“…Did you know?”
Ian asked Iris who was on the seat across from him on the carriage that started to move once more.
Perhaps it was because he was tired due to exterminating the goblins, but Riley was exploring dreamland while using his mother’s lap as a pillow, just like before.
“What?”
Iris tilted her head with a question mark as if saying that she didn’t understand Ian’s query.
“About Young Master.”
As if he still didn’t believe what he saw, Ian’s face was complicated.
Sleeping peacefully after that amazing display of skill.
He was so shocked that he didn’t even feel like waking him up and asking.
“I don’t know…”
As she didn’t know anything about swordsmanship, Iris didn’t understand what Ian was asking about so she continued speaking after blinking a few times.
“How should I reply… I don’t know anything about swordsmanship.”
Although she came into the Iphelleta House which was famous for its swordsmanship as a concubine, she had never held a sword before because of her unceasing attempts to cure her illness.
Therefore, Iris didn’t know how great a skill her son showed just before.
But, she knew that it was awesome.
And she felt relief at the fact that her son was safe and uninjured.
“I also felt my heart sink when Riley charged at the goblins too, you know?”
When looking at how Riley was fighting before, she had clenched her fists so hard that marks of her fingernails were as clear as day on her palms.
“I…see.”
Iris looked down after Ian replied blankly.
She was gazing at Riley, who was sleeping in her lap.
“My Lady, about this…”
“Keep it a secret.”
About to open his mouth while clenching the sides of his pants, Ian flinched.
“…Huh?”
“Keep it a secret, don’t tell anyone in the mansion. Not even the Count.”
“W-Why?”
Sera who was driving the carriage from the driver’s seat glanced back inside.
It wasn’t an overreaction for Ian to be puzzled.
She too felt the same.
But she didn’t ask ‘Why?’
This was because she was also asked the same thing from Riley.
“Because, Riley wanted it.”
“My Lady!”
“Shush.”
In front of Ian whose voice was raising, Iris raised her index finger to her lips and made a ‘Shh’ sound.
That action didn’t only entail worry about Riley waking up.
“Please, Ian.”
“…”
How could mother and son be so similar?
Sera snorted while looking back at the road at Iris’s action.
It was because Riley had made the same gesture last time.
***
The capital, Solia.
The weather here was sunny, and the atmosphere wasn’t that bad either.
Sera smiled at the mother and son pair after leaving the carriage which they rode all the way from the Iphelleta house at the carriage house.
“Now! Welcome to Solia!”
“You look like you’re excited.”
“Of course, it’s been a long time since I’ve come home.”
Currently the ‘three people,’ including Riley, were standing in Left Solia.