AN: Another Chapter here my friends. Hope you all had a good Christmas, and now it's time to prepare for the new year.

  Question of the chapter:

  What Kind of dragon would you be? (A Force Dragon? An Infinite Dragon? A Yang Dragon? Chromatic? Metalic? Creation? Destruction? Light?... Be creative )

  Now Enjoy:

  ~ Razen Antares Gremory ~ Yasaka's appearance was, for ck of a better word, otherworldly. A blond almost golden smooth and silky hair cascaded down her back like a flowing river of liquid gold. Burning Golden foxlike eyes comparable to the sun itself; in both beauty and depth. Velvety, plump crimson lips that twisted into a soft pyful smirk the moment her eyes nded on the other two supernatural inside the cssroom.

  Her figure was absolutely divine; the envy of many goddesses and supernatural women around the world alike. A perfect, plump, and curvaceous hourgss figure, with wide hips, a rge round ass, and ample pliable bouncing breasts.

  She dressed in a simple yet professional garb, a white shirt, that seemed an extremely tight fit in her chest, a pencil skirt that looked like it would torn open at any moment, and tall high heels that only served to complement her figure even more.

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  More Formal Setting:

  [colpse]Yasaka was gorgeous, pin, and simple. And the fox knows it well.

  Distracted as he was by the blonde fox-woman, if Antares had looked at Eu at this moment; he would've noticed the blue-haired girl instantly narrowed her eyes at Yasaka's High Heels, likely evaluating the Fox-woman's own proficiency with the footwear.

  Besides the brief gnce towards the two resident Devils, Yasaka was more than content to py her part as a teacher.

  "Good Morning Students, I hope you all had a nice break.", she introduced herself while she wrote her name on the bckboard.

  [Yasaka Hirume]

  "You may call me Yasaka or Ms. Hirume, whichever one you prefer the most.", she then started writing the date on the board; "Many of the older students must be a little confused as to why I am here.".

  "You see, Ms. Akoyama, your previous homeroom teacher, married a foreign man from Europe, so she left the country on short notice.", She turned back towards the css; "And from now on, I will be your Homeroom and History Teacher.", The fox yokai smiled; "Hope we can get along.".

  Yasaka's smile deepened, and almost every single man in the cssroom swooned. Antares had to agree that the busty fox had a very 'lethal' smile.

  "Now, before we can start the css. Someone new has joined the cssroom as well.", the woman then looked at Eu, her characteristic soft smile still present on her lips which contrasted heavily with Eu's more serious face. "Would you please introduce yourself, Ms. Lawrence.", asked the new teacher.

  And Eu did just that, She got up in front of everyone and started speaking. She did not write on the board, and neither did she add anything unnecessary to her introduction. It was brief, swift, and to the point.

  "Good. You may return to your desk now.".

  Eu thanked the teacher and returned to the table in front of Antares, seeing the cssroom in order, Yasaka continued speaking.

  And so time passed, like thin sand through a wide hourgss, it swiftly ticked down.

  Yasaka's css was surprisingly interesting, and even someone like Antares found himself quite a bit entertained by it. He had to admit he has always held a liking for ancient history, but most of the teachers he got until now were pretty bad, so his interest in the subject was just that, a passing interest.

  The fox woman actually made it interesting, and coupled with the fact that she either lived through some of these events or at least knew a lot of people who did, she will probably be the best history teacher Antares could ask for.

  Then a sudden thought struck Razen's mind; 'Yasaka, in the cannon timeline was a Nine-tailed Fox, this Yasaka is a Six-Tailed one, so going by the myth, she ought to be around 600 years old, so she should've been born a little bit before the start of the civil war.'. Almost as if she could read his thoughts, Yasaka sent a brief amused gre at Razen, earning a shudder from the boy.

  'Scary Fox Woman.', the Devil shook his head internally before continuing with his train of thought; 'Well, I know for a fact a Kitsunes can gain Tails by getting stronger. So if she actively trained and not coasted along, she is probably way younger than that.'.

  Fishing through his HUD, he left one of his Goetia paying attention to the lecture, while the other one browsed the Devilnet.

  'Well, let's research a bit more about the Yokai Faction…', the boy thought while typing [Ikusautsuwa-no-Oomikam in the search bar.

  The results were, way less than what he was expecting. Normally when you search stuff on Google, you have thousands, if not millions of answers; Ikusautsuwa had five.

  The first link was an article about the Golden Cow Milk fiasco, as the media is calling it. Most of the article was filled with useless specution and the usual sensationalism normally found in articles like these, it had zero new information. Probably something that escaped censorship by a spelling error or the other, probably because they called Ikusautsuwa an Omnikami, not an Oomikami.

