Strangers

While Blake looked like she lost her way in life, her mother walked towards her. 

"Do you know why I made you fight him?" She asked Blake.

Blake shook her head. "Did you know I was going to lose?" She asked.

The woman nodded. "He's a Late-Stage 1st Circle Aura Knight." She said. "There wasn't any way you would have posed a threat to him."

Blake was surprised. "That's why I lost so easily. Otherwise I would have-"

"You lost to a 14-year-old kid, Blake. And all I hear are excuses. You are 19 years old and all you amount to is this. The only thing I hear about you is how you just bully people based on your position as my daughter. You don't practice half as much as everyone here and pass your time spending my money. I am ashamed to call you my daughter."

Blake took a step back at the stern tone of her mother. "I..."