“Yeah, you.”
“…Me?”
Andal, the one who Riley pointed with his finger, tilted his head to the sides.
Andal’s eyes were saying he could not believe this.
“…”
Andal was lost for words. He looked as if he had his mouth full of sweets. [Note: “Mouth full of sweets” means the person is dumbfounded and lost for words in a ridiculous situation.]
With hollow eyes, he gave a vacant stare to Riley, and then…
“…Fup.”
He started to laugh.
As if the fuse on a dynamite was ignited, Andal started to bang on the table.
“…Fuhahahahahaha!”
It didn’t look like Andal was all that muscular, but every time the smashing sound boomed, the table shook as if it was about to break.
“Fuhup, Fuhahahahaha!!”
Wondering what’s happening, Nainiae gulped quietly.
All she could do at the moment was trying hard to understand the situation.
“Wow…”
Andal’s fist was red because he had been banging on the table for so long.
He had tears in his eyes because he was laughing so hard.
“Hey, that was really funny.”
After a while, Andal looked satisfied. It looked as if it had been a while since he laughed so hard like that until his stomach was on the verge of exploding. Andal put his hand on his waist and looked at Riley.
Riley was cracking smiles. Noticing this, Andal asked again,
“…By chance, is this true?”
“I thought they were bullsheetting too.”
“…”
Hearing Riley’s prompt response, Andal, who was keeping silent for a few seconds, mumbled as if he found all this to be silly,
“Are people in the Holy Temple gone completely wacko? How old is the priestess in that place now? Is she about the age when she would be having dementia?”
“…Hukuk!”
Because Nainiae made a strange sound with her voice, Andal’s gaze moved toward her direction.
“…?”
Nainiae quickly covered her mouth.
Realizing what happened, she held her breath to stop the hiccup.
“The priestess there now is around the same age as me.”
Riley answered to Andal’s question about the priestess as he laughed.
“In that case, is she a dumbass just like you?”
“…Hukuk!”
Nainiae hiccupped once again.
Although she had her mouth covered, the sound that leaked through was pretty obvious.
“Yeah. She is a dumbass like me.”
Riley smiled widely and responded as he patted Nainiae’s back.
Andal’s face crumpled naturally.
“Bullsheet…”
In the end of the conversation, having realized that Riley was not joking, Andal continued the conversation with a look of disbelief on his face,
“Of all people, why did they ask you?”
“I’m not sure? How should I know that?”
“So now what? Are you going to do it? Should I make you into a Dragon Slayer?”
“Have you gone insane? Why would I want such a bothersome title?”
“I knew you would say that.”
As if he also found it funny, not just Riley, but Andal was cracking smiles as well.
“Slay a dragon? What nonsense. Are they not realizing who they are really up against because the dragon is sitting quietly?”
Andal chewed and spat out swears about the goddess.