  The only good thing about this article was the photos. There were, of course, pictures of his Brother and Serafall, some kind of Yakusa guy called Ichiban with a wild afro, and a Pink haired fox girl wearing fancy traditional Japanese clothing, Ikusautsuwa-no-Oomikami, if the article was to be believed.

  The Goetia of Gravity narrowed his mental eyes at the picture, something tickled at his memory, a vague feeling that he should've known something about her.

  '… is that Tamamo?', the Goetia of Gravity excimed internally.

  Okay, the Goetia fully admitted she didn't look exactly like the Tamamo he knows from Extel, but the resembnce is there, albeit she looks way more curvier and sexier than her game counterpart. If something of the sort is even possible, to begin with.

  'Is she from Grand Order?', the Goetia specuted; 'That would be bad, as the only content I consumed from Grand Order was porn, and a few Fan Fics here and there.'.

  'Calm down you fool.', the Goetia admonished himself; 'She probably just resembles Tamamo in appearance.'.

  'Wait… I remember readi- looking at a doujinshi a few years ago about a version of Tamamo called Tamamo Vitch, which she looks suspiciously simir, but I have no idea what that means, probably some alternate form simir to Scáthach Skadi.'.

  'But that Grand Order stuff honestly does not matter here.', concluded the Goetia solemnly; 'The fact is that Ikusautsuwa-no-Oomikami is the Yokai Queen, and has all the power; be it political, physical, or mystical that comes with the position.'.

  Seeing as there wasn't any more useful info in the article, the Goetia went back to the search tab.

  The second link ended up being even more disappointing, It was a link to the Central Devil Government website, but most of it bar a few public names were redacted. Pressing a mental F12, the Goetia tried to alter the source code of the page to see if he could see what was behind the redacted stuff, but it ended up being futile; 'This was expected… someone as smart as Ajuka would never leave such easy breach in a Government Website.'. Giving up on this Link, the Goetia clicked on the third one.

  This one was an article about the Marriage of Ikusautsuwa-no-Oomikami, the Yokai Queen; and the Yakuza's Sosai Oyabun, Kazuma Kiryu.

  The Goetia was a little speechless, he may never have pyed a Yakuza game in his life, but even he knows who the hell Kazuma Kiryu is.

  'Wait… don't Yokai, like... eat humans and stuff?', thought the Goetia confused for a bit, a quick Google search answered his questions. Much like devils, Yokai had foregone their human and soul-eating habits, the wful ones did anyway.

  The marriage article was the typical gossip article, talking about the marriage, the floof, and how the many suitors of the Greater Goddess of Weaponry had their hearts broken and the usual bh bh bh of a gossip article.

  'Oh, that is an interesting piece of information.', praised the Goetia inwardly while looking at the description of a photo; '[Ikusautsuwa-no-Oomikami, the Greater Goddess of Weaponry]. So Ikusautsuwa is a Goddess…", the Goetia grumbled internally; 'Well, that isn't exactly surprising considering the divine nature of Nine-Tailed Foxes, but it's good to have confirmation and knowledge about her divinity.'.

  'Wait… does a divinity about weaponry consist of like… every weapon? Because if such a thing is true, that's terrifying... no wonder Brother had to tap into his true form to fight her.', the Goetia sighed; 'Well… I shouldn't concern myself with this kind of thing. It's not like the Yokai are our enemies, the Naberius incident never happened in this reality, so our retions are akin to good acquittances that keep trying to one-up each other. Albeit the Golden Cow Milk fiasco strained things a bit.'.

  The rest of the article was just unnecessary and completely useless gossip, but one single photo managed to interest the curious Goetia.

  'Goro Majima.', much like Kiryu, Majima was another aspect of the Yakuza games that transcended his community, the Goetia lost count of just how many memes he saw with Majima on it. Fun times.

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  [colpse]'Will he burst through the trash? Or is he disguised as that girl two desks away from mine? Wait… is he the bird?', the Goetia chuckled internally and felt the urge to wave at the red bird flying outside.

  Seeing as the article had nothing more useful to supply, he clicked on the fourth one and instantly frowned inwardly. It was just a cospy store that sold a costume of Ikusautsuwa, which looked to be quite a bit high quality as well, oh, they have an 18+ version as well, nice.

  Saving the important website for ter, Antares clicked on the fifth and st link.

  It was a forum page, with not many comments besides emotes and people saying vulgar and condescending thoughts, so probably the Devil version of Reddit.

  What was interesting for the redhead, was that someone posted a video of his brother's fight with Ikusautsuwa. Which is quite a rare thing. You see, due to the nature of Sirzechs True Form being an avatar of destruction, aka Human Shaped Aura of Destruction, just by activating it he perpetually destroys everything around him, including light. So filming him outside of magical means is impossible.

