Chapter 179: Secrets

Kalon kept the door open but did not step aside.

Sun stood in the corridor with her hands at her sides, posture straight, expression controlled.

Up close, the post-match fatigue was clearer. The stabilisation mark on her jaw had faded a little, but it was still there.

"I won’t waste your time," she said. "You won. Cleanly. In front of the whole country. My light didn’t work the way I planned, and once your ice skill stripped our support systems, the match was over. You’re the better prodigy in the world..."

Kalon watched her for a second.

Coming from Sun Greatest, that was not a small thing. She had grown up inside Atlas’s shadow, trained as a public prodigy, and spent years being treated as one half of the strongest Year One pair in the country.

Standing in a rival competitor’s doorway and saying she lost cleanly was already more humility than most people at her level ever showed.

Not to mention, she had acknowledged him as the greatest prodigy. This was likely because she had seen herself as the best before, and since he beat her, he would earn that title himself.

Seeing her speak in such a way was very different from the build up to the tournament, where she would constantly attack him online.

He was happy with the change.

"Alright," Kalon said. "Is that all?"

Sun shook her head.

"No. I came to ask you to partner with me."

Kalon stared at her with wide eyes, wondering whether he has heard her incorrectly.

"What?"

"You know... A new duo. Official and unofficial," Sun said. Her voice stayed steady, but there was no softness in it. "You and me. You’re the strongest person in our generation. I’m the best-trained light user in it, and also the most famous in the country. Together, no bracket and no junior circuit would touch us, not even over the seas."

"That would mean dropping Thea," Kalon said immediately.

"Yes."

"And you’d be dropping Moon."

"Yes."

Kalon’s expression hardened.

Sun continued before he could answer.

"We both need to admit what’s obvious. Bluegale is solid for an Academy fighter, but she got caged in the opening exchange and spent half the final unable to contribute. My brother is strong, but his darkness has always been lacking. He is unable to use darkness to his full capabilities like you are. I realised that after our fight. He hasn’t even got the capabilities to use true erasure yet."

The corridor went quiet.

Kalon disliked a lot of things about that sentence. The dismissal of Thea. The casual way Sun talked about discarding her own brother. The assumption that he would jump at the offer because it was efficient.

If she could throw her own brother to the side, that spoke volumes as to what type of woman she was.

"Leave," was all he said.

Sun’s eyes narrowed slightly.

"You’re not even going to consider it?"

"I considered it long enough to know the answer," Kalon replied. "Thea isn’t dead weight. And I’m not interested in a partner who throws her own brother away the same night she loses. Get out."

For a moment Sun looked like she might argue. The pride was still there under the humility. Then she locked it down, gave a short nod, and turned away.

"We will speak again, Kalon." She said.

Kalon did not answer.

As she walked down the corridor, his eyes moved over her without much permission from the rest of him.

Even in a plain jacket and training bottoms, her body was obvious. Long legs. Narrow waist. Full chest under the dark fabric. Plump, well-shaped ass. It was the kind of figure people assumed would belong to a model.

Before she reached the corner, curiosity got the better of him.

He focused on her the same way he had focused on Thea the night before.

The system answered.

「Sun Greatest」

- Seduction Stage One: 8%

「Physical Highlights」

- Large, full breasts with pale nipples

- Narrow waist and long proportioned legs

- Soft, well-kept skin with no combat scarring

- Bright blonde hair, usually immaculate

- Highly responsive inner thighs

- Sensitive lower stomach

「Kinks & Enjoyments」

- Being dominated by stronger men

- Secret encounters

- Oral fixation

- Status-risk sex

「Sexual History」

- Orgasm Count: 86

- Previous Partners: 7

「Unique Information」

- Has slept with multiple ranked fighters for stress relief

- Keeps a private list of partners sorted by strength

- Became aroused during the final after Kalon absorbed her light

- Views relationships as tools unless overwhelmed by force

- Currently frustrated by rejection

Kalon read the screen once and shut it off.

That explained more than her offer had.

He let her leave without calling after her. The corridor emptied. The door closed under his hand, and the room returned to ordinary quiet.

He did not spend long thinking about Sun after that. Her body was one thing. Her mouth calling Thea dead weight was another.

Not only that, but she was a whore.

...

Later that night, Kalon left his room just before midnight and took the internal stairs to the rooftop access above the residential wing.

Thea was already there, dressed in dark, practical clothes with her hair tied back. No academy jacket. No obvious tournament branding. She looked ready.

"You’re nice and early," Kalon said.

"I was so excited that I couldn’t wait." Thea smiled at him. "Where are we going?"

"Venduros."

Her blue eyes sharpened.

"That’s where the girl with purple skin came from, right? Josinia?"

"Yeah. It’s the safest planet I have stable access to," Kalon said. "The resistance knows me. The immediate conflict is under control. And Josinia is there. She’s the closest alien connection I have. If something goes wrong with your first travel, I want us somewhere I already understand well."

Thea nodded once. There was nerves in her posture, but no hesitation.

"So um... What do I do?"

"Just stay close. The system will adapt your body on arrival. First travel feels disorienting. Don’t panic if the air and gravity feel off for a few seconds."

He held out his hand. Thea took it.

Kalon focused on the system, selected Venduros, and linked her to the transfer.

To his suprise, he found that it worked without her needing to be stage 10 seduction...

It seemed that with Platinum Intuition, a human only had to be stage five in order for him to travel with him.

[Initiating Travel Sequence...]

[Adapting both bodies to suit conditions...]

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