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They couldn’t have Andal teleport them on the way back

So, thatdistance travel from Rainfield all the way back to Solia

"So, back then, that happened"

Riley thought it would be a bother to have extra people tagging along However, fortunately, it wasn’t all bad

"Really?"

One of the good things was that he won’t be bored on the way back

"Why didn’t he just sest there In terms of skill, he was second to none It was ridiculous"

Someone said that reality was more like a fiction than a fiction

The stories fro than fictions Riley, who usually took a nap during the afternoon, opened his ears wide and tuned in to their stories

"I really thought he was insane He was telling us we should charge in to so we couldn’t even tell if it was really there or not We just gave up trying to convince hi here and there However, even when Nara was boasting about slaying an ogre, he wasn’t lying Nara’s stories felt real

"Tell me more So what happened?"

"What do you think happened? Our coer"

While the carriages were on theand afternoon, they spent their ties

"Shall we rest here for a while?"

"Okay The horses are exhausted too… and the place looks good too"

Whenever they had to give the horses sohtfall, there was oneabout having theo stretch ourselves?"

"If you are fine with oing on, to make use of the free tiether It was Nara’s idea

"You can’t use ic, okay?"

"I know"

Tadak Tadak [Sound of the ca on, Nainiae and Nara stood in front of the fire They aimed their weapons, which were carved from woods, at each other

"The tie The side that scores most hits or disables the opponent is the winner Do you understand?"

Rorona, as an archer with good eyes, took on the role of being the judge After the countdown, Nara and Nainiae’s duel began

‘As expected of Young Master Riley’s servant’

Nara was exchanging bloith Nainiae He spun his spear in circle and mumbled

‘She’s not like the first ti’

She was not using nificantly improved in comparison to their first duel He was surprised

‘I’m still better when it coht surpass h it was a practice, a duel was a duel

Nara decided he won’t go easy on her anymore He sharpened his eyes in the ap in her defense

"Kuk?!"

Nainiae cringed in light of Nara’s calculated attack She lost her balance and tilted back

"It seeht, if you , Ms Nainiae"

The duel was decided Nara pulled away the tip of the wooden spear, which was aimed at Nainiae’s neck He tapped the spear at his shoulder and then tilted his head side to side

"Ms Nainiae?"

"…"

This was her third practice duel

Up to her second duel, she responded promptly to Nara’s advices However, this ti there with a blank look in silence, frozen

‘Is she upset about losing?’

Nara got closer to Nainiae He furrowed his brows

"Ms Nainiae"

"… Yes?"

Nara saw that Nainiae’s face was full of sweats Nara was going to tap her shoulders, but he retrieved his hand and called Rorona

"Rorona, could you bring some towels here!"

"Ah, yes!"

It seeht Rorona rushed to the carriage and brought a towel

"Oha lot… Here Please wipe it off with this"

"Ah, Yes… thank y…"

Thump

Nainiae held the towel that Rorona handed to her However, because of her shaking hand, Nainiae ended up dropping it to the floor

"Ah, I’m sorry"

Embarrassed, Nainiae blushed She carefully picked up the towel and used the part that didn’t get dirt on to wipe off her neck

"Excuse me, Ms Nainiae"

"Yes?"

She responded promptly this time

"By any chance… Is it because of what you told us before? Is that why your body’s condition is…"

Nara only knew that Nainiae’s lifespan was very li it would last He asked carefully

"No, it is not really…"

Nainiae avoided Nara’s eyes She had her right hand hidden behind her back Fiddling with the right hand, she blurred the end of her sentence

"Not really? What’s not really?"

As a wo Rorona brought out her bow and looked at Nainiae

"Try holding it"

"Pardon?"

"Your sword"

"Ah, okay…"

Rorona was asking in a serious tone Not able to say no, Nainiae held the wooden sword in front of her

"You are holding it firive a response

Rorona tried pushing Nainiae’s wooden sith the side of her bow

"… Ah"

Her hands, which were shaking, were not able to hold the sword until the end The sas dropped to the ground

"…"

Nainiae’s condition wastiht a duel with ht that Nainiae’s response was slower and her strikes eaker Nara had extremely infuriated look on his face

"Ms Nainiae, if you are ill, you should just say so… Why did you fight in this condition?"

Nara crossed his arms and scolded Nainiae

Rorona turned her body toward the carriage

"Please wait… I’ll report this to Young Master Riley"

Perhaps because he didn’t nap during the day, he was already asleep in the carriage for the night

"… Wait!!"

Nainiae quickly raised her hand to grab Rorona’s arm Nainiae bit her lips

"Please wait, Ms Rorona"

Nainiae’s hand was shaking so rip