The glowing golden light lingering from the sacred blessing ritual slowly dissipated into the high ceilings, leaving the vast stone chamber in complete, heavy silence.
Fifty students stood rooted to the polished marble floor, their muscles buzzing with the fresh, divine energy settling deep into their mana pathways.
Up on the raised wooden platform, Seraphina Colette, the Holy Daughter of Goddess Shiva, lowered her small, delicate hands.
Her bright, translucent blue eyes remained completely locked onto Lynx, sweeping with quiet fascination over his broad shoulders, his dark hair, and his striking heterochromatic eyes.
In her long one hundred and fifty years of life, Seraphina had encountered countless renowned heroes, powerful high ranked Blessed warriors, and arrogant imperial princes.
None of them had ever looked remotely like the young man standing before her.
Lynx possessed an Ethereal beauty that defied normal human comprehension, a physical perfection so absolute that it made him look like a legendary deity standing among mere mortals.
Even wrapped in the plain dark uniform of the academy... only his was dark she noticed... his sheer visual dominance eclipsed every single person in the room.
"Lynx," Seraphina’s sweet, bell like voice echoed softly across the quiet chamber, cutting through the heavy air.
"Step forward and follow me. The rest of you may exit and wait in the main sanctuary with your professors."
Immediate whispers broke out among the kneeling ranks of students.
"Wait, why is she singling out Lynx?" a third year male student muttered in a hushed, envious tone, his fists clenching tightly.
"How did she even knows his name."
"Is there something wrong with his blessing?" another student whispered, leaning in closer.
"Why does he get an exclusive private audience with the Holy Daughter herself?"
Lynx did not bother answering the low chatter. He simply stood up to his full height, rolling his shoulders smoothly, and turned toward the exit path.
The very instant his leather boots clicked against the polished stone floor, the entire crowd of the chosen students fell dead silent.
The sheer, crushing weight of his passive presence washed over the room without him even exerting a single drop of intentional pressure.
He was the undisputed king of their academy in all but title, and everyone present knew it. Male and female students alike instinctively stepped back, clearing a wide, respectful corridor for him.
Ava, Lira, Kira, and Ophelia gathered near the side aisle, watching him walk toward the front.
"Don’t go doing anything reckless inside the sacred church, Lynx," Kira whispered, her deep orange eyes tracking him while a bright crimson flush dusted her cheeks.
Lynx paused for a brief second, glancing back over his shoulder at his girls. A smooth, devastatingly handsome smirk played across his lips, his eyes sparkling with effortless charm. "Relax, girls. I’ve got this completely under control."
Seraphina turned gracefully, her white habit rustling softly as she led Lynx through a heavy, arch shaped wooden door located directly behind the main podium.
She brought him into the restricted private corridors of the central church. A grand, quiet hallway constructed from pure, unblemished white marble, illuminated by floating golden light fixtures.
The air here was pristine, filled with the faint, sweet scent of fresh blossoms and ancient holy incense.
As they walked side by side down the long, echoing corridor, Seraphina found herself repeatedly glancing at Lynx out of the corner of her eye.
At close range, his visual appeal was almost overwhelming. His jawline looked as though it had been carved by master sculptors.
His tall frame radiated effortless physical authority, and his distinct heterochromatic eyes held a magnetic depth that caused an unfamiliar, rapid fluttering in her chest.
Because she had spent her entire existence dedicated to the isolation of the church, surrounded almost exclusively by female nuns and elder priestesses.
She possessed absolute zero experience when it came to men. She had never been close to a man, had never held hands with one, and had certainly never talked to anyone who looked or acted like Lynx.
She has seen many men, Blessed, Normal, Non Human, Powerful, but non has the passive presence of Lynx even from afar. As she said before, she has spent her entire long life, since she was 16, when she became the holy daughter, dedicated to Goddess Shiva.
"So," Lynx broke the quiet ambiance, his deep, velvet smooth voice echoing lightly off the white marble walls.
"Why did you pull me away from the rest, Holy Daughter?"
