Mahouka Kouou no Rettousei: I.S Style
CHAPTER TEN: ARCADIA (RED MOON) INTERLUDE
Disclaimer: I don't own IS: Infinite Stratos OR Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei but I own this fiction and any other OC's in this story
ITALIC: THOUGHTS
BOLD: MOVEMENTS
(Preface)
Magic is still a mystery that has yet to be solved regardless of the technological advancement and numerous magic researches in the previous and current era. Magic might be explained scientifically, but there were still some aspects of magic that no amount of science could explain. Either because the technology that they have does not have the ability to fully comprehend the magic or the magic itself, as of now, is beyond human understanding.
Ichika's magic was the latter.
Magic Spells, when cast correctly, will ignored the environment. The environment is not a factor for magic spells when cast properly; spells will always have the ability to alter reality regardless of its original state.
The environment, though, has the ability to affect magic itself. This is one of the most baffling mysteries that Magic Researchers were desperately trying to figure out. Magic would be magnified when it is cast in an environment that corresponds to the nature of the magic.
It baffled Magic Researchers how magic spells is immune to the state of the reality yet Magic itself is not immune to its effects.
During a full moon, the Orimura's [Mirror Magic], is at its most powerful, henceforth; during a full moon, an Orimura wielding [Mirror Magic] is at its strongest. That is the reason why [Mirror Magic] is also called [Moonlight Magic].
Ichika might not have been born with his family's renowned magic, but his magic, [Blood-type Magic] also received a significant boost whenever the moon is full. This maybe because he has the genes of an Orimura, for Chifuyu was also the same. The boost was not as big as an Orimura with [Mirror Magic] would receive, but it was significant enough that Ichika was able to achieve victory against some of the world's most dangerous and most powerful magicians of Asia during his bounty hunting days.
During the full moon, Ichika became even more formidable that he usual was.
Although during the Red Moon, Ichika becomes demonic in both power and mentality.
An Orimura would always have a connection to the moon; their powers would rise during the full moon.
Ichika's magic would reach its peak during the Red Moon.
There are few situations that can cause a red moon and all of them happens rarely.
The most common way to see the Moon turn red is when the Moon is low in the sky, just after moonrise or before it's about to set below the horizon. Just like the Sun, light from the Moon has to pass through a larger amount of atmosphere when it's down near the horizon, compared to when it's overhead. The Earth's atmosphere can scatter sunlight, and since moonlight is just scattered sunlight, it can scatter that too. Red light can pass through the atmosphere and not get scattered much, while light at the blue end of the spectrum is more easily scattered. When you see a red moon, you're seeing the red light that wasn't scattered, but the blue and green light have been scattered away.
The second reason for a red moon is if there's some kind of particle in the air. A forest fire or volcanic eruption can fill the air with tiny particles that partially obscure light from the Sun and Moon. Once again, these particles tend to scatter blue and green light away, while permitting red light to pass through more easily. When you see a red moon, high up in the sky, it's probably because there's a large amount of dust in the air.
A third – and dramatic – way to get a red moon is during a lunar eclipse. During a lunar eclipse, the Moon passes behind the Earth's shadow, which darkens it. If you could take a look at the Earth from inside its shadow, you would see that the atmosphere around the edge of the entire planet glows red. Once again, this is because large amounts of atmosphere will scatter away the blue/green light and let the red light go straight through. During a lunar eclipse, the Moon passes fully into the shadow of the Earth and it's no longer being illuminated by the Sun; however, this red light passing through the Earth's atmosphere does reach the Moon, and shines on it.
Now, during the red moon, Ichika is at his most powerful as his [Blood-type Magic] becomes even more volatile, it becomes more powerful.
Also, during the red moon, Ichika is also at his most dangerous.
The red moon does not just affect his magic, it also affects his mentality.
Ichika have always been a very instinctual person. He often times relies on his instincts rather than his mind, especially in combat. This is evident at the fact that he learned how to fight while relying on his instincts as well as using the philosophy of his mother: human beings were, by nature, animals and every animal in the world knows how to fight the moment they were born.
Every sentient being will always have the ability to fight. It is engrave on their DNA.
When Ichika is under the influence of the red moon, he loses all sense of reason due to the influence the red moon has in his power, and he becomes so powerful that his mind was temporarily shut down and he becomes a purely instinctual creature.
During the red moon, Ichika would always be overwhelmed with his most basic instincts.
