"Heh... seems like Dante finally met his match." Khalifa sneered..

"Huh? Why’s that? Is that girl that powerful?" Cara asked, genuinely curious.

The girls had stepped aside to make room for Dante and his invisible opponent, neither looking like they were interested in even stepping in.

"What? No. I don’t even know the bitch."

"Then why’d you say Dante has met his match?"

"Because he’s fighting a woman and an understandably pretty one too." Khalifa replied in full confidence.

"Huh? Why would Dante fighting a woman mean he’s met his match?" This time it was Melissa that was confused.

"Huh? Why are you guys talking like you don’t know that pervert’s nature? He’ll probably be pulling his punches, trying to not "harm a woman", that’ll be where he finally gets a tough time, cause I don’t think that lady will be pulling any punches, she seems to be from the inner court too."

Both Melissa and Cara exchanged confused looks, they still couldn’t seem to wrap their heads around what Khalifa was trying to get at?

"Why would Dante pull punches because she’s a woman?" Cara had to ask.

"Huh? Because he’s a pervert obviously, always trying to get into women’s skirts.." Khalifa huffed..

"Hmm? I think you’re getting something wrong here." Melissa seemed to finally understand what Khalifa was getting at.

"And what’s that?"

"You think because of the way he acts around us, that Dante would be your ’gentlemanly, I’ll treat women with tender care’ type of person, trying to get them to like him, huh?"

"Isn’t he?"

"Hah!! I wish! That bastard doesn’t have any such discrepancies!" Cara laughed.

"The only reason he’s like this with everyone is probably because you guys are Mel’s friends and you’re pleasant to be around, other than that? Trying to coerce that bastard with your "pretty looks" is just asking to be killed." Cara added, wiping a tear from her eye.

"What do you..."

BOOOOOOMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!

An explosion cut off Khalifa’s next words as the girls hurriedly turned towards the source.

"Damn, to think she’d be that fragile." The eyes of the three girls, Mira, Kaila and Khalifa, widened when they saw the scene before them..

There was Dante, standing tall and unfettered, but the cause of their reactions was the new "accessory" he was currently wearing.

The invisible woman from earlier was currently hanging limply off of his wrist, his fist having punched clean through her midsection, coming out her back.

Blood had pooled around the two, all of it hers.

A constant stream of red flowed out her mouth as her body remained motionless..

"Cara, my love, come help me out here!" Dante called out softly, trying to pull out his fist without sending the girl to the afterlife..

"See? Just asking for death..." Cara laughed as she ran to help her lover..

"Wait, take her card first, she must have a substantial sum, she seemed like the type to have a lot of simps around her.." Dante’s voice drifted over..

"Yea, you’re right, I’ll check.."

"Damn... she’s packed.." Cara’s excited voice followed soon after..

"Hahahaha.. take it all, we’re going to be rich... now get this thing off me, she’s got blood and organs all over me.." Dante laughed before his frustration broke through..

"Well maybe you shouldn’t have punched so hard, what happened to "real men don’t hit women"?

"Hey, these fists of mine are rated E for everyone, besides, I’m a firm believer of gender equality.."

""Hahahahahahaha....""

The two laughed like a group of shameless bandits as they went back to trying to get Dante’s new "bracelet" off his wrist, the only reason she wasn’t already dead being the fact that Dante was actively using his evolved healing skill to prevent such a fate..

While the two were busy robbing an unconscious bleeding woman..

Khalifa, Mira and Kaila were still stunned by the event, they really didn’t believe Dante, the same Dante that was eating them up with his eyes and laughing earlier, could’ve turned a woman into an accessory, they’d honestly believed women would be a weakness, but now? They all exchanged bewildered looks, clearly not so sure anymore...

"Yea, you ladies still have a lot to learn about Dante..hehehe" Melissa laughed as she walked towards Dante and Cara who seemed to be having a significantly difficult time getting the "bracelet" off Dante’s wrist..

"Well, that just made him 10X hotter, I’ll be damned ..." Kaila smirked..

"You shouldn’t be getting ideas from Cara, don’t go thinking up ways to get into that guy’s pants all the time.." Mira sighed, defeated..

"You saw what she wore earlier right? I’m pretty sure we’re way past that point already.." Khalifa scoffed at her pretentious twin..

"I don’t think I want to hear anything about dressing habits from you, you’re the worst of everyone here.."

"HEY!!!"

"Well let’s go join them shall we? They seem to be having a significantly difficult time getting that girl unstuck.." Kaila laughed as she walked towards the group of three..

Mira and Khalifa shrugged, going after her...

...

Instructors’ wing...

"Hey! What’s that?" An instructor passing by the class assignment spot, saw a group of supervisors surrounding one spot, he motioned to his friend as the two made their way over..

"Move away!" They commanded as the gathered crowd parted for them..

"What?"

"What the hell?"

They both exclaimed as their eyes found the source of the commotion..

There, laying on the floor, with its body entirely white, safe for his eyes that had turned pitch black, with a terrified expression on its face, was a motionless figure...

"Is that.. Bal’Phor?" One of the instructors recognized the body from the curved horns on its head, sure, there were a plethora of instructors with horns in the academy, but that specific curve of the horns could only belong to one person, afterall he was quite familiar with the guy..

"Why’s he like that? What did he do to anger that crazy woman??" His friend couldn’t believe his eyes.

"I don’t know, I don’t think they had any altercations recently for her to do.... Well, this." The first one pointed at the white body.

They both seemed to have an idea of who could’ve done it..

"Wait! Weren’t they butting heads over that new student a few days ago? What was his name again?"

"Which one?"

"The arrogant one, you know, the one that fell from the sky?"

"Ahh, you mean that Dante fellow? Yea, I remember they both had differing opinions on the guy, but that shouldn’t have warranted such a reaction from her right? And why now? If she was upset she’d have made a move then." the first instructor still wasn’t convinced..

"It’s that woman, who knows what goes on in that crazy head of hers? Let’s just hope that young man hasn’t caught her eyes or fancy, cause she seemed pretty smitten that time." The second instructor smirked..

"Heh... poor guy, well, that has nothing to do with us anyways, let’s get this guy to a healer, wouldn’t want him dying on us.."

"Hey, wasn’t he supposed to have a class with the new students today? One about the explanations of arts and how to use them?"

"Yea, he was."

"Well I guess not anymore he doesn’t."

"He’ll be so pissed when he wakes up."

"Yea, but what can he do about it?"

They both looked at each other and smiled.

""NOTHING!!""

""HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!""

Their laughter trailed behind them as they left with the motionless body in towe...

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A/N: damn, Dante didn’t have to do a lady like that..

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