89 "Progress"

"Ain...Ain ish sowwy...sowwy…" Ainsley opened her mouth, and tears slid down her cheeks like a waterfall.

She truly underestimated the sacred guardian, thinking that she could tame it with power alone. Not to mention that her heart wasn't pure. She's already corrupted.

Ainsley felt that she didn't deserve to be a protagonist. Even if this new world wasn't a novel world and didn't need a protagonist, she still felt unworthy to call herself the future protagonist of this world.

What protagonist has a black heart except for the anti-hero?

Ainsley bit her lips and wiped her tears using her sleeve. Finley kept patting her back while consoling her.

"It's okay, there, there. I know that you don't mean any harm. Just...try to accept the sacred guardian as your companion and not a tool." Finley's heart ached when he saw Ainsley cry, but he could do nothing.

Anyway, his advice wasn't wrong, either. Ainsley had to embrace it to move forward.