"Ehhh... Major Marjorie, why did you just kidnap me?" Lynn had a confused expression on her delicate face as she placed one of her fingers under her chin to make it even more clear that she didn't know why she was in that situation.
Marjorie just remained silent as she listened to all this, but in the end, she had to speak with a tired sigh before beginning to talk.
"Sigh… You were the one who dragged me here in the first place… Where is that guy?" Marjorie's question sounded a little strange, but Lynn could understand it perfectly.
"Oh, that. I punished Hagalaz, he must be on his way to the capital right now." Lynn said that without any guilt, and the small smile she showed was somewhat worrisome because of it.
"You met Blake, didn't you?" Marjorie only needed to hear what happened before to know that the same situation had been repeated once more.
At that moment, Lynn realized that Marjorie had already guessed everything, and from the atmosphere in the room, a little nervousness was growing in her.
"W-Well... First of all, I must say that you found a very good disciple, Major Marjorie... Agh!" It hadn't even been a second since Lynn said that, but she had quickly brought her hands to her neck at the same time she was slowly kneeling on the ground.
Lynn felt that she had no way to breathe, and possibly the air in her lungs had been completely removed, her face was losing its color little by little, but that situation wouldn't last too long either.
"Cough! Cough!" Lynn couldn't help but cough heavily once the previous sensation she was feeling had left her body and she was breathing heavily, her gaze had turned to Marjorie since she was quite aware that she had caused her to end up in that state, but no expression of annoyance appeared on her... "I appreciate... I appreciate your kindness, Major Marjorie."
"Hmph… Forget it, it's a bit annoying that I can only reprimand you like this, you should thank your mother." Marjorie removed the previous aura surrounding her body as she didn't want to affect Lynn too much.
On her part, Lynn had already recovered enough to the point that she had stood up again, and it seemed that the situation she had just gone through had already been forgotten by her as the calm expression from before had returned to her face.
"I'll make sure to tell her, by the way, she's very well at the moment, she also told me that she expects you to visit one of these days." Lynn hadn't missed the opportunity to start a new conversation. "Didn't you bring Shino with you?"
Lynn started to ignore the situation again, but Marjorie was pretty used to her attitude.
"I don't need to bring her to talk to you, also you'll start fighting like little girls when I stop paying attention to you." Marjorie frowned a little as many troubling memories flashed through her mind.
"Don't say that, Major Marjorie. Shino and I are very good friends." Lynn sincerely believed that… Although she didn't show it that way.
"Anyway, getting back to the Blake thing, what exactly happened?" Marjorie had not yet forgotten that matter that was of her interest, and she would serve a first-hand explanation.
"That's right, how could I forget?" Lynn had remembered something important with Marjorie's words, but she hadn't really forgotten it. "Simply put, Hagalaz wanted to knock Blake unconscious, but Blake was able to resist only with little side effects, I feel that he is too young to be at the level of a Three-rune wizard."
"Blake is just a One-rune wizard…"
"Oh... Oh!... As expected of Major Marjorie's disciple! Blake's future looks quite bright! Have you thought of taking him to the royal magic academy?" Lynn had listened carefully... And she had to say that she had been very surprised.
Very few people were aware of her guardian's power, but she knew it very well, so it wouldn't have seemed strange to her that Blake had a high level in the way of magic since he was able to withstand the small attack from before, but with what Marjorie just said, she should pay more attention to him in the future.
"Don't make me laugh, girl. Are you saying that those decrepit old are better at teaching magic than I am?" Marjorie had to say that she felt somewhat underappreciated by Lynn, which shouldn't be right since she knew that she had even given her mother some magic classes…
"No, no... Of course I'm not questioning the abilities that the Major possesses... I'm just watching over Blake's potential, it's obvious that he will need to go out and see the world for himself at some point, as well as interact with other people if he really wants to grow his strength." Lynn wasn't entirely wrong with her words, and Marjorie knew that very well.
"Still, this is not the time for that, everything will come in time... I'll just tell you this, don't try to trick the boy or do something behind my back, I'll be watching you." Marjorie narrowed her small eyes, but she was serious.
"I get it, I don't want to do anything that might put him in danger, I'm aware that he's the friend of my cute nieces, hehe." Despite everything, Lynn was having a lot of fun with the small talk.
"So the reason you came here is really just for Evelyn's birthday?" Marjorie questioned Lynn a bit again as something was bothering her.
"Of course, my last visit was six years ago, I also need to check my family's growth and safety!" Lynn's determination had grown at that moment, it seemed that this was the only reason for her appearance in town... But Marjorie was not wrong with her suspicions.
Lynn's complexion had changed to a totally serious one after she said all of the above, she visualized one of the chairs around her and used it to sit down before turning back to Marjorie and letting a few simple words that only they could understand at that moment.
"There was news… It seems they are moving…"