Seraphina adjusted her white headpiece, trying her absolute best to maintain her calm, sacred demeanor.
"Your aura, Lynx. When I invoked the divine prayer to channel Goddess Shiva’s grace, every other student absorbed the light in measurable quantities." She paused then continue.
"But your body... it felt like an infinite, bottomless abyss. The holy energy vanished into your core without leaving a single trace on the surface."
"Is absorbing divine energy too efficiently a crime?" Lynx teased softly, closing the gap between them by half a step as they walked.
"Or were you just looking for a clever excuse to get me all to yourself?"
Seraphina’s deep blue eyes widened in shock. A bright, burning blush instantly spread across her flawless, fair cheeks.
She stopped dead in her tracks and spun around to face him, her massive chest heaving heavily beneath the conservative folds of her white robes.
"Show some respect, student!" Seraphina stammered, her usual divine composure wavering wildly.
"I am the Holy Daughter of Goddess Shiva! I am a very powerful Blessed as you have noticed. I could strike you down where you stand for speaking to me in such an unholy, casual manner."
Lynx did not back away. Instead, he took another slow step forward, leaning down slightly until his breathtaking face was merely inches away from hers.
His heterochromatic eyes glowed with a dangerous, playfully hypnotic intensity that locked her in place.
"I know you could," Lynx murmured, his deep masculine voice vibrating softly in her ears while his intoxicating, natural scent completely enveloped her senses.
"Your underlying power scale is terrifying. A Transcendent Blessed, Base on your stats, you recently entered the Transcendent Rank. Mastering SSS Rank Soul and Lightning, along with Transcendent Light, Fire, and Wind. You’re an absolute monster hiding behind the face of a young girl, Holy Daughter. But we both know you won’t strike me down. Yet."
Seraphina froze entirely. Her breath hitched in her throat, her lips parting in utter disbelief. Her sparkling blue eyes trembled as she stared into his impossibly handsome face from such close proximity.
’How in the world does he know my exact affinities and stat range?! Not even the senior archbishops of the church know the full, uninhibited extent of my attributes.’ She wondered in fright.
"And besides," Lynx added with a wicked, teasing grin, his eyes casually dropping to take in her amazingly curvy, voluptuous figure hidden beneath the loose, traditional nun attire. "You might be stronger than me today, but I will eventually surpass you. It is only a matter of time."
Seraphina tried desperately to match his intense, unblinking gaze, but the heat burning in her cheeks was so intense that she was forced to look away.
Her heart hammering against her ribs like a trapped bird. "You... you are ridiculously arrogant for an eighteen year old boy."
"I call it accurate confidence," Lynx chuckled smoothly, straightening back up to give her room to breathe.
"You’re far too stunning to be frowning like that, Seraphina. You look barely eighteen, but I know your true age is far higher."
"I am one hundred and fifty years old." she huffed loudly, her delicate hands flustered as she smoothed down her habit.
"You look like a teenager, and you blush like one too," Lynx teased, resuming his slow, casual stroll down the grand corridor.
"Tell me something. Where is the Head of the Church? I expected the Saintess herself to make an appearance during a major national event like this."
Seraphina swallowed hard, taking a deep breath to steady her erratic pulse before catching up to walk beside him again, her mind still reeling from his shameless, flirtatious behavior.
"The Saintess... the Head of our church does not make public appearances unless the entire empire faces a monumental crisis. Only I am permitted to enter her sacred sanctuary at the highest tower of the central cathedral."
"Is that so?" Lynx noted with a thoughtful hum. "Sounds like she keeps herself hidden away quite a bit."
"She guards the foundational core of our empire’s faith," Seraphina explained, attempting to restore a serious tone to her voice.
"She guides the church network from the shadows and possesses divine foresight. She knows far more about the world than you could ever imagine. And Goddess Shiva talks to her directly."
Lynx raised his eyebrow at that "Has she spoken to you?"
"Few times. But yes she has spoken to me."
For the next fifteen minutes, Seraphina led Lynx through the breathtaking interior gardens of the church cathedral, where rare magical flora bloomed under golden light arrays.
