"I don't know, okay? So please teach me how to fight properly. I can't lose; I need to make Oswald pay for belittling me before breaking our bond." I implored Rex while feigning a pitiful look.

 

I knew I had overestimated my capabilities a lot, and if I was able to fight with this mid-level rogue, that meant it was luck, or I had expended myself to the end, so instead of pretending and wasting time, I decided to come clean with the only person who's wholly on my side and can't be bossed about by Oswald.

 

Rex's eyes darkened, and within the blink of an eye, he snuffed the...