In other words, he goes berserk, and the berserker him is hard to deal with for he still retains all of his skills and tactics. Ichika was not just a berserker who relies solely on brute strength and power, all the techniques, skills, and tactics that he has accumulated and honed was still available to his berserker self to utilize.
During the Red Moon, Ichika becomes the perfect war machine, which is strange for he was already viewed as the perfect soldier.
Among those who knew of Ichika's condition, Setsura was the one who has the most experience dealing with Ichika during the red moon. In some occasions, especially during their childhood, Setsura was one of the few who has the ability to subdue Ichika when he goes berserk.
After all, even before they became inseparable, Ichika would always share his secrets with Setsura, with the mentality that everything about him would one way or another affect Setsura, and thus, he has no right to keep any secrets from her.
The first secret that Ichika shared with her was how his magic and he in general would react whenever there is a Red Moon. Ichika have even shown her his state whenever the moon takes a shade of red.
The first time Setsura saw her brother when he was influence by the red moon was the first and only time she had ever feared him.
To this day, the fact shamed Setsura greatly.
During the Red Moon, it was a given that Ichika would go on a rampage. Animals would always destroy everything within its sight whenever it is at its strongest. Ichika, regardless of his discipline and self-control, is no exception.
When Ichika goes in a rampage, there are only a handful of people that can successfully subdue him.
The two dragons, Zangetsu, Isane, and Setsura.
The two dragons, individually, regardless of their age, can fight and win against Ichika regardless if he was at his best and at his strongest. This is ill-advised though considering that they were both required to go all out against Ichika and the collateral damage in a fight between two Strategic-Class magicians with their level of power and skill would be equivalent to a super typhoon appearing in a middle of a city.
Zangetsu was also out of the question. Although he could fight Ichika in an equal footing, there was no guarantee that both of them would walk out of the battle alive. Ichika had long reached the point of fighting with Zangetsu in an equal footing, berserker or no berserker. The Two Dragons were very skilled wielding their power that is comparable to a Weapon of Mass Destruction, and they can wield such overwhelming power with breathtaking finesse. They can fight Ichika and win, and the survival between the two combatants was guaranteed.
Zangetsu, although having powers that are equal to the Two Dragons, does not have their skill in wielding such power and he lacks the finesse to carefully wield such destructive force.
If Zangetsu and Ichika fights and their respective Strategic-type magic were unleash, the collateral damage would not just be insurmountable, there was also no guarantee that both of them leaving the fight intact.
Setsura was the ideal person to subdue Ichika and this was not because Setsura's power was greater than her brother's.
When it comes to brute force, Setsura is above her brother by leaps and bounds.
When it comes to the control and ferocity of power, Ichika was superior to Setsura.
In terms of Psion count, Setsura have at least twice the amount that Ichika has.
In terms of Psion quality, Ichika has his sister beat by a wide margin.
The two siblings were very equal, but that's not the reason why Setsura can subdue Ichika easily.
The reason was because their respective and individual magic cannot hurt each other. When they were children, Setsura discovered very early that her magic has the ability to soothe Ichika during the red moon. Even before the Bloody Requiem, their individual magic have always been in tuned with each other.
Years later, the compatibility of their magic evolved to such an extent that they literally cannot physical harm each other with magic. Their magic was so compatible with each other that they can only enhance each other with their magic, harming each other with their magic was so ridiculous, so unthinkable that it was so hysterical to such extent that the very thought of them hurting each other with their magic is ludicrous.
If Setsura was the one subduing Ichika, there will not be any collateral damage and Ichika would not rampage, not while under the care of his most important little sister.
But this task was not given to Setsura, and this was due to the fact of how the two would act during this period. They did not mind it the repercussion of what would happen, especially Setsura, but it was still vetoed and was regarded as a last resort.
Which left Isane.
Unlike the others, Isane was not a Strategic-Class Magician, but she has the power of one and the skills that is comparable to her son. Their skill set is very similar.
Only Isane is capable of fighting her son on an equal footing while keeping the collateral damage to a minimum during the red moon.
That's the reason why Isane was with her son whenever there was a red moon. Isane's job was to fight Ichika until the red moon passes, something that made Isane very happy.
After the red moon, Ichika would take at least 24 hours to fully recover his mental and emotional state. At that time frame, Ichika was more or less mentally and emotionally unstable.
This time, Isane could not occupy her son.
Only Setsura has that ability.
