“Hello, I’m Lia di Ribanche.”
“Arald di Ribanche. It’s a pleasure to meet you.”
I watched the two of them from the faculty office.
‘Hmm, they’re pretty good actors. As expected of devils. They didn't live for so long for nothing.’
I’m sitting in the faculty office now, pretending to be completely unrelated.
The Akaia family had betrayed Ria Lis' desperate wish and had come all the way to Atlas.
Thanks to that, the faculty office is quite noisy now. The woman who appears to be Isiah's mother is chattering on and on, and Ria Lis is trying to calm her down with a very kind and also very businesslike smile.
Pielott has nothing to say about the fake mother and father’s acting and just keeps quiet. On the other hand, Isiah…
‘…He looks so embarrassed.’
Every time Isiah’s mother says something, his head sinks lower and lower. Judging by his appearance, it seems that Isiah did not want the Akaia family to come.
Well, it's hard to believe that someone as proud as Isiah would whine to his parents. In other words, this was his parents’ doing.
“The child hasn’t even been able to hold a spoon properly since that day! How on earth do you people raise children?”
“Mother, what spoon are you…”
I admired the somewhat familiar sight.
Oh, so there are nobles like that too. Her clothes and jewelry are luxurious, and her appearance is elegant, but judging from her words and attitude, she's just an ordinary middle-aged woman blinded by love for her child.
I feel a little sorry for Lily and Arald.
Honestly, I didn't expect a woman this extreme to show up. At least, it's a character I've never seen in the Falind continent. It’s so stereotypical that it's refreshing.
Isiah must be having a hard time too. He’s probably the most embarrassed person here right now.
But at that moment, something strange entered my senses.
It was the activation of my sixth sense.
Isiah’s mother, she’s doing something.
She’s yelling as if she’s really angry, but Mana is steadily flowing out from her body.
It's so subtle that it's almost impossible to notice. In fact, Lily, Arald, and Pielott, who are right in front of her, didn’t notice it.
There was no murderous intent in that Mana. It’s not even magic structured with a technique. But gradually, diligently, the Mana that stretched out approached Pielott, who was standing still.
I got an uneasy feeling. At the very least, I can tell for sure that her overbearing words and attitude are an act.
Whatever she’s trying to do, it’ll be too late once it happens.
I wasn't going to get involved, but if it wasn’t going to end with a simple children’s fight, it was a different story.
I lightly flicked a bit of demonic energy. It was a weak force that wouldn't even make her faint, but it was enough to discourage her. Just enough.
Then the woman's Mana stopped. She instinctively turned her head to look at me.
Oh? She noticed exactly that I flicked it in that instant.
Our eyes met for a very short time.
She found out about me, but it doesn’t matter. It's a trivial matter compared to Pielott being hurt.
And I have nothing to do with Pielott here. I just noticed the woman's Mana, and gave her a ‘warning’ because I thought she was going to do something to my student.
“Why, why are you doing this, Mrs. Akaia?”
The teacher who had been diligently mediating between the two families asked.
Isiah was also wondering about the sudden change in his mother.
With that, the woman took Isiah's hand and went back the way she came. Her husband followed a little later.
Her eyes were completely different from when she was yelling for her son just a moment ago. It was as if she had never done such a thing in the first place.
The woman who looked like a typical middle-aged woman for a noble.
But her flamboyant voice and eloquence were a bluff, and her true intentions lay elsewhere.
She was trying to do something to Pielott.
It’s my job to find out what that is.
When I have time, I’ll ask him…
There, I realized my mistake and smiled bitterly.
Ask him? Who am I going to ask?
I don’t have Gregory anymore. Neither the crows nor the rats are on my side now.
When I left the Falind continent, I lost contact with Gregory. Even Gregory’s abilities couldn’t reach beyond the continent.
If his abilities had such a wide range, Gregory would have known about this continent from the beginning. But in the Falind continent, Agoris was an unknown land that we didn't even know existed.
I was careless. I thought he’d always be there.
But thinking about it again, of course he wouldn’t be.
That's why I couldn't even say goodbye to Gregory properly. I couldn't meet Gregory in person, and I couldn't even get a crow to deliver a message.
“It can’t be helped.”
There are ways even without Gregory.
Anyway, I was worried about Isiah.
What Mrs. Akaia was trying to do to Pielott is still a matter of curiosity.
I desperately hope this ends with curiosity.