"What's wrong?"
Seeing Shien with a look of utter disbelief on his face, Tier frowned and canceled her ability as she asked.
"N-Nothing."
Shien gave a dry laugh, suppressing the waves of helplessness in his heart.
Naturally, Tier had no idea just how much pressure her breakthrough had placed on Shien.
She had never been particularly good at thinking things through. If anything, she was rather straightforward, even headstrong. Seeing that Shien offered no explanation, she did not press him further and simply voiced what was on her mind.
"I want to challenge that man."
The moment she said that, Shien's gaze sharpened.
Of course, he knew exactly who the man Tier was referring to was.
"Aridia Elbain?"
Shien murmured.
"That's right."
Tier nodded calmly, seemingly unaware of just how shocking her declaration was.
At the very least, if a third person had been present, they would certainly have been frightened by what Tier had said.
"Do you know how strong your opponent is?" Shien reminded her. "He's a Level Ninety-Eight top-tier Legendary-tier expert, the strongest human alive today. Are you sure you want to challenge him this soon?"
Shien was not at all surprised that Tier wanted to challenge Aridia.
Given the conflict and connection between the girl and that knight, this challenge could be said to have been inevitable sooner or later.
Tier had said more than once that she wanted to become stronger, stronger than that man.
Only then might she be able to escape the shadow of her childhood and become truly independent.
Shien had never doubted that one day, Tier would possess the ability to challenge Aridia.
After all, she was a Blessing Bearer favored by the Goddess of Fate. Even if she was not as special as Roxie, Tier was unquestionably a genius among