(CHAPTER 10)
A soft, high beat, sinister tone echoed in a large room within the Byakushiki residence in Tokyo.
The room was virtually empty, with the exception of a large, white grand piano in the center of the room and the single light bulb that shined a light over the beautiful, hand-crafted instrument and its pianist.
At the moment, Setsura was playing the piano with as much skill as a master pianists, her delicate fingers gliding across the piano keys, dancing across the keyboard of the instrument, hitting the right combination of keys in seconds to produce breathtaking and spine chilling music.
The music was both soft and sinister, the kind of music that Ichika was fond of, the kind of music that Setsura mastered for the sake of pleasing her beloved brother.
If one is to look at Setsura's expression as she played the piano, they would see that she had a look of pure concentration as she played the instrument that she could play better than Ichika masterfully.
If one is too look closer, they could see that her cheeks were pink and that her breathing was slightly ragged, soft gasped escaping her lips in occasion as her lips quiver.
If one is to look even closer, they could see that Setsura was at the moment, naked as the day she was born. Her pearly-white skin that was free of blemishes was in display as well as every part of her body from her breasts, to her stomach and torso, and even her smooth legs.
And if one is to look even closer, to the dark veil behind Setsura, they would see a figure that was sitting behind her. They could also see that Setsura was on his lap.
In terms of beauty, the figure was much more beautiful than Setsura, everyone who would look at the two would agree with that statement, even Setsura herself.
If they did not see the naked and scarred body of the person that was behind Setsura, they would have mistaken him for a girl. Only a boy can have such a leaned and muscularly defined chest.
Another eye catching feature of the person was the two pairs of angelic wings on his back.
As Setsura played the piano, the boy pressed his body on her back as his hands skillfully caress and grope her body, eliciting reactions from Setsura and her body.
"Oniisama," Setsura breathing trembled slightly when she felt a hot breath against her ear as her brother leaned close, distributing all his weight to not burden Setsura. Mentally and emotionally unstable he might be, but Ichika would still care for Setsura the most.
"Keep playing," Ichika whispered with a husky tone filled with lust while gently nipping her earlobe.
Setsura obeyed Ichika and continued playing the piano without missing a beat while her brother played with her body as masterfully as she played with the piano.
Ichika moved lower, licking his sister's neck with slow and sexual stroke of his tongue.
Setsura, enjoying the treatment, immediately tilted her head to give her brother better access to her neck, and Ichika reply by enthusiastically nibbling on several areas of her neck that were now available to him. Ichika's hand went to one of Setsura's breasts, squeezing it softly. A soft moan escaped Setsura's lips from the attention her brother was giving her but she still maintained playing the piano like she was told to.
Ichika continued to massage Setsura's soft mound, lightly pinching the hardened nub of her nipple every now and then. At the same time, he kissed and licked her neck. Setsura bit down on her lip, ecstasy written all over her face as she leaned her head backwards, resting the back of her head on her brother's shoulder. Her mind was slowly being overcome with carnal pleasure and desire but she persistently played the piano as it was the only thing stopping her moans from echoing in the room that they were in
Suddenly Ichika stopped and lifted away, a thin trail of saliva still contacting his lips and Setsura's neck. "Allegro," Ichika whispered to her as he kept her hand on Setsura's breast, roughly kneading it to empower his order.
Setsura bit down her lips to prevent herself from screaming at that sudden action and proceeded to increase the tempo of the piece that she was playing.
Ichika then gently pulled Setsura's head back by the hair, very careful to not hurt her, before proceeding to clamp his lips over Setsura's, slipping his tongue in as he kissed her deeply.
It took everything Setsura has to not stop playing the instrument before her and just melt away into the kiss that her brother bestowed upon her, to succumb to her innermost desire. Setsura could not help but taste sweet red wine as Ichika deepened the kiss further. Ichika gently placed a hand over Setsura's chest, while she put the other on the back of her head, holding her close, not allowing her to move away from the kiss. Ichika proceeded to knead one of his sister's breasts, while his free hand was on the back of her head, pulling her as close as possible to deepen the already deep and heated kiss. For the first several seconds, Setsura simply sat still, letting her brother's tongue explore her mouth, a territory that he was familiar with. After getting used to the sensation, she began to do the same, moving her tongue in concert with Ichika's, intertwining and caressing.
While the two of them continued to kiss, Ichika began to move her hand that rested on top of Setsura's breasts, her other hand moving to cover its twin. Setsura moaned softly as Ichika's palms rubbed against her nipples, causing them to harden.
