Volume 5 Chapter 47 ACT.177 Burning into the Stars (II)
"I underestimated you, Ms. Aisha."
Rize slowly opened the door and faced Aisha inside, saying that.
"You underestimated me, huh?"
Aisha quietly repeated her words in her mind and muttered them.
She knew that from Rize's point of view, or even in general, it's natural to see it that way.
But now, that's no longer the case.
"I kind of knew you weren't just an ordinary person. Probably, a spy for Kingdom ── no, a Holy Church Purge Knight, maybe."
Thinking back on Rize's spear work while talking, Aisha guessed that the fight style must be that of a Holy Knight.
The flawless movements that she must have learned from experience, the quick adaptability, and her pure personal skill.
It all felt like a combat style meant for fighting beings that aren't human one-on-one.
"Do you understand why I did all this?"
"Are you talking about which one?"
Whether it's about secretly raising and keeping the dragon while helping the Reincarnator,
or about deliberately bringing Rize here.
"It's rude to answer a question with a question. Well, just for now, I'll let it slide."
Aisha shrugs and teasingly scolds Rize, but she quickly changes her serious expression.
"Both of them."
Rize had expected this, but the cold aura Aisha emitted at that moment made her hold her breath inside.
"Well, if you saw the mock battle just now, you probably already guessed, right?"
A mock battle with multiple opponents.
The overwhelming difference in strength that couldn't be bridged.
Aisha's disappointment and sense of resignation.
"No way..."
At this moment, Rize reached a certain conclusion.
A reason that's, in a way, most like Aisha ── yet painfully naive, selfish, and brutally simple.
That reason is──.
"You wanted a battle opponent, didn't you?"
Aisha nodded happily at Rize's answer.
Her reaction immediately made Rize's mind burn with anger.
"You did all that for just that!?"
She remains unaware of the dangers of associating with a Reincarnator or facing a dragon.
Why is the Purge Knight going out to hunt the dragon?
What will happen if you make a *mistake* in dealing with the dragon?
"Is that so?"
At those words, Aisha's eyebrows twitched.
It was clear irritation and anger.
To her, it wasn't just a simple thing.
But she calmly began to speak to Rize.
"No, you should understand this, Rize."
Like a parent explaining to a child──no.
"You and I are definitely of the same kind."
Speaking as if to a comrade, a fellow.
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