“Phillisneon?”
Riley’s eyebrows got bent out of the shape.
“Are you saying we instantly teleported here from inside of the cave? Nainiae, did you do this?”
Nainiae flinched from Riley’s gaze. However, having heard ‘inside of the cave,’ she thought that Riley must not know about the sleep magic. Nainiae carefully said,
“… No.”
Nainiae shook her head and responded. To add more explanation, she started to tell Riley why they were at the Duke’s manor.
“That is… You were taking a nap at the cave, but you were not showing any signs of waking up. At the same time, the condition of your body was getting worse too, so unfortunately, we ended up being in debt to the Duke Phillisneon’s Manor which was nearby.”
Nainiae lightly swapped the truth about the fact that she used sleep magic on him. She glanced at Sera and waited for the response.
“Nap?”
“… Yes.”
“You brought me all the way here because I was taking a nap? Two of you did? You guys carried me?”
In disbelief, Riley furrowed his brows and asked. Sera glanced at Nainiae and nodded.
“Yes. You suddenly fell asleep in the cave. Since then, you just never work up, you see? It seemed you also caught cold. You were boiling in fever. You have no idea how worried Nainiae and I were…”
Sera bit her lips as she explained. Riley, who had confused look on his face, scratched his head and asked,
“How long has it been since I fell asleep in the cave?”
“Probably a little over a month.”
“A month?”
“Yes. Really… We were so worried.”
Sera was about to smile with tears in her eyes to say she was glad he finally woke up. At that moment,
“… Princess! Princess! Are you all right?”
From outside, clanking sounds of armors were getting closer.
‘Guards?’
Based on the voices asking if the Princess was all right, Nainiae thought that they must be the mansion’s guards. She quickly waved her right hand in the air and cast magic.
“First, I’ll move us to a different place.”
The Princess had tears on her eyes and nose, and she was kneeling. If the guards saw this, Riley and others would have definitely been branded as suspicious bunch. This was why.
“Ms. Sera, please take a deep breath.”
“Pardon? Nainiae, wait…”
Riley figured out what Nainiae was about to do. He lowered the hand he had to hold his chin and went to stand next to Sera. Sera panicked and didn’t know what to do.
“… Uuuuaaaa!”
Suuuuuk
With that quiet sound, Riley and Sera’s bodies disappeared from the spot without a trace. Immediately, Nainiae, who was still there, looked at Reutrina and slowly put forth her hand.
<Nainiae.>
It sounded like the guards were gradually coming closer. Heliona, who was with Nainiae, called her.
<What are you going to do?>
“I need to fix it.”
<Fix it?>
Nainiae brought her hand toward Reutrina’s forehead. Nainiae spun two of the mana rings rotating in her heart and cast two magic spells at once.
Kwang!
The door behind Nainiae closed with a loud noise and locked itself although nobody touched it.
<Nainiae, you are not trying to kill her, right?>
It seemed one of the magic spell was cast. Having seen the door closing on its own and locking itself, Heliona asked Nainiae, concerned.
“Although I did hear harsh things from her… I am not like the teacher who acts rashly.”
Nainiae smiled and shook her head. Of the two magic spells she prepared, she activated the remaining one.
“As I said earlier, I’m just going to fix it.”
Nainiae’s hand, which was placed on Reutrina’s forehead, started to shine in grey light.
<Memory magic?>
Having realized what magic Nainiae was going to use, Heliona mumbled. Nainiae nodded and said,
“Earlier, when the Princess withstood the swing of the sword from Young Master, although it was for a split second, I definitely saw the purple energy clumped up in that spot.”
Nainiae was thinking about what the woman in black said in Riley’s dream.
‘When you wake up, please find Mr. Riley’s Holy Sword. In your world, one of the purple people probably has it. Please find the purple human who will help you and Mr. Riley.’