**Adam Walker's POV**
Time flew by in a flash,I was engrossed in many battles, including me vs Owen which I won of course and before I knew it, dusk had arrived.
As we came out of the VR room he was still grumbling.
" Your bloodline abilities are a cheat, I mean I was standing squarely on the ground and I just started flying into the sky, no correction I was falling to the sky" he grumbled.
"That's what it is" I chuckled.
"Oi since when do you know how to chuckle?, before all you could manage was a forced smile", he inquired.
"Oh I did?, I asked but it was more of a question for myself.
'i really did, it seems my emotional binds are undoing themselves. Even my voice sound emotionless no more but calm overwhelmingly so.
"Maybe it was just a fluke?" he said after some pondering.
"Maybe who knows?" I shrugged.
" You're doing it again" he said.
"What"
"Shrugging" he replied
" Oh I guess I did" I said with a smile curling up my face. I still couldn't make expressions or smile anytime I wanted, it was more like subconscious but I know progress when I see it.
"Well goodnight, your best friend gotta go catch his beauty sleep", he said.
" Again am not your best friend and how can you say that with a straight face" I asked.
"What, best friend?" he asked with a laid back smile.
"Beauty sleep" I replied.
"What do you know?, It's what trending these days, I offered to teach you how to live life but you declined" he scoffed.
"If by 'live life' you mean teaching me how to flirt or get a girlfriend, again I'll pass" I slowly shook my head. We went to our respective rooms after that.
I took a shower and went to bed.
The night felt like a few minutes and it was already tuesday morning, around 4:30 pm to be precise and I was on my way to meet instructor Blake at the combat grounds.
As usual he was meditating when I got there.
"He stood up and stretched a little before saying "let's get on with it".
We stood five meters apart before he said "begin".
I dashed to his side with a kick aimed to his chin which he ducked under but I followed up with a round horse kick that he blocked with his forearm.
He sent a punch at me and I also sent mine meeting his mid swing. Our fists clashed creating a small vacuum that was later filled up releasing a thundering boom.
We both jumped back, each assessing his opponent before squaring off again. Our fight fixed on pure skill, technique and finesse.
Our bout went on for thirty minutes straight before it ended in my defeat which it always does by the way.
Even though he would reduce his rank to mid silver the same as mine, his body's physical strength, speed, reflexes and awareness were still that of the diamond rank.
"Hahahahaha you've gotten better, if we were at the same rank you would have won" he said with a thundering laugh.
"You say that all the time" I shrugged.
"Seriously you gotta give yourself more credit, from what you said you knew nothing on martial arts and only awakened two years ago and you've already reached this level". he pointed out.
"Eventually you would become better and you're really a genius and am proud to have you as my student"He said with a sincere smile.
"And also there's no lower rank that can defeat a diamond rank even if that said diamond rank bought his/her rank to the same rank".
"Say could lady divider defeat you if you reduce your rank to the same as hers?" I asked because I really wanted to know.
"Who?" he asked his face puzzled with confusion.
"Aurora De Silva" I clarified and I could see as his face fell and his eyes twitching twitching before he answered
" Go, we're done for today" and abruptly disappeared.
'So it is possible, if she can do it then I also can' i thought as my competitive spirit surged.
I went back to the dorms and freshened up, just as I was about to fly out of my balcony
"Ringgggggg"
"Ringgggggg"
I was interupted by my smartwatch and I knew who was calling because I only gave my code to two people Owen and instructor Blake.
Answering the call Owen's voice came through " Adam meet me downstairs immediately" before he cut the call.
What's wrong with him, I thought about leaving but changed my mind.
Reaching the ground floor I saw him grinning like a fool.
" Quick let's go or we're going to be late" he said with an enthusiastic spirit.
"You know I don't use the portals and I know you haven't broken to gold rank so what exactly are you saying" I asked.
"You're flying us there of course" he replied as if it was obvious.
"No"
"Come on it'll be fun and I really wanna know what it's like to fly" he drawled.
"No I don't want... Ahem you know what I'll love to fly you there let's go", I said.
"Hmmm, what's with the sudden change of heart" Owen asked as he felt a chill run up his spine.
" Nothing just helping my best friend" I replied with the closest thing to a smile my face could perform which looked rather hideous.
We went outside, I started by decreasing our gravity to the state of zero gravity and we started floating.
"Hold on to me tightly", I said giving him my arm which he held with both of his before I blasted off in insane speed.
I could hear him screaming but I didn't bother with him and increased my speed even further. It was payback for his mouth that's always talking and never shuts up.
Soon a blanket of air enveloped us as we burst through the sonic barrier. It's been three weeks since I broke into mid silver and my abilities especially my flying speed increased so much that my full speed was at mach 1.7.
In about 20 minutes, we reached the academic building. The moment we landed Owen fell to the ground and started vomiting whatever it was he ate this morning.