Failure

After that Ashnard and Liliya walked back toward the city. On the way to the city, Liliya didn't dare to say a single word to Ashnard. Then, unexpectedly, Ashnard finally spoke to her.

"Hey, sorry for dragging you to my own failure," he said with his head down.

"Mr. Sefenfor already said you didn't fail. You succeeded, you know," scowled Liliya.

"Haha, yes, I understand." Ashnard laughs blandly.

Liliya then looked at the sword Ashnard was holding. "You've got your blade. What do you do with it now?"

"But, this is not the blade I want." Ashnard raised his sword and looked at the streaks and scratches on the blade which if he looked closely, formed like carvings.

"It's okay. Use it instead of nothing."

"If you say like that ...."

Ashnard didn't talk much, he didn't even mention anything about Liliya's mysterious power. He was silent again until he reached the city.