It was a miracle that Setsura was still able to play the piano, and play it well while she was assaulted by her brother's skillful hands and while she was being deeply kissed by him.
After sometime, Ichika broke the kiss allowing Setsura to breath.
But Ichika did not allow her to have any reprieve from the pleasure that was wracking her body.
One of his hands traveled downwards, and Setsura stiffened when she felt her brother's hand rubbing her womanhood, with his thumb playing with her clit, but she did not complain.
This wasn't the first time that they did this, this wasn't the first time her brother touch her like this, and she would admit, as shameful and forbidden as it maybe, that she wished he would touch her like this more often, not just after the red moon.
Her musing was violently interrupted when she felt a finger suddenly sticking into her, which was followed by another.
Setsura would have yelped loudly, but she found herself once again being kissed by her brother, his tongue being force past her lips to successfully muffle her yelps. Both of them moaned as he began to probe around her mouth, kissing her in a way that he knew would leave her breathless and daze. Setsura did not even resists and allowed her brother to dominate her, while mindlessly playing the piano, as she has not received any orders to stop playing.
At that moment, Setsura's body turned off and went to autopilot. Her body surrender to the pleasure while mindlessly playing the musical instrument like she was ordered to.
As Ichika latched onto her lips again, he began to pump his fingers in and out of her while kneading and massaging her breast, altering from gentle to forceful, causing her to moan wildly into the kiss. Ichika fingered Setsura hard and fast, her fluids leaking out of her from the treatment, and coating Ichika's fingers and hand with her essence. His free hand was altering between her two breasts, kneading and massaging them while occasionally rubbing her nipples together. Setsura's moans of ecstasy were only muffled by Ichika's mouth as he ravages her mouth with his tongue. He only broke the kiss every now and then to kiss and nibble, with a few bites here and there, along his sister's neck.
Setsura closed her eyes as she tried her best to continue playing the piece that her brother requested her, but she was faltering due to the overload of pleasure that she was feeling.
Feeling that his sister was close, Ichika broke the kiss and bit Setsura's neck, inserting his blood into his system. Ichika was able to modify his blood and turned it into a potent aphrodisiac, before inserting it to Setsura's body. The aphrodisiac did its work well as Setsura's sexual sensitivity increase several degrees, and the way her brother was touching her was enough for her body to finally give in.
Setsura moaned, tilting her head back as she let out a long, loud, sultry moan, her hips bucking against Ichika's hand. She came all over Ichika's hand, her essence sprayed across his fingers and palm.
Ichika removed his fingers from his sister's cunt and allowed her to recover while licking the fingers that were covered with his sister's essence.
Setsura all but collapsed in her brother's arms as she paused from playing the piano to regain her bearings and composure, several labored breaths escaping her lips.
Twenty-four hours, she would offer her body to her beloved brother for an entire day to prevent him from succumbing to his most destructive instincts.
During the red moon, Ichika would be dictated by his instincts and his instincts alone. Ichika's most basic instincts are to protect Setsura from all danger, eliminate all danger that is directed at Setsura, to be near Setsura, and to make Setsura happy.
The first two was not a problem, for even Isane would not harm Setsura during the red moon. The last two though was the problem. During the red moon, when Ichika is under the influence of the red moon, he would do anything to make Setsura happy, absolutely anything and he knew instinctively what would make Setsura very happy, what would make her the happiest woman alive.
Setsura would want nothing more that to be one with her brother, for her brother to make love with her, for her brother to ravage her, for her brother to use her body as he pleases, for her brother to use her body for pleasure.
Setsura have been ready to offer her body to her beloved brother since she entered her teen years.
Ichika would have taken her if she had asked, but Setsura have not considering that he was still recovering from the trauma he suffered from Chifuyu all those years ago. He might not remember it, but his body does.
Normally, Ichika would only embrace and kiss Setsura to show his affection, with a few gropes here and there, but he would not go further than that.
During the red moon though, Ichika would do everything that Setsura wanted him to sexually do to her.
That's the reason why Isane enthusiastically separates the two during the red moon.
During the red moon, her brother's goes on a rampage for his instincts dictate him to destroy everything and anything that prevents her from being in his arms. The two were always separated knowing what Ichika would do to her when he has her alone during the red moon, and the fact that Setsura would not resists her brother and would have allowed him to do what he wanted to do to her did not help their case.
