Dim Inn

"I need to openly apologise. Disregarding your capabilities only because of your build was unbecoming of me."

As soon as this small girl retracted her sword away from Fen's throat with a satisfied smile blossoming on her lips, the young man fell down on one knee and formally apologised. Given how he instantly soured their relationship by underestimating her capabilities, Fen had to do his absolute best to mend this huge mistake of his.

"It's okay. I can't blame you for this, since I can tell that you did your best to learn as much about the arcanism in that rotten empire as you could. Without the realisation that you were actually going down the wrong route, you had all the right to think highly of yourself…"

As the girl said those words, her expression soured a bit, as if she suddenly faced a sour pill that she had to bite on.