The festival starts today, “All the best out there, Dan.” Big brother says to me. I am leaving before my brother today since I will be there to scout the area where the tournament will take place.

I begin to make my way towards the academy.

On the way, I see that big sis Brake is waiting outside her shop with everyone else, “Hey, I heard that team will be entering the tournament as well, Silver boi.” Big sis says to me with a smile.

“Yeah.” I say with a nervous smile.

“Do your best out there.” Big sis shows me the thumbs-up sign.

I nod.

“Sir Dan!”

I look behind me. Horrell and Izumi are waving in the distance as they walk towards me. I smile.

“Which one?” Big sis Brake asks me.

“Neither of them.” I say.

“Oh come on, there must be someone you like.” Big sis Brake says as she teases me.

“Dan...” I look to the right. Carly is here with Jack.

“Carly...”

Carly walks towards me and suspiciously eyes Brake, “Who is this woman?!” Carly points at big sis Brake.

“She’s-“

“My, my, are we jealous here? Who would you be?” Brake questions Carly.

“I am Dan’s Girlfriend, got a problem with that woman?!” Carly seems to be giving Brake a death stare.

“Pfft!” Brake is laughing.

*Chop*

I hit Carly on the head, “Why did you hit me, Dan?!” Carly asks as she holds her head.

“That’s because the person you are talking to is my brother’s girlfriend.” I say.

“Huh?! Eh?! What?! I am sorry! I am sorry! I am sorry!”

Jeez...She’s seriously an airhead when it comes to judging people.

*Tap*

“How have you been, boi?” I look behind me. It’s an old man who’s soothing my head.

He is...

“Old Man Jake...” I smile.

“It’s good to see you, again, young one.” Old Man Jake says to me.

“Same here, Old Man.”

*Swoop*

Old man decides to punch me out of nowhere.

*Swish*

I dodge it.

“Wohhhh!!!!”

*Swish*

I punch back instead.

*Swoop*

The old man dodges.

*Tap*

My try to slash my hand from the outside but the old man stops me by blocking it.

“They are unbelievably good!” Izumi says.

“That’s a master and student for you.” Brake says with a smile.

“Yeah...I never knew how much Dan has grown in all these years.” Izumi says.

Brake nods, “Of course he will grow, after all, he is a King-“ Brake stops herself.

“What?” Carly seems to be confused.

“Oh, nothing...” Brake seems to be sweating.

*Tap*

I try the same with the other hand.

*Swish*

“Your movements are sloppy but still good.” The old man says.

*Swoop*

“Is that so?” I ask.

*Swish*

“Yeah, I guess part of the reason is that you not able to see all of your surroundings with just a single eye.”

*Hop*

The old man bows before me and so do I.

“Yeah, that is true.” I say.

“Don’t forget my teachings boy. You need to understand that not everything that you see can be blocked and not everything that you can’t see will hit you.” As usual, the old man said something unusual as he leaves.

“We will be watching the festival from the stadium.” Carly says.

I smile and nod, “Alright.”

“Do your best everyone!” Carly says as she leaves.

“The only people that are remaining are Luke and Elena.” I say.

“I guess they will come with their families at the festival.” Izumi says.

“What about you two Horrell, Izumi? You didn’t come with your families?” I ask.

“My family will take a whole two weeks to arrive from the East. So yeah, I don’t think they will be coming.” Izumi says with a smile.

“I just have a brother who works under the King. I am sure he will be there when the King arrives.” Horrell says.

“Alright, I guess we can get moving then.” I say.

Everyone nods.

“We will be taking our leave, Big sis Brake.” I say as I wave.

“Yeah, take care and do your best out there, everyone. We will be cheering on for you!” Big sis says as we leave.

“I must say, your brother’s girlfriend is a helluva hottie, teach.” Jack says.

“I do agree with that.” I say.

“That’s something we didn’t want to hear.” Horrell says as she looks annoyed at me.

"Yeah, that's your brother's girlfriend, not yours, and sorry for not being hot." Carly says as she seems to be pouting.

“Sorry, what?!” I question.

What was that reaction?! I didn’t need to say sorry, I didn’t say anything wrong.

XXXXXX

We all reach the academy and see the crowd that has gathered here for the festival.

I look around for a while and find Luke at the entrance.

“Luke, why don’t you come with me?” That’s Luke’s big brother and Luke, right? Those are his father and mother with him.

Royalty huh? I can see it by the way they are dressed.

“Hey, Luke, we need to get going.” I say as I look at him.

“Sir Dan?” Luke seems to be confused.

“We need to get ready, for the festival.” I say with a smile.

“Who is he, Luke?” Luke’s mother asks.

“He’s my teacher, Mother...His name is Dan ThunderField...” Luke says.

“Hello there Mister and Missus Inach, it’s nice to meet you both but we are short on time and I need to discuss strategy with Luke and my other students.” I say with a smile.

“Like having my little brother can be of any help to your strategy.” Luke’s brother says. He’s mocking Luke, “Or maybe you are just a trashy teacher.” Now he’s mocking me huh?

“Whatever, just-“

“Take back what you just said, Rook.” Luke says.

He’s emitting a seriously dangerous aura.

“Huh?! What are you say-“

Luke’s brother, I am guessing he’s name is Rook, catches Luke but Luke looks at Rook and he had a deadly look in his eyes. His eyes were not that of any coward anymore but a guy who has seen death’s door. I guess that guy who arrived the other day really did fume up, my kids.

“You can say anything you want to me but if you utter a word about my teacher, I will annihilate you.” Luke says as his eyes poked like a dagger.

“What kind of gibberish language are you speaking, Luke?” Missus Inach questions Luke.

I sigh, “LUKEEEE! I am waiting!” I say.

“Sorry, Sir!” Luke begins to run towards me then stops in the middle.

“I will defeat you in this tournament brother and I will show you that just because you are my big brother doesn’t mean that you have the right to do whatever you want with me.” Luke says as he runs towards me.

He has grown out of his fear, hasn't he?

XXXXXX

“What is the meaning of this darling?! Why is our boy acting like that?!” Missus Inach asks Mister Inach.

“Don’t you see, our boy has grown.” Mister Inach shows a small smile.

“Father...Who has never smiled, did he just smile just now?” Rook seems to be confused.

XXXXXX

I need to find Elena next.

“Are you ThunderField?” A beautiful woman wearing a red dress asks me.

She has brown long hair and a small mole under her right eye. Not to mention big-titty woman...But her eyes are so dead...

“That’s me.” I say as I point towards myself.

“I am Elena’s mother.” The woman says.

“I see your Elena’s mother, Fishie.”

.....

“YOU ARE ELENA’S MOTHER?!!!!!”

“Why are you so surprised?” She asks me.

“It’s just you seem so young...” I say.

“I am a widow, so you can call me young by heart.” She says to me.

I don’t think that makes any sense...

“Anyways, I am not here you to hear your screams or flirt with you. I am here to inform you that Elena won’t be taking part in this festival of yours.” Fishie says to me.

“What?”

I kinda hoped nothing bad happened today but this...This here is really bad...