The living room of the mansion was now filled with a very warm atmosphere of happiness. The tension and horror from the instant amputation process earlier had completely evaporated, replaced by extraordinary relief.
Besides Arion finally being completely free from the absolute slave status that had entangled his freedom and haunted his future all this time, the reddish-yellow-haired youth had now also officially set his heart to become Arvin's ninth spouse.
"When... when will we get married, Arvin?" asked Arion with a very enthusiastic tone, his eyes sparkling with hope looking at the blue-haired youth who had saved his life.
"Of course after I officially finish proposing to Kylen, Dylan, and Davin first." answered Arvin with a gentle smile, explaining the order of his plans patiently. "For now, I want to go meet the 'fifth one' first and ask him to come here immediately. I plan to propose to him and bind a Life-and-Death contract with him today too!"
Hearing the words 'the fifth one' come out of Arvin's mouth, the eight youths in the room looked at each other. Curiosity instantly enveloped them all, guessing who the mysterious figure that would become Arvin Vedegra's fifth spouse was.
Amidst that curiosity, Arion slowly released his tight embrace from Arvin's body. However, instantly the reddish-yellow-haired youth's face blushed heavily after realizing that his shaft was erecting and exposed very clearly in front of Arvin and everyone in the room due to his intense emotional overflow.
He tried to cover the lower part of his body with both his hands because he felt awkward.
"No need to feel shy and cover it like that, Arion." said Arvin with a very gentle and understanding tone, stopping the youth's hand movements. "Because honestly... not only your shaft is erecting, my shaft is also erecting looking at you."
To prove his words and eliminate Arion's awkwardness, without the slightest hesitation Arvin immediately stripped and took off his pants and underwear. The fabric fell to the floor, showing his perfectly erected shaft right in front of Arion.
Seeing the unexpected sight, Arion's breath caught slightly. The reddish-yellow-haired youth looked at Arvin's shaft with a gaze full of longing and admiration.
So... is this the shaft that will absolutely bind me in a Life-and-Death contract with him later? thought Arion feeling amazed, his heart beating fast impatient to quickly formalize himself to become the spouse of his life savior. I... I really want to hold it right now.
Because of his huge desire and longing, coupled with the curiosity that kept raging in his chest, Arion's hand moved almost unconsciously. The youth reached out his right hand and immediately touched, then held Arvin's erecting shaft gently.
So... is this how my husband's shaft feels? It feels very warm... I am truly very impatient to be able to become his complete spouse soon! continued Arion in his heart, reluctant to release his grip.
Arvin completely did not refuse. He let Arion hold and play with his shaft gently for a few moments, letting the youth channel his admiration and affection.
However, after feeling it was enough, Arvin gently held Arion's hand and lowered it. He had to carry out his main mission today immediately.
"That's enough for the warm-up today. Now, please put your clothes back on immediately, everyone." requested Arvin with a tone that became serious again.
Without arguing, the eight youths immediately moved to pick up their clothes from the floor and put back on their respective uniforms and pants neatly. Arvin also did the same, putting his underwear and academy pants back on.
"Alright, I will go meet him now!" said Arvin, turning his body and stepping firmly towards the main door of the mansion. Before reaching the door handle, he looked back to give an absolute warning. "Wait here quietly and don't let any of you dare to go out of this mansion. I don't want any outsiders realizing the fact that I can use teleportation magic."
"Okay, we understand!" answered the eight of them simultaneously, obeying the instruction.
Hearing the compact answer, Arvin nodded in satisfaction. And the next second, something unreasonable happened.
His body suddenly disappeared from their sight just like that without any mana traces or puffs of smoke, as if he was completely erased from existence.
That phenomenon immediately made Kylen, Dylan, Davin, and Arion flinch in shock. They were even more shocked and had goosebumps seeing the main door of the mansion suddenly open by itself, then close again with a 'click' sound as if moved by an invisible figure.
"W-Wait... what just happened? Where did he go?" muttered Davin bewilderedly, rubbing both his eyes.
"Calm down, no need to panic. That is Alvein's unique power that he learned." said Allen with a calm smile, trying to ease the confusion of their new family members. "The name of that rare magic is 'invisible' magic, a high-level magic that will make his body and aura of existence become completely invisible and undetectable by any sensors."
