AN: Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and Happy whatever else you happen to celebrate today. I just hope you guys are happy

  This is my Christmas gift to you all. It's not much, but it's honest work.

  Now, the great question of the chapter:

  If you could spend the Christmas holidays somewhere(roughly 2 weeks), where would you go to? (Fictional worlds count). You may also choose a present, as long as it is only one thing.

  Now, here is the Christmas chapter:

  ~ Razen Antares Gremory ~ The girls soon returned to the dining room, and they immediately noticed there was something different. Both Venana and Grayfia sent an inquisitive gaze toward their respective husband.

  While Eu and Kuisha did the same towards their respective King, knowing it would be a long talk once they got home, Razen signaled to Eu with a gaze that promised an expnation, earning a nod from the young noblewoman.

  The rest of the party was pretty tame ter, with everyone focusing mostly on small talk and eating a little bit more, they did the whole Happy Birthday shtik; the cake, the music, blowing candles, and shaking hands. But overall, there wasn't much more for people to do. So as a final act for the night, it was time for Antares to receive his gifts.

  From his father; he got a PORSCHE 718 Cayman GT4 RS(Silver), the car was specially custom-made to run both on fuel and Demonic Energy, enchanted to be self-repairing and extra durable, and while Razen could literally fly or teleport everywhere, he loved the gift.

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  [colpse]His mother, on the other hand, gave him a pair of Harley Davison Sportster S. One of them red and the other blue. Both porting the same enchantments of the car. Razen could see his mother's intention from a mile away, but he was very happy with the gift nonetheless.

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  [colpse]Sirzechs, much to Razen's surprise, gave him the armor he had commissioned not long ago. But differently from his order, the armor was very heavily enchanted. It has the usual enchantments; Durability, Self-Repair, increased defense, Increased weight, self-cleaning, self-adjusting, flexibility +, and quite a few more.

  And while the armor was far from an Artifact or even a Bance Breaker Suit, it was an excellent armor Razen could use and was even better than even what he asked for. It didn't need to be said that the birthday boy absolutely loved this gift as well.

  Sairaog opted to go the opposite way of Sirzechs and gifted Razen a sword, more specifically; a replica of Balmung. The sword only has three basic enchantments; Durability, Self-Repairing, and Sharpness, but it was still a fine piece of art that took the younger redhead for a moment. Antares loved this gift, and not only because it gave him a good Greatsword he could use more casually than the Cleaver of Shamash, but also because it was a very cool sword.

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  [colpse]Grayfia, for her part, opted to gift Antares a cookbook filled with plenty of recipes and tips to someone who is starting their journey as a chef. She likely discovered that the Gremory Heir was trying to cook by himself and decided to help in her own way. Antares put away the book with a smile, extremely grateful she even got him a gift to begin with.

  After thanking everyone for their Gifts, Antares talked with his father and discovered that the vehicles and armor would be delivered to his home in the human world. Putting Balmung(replica) away, Antares, once again, proffered his most sincere thanks to his parents, sibling, and cousin before saying goodbye to everyone and going home.

  It was a rather abrupt end, but not unexpected, Antares could see everyone was growing tired of the party, and as gd as he was to be amongst his family, he had long since gotten used to living "alone".

  Back in his office, the Devil Heir finally rexed. Meeting his family always leaves him a little bit tired, and today was no exception. And he had to fully admit, today they were quite a bit more approachable than his memories remembered them, but perhaps that was mostly his past self seeing the world with gloom-colored gsses.

  The gifts were also quite nice, prompting Antares to smile slightly.

  Hearing the low thump of Eu tossing herself on the chair, Razen knew her time with his mother had also been quite tiresome.

  "Let me guess.", began the boy with a teasing smirk; "By the time she picked the 4th album you finally realized the error of your ways?".

  Eu rolled her eyes; "You underestimate me Antares.", the girl added tiredly; "I realized it on the 2nd one.".

  "Till which album did she show you?", asked Antares. "The 47th one…", Eu answered hauntingly.

  "Huh, so not even half then.", the boy nodded in understanding; "She went easy on you guys.". The Spindrift Knight groaned, prompting Antares to chuckle.

  "Now, I guess I do owe you an expnation.", began the Devil Heir with a sigh; "Well, it all started when Sirzechs suggested we go see Ajuka-".

