84 Arranged marriage (8)

            Once they got praised, the atmosphere livened up a little bit. It was rare for them to receive praise… that Is because they were in their growth period, they couldn't afford to get carried away with their ego.

"I see, so you blocked the strike of the elite guards and then tried to attack, but you didn't have the chance," Kate said.

"Yeah, a single strike of his sword, and when I blocked with my spear, I felt all my bones cracking," Alexander said. "I still can remember the feeling that I had when my fingers went numb with that first strike… I thought that I had gotten pretty strong after years of training, but then I realized that I have a long way to go."

           The conversations that Billy had with Kate were a bit different than that… while she was talking with Alexander, she looked pretty excited while asking for the details of the fights. As expected, she might be three years older than most of them, but her mental age was probably the same.