"Are you mad?! What on earth were you thinking?!"

"I mean, it worked out in the end right?"

"Worked?! How would you know that? The trouble comes after we leave school, dumbass, not while we're here! In here we're safe. Out there, who will want a freak like you to live?"

"You're over reacting, dude.."

"I'm overreacting? When you die, I'll tell your mom it happened because I stopped overreacting, how's that?"

"So you want me dead now?"

"Are you daft? This sovereign isn't playing with you, Lucky! You have to be careful, you know these fuck boys are dying to kill us out there!"

"Yes, which is why we returned here, is it not?"

"So are we expected to just be turtles that never venture out? Because that's what your making us!"

"You guys broke the record too, though?"

"What you have done is not as simple as breaking some batty record. You took a shit all over our recording times, so why even go there?"

"It was pretty good, huh Capp?"

"Lucky!"

"Uh..I mean it was an accident."

Casino Riot was currently seated in his new dorm, a rather spacious townhouse with a courtyard he shared with Bravo and Capital, which Casino didn't know whether it was by accident or design. The house was approximately 213 square meters, which Casino was more than satisfied with. After all, him and Capital's previous dorm was only 51 square meters, the difference in treatment was rather vast.

There were two cultivation rooms, a room dedicated to refinery, a bedroom, and two bathrooms, one on each floor. Casino and all his friends were currently down in the main hall, sitting around a chimney fireplace that had two couches and a table situated in front of it. Antonio and Bravo were seated on either side of one couch, while Margot was seated with flawless posture on the other couch. This was Casino's house, so Margot had changed into a lovely and graceful pink skirt and blouse, and brought fresh tea over.

Currently Capital Blacc was lecturing Casino on the importance of maintaining a low profile, due to the weight of the secrets they possessed. Bravo, Maggie, and Tony were having a separate conversation, as they were all long since used to these two having this exact same conversation whenever Casino got provoked into doing something wild.

"So Lucky became Magus Clear Sky's direct student, and you became Magus Fair-weather's aye? That's so cool, Mags. Maybe dad won't kill us for not coming home last summer once he finds out, yeah? I bet granddad is dancing out his pants right now if he's got the news! We both made it, Mags!" said Bravo Frenzy. He had finished with a near record breaking time, only to be surpassed by each of his friends. How lame.

"This princess naturally made it, what is there that is strange?" replied Margot Frenzy arrogantly with a cold face. She had returned to her default personality the moment she exited classroom 457. She had surpassed Bravo's recorded time, so she no longer placed this so-called big brother in her eyes.

Bravo instantly grew irritated and wore a pained expression on his face, "I have truly doted on you for nothing, brat. Hey, why so quiet Tony?"

"It is nothing.." replied Tony, quietly. This was rather unlike his normal behavior. "Tomorrow we begin advanced class. This one can be said to have become..how do you say? Nervous."

"Magi class.." Casino's eyes sparkled as he plopped down in the seat next to Maggie, whose cold countenance vanished in an instant as she leaned in closer to him. "What do you think it's going to be like? Using magic! Personally, I'm a little more excited about the advanced warrior lessons."

"Only a battle freak like you would think like this," replied Tony with a sneer. "How could the subtle mysterious nature of the aether be so easily understood."

"Whatever. Magic is cool and all, but what could be more important then the strength of your own fist! What I want is the might to tear through any force of this universe with my own two hands! Everything else is superficial," said Casino Riot regally, making sure to speak with vigor and fervor. Margot was visibly enthralled.

"This princess has always believed that one's own strength is the most important," said Maggie in support of Casino's statement. "Grandfather once told me that magic is not to be relied upon. He said true magic is beyond the scope of humans, and can only be obtained at a very advanced realm! That means increasing out realms is still most important! Magic is merely a means of attack and defense! It's a weapon! Just like any other."

Casino nodded in approval at Margot Frenzy's words, as he felt they were quite astute. This made Margot feel delighted and proud inside.

"You two..sigh.." Capital Blacc hopped over the couch and landed on the opposite side of Margot, making her frown. This punk was disturbing her world with Casino again. Capital ignored Margot's glaring gaze and continued with his words, "Can you take this a little more serious? There's a chance that we've been truly blessed with some super secret lucky chance, right? But there's also a chance that this is actually something dangerous! We have to proceed carefully, all right?"

