Of the four, she was wearing the shabbiest getup. The girl was at the center of worries by the people of Solia. She currently had a reward placed on locating her.
“…”
The things from his past life kept coming up in his thoughts, so Riley was not able to look at Priesia so fondly.
“I see. The parts I could not heal using my holy power could be cured using medical techniques… Nainiae, I am so glad you met such a superb doctor.”
“I am so glad you are safe, Ms. Priesia.”
“Still, it looks like the face or the fingers could not be fixed.”
“I know.”
“Ah, yes… Actually, I didn’t have much expectations on those, so it is all right. I became left handed as well.”
The three people who Priesia was having the conversation with were, starting with the one at far right, Nainiae, Ian and Nara.
“… So, the treatments are not completely finished.”
“…”
“Anyway, that lass is human, you know? If you make her strain herself already, it will be hard on her body. So, although she learned a lot of things, until it is completely finished…”
Sitting pretty far from where the four were, Riley and Andal were sitting and talking face to face. Sitting in front of Riley on the other side, Andal continued talking about Nainiae. He then suddenly tilted his head side to side.
“Riley.”
Riley just vacantly held his head with his hand. Andal stared at Riley’s side face and furrowed his brows.
“Riley, did something happen?”
“Ah, Uh… No? Why?”
“What are you thinking so hard about? With a blank face?”
With a blank face, Riley was just staring toward the table where Nainiae and others were sitting. Riley was deep in thoughts. Having noticed this, Andal asked what it was that Riley was thinking so hard about.
Having heard the question, Riley closed his mouth.
“…”
Riley was thinking about the past life that Nainiae mentioned. Riley was also thinking about the Priestess from his past life who had convoluted bad fate intertwined with his own. Riley was also thinking about the favor that Ian asked.
“I wasn’t thinking about anything in particular. I was just thinking about what to eat for dinner.”
With the index finger of the hand he was holding his chin with, Riley tapped at his cheek. Riley gently closed his eyes so that he won’t stare at the table where Nainiae and others were sitting.
“By the way, what did you just tell me?”
Riley opened his eyes again. He asked as if he could not remember what Andal just told him. Andal, with a frustrated look on his face, scratched his head to turn it in to a mess as he said,
“I was talking about my pupil. About my pupil.”
“Ah, that’s what it was?”
It was not certain if Riley just didn’t hear it or heard it but forgotten it. Riley was asking as he tilted his head side to side. Seeing Riley’s response, Andal sighed.
“Ugh. I explained to you about Nainiae’s condition. Oh my… From what point do I need to explain again?”
“Uh… That is… I was reading the newspaper, so…”
“By any chance… From the very beginning?”
Andal looked like he was sick of it. When Andal asked, Riley scratched the back of his head and slowly avoided Andal’s gaze.
“Wow… You disgusting rascal… If you make me explain this for the third time, I’m going to do it in the dragon’s language, so listen up this time.”
Andal turned to look at Nainiae who was having a conversation with others. He repeated the explanation he gave earlier.
“It can be said that her current condition is just as unstable as before. She had a limited lifespan. With magical treatment, I merely extended her life a little.”
With his nail, Andal drew a horizontal mark on the table, and he made another horizontal mark. Having heard Andal’s explanation, Riley flinched his eyebrow.
“… What?”
Riley flinched because what Andal just said meant the illness that Nainiae had was something that even dragons could not fix.
“Tsk. So, why didn’t you listen to my explanations earlier? Hold on. I still have more to explain.”
Noticing Riley’s reaction, Andal clicked his tongue. Andal waved his palm around to say Riley should wait a minute. Andal continued.
“The treatment I gave her was pushing away all of the Circles she learned so far and teach her from the start again. Instead of human’s method, I used the dragon’s way.”
“Dragon’s way?”
“Do you remember the shouting that lass did last time?”
“…?”
“I’m talking about the dragon’s language.”
“Ah.”
Riley nodded.
“There must have been a problem with her Circles. Once I swapped everything inside with new Circles, it felt like her body’s condition improved. However, the problem is here.”
Andal brought his index finger to his eye and made tapping noise.