"T-thank you, young lord!"
Zephyrion acknowledged her with a nod but didn't turn back.
As he began ascending the stairs, he finally unclenched his fists.
His palms were bloodied, his nails having dug into them under Garrick's pressure.
'It's getting better.'
When he had first started training with the Relic, he could barely move without feeling like his world was spinning. Now, not only had he overpowered Kaiden, he had also endured Garrick's pressure.
'But there was something unexpected.'
He had already anticipated that Garrick would step in to stop the fight between him and Kaiden.
As someone who valued fairness, he wouldn't allow a spar while Zephyrion was being heavily restricted by the Relic.
However, the decision to schedule a duel between them during the evaluation had not been something he expected.
Even so, the thought stirred a faint excitement within him.
'I can kill two birds with one stone.'