  The cameraman, however, proved that he was no fool, as his camera seemed to be enchanted in some way. It was still short of say, a divine spell or a more skilled magician artifact, but it worked well enough to show the start of the fight.

  Sirzechs was flying very high up in the sky, and before him, Ikusautsuwa floated a few meters away. They seemed to be discussing something the video couldn't quite grasp. Suddenly there was a change, Ikusautsuwa created a literal sea of rifles from thin air and attacked, the sheer impact of so many guns shooting in the same pce sent a shockwave that managed to rattle the camera. Sadly for the fox deity, Siorzechs was no easy opponent.

  Waves and more waves of bullets hit a wall of pure destruction energy, not even managing to make it fluctuate.

  Ikusautsuwa started moving around, her weapons changing form, shooting different types of bullets, calibers, and-

  'Are those elemental bullets? Holy Light Bullets!?How!?', the Goetia screamed inwardly.

  And while Holy energy is literally a solvent for Demonic energy, Sirzechs didn't seem phased, his Wall of Destruction expanded and gained many yers, and changed to have a slightly different feel about them, it looked heavier in Antares' opinion.

  The Holy Light Bullets were incredibly effective, but Sirzechs had likely faced worse against the Angels many times, so Ikusautsuwa's admittedly rather proficient use of the attribute, was rather cking when compared to the personifications of Virtue, Holiness, and Light.

  The fox changed tactics yet again, mixing missiles, psma guns, grenades, and even throwing bdes. She coordinated the infinite number of weapons like a divine maestro handles an infinite orchestra, with precision and dedication only those who truly love their creations have.

  Sirzechs started feeling pressed now, so he went on the offensive a bit, creating gigantic circur orbs of destruction to stop Ikusautsuwa's attacks.

  With a simple wave of her hand, the Yokai leader summoned an entire wave of Atomic Bombs, and without hesitating for even a second, unched every single one of them at Sirzechs.

  For the first time in the fight, Sirzechs faltered, for he could feel the holy energy filling those bombs from a mile away.

  The Crimson Satan slumped sadly and let out a sigh.

  An explosion of baleful crimson and dark energies exploded from him and then… nothing, the video died, the camera likely incapable of working anymore.

  'Huh, I think this is one of the cleanest recordings of my brother's true form.', commented the Goetia a little surprised; 'Or at least the moment he activated it.'.

  Shaking his head internally, the Goetia tried to find more information by researching differently, he tried many things even going as far as to research the names of all those affiliated with Ikusautsuwa. In the end, he reached one single conclusion; 'This shit is way out of my pay grade.'. Everything was censored, redacted, or outright nonexistent.

  Looking at Yasaka for a brief moment, the Goetia had an idea to search for her, only to end up even more disappointed. If the information on Ikusautsuwa was extremely scarce, info on Yasaka was even less present, her presence on forums and social media was nil as well.

  So either she never bothered with the internet; is extremely paranoid about her web presence or is using another network entirely.

  'Well, as useful as this 30-minute research session was… I have a primary designation to fulfill.', grumbled the Goetia of Gravity while going back to researching more scientific articles about its main directive.

  The Goetia refused to stand for its current poor skills with gravity; 'As if I would tolerate not even a 10% increase in power by using that much mana. Such poor efficiency is disgusting.'.

  Ignoring his own Goetia internal passionate speeches about gravity, the Core Goetia, who has been paying attention to css until now, felt a little amused. He remembers how mind-numbing and boring school used to be, but he will be the first to admit that it is massively more pleasant when Yasaka is the one teaching, and the fact he can browse the web whenever he wants helped a lot as well.

  The rest of the day was the usual pin school life. Bar Yasaka's css, everything else was utterly mundane and boring. Thankfully the HUD came to save the day and allowed Antares to progress his knowledge beyond the speed the school could ever hope to afford.

  And with a Third Goetia well under production, his learning speed will only get faster and faster with time.

  Eu, on the other hand, was having the time of her life. As difficult as the csses were, and as lost as she was sometimes, she was learning a lot and this made her happy.

  When csses finished for the day, Antares and Eu rushed toward the Occult Research Club.

  Sitting on his comfortable chair, Antares sighed. A lot of paperwork had accumuted over these days, and a lot of contracts were forming a rather sizeable pile.

  Eu also sat down and closed her eyes for a brief moment; "I will soon have to go towards my extra csses.", the blue-haired girl notified, then drew her smartphone; "It should start in 15 minutes.".

  "Good, do ask as many questions as you want.", advised Antares with a slight fond smile; "I made sure to Hypnotize the Teacher so she wouldn't get suspicious of you no matter how weird your questions are.".

  Eu nodded; "And what about that 'Grail Knowledge', we talked about?".

