After they returned to Orca Village, Acma immediately excused himself and walked out the meeting room. There was nobody in the room when they returned, if not, they would surely noticed the awkward situation between Acma and Chief Pai.

After Acma left, Elder Ma gave a deep sigh.

“Brother, you really mess up big this time. Your question earlier really hurt the kid. You can see that from his flat tone”, said Elder Ma.

“It's just a question, I don’t think it was a big issue”, Chief Pai defending himself.

“You’re suspecting his sincerity in helping the village. His help might not be much, but his role in defending the western wall this morning was vital for our survival. What happened if he doesn’t want to teleport the villagers to the safe place?”

“...”

Chief Pai wanted to say something but didn’t. He still think that he didn’t do anything wrong. It’s just a question. He was the chief and he has the right to ask that question. But he also couldn’t dismiss his brother’s word. 

“He is too sensitive”

“He is just a kid after all. You better apologize. It might cool his head down”

“I’ll think about it”

“Don’t take too long. It’s us who need him more than he need us”

“I know. Anyway, lets call all the elders for meeting”

After he walked out the meeting room, Acma was looking for Duo Nan’s squad to take back the weapons he lend them. Those weapons were rare articles, so he wanted to keep it. 

After asking someone their whereabouts, he head toward the training field behind the village. The hunters have started their training regiment to accomplish the tasks from the Beginner Village.

On his way, he was thinking about Chief Pai’s question. He found all the reason why Chief Pai shouldn’t asked that question except one, which has made him depressed. Chief Pai was the Chief of Orca Village so it was acceptable if he asked that question. 

“It wasn’t my intention to claim this village at the first place, so I shouldn’t brooding over it. It’s just a small matter. It’s just a question”, he persuaded himself.

‘HUAARGHH’ ‘HIYAAA’ ‘BOOOOM’

A sound of shouting could be heard from the direction of training field. Looks like everyone was in high spirit. What he couldn’t understand was the sound of explosion. So he hasten his pace.

At training field, what he saw was astonishing. At one side, a group of apprentice knight were practicing their swing from one type to another. Downward, upward, backward, horizontal and diagonal slash. All the slashes were performed beautifully. 

On the other side, a small group of young huntress were facing the rear hill holding a wand. Acma guessed that this group was the reason of explosion and he was right.

‘BOOOM’

Another explosion. 

“Sister Zi Yi, you’re awesome. Your Fireball explosion was much stronger than ours”

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“Not only you’re beautiful, you’re also the strongest among us. Aaaahhhh, I want to be like Sister Zi Yi”

Several young huntress were crowding over Zi Yi, who were just unleashed a crimson fireball as big as an toddler’s head.

“Come on, don’t overpraise me like that. I just comprehend the skill a bit more than you all”, Zi Yi gave a faint smile and trying to refute their praise.

“Kyaaa... Sister Zi Yi so humble”

“What make these huntress behave like this? I don’t understand them”, thought Acma while shaking their head slowly.

Acma was dumbstrucked watching the sceneries in front of him that was totally betrayed his imagination. The huntress in his imagination was someone cold and refine, not the one who goes kyaa kyaa over something so insignificant like a fireball. At least they should follow the temperament of their Sister Zi Yi. 

What Acma didn’t know was the fact that in Orca Village, hunter and huntress never trained together and after two shocking battle, only now they could take a breather. That’s why they acted a bit out of norm.

“Okay okay, enough. Now your turn. Quick”, said Zi Yi, shooing her admirer. When she turned her head over, she noticed Acma was staring at their direction. She called out for him.

“You’re Acma, right? It’s rude to stare. Come here”, Zi Yi raised her melodious and enchanting voice.

“....”

The training ground suddenly turned silent. All eyes were on Acma who were walking toward Zi Yi.

“Hey kid, come here right now and swing a sword like a man”, shouted one of the hunter who were nearest to the huntress group.

“Shut up you sweaty old man. How dare you shout at Sis Zi Yi’s guest. Eat this, FIREBALL!!!”

“Yan Zi you bitch. Aaaaah... hot hot hot”, the man scampered away after been bombarded by a fireball.

“You mischievous girl, don’t be so naughty”, said Zi Yi

“Theehehe... Okay Sister... and you, don’t try anything funny or I’ll blow you up”, Yan Zi who were not much older than Acma gave a sharp stare at Acma.

“Okay sis Yan, I won’t. I just want to ask some question”, replied Acma. He look at Zi Yi and asked,

“I heard you said, you comprehend the skill faster than the rest. May I know how do you do that?”

“Tsk.. You can’t even think about that? Sister Zi Yi is smart, of course she can comprehend better. Hmmmmph”

Zi Yi put her hand around Yan Zi’s neck, squeezed it a little and said, “Please don’t mind this girl. I’m not really sure how, I just unleashed the fireball repeatedly when suddenly I got a notification that my spell mastery has increased a level”

“Just like that?”

“Just like that”, she admitted.

“Interesting. They started training together but Sister Zi Yi increased her mastery level faster than anyone else. Maybe it’s due to INT differences. Lets find out”, thought Acma while stroking his chin. 

“Sister, how much is your INT compare to the others?” 

“Mine was 138, Yan Zi was 98 but I’m not sure about others”

“That’s it. That’s why Sister Zi Yi increase your level faster than the others”, Acma’s eyes were elated.

“Oh, I see”, said Zi Yi while her hand covering her slightly opened mouth.

“This is really great. My INT is much higher, I surely can master all my spells fast”, he thought.

“Thank you, Sister Zi Yi. I’m going to train right now. See you later”, said Acma and then turning his body around.

“Hey, pay for the information!”, shouted Yan Zi.

“Oh. Here, take this”, Acma hastily grabbed Zi Yi’s hand and put several bottles of mana potion into it.

"YOU!!! How Dare You!! FIREBALL!!!”

“Opppssss... I’m sorry”. Acma successfully evaded several fireballs while running away from training field.

“It’s not like I’ll get pregnant. Here, take your information fees”, Zi Yi pushed the mana potions into Yan Zi’s hand.

“Buuuut, he sully your hand. Huhuhu”

Zi Yi just smiled faintly and look at the direction Acma ran away. 

Acma was running in the direction of Chief Pai’s house. He totally forgot the reason he went to the training field. He also totally forgot about his disappointment toward Chief Pai. What he was thinking right now was to get into his room and teleport to Realm of Void as soon as possible. Acma was lightning fast until his image blurred. He even ignored several greetings. Before long, Chief Pai’s house already on his sight. He could see Auntie Pai playing with Mei Mei in front of the house. But just right before he reached the house,

“Hey kid, can we talk?”

He recognized the voice so he halted his steps.

“...”

He turned his head toward the voice.

“Sure, Uncle Pai”