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.’
So, because Reutrina was speculated to be a purple human, Nainiae used a spell related to memory on her. It was to gather information from Reutrina and also fix the situation.
‘Her memory is… blurry.’
With her hand on Reutrina’s forehead, Nainiae went through her memories. The guards were banging on the door behind her. Having heard the noise, Nainiae cringed.
“It’s fine. Let’s go back.”
Other than the ability that Reutrina had as a purple human and the fact that her memories were all jumbled up, Nainiae was not able to find out anything else. She judged that there was nothing else to gain from reading further, so she used the teleportation magic.
<Um? Already?>
“Yes. There is nothing else to gain. It seems that… she suffered dearly for it when she tried to pry on Young Master’s memories.”
<Young Master’s memories?>
Nainiae was about to move to where she sent Riley and Sera. Having heard Heliona’s question, Nainiae flinched inside.
‘Oh no.’
Riley’s memories… His past life to be precise…. It was because she thought it would be good to not mention that to others.
“Let’s talk about that later. Let’s go back too.”
Nainiae brushed it aside and used the teleportation magic. Along with Heliona, Nainiae disappeared without a trace.
“… Princess!”
Right after Nainiae disappeared, the guards smashed the lock and got in the room. They only saw Reutrina on her knees.
* * *
Nainiae joined Riley and Sera. Sera was glaring at Nainiae’s face, which was now completely fine. Leaving Sera be, Nainiae brought just Riley to the side and started to talk to him.
“What? What is it?”
“Young Master, by any chance…”
Concerned there might be someone listening, Nainiae used magic and checked the area once again. She carefully said,
“Do you remember purple humans?”
“Are you talking about bastards like the dark mage that we met at the Rainfield?”
Riley furrowed his brows and asked. Nainiae nodded and said,
“Yes. The people who use strange powers without mana.”
“I remember. What about it?”
“I checked, and Princess Reutrina… also have that power. I think she is one of the purple people.”
“She is?”
As if he was surprised, Riley furrowed his brows and asked. Nainiae nodded and added,
“I fixed things without overdoing it, but I was wondering if it is right to leave things be at this point, so I wanted to ask.”
Nainiae explained that she only checked Reutrina’s ability and handled her memories before coming back. She was asking if Riley was okay with letting Reutrina live.
“…”
Having heard Nainiae’s question, Riley held his chin and started to think hard about the matter.
It was because, regardless of all these, Reutrina was a Princess of Solia.
“From what I saw earlier, she seemed to be all hazy. What happened exactly?”
“To explain in detail…”
To choose the answer, Nainiae thought about it for a moment and said in a quiet voice,
“She now has mental retardation.”
“Mental retardation?”