  "Hmm, I am just waiting for some credits and I will buy it as soon as possible.", agreed Antares in a serious tone; "As good as these csses are, the 'Grail Knowledge' perk will make sure there is no fw in your foundation so to speak."

  Picking his company phone, Antares brought up the perk; "The Perk Exact words are: Having acquired this perk, you can be sure that your companion will receive all the necessary common knowledge for your world. Including general schooling, hygiene, and home appliance skills.".

  "So just bear with it for a little while, and as soon as I can afford it, I will be buying this Perk for you.", added the Devil heir with a warm smile before putting his phone away.

  Eu snorted cutely; "I do not mind Antares, learning new stuff is quite fun.", then she cupped her chin and added; "Albeit I do have to admit this perk is incredibly convenient, it skips years of education and cultural integration for 1c.".

  "Yeah, that is the company for you.".

  Eu then got up and stretched her arms, giving quite the view to Antares. Seeing her lover looking at her so attentively, Eu smiled and sat on his p.

  A 10-minute makeout session ter, they had to sadly separate as Eu had csses, and Antares had a few duties to uphold.

  As soon as Eu exited the club, Antares looked at the pile of paperwork with a sigh. Administration Talent looked mighty attractive right now.

  Relenting, he picked up his fountain pen and started filling out the paperwork, all the while compining about annoying Devils and their traditions of always handling stuff on print. An hour ter he was already finished with all the backlog and paperwork of the day.

  "Huh, this was way easier than I thought…", mumbled the boy a little speechless, perhaps this was his experience shining through for once. He dealt with a lot of paperwork in his past life job after all.

  Shaking his head, he finally turned towards the pile of contracts. Leafing through the papers he separated them into how much time it would take to complete the tasks.

  Picking one of the quickest contracts, he read through it in detail; it was a simple extermination mission, as apparently some weird Stray devil had settled down in warehouse 1185 in Kuoh's Warehouse district.

  Memories of his flesh burning, his entire world engulfed in the bze of a sun surfaced in Antares mind. But he quickly shook them off, this extermination mission was different, as he actually had more precise intel on it and wasn't going blind. He also has matured a lot and will not commit the same mistakes he did before, at least he dearly hopes so.

  With a flicker of his will, his mana moved, and the teleportation circle engraved in the clubroom exploded in bright red light for a moment.

  Appearing at the entrance of the warehouse district, Antares steadily walked towards warehouse 1185, which was the third right turn at the end of the second primary street.

  Arriving at the warehouse, he could distinctively feel the corrupted and chaotic Demonic Mana of the stray, it was like a very hot piece of metal close to his body, it kind of prickled on his skin and made a few of his arm hairs stand up.

  And it felt stupidly weak, like, to the point that even if there were 10 of them, he shouldn't even break a sweat. Antares frowned, somehow feeling his senses were becoming arrogant.

  Deciding to still maintain his guard, as he clearly remembered the Six-Winged creature was capable of evolving mid-fight. And while he doesn't think this stray will share the same attributes, it doesn't cost much to be cautious.

  'Blitzkrieg it is.', the boy concluded after some thought. An attack that is so fast and so overwhelming that the enemy can't even react to it.

  Preparing a Force Pilr spell, a very nice variation of Wall of Force, Antares started overloading it with mana. He then patiently waited while holding the spell, until the Stray Devil was in direct line with the door.

  One, two, three… twelve seconds ter, his senses finally informed the stray was exactly where he wanted it. With a flicker of will, his mana exploded, unching an SUV-sized pilr of Pure Force.

  The pilr bsted through the doors as if they were made of wet paper, its speed a few steps higher than your average bullet. It traveled swiftly through the air, its trajectory perfectly straight.

  The stray didn't even have a chance to react, as the pilr fttened it like a bloody pancake in less than a single breath.

  To confirm the Stray was dead, Antares cast a few Force Bullets on its remains, the bullets hit the flesh pancake without fanfare, making bloody holes into it.

  Slowly, he entered the warehouse, a Force Lance floating above him like an attentive pet needle.

  Approaching the remains of the Stray he frowned; "This was too easy, no?", he mumbled in a tone filled with doubt.

  Igniting his ICHOR, he stomped on the ground using his Parvati abilities and completely froze an area of a 5-meter radius around him. The corpse, of course, was utterly frozen.

  Pointing his hand at the frozen corpse in a finger-gun gesture, Antares cast Force Bullet again, completely shattering the remains of the Stray.

  "Huh, guess I was being overly paranoid.", mumbled the crimson-haired devil with his body visibly rexing.

