[ Of all the replies she'd been expecting... maybe some admonishment for being caught unawares and unprepared, or maybe an order to return to the city... even disparagement for her lack of skill in a fight.
But this wasn't it. ]
H-Huh? [ She looks surprised, her eyebrows lifting under the curtain of her bangs. Wouldn't she just slow him down? Besides, there are other dragons out there that will need to be fought by capable fighters—people like him. Shouldn't he be on the front lines like the rest? Maybe he's just taking pity on her... ]
Y-You don't have to do that! [ She looks surprised... again... but this time by her own outburst, an expression that quickly transforms into a guilty one, and she looks away anxiously. ] That is... I-I don't want to trouble you.
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But this wasn't it. ]
H-Huh? [ She looks surprised, her eyebrows lifting under the curtain of her bangs. Wouldn't she just slow him down? Besides, there are other dragons out there that will need to be fought by capable fighters—people like him. Shouldn't he be on the front lines like the rest? Maybe he's just taking pity on her... ]
Y-You don't have to do that! [ She looks surprised... again... but this time by her own outburst, an expression that quickly transforms into a guilty one, and she looks away anxiously. ] That is... I-I don't want to trouble you.