chapter 10: Registering

"I'm so jealous of that bastard, how can he have such a cutie like her?" A person clasped his chest as he stared at Kai angrily.

"He's handsome too, so they kind of fit together," another man shrugged.

"But she's more beautiful!"

"They know we can hear them, right?" Mina said to Kai.

"Just let them talk," Kai nodded.

"Your food is here sir and beautiful madam," Antonio announced as he pushed a cart of food and placed them gently on their table.

"Well I have to remove this to eat," Mina sighed and removed the veil from her face.

Antonio, seeing her, almost dropped a plate of food when he saw her face, but he quickly caught it and placed it on their table. After he was done, he left immediately with a flushed face and Mina had a smug look on her face.

"I'm just too beautiful," Mina said shamelessly and dramatically flipped her hair, and Kai laughed.

Mina then picked a spoon of rice with some things inside and placed it into her mouth. "Yum, it's so delicious!" Mina praised as she chewed her food with a flushed face.

"Mina calm down," Kai said, a bit scared that something was wrong with her.

"I haven't had good food like this in a long time," Tears streamed down Mina's cheeks, and Kai was surprised. Mina immediately wiped her tears and chewed her food hurriedly.

"Waiter I'll buy more of this food!" Kai raised his hand and Antonio from afar nodded.

"Kai there's no need to spend so much money!" Mina said, but the surrounding food was almost done, and she began to eye Kai's food with a drooling mouth.

"This amount of money isn't much," Kai shrugged.

'Damn rich folk,' Mina cried inwardly, but she was delighted that she had a rich friend.

"I guess I'll help myself then," Mina continued to devour her food.

"Wow, she's so pretty!" Others in the restaurant gasped in awe.

"I think she eats like a brute," a female voice criticized.

"So what, you're just jealous!" A male voice shot back.

"She's so curvy," another voice praised.

"I think she's fat," another female voice criticized.

"Shut up flatty. If you're jealous, just say so," a male voice defended and the lady gritted her teeth.

"So far she's the most beautiful person I've seen around here," a man with brown skin And lovely orange hair tied in a ponytail giggled as he drank his blue wine with a smile. His slim, beautiful green eyes scanned Mina and Kai.

"More beautiful than the ice beauty Jiaming?" another man asked with a serious expression. He had short brown hair and a pair of lovely black eyes.

"Yes she's way more beautiful, just look at that lady," a slightly mature voice giggled in addition. He was fair-skinned and had parted blue hair and a pair of lovely orange eyes, "She's quite enchanting."

"Then go talk to her, Hyun," the orange-haired guy nudged him on the chest.

"I can't Akito" Hyun shook his head, "Just look at that horrid glare her friend is giving me," Hyun said with a smirk as his orange eyes met with Kai's blue eyes.

"I'm sure it's her fiancé," the brown-haired man grinned.

"Ken is right! It's probably her fiancé," Akito nodded in agreement.

"Bummer, I really want to get to know her," Hyun smiled and turned away as he continued to eat his food.

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"Hmm Kai, won't you eat?" Mina asked, noticing that Kai hasn't been eating his food portions.

"Since I'm a cultivator, I don't really need to eat much," Kai said dryly.

"So what if you're a cultivator, you still need to eat!" Mina pouted, grabbed her chair and moved it next to Kai.

She picked up in fork and stabbed it into a grilled meat and raised it up to Kai, "Here have some meat!"

"Mina this is embarrassing," Kai said shyly.

"Then eat…" Mina said in a low voice.

"Okay," Kai responded and took a bite of the meat. He took another bite until it was all done.

"You see it's delicious?" Mina beamed happily.

"It is…" Kai smiled, "Could you feed me more?" He asked with puppy eyes, and Mina couldn't refuse. Mina fed Kai all of his food until he was satisfied.

"Waiter, please bring the bill!" Kai yelled and Antonio came to their table.

Mina was about to give the waiter her money, but Kai immediately paid with a gold coin and said, "Keep the change as a tip."

"Thank you young master," Antonio bowed respectfully and Mina puffed her cheeks at Kai angrily.

"I told you to let me pay," she huffed as she glared at Kai.

"But you didn't have enough money, and I feel bad since I bought extra food," Kai used his finger to press on Mina's puffed cheeks and the air inside deflated it making the atmosphere warm and fuzzy.

Kai stared at Mina's cute pink lips and immediately turned away, leaving her in confusion.

"When you have enough money, you can pay for food next time," Kai said and Mina's glare calmed down.

She then turned to Antonio and asked, "Hmm Mr. Antonio, is there a way a participant like us can make more money?"

"Yes yes you can make money by fighting in combat competitions," Antonio responded quickly.

"Fighting? Aren't the trials approaching soon?" Mina asked curiously.

"The trials would start in four days, so you have some time."

"Thank you for the information," Mina smiled at Antonio warmly, and he blushed, captivated by her smile. However, before he could look at her again he noticed a dark energy coming from beside him and noted Kai's glare, 'That young man is emitting some scary aura. I better leave.' Antonio thought nervously preparing to leave, but Mina stopped him.

"One last thing, where can I find the combat competitions?" She asked.

"Once you leave here, just turn right and walk straight ahead you'll see a place called Battle Money," Antonio responded.

"Thank you for answering my questions."

"Ah her smile is so beautiful," Antonio mumbled as he walked away happily.

"Shall we go, Kai?" Mina asked, stretching her hand out to Kai and he grabbed it. They both exited the restaurant and headed towards the Battle Money arena.

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"So this is the Battle Money," Mina looked at the large purple building before her in awe. So many people could be seen walking in and out of the building, but Mina noticed that most of those who came out were either injured or had bruises around them.

Kai held her hand as they walked inside to see the place filled with spectators and participants.

Kai spotted a sign that said registration and pointed it for Mina.

"Don't follow me Kai, I would like to do this on my own," Mina stopped him as he tried to follow her.

"I understand, just be careful, alright?" Kai warned Mina and she nodded before leaving.

"Would you like to register to be a participant, young miss?" A muscular, tall man asked with a polite smile.

"Yes I would!" Mina chirped.

"Remember the first start of the fight, everyone must fight each other till it's left with the last ten people standing. You're not allowed to kill anyone. So are you sure a delicate lady like yourself would like to join?" The man asked nervously as he scanned Mina, 'From the way she looks, she doesn't seem like a fighter.'

"I said I would join!" Mina said adamantly, and the big man nodded.

"Understood here's your card number, it's number 4," the man said and handed Mina a black card with the number 4 engraved on it.

Mina took the card and walked through the second entrance, and her eyes widened in shock by what she was witnessing.