章 58: Lilly's Dedication (2)

"How about I become your sparring partner?" Mina said all of a sudden. "I believe my Earth element abilities would be more effective to fight against rather than Butler George, who doesn't have any element awakened yet and most importantly, he is still recovering after the injuries he got in beast tide and isn't in his best condition. So, what do you think?" After explaining why she should be his sparring partner, she asked him, looking expectant.

"Well, I guess you are right." He didn't expect her to volunteer suddenly, and he couldn't help but give her a second glance as she suddenly looked more charming with those expectant black eyes and thin red lips. He subconsciously nodded.

"Good, let's go to the training hall then." She turned and walked toward the training hall after he nodded.

"What? Wait. Aren't you busy now? You can tell me whenever you are free. We will spar then." Max was startled and said. Mina's actions were beyond his expectations. First, he didn't expect her to volunteer to become his sparring partner. Second, She was going there to fight him without any delay. Somehow he felt uneasy about it.

"It's fine. Butler George can do the work. I just do it to kill some time. Or is it that you don't want me to be your sparring partner?" Mina asked, squinting her eyes.

"No, no. That's not the case. I would obviously prefer a beautiful woman over an old man to spar against." Max hurriedly waved his hands and said. He couldn't understand why this woman was behaving this way.

"Oh!" She suddenly exclaimed, and a slight redness appeared on her face. She turned around and said, "Let's go then."

Max followed her without saying anything. He was unconsciously staring at her, swaying back as he was thinking that she might be planning something.

No one would agree to become a sparring partner to anyone without a good reason because it is a hassle. 'Could it be because she wants to thank me by doing this for saving them before?' He guessed.

After a few minutes, they reached the training hall. They could hear people shouting and yelling from inside.

"Yes, My lady, you can do it."

"My lady, dodge it."

Bang!

"Ah, my lady, you did well. We can't fight you anymore."

"What is happening? Why are these people so excited about?" Max muttered? Suddenly, a thought crossed his mind, and his pace quickened.

After entering the training hall, he could see many knights and guards surrounding the arena, where a beautiful lady in a black combat uniform was standing as she breathed heavily. Sweat was glistening on her face making her look even more attractive. Five guards who were novice mages were lying on the ground. The ground was layered with ice. Two of groaning in pain as they surrendered, while others seemed to be unconscious.

"Lilly?" Max stared at the beauty standing in the arena, looking as if she might collapse at any moment.

"Your little wife seemed to have overexerted herself in training. Go and make her stop, or she might collapse." Mina spoke beside him as she analysed.

"Mhm..." Max nodded and ran toward the arena.

"Oh, it's young master."

"Young master, congratulations. Lady Lilly is equally talented as you."

"Yeah, Your choice is great young master."

...

Many guards and knights started fawning upon him by praising Lilly's talent and beauty, and some even began to judge his choice to be great.

Max ignored them and walked up to Lilly and supported her by the shoulder. "I told you not to tire yourself out like this. We still have a few days until the academy exams." He rebuked her in a serious voice. He didn't want her to force herself like this, but she won't listen to him, which gave him a huge headache.

"Hehe, I'm about to break through and become a one-star mage, and I can fight using my ice skills more easily. I won't fall beh..." Lilly collapsed in his embrace and giggled softly and said but she couldn't complete her sentence and fainted because of fatigue.

"Yes, yes, you won't fall behind." His gaze softened as he moved her stray hair behind her ear and said. He then carried her in his arms and walked toward the exit of the training hall.

"Please wait for me. I'll come back after putting her in the bed." Max said as he walked past Mina.

"Okay. Take your time." Mina said as she watched him take her out of the training hall. Then she headed to a secluded training room. This training hall has five private training rooms, which only a member of the Garfield family can use.

These rooms don't have anything special about them. The rule was made for them to avoid being disturbed by others. These rooms are fortified by magic and thus are very durable; even a three-star mage could go all out without being worried about destroying them.

...

Max returned to his room while carrying Lilly in his arms. She snuggled in his chest as she slept with a faint smile on her face.

Max felt bittersweet in his heart. He didn't expect this girl to love him so much that she discarded everything to train and become strong so that she could prove to everyone that she was worthy of him; even though he had told her to not worry about these things but she isn't like him who don't care about rules and thinking of society of this world.

"No matter what happens, I'll never let you go away from me." He mumbled while thinking about all this.

He then lay on the bed and looked at her, soaked in sweat. 'Mm, yes, I should do it. If It were me instead of her, she would definitely do it for me.' He thought as his hands reached out, and he slowly took her clothes off, leaving her naked on the bed.

Gulp!

He gulped his saliva seeing her alluring body in front of him but managed to fight the urge to do something inappropriate. He wiped the sweat off her body and then covered her with a blanket, and left the room.

He called two maids and told them to guard the room and not anyone inside. It was because he left her naked as taking clothes off of a sleeping person is already very hard, not to mention putting them on again.