  Teleporting back to the Occult Research Club, Razen looked at the completed contract in a bit of a daze for a few moments, his mind whirling; 'Were contracts supposed to be easy like this? No wonder High-Css Devils grow arrogant... If every real opponent I face is weak like this…', the reheadRazen frowned, it painted a bad picture in his mind.

  Liking it or not, his life as he knows it, is in a timer. Yes, perhaps things changed enough for the Beast of Apocalypse to not wake up, but he would never bet his life or the life of his family on it. Principally considering ExE will happen eventually, even if he has a few decades to prepare for it. So he has to get stronger, strong enough that Great Red will not even be a footnote in his tale.

  Shaking his head off these weird thoughts, Antares focused on the present. Picking another contract from the pile, he teleported off.

  And it was like this that he spent his afternoon, exterminating all Stray Devils inside Kuoh Town and its surroundings. It wasn't a hard job per se, more akin to a chore, but the Devil Heir enjoyed it quite a bit, as it allowed him to test his newly created spells against "easy" enemies.

  He had managed to complete a little over a dozen contracts by the time Eu finished her csses. The two slightly tired from the day's work, quickly jumped in Antares's car and returned home. Eu took the time on the road to tell her lover how her csses went and what new and incredible stuff she learned in them, Antares attentively listened, finding her enthusiasm quite cute.

  Arriving home, they ate a quick mana-rich dinner and went right back into training.

  Picking up two training Greatswords, Antares approached Eu in the arena; "Would you spar with me, Eu?", asked the Force user.

  Seeing the two training Greatswords, Eu's eyes shone in anticipation; "Sure.", she answered enthusiastically; "It is a Greatsword spar that you want, right?", she asked for confirmation.

  "It is.", Razen confirmed; "I've been training my skill with a Greatsword by watching videos on the Devilnet, asking my Brother's peerage for tips, and using Kevin's memories as guides. And every single one of them says I can't improve by training alone and I must fight someone.".

  "That is excellent advice.", Eu nodded in approval; "Learning a weapon is no easy matter. And while, yes, it is important to engrave muscle memory on your body, if you don't use your weapon in fights, you will either stagnate or simply take way too much time to progress it becomes infeasible. And fighting against someone who uses the same type of weapon as you also provides enhanced results.".

  "That was my Idea.", Razen affirmed; "I hope you do not mind if I copy some of your moves?", he reluctantly asked.

  Eu snorted; "Of course not dummy.", she said in an affectionate tone; "We are in this together, you should take every chance to improve.", Eu then awkwardly scratched her head; "Just so you don't become surprised mid-fight, some of my moves can't be done by someone with your physique, so careful with what you use.".

  "Yeah, I know.", Antares answered calmly; "Martial Talent tells me there is a lot of stuff that you do that I shouldn't.".

  "Not can't?", Eu asked curiously.

  "Nope.", the boy answered with a smile; "With Martial Talent at py, give me enough exposure and practice, and every Martial Art becomes viable… it will just be a matter of time.".

  "Okay, I may have been underestimating just how outrageous Martial Talent is.", added Eu with a little bit of awe in her tone.

  Walking a few steps from each other, both sword users drew their training bdes. Eu was using her Type Edel - Favonius Bdework, while Razen was using as much of Kevin's stance as he possibly could.

  Anyone with remotely any knowledge of bdework could see Antares' inexperience with a Greatsword, but his form wasn't wrong per si, just very awkward.

  Picking a 100 Yen coin from his Pocket Space Antares looked at Eu; "I will toss it up, and as soon as it hits the ground, the spar starts. Greatswords only, please.". Eu nodded in agreement. Antares tossed the coin.

  Both fighters tensed their muscles, the grips on the pommel of their swords tightening.

  *Clinck*

  Antares jumped at Eu, Sshing vertically from above, Eu easily sidestepped it and sshed at his exposed side. Fumbling a bit, the novice sword user managed to awkwardly raise his sword and parry the strike.

  Seeing Antares in a vulnerable position, Eu pressed her advantage with an overhead strike. Antares sshed upwards to intercept the strike and almost buckled at Eu's strength aided by gravity and the weight of her weapon.

  Leveraging his superior stature, he pushed Eu's sword to the side, and using the momentum of his push he twisted and sshed at her waist. Eu jumped, flipping over the strike while simultaneously sshing at Razen's head from above.

  Razen rolled forward, evading the first strike, but Eu wasn't finished.

  Picking the pommel of her greatsword with her right high heel, she twisted her body mid-air and thrust the sword towards Razen's unsuspecting back.

  Her thrust hit true. "Ough!", the boy excimed in surprise while his face kissed the ground. The first round was finished.

  Dusting his clothes, Antares got up and put on his favored stance again, a determined fme burning in his gaze; "Again?", he asked. Eu nodded and rushed forward.