After the red moon, Ichika still hasn't calmed but he recovered enough to not outright ravage Setsura. True, he still wanted to make her happy by all means, and would molest her in a level that Setsura would allow, but he would never outright have sex with her. This was for the entire day.
During the red moon, Ichika was a monster that would destroy everything and anything for as long as Setsura wasn't in his arms. After the red moon, for an entire day, Ichika was temperamental that does will not hesitate to strike down anyone that so much as look as him funny.
After the red moon, Setsura was the only one who can occupy him, a responsibility that Setsura accepted wholeheartedly.
Setsura smiled slightly when two of her brother's fingers were gently put into her mouth. She instantly tasted herself and proceeded to suck on her brother's fingers, lapping her juices off his fingers while arcing her back when she felt three fingers entering her as she was bend over the piano.
It would be another long and pleasurable day.
(Scene Change)
"Why do we have to wear something so stuffy?" Squall complained as she glared at attire that Misaya forced her to wear through the mirror.
"We are required to present ourselves that befits the image of Arcadia." Misaya answered, while looking at Squall, as if daring her to complain some more.
The uniform that the two were currently wearing was composed of a formal, long sleeve, black blazer over their white blouse, a black skirt that goes all the way down their knees, black stockings and closed toe and heel leather shoes.
The uniform was design to give off a professional image and aura as it does not reveal any sort of skin whatsoever.
Normally, Squall would have backed off from the look that Misaya was giving her, but considering that Squall was both picky with her clothes and rather protective of her clothing style, she persisted. "Can I just discard the blazer and tie?"
"No," Misaya answered immediately.
"Just the blazer then." Squall requested, trying to reach a compromise.
"No," Misaya reiterated with an irritated tone, hoping that Squall would get the clue that she will not budge with her decision. "The last time you were given a leeway with your uniform, you came to work with a skimpy suit that barely covered your body."
"Most of the employees back in the office liked what they saw." Squall defended herself with a sheepish tone.
"The answer is still no, and if I see or hear you modifying that uniform of yours, I will destroy that terminal of yours that holds all of your gravure magazines as well as all the sex videos that you have with your girlfriend." Misaya promised with a dark look in her eyes.
If there was anything that would make Squall back off, that would be it. She had never hid her true self from her friends or colleagues. Squall was a lesbian that greatly enjoys the physical aspect of a relationship, and tends to be rather daring and adventurous, to the point of extreme, when it comes to sex. Because of that, Squall has an extensive collection of gravure magazines, and obscene and naked pictures of some of her most memorable partners, the less said of the number of sex videos that she recorded through the years the better.
Her most valued pictures and videos was that of her current lover, Autumn. Squall have done things to the teen that none of her past lovers have allowed her to do. If those videos were destroyed, Squall would be devastated.
"I'll be shutting up now." Squall mumbled in defeat.
"Good," Misaya replied before cringed when she suddenly felt pain spiked on her left leg, something that Squall noticed.
"Still feeling the injury that Ichika gave you last night?" Squall inquired while looking at her friend.
"It'll past. Ichika-kun's blood is doing its magic" Misaya assured her while stretching her left leg a bit to get some of the feelings back.
Squall seeing that, nodded. "Ichika was strangely more ferocious last night." Squall commented, remembering the events of last night and the difficulty of keeping Ichika at bay while Isane fought him.
"Of course he would, Ichika-kun is getting stronger and stronger by the day, and it always shows during the red moon." Misaya said with a small smile as she recalls the object of her affection being at his strongest last night. "Isane-sense had to use her [Avatar] all night just to keep Ichika-kun at bay."
"We can just have Setsura take care of Ichika every Red Moon. It'll save us from all the pain." Squall mumbled under her breath, but Misaya still heard her.
"Ichika-kun would never forgive himself if that happens." Misaya pointed out.
"He'll get over it, and Setsura won't complain, in fact, I think she would enjoy it. Heaven knows that she wants to warm his bed since God knows how long." Squall argued nonchalantly. "But of course, Ichika being Ichika, won't touch her that way considering that he still has that kind of trauma." Squall added rather darkly.
Misaya's beautiful face was suddenly twisted to a sneer. "Another reason to hate that good-for-nothing trash." Misaya growled, the very thought of Chifuyu filling her up with anger. "How can someone screw up being the elder sister to the perfect little brother? Having him as a brother beats the concept of having a lover considering how wonderful he is."