  Antares then expined everything that happened as soon as the girls left the dining room, putting as much detail as he could muster. By the end, Eu nodded her head and commented; "I am gd you were able to sort things out. And just the fact that the incident of our contract will be investigated, is already quite a relief.".

  "Indeed, liking it or not. That Six-Winged beast was not normal.", Antares frowned; " And the fact that it kept evolving…I am afraid that if I didn't use Shamash when I did, we wouldn't have survived. It had Light attribute after all".

  "Currently that is outside of our jurisdiction, so we shouldn't worry over it anymore.", the Devil Scion sighed; "Right now I just want to sleep.".

  "Same.", Eu agreed tiredly while rubbing her left eye.

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  After a restful night of sleep, Eu awoke Antares with a deep kiss. The Force user honestly couldn't think of a better way of being woken up. Okay, he does, but that is outside of the point.

  After a long makeout session, the duo freshened up, ate breakfast, and proceeded with their usual training.

  And like the previous time, Antares focused more on his magic, trying to increase his repertoire of spells.

  He first started by refining his Force Push spell, a spell that consists of sending a raw wave of force to, well, push. Taking a few inspirations from Star Wars, he also wanted to create a Force Telekinesis Spell, something that would allow him to control objects from afar.

  Funnily enough, this ended up earning Antares two spells. Force Crush and the Force Telekinesis Spell he tried to create.

  Force Crush was born out of an accident when Antares covered the entire body of a wooden dummy with Force, he accidentally applied way too much pressure when he tried to lift it, thus crushing the thing into bits.

  After a few tries and a dozen or so crushed dummies ter, he finally managed to safely levitate it without causing much damage. It would still require a lot of practice to be able to use for anything more delicate, but nothing that dedication and Soul Talent can't accomplish.

  His other objective for the day was to try to create a Force Bullet spell, which was just a Forceball altered to be more aerodynamic.

  He thought about creating Force Arrows at first, but that would be quite a waste of time as Force Spear already covers most of its uses. The Force Lance, which is a direct upgrade of Force Spear in every way, and the Force Bullet spell he ended up creating were quite a welcoming improvement for his growing arsenal.

  Antares also made a point to discuss with Eu about a magical tutor for both of them, they may have been quite successful developing on their own until now, the imagination-based magic system really helped, but they've mostly been training their 'innate' abilities, branching probably won't be as easy and will require outside resources. Not to mention that a teacher will speed their progress by quite a bit as well. They could do it alone by themselves, but Soul Talent does work better with a tutor to bounce off, so that is an avenue worth pursuing.

  Going in the opposite direction from Antares, Eu has long since found her fighting style, so she just sharpened what she already knew, the whole practicing a kick 10000 times instead of practicing 10000 kicks one time. She was getting stronger and better at what she already had, refining and improving her current abilities to new heights, but Antares just noticed her pace was a bit slower than his, which allowed the boy to finally bring it up in a conversation with her.

  "We need to buy Talent Share for Martial Talent and Soul Talent asap.", began the boy during their lunch break.

  Finishing her Mana Spring Water, Eu nodded her head; "Agreed, I've noticed our rate of progress diverges quite a bit… I at first thought it was a natural talent at py, but…".

  "You are already very talented yourself, I know it.", completed Antares with a small smile; "But Company Talents are something else. And if you are already so talented it took days for us to notice the discrepancy…".

  "If I have Martial Talent or Soul Talent then…", Eu gulped, her imagination running wild.

  "It will be like giving wings to a tiger.", added the boy with a smirk.

  Eu looked at Antares weirdly; "I've never heard of that expression before, but it kind of fits?". "Oh, it's a Chinese expression.", expined the devil heir.

  "Chinese?", Eu tilted her head, her question making Antares facepalm at himself.

  "Sorry, guess I was so worried about getting stronger that I forgot to teach you basic geography.", apologized Razen with an awkward smile, he knew he was forgetting something. And he made a mental note to buy Grail Knowledge as soon as he could.

  After a brief expnation of standard Earth's geography, the two went back into their afternoon training.

  Pondering a bit about his arsenal, the crimson-haired Devil noticed that he needed a spell with cutting power, something that he could use with both his sword and by itself. It was then that Force Sword was born. It was quite easy, for someone who trained with a sword regurly, held a sword in his own hand had good mental visualization skills and great imagination, it was just a matter of supplying his Demonic Power, which passed through the filter of his Trait and willing it into existence via Magic Circle.

