Chapter 48: Decision
Vice Principal Mei-ling’s eyes were glued on the fulgurating aura value on the pillar that showcased two zeroes glued together with a small ’null’ written at their bottom. As for color, the gemstone pillar had turned white again with no cracks on it.
There was no way to determine Damien’s rank, but the woman knew better than to think the boy was weak. She had seen the way he moved during the game—a kind of power she had last seen during the days his father was a student at Gibforge.
"There can only be two explanations as to why the gemstone can’t read your aura value," she announced, her voice filling the stadium as she addressed the noisy audience.
"One: you’re too weak for the gem to read your aura."
Damien’s body stiffened as the words escaped the woman’s lips. His nightmare had come true. He was officially the weakest ranked student amongst the lot of them all.
As if to cement the bitterness bubbling in his chest, a unified hiss of snickers came from Vestin’s corner. Damien didn’t dare look in their direction. He knew exactly why they were laughing, and if Yong’s words from before were right, he was probably their main target now.
’It just had to happen after I told Ahara I’d take all the risks and pain, didn’t it?’ Damien snorted.
Mei-ling raised her hand at the unharmonious crowd, promptly silencing them as if by some spell.
"However! That can’t be true considering how you tagged out thirty teams alone during the final minute of the game," she added, pointing at the large screen below the phoenix.
The moment she did, a video began to play on it in slow motion. It took Damien a moment to realize that there was recorded evidence of him tagging other teams during the match. Thanks to that, the snickers from Vestin’s house stopped, giving Damien a chance to shine in the pit of darkness he was in at the moment.
"This leads us to my second explanation," Mei continued. "Your aura is still probably getting accustomed to your body, hence the sudden shifts and developments to it at any given point. If that’s the case then the pillar won’t be able to see inside, and naturally, the same applies to the cardinal house appointing gems."