“We need to visit the pond for your sake too, Mother-in-law…… Ack?!”
But my further explanation could not continue any farther.
The woman’s palm had struck my forearm.
No matter how well-trained I was, my opponent was an instructor of Heavenly Sword Mountain.
I couldn’t help letting out a short cry at the unexpected blow.
Instructor Mu was just as startled as I was.
“S-sorry…… I was just, just so flustered…… But I told you!”
Her apology did not last long.
After hurriedly rattling off excuses, the woman eventually shouted with all the indignation in her heart.
“I told you not to say things so ambiguously!”
I couldn’t see beyond her veil, but Instructor Mu was probably on the verge of tears.
Even though I was the one who had been hit.
It was truly an outrageously unfair situation.
The ‘Great Sage’ said nothing.
Neither did Celine, who was gripping the Great Sage’s wrist.
Their gazes tangled in midair, but in the forest where silence had settled, the only sound that echoed was their ragged breathing.
Neither side yielded.
Neither the elder nor the girl seemed willing to relax their strength.
In the end, the one who could…