Five Year Old Rascal (2)

"You rascal!" Cassandra chuckled and quickly backed away, breaking Arlott's grip on her nipples.

"You see that?" Kiera sighed. "He is already five but still wants to breastfeed. I shouldn't spoil him like that, right?"

"Eh? What's wrong with that?" Cassandra grinned and ruffled Arlott's silky black hair. "This little guy is still growing, so it's fine."

"Mom," Arlott pouted at Kiera. "Milk is my breakfast. I've been drinking it daily from you, so why did you suddenly stop today? I want it!"

"Fine, fine, you rascal. Lower your voice. I'll feed you after we return home," Kiera helplessly smiled and grabbed his hand. "Now, can we go inside?"

"Yes," Arlott nodded with a satisfied grin.

"It's good that your kid likes your milk," Cassandra enviously signed, "My kid actually stopped drinking after a year. Sad."

"My milk seems to be a bit different when Arlott breastfeeds. I don't know what happened, maybe a mutation? But whenever I breastfeed Arlott, a strange power starts circulating inside me."

"Why don't you come to my lab? I can thoroughly scan your body."

"I scanned it myself and even used an artifact, but I can't find how that strange power is produced only when Arlott drinks it."

Cassandra found this to be an enigma.

"Ever since we have started learning to evolve our Genome, we are learning new wonders we can do," Cassandra thoughtfully said.

She looked at Arlott, who was looking around, and continued.

"Arlott is the latest generation kid since he was born after you and Derek opened your third Geno Gate and also reached the new realm of Arcane, so maybe this magical phenomenon happened due to some mutation?"

"That's the only possibility I can agree with," Kiera nodded before she looked at Arlott, "But I don't want Arlott to get too much spoiled. I want him to be smart and powerful."

'Kiera can't sense the source of power and how it occurs, but can feel it when Arlott breastfeeds from her? Hmmm,' Cassandra fell into thought.

"Kiera. Bring Arlott to the lab tonight. I want to check something."

"Alright."

"I am smart and strong both because I drink milk, and you know that, Mom," Arlott protested, forming an angry pout.

'Bitch, just give me milk. That's your only job right now,' Arlott internally snorted.

"You rascal," Kiera chuckled. "Fine, fine. I'll spoil you for a year more."

Arlott rolled his eyes.

"Haha, did you see that? He rolled his eyes," Cassandra was amused. "This kid is darn smart but just likes your magical milk. Come on, give the kid what he wants."

Kiera helplessly smiled while shaking her head. "Let's hope he stops demanding breastfeeding after a year."

'In your dreams,' Arlott snickered.

[Be careful when you awaken your arcane source. Lower your parameters promptly because it's going to explode with the true power you've cultivated over the past five years.]

'Got it.'

…

In the past few decades, the kids would be ready to go through an awakening ceremony that would activate their arcane source at the age of five as new generations were more endowed from birth due to powerful parents.

Of course, the kids were still kids, so there were a lot of other activities aside from learning in the academy.

But one thing that couldn't be denied was that kids' average I.Q. and E.Q. was way higher than a century ago, which was also why kids could start learning magic from an early age.

Still, the upbringing and environment of kids affected their growing personality a lot.

In short, this world had people of many exotic natures, even among the common masses.

...

C.H.E. Academy offered free awakening with their exclusive ceremony to every kid, but not everyone could attend the academy as they only admitted kids who met certain requirements.

Kiera, Cassandra, and Arlott entered the academy's Awakening Hall, which was filled with fifty stand-alone doors without rooms behind them.

Portal Doors.

According to the guide inside, each door led to a private room or an open space. Kids would go through awakening in private, guided by a faculty member of the academy.

However, the first ten doors were different. They had numbers in golden colors, and the doors were also more exquisite. V.I.P. Doors.

There were rows of people standing in line at other doors but not at the V.I.P. doors.

V.I.P. doors were reserved for those who were already admitted into the academy via other means before going through awakening with their special faculty member with a higher-graded Awakening Orb as a catalyst

"Our door is that 3rd one," Cassandra said with a grin. "It's Elder Loushi."

"Eh? What is he doing here?" Kiera was surprised. Elder Loushi was a powerhouse in the top 50, way stronger than her.

Cassandra shrugged.

"Maybe the old man is taking a break? He hasn't made much progress in the past five years, so maybe he wants to relax for a while."

'Elder Loushi?' Arlott startled. 'Wasn't old fogey one of the lackeys of an ancient sage? The bastard who was proficient in Blood magic.'

[Yep. I can affirm that according to your memories. That bastard was involved in the scheme as he was at the party that night.]

'Kiera is taking me outside this year, so I am seeing some familiar faces every now and then,' Arlott grinned. 'I am glad they are alive.'

[Indeed.]

'I'll show them a scenery beyond hells and torment them myself.'