"Ahaha... I thought I'd mastered the technique..." he said sheepishly, scratching his head.
"Even if you had mastered it, you shouldn't use that here, dumbass! You would've destroyed the entire mansion!"
"Hiikh! I'm sorry, Naoki-nii..I mean Patriarch... I just wanted to show you what I've learned..." he said, looking down, clearly dejected.
I sighed.
"Fine. I'll help you master it later, in a safe place."
His face immediately brightened. "Really?! Thanks, big bro!"
I was thinking about how to help everyone level up more effectively when Envi suddenly gave me a good idea.
"Don't rush," I told the others. "I'll admit you're all getting stronger, but it's still not enough. Starting tomorrow, I'll be heading to the royal capital. I'll probably be staying there for a few months... so I'm assigning you all a mission."
I looked at them seriously—Mark, Nyssa, Marius, William, and Alan.
