A little after I sent Aurora and the others toward the classroom, Erika, who for some reason had been talking with Pope Mirishu and Kuna-san, was giving me a dead-eyed look. If it were only Erika it would be fine, but when Relia and Tia gave me that look too I could not stand it. We were too far to hear the voices so I did not know why I was getting the look. I tilted my head. Pope Mirishu looked like her cheeks were actually red, which was truly rare, and she had her face down in embarrassment. Kuna-san was smiling wryly at Pope Mirishu's state, but I felt like her cheeks were a little red too. Erika sighed at me and had Pope Mirishu and Kuna-san go back to the carriage. Then Erika and Karinal got in as well, but Relia and Tia did not. They watched the carriage slowly start off. As the two of them passed beside me they said with troubled smiles,
"Raide-sama is a sinful man… you really are a 'handful.'"
"The nickname 'handful' was not that far off, was it."
