"What!? Three W…win!?", She asked as she jumped out of the couch. Her whole body shook from adrenaline as she seemed to have been revived from the youth's answer. Her heart thumped in her chest and her clenched fist trembled slightly as she waited for Fell's confirmation.
Fell smiled lightly and nodded toward her. He didn't understand her reaction, he did win three matches but there were still two more. And to be honest, only his fight with Karukobi forced him into seriousness. Although Ainqi Baa and Arhash were fearsome opponents; in the end, he beat them using only his brand new swordless-art and used them to train his techniques.
Tahlya sighed as she didn't see any sign of cockiness inside the youth. "Doesn't he know what three wins mean?" she thought as she eyed him to see if he was acting. But he truly didn't seem overconfident due to his victories.
The more she interacted with Fell, the more she came to understand that he was an eccentric. Someone who didn't act according to social norms.
"Great!" She finally managed to blurt before slumping back on the couch. She deeply breathed in and out a few times before managing to slightly calm her heart that wanted to leave her chest. Then she looked toward Fell, lifted her arm and sent him a thumbs up while adding.
"Now your next goal is to make your upmost in winning your next two fights! The reward you will get in case you manage a perfect victory is said to be heaven-defying!" She seemed to have lost control over her lips as the speed at which she talked spiked under her excitation.
Before, she would have never considered saying what had just escaped from her lips. But Fell's talent pierced through all of her past beliefs. She knew that the person that was sitting in front of her was talented beyond what she hoped for. Her goal might come to reality much earlier than she thought.
As soon as she ended explaining what needed to be done to achieve success in
She came back to where Fell was sitting and showed him the bottle she had in her hands while explaining.
"I prepared this a long time ago in case something worth celebrating happened", She explained as her hand moved. She skillfully took off the seal on top of the bottle and took out a corkscrew from her pocket.
Pop! Her head was lifted as she saw the cork fly at a breakneck pace toward the ceiling. Pa! Pa! It rebounded twice before traveling in the direction of Fell's face. The moment the cork entered Fell's range his arm moved on its own catching it in mid-air. He got up from his chair before putting the cork back on the table. Tahlya's mouth gaped from her inner shock as she didn't even have the time to warn him. She saw the whole scene, and before she even had to usher any noise she saw him caught the flying object with ease.
Time passed as she eyed the youth with a strange gaze, she didn't know how to react after watching the scene unravel. It took her a few moments before her legs stopped taking root on the ground.
"Nothing to be surprised about…", She thought as she sat down on her chest. "To compete against them, it's only normal that he has this kind of reaction time."
How could she know that Fell was already a cultivator? Having broken through the first door of cultivation at a young age, he did look much younger than what he really was. If it wasn't for his well-defined build, she would have assumed he was just a normal sixteen-year-old youth.
"Weren't we going to celebrate?" Fell exclaimed taking her out of her reverie. "Let me help, where are the glasses?" as she heard him she pointed her finger behind him. He got up and opened the small cabinet that was close to her desk, and took out two glasses.
Soon enough the awkwardness disappeared from the room as the sound of laughter resounded through the empty floor.