  They sparred for a few hours, only stopping when Antares accumuted too many bruises, which never happened due to his self-healing, or when they needed to drink some water.

  But the training was very fruitful, as by the end of it the redhead genuinely began to exchange a few strikes with Eu. He still barely sted a few seconds, but progress was progress. Eu ter also confirmed his improvement was quite impressive, as someone who had trained a few recruits before, she noted they would take weeks to gain what he did in just a single spar.

  "Okay, so sparring is way more effective.", the boy added with a nod; "That is good to know.".

  "That is true even for those who do not possess a Talent.", Eu agreed with a small smile; "But I suppose the effect was only this good because you had a lot of accumution before.".

  "That makes sense.", the Devil Heir concurred.

  Deciding to stop the spars for now, the duo practiced magic for a few hours before going for Surtr Training until it was time for them to sleep.

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  Soon enough they entered into a routine; they would wake up early, do a few cycles of Surtr training, freshen up, and go to school. After school, Eu would go to her extra csses while Antares did as many extermination contracts as he could, slowly cleaning the surrounding cities of any Stray Devil's presence.

  They spent almost the entire week in this routine, improving by leaps and bounds at a speed that would've boggled the professional trainers of the underworld.

  Friday arrived, and their morning was mostly the same, but things changed when they had their first css.

  It was Yasaka's css, and for the most part, she was purely professional, she taught the coursework perfectly, and she was charismatic enough for the content to not become a chore. But at the end of her css, she said something that made Antares tense.

  "Mr. Gremory, Ms. Lawrence, please stay after the css is over.", asked, no, demanded the blonde fox. Eu and Antares gave a short nod in agreement.

  As soon as the st student exited the css, Yasaka moved her hand in a semi-circle, making it fsh gold for a moment before it went back to normal. Antares couldn't exactly tell what kind of spell she cast, but Soul Talent came in clutch and helped him deduce it was a barrier type.

  With her barrier settled down, Yasaka stretched her arms, releasing all her Yokai features at the same time. Two fox-like years that beautifully adorned the top of her head, and six golden-yellow tails that swished back and forth like curious and excitable children.

  She then let out a very long and pleasurable groan that sounded outright pornographic, making Antares and Eu blush at the lewdness of the sound.

  "Good Heavens, I really hate to keep hiding my tails.", grumbled the well-endowed fox woman; "It feels so constraining, so limiting, so suffocating~.".

  She then turned towards Razen and Eu. "And you two? Does hiding your wings all day make you uncomfortable?".

  Antares shrugged; "When I was young? Yeah, it did. But I got used to it.", the boy then paused and cupped his chin; "But I overheard some devils who are born with special physical features feel pretty uncomfortable when hiding them.".

  "Oh?", Yasaka raised her eyebrow, likely not expecting such a direct and cooperative answer. "I didn't know Devils could be born with those.".

  "Oh, it's quite common actually.", added the boy in a schorly tone; "Lord Beelzebub theorized it's a bleed-up of their True Forms or features from other species that have been dormant in a bloodline.".

  "Ohhh.", Yasaka excimed in a teasing tone that indicated she knew exactly what she was doing; "Like the Phenex, well, bird-like wings for example.", she added with a taunting smirk.

  Antares left eye twitched at the mention of the name, before nodding in agreement; "Yeah, exactly like those.".

  "Now I am sure you two are dying to know why I asked for you to stay after css.", started the six-tailed fox with a slightly amused tone; "It's nothing serious, so you can rex.". Eu and Antares tensed even more, making Yasaka chuckle.

  "They always do that.", she mumbled in a low tone before adjusting her position on the chair; "Well I simply wanted to trade a few words with you two. Get a measure of your characters, how you act, personalities, likes, dislikes… the whole shebang.".

  "So you want to profile us?", pointed Razen in a deadpan tone.

  "Yeah, basically.", admitted Yasaka shamelessly, making Eu and Antares speechless.

  Looking at the Devils' faces, Yasaka chuckled; "What? Did you think I would do the whole political pussyfooting?", she asked incredulously, amusement dripping from her voice; "I am not cut out for that. Not because I am not good at it, the opposite actually, but simply because I do not like it.".

  "This could be a simple trick for us to lower our guards.", Eu wisely pointed out.

  "Eehhh, if you want to waste your time thinking it's a trick, be my guest.", Yasaka advised with some schadenfreude; "I couldn't care less.".

  "Other than what I talked about before..", the fox woman made a dismissive gesture with her hand; "I also wanted to align some stuff with you guys.".

  "You see, I was tasked to be your Overseer.", she gestured towards Eu and Antares in a slightly bored tone; "But we are all adults here. So I do not think you guys need a babysitter, do you?". The couple shook their heads, the st thing they need is someone bothering them while simultaneously spying on their stuff, not that Yasaka even needed to do that as she is a Sage, and thus the entire town was easily in the range of her perception.

