Present Time, One week later after the fights with Schlangto. (Serene's POV)
" Serene and Zeph, pair up and show me how much you have learnt so far. " Sarim Sensei ordered us while standing there with his arms folded. We were having a practice session preparing for the team tournament and all teams were preparing diligently for it on the training grounds.
My heart sank at his name. I knew he wouldn't be comfortable with this match. He had hardly glanced at me in the past week. Today his expressions looked sadder than angrier though, I wished I knew what the matter was.
Although both of us have been practising hard, I knew I wasn't on par with him when it came to hand-to-hand combat. He has done it his entire life while I had just started training for it. I was hoping to survive him long enough to not make a fool of myself.
