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In the desert, the Reitri Merchant Group’s carriages stopped so that people could rest, but a sudden gust of wind cae dimensional portal that opened

"Huk!?"

"W… What is this?"

"Call Mr Reitri now!"

The group was restless since lastbecause the Priestess had disappeared all of the sudden and now a portal had appeared The e and the appearance of the portal was enough toheard thethe merchants, quickly went to the place

"Please don’t panic and go back to what you have been doing"

Nara looked at the outer riray color that he had seen many times before, so he asked the ht?"

"Yes It’s Ms Nainiae’s ht The portal opened in h the portal, Iphalleta’s maid showed herself first

"Ms Nainiae!"

"Ah, Commander"

Nainiae found Nara as she calad to see hihtened her face, walked over to Nara and Rorona and lowered her head

"It’s been a while"

"Although you are saying that, it has only been a few days"

Nara was looking at the portal which hadn’t close yet He found that Riley and Priesia followed suit and sighed in relief

"Ah, Ms Priesia"

"Co Master and Nainiae had taken her"

After Karuta Desert’s cleansing prayer was co, Priesia had disappeared without any notice or sign and that threw the group into chaos Now, Priesia ca other uess was correct"

"I was so worried that soht have taken the Priestess like what happened with Kabal"

Nara and Rorona relaxed their shoulders all the way They seemed relieved to know that Priesia was safe Priesia looked ashaized

"I’ize"

Nainiae said there was no need for Priesia to apologize Nara and Rorona looked at Nainiae and asked what had happened

"Was it so very important that you had to take the Priestess?"

"It would’ve been better if you had just told us beforehand"

"I am sorry, but it was a situation where we could not tell you about it"

Nainiae glanced at Riley and lightly lowered her head

"What happened?"

Nara took a step back and asked,

"… Pardon?"

"I said, what happened"

Riley stepped in asface and asked again

"What do you mean?"

"…"

Frustrated, Riley flinched his facial ritted his teeth and asked about what he has just heard fro about Ian"

"Mr Ian? What about Mr Ian…"

Nara was stepping back He was trying to ask back again while being clueless Rorona quickly butted in and explained the answer that Riley wanted to hear

"Yes! He was here!"

It was not a perfect answer However, it seeaze at Rorona and asked,

"When?"

"A few days ago It has not been long"

She said that Ian, the butler of Iphalleta Fa all o Riley clicked his tongue

"Ugh"

A few days ago, when Nainiae and Riley were still in the cave, Riley thought about the scenery of this place that he had seen just before kidnapping Priesia There was aabout this vagrant, Riley asked Nainiae,

"This is… that froht?"

"I think so"

Nainiae carefully nodded and looked at the orange haired youngexcited about there being guests I wondered who ca Master"

Reitri was scratching the back of his head with aard look on his face Riley figured it would be quicker to just ask hied hi Master? Wait! What are you doing all of the sudden?"

"Ian was here a few days ago?"

Riley borrowed the sae he had used the last time He slammed the desk with his hand and asked Reitri

"Pardon? Ah, yes… He was here"

Riley leaned his face all the way to Reitri’s face and asked Reitri gulped and nodded

"What did he say was the reason for the visit?"

Last tih the teleportation portal Now, the butler was not at the mansion but instead in the desert Riley wanted to knohy

"If you are asking why, don’t you know about it better than I do? Wait… By any chance, did you two not ist of the situation based on Riley’s reaction He broke out in a cold sweat and asked Riley slaain