"Captain Capp is correct, my friends. We must seriously train from this day forwards. I, for one, will have no more of the time for the playing!" said Antonio as he stood up proudly. He bowed towards his friends and turned to walk out the door.

Casino and Bravo exchanged a look as strange glints passed through their eyes. Bravo spoke first, "I'll go check on him. Something must have happened, right?"

"All right." replied Casino indifferently. Bravo knew that Lucky never really showed any emotion other then anger and being an asshole, thus he wasn't offended. To him, this was just the way Lucky was.

"Mags, you coming?" asked Bravo Frenzy as he stood to leave.

"No." replied Margot Frenzy instantly, dumbfounding Bravo. Poor Tony, Bravo had a premonition that he suddenly knew what was wrong with his good friend. This little sister of his was clearly 100% team Casino.

"Hey brat, let's clear the air right now!" said Bravo Frenzy suddenly and imperiously. Casino Riot looked up and then rose from his seat to meet Bravo's green eyes fearlessly, in spite of not knowing what the commotion was about. Bravo stared into Casino's big and intense hazel eyes and discovered that they were already at eight level to each other. Not only that, Casino's body now gave off an intimidating aura, just like his younger sister when she broke through to the seventh level a week or so back.

This made Bravo feel a mountain of pressure, as the desire to get stronger grew firmer in his heart. Nonetheless he still stood his ground, "What are your intentions being so close to my sister?! Tell me straight up, now!"

"My intentions?" Casino Riot was taken aback. He had never considered such a thing. He realized Margot had romantic interest in him, and he also had amorous feelings towards her, but he had never spared it any extra thought.

"Johnny!" Margot said frantically, catching Casino and Capital totally off guard. Did she just call him Johnny?

"Be quiet!" Bravo Frenzy was starting to feel frustrated. Margot fell completely silent, out of what seemed like a instinctual fear. He felt his blood start moving in a familiar circulation and his eyes became feral and cat-like, and his muscles tightened. His aura had changed and become far more intense. He looked the startled Casino dead in the eyes and said, "You heard it right, I was born John Bravus Frenzy II! My father has forbidden the use of this name until I reach the Mystic Palace realm!"

"Johnny stop! You can't!" screamed Margot Frenzy. Capital Blacc was rather nervous and swept up in the drama of moment. Casino on the other hand was skeptical, and unamused. What reason did Bravo, or Johnny, whoever this guy was believe he could speak to Casino in this manner?

Friend or no friend, Casino wouldn't tolerate being disrespected, sometimes not even under threat of death! Bravo had better watch his words, or he would mind slapping him around a bit.

"You forced me to do this!" spat Bravo at Margot, which shut her up again. She suddenly realized he was right. Bravo locked eyes with Casino and seemed to see his displeasure in them. He lowered his voice to a more polite tone and took a step forward, "We all know that my little sister has a crush on you, Lucky! Don't play with her! If you don't really like her make it known now!"

"Is that seriously what this is about?" asked Casino Riot in irritation. "What if I say I don't?"

Margot Frenzy looked utterly distraught when she heard this, like her soul had flown away. Seeing this, Casino felt a bit guilty, which calmed him down a bit as he was already beginning to get upset.

"If the answer is no, then you need to stay away from her! Tony's a great guy from a good family! Maggie could live a good life with someone like him!" roared Bravo in a low voice.

"Lucky already has a fiancé, you twit!" said Margot with watery eyes, which had also turned feral at some point, her body radiating strong vitality. She spoke slow and deliberate to her older brother, "Furthermore, you are no longer stronger than me, thus you can no longer control my fate! Do I have to spell this out for you, Johnny? I. Do. Not. Want. To. Marry. Any. Of. Your. Dirty. Friends."

"You are a member of my pride, it is my birth right! You! Will! Yield!" shouted Bravo Frenzy aggressively. Margot looked instinctively terrified once more and shrunk while retreating behind Casino like a frightened kitten.

"Enough of this," came Casino's deep voice. Him seeing Margot's reaction and hearing the way Bravo had just spoken to her, caused Casino's blood to boil. Regardless of anything, what he knew right now is that seeing Margot like this had totally pissed him off. "If Margot desires to be mine, she is naturally mine. You have no place to interfere."

