Little deer hooves thudded through the forest as Lillia's nimble figure darted constantly between the trees.
She was very fast. In just a few short dozen minutes, she had run to the outskirts of Lalin, and the mountainside where Hirana Monastery stood had already shrunk into a tiny black dot in the distance.
"Huff, huff..." Lillia gradually began to pant, and her steps slowly came to a stop—as a "silly roe deer," she was fast, but her stamina was not especially outstanding.
Running at full speed for more than half an hour was more or less her limit—after all, there was still someone riding on her back.
Fortunately, it was enough to completely shake off that terrifying bad woman.
"Here... should be about far enough... right...?"
"Mm... it should be..." Ahri, who was riding on Lillia's back, nodded. "That bad woman shouldn't be able to catch up..."
"Th-then... um... could you get off Lillia...?"
"No rush. Let me sit a little longer..."
"Why...?"
"Don't ask. Ask again and I'll catch you and eat roast deer leg."
"..."
Bullied Lillia did not dare get angry, much less speak up, and could only keep carrying her with a pitifully wronged look.
As for Ahri... she actually was not as "fierce" as she appeared on the surface.
On the contrary, she was even more nervous than Lillia right now.
After fighting LeBlanc twice, her confidence and will to win had been completely shattered.
Now, just thinking of LeBlanc made her tremble all over in fear—just like now. In truth, she was not deliberately bullying Lillia, nor was she refusing to get off because she wanted to. It was just that... her legs were a little weak.
She had even had one pair of Twin Gemstones seized and thrown away by LeBlanc, and she