At that moment, everyone in the room gasped and swallowed a gulp.

Anya stared at the black ring on Juan’s hand for a while and then looked at Juan with a suspicious look on her face.

“There’s something written on the ring. What does it say?” Anya asked.

“To a true knight,” Juan answered.

The black ring was the ring that Iolin had handed over to Juan earlier. The ring symbolized the lake and it contained the power of Umbra inside it. Due to this, the ring was filled with not only Ras and Nigrato’s powers, but also Iolin’s power.

“I’m giving this to you due to your courage. This ring will replace your mana heart. Go on and take it.”

Anya hesitated for a second, but soon held out her hand to accept the ring while blushing.

When she held out her hand toward Juan but didn’t take the ring from him, Juan looked at her, wondering what she was trying to do.

When he finally realized that she was asking him to put it on her finger with his own hands, Juan brought the ring close to her finger.

The moment Juan tried to put the ring into her index finger, Anya quickly folded her index finger and pushed her ring finger toward the ring.

“I guess I have no choice now that I even got a ring,” Anya said triumphantly.

Upon looking at people around him in shock, Juan belatedly realized that his intentions had been mistaken.

Juan placed his hand on his forehead and then opened his mouth.

“There’s...