After the match, Herald and his parents went back to their clan.
When they arrived, Herald took a shower and put on another set of robes, then went towards his father's office.
He was told by his father that they would have a talk when they arrive.
There were two swordsmen guarding the doors of the office, he didn't care nor did he glanced at their direction even once and opened the door directly.
"Father I'm her-?! Huh?! "
When he was about to announce his entry, he saw Lime who was already sitting in front of their father.
He stopped his words and frowned.
"Father, I'm here!"
He didn't say anything towards Lime and just bowed towards Karma.
Karma nodded his head.
"Sit."
"Okay, Father!"
Herald sat at the other chair also facing towards Karma.
"Hmm..First of all... The both of you did great in this tournament, Lime, although you were eliminated at the middle of the tournament, but based on your performance and who your opponent was, you will likely still be able to get a pass!"
"Hmmm!!"
Lime nodded her head, she looked at Herald at her side, but he wasn't looking at her.
Lime just sat there and stayed silent.
"As for you Herald."
This time Karma's voice had a hint of authority to it.
Herald looked at his father.
"Although you did great and even managed to now be at the finals, the fight this time was... You should know it yourself!"
"Yes father!"
Herald looked down and clenched his fists.
Now he has a lot of small patches in his face.
It wasn't the same as Lime who was fully bandaged, his was little bits of bandages.
Lime looked at him curiously.
She didn't know who her brother's opponent was, but she felt like whoever it was, he might be really strong to be able to cause small cuts to him, as she hasn't even seen Herald get any injuries even in the clan training!
"I have already told you to be careful! Yet in the end, what happened? You lost the initiative, you couldn't stop your opponent's momentum! You couldn't hit your opponent even once!
You couldn't take advantage of your opponent's mistakes because you were too blinded by your anger!
In my opinion, you lost that fight!"
Herald was angered and hurriedly stood up as he shouted.
"BUT FATHER! I WON! AND EVEN IF THE FIGHT WENT ON I COULD STILL-!"
"STILL WHAT?! You used our clan's Mystic arts!!!! You still wasn't able to hit you opponent!
In the end!!! You were being played by your opponent! If that doesn't mean you lost then what is it?! Even if you won in the end when you hit him, it doesn't change the fact that he was playing with you!"
Herald clenched his fists so hard that the blisters in his palms bled.
Both of them looked at each other in the eyes.
One calmly looking at his son with authority, while the other looking at his father with anger.
At the side Lime as so scared she was trembling and didn't dare to lift her head.
She didn't know what happened to the fight, but from what she heard just now, it seems that Herald couldn't even get a hit of his opponent?!
Although he won, he didn't hit his opponent but still he has a lot of small cuts and bruises but he won????
She doesn't really know someone in their school that can do that.
Although she always tells Eiji that he can do it, For her, she just believes Eiji to be able to make it somehow but wasn't expecting for it in reality or maybe she does. She just doesn't know.
"Herald! If you dare show such an ugly fight tomorrow, prepare for punishment!
Leave! Both of you!"
Lime didn't dare say anything after bowing towards Karma she turned to leave the room.
Meanwhile Herald looked at Karma as he clenched his teeth, but still turned to leave.
*Baanng!!
Herald slammed the office doors.
Lime who was walking ahead trembled at the sudden noise.
She looked back and saw Herald walking towards her.
"You! You better tell that boyfriend of yours! I will destroy him one of these days for humiliating me like this!"
After saying that, he turned and left.
Lime stood there, at first she was trembling because she was afraid, the she was perplexed.
'boyfriend? Who's my boyfriend?! Wait Eiji?! Eiji and I are not - wait!!!!! He wants to destroy Eiji?! Eiji?!... So.. Eiji did that to Herald?!! What?! Wait....huh?!'
Lime didn't know what to think, everything that happened was so fast, she was just cowering in the sides not wanting to get caught in the fires but now she was told that Eiji was the one that caused Herald and his father's fight right now.
...
Lime went back to her room.
She didn't know how she got there.
But with all the things that she was thinking, she couldn't help but laugh happily.
'It seems like Eiji can really do it!'
Although Eiji had already lost, for Lime, Eiji is now considered one of her strongest figure in her heart apart from her father and Herald, although he always was!
*End Of Chapter.