117 A talk with the Chairman

[Later]

Class ended, and Xiao Qiangwei was walking towards his changing room while talking to Moroha, until they were blocked from the Chairman.

Xiao Qiangwei: You go, Moroha, I'll join you soon.

Moroha nodded with a serious face and walked away, when he was away enough, the chairman started to talk.

Chairman: That wasn't particularly admirable in class earlier. If you're a saviour, you should hold your head high and take your training more seriously. That kind of performance in front of Sir Edward will be an issue, you know?

Xiao Qiangwei: Do you really expect me to take something like that seriously?

Chairman: ...Good point… Well, I didn't want to lecture you, but I wanted to invite you to my home. Do you have time today?

Xiao Qiangwei already knew that the Chairman was planning something, and decided to play with him, he wanted to know what he would do to finish successfully his plans, he smiled and said.

Xiao Qiangwei: Very well, I'll accept, just give me the time and address, and I'll come there right away.

The chairman smiled and said.

Chairman: Fantastic! Then we can leave right now, do you mind?

Xiao Qiangwei: Just let me advise someone…

He took out his phone and called Moroha, while he used his mana to create some ice sculptures of himself in miniature, then they separated each other and rushed with an inpercetible speed towards the other people, without the chairman noticing, and advised them of what was happening, Maya included.

Then he took back his phone on his pocket after finishing talking with Moroha and turned to the Chairman.

Xiao Qiangwei: We can go now…

Chairman: Nn, then follow me, I have a car parked nearby.

Xiao Qiangwei nodded and followed him in the car.

[Later]

Xiao Qiangwei was dressed in a tuxedo, and was inside a changing room, floating beside him was a mirror created from his ice phoenix's ice, and it was reflecting Kuro Usagi, Krul and Stella's faces.

Since he was incredibly near the Pseudo-True God stage he should be, it would be a shame if he didn't have any technique to communicate with other people.

Stella: You look really good in a tuxedo...

Krul and Kuro Usagi nodded in confirmation, and then Xiao Qiangwei said.

Xiao Qiangwei: Well, it seems that I don't have much time, bye girls.

Krul/Stella/Kuro Usagi: Bye Wei.

Then the mirrors shattered and evaporated, then someone knocked the door.

Xiao Qiangwei: It's open.

A servant came and said.

Servant: I was asked to take you to the hall.

Xiao Qiangwei nodded and followed the servant to the main hall, where he found Shizuno with a bit worried face and the smiling chairman.

Chairman: Welcome to my mansion, Xiao Qiangwei, I hope you appreciated our home.

Xiao Qiangwei: Yes, the decorations are well positioned, and the mansion is really clean, it's a really good place.

Chairman: Thank you, I didn't took you for someone who knew about these things.

Xiao Qiangwei: Well, at first glance, it would seem so, but there are many things I know.

The chairman smiled and then presented his sister.

Chairman: Maybe you two know each other, she is my sister, Urushibara Shizuno.

Xiao Qiangwei: Yes, we met each other at the first day of school, together with her friends.

Chairman: Oh? She made some friends then...

Shizuno: Yes, with Haimura, Ranjou, Tepes, Vermillion and Chiyome(Kuro Usagi).

Chairman: Nn, I'm glad...Well, Xiao, please take a seat and eat with us.

Xiao Qiangwei nodded and took a seat in front of Shizuno and near the Chairman, then he started to eat with them while they talked about things. Some time later, he finished eating.

Xiao Qiangwei: It was really delicious, now, I would like to ask why I was invited...

Chairman: Yes, now we go to the main point. I'm sure you know that all Saviours are divided by rank within the White Knight Order, correct? Then, perhaps you know that it is no exaggeration to say that the rank is a sign of an actual higher position?

Xiao Qiangwei: Yes, from D to S...

Chairman: Nn, I will give you a detailed description about them... The majority of the school were rank D, with the meaning of 'Disciple'.

Upon formal entry to the White Knight Order, or when the entry was approved, they'd become rank C, or 'Common'. This was also one of the requirements to enter the Strikers.

Saviours that excelled after coming to maturity would be rank B, or 'Breaker'. All the teachers at Akane Academy were this rank.

As proof of reaching a peerless height, there was rank A, or 'Ace'. The principal and some people fell under this rank. The fact that both of them, two of very few rank A Saviours within Japan were currently attached to the Academy showed how highly the Japanese branch valued it.

And above that, is rank S, or 'Special', which are only 6 in this world.

Xiao, do you know the one and simple condition to become a rank S?

Xiao Qiangwei: No, I don't, please enlighten me.

Chairman: It is being able to defeat a metaphysical that would be unbeatable one-on-one on their own... And you have the capabilities to do so.

Xiao Qiangwei: Thanks for the compliment, but I don't think that I should jump that much in the ranks.

Chairman: It's ok, thanks to your control and your amount of Prana, I can assure you that you will easily be the strongest.

Shizuno was surprised from what they were talking about, she didn't knew that his brother was aiming to make one of her friends a S class Savior, then she looked at Xiao Qiangwei with a worried expression, but she seen his relaxed face.

Xiao Qiangwei: I appreciate for the Chairman's enthusiasm, but I don't want to be recognized as a S class Savior.

Shizuno sighed in relief while the Chairman was surprised.

Chairman: You can be the number 1 in the entire world, don't you want that?

Xiao Qiangwei: No, because I already recognize myself as the number 1, I don't need other people to know it, and it would be annoying too, sorry if I disappointed you.

Chairman: *Sigh* Then I can't do nothing... Well, I will leave you two here, I hope you can be more friendly than before.

Then the chairman got up from his seat and left, leaving Xiao Qiangwei and Shizuno alone.

Shizuno: You made a good decision to refuse…

Xiao Qiangwei: Yeah, how are you, Moroha and Satsuki now?

Shizuno: I am a bit worried about what would do my brother, but the two of them are good.

Xiao Qiangwei: It's ok, I will never accept to be a S class Savior, it would be useless for me... Well, I will take my leave too, say your brother that I left the mansion and we can talk another time later, bye Shizuno.

Shizuno: Bye Qiangwei.

Then Xiao Qiangwei got in his changing room and picked up his clothes, then he left the mansion.