  Force Sword is a very good spell, something that could be used to give a boost to the sword he was using; a Force construct to toss around and unch at enemies, or simply as a substitute for a sword.

  After creating the Force Sword spell, Antares continued refining and perfecting it as much as possible, until he had an epiphany; 'Instead of creating a sword with force, why don't I use my Force Element to create the effect of using a sword?'.

  The first step was forming the Mental Visualization Image Matrix, so he went Searching through his Kevin Tempte memories and got a few clues, following the information he got from the tempte, he tried to best understand the basic moves of a sword; Cut and Thrust.

  It was difficult, way more than any spell he tried until now, but his nature as an Aethermorph, Imagination-Based magic, Soul Talent, and big reserves of Demonic Mana showed why having one of them is good, but the four simultaneous is an absolute cheat, thus the spells were complete.

  Force Thrust, unsurprisingly, was the first one he succeeded with. Likely due to his experience using the Force Spear Spell and his recent creation of a Force Lance Spell

  This spell uses raw Force element to inflict the effect of a thrust, sadly the range is quite limited, its maximum radius barely reaching 5 meters.

  The Force Cut took a little more time, but when he tried casting it while reminiscing the memory of a wind ssh forming from a strong swing of Kevin's bde, it became a lot easier.

  Seeing he still had around 46 minutes before he called it a day, Antares decided to try to create one st spell.

  Taking inspiration from Kuririn of all people, he summoned a Forceball, the ease with which he cast the spell not being missed on him, and fttened it. And thus Force Disk was born.

  Sadly, it had none of the cutting or destructive powers of the famous Destructo Disk, but it was an excellent starting point, perhaps another day he could add small teeth to the disk's border, and make it spin really fast so it could cut through enemies with ease.

  Looking at the time he saw it was already 21:30, and as this was the time he agreed with Eu, they both stopped training, ate dinner, and freshened up.

  With a new set of clothes, they both went towards the garage.

  Antares' gifts had arrived earlier on the day but both of them had decided to wait till they ended their training to check it out.

  The first thing they went to check out was the Armor.

  The armor was bulky, to the point it made its wearer look more like a walking tank than an armored human. Its greaves and legs were like massive and wide brass pilrs, heavy enough to crush supertough compressed basaltic rock, the sabatons were engraved with sharp teeth akin to those of a tiger, while the graves had engravings of lightning bolts, the circur knee armor had the engravings of a great maw filled with sharp teeth, while the rest of the leg armor was just engraved with symmetrical lines.

  The belt was something else as well, its fibu was a double-headed Aqui, while its straps were made of an unknown red leather, most likely drake leather, and its peninsu made of the same brass-colored metal.

  The chest pte was quite simple all things considered, it was engraved with strange waves and lines with a skull in the middle. The pauldrons, on the other hand, were a piece of art, covering a great area and filled with beautiful engravings of a moon and a sun shooting out lightning.

  The vambrace and rerebrace were works of art, eerily simir to the legs, they looked like two pilrs of brass, with very few but meaningful engravings. Albeit the vambraces had spikes adorning them, for a very authentic Batman impression.

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  [colpse]Overall, the armor exhaled testosterone and manliness by its sheer existence, it was mainly to the point of being utterly ridiculous, its size and weight making it a very impractical armor, and that was to the absurd standards of this world, any sane and practical warrior would not wear such a cumbersome thing. But for Antares it was…

  "Perfect.", whispered the boy stunned. He couldn't wait to see the look on Revya's face when she saw him wearing this.

  And better than the original wearer of the Armour of Mars, Antares will actually wear a helmet.

  Eu raised her eyebrow, as a Knight herself, she always preferred mobility and flexibility over defense. But she could see her lover did like the armor very much, so instead of making some snide comment or an asinine critique, she just grasped his hand and leaned her head on his shoulder, giving him her silent support.

  "You should allot some time to train while using it.", suggested Eu after Antares spent a few minutes gushing at his genuine replica of the Armour of Mars.

  "That is a pretty good suggestion.", thanked Antares riding the wave of his enthusiasm; "Should do that at least until I reach a point where I can comfortably wear and fight with it.".

