@Harshonixil bruhhh! You're talking about potential in a situation where "what you know is what you show" and the MC couldn't even show sh**, with the excuse that a teenager is more skilled than him. And what skill can the empires so called swordsmanship family teach a boy and make him more skilled than a man who fought in a war and has multiple near death experiences making his senses and skills more refined, precise and dangerous.. The author just threw whatever conversation he could find in this chapter cause it wasn't even supposed to be said..