Bab 2622: Lost?

Aina faced off against Lyra, recognizing this woman as the one they wanted to marry her husband to. Well, there should have likely been many candidates, but she was the only one that Leonel knew of, and as such, she was the only one Aina knew of. 

It was clear to Aina that part of the reason Lyra was fighting was for this. 

Honestly, she had thought that she would be very angry when she saw this woman, but when she met Lyra's eyes… She couldn't quite seem to feel that way. 

Lyra was fighting her because of proposed marriage, but it was for Leonel, per se. Lyra was fighting for herself. 

All this time, she had been forced to face the comparison between herself and Aina. It had already been months of that spiraling inferiority welling up inside of her. She felt that if she didn't fight now, maybe she would never have the will to fight again for the rest of her life… and maybe her journey as a genius would end right here… 

She was entirely unwilling.