2 years ago.
In the center of Silverkeep city, people were crowded watching a little girl sitting ina lotus position with a closed eyes and a concentrated expression on her beautiful face.
Suddenly!!
whoosh!
a brown aura has slowly begun to appear around her, it kept growing stronger and clearer, until it exploded.
BOOM!!
The girl opened her eyes and looked at a certain old man sitting in the VIP seat.
Everyone followed her gaze and looked at him with anticipation.
"Mr hames, could you tell us what kind of ability and what level my daughter had awakened" asked a middle aged man sitting next to him, his eyes were filled with anticipation and pride.
Hames took a deep look at the little girl before saying "Congratulation, Mr sam. It seems your daughter has awakened the level 6 ability (Geokinesis).
"What!!?"
"did he just said a level 6!!!?"
"My god, isn't the strongest ability in the history of this city is level 5"
"Doesn't that mean she has the strongest one now?"
"congratulation, Mr Sam. With your daughter's talent and potential, she will certainly make your family rise in fame and also to my Silverkeep city" said a middle aged man sitting next to Sam with a friendly tone, but everyone could feel the jealousy from his words.
Sam returned to his senses after the shock,as he started laughing out loudly before saying "Hahaha. You praise my daughter too much city lord jay. But what you said is also true, Evelyn will definitely rise to a top expert in the future, and a city like this cannot contain her anymore"
Jay's mouth twitched hearing him talking like this, but he kept a forced smile on his face.
Hames just nodded his head slightly and said "two years from now, make sure to let register on some academy in the capital. She has a high chance in getting accepted"
Sam's smile widened as he said "I'll make sure to do that Mr. Hames"
Hearing all those conversations, Evelyn's eyes brightened. She spotted a young boy and ran at him directly with an excitement expression appeared on her face as she shouted "Casty did you see, my ability is so cool, right?"
Castiel looked at Evelyn with an impressed expression, altough an orphan like him has a meager knowledge about the cultivation, he still know what it means to have a level 6 ability.
he smiled at his friend and said "you are so cool, I wish I have one like you"
Evelyn heard those words and smiled smugly before turning to her father and said "daddy don't you have another (Awakening pill), I wanna give it to castiel and see what ability he will awaken" she with an anticipation expression on her face
Sam sighed internally hearing his daughter saying this. While the (Awakening pill) isn't costly, he still had a problem so he said "No. We can't let Mr Hames wait too much, he was kind enough and accepted my invitation to the party"
"it's okay, Mr Sam, a couple of minutes won't do anything, just let the boy shows us what he got" said Hames, he was just putting an understanding face, in reality he wasn't interested in a small city boy when he can see a lot of great talents in the capital
"alright, if you say so" said Sam, as he took out a pill from his spatial ring.
Evelyn just grabbed the pill and went quickly to Castiel.
"Casty, here take this, you have to eat it, go to the centre, sit on a lotus position and clear your mind so you can awaken your ability" Eve kept giving castiel instructions like a great mentor, she seems to really want him to have a strong ability like her.
Castiel had a nervous look on his face, he noticed that the crowd didn't disperse. It seems that they also got interested in him as Evelyn's friend and wanna see what kind of genius is he.
"Eve I don't think it's a good idea right now" he said, trying to mack an excuse. He really didn't wanna awaken his ability in front of this many people. What if he got a trash ability?, his fame will rise in the city as a trash, be disgusted by everyone and have no rights in a world where power reign above anything else.
"Don't worry Casty, even if you have no ability, you still have me. I'll make sure to protect all the time, just like how you protected me back then" Eve said with firmness.
Some of the who listened to their conversation couldn't help but feel envy, as they thought of a single thing 'Just what did this boy do to turn her like this'.
Hearing those words, Castiel felt warm in his heart as he smiled and said "alright I'll go now".
He took the pill from her hand and went to the center as he sat on a lotus position, he ate the pill and concentrated his mind just like Evelyn has instructed him.
Whoosh!!
A faint glow started to appear around him, radiating with a bright light.
Mr Hames who was looking at him disinterested sighed and said " A white light with this faint glow and this aura. I assume it's level 3 ability (visible radiation manipulation).