  "That's wise.", Eu advised with a small smile; "People often forget that Armor, just like any weapon, also requires training.".

  "Did you learn how to use armor with the Knights of Favonius?", asked Antares curiously.

  "I did.", Eu answered with a nod; "As all recruits are required to. Personalized uniform is only afforded for decorated members or captains.".

  "Do you want armor of your own?", Asked the Force user, still a little bit distracted by his own armor.

  Eu shook her head; "No. It does not fit my more agile style.", she then stopped and thought about it a little more deeply; "Albeit a few pieces to protect some vital areas and the arms sound like a good addition that will not compromise anything.".

  "Good. We should go over the details ter, meanwhile, you can think about exactly what you will want.", added the boy with a slight smile while Eu nodded with one of her own.

  After a kiss, the two turned towards the car, Antares' Porsche Cayman GT, and he had to admit it was quite a beautiful car. Curiously enough, as it is common with this type of car, Antares expected it to be very uncomfortable for someone of his size. Apparently, he underestimated his Father's gift, as even the internal space was enchanted to be more comfortable.

  The comfort was good, almost borderline absurd, to the point even the few SUVs he drove in the past could not compare. Eu also agreed with him, as she found the vehicle good enough to even fall asleep in if they did so desire. Apparently, Zeocitus had gone all out on this car, something Antares felt even more appreciative of.

  "Wanna go for a spin?", Antares asked Eu, who shook her head; "Too te for it right now, better leave it for tomorrow.".

  Looking at the time, Antares saw that it was already 22:30, and seeing they would need to wake up early tomorrow he conceded.

  Next was the pair of Harley Davison Sportster S Razen's mother had gifted him. And the motorcycles were as impressive as they sounded, the sounds of their engine when turned on were absolutely beautiful.

  ~ Razen Antares Gremory ~ When Razen and Eu rested on their bed, sleep came quickly, and sooner than the devil Heir would've liked, it was already Monday morning, and they had to go to school.

  Seeing as he and Eu were in the habit of waking up early, they had roughly around 2 hours before they would be considered te.

  Looking at his lover who was just waking up, Razen smiled warmly; "Good Morning my beautiful Knight, how was your sleep?"

  "Excellent.", answered Eu curtly before kissing him deeply on the lips; "And yours?", she asked after breaking the trail of saliva.

  Razen chuckled; "Spectacur!". Eu rolled her eyes but hid a smirk under the covers.

  "Unfortunately, as good as this is.", Antares said with a genuinely sad sigh; "We must get up.".

  It took effort, but the two lovers soon separated and followed their usual routine.

  "Now, I was thinking about doing around an hour of exercise before starting the day, what do you think?", suggested the boy with a smile that made Eu swoon internally.

  "That sounds like it would be a good idea.", agreed Eu with a small smile; "Just let's take care not to be te on my first day.".

  "Don't worry.", assured the Gremory Heir; "I will be setting a few arms so we do not miss it.".

  Antares, now feeling way better, decided it was time to go back to the fabled Surtr Training. He has just a single hour, but it was more than enough to go through a full body cycle. And that is exactly what he did.

  Eu, this time, opted to go with the Surtr Training as well. Sadly, she couldn't train in the same suicidal intensity as Antares as she didn't possess the same Self-Healing skills he did. But she could go with the training pn at the lowest intensity, as the recovery potion was still quite effective.

  When the first arm rang, both of them let out groans of relief, did a few warm-up exercises to cool off, and went to freshen up.

  Funnily enough, Antares was the one who took longer on the bath, mostly due to the fact he kept thinking of ideas for new Force Spells and ended up losing track of time

  By the time he dried himself up, used some deodorant, and went towards his bedroom. Eu was already in the middle of putting on her School Uniform.

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  [colpse]Antares didn't know if it was the spontaneousness of the act, or simply the fact that he saw his lover in a school uniform for the first time, but he simply couldn't stop himself from just pouncing on her and stealing a deep, wet kiss.

  "Sorry…", he whispered a little ashamed of his pse in control; "You were way too beautiful, I simply could not resist.", Eu blushed, her cheeks getting warmer and her heart fluttering like a speeding train. She absolutely loved this act of spontaneous affection, it filled her heart with joy.