"You.." Bravo's eye twitched fiercely and mystic strength begin to rise from his body, causing the air around him to blur a bit. This punk Casino dared to claim that his sister belonged to him if he so allowed it? Did he truly not place their noble status and household in his eyes at all?! This low birth, mediocre brat, with some dog shit lucky chances? Bravo was unable to accept this. In what way was this punk even worthy? He spoke slow with anger dripping off his words, "What did you just say to me, Casino? Do you really think that your some hot shit now that the weakest Magus in the academy is your professor? My family could flatten you and this whole school! Do not test me!"

"Heh," Casino simply sneered at Bravo's words, his bloodline already heating his body and distorting his thoughts. He used his last bit of sanity to warn this current friend of his, "If you dare to threaten me again, I don't mind showing you the way out."

Capital Blacc suddenly stepped in-between them with a stern look on his face, causing them both to pause, before speaking sagely, "You two are really acting like a pair of fuck boys, right now. Aren't we all friends? Maggie likes Casino, so what? Come on Bravo, who was it that helped you when those guys came to beat our ass and take Maggie away? Were you able to do anything? Why don't you take a look in the mirror and ask yourself who is really out of line here?"

"Fuck you, Capp," roared Bravo aggressively, "Your always sucking on Lucky's dick one way or another. Fuck both of you pansy ass punks. You think you two are something special? You think..."

As Bravo's words left his mouth, he suddenly lifted his arms up to guard. Capital Blacc's fist was backed by his mystic true ki as he sent a meteor like punch straight at Bravo's chest! This punch was fiece and carried a momentum that possessed twice his normal strength!

Collapsing Waves Fist!

Thud.

"Tough!" said Casino Riot to himself when he said Bravo eat that punch like a snack. There was clearly no damage, in spite of Bravo only being at the sixth level of the Hardbody realm just like Capital.

Bravo Frenzy, whose bloodline was now circulating fiercely, easily blocked the blow! He then lowered his hands as his mystic ki gathered into his palms and he countered with a forceful palm strike. The palm strike landed square in Capital's chest and sent him crashing into the south wall.

Seeing this, Casino snapped and moved around Bravo as swift as a snake at three times his normal speed!

Surfing Killing Moccasin Style!

Bravo simply couldn't react to Casino's speed since he had just finished his strike, leaving him wide open. Casino swiftly shot out six collapsing waves fists that contained a mystic ki carrying a ferocious might. The sounds of bones breaking were heard and Bravo Frenzy's body buckled at every blow before crashing straight through the wall of the house, and out into the courtyard. Bravo had both an arm and a leg broken and his nose was disfigured. He crawled up to his knees and vomited blood before collapsing again.

"Jo..Bravo!" Margot almost screamed her brother's name as she ran over to him but she realized this commotion had likely drawn attention already and called out his nick name. Once she read his side she chided him but her concern was evident in her gaze, "you big dummy, why did you fight him? You know how he is, you shouldn't have tried to bully me or Capp in front of him like that."

"Pah!" Bravo turned his head and spat, "Fuck..cough..Fuck him. Fucking common blood pansy. Pah, pah! Thinks he special just 'cuz he reached the seventh level. Wait until I level up, I'll kick his lanky ass!"

"Come say it to my face, little kitten," sneered Casino Riot disdainfully, as he helped Capital out of the wrecked furniture. Bravo vomit blood again out frustration and indignation. He had never been beaten this bad! Yet, Lucky had wrecked him, reducing him to this sorry state in no time at all. Not only that, but at that time he was helpless resist!

He secretly felt a little scared when he remembers the speed and force behind those blows, it was terrifying! It was like sparring against one of the family elders! Bravo wasn't stupid, he was aware that Lucky held back, or things would be worse. He, on the other hand, had been attacking with his full strength from the beginning, simply unconcerned with whether or not he hurt someone.

Wasn't the purpose of fighting to hurt?

However, when he compared Lucky's merciful behavior in spite of his own, it left a sour taste in his mouth. He felt defeated on every level.

At the same time, he suddenly felt rather guilty for hitting Capp as well. He couldn't really control his impulses in that state. Bravo seemed to realized finally that he was still too inexperienced.

"Cough, cough. Punk ass, fuck boy," Capital was indignant. If he could control his own bloodline like how these two could, then he would be able to compete with them in that state. Unfortunately, he hadn't yet figured it out.

Margot Frenzy sighed in relief after making sure her brother was okay, and her heart felt warm. Casino hadn't really tried to hurt her brother, injuries like these could be taken care of with a few healing pills, or a low-level heal spells. The school nurse would have him fixed by the morning. For they were nobles, after all.

