Resentment, despair, confusion...
"I'm too weak. I don't know how to fight."
"I can't traverse heaven and earth like Lu Cang, and I don't have the strength to fight Demons. I'm probably so weak I couldn't even beat a single Slime."
"For me, acquiring more knowledge is everything."
Lu Cang felt he had said the wrong thing. 'Maybe I shouldn't have put it like that.'
A moment ago, he had only been trying to give a reasonable excuse for his trip, and that phrase from his past life about theory and practice needing to be combined just happened to come to mind.
So he just blurted it out.
'I feel like my words hurt her feelings.'
"Yuna..."
Yuna's voice was quiet. "Lu Cang, the truth is... I've always envied you."
"I was so happy the first time we discussed Demonology together."
"I felt like I'd finally found a friend I could share my interests with... All the subjects and all the knowledge we researched together felt so new and fascinating to me."