  "And do you think seeing you in your boxers is any different for me?", Eu kissed Antares Again, the lovers taking their sweet time interweaving their tongues. Breaking the kiss, she sighed; "As much as I want to spend the entire day making out, we need to go to school.".

  Suddenly Antares hated school a little bit more. Shaking his head, he went to put on his own uniform and the new watch he bought st week. Picking up his own school bag he had prepared such a long ago, he looked at Eu.

  She had already put on the school uniform and was performing a st check on her own School Bag, just to make sure she was bringing everything. Finding nothing missing, she nodded her head and put the bag over her shoulder.

  The two walked at a sedated pace towards the garage, a comfortable silence setting in between them.

  Arriving at the garage, Razen smiled broadly while looking at his vehicles; "So, want to go by Motorcycle or Car?", he asked Eu.

  "Hmmm, I can't drive yet.", stated Eu with a slight pout; "… and can we even fit together in a motorcycle?".

  Antares narrowed his eyes; "…probably?".

  Eu deadpanned; "If you wanted us to be squished together, all you had to do is ask.".

  "Guess I was seen through?", Razen chuckled good-naturedly; "The car then.".

  Entering in the car, putting on the seatbelt, and helping Eu do the same, Razen turned it on.

  And what a beauty it was, the roaring sound of the engine, the pleasant vibrations traveling through the wheel, the comfortable and climatized interior. Ah, what a wonderful feeling.

  The Gremory Scion briefly wondered what would feel like to drive a Ferrari or a Lamborghini, or maybe even a Bugatti or a Koenigsegg. 'Guess I am developing a passion for cars…', the Force user chuckled inwardly.

  Opening the garage, Antares pressed on the accelerator slightly, making the car burst forth. Thankfully, to his reflexes, the car might as well be in slow motion, so he safely drove it out of his state.

  Going through the streets of Kuoh so early in the morning, they barely saw other cars. So the redhead used the opportunity to stretch his new car a little, breaking no small amount of traffic ws he accelerated, but nothing absurd as he never went past 100 kph, but more than enough to have some harmless fun.

  Arriving at school, Razen parked his car and looked at his surroundings.

  After his brother's warning, he honestly thought he would see some obvious change in the school; perhaps a band of Yakuza patrolling around or even some Yokai as students, but things were surprisingly calm.

  Kuoh Academy's standard level of calm that is.

  "Whoa? Is that the Red Prince!? Since when did he become so muscur?".

  "And who is that besides him? Is she a new transfer student? Maybe even his g-girlfriend!?"

  "Whaaa, what happened to the pretty boy!? He just looks like a man now, *pitui*.".

  "That girl is so beautiful! The hair, the eyes, the body, is she a supermodel?"

  "Heck, should she even be in high school?"

  "Did she get held back by a year? Maybe she is some kind of delinquent…".

  "A pretty girl like her? Now way!".

  "…wait… are her hips wider than her shoulders? How can someone have such a perfect figure!?"

  "How did the Red Prince bulk up so much in such a short time, is he on drugs?"

  "… did he get even taller, because I want to-".

  "You should ignore them Eu.", advised Antares with a sympathetic wince; "If you stop to listen, you will be here the whole day.".

  The Cryo user shook her head; "It's not that. I am used to this kind of attention… just not in this intensity or low level of hostility.".

  Razen chuckled; "That is enhanced senses for you baby. You hear even what you do not want to.", he then deadpanned; "Besides… The people here are extra horny.".

  "I noticed.", she deadpanned back; "But aren't that just teenagers in general?", Eu pointed out with a smile.

  "A good point.", Razen conceded.

  The two were walking towards Razen's cssroom when they heard a loud and incredible fake cough sound in the hallway.

  Closing his eyes, and taking a deep sigh to shove down his annoyance, Razen turned towards the source of the sound;

  "Good Morning to you too Sitri.", he greeted the gss-wearing girl in a pin tone. Eu, bless her soul and ability to read the room, immediately assumed a more serious posture.

  The Sitri Heiress narrowed her eyes in annoyance; "It's Shitori, Gremory-san.". Antares simply decided to ignore that; "Say, what can I do for you Sitri?".

  "*Sigh*, your inability to even pronounce a name correctly astounds me to this day, Gremory-san.", she spoke through slightly gritted teeth; "But I am not here to trade petty insults with you.", she took a deep breath, calming down; "We need to talk.".

