However, what Erindor did next made something click in their heads ...
Erindor had a vengeful personality... Call him childish or a show off , but that was just how he was... He wanted these people to realise that the young man they looked down on a year ago was the one they were all fawning over right now...
So ..
Szrrrt... He manifested lightning , followed by a flame, then a dark shadowy energy....
As soon as he did that...boommm
" It's him, it's the orphan with the weakest Talent who has three affinities, fire ,lightning and the rare shadow element ..."
" So that's why he asked the assessment lady if she remembered him?... When her face was red I thought she was blushing at his handsomeness ,I didn't know he was actually face slapping her.."
" But how... He was purely an F rank talent holder..."
"He's an anomaly that's how... He's a monsterous genius ... That's the only way to make sense of his situation...otherwise, it's logically impossible."
" That's right... He seemed familiar, but when I considered how handsome this guy looks and how weak and sickly that boy who works as a pizza delivery guy and serves food at the restaurant looked,I could not bring myself to believe it was him.... So it turns out he's the one"...
Chatter....chatter... Chatter...
Erindor glanced at them all with a cold expression,
"Bunch of hypocrites " Erindor mused inwardly, then took his updated card from the embarrassed female guide.
The people would have approached him, however his cold look deterred them from doing so..
Erindor walked out the door only to find a figure who spoke to them at the assembly hall every Friday morning standing behind a black sedan,waiting for him...
"Vice Principal?" Erindor was quite surprised by how the whole situation had turned out .
He expected the academy higher ups to act soon but he didn't expect it to be so soon..
However he had to show them he was no pushover. Inasmuch as the Vice Principal was an S rank awakened , he didn't care. The academy ignored him during all the times when he endured bullying and brushed him off .. But now that he had turned out to be a monstrous genius, they were so thick skinned to suddenly rush to him?..
(A/N... The sign - will be used when someone is thinking something rather than saying it.)
-"I expected as much, but still I'm pissed off . I know this is how the world works , the strength are recognized while the weak are scorned and cast aside... But still, let's ignore her and walk away.. I'm no pushover" Erindor glanced at the vice Principal nonchalantly then proceeded to walk past her like he did not have any business with her...
The vice Principal noticed this then instead of frowning, a smirk revealed itself on her face . -"I like this kid..."
Then she turned to Erindor and shouted "Young man, wait"...
Erindor halted, then turned around ,looking at Aria without sayings word.
She then proceeded to talk " Your future is bright, don't forget to come to me when you need anything... Look, I know you are pissed off about the fact that I ignored you all this while and then when you suddenly did something heavenly defying overnight I've come looking for you.. but this is how the world works.. The strong are noticed and revered, but the weak are cast aside... Call me a hypocrite trying to justify myself , I don't care... I've said my piece , I'll be keeping an eye on you".. With that, the Vice Principal sat in the black sedan and sped off..
-"Well, since she's the only shadow element user in the world apart from me, I suppose she could help me with some skill books.." Erindor hired a cab that took him to the academy .
It turns out that anyone with an S rank talent would not have to pay anything anywhere they went, not food, clothing ,anything that required the use of money was something they did not have to pay for.
All the person had to do was to show their awakened card to the person and that will be all.
This was the privilege given to individuals with S rank talent by the World Government.
*****
"Time to visit the vice principal's office " Erindor walked through the gates of the academy ... This time, the looks he received were more than the previous time... It was actually becoming annoying.
"The F trash talent suddenly becomes an S class talent? Is this some novel or what?"
"It's true... But how is that possible?"
"He's an anomaly that's all... That's how you can explain this ridiculouslessness... If not, how can someone's innate talent change .. it's not possible"
" I suppose I also have to head to the awakening centre to have my talent checked.. maybe mine ha changed too"
"Idiot, stop spouting nonsense "...
This and many other conversations about Erindor had broken out in the academy...
-'It seems the news travelled faster than I expected... That's good.. Now, anyone who will think of trying some nonsense on me in the academy anymore will have to think twice before they act... " Erindor headed towards the vice principal's office after crossing a few more buildings ...
*****
"So you are saying you need a shadow affinity skill book ?" The vice Principal asked...
" Yes , vice Principal ... You said I should come to you for help in case I need any so here I am" Erindor replied.
" I suppose I have a couple here" Right after the vice Principal spoke, she handed Erindor a small ring ...
" I suppose you know what this is this right?"
Erindor nodded " A dimensional storage artifact...Was planning on getting one after school today but ...well this will save some time I guess "
" Anything else?... " The vice Principal asked...
" Not really....Thanks though " Erindor left the office, leaving the vice Principal to her office work..
" I should really take their advise and get a secretary... All this work is killing me" She muttered to herself ....
****
" Since I can't use the time dilation artifact until after a month's time, I suppose I'll have to settle for the training facilities of the school..." Erindor stood before a large story building...
He proceeded to enter , ignoring the glances directed his way and headed to the training facilities...
Before the counter , a young lady was seated and asking students to pay with academy credits before they enter the combat simulation rooms.
" I'm gonna have to ask you to.pay with your academy credits..."
Ignoring her, Erindor handed his awakening card to her -" S... S rank talent... E+ awakened... Triple affinities .. only one person ... I heard the news after all ..." She glanced at Erindor again...
" I apologize young master ... Please kindly head in ..The fact that you have an S rank talent excludes you from needing to pay for anything , even in the academy ." The young lady's behaviour experienced a 360 degree transformation ...
"Young master?...that's cringe ".. Erindor voiced , then shook his head and entered the area of the combat simulation rooms..
*****
Erindor entered one of empty training rooms, then caused a drop of his blood to fall on the ring to establish a connection with his consciousness ..
After that, he proceeded to check the skill books found in the dimensional storage artifact..
He willed one of them to come out, and then it appeared right before him..
In this world , skill books were made of some sort application of worldly natural energy and nanotechnology...
One just had to touch the skill book related to your affinity, drop a drop of blood on it to establish a connection with it and then the skill book will instantly disappear into fragments as the information related to how to use the skills would be transferred into your brain... However , that did not mean that one could use the skill..
The individual would have to sit in a meditative position for a while to assimilate and digest the information that has been suddenly poured into their brain before the knowledge on how to use their skill becomes a part of them. It is only then that they can use the skill .. The time taken for this assimilation to complete is referred to as assimilation time ... The difficulty of the skill and the individual's intelligence would determine the assimilation time..
Some people take even months or years, sitting in the same posture to assimilate a particular skill, whiles some people take a few days, week or even a month... It all depends on the indvidual's intelligence and the difficulty of the skill .. A person with low intelligence may struggle to assimilate a very simple skill , whiles a person with very high intelligence may easily breeze through assimilating a skill with high difficulty ...
It's like in school, some people will sit down struggling to understand something very easy whiles someone will just glance through a very difficult concept and grasp it easily....
The name of the skill book Erindor took out,was Shadow manipulation....