If there was something that Misaya envied Chifuyu, it was having Ichika as a blood relative. Sure, she has a brother of her own and she loves him like all elder sister should, but that was because she was obligated to love him. Ichika was the little brother that would strive to earn the love of his sisters, he would show that he genuinely cares for his sisters and would show them how much love he has for them. Also, the fact that he would understand every aspect of his siblings was an added bonus.
Misaya wanted to have someone like that, but she could not considering that she was not his sister by blood, and she was a bit late to have him as her lover, and that was not because of the age gap between them.
"You know, you can still have him." Squall said, reading the thoughts of Misaya through her expressions. "I think, if it's you or Maria, Setsura would not mind too much, just as long as you don't usurp her position as Ichika's baby girl." Squall commented, careful with her wording to not offend the magician that could easily take her life with a snap of a finger.
Misaya could only stare at Squall for a moment before speaking. "Do you honestly think I would betray Setsura-hime's trust?" Misaya inquired, with a half-questioning and half-contemplating tone. That shows how indecisive she is.
"They're siblings you know. Half-siblings but siblings nonetheless. We might not mind them being together like that, they balance and complement each other after all, and it is legal in paper, but in public, they can never be husband and wife, they will always be brother and sister."
"Do you honestly think that those two would care of the thoughts of the majority?"
"No, they won't. Still, being his mistress won't be so bad, and I think Setsura won't hold it against you. Ichika can be irresistible after all." Squall commented, knowing that Misaya would grab any opportunity to warm the bed of Ichika.
Misaya smiled bitterly, knowing that statement was true.
"For a slut, you sure know how to give good relationship advice."
"Sleeping with various women, with different ethnicity and different breasts sizes would do that to you."
(Scene Change)
Autumn was, at the moment, not in a good mood. Her lover failed to go home last night due to an emergency.
The emergency was the red moon.
Autumn, due to her connection with the Orimura clan, she was an official member together with her father, knew the effects of the moon to the Orimura's signature magic, [Mirror Magic]. With that said, she was not aware of how much the red moon would affect Ichika. According to Squall, during the Red Moon, Ichika's magic, a magic that Autumn have yet to see, was magnify to such an extent that it would affect his mental and emotional state. That was all she got from Squall, and regardless of her attempts to persuade Squall, that includes having sex in a public transport (one of Squall fantasy), her lover had kept a tight lid when it comes to Ichika's magic.
Autumn cannot be angry towards Ichika. She does not have the right. He has no control over something as abnormal as the Red Moon and has always been kind to her and her lover, to the extent that a high-paying job was available to her after graduating high school, and if she so wills it, her education to any university is a guaranteed if she decided to continue her education.
Suffice to say, Autumn was one of the person who can never be angry with Byakushiki Ichika.
"Autumn-sempai, are you okay?" Tatenashi asked with a whisper.
"Just fine. I'm just not looking forward to meeting with the head honcho today." Autumn answered, once again cursing her luck for the day.
Tatenashi could only nod in understanding, knowing that the next minute or so would be long considering that they were going to have a meeting with the headmistress, and considering what she experience yesterday, she as well, was not looking forward to the meeting.
Reiraku Byakuya also shared the sentiment of his colleagues but he did not show his discomfort and maintained a professionally passive expression. The fact that Aoi was not present also added to his comfort, without him, a First Course students' discrimination towards Second Course Student would not be aired and yesterday's incident would not be repeated.
He just hoped that the person seated behind them would keep his opinions to himself. Byakuya spared the instructor behind him a glance before bracing himself to what is to come.
Tsukushima Taniyama sat behind the trio of students with a nervous expression, the memory of yesterday still fresh in his mind, but he collected himself to attend this meeting, even though he was not required to attend, to preserve the pride of his Alma Matter.
Regardless of the reason why they were in the room, they were all feeling pressure in once again being in the same room with Orimura Isane.
The door creaked open and Yamato entered the room, scanning the occupants before momentarily settling his gazed on his daughter.
Autumn looked at her father, and they both nodded in acknowledgement. The two do not have a close father-and-daughter relationship, but they were okay with it. Autumn was an independent woman that can support herself and she does not have a complain as long as her allowance and necessities are provided to her, and Yamato was too loyal to the Military, to Isane, to care about what his daughter thinks about him and he does give her the majority of his pay check.
They live in harmony with that mindset.
