On the 3rd floor of The Guild's Test Center, in one of the multitude of rooms for staff and administrators, a petite, middle aged woman is laying her head on top of the desk, a slight dribble of drool hanging off the corner of her mouth.
Her blonde hair tied up in a large bun, wearing a chevron grey suit typical for the staff at the testing center. The logo for the Guild's Administration Department on her left breast pocket. The room and desk itself seem unkempt, as if a gust of wind had gone through, but otherwise relatively clean, with no dust or odours. The clock on her desk indicating the time to be 11:05AM, well into working hours and approaching lunch time.
A constant "ping" is droning on the woman's Matrix Computation Station, waking her up from her daze. Sasha Leirever, one of the 3rd Rank Administration staff in charge of looking over new testees files that have been flagged by the Crystal. She looks up and finds a new notification about a candidate currently being tested, Aser Sholt, with the Crystal processor's evaluation of his results.
"Interesting.", she mumbles, a slight smile curving on her lips. "Let's see what is special about you little boy.", opening up his file and reading through the analysis. As she continues to read, her smile slowly curves higher and higher until she starts laughing out loud.
"Haha! Finally! I'm going to get a huge bonus if I do this right! Such a genius, even the previous 1st grade talent can't hold a candle to this kid! S Rank! What a marvelous S Rank! I need to raise this kid well haha!"
After her sudden jubilant outburst, she starts getting to work verifying the information and identity of the boy, picking up her Communicator Ring and contacting the Guild's Administration Chairman. While on the line, she rummages through her files digging up a registration and scholarship bundle for the First Son's Guild School.
"Hey Sasha, what is it this time?" Sasha hears from the other side of the call.
"Jameson, I just sent you a file for this kid I'm in charge of. He's an S Rank! Yes, I'm not joking, and best of all, he's a Knowledge type! I want a full Gold Standard scholarship for this kid." Sasha replies.
"He's got a clean background, just very common, and if we raise him right he can grow up to be a great asset for the Guild."
"I'm looking at it right now Sasha. You're right, but he's just an unpolished gem at the moment. Are you sure you're not over your head on this one? You meet the kid yet?" Jameson asks quizzically.
"Jameson, believe me, approve the scholarship. From what we detected from his system, he's not just an unpolished gem, but a charcoal that we can make into a diamond." Sasha replied with confidence.
"Hmm, okay, how about this. I can approve the Gold Standard Scholarship for the First Son's Guild School, but I want a clause in there that he needs to take an internal evaluation after his 5 years of compulsory education with The Guild and we will decide where he is suited the most. I also have to set the passing evaluation grade to above A Grade and a minimum rank of Unknown Level 9."
"I think we can do that. I'm still not sure how his Essence Cultivation speed is, so I'll confirm that before giving him the full offer."
"This is the best I can do for you Sasha, I'll send over the documents to your Communicator now, go over them with him and let me know." Jameson replied, hanging up the call.
Thinking of the genius she got her hands on and the Gold Standard Scholarship, Sasha was giddy with excitement as she hurried to prepare the files for Aser.
The Gold Standard Scholarship is only available for 3 individuals in a Guild's local continent every 50 years. There was only one spot left for the current cycle and she was glad to have secured it for a student under her. The Scholarship allows for the rewardee to be eligible for full payment of all board and tuition fees during their 5 years of education, as well as a monthly stipend of 50 Gold Notes. Just to give you an idea, most average household of commoners earn around 10 Gold Notes per annum!
The Scholarship also gives the student the right to access the highest level of classes available for their year at the school, with the First Son's Guild School being ranked within the Top 3 of all Guild Schools in the Southern Seas!
After finally confirming all of Aser's rewards, Sasha tidies up her suit and heads downstairs to meet with her genius, a bounce in her gait as she turns off the lamp, the clock on her desk showing 11:20am.