393 Broken Cover (2/2)

Yale looked at Line with a shocked expression on his face.

”Second round?”

Yale spoke unconsciously because he was already at his limit and if possible, he didn't wasn't to have another battle against Lina.

After all, he was too weak at the moment, and it wasn't wise battling against an Essence God without reasons. If it weren't because Wyba and Aiwai were far too important for him, he wouldn't have accepted a duel against Lina.

”I am just joking.”

Lina started to laugh after seeing Yale's face. At that moment, she didn't seem like her previous cold self.

”I am also mentally exhausted, and I know that you are in a weakened state.”

Lina didn't like battling without reason, but she really enjoyed the battle against Yale because it had been different than usual battles. However, that didn't mean that she planned to battle again since she knew that Yale would be at a disadvantage due to his weakened state.

Defeating an opponent who couldn't battle properly wouldn't be gratifying, and since Yale wasn't her enemy, she didn't need to use all available methods to defeat him.

”To think that you can say jokes... Now, you seem more the lively girl of the Timeless Border instead of an icy woman.”

Lina's personality was originally like that. She turned cold because of her past. Moreover, she needed to show authority and shoulder responsibilities, and others didn't take her seriously unless she acted like that.

”Eh... Forget about this immediately. I shouldn't have shown this part of myself. Well, at least Wyba and Aiwai aren't here to see it.”

She had the rule of never showing that part of herself to others, but after that battle, she forgot about it for some moments.

”I doubt that I can forget it. Moreover, I put a screen in my dimension to Wyba and Aiwai. I wanted them to look at our battle, so they should have also seen you laughing without your icy cover.”

The transmission stopped when Yale's body disappeared temporally, but it restarted later. Wyba and Aiwai had been worried to death when the transmission cut, but they also knew that if the Storage Space continued to exist, Yale was still alive.

”Really? Are you joking? This is a joke, right?”

At that moment, the one with a funny face was Lina. She felt that she worked so hard to obtain the respect of Aiwai and Wyba and that after seeing that scene both of them would have lost it.

”It isn't a joke, but I don't know why you worry so much about this.”

Yale was unable to understand Lina's way of thought.

”They should be disappointed right now. I never made such a big mistake for a long time...”

She felt that since Yale appeared, her cover had been blown off far too quickly. Lina always tried to act like a perfect older sister to her sister and her brother-in-law, and the same applied to Wyba and Aiwai. Even in front of her father, she always acted like that, and she had forgotten when was the last time that she had shown that part of herself openly.

”I am sure that they aren't disappointed at all. You should have your reasons for this obsession of seeming someone cold, and I don't think that there is a problem with it, but I am sure that Wyba and Aiwai want to see that part of yourself.”

Yale and Lina were mere acquaintances who had barely meet and battled against each other, but Aiwai and Wyba lived more than ten years with her, so Yale felt normal that Lina was worried about how they thought of her.

”I find it difficult to believe...”

Yale didn't know what kind of trauma Lina had to be so concerned about that topic, nor he was planning to ask Lina about her past, but there was something he could do.

”Come with me to my dimension. Ask them personally, and you will know the answer.”

Yale was far too tired, so he wanted to take a good rest inside the Storage Space, but he also feared that Lina would flee and fail to fulfill her promise.

”Alright. The damage is done. It is better to face reality.”

Lina sighed after recovering her calm and didn't resist Yale from moving both of them to the Storage Space.