Puup
Having heard Riley saying Princess Reutrina was not his type, Nainiae could not help herself but to laugh. Meanwhile, Riley was pouting big time as if he was not liking this. Nainiae looked at Riley.
‘Type…’
Having heard it being mentioned, Nainiae suddenly fell in to deep thoughts about the subject. However, her thoughts couldn’t continue for long.
“What happened? Explain.”
It was because Riley asked a question.
“That is…”
Sera was not sure where to start. The situation was bleak. Around the time Sera tilted her head to the side, Reutrina, who appeared to have completely lost it finally, flopped to the floor with her mouth wide open.
“We are not sure either…”
Watching the Princess falling over, Sera thought about how the Princess attacked her at the infirmary. Trying to say she was not sure, she shook her head and blurred the end of the sentence.
“Where is this place?”
“It’s a Duke’s Manor. It’s Phillisnion’s.”
“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!