"..."

"..."

Nale Narene and his mother both looked at each other. They could both see the confusion on each other's faces.

"I see. You guys are too deep into your roleplay, huh."

Nale Narene finally reacted to Rant Valo's words.

"No. I mean it. Really. She's my master."

Rant Valo awkwardly smiled, seeing that both Nale Narene and his mother looked at him with an understanding look.

"Yes. Yes. We get it already."

Nale Narene nodded his head repeatedly as if he truly understood what Rant Valo really meant without knowing that he actually misunderstood them.

"I'm her disciple, and she's my master."

Rant Valo iterated once again. It was getting annoying for him to keep repeating this to them.

"Wait, did you just say disciple? I thought she's your 'Master' and you have some Master-Servant kink?"

Nale Narene felt confused about one thing and his thoughts leaked out without him realizing it.

"Master-Servant kink?"

It wasn't Rant Valo nor Floriana Sabina that answered this time. It was Veia who has been silently watching from the side. She walked towards Nale Narene and stood in front of him.

"Don't you dare mention that phrase ever again when I'm here. The only one who could be my master's servant is me!"

Veia lifted her chin upwards and declared proudly. In her opinion, there's no other thing better than being her master's servant. She could feel a bond with him, which gives her shivers every time she tries to sense it.

'HUH!? WHAT IS THIS??'

Nale Narene shouted inside his head in bewilderment. Hearing Veia proclaiming that she was Rant Valo's servant made this situation even more confusing for him. Even his mother was taken aback by the sudden development.

"Um… Miss, are you roleplaying too?"

Nale Narene carefully asked her with a forced smile on his face. She was even the girl that he wanted to court at first, but it turned out that she was already Rant Valo's girlfriend.

"No! Why would I roleplay about being my master's servant? There's no greater thing in the world than being his servant."

Veia immediately denied his words. For her, who was a vampire-succubus hybrid, she liked Rant Valo's blood very much. It was very delicious, and just the smell of his body was enough to drive her crazy.

She didn't want anyone to mistake that she was just roleplaying it. It would be blasphemy for her love for her master.

Meanwhile, Rant Valo was blushing red. He felt like digging a hole and jumping into it to bury himself out of embarrassment. Just hearing Veia's passionate words made him cringe but also feel a warmth inside his heart.

"..."

Nale Narene didn't know what to do anymore. First, it was Floriana Sabina and Rant Valo. Now even this girl he wanted to court before was speaking weirdly.

"Are you guys and girls really not roleplaying?"

Nale Narene's mother interrupted. She held her chin as she pondered to herself.

"Yes. Even though I don't want to admit it, what they said was true."

Rant Valo replied to her with an awkward smile on his face. Now that he was talking about it to someone else, it somehow felt embarrassing to reveal it in the end.

"Master?"

"Disciple?"

Both Floriana Sabina and Veia turned their heads towards Rant Valo with sinister smiles on their faces.

"W-What?"

Rant Valo felt his back start to sweat as he saw their smiles.

"What do you mean that you don't want to admit it?" x2

Floriana Sabina and Veia both spoke in sync. When Rant Valo realized that they were speaking in sync, his body shuddered in fear. He knew that he f*cked up.

"I'm just embarrassed!"

Rant Valo quickly explained himself. Otherwise, he would not be able to sleep well later, and he can feel that his bones would be broken again if he didn't explain it quickly enough.

"Ah…"

"Disciple…"

Both Veia and Floriana Sabina's eyes lit up in warmth at Rant Valo's words. Even Floriana Sabina felt that Rant Valo was cute by being embarrassed to reveal their Master-Disciple relationship to others.

"Master, just let me hug you this one!"

Veia couldn't hold it in anymore. She was feeling a strong urge to push Rant Valo down.

"No! I know you, Veia."

Floriana Sabina immediately stopped Veia from getting nearer to Rant Valo. She was already familiar with the way Veia operates. Every time she gets even a little love from Rant Valo, she would immediately have the urge to pounce on him.

"Grandmaster, just once!"

Veia pleaded with teary eyes as she tried to get past Floriana Sabina's outstretched arm. Of course, she didn't have the opportunity or even power to get past it. There's just too big of a power gap between the two of them.

"Still no."

Floriana Sabina was unflustered by Veia's unrelenting desire to pounce on Rant Valo.

"Eighhiii---"

Veia tried her best, but in the end, she still wasn't able to escape past Floriana Sabina.

Rant Valo watched all of this happen, and he once again felt like burying himself underground. He even didn't want to associate with them anymore. If anyone asks, he would just say that he didn't know them and leave.

"I think I'll just believe you."

Seeing the awkward look on Rant Valo's face, Nale Narene just decided to believe their words finally. If they were still roleplaying with this much, they would be having problems with their heads, and he didn't think they had any.

"Thanks."

Rant Valo felt gratitude that he didn't have to explain or reiterate anything to Nale Narene anymore.

"No problem. If you guys can get the Evil Sacra Lotus, you can take it. I just want one petal."

Nale Narene explained to them his decision regarding the medicinal plant that his father tried to harvest. The medicinal plant was also the reason why he wanted to get even a single petal. He wanted to taste and experience the medicinal plant that his father risked his life to gather.