Yamato then continued scanning the room, and his eyes narrowed at the sight of Tsukushima Taniyama, the person who had irritated his commander, but he did not say anything as he stood on the side of the door while Isane entered the room herself.
Everyone in the room had to do a once over at the sight of Isane. Isane looked formidable, as usual, but everyone in the room took note of the large bandage covering half of her face and the sling on her arm.
Isane noticed the look that they were giving her, and released a pulse of her killing intent, successfully causing everyone in the room, sans Yamato, to jump in fright.
"This is what you will look like after fighting a Military S-rank Magician that is also categorized as a Strategic-Class Magician." Isane told them in a shrewd and cold voice, but everyone could see that she was somewhat happy. "Of course, if you lot fight someone like him, you guys would be atomized before any of you can lift a finger."
None of them said anything. Magician ranking when it comes to the Magic Association and the Military greatly varies and differs due to the factors that are considered by the two organizations.
"To begin this meeting, I will announce that as of today, the new curriculum would begin, any complains would result to a punishment personally delivered by me, and I don't care who they are, instructors or students, I do not give a damn." Isane started with a sharp tone that would frightened anybody that would disagree with her.
Those in front of her were no exception but Tsukushima Taniyama still spoke with a rather meek tone. "Isn't it better to inform the student body of the changes?"
"There is no need for that, considering that only Second Course Students will be affected, and they have already been informed a week before. I also expect those First Course Students to keep themselves up-to-date in the happening of their school." Isane informed him in a nonchalant tone, with an underlying command to drop the subject.
Tsukushima-sensei was able to pick up the hidden message and decided that now was not the time to speak up.
Isane, seeing that the annoying instructor would not say anything else, continued at the subject at hand. "Arcadia," Autumn, understandably, perked up at the mention of the company, while her companions looked interested. Arcadia was a rather unorthodox company yet its success cannot be denied. "…was generous enough to lend some of its brightest employees to instruct in this hole that most of you considers as a school. I expect both instructors and students to act accordingly with them, considering that they are not under my jurisdiction and they would react accordingly to any form of hostility."
Autumn, Tatenashi, and Byakuya shivered slightly at what Isane was hinting at. Arcadia was a mystery, a company that emerged roughly five years ago. At the beginning, Arcadia was nothing more than a company that focuses on the food industry, and expanded to the animation industry, before expanding to the weapons and technology industry and magic engineering industry. Arcadia was successful in those industry to an extent that they had dominated the two former industry and they were able to keep up with the Shinonono clan is latter industries.
The fact that they were able to expand and be successful in a short period of time was a testament of how well manage they were.
But Arcadia was a mystery. Nobody knows who governs the upper echelon of the company. The only thing that was publically known about Arcadia was that it was a privately own company, and the owner was one of the most brightest magic researcher and CAD Engineer in the last decade, a man that was never seen in public even though he was affiliated with the Shinonono Clan.
Crimson Daemon, the man who completed the Loop-Cast System and the leading researcher when it comes to Anti-Magic and Fourth Dimension Magic. The genius weapons maker that had publish several notes and findings that change the understanding of Magic in Japan. The revolutionary Magic Engineer that became a leading figure in Magic Technology Development.
"Now," Isane exclaimed, getting everyone's attention in the process. "I will introduce two people to you three…" Isane was looking at the three students that were considered as the leaders of the student body. "This two are the officials that would overlook all the instructors that this school will outsource. All complains concerning Arcadia employees would be given to them. I expect you three to treat them properly and professionally, or else."
The three nodded robotically at that.
"Good…" Isane then looked at Yamato. "Show them in." Isane ordered.
Yamato bowed before knocking at the door twice.
The door once again opened as two women entered.
Tatenashi looked at the two and was startled at how beautiful they were, especially the black haired woman, though she noted that the blonde was clearly not Japanese.
Her other two companions reactions were different.
"Misaya-neesama!"
"SQUALL-CHAN."
Byakuya exclaimed loudly at the sight of the raven haired woman while Autumn shrieked before jumping towards her lover in excitement.
Of course, Misaya grabbed her by the head before driving her head first to the ground with such force that mostly everyone in the room flinched.
"Hey, don't treat her like that!" Squall exclaimed with a displeased tone.
"No public display of affection." Misaya stated with narrow eyes before gazing at her brother. "And you, little brother, sit down and don't speak as if you haven't seen me your entire life. It has only been five years." Misaya scolded him before dragging Autumn up to her feet before ceremoniously throwing her back to her seat.
