I was vaguely staring at the green of the surrounding garden, which usually appeared beautiful, but this time with the sound of a low sigh that was stifled from my lips and tears that had partially obscured the sharpness of my vision, I felt that this green landscape was a frightful sight. The thrust after thrust I received from Lloyd made it seem like I was about to collapse, my legs were trembling and my hand that was clutching onto the trunk of the gingko tree was sliding down. My ears are buzzing, and my mind is in disarray, only pain and terror are all I can muster at the moment. I was frightened that someone might witness this, and I was unable to avoid being horrified that the person who saw me like this might be my colleague or even young master Richard. I truly don't want that.
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