"Long time no see, Nina. How's Master Gall? Oh, and how's Eris doing over there?"
At the villa, Nina had finally arrived after half a month on the road. She gulped down two large cups of tea before catching her breath and looking at Cain, who sat before her with a faint smile.
"Cain, who's this?"
Cain smiled and introduced Nina to Roxy beside him.
"Roxy, this is Nina, a junior of mine from the Sword Sanctum. She's the daughter of my master, the Sword God Gall."
Roxy gave Nina a slight nod and a smile.
"Hello, Nina."
Nina blinked her blue eyes at Roxy, nodded slightly, and swallowed a mouthful of tea.
"Hello..."
Cain nodded and turned to Nina.
"She's my wife, Roxy."
"Your wife?!"
"That's right. Roxy is my wife."
Cain lifted his chin with pride.
Nina's eyes lit up. She had come to expose Eris's lies, and now Cain had a wife. Did that mean everything Eris had said about herself and Cain was false? In that case...
"So Eris isn't your wife?"
Nina looked at Cain expectantly as he took a sip of tea.
But Cain's next words made her blood run cold.
"She is. Eris is my second wife, and she never lies." Cain spoke earnestly, his gaze flicking over Nina's suddenly crestfallen face.
"But why do you ask? Did Eris offend you at the Sword Sanctum? If she did, I apologize on her behalf."
"I'd actually like you two to be friends. Aside from her temper, she has no flaws. She's an exceptional wife and swordswoman."
"No, she didn't. She just beat Gino and me up..."
And made me wet myself in front of everyone at the Sword Sanctum, that's all...
Of course Nina couldn't say that aloud. It was too humiliating!
"I see...