  Seeing as going along with Sona for now would be simply easier, Antares nodded his head; "Lead the way.".

  A little stunned he didn't reply with an insult, Sona blinked her eyes owlishly, before mechanically nodding and walking towards the Student Council Room.

  "Why is she so hostile to you?", asked Eu in a low tone; "I almost thought she was going to attack with how tense and angry she was.".

  "We used to be betrothed to each other.", replied the Gremory Heir pinly, memories surfacing in his mind.

  "Hoh!?", Eu raised her eyebrow; "What happened?".

  "She won a chess match against me.". Eu just looked confused.

  Sona chose that time to turn around and gre at Antares; "I have an ongoing agreement with my parents that as long as I beat any would-be suitors in a chess match, I can null our marriage contracts.", she expined in a pin tone.

  "She is also a 2678pts Chess Grand Master.", added Razen with a sigh. But seeing Eu looking confused, he added; "That is like Top 10 Worldwide.", Eu nodded in understanding, but Razen could see she held back some questions.

  Sona looked almost proud for a moment, but seeing from whom this praise was coming from, she quickly defted.

  Arriving at the Student Council Room, Antares saw that Tsubaki, Sona's Queen, and Saji, her Pawn, were already there. The two were seated and talking in hushed tones with each other, piles of paper being exchanged among them. Seeing Antares' giant frame entering the room, they scowled, prompting the redhead to smirk. If there was one thing about Japan that always surprised the Devil Heir was just how small everyone was, even before he started exercising for real, he was already pretty tall, but now that he spotted a 195cm tall frame, he literally towered over everyone, almost hitting his head on the door frames. Sona herself was barely 166cm in height, so her head barely reached his barrel-like chest. The only people around his height that he knew were Sairaog with an impressive 194cm and his brother with 190cm.

  Saji, besides his slight European ancestry, was your typical Japanese man in height. Not to mention Tsubaki who was from a traditional family with very deep Japanese roots.

  Shaking his head to get rid of such random thoughts, Antares greeted the other; "Good Morning Saji, Tsubaki.", the two Reincarnated Devils frowned at Razen's informal way of address. But returned his greetings with a nod.

  Rolling his eyes, Antares sat on the chair before Sona's desk, almost breaking it with his weight and the suddenness of the act.

  Hearing the painful groans of her chair, Sona massaged her temples in annoyance. Taking a series of deep breaths, she calmed down and looked sharply at Razen; "You received the news I take it?"

  "About our new overseers?", asked Razen, prompting Sona to nod.

  "Yeah, I did.". His answer made Sona twitch her eyebrows.

  "That is it?....", the Sitri pressed, frustration seeping from her tone; "They are sending someone to babysit us and that's all you have to say?".

  "Sitri Heiress.", started Antares in a very serious tone, prompting Sona to flinch; "This is not a situation to have an ego trip. I understand your desire for independence, or to prove yourself, but this is not the time for childish squabbles.".

  Saji snorted; "You of all people talking responsibly? About being childish?", he continued with contempt; "When was the st time you completed a contract? Culled a Stray devil? Helped administrate the territory? Huh?".

  Antares couldn't help but wince internally, and as disrespectful as Saji was, none of what he said was wrong. The prideful part of him wanted to rage and throw his weight to shut Saji up, but that would only prove him even more right.

  "Saji. Shut up.", Sona reprimanded with a gre. No matter how much she despised Antares, he was still a Heir to a Duke of Hell, and while she is a Heiress to a Prince of Hell, his future position still demanded a minimal level of respect.

  Seeing as trying to make Antares see things from her perspective was useless, Sona gave up and passed a stack of papers toward him.

  Intrigued, Antares picked up the stack of papers and briefly skimmed through them. He leafed through the stack with clear disinterest until he saw a familiar name, his heart almost stopping when he saw the profile of a certain woman.

  Name: Yasaka, The Six-Tailed Fox

  Affiliation: Princess of the Yokai faction, the Sister of Ikusautsuwa-no-Oomikami

  Marital Status: Single

  Application: Homeroom Teacher of Css 1-A, History and Japanese Language Teacher

  Danger Rating-

  Antares stopped reading; "I see, so that is the angle they are going with.", he mumbled deep in thought.

