I turned my steps that were heading down to the county and headed back toward Shin Noya.
It was a situation where there was something to check, but now this had become more urgent than that, so I had no choice.
“Huh?”
Seeing me appear again, Shin Noya narrowed his eyes.
“Weren’t you running away?”
Shin Noya was cleaning up the fallen disciples along with Seol Yeong, the cat human who had been with him earlier.
It sounds a bit strange to say cleaning up, but that’s how it looked.
Ah, to be precise, Shin Noya was just standing still, and only Seol Yeong was cleaning up.
“It wasn’t running away; it was a strategic retreat.”
“That’s an answer with no intention of making excuses.”
Noya laughed as if it was absurd. The fortunate thing was just that; he didn’t hit me anymore.
“So, you went to the trouble of retreating, yet why did you come back? It seemed like you had business to attend to.”
“…I did have business. I did.”
I glanced over. I looked at the Heavenly Demon. The reason I couldn’t handle the business I originally needed to see to in the county was because of that one.
“I heard something strange, so I came to confirm it first.”
“Hmm?”