  "I've been observing you all week, and I honestly do not think I should even be here.", she grumbled good naturally, before shrugging; "But orders are orders.".

  Turning towards Antares, she smirked; "Oh, good work clearing out the filth by the way.", she gave him a thumbs up.

  "I was merely performing my duties.", answered Antares pinly; "But… thanks for the appreciation.".

  "Good. You can continue pying clubhouse, training, or doing whatever dirty thing you do in your house.", started Yasaka with a chuckle; "And I will do my own thing… just that from time to time I will appear, talk with you guys a bit, and write some reports so Big Sis won't get prissy.".

  "Fine by me.", answered Antares.

  "Excellent. Just continue being a good boy and we won't have any problems.", she smirked when she saw the twitch in Antares' eyes, likely referring to him that way on purpose; "Oh, and if you happen to add a new peerage member…", Yasaka face darkened, her presence grew and grew, to the point it bloated out the school in size and weight; "I hope they are willing and treated well. For your own sake.".

  Antares got up, his face equally serious; "You have my word.", the boy gritted his teeth; "I will never mistreat my peerage, they are family.".

  The fox looked at Antares, then at Eu, and sniffed the air for a bit before smirking widely; "Oh, oh, oh… so it is like that. No wonder, no wonder…", she mumbled audibly, voicer ced with pure amusement; "So it was Love of all things that made the Infamous Gremory heir move his ass.".

  Yasaka crackled; "Can't wait to see how your arranged marriage will turn out.", she crackled again, just more intensely; "Oh, the drama, the tension, the bruised egos… can't wait.".

  The six-tailed fox then got up, dusted her clothes, and made a peace sign towards Antares; "Now, go do your thing.", she made a shoo-shoo gesture with her hands; "There is a new hot springs hotel in town that I am dying to try out, and you two are in the way.".

  Antares decided to ignore Yasaka's provocative words as they were likely there just to get a rise out of him, so he chuckled and got up; "Sure thing teach.".

  Just before he exited the cssroom, Antares looked back; "I hope you have a nice and enjoyable bath Yasaka.", he said with a disarming smile before exiting the cssroom. Eu quickly followed him.

  ~ Yasaka Hirume ~ After the two students were gone, Yasaka snorted; "Yeah, that guy isn't your typical prideful High Css Devil.".

  "Surveys indicate he was more aligned with Sloth.", echoed a deep masculine voice from the corner of the cssroom.

  Yasaka ughed as if the mere indication the Gremory Heir is aligned with Sloth was a joke. "So, what did you think of them...", the blonde adjusted herself on the chair before turning towards the voice; "Ichiban?", asked the fox girl in a pin tone.

  A snort was heard from the corner, and Ichiban slowly walked out of the shadows, his grey bzer looking sharp and immacute, contrasting greatly with his messy afro hair and sharp narrowed eyes.

  "The boy's actions do not match with our intel of him.", he added in a serious tone; "And the girl is quite a mystery as well.".

  "Oh? Your senses are quite dull for a Dragon.", Yasaka teased lightly.

  Ichiban sighed; "Not all of us are masters of Senjutsu Lady Hirume.", the Yakuza then straightened himself; "You detected something different about them, no?".

  Yasaka smirked; "I did.".

  Seeing as the fox stayed silent, Ichiban sighed tiredly; "Must you do this every time?".

  "Do what?", asked Yasaka, faking her ignorance.

  "Lady Hirume, could you please inform me of any abnormal behavior for the part of our targets of observation?", politely asked Ichiban.

  "Better.", the fox nodded in appreciation; "Well, to quote your Oyabun, 'That Man is a machine'.", Ichiban frowned, but stayed silent. "Every single day, he trains and trains and trains... religiously… and from what I was able to sense, his efforts have been giving impressive results.".

  "How impressive are we talking about?", pressed Ichiban.

  "Makes Dragon Boy's progress look normal.", added Yasaka chuckling. Ichiban winced; "That is…", the man's eyes turned into draconic slits; "...worrisome.".

  "Why? Do you want Dragon Boy to fight with him?", asked the fox puzzled.

  "No.", added Ichiban seriously; "But I do not want the devils to get even stronger. They already have two Supers, one of them the Incarnation of Destruction. One more would be a disaster.".

  "Well, not like we can do anything. The guy is pretty nice by his species standards, and is more worried about his lover than… politics.", Yasaka said the st word with such venom that Ichiban flinched.

  "I will follow your lead then, Lady Hirume.", conceded Ichiban tightly; "But I do so with reluctance."

