Chapter 13

Seraphine’s Point of View

I crouched on the forest ground, breathing heavily. It took me a few minutes to catch my breath before I took a sip on my wooden flask. Sip turned into a full-blown drinking until not even a drop was left.

“You need more exercise. I didn’t know you had such low stamina.”

I shot Maximus a glare. “Low stamina?! We just walked three kilometres! Not to mention the river and steeped hills we had to go through! I am fairly certain my stamina is quite high if I endured that long before drinking.”

Maximus chortled at my indignant expression. “You’re so easy to wound up! I’m just joking. I refilled my flask twice already, so you have better stamina than I do.”

“I got to help you exercise more once we’re relocated then,” I stated. “You will need it.”

I suppressed a grin at the hesitant look in his eyes, as if he’s already listing out all the procedures I’ll have him do. He’s not exactly wrong, because I do have pretty hard procedures when exercising.

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