Chapter 162: Training Time For Two Girls

"Well, technically we’re just first-years. But still, both Tiana and I are in the top five among the first-years," Alice answered her mother.

"But you’re not the best, are you? So that makes you a failure, Alice," Daniel naturally didn’t miss the chance to mock his sister.

"Shut up. When the grown-ups are talking, kids shouldn’t butt in," Alice growled.

Daniel didn’t reply. He just grabbed her cheeks and pulled them hard. In response, Alice puffed up her cheeks and growled again.

"Why are you worried about the final exam? With your strength, I’m sure you’ll be fine," he asked. Even though his sister was only ranked F, Daniel had no doubt she was one of the strongest among the F-ranks.

That also applied to Tiana. Even though she seemed timid, she was strong.

"Well, we’re worried because of the two students who currently hold first and second place among the first-years. We’re not sure if we can beat them," Tiana sighed and replied.

"Is it a big power gap? Or are there other factors?"

"There’s not that much of a difference in our abilities. Honestly, I might even be stronger than both of them. But they come from rich families, got the best training since they were kids, and have access to way better resources," Alice sighed too.

"I see," Daniel said quietly and went deep into thought. Of course, he couldn’t just let his sister and Tiana lose.

His mindset didn’t have any particular reason—just the simple fact that one was his sister, and the other was like a sister to him.

But what should he do? Naturally, he had a pretty good idea.

After that, they had breakfast, and Alice and Tiana flopped onto the couch. Today was their rest day, and they planned to laze around all day.

Unfortunately, whether they liked it or not, they had something called a brother.

And there’s no way Daniel would let them slack off.

"Get up and get dressed. We’re going training," Daniel said as he threw a few sets of comfy workout clothes on them.

"Training? Ughh, nooo, today’s our rest day," both Tiana and Alice said at the same time.

"That wasn’t a request. It was an order," Daniel smirked and lifted them into the air with his mana essence.

"Go get dressed. I’ll be waiting outside. Don’t worry—I’ll buy fried chicken for you on the way back."

As expected, just as he thought, Alice’s and Tiana’s eyes lit up at the mention of fried chicken, and they immediately ran to their rooms to get changed.

It didn’t take long for them to head to the parking garage and get in the car. Without wasting any time, Daniel drove toward the Awakened Association.

"Where are we going?" Tiana asked in surprise.

"The Awakened Association," he replied.

The two girls exchanged a glance but didn’t say anything more.

After arriving at the Awakened Association, he took both of them to a training room.

’Now that I think about it… I totally forgot to update my rank info... whatever, I’ll deal with it after I clear the second floor,’ Daniel thought to himself, remembering something.

"Whoa… Bro, how did you even get this place?" Alice shouted in awe as she looked around the training room.

"This is a training room? Like the ones only the top third-year students get access to?" Tiana couldn’t believe this was a real training room.

Training rooms at the Awakened Association were considered rewards and only given to the top three students in the third year.

Of course, it was possible to buy them—but the price was insanely high. She didn’t expect Daniel to actually own one.

"Heh, did you really think I was just some nobody?" Daniel laughed.

"How did you even get this place?" Alice asked curiously.

"It was one of the rewards I got from clearing the Colosseum Dungeon," Daniel replied.

Tiana and Alice nodded. That made sense. After all, that dungeon was extremely important.

"So, what are we doing now?"

"Until your final exam comes around, I’ll be training you here every day. My sisters are not allowed to get anything less than first and second place," Daniel said.

Alice’s eyes lit up. Even though she loved being lazy, she loved getting stronger even more. The stronger she became, the more she could protect her family.

Tiana’s cheeks turned bright red. She didn’t expect Daniel to refer to her as a sister, but hearing that made her feel a warm, sweet feeling inside.

"To train you properly, I need to assess your skills first. Both of you—come at me with full power."

"You sure about this, bro?" Alice asked hesitantly.

"What, you worried I’ll get hurt? You forget how strong I am?"

"Actually, I’m more worried that we’ll get hurt."

"..."

"Don’t worry," Daniel replied with an innocent, harmless smile.

They exchanged a glance and drew their weapons. Alice pulled out a sword, and Tiana summoned a magic staff.

Without hesitation, both of them attacked Daniel at the same time. Tiana launched a ranged fire attack, and Alice charged forward with her sword.

But to their shock, the flames hit Daniel directly and didn’t leave a single mark. As for Alice’s attack? He caught the sword with just two fingers.

"You’re weak."

Then he let go of her sword and gave her space to retreat.

Tiana and Alice no longer held back and started using their best and strongest skills to take him down.

Daniel didn’t move a single step the whole time. He blocked every attack and didn’t counter once. He spent all his time analyzing their skill usage and attack patterns.

This went on for a full hour until both girls collapsed on the ground, panting heavily from exhaustion.

"You’re a monster… how the hell did you not move even an inch after an hour of nonstop attacks?" Alice looked at her brother like she was staring at some kind of beast.

Even if they were F-ranks, it still made no sense. How could her brother not move a single inch?

Was he even human? And what made it even scarier was that Daniel had only become an Awakened a little over a month ago.

"I never thought there’d be someone scarier than Senior David…" Tiana forced a bitter smile.

Senior David, who she just mentioned, was currently the number one third-year in the academy and was known throughout the whole school for his strength.

Even more importantly, he was one of her idols.

But even so, she doubted even Senior David could make Daniel move an inch.

"Enough with the nonsense. It’s time we talked about your skills."

"In one word... trash."