Rena mostly kept walking with Noboyuki, this happened a lot where random folks wanted to join them for whatever reason, glory, gold, or God there were plenty of motivations. They were back in more populated lands, made sense they would start encountering people like this. Of course they were never brought along especially since this time their hopeful recruit was only barely on the cusp of adulthood, honestly he could've been a liability rather then a truly helpful pair of extra hands. For the moment she allowed her lover to take care of the kid, thus she kept looking foward trying not to acknowledge him. Although that became harder as he kept trying, probably not even a little likely to give up. 

He kept talking, Rena kept ignoring him, that is until the kid said his name. The surname came first, like Noboyuki's, Ryuma, that of course being this kid's name, claimed that he simply followed that tradition, problem was that was a tradition that didn't exist. Before Noboyuki, she had never ever encountered someone's last name first, it simply does not exist in her world. It even took her a while before she started calling her partner by his proper first name, just assuming that his last name was his first name. Looking back then, it was somewhat embarrassing. Still whatever was happening she had already made the connection, hopefully this was only a case of a overzealous youth attempting to emulate Noboyuki by making up a weird name. 

Rena gently tapped on Noboyuki's back, "You should learn how to be more diplomatic, now I have a few questions, just give me a moment, okay?" Something was already odd about this kid, really despite just meeting him, he had already proven to be something else. Rena stopped, as so did Noboyuki, hopefully, then of course she faced Ryuma, "If you've been looking for us, then you know I am Rena Falkren. Its good that you've decided to seek us out, shows some spirt however... I'm wondering, what province do you hail from? If you're not from Eskar, then what kingdom?"