"We all know if you were in thepetition yesterday you could have easily beat everyone their me included" continued Dante


    "You don''t have to be modest, you really are talented. Talents like you are hard to find even in ces like the Hidden Dragon Academy "


    "It''s just hard to believe that the little Dante who use to cry and hide behind me has already grown up and be so strong "


    "Well it''s to be expected, everyone has to grow up eventually "


    "Sigh"


    "I know, I know. It''s just that you used to be much cuter back then "


    "Oh? how was I cuter?"


    "Well, for a start, your cheeks were rounder And your eyes…"


    As she was speaking, Reba blushed as she stared into Dante''s eyes that seemed to twinkle with a silver light almost like a pair of stars.


    Patriarch Gavin sensed a strange atmosphere forming in the air and he didn''t like it one bit so he quickly spoke interrupting the conversation between Dante and Reba


    " That''s enough talk about Dante, you need to worry more about yourself! Curtis ter is returning back to Brightsteel City and he''s stronger than ever. It won''t be so easy to beat him in the inter-npetition this time, especially when you''ll definitely be one of the targets of his revenge!"


    Hearing the name Curtis The aura around Reba change quickly, causing even Dante to shiver


    "That piece of trash! Thest time we fought I showed pity and spared his life. But if he''s stupid enough toe again I''ll make sure he''s dead for real this time!" Replied Reba


    Seeing Reba''s swift change in attitude and disgust when Curtis was brought up Dante was curious about the story about him and could help asking


    "So what''s the whole story about this Curtis person in the first ce?"


    As he turned to Reba all he received was a cold scoff, clearly, she didn''t want to talk about the topic.


    Eventually, Patriarch Gavin got tired of the silence and answered his question.


    "Well, it all starts with a deal made during the time of your grandfather. At that time tensions between the ter n and Kinsman n had risen to an all-time high with stores being raided and enemy nsmen being killed in broad daylight.


    Eventually, both patriarchs decided to end the conflict once and for all by joining both ns through marriage.


    After the agreement was made tensions between both ns slowly but surely settled.


    But then a problem came, your grandfather only had two sons who were me and your father and the Patriarch of the ter n only had 1 son. So it was decided that the agreement fell to next-generation which were Reba and Curtis.


    But nobody would have expected that Curtis would be unable to awaken his Martial Spirit during the awakening ceremony bing the number one trash of Brightsteel City. Of course, I wouldn''t let my daughter marry such a piece of trash, it would be too humiliating for her to marry such a failure. So after much debating, and arguing it was agreed If he couldn''t beat Reba in the Inter-npetition the engage the would be cancelled. Of course, Curtis without a Martial Spirit stood no chance against Reba and was easily defeated resulting in the annulling of the engagement.


    But no one could predict that Curtis would manage to awaken a new mutated martial Spirit and even attract the attention of one of the biggest sects on the continent, he seems to being for revenge! "


    The more Dante listens to the story the more he felt something was off


    ''Previously seen as trash?


    Broken engagement?


    Magically be a genius?


    Now he''s returning for apletion?


    Wait a second, isn''t this the perfect temte for a typical protagonist?''


    ''And if Curtis is the protagonist.... doesn''t that make The Kinsman n the viin !''


    The pieces of the puzzle had started to finally fit together in Dante''s head


    ''Fk! This situation seems much more serious than I could have ever imagined !''


    Thinking about all the novels Dante had read in his previous life and the horrible ending of the antagonists and viins, Dante started but break out in a nervous sweat.


    Dante looked towards Patriarch Gavin and his Father who were calmly eating


    ''I don''t think they understand the severity of the person they have pissed off. If he really does have protagonist level powers, I really need to upgrade my strength before I could even hope to try and change the situation in ''


    Dante decided to upgrade his strength in the easiest and quickest way possible for him


    By Learning a movement technique!


    Turning towards Reba Dante asked.


    "Reba, the cultivation level of people of people at the Hidden Dragon Academy is generally higher than that of the people at the Kinsman n?"


    "Of course" replied Reba


    "In fact, most of the Elders there are in the Martial adept realm. Just one of them would be enough to solve this problem that the ter n is in "continued Reba


    " great "replied Dante


    "So if they are generally stronger it should mean that they have better techniques," asked Dante


    "Of course we have better techniques while the best techniques you could possibly get here at the Kinsman n would be gold rank techniques, back at the Hidden Dragon academy most starter techniques for disciples led that enter the martial journeyman realm will be at the gold level."


    "If they feel you are really talented you may even have permission to take a tinum rank technique. In some rare cases, there have been instances of elders passing down diamond rank techniques to their favourite disciples"


    Hearing this, Dante knew his initial assumptions were correct. Now he just had to get the techniques from Reba.


    "That''s great Reba! Then would it be possible for you to teach me some good movement techniques, as long as it''s not an inconvenience for you of course"


    After a short time, which Rebea spent internally debating, Reba finally replied