Chapter 27: The Sparkle Before the Storm.
It had been twenty days since my training began. Twenty days since that ridiculous melodramatic disaster involving Seles.
And honestly I can’t praise myself enough for how productive they had been.
I had grown stronger, sharper and more disciplined. The kind that didn’t even need a few seconds to defeat the old me.
But more importantly, I have ascended.
Not spiritually, of course. Let’s not be absurd.
I ascended from being a mere "big brother" to holding the prestigious and undisputed title of bestest big brother to Ru.
Not exactly an achievement you would etch onto a family crest but... it mattered, especially since even my dear older sister Lyra hadn’t managed it yet.
In her defense, she had been stuck at the Academy for the past two years... or so she whined after I bragged about my promotion to bestest big brother.
But that wasn’t even the best part.
No, the best part was that Lyra hadn’t even known about my admission to Noxvalen until a few days ago. Father deliberately kept her in the dark because he didn’t want her to worry about me.
She didn’t appreciate the gesture.
When she finally found out, she called me seven times in a row, left a voice message full of threats and creatively censored profanity.