"I really am the most powerful among all the candidates!"

The ascension trial didn’t go all that smoothly, but Doris was savoring the power bestowed by the gods, feeling very excited.

Especially considering that among the five candidate Holy Daughters, she seemed to be the first to complete the ascension trial, with a little time to spare before May.

However...

Recalling how she struggled against the tide of demons, that suddenly appearing God who bestowed blessings, and the name revealed...

Doris felt a bit anxious.

"Why was it that God? Why was I chosen by Him? Why does He possess the holy light element, why is His blessing so sacred? Is He really the Evil God? He..."

Countless thoughts emerged in Doris’s mind, unaware that yesterday Encore had similar thoughts.

The only difference was that she hadn’t ’naturally’ thought of the idea to hide her rank.

On the contrary.

Without any guidance, she immediately wanted to flaunt to others after completing the ascension trial.

Doris checked the time and realized the trial had taken most of the day; it was already evening meditation time.

"Well then, I might as well boast to you all first!"

The girl suppressed the trace of unease in her heart, packed up her things, and excitedly headed out the door to the Gentle Tower. She hesitated for a moment outside, deciding to wait before entering.

Her aim was to enter when the other four were present, and then make a stunning impression!

"Hilia, you reached Tier Two first, but Tier Three will be claimed by me!"

As the time approached, Doris finally entered the Gentle Tower with a smile, reaching the top tier Meditation Room of Serenity.

Seeing everyone had closed their eyes, she did not hide the Tier Three aura emanating from her, and greeted everyone boisterously: "You all came early, huh? Whew, something delayed me, I almost arrived late."

Everyone opened their eyes, sensing the powerful aura emanating from Doris.

Nobody looked surprised or shocked, instead they looked at Doris quite normally.

Doris furrowed her brow.

She really didn’t like such calm expressions.

"Aren’t you curious about what delayed me?!"

The other girls exchanged glances, Benovia was about to say something when Blake walked in from outside.

"You’re all here, just in time. I have an announcement to make."

Blake’s arrival interrupted Doris’s boast, and she quickly sat down at her spot, looking at Blake with the others.

Blake glanced at Doris, then at everyone else, somewhat amused.

For everyone present, concealing ranks was only to keep it from classmates, not from the tutors, so Blake was aware of their breakthroughs after each ascension trial, as well as their hidden ranks.

No surprise with Benovia hiding, she always did.

Hilia’s concealment was a bit unexpected, but still understandable.

But why were Phil and Encore hiding too?

Especially Phil.

Encore enjoyed keeping things hidden regularly, still portraying herself as just a pharmacist.

Why would Phil hide?

They couldn’t possibly be isolating Doris, could they?

That didn’t seem likely.

Blake felt a bit speechless.

Nevertheless, sticking to the original plan, once everyone reached Tier Three, other training plans would need to be executed alongside meditation.

No matter their reasons for hiding ranks, it was not Blake’s concern.

Because their quick advancement was aimed at participating in the July Mage League.

He glanced at everyone, cleared his throat, and said, "Alright, since everyone has advanced smoothly, the next phase of training will commence after meditation. I will deliver the magic testing device to assess your Divine Realm depth and devise a series of training plans based on each individual’s depth."

Upon hearing this, Doris’s initial smile froze: "Wait, Principal, what do you mean by that?"

Blake looked at her, "Which part?"

"The part about everyone advancing smoothly."

"It’s exactly as it sounds."

Doris looked confused, her earlier smile not entirely gone, now replaced by bewilderment.

She looked at the others, "Is the principal telling the truth? Did you all advance?"

Seeing it couldn’t be hidden, Benovia deactivated her concealment, nodding, "Yes, I just completed it too, originally planning to surprise everyone."

Hilia also disengaged her hiding: "I just completed the ascension trial as well."

As she spoke, the girl thought: Indeed, they’re all hiding. I almost became the one laughed at. Lucky me.

Encore too stopped hiding, claiming, like Hilia and Benovia, she had just finished.

Phil’s rune of concealment automatically deactivated, and she simply added, "+1."

Doris: "..."

Do you all take me for a fool?

The girl’s cheeks turned crimson, teeth clenched, her face puffing up like a pufferfish, silently glaring at the others.

"Alright, start meditating, I’ll bring the equipment over." Blake exposed everyone’s concealment then directly left, not caring what might happen inside the meditation room.

Nothing was going to happen in there.

Except someone wouldn’t be able to meditate peacefully.

Doris glared at the others immersed in meditation without any psychological burden, her teeth itching from anger.

In unseen corners, Rose watched Doris’s expression, feeling it was wonderful.

"Thanks to the principal cooperating, or it wouldn’t have been this entertaining."

Had Blake not pointed it out, others might have really gone along with Doris, and pretended to break through the next day.

That wouldn’t have been fun.

Things had worked out perfectly now.

Rose pondered the principal’s talk of training plans, deep in thought.

"Perhaps a team combination skill can be designed specifically for them, as their secret weapon."

An early-game combination skill renowned for its strength in "Star Fall."

...

Finally, meditation time passed under Doris’s torment, and Blake instructed someone to carry a podium-like device upstairs. After meditation ended, he spoke, "This is the magic guide device for testing your Divine Realm depth. Come up, place your hand on the test area, and input a bit of your magic power. Benovia, you first." 𝐟𝕣𝕖𝐞𝐰𝕖𝚋𝐧𝗼𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝗰𝐨𝐦

"Alright."

Benovia came forward, injecting a lump of attributeless magic power into the device, which emitted a strong glow, a line of data appeared above the device.

Blake paused, surprised: "The deepest part of the Divine Realm? No, even the deepest Divine Realm shouldn’t have such dense Magic Power Concentration, could it be we haven’t reached the deepest part yet?"

After a moment of surprise, he smiled, "Not bad, not bad. Next, Hilia, please."

"Alright."

Even more intense light emerged than Benovia’s, compelling Blake to rub his eyes.

"How could it be even deeper?"