  "....still not bothered by this?", asked Sona incredulously; "She will be your Homeroom teacher for Lucifer's Sake!".

  "Sitri, what can we do about it?", said Antares with a helpless but dismissive shrug.

  Sona stopped and sckened on her chair, knowing damn well that Antares was right and hating herself over it. There is nothing that could be done, stronger and more competent people just decided it would be this way and they have to accept it.

  "We either learn how to get along, or our stay in this school will be miserable.", Antares advised with a pin tone.

  Sona nodded, albeit reluctantly.

  "Besides the Yokai, did the Yakuza send someone?", asked the boy curiously.

  "They did.", Sona replied with a small frustrated tone; "The P.E. and Mathematics teachers are both Yakuza.".

  "Good to know.", thanked Antares; "I will be sure to steer clear of trouble.".

  Tsubaki chortled and Saji scoffed in the background, they put their hands over their mouths, futilely trying to hold back the ughter.

  "Understood…", Sona conceded in a very strained tone, likely not believing it in the slightest.

  "Well, before I return to css, I think I should introduce my newest Peerage Member.", getting up, Antares waved in Eu's direction; "This is Eu Lawrence, My Knight".

  Eu half-bowed towards the trio; "It's a pleasure to meet you.".

  "Nice to meet you as well, Lawrence-san. My name is Sona Sitri, but in the human world you may refer to me as Sona Shitori .", the strict girl introduced herself, before gesturing to Saji; "This is Genshirou Saji, my Pawn.", she then gestured to Tsubaki; "And this is Tsubaki Shinra, my Queen. My other peerage members are currently outside on duty or already on their own cssroom, but you should be able to meet them ter.".

  "Now, as a new foreign student, there are a few extra csses you can undertake-", Sona then went and did her job, introducing Eu to the school, expining the csses, the extra csses, her duties, and the school rules.

  "… And then a pair of students is usually selected to clean the cssroom. But that shouldn't matter to you.", finished the Sitri Devil while sending Antares a pointed look.

  "Why?", Eu asked curiously.

  Pointing at the redhead in the room, Sona gritted her teeth; "This assh- creature here, Hypnotized the Principal to make him and any future members of his peerage exempted from any duties assigned by the school.".

  Eu looked at Antares, who just shrugged his shoulder; "Why the hell would I waste time cleaning up just because the school decided to skimp on costs?".

  Sona facepalmed; "See what I am talking about?", Eu reluctantly nodded, but she secretly agreed with Antares that if they did these so-called duties, they would be wasting their whole afternoon at school when they could be doing something more productive at home.

  "He did the same for homework and tests as well.", said Saji between gritted teeth, his sheer frustration almost making Eu ugh.

  "Homework IS a massive waste of time.", the crimson-haired boy defended; "And whoever decided to assign vacation homework should do it themselves instead of pushing it into others.".

  "Please don't hypnotize our teachers to do homework…AGAIN.", pleaded Sona with a voice that sounded almost whiny.

  "I promise.", said the Gremory Heir with crossed fingers.

  *ding-dong-dang*

  *ding-dong-dang*

  *ding-dong-dang*

  "Hoh, guess csses start in 5 minutes, better go before we get te on our first day back.", before Sona could even utter a single sound of protest, Antares grabbed Eu's hand and exited the room.

  ~ Sona Sitri ~ Slumping on her chair, the Sitri Heiress let out a grumble that sounded suspiciously like an enraged whine. Likely already used to such scenes, Saji started massaging her left shoulder, while Tsubaki went to the right one.

  "That man! How can he be so infuriating!?", compined the shorter girl.

  "I wonder how Lord and Lady Gremory can be so lenient on him.", grumbled Saji with a frustrated voice, to see someone making his Buchou so mad and being unable to do anything was very frustrating.

  "They are not Saji.", Sona cut her crush with a firm voice; "What do you think is his marriage contract with Revya about? If my father's words are to be believed, he only got another Betrothal contract because of his ck of contribution to the house, so he was to be married off to the Phenex while Millicas Gremory would become the heir. But things have been changing recently…".

  "Changing? How so?", asked Saji curiously, briefly forgetting his message.

