( Some Hours after the Battle Halls Event. )
Outside, the people of Arzan are celebrating Vlad's victory in the Battle Halls, giving fireworks on witnessing the Young Noble's prowess over his opponents.
[ Location: House Arcanon's Upper Pit. ]
" I've succeeded..., everyone. " Vlad says while hearing the painful echoes inside the pit in front of him.
'The 'Pit', the place for the House's younglings to train their might in their earliest of age. The Pit is classified into three kinds, depending on the color of it's Sealing Gate. "
The Pit with the 'Golden Seal' is the 'Harpy Pit', the Pit where the Female Gifted Younglings of the Arcanon House are meant to battle one another before the survivor is taken above, or perhaps prospected into a Divine Avatar.
Meanwhile, the Pit with the 'Red Seal' is the 'Scavenger Pit', the Pit where the other Younglings, both male and female, especially those who had no Gift Powers or even any Gift Cores, were placed in this Pit to fight one another too until they were proven worthy by the ones above.
Even if one survives, the proof of worthiness is either to fight a trained House Arcanon soldier or somehow manifest a Gift Ability if the younglings were a late-bloomer. If not, they will be put back inside the Red Seal Pit again.
Finally, the Pit with the 'Black Seal' is the 'Ragna Pit'. This Pit is where the Gifted Male Younglings of the Arcanon House, the ones who were prospected to be the 'Ragna', the 'Sanct Avataris', will fight to the death until one survives.
Even if one survives..., the survivor will be pulled out from the pit and challenge the previous one that survives, the one currently sitting on top of the Pit itself, Vlad 'Ragna', the current defending survivor of the 'Ragna Pit'
* Vlad seals the Ragna Pit again. *
" Why are you here? " Vlad asks as he looks at the one behind him, a black and white-robed woman.
" Did I startle you..., Young Master...? " the robed woman asks but Vlad immediately had his palm covering her face and slammed her to the nearby wall.
" You didn't answer the question... " Vlad tells her.
" If I ask you, you answer..., there is no asking back. " Vlad adds, while his fingers grip the head, attempting to crush it as the sparks of lightning can be seen from his hand.
" You won't harm a Sister from the 'Sanctus Sorores', would you? " the robed woman asks, as calm as he can, ignoring the pain.
" Do you know what the 'Sanctus Sorores' is...? " the Sister asks Vlad.
" I know what you are... " Vlad smiles a bit.
" I've been told by my Uncle about you..., your Sisterhood Order... "
" You who do things in the shadows under the gods' and the Blue Blood Clan's noses, you who serve and leeche us to ensure your Order's survival... "
" Yes..., Young Master Arcanon... " the Sister replied to him.
" Our Order may have hid ourselves behind your gods and families... "
" But..., do not forget..., that Our Order is the one who gave its members to your families too, even recruiting some of their daughters... "
" Like your mother... " the Sister tells Vlad as looks into his eyes, they both lock their eyes to each other for a moment, until...
" Where are we? " Vlad snaps, he realizes that he's not in the place he was before.
" Your House's altar... " the Sister says as she's already freed herself from Vlad's grasp, walking around, showing Vlad the stone Altar that had a black rounded stone on top of it.
" The 'Children of the Creator' Religion... " the Sister looks at him.
" Your ancestors and our Order came from the same Religion... " the Sister says while rubbing the stone.
" What god is this? " Vlad asks, seeing the stone as he sees it having two pairs of eyes, realizing that the stone might be a statue.
" A long forgotten one, Young Master. " said the Sister.
" The one betrayed by the gods we knew but the gods still want more of him after they betrayed him and made him leave those who revered him. "
" What did they want? " Vlad asks, confused as the Sister looks at him.
" You know what they want..., Young Master... "
" The 'Sanct Avataris'..., believed to be that of the 'Divine Avatar' you are now... " the Sister tells as she opens her robe slowly to Vlad.
" Do the Young Master know..., why Young Master was given the 'Ragna' name? " the Sister asks as Vlad gets closer to her.
" Why? " Vlad asks back, in his confusion, he walks but this was not his original intention.
" The name was meant for the 'Sanct Avataris'..., named by the Forgotten One itself as he prophesized his arrival. "
" Our order, with our faith, yearns for him... " the Sister says as Vlad is already in front of her, kneeling to her for some reason.
* The Sister brings forth a 'White Orb'. *
" Touch it, Young Master... "
" What I hold here is an item, meant to unravel how worthy you are... " the Sister tells him while Vlad slowly touches the thing, it begins to glow.
" Unravel what? " Vlad asks, as he suddenly feels a sharp object behind his neck, realizing that the Sister had a knife prepared for him.
" If the Young Master flees while touching the Orb, then remember this knife's blade awaits to sever your neck. " the Sister tells Vlad.
" What we are doing here, will unravel the Young Master's worthiness of being a Divine Avatar or not... " the Sister says smoothly around Vlad's ear.
" Will the Young Master receive only pain..., or the Young Master will be worthy enough to be given visions through this orb. " the Sister says.
" Pain? Visions? " Vlad asks followed by a grin.
" Kekukukuku... " Vlad chuckles.
" This better be interesting... " Vlad says as he grips the Orb even further which makes it glow brighter as he laughs over the moment.
...
( Hours later. )
" Young Master Arcanon had been successful on the test... " said the Sister to the Matron Supreme who was going to leave House Arcanon as she had a schedule with Lord Loki.
" Was it difficult? " Matron Supreme asks.
" Nothing really, the Young Master did so well. "
" He enjoys pain, the pain he receives makes him stronger. "
" A true warrior bred, as promised- "
" I am aware of Young Arcanon's potential... " Matron Supreme interrupts.
" But the one I'm asking here..., is you..., Sister Nyx Nocterra... " Matron Supreme calls the Sister by her name.
" Did you have it? " Matron Supreme asks as Sister Nyx Nocterra replies while touching her stomach.
" I already taken the substantial I need from him, I hope it's enough... "
" For our Order to survive, by preserving the seeds of the gods and the Blue Bloods. "
" I will make sure it will be a son, Matron Supreme. " Sister Nyx Nocterra vows as the Aircrafts arrive.
" I will be leaving, Matron Supreme. " Sister Nyx Nocterra takes her Aircraft while the Matron Supreme takes the other.
...
...
( Back to the present. )
[ Loki's Aircraft. ]
" Everything is set in motion, my Lord... "
" After the Young Master is tested, I decided to ensure the best for the future... "
" If you don't mind? " Matron Supreme asks Lord Loki about it.
" Hope it works as you planned..., but for now... " Loki says as he looks outside.
" I think I have to see him for myself. "