Chapter 12: You Have An Aspect! (2/2)

Somehow he suppressed his shame and came out of the bathroom with neat clothes. He then grabbed Mei's wrist and said, ”Sister Mei, I finally did it!”

Mei had a blinking expression and asked, ”Did what?”

”I was able to connect with Prana!”

”You...what? Really?!” Mei asked as her mouth fell open with surprise. Tears formed in her eyes as she gripped his shoulders and asked, ”You really were able to feel it? What did you feel? Tell me!”

Seeing Mei becoming so happy and emotional, Arion couldn't help but share the same sentiments since his excitement was no less as well.

”I felt my senses and thoughts fading away to the point that I felt nothing and felt as if my mind was floating away. My whole body tingled, and there was this strange and scary darkness that seemed to engulf my whole body. And before I could feel anything more, everything disappeared and came back to normal,” Arion recounted.

Mei touched her parted lips with her fingers as she mumbled, ”Oh my god, you...you already awakened your Aspect!”

She continued, ”You have not even entered the Purification Stage but you have already awakened an Aspect with Supreme Affinity! That should be impossible without going through the previous stages…” Mei drifted into her thoughts as if trying to make sense of things.

She then snapped out of her thoughts and smiled, ”But who cares as long as you are a genius!”

Arion suppressed his excitement and asked, ”I really awakened an Aspect? That too with Supreme Affinity?”

The words 'Supreme Affinity' meant that he had a very high affinity towards his Aspect, and that meant that his talent in controlling his Aspect would be excellent, and his future potential in developing that Aspect would be way easier.

Arion knew that Affinities were ranked as follows, Lesser Affinity, Greater Affinity, Supreme Affinity, and the legendary Absolute Affinity.

Common Affinity was ranked the lowest, and the majority of the Defiers had only this level of affinity with their Aspects. And this meant that their control over their Aspect would be sub-par compared to the Defiers who had a higher level of affinity towards their Aspect.

And if they wanted to increase their affinity level, then they would have to work really hard, but even then, sometimes they would be stuck with the same affinity level for their entire life.

Increasing one's affinity requires various factors like hard work, talent, fortune or lucky encounters, and so on. Thus it was as difficult as a featherless bird trying to fly if they were unlucky.

This was why even awakening an Aspect with Greater Affinity was a big deal, and such people would be seen as geniuses by everyone. They were very rare in numbers as well, and such Defiers were highly valued and nurtured.

As for Defiers with Supreme Affinity, they were the heaven-defying geniuses who only appeared once in centuries. These Defiers, if nurtured well, would surely turn out to be powerhouses that could shake the world in the future.

As for one's with Absolute Affinity, it was just a myth told in legends.

These occurrences were only natural ones without taking into account their parent's talents or special characteristics.

Mei nodded and confirmed, ”Yes, you have awakened the Darkness Aspect!”