“First…”
Nainiae looked at Nara’s name. She had guessed why they wanted to take Nara with them. Nainiae asked,
“The reason for taking commander Nara there is… As I thought, is it because of his eyes?”
Riley nodded.
“There is the eyes thing, but he is also skilled at spear techniques. He has a good sense as well. Once Abyss gives him powers, he will be dashing around just fine. Basing it purely on potential, he is the best among the four as well.”
It seemed that Nainiae agreed with Riley’s assessment. She nodded.
“He certainly is.”
Last summer, when they had run into Nara for the first time, they confirmed Nara’s skills. He was superb, more than enough for Nainiae to nod in agreement.
He was a basilisk. However…
Other than his eyes, his basic physical abilities were not so different from humans. Despite that and despite his age, Nara possessed such talent already. It was the evidence that Nara possessed superior potential.
“I think Ms. Iril is the only one who has as much potential as commander Nara at such a young age”
Iril was the adopted granddaughter of Inaril, who once had the Blessing of the Sword in this world. Iril was slightly ahead of Nara, but… Nara had the eyes of basilisk, which Iril did not have.
“I have no objections.”
Nainiae, someone who once had a duel against Nara, said she had no objections. She moved her gaze to the next name on the paper.
“The next one is…”
Nainiae crumpled her eyebrows.
“Ms. Sera?”
“That’s right. Initially, I was going to send someone else, but I just changed my mind.”
Riley was impressed by Sera’s sense of smell when he had run into her after just returning to the mansion. This was the reason why Riley chose Sera as the second person.
“Um…”
It seemed that she was more concerned about Sera than Nara. Nainiae was not able to speak right away. She held her chin and was silent for a long time. She then said,
“Is she going to be all right? I am a little worried.”
Compared to others on the list, Nainiae thought Sera was relatively weak. This was the reason.
“Why? I don’t think it is a bad idea.”
“Still…”
Sera possessed an extra-ordinary sense of smell and other senses. Even Nainiae acknowledged those things in Sera. However, if anyone asked if Sera’s dual blades was stronger than Nara’s spear…then Sera was not quite at that kind of caliber. This was why.
“Are you that worried about her?”
Having heard Riley’s question, Nainiae nodded carefully.
‘Well, the other world is quite dangerous.”
Nainiae was worried not just because of Sera’s skill in swordsmanship but because of the dangers in the other world that she would be going to as per Abyss’s proposal, in other words, the world of Riley’s past life.
“I am not sure if Ms. Sera would be able to handle that place…”
Nainiae muttered carefully. It seemed that she thought she really could not let this be. She shook her head and asked Riley,
“Young Master, about this person named Abyss… No, the Demon Lord… Is he really trustworthy?”
Nainiae thought about the great demon, who Riley had fought in the end of his past life. She muttered with a concerned look on her face.
“Still, this is the Demon Lord who fought against you in your past life. We need to consider the possibility of this being a trap, and…”
Nainiae mumbled with a voice full of worry. Riley had a carefree look on his face as if he was trying to say that it was going to be all right. Riley suddenly placed his hand above her head.
“You sure worry about all sorts of things.”
“…”
Nainiae looked like she was feeling wronged. She looked up at Riley.
“If you are worried about Sera, then don’t worry about her too much. I picked her because I have a plan. Did you think that I picked her without giving it serious thought?”
Riley added that Nainiae should skip her for now and asked her to check the third name. Nainiae figured that it could not be helped, so she turned her gaze back to the paper.
“Um?”
She checked the third name on the paper and frowned.
“You are going to take Ms. Priesia too?”
“Yes.”
Riley nodded and explained why he was taking the Priestess.
“She is still considered missing, so even if we snatch her up… No. Even if we kidnap her, I don’t think there would be any problem. Also, she has the most selfless personality…where she would volunteer to help if we just explain the situation. Moreover…”
Riley paused for a moment. He added that Priesia was needed to resolve the problem that Nainiae was concerned about earlier.
“As you said, I think there is a need to be certain of what that Abyss bastard is really thinking inside.”
Until just a moment ago, Riley and Abyss had sat on the lake-side and fished together. So, doing this to him could look petty. Still, it wasn’t bad to have other options prepared.