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"Then do you think they're stronger than me?" he asked, a playful smirk dancing on his face.
I chuckled, shaking my head. "Haha, do you really think you're strong enough to even ask that? You're still young, Chester. You've got plenty of years ahead of you before you're anywhere near my level. Besides, you still have two years before you can enter the university. Only then will you understand how strong they really are."
He pouted, crossing his arms. "So there actually are powerful people in the major clans? I thought they were just pushovers."
I narrowed my eyes at Chester and laughed at him.
"If there's anyone who's a pushover, it's you."
"What?!"
Chester reminded me of myself at his age because we had similar thoughts back then.
When I first set foot in the university, I held a similar mindset, assuming everyone was just arrogant and acting strong but not really that powerful.
