The silver-blonde-haired woman stood lost in thought, yet every flicker of her presence made Aurelia's chest tighten with questions she didn't voice right now.
How were the techniques they used so similar? Her own techniques felt like a simpler, less refined version of the ones this woman used.
To find another light-affinity user at such a high power level—one as strong as her, the Saintess of Light—Aurelia hated to admit it. Still, the woman beside her was more polished in combat overall.
If they were to fight, she felt she would ultimately lose. She still had her secret technique, which she was confident in, yet something told her that even then, she wouldn't be able to win.
This unexpected trip to the lower domain had been truly enlightening. The mother of the girl whom the Church had reported possessed an unusually strong connection to the light.
