Although Dante had an interest in Adelia, it didn't mean that he would lose a match to her.
The inter-clan competition was a straight knock out stage tournament. This meant that if you lost even one match you would be out straight away. This was because it was the only way to hold such a large tournament within the small time frame of just one day.
And if he got himself knocked out because he wanted to impress a girl, Dante couldn't even begin to imagine the amount of pain that he would have to go through back at the clan.
Besides, if even just a bit of Patriarch Randall's boasting was true then his match against Adelia would actually be quite a challenge. Well, she should at least be more of a challenge than his previous opponent, Zander.
While Dante was thinking all this, Adelia slowly made some distance between them as a tense aura started to form around them.
Suddenly, Adelia spoke