Lily's response

<i>Taking a step back, Artoria braced herself for impact, paying very little mind to the presence of Ritsuka as his flowed mana into her body. If anything, the flowing mana assisted with her bracing. Wait for it...here she comes....and...!!...She stopped. Artoria blinked, her furrowed brow relaxing, but her guarded stance staying up. Something she desired to prove....beyond the worthiness of Ritsuka? Artoria glanced downward in momentary thought, and then her brow furrowed. "I still have....a very long way to go in my journey to becoming king. But..." She looked back up to Quetzalcoatl with determination in her eyes. "I want to prove to myself and my master that I have what it takes to be a worthy king, as well as a worthy knight." She glanced to Ritsuka with a small smile before looking back to Quetzalcoatl.