"After then Beatrix got enrolled in the same school as Arthur and they mingled and got close, they've been friends ever since then and also went to the same high and now the same College". Ares concluded
Aeriel comes to the dining where everyone is sitted.
"Her parents suddenly vanished one day when she clocked sixteen, abandoning her, she was already capable of living alone tho and thats what she wanted too so we didn't really bother her, though we helped her out with some things until she turned eightheen."
"She's like a daughter to us" Oliver adds.
"But all that aside she's incredibly strong" Ares asserts.
"She's not good in some particular things but when it comes to fighting she's the best amongst us three"
"So You are the weakest" Achilles says to Ares.
"It pains me to admit but yes I am, in terms of power I am a little stronger, but in terms of combat, skills and IQ she surpasses me"
"And she's incredibly vicious" he adds.
Achilles surprised that his proud son admitted to being weaker than someone his mate smiles as he pats his son's shoulders.
Ares flustered yells "Don't do that dad"
"But just cause you guys are strong doesn't mean you should let your guard down" Athena tells them.
"Remember this is a global competition so other geniuses from across the globe would be participating, especially the children and disciples of the other Constellations, no doubt that it'll pose difficult even for you guys".
"As you've heard you guys should keep working hard and bring victory to Europe" Achilles adds as he stands up getting ready to leave.
"Happy Birthday to you once again"
"Happy Birthday Arthur" The two Constellations greet Arthur again.
"Thank you sir and ma"
As they turn to leave the watch Achilles was wearing began to glow and a portal opens right in front of them "Lets go Ares"
The three leave through the portal.
"I'll be on my way now since its all dark now" Beatrix says to Arthur as she stands up to leave.
She greets Oliver and Aeriel goodbye and then leaves as Arthur escorts her out.
Arthur comes back inside the house and Aurora walks up to him looking at him sheepishly.
"I didn't know you had a crush before Beatrix" she teases him, his parents also giving him that same look.
"There was no reason for you to know"
"And I don't like Beatrix that way" He adds.
"We are just friends"
With a smile "Yhhh, they are always just friends until…" Aurora continues to tease him.
"Is there anymore cake left?" Arthur asks trying to change the topic.
"There isn't any cake left for YOU" Aeriel replies.
Oliver turns Aeriels face towards him "I don't think we need to move this time" he says to his wife Aeriel.
Aeriel respond in a soft voice "Yhhh, our children are now all grown up, Arthur just turned nineteen and Aurora is almost sixteen".
"Aurora is the best in her school, she is already as strong as a low A-ranker, she only lacks experience, and as for Author, although he's friends may not notice, he's way stronger than they think he is."
"Besides we haven't heard anything about that prophecy so far."
"Yhh lets just forget about all that and stay like this as a family".
The two hug each other.
"There they go again being all cringey" Aurora says.
"Yh and what's this about not moving and this prophecy thing I've heard a couple of times now". Arthur says.
"Apparently before you were born they used to move from one location to another to reside alot for some reasons". Aeriel replies.
"But I don't know about that prophecy"
"I even heard Mr Scorpio saying something about it to dad just before we sat down to eat, I wonder what that is all about" Arthur ponders.
"Anyways I'm heading to my room now" Aurora says as she walks over to hug Arthur.
"Yh same here, goodnight"
"Goodnight".
P.O.V - ARTHUR
I sit in my room about seven meters in length and five meters in width, I sits in a lotus position on my bed trying to meditate.
I take a look at my internal energy and mana circuit, within me there is something, something thick, something that feels like a highly compressed power that I cannot access for some reason, I try again to reach it this night, as usual I reach its presence but it feel like I am staring straight at darkness, and then the darkness begins to exert pressure on my consciousness, I try to force my way through to reach the source of this pressure, to access this power, but of course I fail once again getting crushed under that extreme pressure.
I jolt back to reality sweating profusely all over, I sigh and decide to go take a shower.
Arthur stands up and pulls off his shirt, a well defined slim yet muscular physique unveils as he pulls off his shirt, he possessed well defined back muscles, his biceps looking nice enough to want to have a bite, and the most defined of them all were his pecs and abdominal muscles including the serratus anterior muscle.
He enters the bathroom, takes off his pants and…
He takes his bath.
A week go by and Arthur goes to school, entering the school gate he spots one of those upperclass men who had tried to pick on him and his friends but were beaten up instead, the poor student spots Arthur and begins to cower in fear as Arthur approached him, but Arthur just passed by him with a smile.
He walks all the way to a huge infrastructure consisting of three floors that says 'Training Center'
He sees a notice explaining the details of the building.
The bottom floor was used by the top students of the third years and rarely some special set of second and very very rarely first years.
The second floor was used by the second and third years or some special sets of first years, and the last floor was to be used by first years.
The higher the floor, the weaker the strength of the base of the floor and the weaker the pressure placed on the students.
The base of the last floor is only strong enough to withstand the full force of a C-Ranker and the inner rooms used for personal practice exerts a gravitational force of only (x9) on the students.
The base of the Second floor is capable of taking on the full force of a B-Ranker, the inner rooms exerts a gravitational force of (x14) on the students.
The base of the last floor is capable of taking the full force of a mid-level A-Ranker and the inner rooms exert a gravitational force of (x26) on the students.
The training center has a large reception that spans almost the entire width of the building, there are specific points where there are huge sized machines placed in this long reception hall.
Students go to this specific points to get tested so as to be given a pass card to the floor they are eligible for.
A student walks up to the machine, the instructor beside asks him how he wanted to be rated, either by expression of force or measurement of base mana.
The student chose to express force, he was told to attach the machine however he deemed fit with all his might, he did and the score ran and he was placed on the last floor, he was given his pass card and was sent in the direction of the elevator.
A young stunning female having a well defined ass and moderate boobs with pale white hair goes over and said she would try the measurement of base mana. She was told to place her hand on a small flat platform on the machine.
Before her skin makes contact with the device it begins to read and it reads for sometime and then stops and it was shocking to see someone being placed on the bottom floor, everyone around was in awe.
"But wouldn't that mean that she's in year three? Why would she need to get a pass card again?" someone in the crowd asks his friend beside him.
"She could be in year three but remember just got into year three, maybe she previously wasn't strong enough and just recently got strong enough to enter the bottom floor". His friend replies him.
"Or she could be in year two" someone else states.
"Or maybe first year?" another states.
She was given her pass card and was let to enter the main building.
Arthur who watches the whole scene takes note of her face as she turns to leave.
Beatrix and Ares come to meet Arthur where he is standing.
"Shall we go test out?" Ares asks.
"I was waiting for you both".
"Shall We?"
The three walk towards the machine right in the center.