#Chapter181
/"Duck!/" Leona says to young Alice as she trains with the help of the other Katsuyas. Alice follows her command, and quickly she stands up and uses fire against them, knocking them off.
/"I won!/" she shouts, being happy. The Katsuyas are holding their heads and feel exhausted to even wake up.
/"That’s a good technique to knock people out/" Leona comments on what she just taught her. /"Unfortunately, for it to work, you need to take some fire first/" Val says as he appears.
/"Hello/" she greets him. The Dragons haven’t approached her till now alone, keeping a distance.
/"Can we take a walk, me and you?/" he asks her, and she agrees. They take the road that’s next to the river, enjoying the sun that shines through the leaves. She sees that he wants to say something, but he is struggling.
/"Spit it out Val/" she says so they won’t be losing time.
/"I wanted to say that I’m sorry./"
