Extra And MC-Chapter 74 - 70 - Arcana Academy Entrance Exams - Epilogue II

Following Ivelia’s sudden jump, Caroline followed just a few seconds immediately after.

After landing on the ground with a slightly strong thud, Caroline turned sideways to see Flynn and Ivelia having a conversation of their own.

"So you don’t want to get down?" Flynn asked amusingly while still carrying Ivelia in his arms, the lady’s legs casually dangling back and forth with her arms around his neck as she responded.

"Nope! I like being princess carried" Ivelia replied swiftly with a playful smile.

"Awfully honest with your wants today, aren’t you?" Flynn continued with a coy smile of his own.

"What can I say? An immensely handsome prince is currently carrying me" Ivelia replied with a small giggle after which she then motioned for Flynn to actually drop her down after a few more seconds had passed.

’Did they just… flirt?’ Caroline had asked herself inwardly with a curious yet amused expression on her own face.

"You did good Ivelia. Surviving till the very end I mean. Great job" Flynn suddenly complimented with a bit of pride in his expression.

"I mostly got lucky but thank you Flynn" Ivelia accepted the compliment with a beaming smile, after which she then immediately spoke again while turning over to Caroline who had been watching both of them with a genuine look of interest.

"Oh Caroline! So sorry about that! I was completely engrossed in my conversation with Flynn…" the orange-haired lady apologetically said.

"It’s fine Ivelia. Besides, I was genuinely enjoying you and Flynn’s interaction. It’s a shame you both had to stop because you were concerned I was being ignored" Caroline responded to her with a slight wave of her hands after which she then directly looked at Flynn while greeting him properly.

"Hello there Flynn. Didn’t think you’d have it in you to be a flirt… I guess…" the silky black haired lady said with a slightly curious tone.

"Hmmm… now that you mention it Caroline, it is a bit weird…" Flynn responded with a thoughtful expression, a few of his fingers placed on his chin before he then immediately diverted his attention to the fairly mid-heighted, orange-haired lady who was right beside him while asking a question.

"What have you done to me woman?!" he suddenly asked with a playful smile.

"Yes. Do tell us Ivelia. What kind of spell did you place on the young man hmm?" Caroline immediately followed up with a coy smile of her own, amusement clearly present in her eyes.

"Why are you two suddenly ganging up on me? Was this a planned thing?" Ivelia asked in sudden confusion, her eyes throwing a squinted gaze at both youths who were currently being mischievous.

"Who knows…" Caroline and Flynn responded, still with the same mischievous expression on their faces.

Before Ivelia could even respond to both youths, a sudden shout was heard from afar, the voice carrying a tone of betrayal as it slightly echoed through the air.

"So that’s where you were, you traitor! Leaving me to deal with all those people alone!" Aiden suddenly voiced, a tinge of betrayal in his tone.

"You deserved it!" Flynn voiced back loudly as Aiden slowly began to close the gap between them.

Aiden upon now completely bridging the few meters between he and his younger brother, gave him a squinted gaze of slight annoyance before he then declared to him.

"You’re diabolical"

"Compliment gracefully accepted" Flynn responded with a completely innocent smile.

Aiden just sighed in resignation to this before he then acknowledged the other two ladies around Flynn.

"Good day to you ladies!" Aiden unexpectedly said with a playful yet charming smile while giving both ladies a small polite bow, catching both of them slightly off guard.

Ivelia and Caroline upon being taken a bit aback by Aiden’s sudden gesture, looked at themselves at first and then… actually played along with him while giving slight lady-like bows of their own.

"And a good day to you Mister/Monsieur Aiden!" Ivelia and Caroline replied gracefully.

A moment of silence passed between them before Caroline had been the first to chuckle, which was then followed by Aiden, Ivelia and even Flynn, after which they all then synchronously burst into a hearty laughter.

"Never a dull moment with you, is there Aiden?" Ivelia said while wiping a few shimmering tears from her eyelids.

"What can I say? I’m in a really great mood" Aiden replied with a shrug after which he then turned around to the ruby-eyed lady who was staring at him with a gentle smile.

"Hello there Caroline. It’s been a while, hasn’t it?" Aiden properly greeted this time around with a friendly smile.

"It has…" Caroline responded with a slight nod of her head and a gentle smile on her face.

The silky black-haired lady then spoke suddenly, almost as if she remembered something important, her expression morphing into that of a slight sulk.

"I don’t have your contact information Aiden! I totally forgot to request for it! I’d have at least being able to text you after that day!" she suddenly declared while moving close to him, both of her fists clenched in a pumped up motion.

Aiden however, just smiled in response to how she was currently behaving without even replying to her words.

"Hey! You’re not supposed to just smile! Give me your contact info…" she said, while slightly tugging on the fabric of his black, tightly-fitted long-sleeved shirt, a small pout on her face.

"Alright. Alright! I’ll give it to you" Aiden replied with a small chuckle.

As Aiden and Caroline exchanged contact info’s with their smartwatches, Beatrice suddenly called out to her while asking a question, Bryan tagging along just behind her.

"Hey Caroline! You seen my brother?!" she asked from afar with a wave while walking over to them.

As Caroline was about to respond though, another shout reached out across to them, interrupting her reply.

"Hey sis!" Ivar called from afar while walking over to their small gathering along with Maya and Adrian who were also walking just beside him.

"Hi Ivar! You holding up okay?!" Ivelia responded and asked her brother as soon as the trio got to them, concern etched on her face.

"A few potent pain relievers and a good night’s sleep should do the trick" Ivar responded while patting his slightly flexed bicep on one of his arms.

