“…”
Cutting through the rain, the fireworks rose to the sky and bloomed beautifully. Others were praising the fireworks, saying they are beautiful and magnificent. However, it was not making Riley excited.
‘What is it? Why? Just why?’
Boom!
Watching bright fireworks exploding in front of him, Riley cringed.
It wasn’t because the fireworks were bright.
It was just that unpleasant feelings were overcoming him.
‘I’m here on a vacation, so why does it feel so awful?’
Riley felt like a mosquito that he didn’t kill out of laziness came back to bite him before he went to sleep.
Boom!
A firework decorated the dark-cloud covered sky once again and brightened the surrounding. Riley cringed even more.
“Ha…”
Figuratively speaking, the part bitten by the mosquito was starting to itch.
“Nainiae.”
“Yes, Young Master.”
Nainiae, who was standing next to Riley and watching the fireworks, turned her head toward Riley and answered.
“Is it fun?”
Riley, with an uninterested face, asked her if she found the fireworks fun to watch.
“…”
Nainiae felt that she should think carefully before answering. With a blank look on her face, she turned her head toward the sky to look at the fireworks decorating the sky… and then streams of water falling from roofs of buildings in the area like waterfalls.
‘The fireworks in the waterfall pathway is incredible. I can tell you with certainty that it is one of the most beautiful scenery that I have ever seen.’
Nainiae thought about what Sera said about the fireworks before she came to Rainfield.
According to her, the scene before Nainiae was most certainly an incredible sight to behold and a precious memory to keep.
“Can I be honest?”
Nainiae redirected the gaze away from the fireworks and looked at Riley who had a blank look on his face.
“Haven’t you heard from Ian? I can at least tell when someone is lying or not.”
Riley responded with a bit annoyed tone. He was still looking at the sky with an uninterested look.
Boom!
Boom!
Despite the fireworks exploding one after the other, his slightly furrowed eyebrows were not showing any sign of changing their angles.
“Could it be that I had too high of expectations? Honestly… it is no fun.”
As if he knew she was going to say that, Riley peeked a smile.
“I see.”
‘Did I answer it wrong?’
Nainiae shriveled her shoulders and fell to silence after noticing that Riley looked angry somehow.
“Why is it no fun?”
Riley asked again.
“I’m… not sure?”
Riley believed that he should be happy and comfortable since he is on a vacation trip.
However, let alone being comfortable, he couldn’t hide feeling icky. It was extremely unpleasant.
“Is it because I didn’t realize some dumbass was going to do an incredibly dumbass thing to do that was beyond being a dumbass?”
Watching the fireworks, Riley mumbled.
“I can’t be certain little bugs flying in front of my eyes would bite me later or not. I’m not a fortune teller.”
“…”
From his quiet voice, Nainiae felt like she was watching a deadly predator who had his sleep disturbed. Nainiae gulped.
“If I kill the bug, then I have to go wash my dirtied hand, and I didn’t want to go through the icky process. So, I didn’t do anything, but…”
Riley wiggled his eyebrows and continued.
“… if that runt bites me?”
“…”
Riley was explaining why the vacation rapidly became no fun for him. Hearing his explanation, and sensing the chill coming from Riley… Nainiae couldn’t do anything but to hold her breath.