"Are you praising yourself? It was you who beat me up into such a state," Garen said calmly. He intentionally squirmed a bit to mimic being in pain, pretending~ to make an agonized expression. Truthfully, this kind of pain was almost commonplace to him. If not to appear more normal, he could even sit up and move about. Furthermore, he could even treat his own wounds, but that would not fit his appearance as a kid who hadn't even hit his twenties.
"To tell you the truth, I was aiming to get into the Top 3 to become an Elite Student," Celine thought back to the feeling she felt earlier, almost as if her entirety was being seen through. It left a bitter taste in her heart.
"What a coincidence, I was thinking the same thing," Garen 'forcefully' let out a chuckle.
"Oh?" Celine turned her head towards him. "And here I thought there were a lot more experts like you over here at Blackboard."