Thinking that, Riley asked,
“Aren’t you hot?”
“If you change your attitude, it is possible to not feel hot…”
“Cut the nonsense.”
Riley furrowed his brows and interrupted Ian’s words.
It was summer.
Summer came.
It was the time period where the sunlight was at its hottest.
It was no use even if Riley surrounded his entire body with mana.
By the order of nature, it was still hot.
“It’s not like I’m mentally ill… It’s hot, so I should say it is hot. Am I supposed to say ‘Oh my! It’s so nice and cool?’ Should I?”
“Ugh. Young master. That is a problem for you. It’s because you are not moving. If you broke some sweat as a youth, you would actually welcome a hot weather like this…”
“Bullcrap! Do dogs have horns?”
As if he was trying to tell Ian to stop, Riley waved around his right arm.
Ian’s face and neck was covered with sweat.
If anyone were watching the two just to see who was going to collapse from heat exhaustion, it would probably been apparent that Ian was in danger of collapsing that way. It looked that serious.
“It’s a matter of mental power.”
As if he was trying not to lose, Ian said one more thing.
Riley’s eyebrows furrowed.
“Ian, by any chance, do you want to quit?”
“Haha. Have you forgotten who recommended me for this job? There is Lady Iris, so… I think you can set aside a worry like that.”
“…”
Riley tightly shut his eyes and cursed inside.
To Riley, who always got stretched out from the heat during summer, as if that wasn’t enough, Ian’s existence was about as annoying as cicada or mosquito. However, Ian was also someone who Riley would miss if Riley sent him away.
After barely managing to suppress his frustration, Riley called Ian,
“Ian.”
Ian responded in a strong voice,
“Yes!”
Unlike ordinary people that got worn out by the heat, Ian was the type that got stronger from it. He was an odd one like that.
Riley’s frustration, which he just suppressed, came right back up. Riley mumbled,
“You. You are really terrible at fanning. Did you know that?”
“…”
Having heard what Riley just said, Ian, who was diligently fanning Riley with a fan, stopped fanning.
“You are absolutely terrible.”
It seemed Riley realized that attack on Ian was effective. He said it once again.
In fact, Ian was bad at fanning. It was enough to add the adjective words, ‘absolute worst,’ to describe his fanning.
“If there is a talent called only picking warm air to fan, then you have a talent.”
There should be cool breeze here and there. However, somehow, Ian only generated warm wind. It was making Riley feel disgusted.
Riley’s internal gauge for discomfort had reached its maximum value. Riley pointed at Ian.
“Really… You are really bad at this…”
“…Yes.”
In the middle of the sentence, Riley got stretched out due to the heat.
Ian’s shoulders lost strength and lowered after hearing what Riley said.
From how Ian responded, it seemed that Ian was thinking he was pretty good at fanning.
“…Young master!”
During a summer day, it was not certain how long Riley and Ian were there stretched out like that.
It was a little after 2 p.m. Nainiae, who had just finished her work in the mansion, came to Riley. She rushed to be at his side. She even used ‘Blink,’ a Four Circles magic that enabled a short range teleportation.
“…Oh! You finished already?”
Riley, who was all stretched out, suddenly changed his attitude and welcomed Nainiae.
Having heard Riley’s question, Nainiae gave a refreshing smile and responded,