Chapter 8: Factions
Hajime and Kajikari sat crossed legged together cultivating, they used the Daoist method of cultivating, this method helped t speed up the efficiency of cultivating however whether or not this was an effective cultivation method depended on the bond between the two people suddenly they both felt a rumbling in their cultivation at the same time and their souls shattered and reformed
"Stage one Killjoy realm"
"Stage nine dark realm"
Hajime sighed "Breaking through really is harder than ranking up, you jumped five stages and i only jumped one"
"But the killjoy realm, this means you won't be allowed into the ranking tournament, only people below the final realm are allowed"
"That's fair" Carmilla walked over, "President Gwen asked me to come to get you"
"We're on our way"
A short walk later and Hajime and Kajikari were sitting in the student lounge as they looked around at everyone and for the first time Hajime truly took notice of everyone's features
Gwen had sun-kissed skin, short wavy platinum blonde hair, and blue eyes.
Kalista had pale skin, long wavy black hair that stopped at her hips and violet eyes.
Ash had tan skin, long straight brown hair, and brown eyes.
Rin had pale skin, short straight black hair, and black eyes.
Ace had tan skin, short wavy black hair, and black eyes.
Ace sat in a large bean bag chair, Gween was standing beside some strange people, Kalista sat in the back on a computer table, Rin Polished his katana as he sat crossed legged on the floor, Ash was busy hitting a punching bag, one was already knocked off the chain, Kajikari leaned against a wall as Hajime sat on top of one of the walls that didn't go up to the roof as he drank a soda
"So why'd you call us here President?" Hajime asked curiously
"Please just call me Gwen, it feels wrong making someone like you call me president" her smile was so genuine and kind that Hajime felt that he had no choice but to comply with her wish
This stunned all of the strange people that she stood with, they all knew of Gwen's talent and status
which made them wonder why she would be so informal with this man
"I'll keep this short and sweet, today is the day where you will all choose a faction to join from the factions that wish to make you a member"
"Hehe, which is the strongest faction here" Ace asked
"That would be us" a middle-aged woman with stunning and mature beauty stepped out
"I'll make it simple, I'm joining me and you're honored to have me babe, maybe I can even teach you a few tricks later" and he winked, this caused the woman to feel incredibly disgusted towards to Ace
"aargh" Ace cried out as he fell to the floor, Hajime had thrown a metal knife into his shoulder "WHAT THE FUCK HAJIME!" Ace yelled out as he looked at Hajime, to his surprise everyone was laughing
"Have you no respect Ace? This woman is clearly someone of far greater status and power than you and that deserves respect, she is also older and you should know already to respect your elders on top of that, the way you spoke to her is no way to speak to a lady"
Ace was speechless, once again he had been humiliated by Hajime and lacked the power to stand up to him. Seeing this display warmed the woman's heart as she felt sincere gratitude towards to boy, had she disciplined Ace herself it would be seen as cruel due to the vast difference in status
The old woman nodded her head towards Hajime, indicating her respect for the young man before speaking "In any case, it is not that easy to join a faction, we need to hair your cultivation levels and see your familiars
After everyone had done this they were all speechless to find that Kajikari had jumped five levels and Hajime had broken through to the next realm, wat stunned the strangers was Kajikari and Hajime's stages, they were especially shocked to find that Hajime was a stage, one KillJoy.
"President Gwen, who are these two exceptionally talented students in front of us today? surely they have strong backgrounds" an old man asked
"That is Prince Hajime valentine and his girlfriend Kajikari Kyoto, Hajime is the adopted child of the King and Queen and is next in line for the throne, adopted from a small run-down orphanage in the outskirts whereas Kajikari doesn't have much of a strong background, she hails from a rather poor family with no clan or geniuses, she got into this school because her mother is a professor here and has since proven herself to be quite the genius, the first in her family I'd say"
Hearing this stunned them to silence once more, to achieve feats like this without help was incredibly difficult.
"I noticed you didn't say your cultivation level" one of the elders pointed to Carmilla
"If I'm not a contender for joining a faction, then what use is that?" She calmly spoke
"And why are you here if you're not a contender" The woman that Hajime had defended spoke up
"I'm not technically alive anymore by your definition of life, I died thousands of years ago and came back as his familiar" she pointed to Hajime as she said this
"I see, well since we were going to do the familiar's next I suppose we should start with you, please introduce yourself" an old man spoke
"Guess" she replied
"You look like a rank five, you're human so you surely can't be that high but you clearly radiate an enviable intelligence so you can't be to low," The man said in a tone that conveyed his superiority
Hajime laughed loudly and almost fell over
"What's so funny young man?" The man asked
"What's funny, elder is that you truly are arrogant, I just antagonized Ace for disrespecting an elder yet you have just lost my respect, insulting my familiar like that on the bases that you deem yourself superior"
Hajime calmly stood up, disregarding the elder's presence as his voice rang out coldly, he walked to Carmilla's side and stood next to her, the pair standing together looked almost like a couple, Carmilla was incredibly beautiful and Hajime was immensely handsome, coupled with the vibes of power that radiated off of them, they seemed like they had been sent from the heavens or the pits of hell
"This is Carmilla, the mother of magic, a rank 1, immortal type familiar"
Hajime's voice rang out and sliced through the elders once great field of arrogance.
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