"Miss...b-but…" The manager was at a loss for words, not knowing how to react after hearing her words.
Useless geniuses?...If those youngsters heard her words, he was sure that she wouldn't be having an easy time in the future. Forget about herself, they would even drag her family into this and not even he could predict how far they will try to drag this commoner to misery.
He cleared his throat and spoke again in a cautionary tone, "Miss, they are ranked in the Soaring Sky rankings. They are not people you could afford to offend. Their families control major parts of this imperial city. Miss, please understand for your sake."
Valentina's brows narrowed, "Soaring Sky? Why should I care if they are ranked in some list? I am going whether you want to or not."
Valentina locked the door behind her and sighed while telling herself that she would be back as fast as possible. She was not at all comfortable leaving Damien all alone and was getting more pissed off at this whole situation because of it.
But now, the situation was what it was, and she had to act accordingly to prevent future troubles.
The manager was astonished that she held those ranked in the Soaring Sky so lightly.
Hearing her bold tone, he could only sigh, hoping that she does not meet an unfortunate fate due to her foolishness.
He knew this was his fault too, but there was nothing he could do to stop those youngsters. He could only try his best to advise her. But apparently, it was all for naught seeing her walking downstairs with loud steps.
window.pubfuturetag = window.pubfuturetag || [];window.pubfuturetag.push({unit: "64ce79d606107d003c23ea27", id: "pf-5140-1"})He couldn't understand what was making her so confident enough to take on all those youngsters with fearsome backings all alone.
He started making guesses if the girl in front of him had an unfathomable status. Still, he found it far-fetched since only so many people had a status above those listed in the Soaring Sky rankings.
"Why the hell is that manager taking so long? I am going to shut down his business if he takes any longer?" Noel grumbled while taking a sip from one of the drinks before him.
Reve smiled, "Patience, little brother. Maybe the manager is forcibly dragging them out after they tried to resist foolishly. No one would dare not to give us face."
"Brother Reve is surely wise. We are able to get our rightful room and kick those lowly commoners out," Khalil, the 9th ranked in the Soaring Sky list, flattered.
"Hmph, who dares to offend our Brother Reve? I also heard our brother's Marlowe Family had been nominated to receive a reward from His Majesty himself this coming week. I believe it would only be a matter of time before the Marlowe Family stands on the top," Leva added his dose of flattery as well in order to earn a few points from the Marlowe Brothers.
Khalil and Leva inwardly smiled as they could see the subtle proud smiles on the Marlowe Brothers after hearing their flattery.
The women in their arms were just like beautiful vases. They were resting against them without making a sound. Only a beautiful smile adorned their faces. If one was seeing them for the first time, they would wonder if all these four women were just lifeless dolls.
However, the thoughts that were passing through the minds of these women was as sinuous as it could get.
window.pubfuturetag = window.pubfuturetag || [];window.pubfuturetag.push({unit: "64cc9e79c7059f003e4ad4b0", id: "pf-5109-1"})"Who here wants to kick us out!" A girl's shout reverberated across the whole floor.
Everyone turned towards the source of the voice with surprised expressions and saw a girl dressed in plain clothes, with no hints of anything to make her seem special.
She looked like a commoner one would see daily in the streets and was even dressed like one.
The youngsters snorted upon noticing her as they could see that she must be the girl occupying "their" room.
Reve stood up and said, "We did. Now, get out if you don't want to get dragged by your hair. We just had a long day after some fools challenged us to take our place in the Soaring Sky list. So, stop being an eyesore lest you are prepared to face our anger."
Reve made sure to stress the fact that they were listed in the Soaring Sky list in case the other party was too ignorant to know who they are.
"Yes. Peasants like you should know better than to stay in rooms that you don't deserve to. Hmph, wasting our time for nothing," Noel said with crossed arms.
However, these youngsters were surprised that Valentina was still looking at them coldly even after revealing the fact that they were geniuses listed in the Soaring Sky rankings.
They were expecting her to show a fearful and humble expression. But nothing remotely similar to those expressions showed up on her face.
window.pubfuturetag = window.pubfuturetag || [];window.pubfuturetag.push({unit: "663633fa8ebf7442f0652b33", id: "pf-8817-1"})This was the first time a girl who wasn't older than them looked at them as if they were fools and their statuses seemed to matter nothing before her.
Valentina scoffed, "Soaring Sky rankings? I wonder which blind man wrote your names in those lists since all I can see are eight dogs before me. Four male ones while the rest bitches. Has the Soaring Sky list fallen so far to include even dogs...hmm...I should clarify it later..."
Valentina had heard about the Soaring Sky rankings since Damien had briefed her about the important things related to the Gale Empire in case she had use for such information. And apparently, she could see how important the Soaring Sky rankings were from the lofty expressions of the geniuses.
The expressions of all eight of them, especially the women, became ugly and twisted upon hearing Valentina's nasty comment, not expecting such words to be said to them by someone like her.
When did anyone ever dare to call them dogs and bitches? No one would even dare to slight them in the smallest way. But here, a commoner girl had the guts to insult them big time.
All four women were always treated and seen as beauties no matter where they went. And the last thing they expected was to be called a bitch by a commoner, which was something that never had happened in their life before.
As for the four geniuses, they were youths who stood above most of the practitioners of their age group. They were destined to become powerhouses in the future if things went well. Thus this fact alone was enough for even very powerful people to give face to them.
The four felt as if the commoner girl spit on their faces.
The whole floor became silent as people held their breaths in shock, wondering if this commoner girl went crazy because of the pressure or fear.
The manager was relatively less shocked since he had previously seen how fearless this girl standing before him was. Still, he never in his dreams expected her to call those geniuses as dogs.
Such an insult would surely end up incriminating her family as well and is a highly punishable offense.
They might even get killed subtly for insulting big shots like that. This was the reason why common people would never go against powerful nobles lest they want their lives or livelihood to be destroyed.
The manager wanted to advise her to keep her mouth shut. But seeing the darkened expressions of the geniuses, he knew things were too late.
Reve's expression became dark as he said, "You lowly girl...do you have any idea who we are and what you just said?"
Noel shouted, "You peasant! It seems like you have a death wish. Elder brother, let's detain her for 'punishment' and then decide what to do with her."
The girl beside Reve said with gritted teeth, "Young master Reve, that dirty peasant dared to insult not only you all but us innocent maidens as well. Please get justice for us." She then continued with a whisper, "Throw her to the lowliest brothel. That should teach her a lesson if she survives."
Reve nodded with a smirk and complimented her for coming up with such a sinstrous idea. He realized that only women knew how to deal with women the best.
"You peasant, tell us your name. Let's see which 'grand' family you are coming from," Khalil scoffed from behind.
The people around felt that the commoner girl should wish for a quick death rather than living longer to take on the wrath of these aristocratic youngsters.
Most knew how those who even slightly offended such people ended up. They couldn't understand why this girl couldn't simply concede and leave instead of asking for death.
Valentina finally spoke in a deathly cold voice, "Lowly? Peasant? We will see who is the lowly one here once His Highness Tristen Gale, the second prince of the Gale Empire, the Windborne Child, sees how all eight of you offended his Will Protector!
