Rant Valo, Floriana Sabina, and Veia entered the mansion together with the guard and Nale Narene. The moment they entered the mansion, Rant Valo's mouth fell open in amazement.

The inside of the mansion was very huge. The hallway was filled with various artistic paintings and some delicate pottery was aligned on the side. Expensive-looking chandeliers are hung high above every few meters.

"So this was what a noble's house looks like…"

Rant Valo murmured with awe.

"Please wait here for a bit before I get the madam."

The guard told them before he helped Nale Narene enter deeper into the mansion. They were left standing by the entrance, admiring the beautiful decorations.

A few minutes later a ruckus suddenly appeared at the entrance of the mansion. Two people arrived and they were arguing with the guards at the entrance.

"Let us in! Show us that Nale Narene's stupid face!"

"Why won't you show how badly injured that stupid Nale Narene of yours is? Are you scared?"

There were sneers on both of their faces. One was a man while the other was a woman. Their clothes were expensive and about on par with Nale Narene's.

"Young Master Garbet and Young Mistress Janette, please relax. Our Young Master is not in any state to see visitors."

A guard hastily explained to them. His face had a forced smile on it.

"Hahh?? I heard that Nale Narene was escorted here by someone. Why can't we? We're still his 'friends' after all."

The one that spoke was Janette Jerna, a daughter of a prominent household in this town. She was engaged to the man beside her who was the son of another prominent household that was on par with hers. His name was, 'Garbet Lohun'.

Janette Jerna has a fine and refined face and white skin. Garnet has remarkably well-defined features on his face making him the dream husband for many women in this town. Together, they formed a pair of a match made in heaven.

"Just let us enter. It's not like we're gonna kill him or something."

Garbet Lohun spoke to the guard in a hard tone. The guard could only reluctantly back down and allow them to enter.

"Hmph! You finally know your place, huh."

Janette Jerna snorted as she passed by the guard. They both entered the mansion under the helpless watch of the guards.

"Oh, who are these people?"

Janette Jerna exclaimed when she entered the mansion. She spotted Rant Valo's group and focused on his shabby clothes.

"Tch, the Narene Household has really fallen so low, huh. Even villagers can enter their mansions. Why am I even surprised at this point?"

Janette Jerna sneered after seeing Rant Valo's villager's clothes.

"I know right, just look at this girl, she's even wearing her hood inside. How disrespectful! The Narene Household should be ashamed of themselves."

Garbet Lohun joined in on her mockery. They both looked down at Rant Valo's group before ignoring them and continuing ahead.

"T-these guys… what the?"

Rant Valo was speechless at what just happened. They were only silently standing by the side and they got criticized for no reason. He couldn't help but become angry.

Even though Rant Valo became angry, he couldn't say anything as what they said was exactly true. In the end, he just silently fumed as they waited.

Before long, a tall and beautiful middle-aged woman appeared and greeted them.

"Oh my, why did the guards not guide you to the Guest Lounge? Come here little ones. You must have been standing there for so long."

The middle-aged woman guided them to a room. This was their Guest Lounge. It was much more exquisitely decorated as if to show the visitors their wealth.

"My name is Viynia Narene. I'm Nale's mother. Thank you so much for bringing him home safe. I honestly don't know what's happening in the world anymore. So many problems have cropped up. As of now, this is the only gift that we could give you."

Viynia Narene passed them a small token with a big star on its front while there were words 'Narene' engraved on its back.

"?"

Rant Valo grabbed the token and looked at it, perplexed. He doesn't know what it could be used for.

"That's a token for a scholarship in the cultivation school here. With it, you can reach the 5th Mana Condensation stage without any problems as long as you work hard in cultivation. Pretty helpful for a villager like you, right?"

A warm smile appeared on Viynia Narene's face. It was obvious that she was very sincere with the gift.

"Uh… Thank you?"

Rant Valo wanted to decline but seeing the look on her face made it awkward to do so. He was after all already at the 5th Mana Condensation stage. He could only stash it away inside his pocket.

"No need to be so grateful. Our Narene Household still had some dignity to uphold after all."

Viynia Narene continued entertaining them while deeper inside the mansion was Nale Narene being treated by a medical practitioner.

"Ow! Stop!Stop!Stop!Stop! That part hurts!"

Nale Narene exclaimed in pain as his leg was forcefully returned to its proper place. His leg was dislocated and had to be put back in place. Otherwise, there is a chance that it would become like that permanently.

SLAM

Suddenly, the door to the room was opened with a loud bang.

"Nale Narene, how unlucky of you. This must be heaven's will for you to be injured like that."

Garbet Lohun mocked as he gallantly entered the room. Fear appeared on Nale Narene's face when he saw them enter together.

"Come on, this must be heaven telling you to give us the token."

Janette Jerna opened her hands as if to accept something from him.

"I don't have the token."

Nale Narene shook his head at both of them.

"How many times are you gonna use the same excuse over and over again?"

Garbet Lohun raised his head and looked at Nale Narene with disdain.