Sam nodded his head with an approving look. Altough a level 3 ability is nothing in Hames's eyes it is still something decent in Silverkeep city, he can nurture him and mack him work for his family.
Suddenly!!
Whoosh!! WHOOSH!!!
The sky has darkened and multiple colors started to radiate in the surrounding, as the earth trembled and the sky again turned from dark to golden color!. Everyone thought that this was a sign of a God descending from the heaven.
everyone who saw this scene were trembling with fear, even the expert Mr Hames was no exception!
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In a certain shiny place
An old man was sitting ina lotus position suddenly opened his eyes as a golden flame come of them, he mumbled in deep voice " which powerful expert has set foot in my empire .....Ronald"
a handsome middle aged man appears just as the old man finished his words.
He has a sharp eyes, wearing a red rob decorated with golden flames, and has golden crown on his head head!!
yes!
He is the current empror of xynnar empire.
Ronald XYNNAR!!!!
The empror bowd slightly and said respectfully "father" as a greeting.
The old man nodded his head slightly and said in a deep voice "did you feel it?"
"Yes"
"Don't send anyone"
"...."
"We can't afford offending such an expert"
".....alright"
"good, now you can leave"
fiss!!
the empror has disappeared without another sound
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Castiel's POV:
"Where am I... just where did this darkness comes from" I shouted internally while panic slowly risen onto me.
I remember I took the pill and closed my eyes just as Evelyn's instructed me but after that....
Nothing but darkness around me, I can't feel my body!, I don't even know if my eyes are opened or shut.
I don't wanna die, I still haven't done anything in this world yet!, why is this happening to m~
_DING_
[lucky sovereign system has awakened]
What! What's that!!
_DING_
[The assimilation will be completed when the host turned 14"]
???
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BOOM!
Castiel opened his eyes, the first thing he noticed is all the people looking at him with a weird expressions.
Sam was the first one that comes to his senses as he asked the old man next to him "what's your opinion about all of this?"
Mr Hames was as confused and shocked as the others.
How would he know??
All he saw was a rare phenomenon like a God descending from the heaven, his knee went weak as recalled that moment.
But the most weird thing is the boy.
Before his aura was indicating to that of a level 3, but now his aura was weaker than someone of a level 1!!.
So there was no way to link that phenomenon with him.
It is just a coincidence.
iT MUST be a coincidence.
He cleared his throat and said in a loud voice "this kind of phenomenon is rare to see, and I feel very fortunate to witness it. As for the boy, his aura clearly to that of a level 1 ability and there is no link between them"
"A level 1 ability"
"And here I was thinking he is some kind of genius"
"Hehe it turned out that he is just a piece of trash"
"How dare he associate himself with miss Evelyn, a trash like him isn't worthy to even talk to her"
"What?, you are mistaken" Evelyn shouted at Hames, she didn't wanna believe someone like Castiel has just a level 2 ability.
Hames looked at the little girl in front of him with a cold expressions, he felt like he had been insulted.
Seeing the situation turning bad, Sam hurriedly said "Forgive my daughter's rudeness senior Hames, she is just a little girl".
After that he turned to the crowd and said "Now the awakening ceremony has finished, everyone is invited into the party. Here is the way senior Hames"
Castiel just stood there with daze expression, not even listening to their talk.
Luck!?
Two years!???
"Hey casty, what are you thinking about, are you okay?" Eve asked worriedly. Thinking that he was dejected, she began to consoling him "Don't worry, even if it's just a level 1, it doesn't mean the end of the world, Right!?"
Castiel returned to his senses and said with a smile on his face "Don't worry eve. You are right, there no end of mysteries in this world.
Seeing him like this, she smiled happily. And then, she recalled something and said "wait, we forgot to ask what kind of ability you have"
When Castiel heard this he kept silence for a long time before saying.
"Luck"
"....??"
Luck?!!
is Luck an ability??
She didn't wanna think about it too much as there was a party waiting for her, so she cleared her throat and said "anyway, let's go, we have a party to attend to
Castiel just nodded his head and followed her....
2 years
level 1 ability
it seems his life will gonna be harder from now on.
and now that he left the orphanage, he should find a work.
maybe a restaurant will do.