"Hey! Didn't you say Sylphie was engaged? You lied to me on purpose! Do you even have a heart?"
Rudeus glared angrily at Radeus.
"Exactly, exactly! Not even you can joke about something like that, Rad!"
Sylphie puffed out her cheeks and complained to Radeus.
"Sorry, sorry, Sylphie. I won't do it again!"
Radeus dutifully apologized to Sylphie, but he absolutely would not apologize to that guy Rudeus!
Absolutely not!
"Who's..."
Eris shrank behind Radeus, looking fearfully at the green-haired Sylphie.
Something immediately occurred to Radeus, and he hurried to explain to Eris.
"No, Eris, this is Sylphie. She's a friend of mine and Rudeus's, not a member of the Superd Race!"
"Look closely. There's no ruby on her forehead, right?"
Only then did Eris tremblingly look at Sylphie's forehead. There really wasn't a gem, and she finally sighed in relief.
"Hmph! I wasn't scared at all!"
Eris turned her head away with a huff and said haughtily.
"Hello! I'm Sylphie!"
Sylphie came over to greet Eris and held out a hand to her.
"H-hello, this young la... I'm Eris, Eris Boreas Greyrat. I'm Radeus and Rudeus's friend!"
Eris glanced at Sylphie's outstretched hand, hesitated for a while, then slowly took it.
"Miss Eris, you're so pretty!"
"You don't need to call me miss. Just call me Eris! Y-you're pretty too!"
Before long, Eris had actually hit it off with Sylphie. It was unbelievable. This was Mad Dog Eris!
Radeus and Rudeus both stared at the two in shock, as though they were dreaming.
"Oh, right, Radeus, this is for you! It's a little early, but Philip told me to give it to you first!"
Ghislaine handed Radeus a long object wrapped in black cloth.
"What's this?"
Radeus took the object from Ghislaine and looked at her in confusion.
"A