Although she came into the Iphelleta House which was famous for its swordsmanship as a concubine, she had never held a sword before because of her unceasing attempts to cure her illness.
Therefore, Iris didn’t know how great a skill her son showed just before.
But, she knew that it was awesome.
And she felt relief at the fact that her son was safe and uninjured.
“I also felt my heart sink when Riley charged at the goblins too, you know?”
When looking at how Riley was fighting before, she had clenched her fists so hard that marks of her fingernails were as clear as day on her palms.
“I…see.”
Iris looked down after Ian replied blankly.
She was gazing at Riley, who was sleeping in her lap.
“My Lady, about this…”
“Keep it a secret.”
About to open his mouth while clenching the sides of his pants, Ian flinched.
“…Huh?”
“Keep it a secret, don’t tell anyone in the mansion. Not even the Count.”
“W-Why?”
Sera who was driving the carriage from the driver’s seat glanced back inside.
It wasn’t an overreaction for Ian to be puzzled.
She too felt the same.
But she didn’t ask ‘Why?’
This was because she was also asked the same thing from Riley.
“Because, Riley wanted it.”
“My Lady!”
“Shush.”
In front of Ian whose voice was raising, Iris raised her index finger to her lips and made a ‘Shh’ sound.
That action didn’t only entail worry about Riley waking up.
“Please, Ian.”
“…”
How could mother and son be so similar?
Sera snorted while looking back at the road at Iris’s action.
It was because Riley had made the same gesture last time.
***
The capital, Solia.
The weather here was sunny, and the atmosphere wasn’t that bad either.
Sera smiled at the mother and son pair after leaving the carriage which they rode all the way from the Iphelleta house at the carriage house.
“Now! Welcome to Solia!”
“You look like you’re excited.”
“Of course, it’s been a long time since I’ve come home.”
Currently the ‘three people,’ including Riley, were standing in Left Solia.
It was a place that Sera knew well.
“Anyway, I feel a bit sorry for Ian. I feel bad that we sent him to Castle Solia on his own.”
It had started with four people, but only three people remained.
Only Ian couldn’t be seen in their party.
The reason was because he needed to get the admission tickets for the capital’s swordsmanship tournament.
“No, my Lady. It was for the best to send Ian-nim.”
Sera rolled her eyes to the ground, muttering at Iris’s worry.
Riley nodded as if saying that he agreed.
“…”
If the one who went off to get the tickets was not Ian but Sera, it would be terrifying.
He would definitely go ‘Young Master this, Young Master that’ and follow Riley around all day making a fuss as he tried to talk about what had happened the evening before.
“Then where should we go first?”