Chapter 317: Chapter 317. Young sir! please forgive her impudence !
"His name is Kailen Darkhaven. He completed the exams in 6 seconds with a rune skill proficiency of 99 percent."
Boooom!
The moment the words left her mouth, the man didn’t even care about her anymore. He turned into a streak of light, darting out of the room.
"If I let go of this chance to get him on the good side of the Runesmith Association, I won’t blame the higher ups for firing me because of that."
Along the way, several thoughts ran through his mind. How was this possible? This Kailen Darkhaven? Was he not a genius alchemist already?
It was true that there were some profound geniuses who dabbled in more than one secondary carrier. However, this meant that they required more time, years, and dedication to the craft to achieve such a high level of mastery. Forget about mastery—even dedicating yourself to just a single secondary carrier, how many were able to achieve this level of mastery?
Not only did this kid have a purity level in alchemy which was completely unheard of, he also had a rune skill proficiency of 99 percent?
A rune skill proficiency of 99 percent meant that not only would his runes work better and have more potency than the runes of those in the same rank, they would work faster and more efficiently.
A rune with a low rune skill proficiency, on the other hand—compared to one with a high skill proficiency—was less powerful. And if it had an extremely low rune proficiency, it could even cease function during its execution, owing to factors such as inconsistent combination of rune alphabets, poor use of spiritual power, and lack of understanding of the rune one wanted to construct.
This showed how important it was for a rune to have high rune skill proficiency. But had there ever been anyone in the empire with this level of monstrosity before? He was completely certain that never had such a monster appeared in the annals of the empire, or probably even in the other empires before.
Not just the Runesmith Association—the Alchemy Association had found a monster!
The moment he appeared at the location that led to the examination rooms, he saw his little sister standing there with a group of people fawning over her.
’What am I gonna do with this spoilt brat,’ he sighed inwardly.
As for his sister, turning her head slightly to notice his appearance, her eyes sparkled with glee.
’That pervert is yet to come out of the examination room, right? Now that Senior Brother Rin, who is a rank 2 runesmith and a higher up of the Runesmith Association, is here, let’s see how miserable his life will be when he comes out of the room.’
"Senior Brother, there’s this pervert that dared to hold my breasts. Not only did he not apologize, he even went on and on about me being a whore who wanted to seduce him!"
The lady spoke with her spittle flying all over, adding layers of lies to the actual incident in order to make her brother give the fellow that dared to disrespect her more punishment when he came out of the examination room.
The individuals gathered around her could feel a very terrible future awaiting the fellow. After all, Rin was someone who doted on his younger sister Valeria. Thanks to that, she was like an overbearing princess around here.
Before Rin could even say anything, or confirm the truth of the matter, a fellow walked out of the examination hall in calm strides. He was tall, had an athletic figure with a calm demeanor. There was this aura of enigma around him.
Due to the hoodie cap he wore though, no one saw his face completely.
"Senior Brother, that’s the pervert that dared to hold my breasts!"
The moment Rin heard these words, he felt his whole world crumbling down! Was his sister going to ruin his chances of getting in the good graces of this young prodigy? Was she going to ruin his chances of securing the friendship of one of the future hegemons of the empire? Also, was she going to let him lose his only chance of keeping his job or even secure a promotion for spotting this prodigy?
Under the gazes of several onlookers, Rin did something no one would have expected.
Pa!
He sent a reverberating slap his little sister’s way, causing her head to sway sideways and her face to redden and swell like tofu!
Quickly, he walked towards Kailen, who was about to walk past them. He performed a 90-degree bow to Kailen.
"Young sir, forgive her impudence. I failed to discipline my young sister well."
This was an action that caused many to seriously question the identity of the fellow who had been accused of sexual harassment. Why would a higher up and, at the same time, a rank 2 runesmith of the Association not only slap his own sister he doted on so much but apologize to a newbie rank 0 runesmith?
Staring at the scene in utter confusion and humiliation, Valeria was about to retort to her senior brother’s actions when his sharp commanding tone—one that he had never used on her before,resounded through the whole place, directed towards her.
"What are you standing there for! You good-for-nothing, mannerless girl! Quickly, come apologize to Young Sir Kailen Darkhaven!"
The moment those words left his mouth, the whole place erupted into a palpable, suffocating silence.
Kailen Darkhaven!
Who had not heard of his feats before and after he entered the Astral Empire Academy?
"The genius alchemist with a purity level of above 90 percent?" someone whispered.
"A daring and ruthless individual who enslaved and killed prodigies of the Arcane Empowerment Sect in a very ruthless way," another whispered.
"A maniac who offended the Darkhavens and Harkers, played them like a fool during a time they placed a bounty on his head by donning a different appearance in the virtual universe while exchanging casual words with them," another sighed in reverence.
"And more so, he even has the backing of the Alchemy Association and the Long Hai Training Hall!" one added, shocked and thanking his stars he had not offended the fellow.
There were other feats that they could list from even before his appearance in the empire on his home planet. He was standing before them?
As for Valeria, she stood there utterly dumbstruck, a wave of fear, shock, humiliation, and regret encumbering her. Her legs carried her towards her elder brother and Kailen Darkhaven in fear.