"Yeah, why would I even lie about that? You just didn't believe me."

Rant Valo shook his head as he sighed. It was not his fault that Nale Narene didn't believe his words when he told him the truth.

"Does that mean that Veia is actually your servant!?"

Nale Narene suddenly thought of the roleplay between Rant Valo and Veia. He thought it was roleplay, but it seems that he was mistaken from Rant Valo's words.

"Yes."

Rant Valo nodded his head candidly.

"W-Wha-...? Why?"

Nale Narene turned his head and looked at Veia with a face filled with confusion. He couldn't wrap his head around why Veia would choose to be his servant. She's so beautiful, and Rant Valo might be handsome, but there are better men out there.

"My Master is delicious."

Veia licked her lips seductively as she replied.

"Delicious?"

Nale Narene gulped, and his thoughts wandered into a forbidden place.

"Y-You don't mean?"

Nale Narene asked her nervously.

"Yes."

Veia nodded her head as she thought that he was pertaining to the fact that she was drinking Rant Valo's blood without realizing that Nale Narene actually didn't know any of that at all.

"...YOU! ARE! SO! LUCKY!"

Nale Narene gritted his teeth in frustration. He wanted a girlfriend like her too! Veia was like the dream girl for the male fantasy.

"Hahaha. I am."

Rant Valo chuckled and gave Veia a suggestive glance. It was true that he was fortunate to have Veia. She was very dedicated to him, and if not for his desire to grow strong, he would have already bedded her.

"ARGGHHH!! Why don't you rub some of your luck on me?"

Nale Narene was frustrated. He wanted to punch Rant Valo's face so badly. He looked like he was delighted with having Veia. They looked just like a match made in heaven.

"Sure?"

Rant Valo nodded his head with a bit of confusion on what he meant. He didn't quite understand what he meant by that.

"You said that!"

Nale Narene walked closer to Rant Valo and grabbed his hand. Rant Valo watched as Nale Narene controlled his hand and rubbed it onto his own face.

"AHHHH!! Gimme luck!"

Nale Narene screamed as he rubbed Rant Valo's hand onto his face. He only stopped a few seconds later.

…

"I'm sorry, I got too into it."

Nale Narene apologized after he stopped. He quickly realized that he had been acting kind of rude. He just learned so many absurd things that he went crazy as he tried to think that it was just all a joke.

"Don't worry. You can use my hand when you're feeling unlucky."

Rant Valo joked with a chuckle. Nale Narene was acting very comically, and it tickled Rant Valo's soft spots.

"Y-Yeah. Okay."

Nale Narene nodded his head reluctantly. He could tell that Rant Valo was joking, but at the same time, it seems like he was not.

They continued walking through the thick swamp water slowly. The water reached about to their waists. Floriana Sabina towered over them as she walked directly on top of the water as if it was a gelatin-like substance.

"What's that?"

Veia pointed towards a tiny square-foot island in front of them. It was dark green and had scaly-like features.

"That's an alligator!"

Floriana Sabina exclaimed. She was on top of them and could very clearly see the distinct features of the alligator.

"Alligator? What's that?"

Rant Valo looked at it in confusion. It didn't look like an animal to him.

"Alligator!?"

Veia jumped back in fright. She immediately moved closer towards Rant Valo as she was the closest to the Alligator.

"It's a big lizard-like creature, Disciple. It's a carnivore, so it eats anything that goes too close to the swamp."

Floriana Sabina explained to him. She knew that Rant Valo was from an isolated village, and he basically didn't have any contact with alligators. It was natural that he didn't know what it was.

"Shouldn't you kill it?"

Rant Valo asked her in nervousness. He didn't want to be eaten alive here and now.

"You can kill it, Disciple. You are strong enough."

Floriana Sabina shrugged her shoulders and suggested to him.

"Me? Alright."

Rant Valo nodded his head and decided to give it a try. He wouldn't lose anything anyway. His master was there to cover for him, so he doesn't need to worry about being eaten.

Rant Valo closed his eyes and circulated the mana inside him through his Mana Channels before releasing it from his palms.

"Tide of Bad Fortune!"

The white mana traveled through the air and hit the alligator straight on its face. To which, it didn't react.

"What was that? Was that light mana?"

Nale Narene asked Rant Valo in curiosity. It was a white mana that was similar to light mana, but it didn't act the same way.

"It's my magic technique. It's very unique. Just watch."

Rant Valo didn't spoil him too much. Nale Narene could only nod his head and watch the alligator to see if anything was different with it.

"Nothing's happening?"

Nale Narene couldn't help but say after waiting for quite a while. So far, nothing was happening, but all of a sudden, crackling noises sound to their right as a tall tree started falling in their direction.

"Run!"

Rant Valo shouted as he moved backward. When they reached a place much farther than before, the tree finally hit the swamp water and crashed directly onto the alligator.

The muddy and dirty swamp water splashed into the air and hit them.

"Ugh…"

Floriana Sabina looked at her dirtied dress with a frown. She snapped her fingers, and the mud fell to the water.

Rant Valo, Veia, and Nale Narene were standing in silence as they looked at their dripping and muddy bodies. They didn't know what to say.

"...Was that your magic technique?"

Nale Narene couldn't help but ask Rant Valo awkwardly.

"I want to believe that it wasn't"

Rant Valo replied awkwardly.