Shhh, don't scream. {D.E.S.18}

"May I have this dance princess? It's going to be fun dancing with a handsome boy such as myself* Henry offered.

"No thank you. You're not worthy of me, a filthy thief like you should gravel before me."

Emma said with a disgusted look on her face and immediately sprinted towards Henry.

"Huh? Thief? Me? " Henry questioned confused

~Fwoom~

Her speed of acceleration tore out some flower petals.

Running and stomping on the flowers, she closed the gap between them within seconds.

"Don't you dare act ignorant you thief! " she yelled.

"Heh,"

Henry smirked as the princess threw a horizontal kick aiming for his head.

"That's not a nice way to start dancing princess "

~Swish~

The air whistled as Henry ducked and dodged the attack, before leaping back.

Emma was surprised at his reaction speed and saw the wild grin on his face.

"That's one," Henry said.

"Huh?" Emma looked confused.

"Nothing to bother yourself about, princess, it's just a bet I made with a friend.

You see, I have to dodge your attacks ten times to make him my slave, would you mind going easy on me on those first ten attacks?"

"Not in your dreams you lout!"

*****Meanwhile in the martial arts class******

"Woah! Did you see how fast she was?! Henry doesn't stand a chance." A student exclaimed

"Yeah, he doesn't!"

"But he dodged right on time, his reaction speed is quite impressive"

"Nah, that was just a fluke, I'm sure he won't be able to dodge her next attack."

"I'm sure Emma has more tricks up her sleeve"

"She's from Lucian's family after all"

"Henry just provoked her, he's dead for sure."

"I-I think I'm in Love"

"Pfft, She's way out of your league, you better stop dreaming and watch how Henry's butt will get handed to him."

"Hahahaha!" The class laughed.

The class shattered, most were impressed by the speed of Emma while some were just hung up on how Henry was going to lose.

"Say class, how sure are you that Emma's going to win?"

Gideon who was sitting at the back, quietly, asked the class with an expressionless gaze.

Everyone turned to face him including the silent Priscilla who was simply watching the fight and ignoring the class and the teacher

"Huh? What do you mean? Are you blind or something?

That's Emma LUCIAN, she's from the LUCIAN family, one of the best martial arts families, compared to a lowlife nobody, she's not even gonna break a sweat"

A short-haired sturdy boy said he has orange-colored hair.

He is average in height and was fat, I mean... super fat.

His name is Troy Marvel.

In this parallel world, he doesn't get bullied as the fat guy, rather he bullies.

Why?

Because he's from a family of popular martial arts, they call their technique "Forceful Clash"

It's a process whereby they position their shoulder facing the opponent and run towards their opponent to clash their shoulder against their opponents.

This attack is almost unavoidable for those with a slow reaction speed.

If you don't move out of the way, then it's the hospital for you bro

There are no more than ten people who survived this attack and still have their rib cage intact.

"So? I know that already you dim wit, you fail to see the truth of this situation" Henry said.

"Hoh? That's rich coming from the guy with no marks at all. Or are you trying to pick a fight with me?"

Troy said Mockingly while most of the class students burst into laughter.

"Nah, fighting you will be a waste of my time, how about we make a bet?"

"Heh, I like you kid and I would love to see you break," Troy said while smirking.

"I bet 'two million' on Henry," Gideon said

"How about we raise the stakes to 'two-point five million', what do you say," Troy said intimidatingly

"Great, let's do this," Gideon said with a grin

As per the agreement they involved the teacher who agreed to their bet.

They both took out their credit cards and sent the money to the teacher, and the winner would get it all.

*With this I will have nothing to lose, if Henry loses I'll gain him as my poppet, but if he wins I'll gain 2.5 million.

That's a good way to multiply my money, because; that is my last cash.

So what will it be? Poppet or Money?* Gideon thought with a smile.

Meanwhile, Priscilla kept looking at him as if studying him, She stared at him for some minutes before looking away

********Back at the training hall********

~Swish~

~Swish~

~Swish~

"Oh come on princess, no need to be so aggressive, I'm just trying to make a deal with you."

Henry said while continuously dodging Emma's punches and kicks.

~Swish~

She threw another punch

~Puff~

Henry caught her fist with his palm. The surprised Emma jumped back.

~Huff, Huff~ Emma breathed roughly.

*What's with this dude, it's like he can predict my movements, is he reading my movements? No, no way, he can't be that good.*

"Let's see, I dodged 1... 2...3, ok, I think that's the fourth one"

Henry said while counting with his fingers completely ignoring Emma.

*This b*stard! He's ignoring me* Emma thought angrily before launching at him like a rocket.

*If he really can read me, I just need to be unpredictable!* She thought.

She ran to him and threw a punch to his face, but before it could reach him, Henry tried catching her hand with his palm.

*Gotcha!*

Emma then got closer to Henry, changed the trajectory of her hand caught Henry by the wrist, and threw him off her shoulder.

"?!"

*It was a feint?*

Henry was caught off guard

~Thud~

A soft thud was heard as Henry felt the ground hit his back.

The impact was greatly reduced by the flowers there.

Henry immediately reacted as he moved his hand and grabbed the princess's hands.

He was able to fling her to a distance, but Emma backflipped mid-air and regained her footing.

Henry sat up straight and massaged his back a little bit.

"Come on princess, that's kind of a bad habit, throwing your dance partner,"

Henry said while the princess just stared at him, with mixed expressions, but none of them were good.

"Yo Gideon, hope that doesn't count, we both know you were talking about punch and kicks only right?"

Henry said while looking at the camera.

"Yeah, yeah, it doesn't"

Gideon's voice was heard through the speaker in the training hall.

When Henry got his response he stood up and dusted himself of the flower petals.

"Oh well, looks like it's time to get a bit rough princess, just don't scream ok?" Henry said with an evil smirk