Chapter 6
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The next morning, Alisha was surprised to find that Rainer was awake before she arrived.
"Good morning, Young Master, you're up early today."
"Good morning Alisha, I have stuff to do now and the faster I do it, a lot better."
"Goodbye, Alisha."
"Y-Young Master? I've cooked breakfast"
"I'll eat it later."
After saying goodbye to Alisha who was pouting, Rainer headed to the clan's reunions chamber.
By now all the clan elders would be gathered to talk about the ritual results.
Rainer came into the chamber after he was given permission.
"Good morning Rainer, what brings you here?" Said Zin, the head of the clan.
"I'm sure he's coming to complain about Yren's marriage, these youths can't do anything by themselves."
"Yeah, that girl belongs to the clan and her fate will also be decided by the clan."
One after the other,elders began to reprimand Rainer without even letting him open his mouth.
Furious, he yelled at the elders.
"Shut the f*ck up, you old farts! I'm sick of your bullshit chatter!"
Since yesterday, Rainer felt that his blood would boil easily and it was difficult for him to keep it under control.
"But what's wrong with me? Is it a secondary effect?" Rainer thought as he watched the elders with their mouths open in surprise, after all Rainer had always been like an erudite, a smart and reserved guy, no one imagined that he would offend the elders as if they were nothing.
"How dare you squirt!"
"We should cut out his tongue, so he'll learn to respect his elders! The elders quickly responded with their own threats.
"Quiet, all of you!" Everyone was silent after the shout of the clan head.
"What is the reason for your visit, Rainer?"
"This is the reason, head of the clan." After Rainer finished talking, a shadow slid across the floor high-speed.
"I present to you my spiritual beast,she is a Corrosive Snake."
An elder approached quickly with a sphere of crystal and examined her.
"It's the truth, she' s a 1st Rank Corrosive Snake."
After the examination, the elder announced the results.
"Well, it was impossible that my brother's son would not be able to summon his spiritual beast, even though he' s a 1st rank, a Guardian still being a Guardian."
"Deliver this to the warehouse and you will have your resources just like everyone else." Zin gave Rainer a scroll with the seal from the clan's head on it.
"But Head of the clan, it's a miserable 1st Rank, wouldn't it be a waste of resources if he used it?"
Said an elder who was insulted and wanted to teach Rainer a lesson.
"Doesn't your grandson have a 1st Rank beast too? I seem to remember it's a Horned Beetle, nothing special."
"But..."
"No buts, here we treat Guardians as they deserve.A beast's rank is only informative,master's effort is far more important."
"Even if a beast is a 6th Rank, if his master doesn't bother to cultivate, that beast will be a mere pet."
All the rest of the elders were silent because the head of the clan was absolutely right. A rank only shows the potential and not the strength of a spiritual beast.
"Thank you, Clanhead."
After thanking his uncle, Rainer vanished from the reunions chamber, leaving behind the elders who were still digesting their breakfast and news.
"This clan is rotten to the core.As soon as I gain enough strength I'm getting out of here with Alisha,I don't owe any to the clan." Rainer muttered as he approached to the Clan' s warehouse.
What Rainer didn't know about was that a shadow had been watching him since he left his bedroom.
After he entered the warehouse, Rainer went directly to the counter and handed the scroll his uncle gave him to the receptionist.
"Mmm..."
The middle-aged man kept looking at the scroll with a strange expression on his face.
"Is something wrong?" Rainer couldn't help wondering," Have I got a halo of a protagonist on me? They all wanna mess with me today!"
"It's okay, boy. I was just checking the signature. Everything's fine. Wait here."
Rainer sighed at the thought that he was taking everything too seriously, not everyone has to be against him.
A few moments later, the middle-aged man returned with a wooden box in his hands.
"Here you go, growth herbs for spiritual beasts and spiritual gathering pills to improve your cultivation speed."
He explained the herbs and their uses to Rainer.
"Thank you, sir."
The youth left after expressing his gratitude, but the man did not take his eyes off Rainer's wrist, where a small snake was bound in the form of a bracelet.
"That snake... I feel something strange about it.I must be getting old...."
After returning to his room without further incident, Rainer ate his breakfast while chatting with Alisha and gave her a fake explanation about the origin of Lerna, his spiritual Guardian.
" Amazing, Young Master, I told you, I knew you'd summon your spiritual beast!"
"Hehe, thanks for believing in me Alisha and like I said, don't worry about Yren, I'll come up with something.Trust me."
"Nn! I always trusted in your actions since that day you saved me."
Said Alisha when an angelic smile appeared on her face.
*Thump Thump*
After looking at Alisha's smile in the sunshine, Rainer felt like a child and his first love.
" Dear Lord, I'm actually almost twice her age, even if it's spiritually. I can't let my emotions be reflected in my face. Poker face, poker face..."
