"I understand."

Floriana Sabina interrupted from the side. Nale Narene turned towards Floriana Sabina and furrowed his eyebrows. It was odd for him that Floriana Sabina responded instead of Rant Valo.

Rant Valo also looked at Floriana Sabina in surprise. He was supposed to be the one to communicate her words to them. He didn't know why she started speaking on her own.

"We will allow you to follow us as long as we get that medicinal plant."

Floriana Sabina explained to Nale Narene. He and his mother looked at each other in puzzlement. Her form was, after all, of a child's.

"Umm… Is she your little sister?"

Nale Narene couldn't help but ask Rant Valo. Rant Valo was taken aback by his words and looked at Floriana Sabina to see if she was mad.

Indeed, she was. Her eyes were looking at Nale Narene as if she was ready to bury them both six feet under.

"N-No. Please don't dig your own grave."

Rant Valo had a wry smile on his face as he looked at Nale Narene. If Floriana Sabina went on a rampage, even he himself wouldn't be able to stop it.

"Huh?"

Nale Narene tilted his head in confusion. Rant Valo was acting very weird, in his opinion. He didn't even say anything wrong by calling her his little sister.

"J-Just don't call her that. She's pretty sensitive about it."

Rant Valo didn't know how to explain it to him without revealing that Floriana Sabina was actually his master.

"I see. She's a shy one, huh."

Nale Narene turned to Floriana Sabina and gave her a caring smile. When he did so, he couldn't help but twitch his cheeks as he could feel that she was giving him a dangerous vibe when he looked at her.

"Is her words, your words?"

Nale Narene was still not sure if what Floriana Sabina said was what Rant Valo thought. He, after all didn't know that she was not his little sister but rather Rant Valo's master.

"Yes. Anything she says will be my decision."

Rant Valo nodded his head readily. It was his master's decision. He should at least give her that much trust.

"I understand. You sure have a unique relationship."

Nale Narene glanced at Rant Valo and Floriana Sabina repeatedly with a weird look on his face. The way Rant Valo put it into words makes it seem that he was actually being controlled by his little sister which is a tad weird for Nale Narene.

"Y-Yeah."

Rant Valo scratched the back of his head awkwardly.

"Anyways, I disagree. It is something I need to use to improve my cultivation. Please think of anything else."

Nale Narene shook his head in the end. It was not a worthwhile trade, in his opinion. He would be losing a lot.

He doesn't even plan to rely on them to get stronger. He only plans to travel with them, so it would be easier for him to grow. And the Evil Sacra Lotus is something that he plans to take in the future when he's strong enough.

He couldn't let them have it just for accompanying them on their travels.

"Hohhh… Are you sure that this Evil Sacra Lotus is worth more than being able to be taught by me?"

Floriana Sabina had an amusing smile on her face as she stared straight into Nale Narene's eyes. In her view, Nale Narene would be the one benefitting if he travels with them.

After all, her pointers are enough to guide anyone through the path of cultivation very smoothly. It was not something that could be easily defined with money.

"You?"

Nale Narene looked at Floriana Sabina with an even weirder look. What she was saying now sounds like bullshit in Nale Narene's ears. He didn't even expect that a little girl would have the gall to say something like that.

"...F-Floriana S-Sabina."

Rant Valo couldn't call Floriana Sabina his master right now without her permission, but when he called her with just her name plainly, he felt his back grow cold and shuddered. It was as if he was making a grave mistake by calling her name so plainly like that.

"HM??"

Floriana Sabina turned her head in Rant Valo's direction. She was raising her eyebrow as she peered him up and down. She was just like a predator eyeing her prey.

"What did you call me?"

Floriana Sabina raised her voice, and there was anger bubbling under it. Rant Valo jumped in fright when he heard it. It was like his death was near.

"I-I mean, Master."

Rant Valo quickly corrected himself. Being under Floriana Sabina's threatening glare is very stressful.

"Hmph! Good thing you know. Otherwise, I would have disowned you."

Floriana Sabina snorted and turned her head away. She was clearly still upset even though Rant Valo already corrected himself.

"Yes, I'm sorry. It won't happen again."

Rant Valo could only appease her anger with a forced smile on his face. His forehead was dripping with sweat without him even noticing it.

"Learn from your mistakes. Don't do it again."

Floriana Sabina spoke with an authoritative tone of voice as she scolded him.

Meanwhile, Nale Narene and his mother were watching both of them with odd expressions on their faces.

"Uh, are you guys roleplaying?"

Nale Narene tried his best to smile at both of them as he asked.

"NO!"

"NO!"

Floriana Sabina and Rant Valo both reacted at the same time. For Rant Valo, he just didn't like the odd way Nale Narene was looking at him, while for Floriana Sabina, she took offense from it.

"..?"

Question marks were on top of Nale Narene and his mother's heads as they became confused by their response.

"Should I reveal it?"

Rant Valo walked closer to Floriana Sabina and whispered into her ear. It was hard for him to continue enduring this.

"Reveal it. I don't care."

Floriana Sabina didn't care anymore. She was just upset about her relationship with Rant Valo being misunderstood.

"She's actually my master."

Rant Valo awkwardly explained to them. It was even hard to believe it himself when it was coming from his own mouth.