After calming himself, Ren inserted back the appraisal essence inside the crystal ball
Ren opened his eyes, he found out that everyone was staring at him, which made Ren remember that when one talent is over the limits of a talent measuring tool, the tool will either break or run out of it appraising effect
The theory behind the measurement tools aren't hard to understand, one needs the appraisal essence, any appraiser can create that, then one must insert it on a compatible vessel, and add spells that determines the measurement and how it will show itself, on the case of the crystal ball, it will appear on the form of hallucinations
But the appraisal essence inside the crystal ball wasn't made by a appraiser, it was made by a mage using a mass production methods, it requires a rather common herb which possess hallucinations effects and then refining it and fusing it with a vessel, the appraisal essence can be considered as trash quality, this method highly relies on the hallucinations effect to allow one to peek at his 'true self'
This method was created by a goblin shaman , in the end, it fell in the hands of a newly established humans kingdom, the kingdom used this method to rapidly find talented people and recruit them,
If the ball didn't malfunction, it means the target talent is average, if it did, it means the target is worth grooming
As for what happened to the shaman? he was killed by a knight, that how the method fell in the hands of that kingdom
What Ren did was extracting the appraisal essence and making it come in contact with him, although it's lacking in both quantity and quality, it was enough for an archmage to roughly estimate his talent
After remembering all of this, Ren crippled the Crystal ball structure by sending a faint mana wave, the outer appearance of the ball didn't change though
"Y-you can retract your hand now" The man sitting in front of him said
Ren did as he said
The man coughed twice and said
"So? what did you see?"
'What should i say? i don't want to stand out, but i don't want to be forgotten, Alright! let go with this'
"A world made by yellow flames that burned everything in sight, a turbulent sea, a blizzard, purple lightning everywhere, a rocky mountain, and at the end, everything started distorting" Ren said calmly
'If i am not wrong what i just said means that i have outstanding affinity in regards of the major elements and excellent affinity to ice , in my past life, someone with affinity like this can be considered a bit rare, a kingdom have around a thousand people with a talent like this' Ren thought to himself
The man in front of him wrote something in the paper and said
"You can go back to your home, go out the school using the back door"
"Alright" Ren replied
Ren walked out the hall, he suddenly realised something
'Didn't what i just said means that i far surpassed the limit of the crystal ball? wait, i am supposed to be a normal kid who knows nothing about magic or the like, even if they question me i can simply act as a ignorant person'
Ren got out the school using the back door, then he took the shortest route to his room, in the way, he felt that someone was following him, but he didn't care since there was no killing intent,
The sky was covered by black clouds, it was raining
"Lucky..." Ren muttered in a joking tone, he just arrived at his room and it started raining, if he a minute late he would have received a free shower while wearing his clothes
"Miaw~Miaw~" Suddenly, Ren heard a faint voice coming behind the door, Ren opened the door and checked the source of the voice
It was a little white cat
Ren frowned, he could tell that something isn't right, he picked up the cat and closed the door,
The cat rubbed it head with Ren hand and started purring
Soon, Ren frown became a smile
Ren sighed and said
"We'll start with a bath then I'll get you something to eat"
...
"Miaw~Miaw~" From Ren room, loud cat cries can be heard
"Sigh, i didn't want to get wet but still..."
The cat was very stubborn, he didn't let Ren bath him and kept trying to escape, he even scratched Ren face
Said criminal was purring while being enveloped by a pajama
Ren picked the pajama and the cat, he took them to the cuisine, he opened the refrigerator and took a green apple , he washed it and cut it in tiny pieces, the cat looked at Ren, seemingly waiting for a extravagant dishes
Ren placed the apple pieces on a paper and put it in front of the cat
The cat gaze switched between the apple and the human
The cat looked at Ren like it was looking at a idiot
Ren noticed it human-like look on the cat face, he shrugged and said with a hint of sarcasm in his tone
"Sorry prince, i don't have elven juice to welcome your arrival"
The cat starred at Ren, shock apparent on it face
"How did you find out?" a child voice came from the cat