"Lucky.." Margot walked back into the Casino's dorm and grabbed his arm, and Casino looked down into her feral eyes, which returned to being human and gentle under his gaze, "Lucky, did you mean it?"

Casino Riot and Capital Blacc exchanged a look, and Capital shrugged.

"This.." Casino chose his words carefully. He didn't even understand matters of the heart, or most feelings in general. On top of that he felt it was unfair to Margot to not draw a line between them, in spite of his attraction to her body. After all, he still had a fiancé. "This matter is not so simple, okay? Let's discuss is properly."

"I don't care about you having another wife!" Margot tightened her grip on his arm and stared at him with a pleading look, that made Casino feel like he was he only hope. This made him feel puzzled. What was really going on in their family? Margot took his silence as an opportunity, "My father has four wives, Johnny and me don't even have the same mother. It's okay, I won't get in the way of you and Violet. I just..want to have a place in your heart."

"Well.." Casino Riot was ultimately not a indecisive person. Since the angelic girl wanted to hop into his lap, he would naturally not fight her too hard. "Fine. Just know that while you may be okay with me having other women, I will not feel the same about you and other men. This is selfish of me, but it is my requirement. Also, you will have to first meet my mother."

"Yes, yes, a thousand times yes, I do not want anyone else! In this life, I will be your wife, and your wife only!" said Margot Frenzy passionately as she stared lovingly into his eyes. Casino felt so stressed, but what could he do now? Apparently he had just gotten a second fiancé.

Wait until his mother found out about this one.

Two hours later..

"Lucky, I think..Bravo's family should have reactions worse than his own, right? Aren't you worried?" asked Capital Blacc as they cleaned up in Casino's dorm alone.

"I should be worried?" asked Casino Riot nonchalant.

"Dude..." Capital was exasperrated, but he explained calmly, "It's been pretty hard on Bravo this year, trying to cover things up. If they find out that Maggie went 'abroad' and came back as your mistress, they are sure to murder you!"

"For you, it has been a year, Capp. However, for Maggie it was merely a few weeks back when she confessed to me and I told her to let me consider it. Also, in my heart it was only a few weeks back that I was at the second level of the Hardbody realm, months away from dropping out of school. I had no hope of maintaining my marriage agreement with Violet, nor even maintaining my friendships with you guys, how could I accept her feelings?" said Casino Riot stoically, before his expression became dignified.

"Now, it seems my luck has truly turned around for the better. I no longer abhor the name Lucky. In fact, I think its rather fitting. In my opinion, luck is merely a combination of preparation and opportunity. I was able to ascend to the seventh level of the hardbody realm because I had the right mental training exercise prepared and received an opportunity in the form of the original pressure chamber," Casino suddenly spread his arms open, as if to marvel at his new wingspan, "I was able to defeat Bravo so easily because I took advantage of the previous opportunity to prepare a more solid foundation. I reached the next level under adversity!"

Casino turned back to look at Capital, "Luck builds on top of luck, whether its bad luck due to a lack or preparation, or good luck due to proper preparation. The way to handle our affairs will directly influence what we encounter next. All I can do is take advantage of every opportunity to increase my preparation. So that once a rare opportunity arrives, I can snatch with no worries."

Casino Riot stopped cleaning and walked out the hole in his wall to look at the starry skies above them, "Is dating Maggie not a rare opportunity? Have I not fought for it with my own hands? Am I not now in a position that makes it more feasible to pursue such a woman? Should I yield due to someone claiming their birth is more noble than my own? No! If they say I can not have her, I will make her mine regardless! If they consider me slow, I will simply outpace them! If they consider me a minor character, I will simply outgrow them! If they say I am inferior, I will simply surpass them! Who will stop me then?"

"Yeah.." Capp marveled at the words of his friend. He seemed truly touched. "Hey, what did that Royale kid end up scoring on his assessment?"

"Who cares dude? Some glorious score that no one was around to see," shrugged Casino Riot nonchalant once more.

Capital Blacc seemed to realize in this moment that he had never truly understood this imperious nature of his best friend. This outstanding charisma that seemed to draw him into believing each of his words. His charm was infectious, and made Capital feel inexplicably confident in him, as his previous words left a heavy impact on him that would last through his life.

If they say I can not have her, I will make her mine regardless!

If they consider me slow, I will simply outpace them!

If they consider me a minor character, I will simply outgrow them!

If they say I am inferior, I will simply surpass them!

Who will stop me then?