‘Did she use her eye?’
Riley looked at her white eye and cracked a smile as if he was impressed.
After dismounting from the carriage, Nainiae tied the horses to a pillar at the destination, checked the tightness of the tie, came to Riley in puppy steps and put forth her head toward Riley.
“What?”
Noticing the top of Nainiae’s head suddenly coming right at his face, Riley tilted his head to the side and asked.
“That is… I was wondering if you could please praise me.”
As a reward for getting here on the first try, Nainiae wanted a compliment.
“Hey…”
If Sera was here, she would have said, ‘A maid asking for compliments from the master she is serving? That’s unbelievable! Just focus on your work!’ to scold Nainiae.
“…”
Nainiae slightly lifted her head. It looked like she figured that wasn’t going to be enough. Now, she showed a disappointed look on her face.
“Ugh.”
After sighing, Riley raised his right hand and put it on top of Nainiae’s head.
“Ah…”
“Here.”
It seemed Sera was personally taking care of Nainiae. Compared to how Nainiae was when Riley met her for the first time, the smell of her hair was significantly improved.
“…T-Thank you.”
It wasn’t like he said anything complimentary.
All he did was patting her head.
Despite that, Nainiae looked like she was happy like an innocent child.
Watching this, Riley too cracked a smile as he started to walk.
“Now, are you satisfied?”
“…”
Perhaps she was too happy that she couldn’t move her lips.
Instead, Nainiae nodded in response.
“Let’s get inside then.”
Riley and Nainiae came out of the mansion toward the end of the morning. This place, the place they arrived around lunch time, was the third biggest pub in Iffa village.
‘This place is?’
Nainiae cast simple search and alarm magic spells around the area and followed Riley’s back.
“Hey, Andal!”
Squeak!
Perhaps it was a very old door.
The wooden door opened with a hated noise.
Riley stepped inside as he called for someone.
‘Mana measurement and artifact identifications in a pub? Why? Wait, perhaps that’s not it? Did he come here for a different reason?’
Nainiae followed in after Riley. She looked once at the floor, which was making squeaky noises, and then inside of the store, which was in shambles.
“…Andal! Are you sitting on your ass again?”
Baam!
Riley kicked one of the empty chairs and called the name again.
It seemed the owner of this pub was named ‘Andal.’
“There aren’t any customers…”
She wondered if this was a pub where nobody came to during lunch for a reason.
She murmured as she noticed the empty scene inside the pub.
“Still, it is pretty busy during the dinner time, and that’s why I came during the lunch time.”
After answering, Riley walked toward a table that looked like there should be a bartender standing behind it. He extended his neck toward other side of the table.
“Andal? He is not here. Is he further in back?”
From inside of the store, they could see three doors.
One was a restroom for men.
The other was a restroom for women.
The last one was a storage and changing room for people working at the store.