“You are Dan, aren’t you?” A woman asks me. She is quite tall...Rather I am quite small.

“So what if I am?” I ask the woman.

“I am Amy, Amy Schzen, nice to meet you.” I say as I looked pissed. Why am I pissed again? I don’t know exactly...

“Hey, want to see a trick?” Amy asks me.

“Sure.” I say.

“Die!”

A shadowy face swallows me in it as I wake up from the light that spreads towards my face from the glass of the window.

“Amy Schzen...Who was she?”

XXXXXX

I sit and eat breakfast with big brother, “Hey Dan, you better kick ass today in your tournament.” Big brother says to me.

I say with a smile, “Sure!”

“Hey, big bro...”

Big brother looks to be confused, “Who is...Amy?” I ask big brother.

Big brother’s eyes widen, he seems to be confused.

“I don’t know...” It’s clear...Big brother is lying. He is hiding something.

“Big brother...” I look right into his eyes.

“Oh, I need to get to the shop. It’s getting late right now. I need to finish my job so that I can watch you in that tournament and cheer you on.” Big brother says as he leaves.

XXXXXX

I stop right at the entrance thinking about what Dan just said...

“Sister, the spell is breaking, he’s memories...They are returning...”

XXXXXX

I have to get to the truth but before that...There are things I must deal with. Things like winning the tournament.

I quickly have my breakfast as I make my way towards Destroyer and stand right out of Destroyer. Big sis Brake looks at me as my students arrive and smiles.

“DO YOUR BEST EVERYONE!” Big sis Brake says.

“Sure thing, Big sis!” I say with a smile.

“Hey Jack, Carly didn’t come with you?” I ask.

Jack shakes his head, “Nah, she said she will be cheering us on from the crowd.” Jack says.

I wanted to see her...I sigh in disappointment.

“Anyways, let’s go, everyone! We will be leaving our mark today as a strong team.” I say with a smile.

“Yeah, let’s go!” Izumi says with a smile.

XXXXXX

We make our way towards the academy’s stadium. It’s one huge stadium with a square ring in the middle of it. I guess that will be our ring to fight. If the rules are correct, ones to go out of bounds or get knocked out of the ring will be the ones to be out of the game.

There are four such stadiums. The teams are divided into 2 groups, group A and group B. Each group has 8 teams. Group A will fight simultaneously than Group B will fight after that. 4 matches will take place simultaneously.

This stadium that we entered, this will be the stadium we will fight at. Stadium number 3!

“Oh, you are here too, Dan?!” That’s a voice I haven’t heard in a while. Not only that voice but that accent too...

I turn around to notice someone that I haven’t seen in a long time.

“Is that you, Taani?!”

Taani, this dark skin beauty is from the Middle-East Empire. She has black hairs and they are tied up. She is also wearing some revealing outfit...What’s more, is her eyes, they are of a unique green color.

“It’s been some time, Miss Taani.” I say with a smile.

“What are you doing here Dan?! And where is Sam?! He was with you when you came to the Middle East Empire.” Taani says as she searches for Sam.

“WHAT?! Sir Dan came to the Middle East Empire?! When?! How?! And why didn’t you visit me?!” Izumi seems to be in total confusion.

“Aren’t you the Princess of Nippon?” Taani asks Izumi.

Izumi nods, “YES!” Izumi says with her hands raised.

I sigh. Why does she always do that?

“I see, nice to meet you, your highness!” Taani says with a smile.

“The pleasure is all mine, Sir Dan’s friend!” Izumi says with a smile.

“Sir Dan?”

“So why are you here, Taani?” I ask Taani.

“Of course, I am here for the famous tournament with my students.” Taani says with a smirk.

“Oh yeah, you were a teacher too, right, right...” I say.

Taani smirks, “So if I am here in stadium 3 and you are here too, it means we might fight and we both know how the fights gonna go since the teachers are also allowed to fight in this tournament.” Taani says with a smirk.

“I guess so...” I say with a poker face.

“What does she mean, Sir Dan?” Luke asks.

“She means, she has defeated me once back when we were in the Middle-East Empire.” I say as I point at Taani.

“WHAT?!” All my students seem to be confused.

