Sylvia's POV:

At first, I wasn't convinced.

Leonard was strong and I wasn't a match for him at all. I had tried my best in battle, but I knew it would be futile. Just when I had found an opportunity to fight back, he stopped me...

With his hands clasped behind his back, Leonard narrowed his sharp eyes at me, as though he had seen right through me. Sure enough, his next words were, "I know you're not convinced." He exposed me, which was a little embarrassing.

"I am, sir," I replied stiffly.

Leonard snorted. "Your thoughts are written all over your face."

Unable to retort, I lowered my head and didn't say anything. Leonard's show of strength now made me realize just how weak I really was.

Neither of us said a word for a while.

Finally, I took the initiative to break the silence.

were my three fatal mistakes?" Feeling a little awkward, I fidgeted with a button on

you pushed the door open and walked in, I hid just behind the

surprise. "You were here from the beginning? But I didn't even hear you

had received professional training. I should've been able to sense Leonard's breathing the second

were likely blinded by what you saw with your eyes first. You saw an empty training gym, so you convinced yourself that the place was empty. But the fact

sneak attack?" I stubbornly muttered under

me. "You entered a new place, yet you not only let your guard down, you exposed your back to your enemy s easily. I didn't even have to lift a finger. Do you think you're ready to go on a mission? You'd die a thousand

I became even less convinced. "This is the Royal Army. I came here to attend a class. I

so far outside

talking to me in a relatively calm tone just moments earlier, but now, he was shouting at the top of

where you least expect it! If every soldier thought the same way you do, the

I was too

harsh. He was even fiercer than Jerome. And he seemed to enjoy resorting to

lower lip, trying to avoid

you dislike it when you're

"No."

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