"Interesting spectacle," Kassian began once they were alone in the room. His tone was soft, almost casual, which made it all the more threatening. "Especially the part where a little girl brought you to your knees. Father will be... fascinated when I tell him."
Klein clenched his fists, the bruises from the battle still fresh. "It was just a friendly tournament. In the finals…"
"In the finals there will be no excuses," Kassian cut him off. "You better have followed the cultivation method to the letter and reached bronze rank 1 by then. You and your... companions."
The word 'companions' dripped with contempt from his lips.
"Astor and Feng will also reach bronze 1," Klein assured quickly. "We've been cultivating according to the traditional method and…"