However, Rainer couldn't help but blush and get caught by Alisha.
"...?"
"Young master, you didn't fall in love with this big sister, did you?"
"Stop talking nonsense Alisha, it is just that today it's a little warm so you should open the window."
Alisha seemed upset but she still opened the window.
"If Young Master asked me to..." A blush appeared on his cheeks as Alisha thought on Rainer.
"I have other duties to do so I must go now, Young Master!"
"Alright..." Rainer hadn't finished talking when Alisha was already out of sight.
"This chick is quick when she wants to be."
"Well, it's time to cultivate!"After giving Lerna the growth herb and swallowing a spiritual pill, Rainer sat down on his bed and went into a meditative state.
He could feel the energy channels in his body carrying the spiritual energy to his Astral Gate.
"Let's attempt to breakthrough the first stage of cultivation, the Manifestation stage!"
After a whole afternoon of cultivation, Rainer did not make it to the Manifestation stage.
"It's not that simple as the books illustrate."
This was the threshold that put an end to the hopes and dreams of many Guardians.
A small step in their cultivation but a huge improvement in strength.
The first stage of cultivation, the Manifestation stage, awakened the spiritual beast's innate talents from its lineage, a beast could trigger two innate abilities that would be the foundation for future fights.
Of course, their master would also trigger an unique skill that could be useful even in later stages of cultivation if they were lucky!
"Damn it! I just have two months to increase my strength to Yren's level or it'll be the end for Alisha..."
On his way back to his lodgings, Rainer had no choice but listening to some servants talk about Yren, who had already reached the Manifestation stage after the Grand Elder handed him a rare herb that the clan was keeping for exceptional times.
"He just gets further and further away from me...But I can't give up, Alisha is trusting in me as well!
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The next morning, Alisha was surprised to find that Rainer was awake before she arrived.
"Good morning, Young Master, you're up early today."
"Good morning Alisha, I have stuff to do now and the faster I do it, a lot better."
"Goodbye, Alisha."
"Y-Young Master? I've cooked breakfast"
"I'll eat it later."
After saying goodbye to Alisha who was pouting, Rainer headed to the clan's reunions chamber.
By now all the clan elders would be gathered to talk about the ritual results.
Rainer came into the chamber after he was given permission.
"Good morning Rainer, what brings you here?" Said Zin, the head of the clan.
"I'm sure he's coming to complain about Yren's marriage, these youths can't do anything by themselves."
"Yeah, that girl belongs to the clan and her fate will also be decided by the clan."
One after the other,elders began to reprimand Rainer without even letting him open his mouth.
Furious, he yelled at the elders.
"Shut the f*ck up, you old farts! I'm sick of your bullshit chatter!"
Since yesterday, Rainer felt that his blood would boil easily and it was difficult for him to keep it under control.
"But what's wrong with me? Is it a secondary effect?" Rainer thought as he watched the elders with their mouths open in surprise, after all Rainer had always been like an erudite, a smart and reserved guy, no one imagined that he would offend the elders as if they were nothing.
"How dare you squirt!"
"We should cut out his tongue, so he'll learn to respect his elders! The elders quickly responded with their own threats.
"Quiet, all of you!" Everyone was silent after the shout of the clan head.
"What is the reason for your visit, Rainer?"
"This is the reason, head of the clan." After Rainer finished talking, a shadow slid across the floor high-speed.
"I present to you my spiritual beast,she is a Corrosive Snake."
An elder approached quickly with a sphere of crystal and examined her.
"It's the truth, she' s a 1st Rank Corrosive Snake."
After the examination, the elder announced the results.
"Well, it was impossible that my brother's son would not be able to summon his spiritual beast, even though he' s a 1st rank, a Guardian still being a Guardian."
"Deliver this to the warehouse and you will have your resources just like everyone else." Zin gave Rainer a scroll with the seal from the clan's head on it.
"But Head of the clan, it's a miserable 1st Rank, wouldn't it be a waste of resources if he used it?"
Said an elder who was insulted and wanted to teach Rainer a lesson.
"Doesn't your grandson have a 1st Rank beast too? I seem to remember it's a Horned Beetle, nothing special."
"But..."
"No buts, here we treat Guardians as they deserve.A beast's rank is only informative,master's effort is far more important."
"Even if a beast is a 6th Rank, if his master doesn't bother to cultivate, that beast will be a mere pet."
All the rest of the elders were silent because the head of the clan was absolutely right. A rank only shows the potential and not the strength of a spiritual beast.
"Thank you, Clanhead."
After thanking his uncle, Rainer vanished from the reunions chamber, leaving behind the elders who were still digesting their breakfast and news.
"This clan is rotten to the core.As soon as I gain enough strength I'm getting out of here with Alisha,I don't owe any to the clan." Rainer muttered as he approached to the Clan' s warehouse.