Taani smirks, “That’s right. The only difference is...Why the hell is your eyes bandaged? Did you sustain an injury or something?” Taani asks me.

“Something like that...” I say with a nervous smile.

“Sir Dan...Was defeated by this woman?" Jack starts to inspect Taani's body, "Yeah, I can see it why Sir Dan was defeated by her...” Jack says as he inspects Taani’s body.

I catch Jack and bring him back, “Don’t mind him...” I say with a nervous smile.

“What was the reason you were saying, Jack?” Elena asks Jack.

“The reason was-“

I pluck a piece of chocolate in Jack’s mouth.

“That’s tasty.”

“So shut up.” I say.

"Where did he even get that chocolate from?!" Horrell asks.

“Alright...”

“It seems we are in the same Stadium, Dan ThunderField.” Tarand says as he appears from the entrance with The Little Princess.

I take a deep breath, “I hope that I don’t get to fight you in my very first game, it will be quite sad you know...To send you off just like that.” Tarand says with a smile.

That dangerous smile again...

“I look forward to it.” I say.

“Alright...The situation looks quite serious between them...” Taani says.

“You teachers are not going to be any match of me.” A bald teacher says as he walks between me and Tarand.

I move out that teacher out of my way and so does Tarand.

“HEY, WATCH OUT!”

“Let’s see who we fight today, Dan.” Tarand says with a smile as he leaves.

XXXXXX

“If we fight today, I will defeat you Princess Kaileen.” Izumi says.

“You don’t want to fight me.” Kaileen says.

“Oh, I want to...As the leader of Sir Dan’s Class, I do and I will!” Izumi says.

Kaileen gives Izumi a stare.

“Kaileen! Let’s go! We don’t want to keep the other’s waiting.” Tarand says as Kaileen leaves with uttering a word.

XXXXXX

I look at Little Princess and Izumi talking to each other...I wonder what all that was about.

“Hmm?”

I look at the King walking inside the arena. There seems to be some kinda box right in the middle of the ring.

“The King is walking with his bodyguards in the ring so that he will decide which stadium fights what kind of versus rounds. Stadium 1 and Stadium 2 have already been decided on. They will be fighting a two on two versus rounds. There will be a total of 5 rounds and a team has to win 3 to qualify for the top 8.” The female announcer announces.

Horrell hides behind me as I notice that Salvian looks towards us.

The King removes the card that says 1.

“The battles will be one versus one in this stadium! Now to decide who fights who!”

Horrell’s grip on me is getting tighter.

“Horrell...Is something wrong?” I ask Horrell.

“Don’t let brother see me or else...Or else he will send me there again...He will send me there again to torture me. Don’t let him see me!” Horrell is holding tightly onto me.

“Horrell...” Izumi and the others notice too.

I hold Horrell tightly, “Who is your brother?” I ask.

“So one of your students is part of the cursed people...” Taani says as he looks at Horrell latching onto me and shivering.

Taani looks to be smiling, “It’s just like you, Dan, to be kinder than anyone.” Taani says as she sits in the backseat.

I take a deep breath, “Thanks...Taani.” I say with a sigh.

Who is Horrell’s brother? She said he worked for the King...The only person...Don’t tell me...Salvian Brook is Horrell’s brother?!

“The rounds have been drawn by the King as well! Class 1-A Team 2 of The Wise and Learning will be fighting Class 1-E of Academy Nicely and Class 2-B of the Academy of Naryan will be fighting 1-A Team 1 of Academy of The Wise and Learning.” The female announcer announces.

“So you are Team 1 or Team 2?” Taani asks.

“We are...Team 2, you will be fighting Team 1, that’s Tarand’s team.” I say.

“Is that so? I will be sure to give him a helluva time so you better win for me.” Taani says with a smile.

“Sure but be careful...I don’t know what has happened to that class in the past month or so since I wasn’t here.” I say to Taani.

Taani looks at my serious face and nods, “Understood I won’t take that class lightly nor will my class.” Taani says to me.

“Your matchup is first, so get ready, I will be sitting here and watching.” Taani says with a smile.

“Yeah.” I say with a smile.

This is bad...If Taani is fighting that class...It’s bad...I have a real bad feeling about this...