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Chapter 142: Communications Restored part 2

I returned to the conference room late. The two guildmasters were gone, leaving Roberto and Ria behind. Zeifried still hadn’t come over. Ria must’ve found it strange that Iris—who’d collapsed—returned first.

「You took your time, Alan.」

「Sorry, I went to check a few things.」

Ria noticed my gaze as I examined her armor too closely, and she flinched. With the fur cloak layered over it, it wasn’t obvious—but she was definitely wearing mithril.

「Alan, it’s embarrassing when you stare that hard.」

「Sorry. I got interested in the mithril armor. Suddenly I want one too.」

We had once modified Ria’s armor to look like typical adventurer armor, but around the time Gantz was occupied, we had it restored to something fitting for royalty. It had originally been a measure to hide her status, and now that her identity was public, Roberto and Elna had insisted—forcefully—that royal presentation was the correct choice.

「I see, even you feel the