‘Space reversal?’
Peruda, who had been eavesdropping on their conversation, strained his eyes in disbelief and looked at Nainiae.
‘She was at Six Circles just last spring. That child is now at Seven Circles?’
It was hard for him to believe that the girl who used to be trapped in the Magic Tower’s basement went from Six to Seven Circles in just two seasons. However, Peruda was more shocked about the fact that she used space reversal, a magic that was counted among the high level magic in Seven Circles, and still appeared to be completely fine.
‘Nainiae, you… just how…’
It was past the early autumn. It was now late autumn.
Magic Tower and Holy Temple both estimated that her life will not last until the autumn even if it lasted long.
However…
“…”
Perhaps Nainiae noticed that Peruda’s eyes were full of worry for her. Nainiae’s eye, which was looking at Riley, slowly moved to the side and met with Peruda.
‘It has been a while, Mr. Peruda, my teacher.’
Nainiae gave him a refreshing smile to greet Peruda. She looked at Riley again.
“Young Master. Can you please give me a quick summary of the situation?”
Astroa, the one who Riley killed before, was alive and fine here. Rebethra was glaring toward this direction with a violent look on his face. Nainiae was asking Riley to explain them. Having heard her request, Riley…
“They are enemies.”
He responded with just three words.
Riley mumbled leisurely. Nainiae pulled her chin as if she understood it immediately. She asked,
“Well then, what should I do?”
Her question reflected her confidence. It conveyed the confidence in herself. She was certain she could eliminate them immediately as soon as the order came.
“Can you do it?”
She looked like she changed a lot from how she was before. However, she was also exuding atmosphere that felt the same as always… So, Riley peeked a smile and asked.
Nainiae also smiled big.
“I am not sure? They say you can’t know for sure unless you put them next to each other and see which one is longer.”
“What?”
“Excuse me… Did I say something wrong?”
“No… I just thought you made a great progress, so…”
“…”
Having heard Riley’s compliment, instead of feeling embarrassed, her shyness was taking the front seat. Nainiae started to purse her lips.
“Well, all right.”
Actually, Riley didn’t even bring a sword here. He shrugged as if he was trying to say that he will just sit back and watch. Because Andal said he wanted to play the part of being a teacher, Riley had Nainiae to be under his care for about two months. With a curious look on his face, Riley said,
“… Try it.”
Nainiae stepped forward and said,
“Okay.”
Astroa…
Nainiae was aware that Astroa was a powerful foe that she could not have defeated by herself if this was last spring.
That was not all.
There was Archbishop Rebethra as well, who Nainiae could not tell his true intent or identity. Rebethra was also one of the enemies that Riley explained earlier.
Despite that, she thought,
‘The apple, I should cut them for Young Master soon.’
Her mind was full of only the thoughts about giving Riley the apple that she had floating using mana.