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"I don’t think I can use the eye"

It seemed Nainiae was ashamed to tell him this She was unable to look at Riley in the eyes Instead, she lowered her head and told hi why, Riley said,

"You don’t think you can use it? Why?"

She interlocked her fingers and didn’t knohat to do She responded in mosquito sized voice,

"About that, the pain is…"

Before they teleported here, when Nainiae used her right eye, she cringed in pain Re this, Riley had troubled look on his face

"You didn’t have pain like this before, right? Why is this happening all of sudden?"

Nainiae bit her lips and paused for a moment It seemed she didn’t knohy either She shook her head as the answer

‘Things just got difficult’

Although it was the desert, perhaps because of the season, it was not so hot that Riley, eak against heat, would be struggling However… the proble around theht hard about this He casually turned his head and looked at Nainiae who still had her head lowered

‘Ued that ood condition lately’

Nainiae had gloomy look on her face It seemed she was sorry that she could not be of help to Riley However, thetroubling her?’

Looking at Nainiae’s glooht hard about this He then reled his eyebrows

‘By any chance… puberty?’

Riley thought about the age of thewith With odd look on his face, he stared at Nainiae and corrected the thought

‘No, that is not it?’

Sadly, the girl nae

After the experi but horrifying pain, she was abandoned by her ain by the hoirl ished for her deathtroubled with thoughts in puberty noas hard to believe

"Hm"

Riley rested his fist on his waist and looked up the sky He sighed briefly and made a proposal

"It cannot be helped It’s late now"

"…?"

Riley was pushing the sands away to round flat He looked at Nainiae and said,

"Let’s think after sleeping for a bit We don’t have aood idea in particular, so…"

It was night in the desert The desert sky was so could be done about the floor"

"Ah, yes!"

Riley closed one of his eyes and glanced at Nainiae As if she understood it, she nodded right away and ic

"Please wait athe sand was going to be difficult Instead, she chose to create a transparent floor above the sand She opened the di out items useful for the stay

"It is done I placed a layer above the sand, so it will block the s there?"

"On the layer?"

"Yes, on the layer"

Nainiae added that the sand won’t get on even if he lay down or sat on it She ic and asked,

"What do you think?"

Riley tried sitting on the layer that Nainiae et on hi heard his response, Nainiae relaxed her face a little froloomy look she had earlier She raised the fire on the bonfire so Master Are you hungry? It’s the dinner time, so if you would like…"

Riley shook his head and said he was not particularly hungry Nainiae asked soet it now? I think it is in Ms Sera’s bag"

"You are going to go search Sera’s bag? Now?"

"… Yes"

Nainiae asked anxiously, wondering if it was not okay Riley said,

"Do you knohat you are saying? If you returned to the mansion, Sera will ask you to take her with you?"

Sera currently believed that Riley and Nainiae went to see the doctor who helped healing Nainiae However, they were currently in pursuit of the purple people on this trip because of a different reason

"… Ah"

Since they were in pursuit of the purple people, Nainiae thought that so She vacantly opened her mouth

In particular, because Sera had exceptional sense of smell, there was a chance that Sera could faint from the stench of the sand that was covered in poison Nainiae also had to consider this factor

"Are you going to bring Sera?"

"No"

Nainiae concluded that bring Sera here would not be a good idea She shook her head and o to Solia for a bit and come back Maps are sold in Left Solia or the Main Plaza, so… If I bring a newthe bonfire He peeked a sain

"… Ah"

"It’s very late Even if there was a place that sold maps this late, since I already decided to sleep, let’s do it to tomorrow…"

Nainiae appeared to be anxious Riley cal to tell her she should sit down as well With ashamed look on her face, she bent her knees

‘We won’t lose him at least’

Since the scars on her face disappeared, Nainiae no longer had any restrictions on using ht that it won’t be late even if they started looking toht now Riley plu Master"

Riley interlocked the fingers and placed the hands behind his head as he lay down Having heard Nainiae calling, he just moved his eyes and looked at her

"What is it?"

Riley was thinking he should give her a lecture if she was going to talk about going soain Nainiae asked,

"Would you like me to lend you my lap?"

"…"

She asked carefully Riley vacantly stared at Nainiae He thought it was a very Nainiae’s kind of idea He smiled and said,

"… In that case, shall I borrow your lap for a ently

Thirty minutes…

An hour…

When about two hours passed, Riley, who had his eyes closed, just could not fall asleep He opened his eyes narrowly

"U on Nainiae’s lap, he looked up toward Nainiae’s face He saw that she was knocking her head and dozing off Riley had a look on his face as he thought there was no way to stop Nainiae on this

"… That’s right Sleep Sleep"

To make sure Nainiae won’t wake up, Riley carefully raised his head He looked around the empty desert scenery and sat next to Nainiae

"You sure sleep soundly"

Riley had been sitting there and staring at Nainiae’s face fro while However, it looked like Nainiae was not going to wake up any tiht his hand toward Nainiae’s clothes and pulled it

‘Oh no’

He was going to pull at it lightly, but it seemed he pulled too hard Nainiae’s upper body leaned a lot Riley hurriedly raised his arently supported her neck