Lynx spent the entire time casually asking her detailed questions about church history, all while seamlessly weaving in subtle, flirtatious compliments that left the inexperienced, pure Holy Daughter utterly flustered.
Her heart pounded harder than it ever had in her entire century and a half of existence. By the time they finally looped back toward the grand sanctuary doors, Seraphina was secretly wishing their private stroll didn’t have to end so soon.
"We must return to the main hall," Seraphina said softly, her blue eyes lingering on his face with a soft, undeniable reluctance. "Your professors will be preparing your squad for departure."
"I’ll see you around, Seraphina," Lynx smiled, giving her a smooth, playful wink that caused her face to flush bright red all over again. "Try not to think about me too much while I’m gone."
"In your dreams."
Lynx stepped back into the grand sanctuary hall, effortlessly rejoining his squad. Kira, Ava, Lira, and Ophelia immediately crowded around him, eyeing him up and down to ensure everything was fine.
Lynx offered them a reassuring, confident nod, and the fifty chosen students filed out of the cathedral’s white marble archways, boarding the massive silver transport bus once more.
The moment the transport vehicle departed, heading back to the academy grounds so the students could prepare for their departure to Void Empire.
Seraphina turned on her heel and walked rapidly toward the deepest, most restricted sector of the cathedral.
She passed through dozens of sealed doors, mounted a grand spiraling staircase constructed entirely from pure white crystal, and finally reached the massive golden doors guarding the highest tower.
She placed her hand on the divine seal, pushing the heavy golden doors open, and stepped into the broad, sunlit sanctuary above the clouds.
Seraphina instantly dropped to both knees, bowing her head in profound reverence.
"Mother Saintess."
Sitting upon a floating golden throne in the center of the vast, glowing chamber was a woman of breathtaking, incomprehensible beauty.
She looked like a remarkably stunning, highly mature, full figured version of Seraphina. A true, divine milf with long, cascading golden hair, glowing golden eyes, an extraordinarily massive bust, and a dangerously voluptuous, hourglass figure.
Her passive aura was so vast, deep, and holy that had Lynx been standing in the room, he would have instantly recognized her as a supreme beauty capable of standing on equal ground with the Demon Princess Nyx herself.
This was Saintess Celestia, the absolute Head of the Church of Goddess Shiva.
"Rise, my child," Celestia’s voice resonated like the ringing of sweet silver bells, rich with ancient, soothing power.
Her glowing golden eyes looked down tenderly at her holy daughter. "I felt a very peculiar, impossibly deep presence echoing from the blessing chamber below during your prayer."
Seraphina stood up, her blue eyes meeting her mother’s divine gaze. "Yes, Mother. His name is Lynx. He is the student who has been generating massive shockwaves throughout the entire Aether Empire in recent weeks."
Saintess Celestia nodded slowly, her regal expression remaining serene yet deeply contemplative.
"The Aether Blessed Academy Headmistress contacted me personally regarding this young man not too long ago. He possesses an origin that defies standard mortal categorization."
"He... he is entirely abnormal, Mother,"
Seraphina admitted, a faint, uncontrollable blush rising on her cheeks as Lynx’s shameless, handsome face flashed through her mind.
"He saw through my exact power attributes in a single glance, and his underlying aura felt bottomless. It was almost frightening how composed he remained in my presence."
A breathtaking, gentle smile graced Saintess Celestia’s divine features. "I have already peered into the golden threads of fate, Seraphina. For ten long, humiliating years, our empire has fallen short against the Void Empire in the Supreme Blessed Tournament. But this year... the stars have shifted. We are destined to claim total victory, and it is entirely because of Lynx."
Seraphina blinked in genuine surprise. "You have foreseen his complete victory?"
"I have seen a rising star that will inevitably swallow the heavens," Celestia murmured softly, turning her golden eyes toward the giant stained glass window overlooking the capital. "Watch him closely, Seraphina. His presence will shatter the foundation of this continent."
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