  "Bah, your Dragon blood is just itching for a fight and you know it.", the fox dismissed the man's worries; "Besides… we still do not know what caused the Second Sun event yet.".

  "The one in Brazil?", asked Ichiban confused; "What that has anything to do with-… wait… Do you think the Gremory brat was responsible?"

  "I know for a fact he was there.", added Yasaka pinly; "His and Eu's lifeforce were all over the pce in the nearby city. And he apparently bought alcohol from a bar as well.".

  "We should interrogate him immediately!", excimed Ichiban in force, his teeh and lips turning slightly draconic for a moment; "If he has such an unknown skill and uses It in Holy Japanese Soil, he will-".

  "Do nothing.", interrupted Yasaka in the same serious tone; "The boy was as much victim of that explosion as that experiment was.", Ichiban recoiled at the fox tone; "I went to the gss crater Ichiban, his life force was on the precipice there, tethering between life and death not once or twice, but an uncountable number of times. It's a miracle he still draws breath, still fucntions.". Ichiban pursed his lips, the draconic aura rising from his body hesitantly retreating.

  "And not to mention you do not need to worry so much about the Devil's Supers.", added Yasaka Offhandedly; "We have our own two supers as well; Big Sis and your Oyabun.".

  "But the fight against Sirzechs-", Yasaka interrupted Ichiban; "That wasn't a fight boyo. That was a glorified dick-measuring contest. Sirzechs just so happen to have the bigger one.", Yasaka's face darkened, likely remembering the real reason for the fight; "If those two really fought, we wouldn't be alive.".

  Ichiban drew a sharp breath calming himself down; "You are right, I just thought…".

  "That since the Crimson Satan spped his piece on the table and Big Sis retreated she was somehow weak?", Yasaka ughed, people have literally no idea just how flexible a Divinity over weaponry is.

  "Oyabun said to not worry… but-", Yasaka interrupted him, yet again; "And you chose to Ignore the advice of the Golden Dragon? Considered the Wisest one alive?".

  "It sounded better in my head.", Ichiban slumped, feeling defeated.

  "Ichiban, Ichiban…", Yasaka muttered in an amused tone shaking her head while she did so; "Changing subjects a little, how was the Student Council?".

  "Adequate. They are the typical devils with a love for bureaucracy… and still refuse to use computers for some reason.", grumbled the humanoid dragon.

  "Not as interesting as the Gremory Heir I take it?", Yasaka pressed.

  "No. They are… boring.", spoke Ichiban, with a very draconic emphasis on the st word.

  "There it is.", Yasaka chuckled.

  "But I have to admit, the boy surprised me when he noticed your spell.", stated Ichiban while walking towards the exit.

  "Oh, it was a surprise indeed.", Yasaka fully agreed; "To think there is a Devil alive who is so sensitive to Natural Energy.".

  "Do you think he is capable of learning Senjutsu?", asked Ichiban a little speechless.

  Yasaka snorted; "Of course not, he is a pure-blooded Devil.", she added matter-of-factly; "Their very existence itself is unnatural, corrupted, evil. They simply cannot withstand the malice of the world without adverse effect, in a way, the world outright rejects them.".

  "But I've seen plenty of devils using Senjutsu.", protested Ichiban.

  "Oh, those were Reincarnated Devils.", corrected Yasaka; "They carry their old innate abilities like a special bloodline trait when they are turned. And all those who can still use it were Yokai.".

  "I've also heard about some Dryads or Nymphs also being able to use it as well.", added Yasaka after some thought.

  Yasaka suddenly straightened, her posture becoming rigid. Ichiban started sweating and quickly continued to make a beeline towards the door.

  "Huh, that is interesting to know.", mumbled Ichiban with a slightly hurried voice; "But I am afraid I must go.", Ichiban tried to open the door, only to feel it stuck into pce. He leveraged his draconic strength, but the door did not budge.

  "Ichi-san…", started Yasaka sweetly; "Can you expin to me why the fuck I just felt Dragon Boy enter the city?", Yasaka 'politely' asked. Ichiban started sweating.

  "I asked Shi-Woon to come?", Ichiban probed with a weak voice.

  "In where the depths of Yomi you thought it would be a good idea to let a recently Turned Humanoid Dragon come here? The literal powder keg of Japan?", Yasaka pressed, her presence weighting on Ichiban.

  "He isn't that unstable…", Ichiban weakly countered, making Yasaka raise her eyebrows; "...did you ever test him in an environment where he wasn't surrounded by other Dragons?".

  Ichiban winced; "...no?".

  Yasaka groaned in frustration.

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  AN: And here ends another chapter, hope you all liked it.

  My Answer is quite obvious in hindsight: Force Dragon, of course.

  ~ClearSkySage