  "Razen Antares Gremory completed a High-Css Extermination Contract. Immediately silencing all the dissident voices in the Senate, while giving both of his parents a lot to think about.", the Sitri Heiress then went up, dusted her clothes, and walked towards the exit; "… If I am not mistaken, he must be aiming to break his contract with Revya by using a Rating Game.".

  "A Rating Game against Revya?", asked Tsubaki incredulously; "Isn't she one of the Top 10 of our generation?". Sona nodded.

  "How?", asked Saji stupefied; "Isn't his marriage due in like… a Month tops? How can he hope to win? He just got his first peerage member! Revya has a full peerage already.".

  "That I do not know Saji.", Sona replied hiding a grimace; "All I know is Antares Gremory changed, and not a small amount for that matter.".

  "Tell me about it…", the boy grumbled enviously at just how tall and muscur Antares became in such a short while.

  "He did indeed get more handsome.", added Tsubaki with a slightly dreamy tone, earning her wide eyes from both of her friends.

  Tsubaki chuckled at seeing their expressions; "Just because we do not like him, does not mean I can't appreciate a handsome man.".

  Saji and Sona groaned.

  ~ Razen Antares Gremory ~ Exiting the Student Council Room with hurried steps, Antares chuckled when he overheard Tsubaki's comment, it was always nice to be appreciated.

  "That Sitri girl... do you like her?", asked Eu curiously, the answer was kind of obvious, but she still had to ask to be sure.

  "No.", Razen answered seriously; "We may have started good friends when we were kids, but the betrothal contract was merely the final straw. Our friendship had been gradually degrading for a while before that.".

  "How so?"

  "Our Personalities are simply way too incompatible.", answered the boy honestly; "If we spend too much time in the same room, we will probably end up trying to kill each other.".

  "Is it that bad?", asked Eu a little worried, Sona was pretty strong.

  "It is.", affirmed Razen; "If it weren't for the century-long friendship of our families, we would have already sent assassins at each other.". Eu winced, knowing that Antares wasn't really joking about this matter.

  "Thankfully, we do not have to share the same cssroom anymore.", Antares sighed in relief.

  Soon enough they arrived at cssroom 1-A, the red-headed Devil looked at his table; the third one from the back on the left side of the cssroom with a good view of the window. And right as Razen remembered it, the tables around him were all vacant.

  Calling Eu to follow him, he sat on his table and showed her the vacant ones, shrugging her shoulders Eu took the table in front of him.

  Of course, all the juicy interaction with the new student wasn't missed by their cssmates, but by now the two had already learned how to tone out outside noise.

  Sadly, before the two could even talk about something-

  *ding-dong-dang!*

  *ding-dong-dang!*

  *ding-dong-dang!*

  The Arm Bell resounded once more, now indicating the official start of csses. The gossiping students soon calmed down, adjusting themselves on their chairs and straitening their posture.

  A few beats passed and there was still no sign of their Teacher, even Antares himself with super-enhanced senses could not feel, hear, or smell anything indicating the teacher was nearby.

  So you can imagine he had almost a heart attack when the door of the cssroom was opened by… nothing?

  Turning towards the door, he felt his world stop.

  Yasaka was there, her presence null, if his eyes were not seeing her, he would never believed she was there, to begin with. It was like she was simply part of the scenario, of the background, of … nature.

  'Senjutsu is absolutely terrifying.', the boy concluded inwardly, the fact that someone as powerful as her can stroll around with a presence that is the equivalent of a rock is simply mind-blowing.

  A small part of Razen that still believed in the cannon timeline screamed at the fact that Yasaka was here, at the fact she wasn't the leader of a part of the Yokai, and at the fact there was no Kunou as well. Such a small part was quick to be crushed by reality and cold hard logic, after all, cannon has long been buried in this world.

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  AN: And here finishes another chapter, hope you liked it, it was my Christmas gift to you all .

  The pce I choose to go is the Douluo Dalu verse in the DD4+ iteration, at the Douluo Star, of course. Not to mention the thick life energy in the environment, which probably will increase my life expectancy by quite a bit, I would choose the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record as the Christmas gift and I could perhaps even convince someone from the setting to awaken my Martial Soul.

  Meaning I would have finished my holidays with a healthier body, a life expectancy of 120+, a Martial Soul, and the Legendary Cultivation Manual of a renowned sect. A pretty good holiday haul in my humble opinion.

  ~ClearSkySage