The Arks - Chapter 402

The roaring waterfalls, the lush greenery, and the Old Chapel herself. Throughout the years, the Old Chapel has been modified constantly but it was always the center of the attraction. It still gave newcomers that same look that Masvislin had when she first stepped in, though with a new scene.

Fluffy and the Puka was running about, trying to play with the kids. The Arks were lucky to have an area that could be so huge to keep these running things at bay. Ciel was busy becoming the next toy that a bunch of kids could play with as the group neared the main building.

Rina was the first to run over to Mavislin, who was still holding onto Kai. The baby woke up, much to Rina’s surprise. Mavislin looked at Rina’s eye, which was now covered with a black cloth. But Kai’s squirming caused Mavislin to snap out of her daze and she tried to calm Kai down.

Rina held out her arms to Mavislin. The Valkyrie got wind of the Butterfly’s idea and passed Kai to her. The baby instantly calmed down when he was in Rina’s arms.

“Do you mind taking care of him for a bit? We have to discuss what to do with the orphaned children,” asked Mavislin, looking at Rina.

Rina nodded happily and went off with the child to play with the younger kids. Tomoe had reverted to his human form and Raiyen glitched into the Old Chapel to avoid the children.

“What’s his problem? Running into the house so soon,” asked Tomoe, raising an eyebrow at the Time Mage.

“He has got a problem with kids, he doesn’t like dealing with them too much,” answered Mavislin, heading to the Old Chapel’s door.

The old doors swung open with a powerful force, scaring Clement as he thought it was from a giant’s power. But when he saw no one behind the door, Clement sighed with relief. But the rest of the Founders were waiting at the table, looking at the trio.

The Founders were all at different places of the dining table. Gillian was seated at the very end of the table with Ysabeau standing next to him. Baldwin was sat on Gillian’s left side while Z was on his right side. Finally, Raiyen was leaning against the table.

All of them looked formidable to poor Clement. He did not expect to feel so much pressure to meet the Founders. He knew that they were important but not scary. Terror struck into his spine, especially meeting the Headmaster, the leader of the Arks.

That’s why the Five Kings had absolute loyalty to these people. And why no one has dared to oppose them after the Arks had been stabilized. Because no one dared to invoke the wrath of the Mage who had been saving their lives.

It was hard for Clement to breathe in that room since each FOunder’s stare was choking him. Even for Raiyen, he looked quite menacing with that look on his face. Clement had almost forgotten that the TIme Mage was a leader of an Ark. And that they were forces to be reckoned with.

“Welcome home, Mavislin. And you’ve brought back some souvenirs from the mission,” boomed Gillian, standing up to greet his Valkyrie.

“Yea… I can’t leave them there either. I know they are a pain for now but I promise I’ll give them a house soon. We’ve got a plan in place, though it isn’t the one you agreed on with them earlier,” explained Mavislin, bowing to the Headmaster.

“I’m sure that we could overlook that agreement for a better solution. But when you say a house, you mean a permanent one? Or one that they can call home?” asked Gillian.

“Preferably one that they can call home. I would take full responsibility for the children, thus they’ll be under my Ark. But I have one question that I require each Founder to vote on. And that is to create an orphanage for these kids,” stated Mavislin.

“Running an orphanage is not an easy task. Including your missions, you can’t run an orphanage just like a normal school class. You have to invest your time and effort into it,” said Ysabeau, folding her arms.

“I’m well-aware about it but I plan to stop going onto missions for these few months to handle the orphanage and Albion’s affairs,” explained Mavislin, looking right at Ysabeau.

Challenging the High Queen was a nightmare for the rest of the Arks, even her husband dared not challenge her. And the Valkyrie was the only one to go head to head with her.

“If you can handle this as well as you handled the Five Kings, then you’ve got my vote.. Just don’t ask me to play with them ever again,” complained Baldwin, closing his eyes.