Divine Luck: SSS-Rank Battle Maid Harem

The principal crossed his arms and tilted his head from side to side a couple of times.

Eventually, he said,

"It shouldn't be too difficult." The request wasn't that difficult.

"You're sensible, Lexi. I doubt you'd do anything to tarnish the reputation of summoners. If you do, we'll just pin it on Zach. Deal?"

"Deal." Lexi agreed immediately.

"But I will give you a couple of books summarizing the more important details of summoning before you leave. Take your time to read them. They will help regardless of what you summon." The principal stood up as he spoke. Since he had agreed to it, there was no need to waste time.

Zach was a little surprised at how easy it was. He entered a daze as the principal led them through the Academy to the Chamber of Ceremony and, while the two were still in the room, had Lexi perform the summoning ceremony.

Even with only a fraction of the lights of when he summoned Yanael, Zach could still see clearly when a tiny

something

appeared in the air in front of Lexi before slowly sinking to the floor. However, he could not clearly see what it was.

But it would be unnecessarily rude to barge ahead instead of waiting for Lexi to settle the ceremony herself and tell them what she had summoned.

Still, she had summoned something. That alone was cause for celebration. When the gently flickering lights faded and the ceremony ended, Zach wanted to congratulate Lexi.

But after staring at the air in front of her for a couple of seconds, Lexi frowned and raised an eyebrow, making Zach hesitate. That kind of reaction didn't bode well.

Lexi turned to Zach.

"This ranking system for familiars follows the alphabetical order with S before A, right?" She asked.

"Yeah."

"How far does it go?" That was not a promising question.

Zach turned to the principal.

"The lowest rank currently present at the Academy is E-rank. I think the lowest recorded rank I've seen is F-rank." As the principal spoke, Lexi's expression darkened continuously.

"What is it?" Zach curiously asked. Had Lexi's talent finally run dry?

"..." While Lexi silently glared at the air in front of her, the principal strode over and picked up her familiar, though Zach wasn't sure it was right to call it a familiar yet.

It was an egg. Its black color darker than a moonless night made it difficult to see in the dark Chamber. Other than its color, there was nothing special about it. It was three times the size of an ordinary hen's egg. It was easy to hold, and it looked a little cool with its color.

"...G-rank," Lexi eventually said, revealing a new low in the history of summoning.

The principal's eyebrows rose as he inspected the egg. Zach's eyes widened in surprise.

They had expected it, given the nature of Lexi's questions, but it was another to hear her say it directly. They looked at her silently for a moment.

Zach, more than most, was aware of Lexi's self-confidence. It wasn't unfounded. She excelled in magic, swordsmanship, and Domination. Anyone who excelled in even one such area of expertise would be proud. It was only natural. To excel meant to be better than many others.

Being better in three areas gave Lexi a rightful cause to be extremely arrogant. But she wasn't even that. She knew that being good at several things was as much of a burden as it was a privilege, and she put in the hard work. She wasn't arrogant. She was extremely confident in her own abilities and talents.

There was a difference.

Regardless, her confidence took a hit when she broke the record in summoning the lowest-ranking familiar only recently revealed to be possible. On the other hand, her brother had summoned the best possible familiar.

She could rival or best her sisters who practiced the same area as her. Leanea, Lilo, and Lily had all struggled with confidence issues due to her existence. It was better now than when they were young, but to Lexi, it was natural for her to be as good as her siblings no matter what they did.

Lexi had, maybe a little arrogantly, assumed that she at least wouldn't be far off from Zach, even if she didn't summon an S-rank familiar on her first try. Lexi looked at the egg in the principal's hand. Her eyes lit up with a faint reddish tint, and the egg floated over to her hand.

The principal and Zach weren't surprised. It was just Lexi Dominating the egg, controlling it. The only thing that surprised Zach was that she had waited this long to show off her power. Usually, she used it for everything that was easier to do through Domination.

"So…What kind of familiar is G-rank?" Zach cautiously asked. He wasn't sure how Lexi felt or how stable she was after finding out she had made history.

Lexi sighed and massaged her forehead with a bent forefinger. Find adventures at empire

"'Question mark's egg,'" she said, quoting her summoning interface.

Zach frowned. Lexi felt his frown.

"Not literally 'Question mark's egg.' It's a question mark, apostrophe, s, and then egg."

"So, the summoning interface doesn't know?" Zach asked. He glanced at the principal. "Is that even possible?"

The summoning interface had no trouble identifying and reading a literal deity. What being could lay an egg that was so weak but be so powerful that the summoning interface couldn't identify it? The only way to evade the summoning interface's detection and identification was to be too powerful for it.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

The principal hummed for a moment as he looked at Lexi with a new perspective.

"It is definitely possible. That's probably the reason for the egg's rank. The interface doesn't know how to rank it properlt. The G-rank is most likely because it's an egg that can't do anything until it hatches.

"Unlike most other familiars that are summoned in a somewhat adult state and only grow when they evolve, your egg is most likely the opposite. It will evolve and rank up when it hatches and whenever it reaches a new growth stage."

"So, how do I hatch it?" Lexi asked hopefully.

"No idea. Maybe just wait? Sit on it?"