"Hello Miss. Arendelle! Pleasure to see you again! I also did not forget my promise to you for one minute so please look forward to it" Aiden suddenly said, surprising both Maya and Ivar quite a bit.

Maya however struggled to respond to his words, her arms flailing in an effort to speak but after being unable to still say anything for a few seconds, she let out a single word, barely above a whisper.

"O-okay…" she replied, both of her palms placed on her laps and a slight tinge of red on her ears.

Aiden upon hearing her response, just smiled even brighter.

Ivar on the other hand, was quite surprised once again by how even Aiden knew the petite lady beside him, but, knowing fully well that they all probably met at some point due to all of them being nobles, didn’t read too much into it anymore.

Beatrice who by now had now also spotted her brother, moved over to him along with Bryan while asking him a question in a concealed tone.

"Judging by the look on your face, you seem to have changed your mind about whatever it is you were previously planning to do…"

"Yeah. I think just maintaining a good relationship with the Belmont brothers is enough…" Adrian responded after which he then added.

"Besides, the Steelblade twins seem to be immensely loyal to them…"

"I can just kill two birds with one stone that way" Adrian concluded, causing Beatrice to sigh in relief after which she then watched as Ivelia kept patting Ivar all over to see if he was alright.

"Ivelia and Ivar Steelblade huh… they seem down to earth…" Beatrice spoke slightly louder this time, causing Bryan who was beside her and had also been observing the twins to respond to her words.

"They really do…" he muttered out loud.

Following those words though, the young nobles all kept conversing with each other for a few more minutes about relatively mundane things until a sudden automated robotic female voice, urged and directed all of them along with the candidates that were left, to leave through a portal that had now being placed at the tail edge of a particular area of the arena with detailed instructions.

Upon hearing the directives from the automated voice, all the youths also promptly began to leave the arena hastily.

Aiden who had being walking just beside Flynn and Ivar however, suddenly had a thought pop into his head.

’I wonder when next Derek will be home… It’s been a while…’ he thought to himself and almost immediately, his smartwatch rang.

Upon raising it to see who it was, Aiden instantly had a smug smile grace his face as he inwardly said while receiving the incoming call.

’Speak of the devil…’

"Hey there Aiden. Flynn. You guys must’ve been having the time of your lives while thwarting my plans eh?" Derek said with a slightly disdainful tone, the top hat still on his head as he spoke through the small holographic projection on Aiden’s smartwatch.

"Pretty neat gift to grace you with after not seeing you for these past few years, don’t you think?" Aiden commented with a smug grin.

"We’re such nice people, aren’t we bro?" Flynn had added with a similar smug expression to Aiden’s.

Despite the holographic screens, Aiden and Flynn watched as Derek’s eyes slightly twitched in slight annoyance as he spoke.

"You little shits…"

"Definitely missed those words and that peculiar expression" Flynn said as he and Aiden gave a slight chuckle at Derek’s words.

Derek however just sighed in resignation at this but Aiden immediately asked a question.

"When next will you be home?" the black-haired youth asked curiously to which Derek responded casually.

"Tomorrow. Will probably stick around only for tomorrow though. Have a bunch of duties to attend to…"

"Besides, I definitely do not want Sophia to nag all day at me for evading my responsibilities…" he concluded with a tired sigh.

"Alright then. See you soon" Aiden replied with a small nod.

"Later brats" Derek added while cutting off the transmission.

Ivar who had watched the interactions between both brothers and Derek, then asked curiously who he was and how they knew him after Derek had cut off the holographic call.

"Hmmm… Think of him as that distant cousin that’s just fun to be around…" Aiden answered the orange-haired youth’s question with a bit of ambiguity.

"I see…" Ivar replied with a slight nod of his head.

"Flynn…" Ivelia who had been walking just behind all the three males while conversing with Caroline suddenly called out to the silvery-green haired youth.

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"Yeah…" Flynn responded with a casual tone.

"Who’s that brown-haired lady that keeps staring at you?" she asked curiously while subtly glancing over to the person she was referring to in an effort to indicate who it was to Flynn, after which she then carefully continued.

"I already asked Caroline but she said it’d be better if you told me yourself…" she gently said.

Flynn upon also glancing over, and locking eyes with Amelia for a few seconds who was now walking beside Bryan and Lucas who seemed to be throwing shades at each other for some reason, broke eye contact with her while slightly angling his gaze down and looking straight into Ivelia’s eyes as he spoke.

"Amelia White. Ex-Fiance and…" Flynn began, his head now facing forward after saying those words to Ivelia.

"And?" Ivelia gently questioned again.

"… Someone that I used to know…" the youth concluded with a calm tone in response to Ivelia’s question.

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In the midst of the parents, guardians and crowd that were now leaving the stands of the arena, a single hooded figure stood up, his face obscured by hooded cloak he was wearing.

Even though the man’s face was obscured, a few strands of his snow white hair was slightly peeking out of the hooded covering and a mysterious smile hung on the sides of his lips.

’I see…’ the man thought to himself and following this, another string of thoughts followed.

’So that’s why you chose them this time Amael…’

’Individuals that won’t only grow stronger, but will also be able to rally people just from their actions alone…’

’A trait that despite all your immense power, you never really had…’

’Well… I can’t really do much this time, just like all the previous iterations but…’

’This time, I’ll ensure to tweak a few fixed points in time…’

Upon concluding his internal monologues, the mysterious hooded figure, seamlessly blended with the crowd and left the arena,

This enigmatic and mysterious hooded man, was none other than Xavier Chrono.

The creator, sole proprietor and Head Dean of Arcana Academy.