Chapter 174

Kai saw this scene and immediately grew eager. "Emma, let me carry you to the infirmary!" he implored. Still, he glanced at Willow, adding, "After all, you're a girl, not as strong, what if you drop Emma halfway to the infirmary?" However, Emma was so frightened that she leapt onto Willow's back and loudly said, "Let Willow carry me instead!" Kai wanted to say something else. But Willow looked back at him coldly. "Kai, do you want to test strength against me? Let's use work points as a bet. Whoever loses has to give the other each point they earn in the future." Kai thought of Sherman, who had lost to Willow, and his face blanched. His reputation mattered the most to him. It would be more painful for him to lose face in public like Sherman than to die a painful death. Kai gritted his teeth and backed away. Without saying another word, Willow carried Emma and left. The setting sun cast long, diagonal, intersecting shadows off the two women. Emma blinked her teary, pink-tinged eyes, whis