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"Clearly, I was only using you..."
When those words left Fianna's lips and reached Noah's ears, his steps paused slightly before returning to normal as if nothing had happened.
Seeing that, Fianna was instead surprised.
"You don't care what I meant by that?"
"Wasn't the meaning already obvious?" Noah smiled indifferently.
"That's right. You only intended to use me."
Fianna was briefly at a loss for words, but she still looked at Noah and spoke.
"You knew all along?"
"Rather, wasn't your objective clear from the very beginning?" Noah kept his eyes on Claire and Linse, who were arguing ahead of them, and spoke to Fianna without turning around.
"You transferred here and immediately had Grayvas call me over, then unhesitatingly asked to join my team. From that point on, anyone would have known you came specifically for me, wouldn't they?"
"Was I really that obvious?" Fianna smiled helplessly, but nodded.
"But you're right. I came to Areishia Spirit Academy entirely because I heard about you."
"About me?" Noah curled his lip.
"Shouldn't you say it was about Ren and me?"
"That's not wrong." Fianna sighed.
"At first, I had no intention of transferring to Areishia Spirit Academy. I only decided to come to this academy after receiving a report that you had fought Ren in a sword dance duel to a draw and possessed the exact same sword dance skills as her."
"Let me guess why you made that decision." Noah suddenly took over Fianna's words.
"If you joined the same team as an Elf User who could draw with the strongest Sword Dance Princess,