บท 437: Not Some Wind of Change

"What are you talking about?" Wyatt gave her a wolfish grin. Curiosity suddenly filtered into his mind, along with wonder… 'Did she hit her head or something?'

When Lina started explaining, his thoughts vanished.

"You've been tired for a while now. I could see that but I still pushed you to keep following. Honestly, I thought you would be more of a burden and complain about it.

But you remained quiet and endured it all without losing your step. You didn't slow down once even when a normal person would have simply collapsed from exhaustion. You've made it this far. I'm grateful for that… and impressed," the girl explained.

"I still had some energy…"

"Don't lie… I might just push you harder just to see you collapse for real," the princess sighed, "I want to make it to the Great Arena more than anything. But the moment I realised I had the two of you with me, it wasn't just me running anymore. I have been paying attention.