Garion leaned back against the wall, arms crossed, a small grin tugging at his lips.
"Raviel, we're back here again. Except now..."
He pointed lazily at Aveline. "There's one more person joining."
Raviel's face twitched. He already remembered the hellish month of training Garion put him through.
Garion continued, amused.
"Last time, I trained you for one month so you could beat Aveline. And now look at this… the three of us sitting here like a nice reunion."
Raviel let out a resigned sigh.
Aveline raised an eyebrow. "So this time we're both being trained by you? To prepare for the archipelago?"
Garion nodded. "Yup. And yes... it's going to be harder."
Aveline blinked. "Harder?"
Raviel turned toward her with a stiff expression. He took her hand like he was giving his last confession.
"Aveline… I'm going to say sorry in advance. This training will be brutal. Brutal. I barely survived last time."
Aveline smirked, rolling her shoulders.
