I do not believe you could win against an assassin."
He hoped that this might stimulate Riley to take action.
But…
"Hmm."
Riley lazily turned his eyes towards the book that was on his face.
"I guess it's got nothing to do with me then."
"Pardon?"
"You can go. I hope you didn't leave Mother alone."
"Y-Young master, did you listen to what I said?"
"Yeah, I heard it. But it's got nothing to do with me right?"
Riley nodded without even turning his head to Ian.
"..."
His carefree attitude showed no interest whatsoever in what Ian had just told him.
Ian could not stop his anger from rising at Riley's indifferent attitude.
"Just what is ...!"
"Ah, wait!"
Ian stopped.
"I almost forgot."
Riley snapped his fingers then produced something from his pocket.
"Here, take these."
"...?"
Riley conferred to Ian a handful of seeds which Ian had never seen before.
"These are...?"
"Use it to make some tea for Mother. It should be pretty effective. Don't lose it, it's quite rare."
Riley rolled his shoulder then pointed to the book he was holding.
The title was 'Encyclopaedia of Medicinal Seeds'.
It was surely for Iris, who had collapsed.
"W-when...?"
"Just now. I was tired from trying to find these so I tried to take a nap... and then you came all of a sudden. How do you think I felt?"
"..."