My Soul card is a Reaper

"Holding back strength needs a great deal of patience, junior Avia." Flora, who heard her comment, countered with her statement. She added, "It isn't a secret that Senior wasn't known for holding back when he first transferred here. You are his sister, shouldn't you know that more than anymore."

"Well, he's a stranger to me just as he is to you." Avia shrugged her shoulders.

"Ah, yes… I forgot that you didn't spend much time with him. You might not have known anything about him, after all." Flora hit her back with a fact. As if it wasn't provoking enough, she further said, "and senior isn't stranger to me though. He looks after me like a sibling."

Avia didn't say anything and just looked away while mumbling to herself, "and the one who should be treated like sister gets ignored."

The relationship between little Avia and Azzy is quite complicated. On one hand, she dislikes the fact that her parents, especially her mother loves him a lot. Sometimes, she felt as if she was the one that was in foster care.

On the other hand, she was impressed with Azzy's strength and wishes to train with him now that she was away from Night Clan.

The clan's matriarch, Pandora Night ordered her to stay at the home and rejoin the academy, instead of returning to the clan village.

The problem is that her powers have nothing in common with her parents. Her attribute is dark, which is a common trait of the Night Clan but neither of her parents has that attribute.

Her Arcana whip is something that's wielded by her maternal grandmother. Unfortunately, her parents didn't have a good relationship with them.

Because of that, she often had difficulty in training in the clan of assassins.

In her eyes, Azzy is someone who can mentor her in the absence of Pandora Night but he was reluctant on taking such a job because his hands are full with Flora.

She believes that Azzy shows blatant favoritism towards Flora while she, who was a part of his family, gets plain treatment. Well, it's not false as Azzy does treat Flora differently compared to the rest of their classmates. Only Gideon, Mia, and Claire were exceptions.

In her eyes, he should at least be good to her considering her parents gave him home.

Well, it's not her fault to think like that.

The majority of Arcana Master with Dark attribute often think in a negative way. While growing up into an adult, their thoughts can be influenced by the situations they face, by the things they learn.

This is why the academy is important for every kid who will grow up into a future Superhuman.

Back to the Arena, as Azzy took his seat beside his girlfriend, Gideon was having an intense sword battle with Estella. The latter didn't even summon her Arcana and is using a high carbon steel sword but was powered up by her soul energy. 

*Clang* *Clang* Clang* Clang*

Sparks are generating constantly whenever both of the swords collide with each other.

Pushing him away with brute force, Estella spoke coldly, "you cannot defeat me, Gideon."

Gideon looked like he was enjoying the spar despite being at a disadvantage. With a foolish grin on his face, he said, "Ella, how about a date as a wager? Coincidentally, tomorrow is Saturday. If you can't defeat me, then, you need to go on a date with me."

"Hmpf, you wish…" Estella snorted in response and dashed forward.

*Clang*

As their swords collided once again, she said, "I already told you that I don't have any interest in weaklings. Only someone who is strong and has high potential, someone like Rael is worthy."

She was pushing him back. His boots were trying to hold the ground but it was useless when compared to a difference of strength between the two.

Gideon didn't take it as offense but just counterattacked with a simple fact, "but, Azzy is already taken and doesn't like you either. How about just settling down with me? After all, I was the only one who could handle your temperament."

Mixed with embarrassment and anger, Estella's face reddened like a tomato and she poured more soul energy into the sword, aggressively pushing away Gideon and jumping high in the air.

While Gideon crashed onto the ground and groaned in pain, Estella raised the sword above her head and unleashed an arc of blue energy. It's the crescent clan's finishing move that uses one's soul energy and the natural energy, raising the damage power by a fold.

Gideon's eyes lit up when he saw that, "it's amazing that my darling can unleash the move bypassing all the necessary movements before it. But, I don't intend to lose this battle."

Lightning sparks appeared in his eyes.

Azzy stood up on his feet, feeling the power of mid-rank-6 in the attack. He was sure that if it hits Gideon, the latter would receive life-threatening injuries.

Just as he was about to make his move, his mother dashed towards Gideon and stood before him, raising her palm.

A shield made of soul energy erupted from her palm, blocking the crescent slash effectively.

Estella's facial expression changed by Izora's intervention, "what is the meaning of this, Instructor Crescent?"

She wondered whether it is because Gideon and Izora belongs to the same clan.

The latter coldly stared at the student, "this is a friendly sparring match, not a battlefield. And you are sparring against an opponent who is an entire realm below you. I told you many times already. Exercise control over your emotions as well as your power, student Estella. Twenty rounds as punishment, no soul energy. Get down now."

As everyone was stumped by Izora's judgment, a voice was heard from far away, "teacher, there's no need to do that. The attack wouldn't have hit me, anyway."

Izora glanced in at 8 o'clock direction. Gideon was seen standing over a hundred meters away with lightning sparks dancing all over his body. There's no soul energy involved, it's just pure attribute.

The children of heaven like Azzy and Estella could naturally attach the power of attribute to their soul energy attacks, empowering their strength but for the other Arcana Masters, using extracting the power of pure attribute without soul energy or natural energy is like 0.01% percentile.

"It appeared that your master had taught you well." Izora gave praise before lecturing him too, "but, this isn't about you. This is about the principles of friendly sparring. If you intend to support her, you can share the punishment and run 10 laps with her."

"Uhh… is she in a bad mood or something?" Gideon wondered before glancing at Estella who was frowning, not just because she was scolded but also because of Gideon's skill. He immediately let out a smile, "with pleasure."

As Estella and Gideon started running together, Azzy sighed in relief. "He's progressing well. I was worried for nothing."

Of all the people, he was the second person to know about Gideon's attribute skill, the first being Ramiel Crescent. But, still, he was worried about his friend.

Upon watching how he evaded it with ease, Azzy was confident that Gideon would fare better in the upcoming league.