What Rainer didn't know about was that a shadow had been watching him since he left his bedroom.
After he entered the warehouse, Rainer went directly to the counter and handed the scroll his uncle gave him to the receptionist.
"Mmm..."
The middle-aged man kept looking at the scroll with a strange expression on his face.
"Is something wrong?" Rainer couldn't help wondering," Have I got a halo of a protagonist on me? They all wanna mess with me today!"
"It's okay, boy. I was just checking the signature. Everything's fine. Wait here."
Rainer sighed at the thought that he was taking everything too seriously, not everyone has to be against him.
A few moments later, the middle-aged man returned with a wooden box in his hands.
"Here you go, growth herbs for spiritual beasts and spiritual gathering pills to improve your cultivation speed."
He explained the herbs and their uses to Rainer.
"Thank you, sir."
The youth left after expressing his gratitude, but the man did not take his eyes off Rainer's wrist, where a small snake was bound in the form of a bracelet.
"That snake... I feel something strange about it.I must be getting old...."
After returning to his room without further incident, Rainer ate his breakfast while chatting with Alisha and gave her a fake explanation about the origin of Lerna, his spiritual Guardian.
" Amazing, Young Master, I told you, I knew you'd summon your spiritual beast!"
"Hehe, thanks for believing in me Alisha and like I said, don't worry about Yren, I'll come up with something.Trust me."
"Nn! I always trusted in your actions since that day you saved me."
Said Alisha when an angelic smile appeared on her face.
*Thump Thump*
After looking at Alisha's smile in the sunshine, Rainer felt like a child and his first love.
" Dear Lord, I'm actually almost twice her age, even if it's spiritually. I can't let my emotions be reflected in my face. Poker face, poker face..."
However, Rainer couldn't help but blush and get caught by Alisha.
"...?"
"Young master, you didn't fall in love with this big sister, did you?"
"Stop talking nonsense Alisha, it is just that today it's a little warm so you should open the window."
Alisha seemed upset but she still opened the window.
"If Young Master asked me to..." A blush appeared on his cheeks as Alisha thought on Rainer.
"I have other duties to do so I must go now, Young Master!"
"Alright..." Rainer hadn't finished talking when Alisha was already out of sight.
"This chick is quick when she wants to be."
"Well, it's time to cultivate!"After giving Lerna the growth herb and swallowing a spiritual pill, Rainer sat down on his bed and went into a meditative state.
He could feel the energy channels in his body carrying the spiritual energy to his Astral Gate.
"Let's attempt to breakthrough the first stage of cultivation, the Manifestation stage!"
After a whole afternoon of cultivation, Rainer did not make it to the Manifestation stage.
"It's not that simple as the books illustrate."
This was the threshold that put an end to the hopes and dreams of many Guardians.
A small step in their cultivation but a huge improvement in strength.
The first stage of cultivation, the Manifestation stage, awakened the spiritual beast's innate talents from its lineage, a beast could trigger two innate abilities that would be the foundation for future fights.
Of course, their master would also trigger an unique skill that could be useful even in later stages of cultivation if they were lucky!
"Damn it! I just have two months to increase my strength to Yren's level or it'll be the end for Alisha..."
On his way back to his lodgings, Rainer had no choice but listening to some servants talk about Yren, who had already reached the Manifestation stage after the Grand Elder handed him a rare herb that the clan was keeping for exceptional times.
"He just gets further and further away from me...But I can't give up, Alisha is trusting in me as well!