Kylen, Dylan, Davin, and Arion gaped. The four of them completely never expected that magic so absurd and defying the laws of nature like that was truly real and existed in the world. Instantly, their four pairs of eyes simultaneously shifted to stare sharply at Alvein.
Realizing the gaze full of disbelief that seemed to be demanding real proof from them, the silver-haired youth only smirked a little.
Without saying a single word, Alvein immediately activated his invisible magic.
Instantly, his body faded and directly disappeared invisible to everyone in the living room, exactly like what Arvin did earlier.
"Crazy!" said Davin in shock, messing up his own hair unable to comprehend. "I don't know how strong these monsters Arvin married actually are! Knowing the fact that Ordion is an immortal creature is already very absurd in my head, if now added with the existence of Alvein's completely undetectable magic... I feel like I'm almost going crazy being in this household!"
"Wait, what did you say? Ordion is... immortal?!" exclaimed Kylen and Dylan simultaneously, their eyes widening perfectly staring at the red-haired youth who was sitting casually on the sofa.
"Yes, Davin is right. I am an immortal human!" answered Ordion with a casual tone and a crisp laugh, as if confirming a food order. "Even if my heart is pierced by a sword until it's destroyed, or even my head is severed from my neck, I still won't be able to die. But... even with this immortal body of mine, I still lose completely when fighting Allen and Alrain. Hehehe."
The fact that was exposed so casually was like a thunderbolt in broad daylight, truly shocking Kylen, Dylan, and Arion. Especially when their brains digested the last sentence stating that Ordion, who had a body that couldn't die even then, was actually still less strong when fighting Allen and Alrain.
"Wait a minute... this logic is very crazy!" muttered Kylen curiously, his brain trying to measure the hierarchy of power in the room. "If Ordion who is an immortal creature completely cannot defeat the two of you, then what about Arvin's true strength?"
Hearing the critical question from the Flamort prince, Allen smiled faintly and folded his arms over his chest.
"If calculated, our husband's strength is probably about thirty times the maximum strength of Alrain, who is incidentally the strongest person among all of us right now." answered Allen calmly, detailing the facts based on what he had observed and felt from the depth of his husband's mana all this time.
"And just so you know, all of us here were initially taught the basics of magic and combat by Alrain." chimed in Alvein whose voice suddenly sounded again, followed by his body slowly reappearing on the sofa.
The silver-haired youth pointed at Alrain who was just listening silently. "Because Alrain was trained and forged specifically by our husband. Therefore he became extraordinarily strong. Even me, who uses this undetectable magic, can easily have my position known by him, you know. He is already like the second version of Arvin in my eyes. Hehehe."
The fact that the strongest person among the spouses in the room was Alrain truly caused an uproar.
"Ah... no wonder." said Dylan in amazement, remembering a previous incident. "No wonder when there was an incident in class that time, Alrain very easily deflected the fire element sword that Ordion directed at him right away without looking at all. I truly didn't expect that he is the strongest among you, even though he always looks casual and calm in front of everyone, as if reluctant to show his strength."
"Don't you guys ever be fooled by the cute face and calm demeanor of that green-haired boy!" chimed in Ordion suddenly giving a stern warning. "If he gets angry or someone hurts the person he loves, he is like an unstoppable storm of destruction, and will destroy all his enemies without hesitation and without mercy!"
Hearing the barrage of facts about the people who were now his family, Prince Kylen massaged his temples slowly.
"Oh my..." complained Kylen suddenly, leaning his body limply against the sofa. "Now I understand, it turns out all the academy participant representatives from the Astoria Kingdom joining this tournament are all a bunch of monsters in human form in disguise. I feel like I really made a wrong move becoming a tournament participant this year. You guys are all completely unreasonable."
Unrestrained laughter immediately broke out filling the mansion's living room after hearing the desperate yet witty complaint from the Flamort Kingdom prince. The tension completely vanished without a trace.
"At least, there is a great wisdom behind all this, Kylen. In the end you will marry him and live side by side with our extraordinary husband forever." chimed in Alrain also speaking up while smiling to subside his laughter.
"You are very right, Alrain!" replied Kylen, his annoyance evaporating replaced by a very happy smile. "Setting aside how terrifying all of you are... I am very impatient to quickly marry him and live here officially with you guys."