Dimensional Descent

Orinik and the others kept their heads lowered the entire time, not wanting to get involved in these matters. They didn't have a mother like Alienor to rely on, so staying low was the best option they had for now. What Orinik didn't expect, though, was that he would be stopped.

"Hold." Ossenna's voice sounded not long after Alienor vanished. "The rest of you can go. You, stay."

Orinik's lowered gaze flashed for a moment as though he was calculating something. He could hear the shuffling feet around him as though the other Ranked disciples vanished one after another, leaving him behind. Though Ganor hesitated for a moment, he ultimately did as he was told and vanished as well.

"Ossenna?"

One of the male Sector Ranked disciples who had followed after her looked toward her with a questioning gaze. There wasn't exactly anything wrong with what Ossenna was doing, but it was definitely a gray zone, especially since he could guess the kind of questions she would ask.

For the sake of maintaining their façade of equality and fairness, the Void Palace took several measures, not the least of which were the rules surrounding the Selection process. Usually, Alienor wouldn't' even be allowed to be an Overseer as she would be biased toward her Sector, but even that potential trouble was mitigated by the True Selection set to take place in three hours.

That said, in order to prevent the spread of rumors, fellow Overseers weren't meant to question the methods of their colleagues either. If no one was asking questions, then there wouldn't be scandals to be found.

This was to say that Ossenna's act in stopping Orinik was most definitely toeing a vague line that she may very well have already crossed. However, she didn't mind her fellow Sector Ranked disciple in the slightest as she asked her question.

don't want to question Lady Alienor's methods, I'm only very curious. They were several months late and they even handed out an Amethyst Token, how could I not be intrigued? This year, there was only one other Amethyst Token

his head remained downward as he knew these words weren't directed at him but were

Amethyst Token given out. While it was true that they were exceptionally rare and only a handful would

only exaggerated for impact. This was a usual approach the envoys took because the criteria for handing out an Amethyst Token were so vague that there would often be geniuses who thought they were greatly

was just the genius alone who acted, but if their family got involved as well, it could lead to a messy situation. So, it was best if they all believed it was

Sectors in the Human Domain and only a handful of Amethyst Tokens would be given out.

That was unheard of!

view, it was a matter of clear nepotism. If not for this, he would have

talent that hardly anyone was worth it or… This generation was so talented that no single person could seem to claim a Sector for themselves. And Orinik had a sneaking suspicion that it

seemed that Leonel would have to suffer for

smile curled his lips as he kept his head

of satisfaction from this. His life in the Void Palace was very hard and he had to scratch and claw for everything.

events of the Selection to

toward him, Orinik didn't hesitate to explain everything he knew. He didn't embellish anything as there was simply no need to.