The next morning, Alisha was surprised to find that Rainer was awake before she arrived."Good morning, Young Master, you're up early today.""Good morning Alisha, I have stuff to do now and the faster I do it, a lot better.""Goodbye, Alisha.""Y-Young Master? I've cooked breakfast""I'll eat it later."After saying goodbye to Alisha who was pouting, Rainer headed to the clan's reunions chamber.By now all the clan elders would be gathered to talk about the ritual results.Rainer came into the chamber after he was given permission."Good morning Rainer, what brings you here?" Said Zin, the head of the clan."I'm sure he's coming to complain about Yren's marriage, these youths can't do anything by themselves.""Yeah, that girl belongs to the clan and her fate will also be decided by the clan."One after the other,elders began to reprimand Rainer without even letting him open his mouth.Furious, he yelled at the elders."Shut the f*ck up, you old farts! I'm sick of your bullshit chatter!"Since yesterday, Rainer felt that his blood would boil easily and it was difficult for him to keep it under control."But what's wrong with me? Is it a secondary effect?" Rainer thought as he watched the elders with their mouths open in surprise, after all Rainer had always been like an erudite, a smart and reserved guy, no one imagined that he would offend the elders as if they were nothing."How dare you squirt!""We should cut out his tongue, so he'll learn to respect his elders! The elders quickly responded with their own threats."Quiet, all of you!" Everyone was silent after the shout of the clan head."What is the reason for your visit, Rainer?""This is the reason, head of the clan." After Rainer finished talking, a shadow slid across the floor high-speed."I present to you my spiritual beast,she is a Corrosive Snake."An elder approached quickly with a sphere of crystal and examined her."It's the truth, she' s a 1st Rank Corrosive Snake."After the examination, the elder announced the results."Well, it was impossible that my brother's son would not be able to summon his spiritual beast, even though he' s a 1st rank, a Guardian still being a Guardian.""Deliver this to the warehouse and you will have your resources just like everyone else." Zin gave Rainer a scroll with the seal from the clan's head on it."But Head of the clan, it's a miserable 1st Rank, wouldn't it be a waste of resources if he used it?"Said an elder who was insulted and wanted to teach Rainer a lesson."Doesn't your grandson have a 1st Rank beast too? I seem to remember it's a Horned Beetle, nothing special.""But...""No buts, here we treat Guardians as they deserve.A beast's rank is only informative,master's effort is far more important.""Even if a beast is a 6th Rank, if his master doesn't bother to cultivate, that beast will be a mere pet."All the rest of the elders were silent because the head of the clan was absolutely right. A rank only shows the potential and not the strength of a spiritual beast."Thank you, Clanhead."After thanking his uncle, Rainer vanished from the reunions chamber, leaving behind the elders who were still digesting their breakfast and news."This clan is rotten to the core.As soon as I gain enough strength I'm getting out of here with Alisha,I don't owe any to the clan." Rainer muttered as he approached to the Clan' s warehouse.What Rainer didn't know about was that a shadow had been watching him since he left his bedroom.After he entered the warehouse, Rainer went directly to the counter and handed the scroll his uncle gave him to the receptionist."Mmm..."The middle-aged man kept looking at the scroll with a strange expression on his face."Is something wrong?" Rainer couldn't help wondering," Have I got a halo of a protagonist on me? They all wanna mess with me today!""It's okay, boy. I was just checking the signature. Everything's fine. Wait here."Rainer sighed at the thought that he was taking everything too seriously, not everyone has to be against him.A few moments later, the middle-aged man returned with a wooden box in his hands."Here you go, growth herbs for spiritual beasts and spiritual gathering pills to improve your cultivation speed."He explained the herbs and their uses to Rainer."Thank you, sir."The youth left after expressing his gratitude, but the man did not take his eyes off Rainer's wrist, where a small snake was bound in the form of a bracelet."That snake... I feel something strange about it.I must be getting old...."After returning to his room without further incident, Rainer ate his breakfast while chatting with Alisha and gave her a fake explanation about the origin of Lerna, his spiritual Guardian." Amazing, Young Master, I told you, I knew you'd summon your spiritual beast!""Hehe, thanks for believing in me Alisha and like I said, don't worry about Yren, I'll come up with something.Trust me.""Nn! I always trusted in your actions since that day you saved me."Said Alisha when an angelic smile appeared on her face.*Thump Thump*After looking at Alisha's smile in the sunshine, Rainer felt like a child and his first love." Dear Lord, I'm actually almost twice her age, even if it's spiritually. I can't let my emotions be reflected in my face. Poker face, poker face..."However, Rainer couldn't help but blush and get caught by Alisha."...?""Young master, you didn't fall in love with this big sister, did you?""Stop talking nonsense Alisha, it is just that today it's a little warm so you should open the window."Alisha seemed upset but she still opened the window."If Young Master asked me to..." A blush appeared on his cheeks as Alisha thought on Rainer."I have other duties to do so I must go now, Young Master!""Alright..." Rainer hadn't finished talking when Alisha was already out of sight."This chick is quick when she wants to be.""Well, it's time to cultivate!"After giving Lerna the growth herb and swallowing a spiritual pill, Rainer sat down on his bed and went into a meditative state.He could feel the energy channels in his body carrying the spiritual energy to his Astral Gate."Let's attempt to breakthrough the first stage of cultivation, the Manifestation stage!"After a whole afternoon of cultivation, Rainer did not make it to the Manifestation stage."It's not that simple as the books illustrate."This was the threshold that put an end to the hopes and dreams of many Guardians.A small step in their cultivation but a huge improvement in strength.The first stage of cultivation, the Manifestation stage, awakened the spiritual beast's innate talents from its lineage, a beast could trigger two innate abilities that would be the foundation for future fights.Of course, their master would also trigger an unique skill that could be useful even in later stages of cultivation if they were lucky!"Damn it! I just have two months to increase my strength to Yren's level or it'll be the end for Alisha..."On his way back to his lodgings, Rainer had no choice but listening to some servants talk about Yren, who had already reached the Manifestation stage after the Grand Elder handed him a rare herb that the clan was keeping for exceptional times."He just gets further and further away from me...But I can't give up, Alisha is trusting in me as well!
