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'Promise me that neither of us will have any regrets, okay?...'
When she saw that hand—seemingly reaching out to bring this battle to an end—extend toward her, the first thing that echoed in Illya's heart was the voice of the person who had made that promise with her that day...
That's right...
From the very beginning, this battle had never been a true fight to the death. It was meant to ensure that neither side would be left with regrets.
Because neither side could be said to be absolutely unwilling to give up the Class Cards. If they could obtain them, neither side wanted to let them go.
And so, in the end, this battle began...
So that neither side would be left with regrets...
To be honest, Illya didn't want to fight Wu Yan!
Driven by that thought, when Illya saw Wu Yan's hand reaching toward her, intending to take the last Class Card, she secretly let out a sigh of relief.
That way, the battle would be over...
She wouldn't have to fight Brother anymore...
All the Class Cards would have been collected...
From now on, she would never have to fight again...
She didn't want to fight!
Illya had held that thought ever since she had nearly lost her life in the battle against 'Berserker'...
To Illya, losing one's life for the sake of battle was simply too strange. She couldn't understand it at all.
Part of the reason she had resisted fighting Wu Yan so strongly before was because of that thought as well.
Now, the battle was finally about to