'Even if I trained for another ten years, I'd still be no match for Sterling. To think I was worried I might actually hurt her... that was just wishful thinking.'
Thinking this, the guilt in her heart faded a little, but only a little.
'No matter how powerful Sterling was, she was still her master, their boss. She had just harbored killing intent toward her own boss, the leader of their base. She had even tried to land a killing blow. That alone was a crime punishable by death.'
Her ignorance of the situation didn't excuse her offense.
'At this thought, she shot a look at Black Swan. 'If she knew it was the boss, why didn't she just tell me? She just stood there blinking her eyes nonstop. How was I supposed to know what that meant?''
'After all, who could have imagined that this person, who looked completely different, was their Sterling, a woman as beautiful as a Heavenly Immortal? The difference between the two was just too vast.'
She shot Black Swan a fierce glare.