It was due to Misaya fortifying Autumn's seat that prevented it from toppling over, with her on it.
Squall glared at Misaya, and Misaya glared back at her, before they face everyone in the room, with Squall mouthing a later to her shaken lover.
"My name is Reiraku Misaya, COO of Arcadia, and this is my colleague, Squall Meusel, Vice-President of Public Relations and Vice-President of Advertising, we are the officials in charge of handling all the deployed instructors in First High. Any complains directed to our employees will be given to us, and we shall be responsible to all punishment that would befall upon them." Misaya's introduction was sharp, formal, and direct to the point, and she also introduced Squall to avoid her saying anything that would aggravate her.
Squall, although already introduce, added words of her own. "Like Misaya-chan said, I am Squall Meusel, born from France, and I have been naturalized for three years now. I also swing for the other team, so I don't appreciate men undressing me with their eyes." Squall then gaze a small glare to the instructor seated behind her lover.
Autumn instantly glared viciously at Tsukushima. "Eyes off, bastard." Autumn growled as her magic leaked out of her body.
Before things could escalate, Isane once again let out a pulse of killing intent, once again getting the attention of everyone in the room.
"Now that's done, let's all get back to work, shall we." Isane said with a voice that offers no compromise. "You, get back to work." Isane ordered while pointing Tsukushima. "You three, show this two around the school. Do it in half an hour before the first bell, or die." There was no humor in Isane's voice as she gave that order.
Suffice to say, they obeyed her in fear of their lives.
(Scene Change)
Reiraku Byakuya was a person who was usually passive, only commenting when necessary. As the scion of the Reiraku family, he was very disciplined and gives off an incredibly heavy sense of presence thanks to his lineage.
That said, he was still a male 18-years of age, and he could not help but look on the scene before him with an incredulously and outrage expression, but his cheeks were still slightly red because of embarrassment.
The sight that made him this way was his classmate and friend Autumn locking lips with the new Second Course Student Instructor, Squall Meusel. This was also not an ordinary kiss as their hands were roaming around each other, tugging each other's clothing as if they want to remove it and squeezing areas that were very sensitive for women, and they were not hiding the moans that were escaping their lips nor were the fact that they were rubbing their bodies on each other.
The fact that they were both beautiful woman in their own right was another factor that made the sight rather eye catching.
Still, Byakuya was raised very strictly and was able to cast his gaze away after ten seconds while muttering the words 'indecent'.
Tatenashi, though, had a fan covering her lips and did not hide her enjoyment and amusement at the sight of her friend making out with her lover, and mentally admitted that her friend had taste. Squall was very sexy.
The sound of the door opening echoed in the hallway, and an aggravated sigh was heard.
Before anybody could react, the two lovers were suddenly hurled upwards and were systematically slammed on ceiling before they fell to the ground hard.
"What did I say about public display of attention?" Misaya inquired with an expression that could have been carve in granite due to the annoyance that was marring her face.
Squall groaned slightly as she assisted her lover from sitting up. "I was enjoying her." Squall complained and that merely irritated Misaya.
Without using a CAD or without wasting a drop of Psion, she utilize a spell that force the two up several feet from the ground.
Of course, Squall answered by letting out her own ability, psychokinesis to gently dispel both Misaya's spell and to have her and her lover gently land on the ground.
"Fine, fine, I'll behave myself." Squall conceded while fixing her uniform before tidying her lovers. "Let's continue this later, okay."
"I have an office." Autumn volunteered hurriedly, her cheeks very red in excitement.
"I forgot how sexually active those two are." Misaya grumbled under her breath. Dealing with Squall was easier with Adan, considering that he was good in distracting the two.
After having the two compose themselves, the leaders of the Student Body, Student Council President, Sarashiki Tatenashi, Club Management Leader, Reiraku Byakuya, and Discipline Committee Leader, Yamato Autumn, were now showing the two around campus, with Misaya holding Squall by her collar to prevent her from pouncing on Autumn.
Still the atmosphere around them was rather awkward due to the curt conversation between the Reiraku Siblings.
"I thought you were permanently crippled?" Byakuya inquired while looking at his sister two walking legs.
"I was, and then I found a doctor that can repair my legs and spine." Misaya answered with shrugged.
"Sarashiki-dono failed…"
"I found somebody better with better technology."
Tatenashi could not help but looked at the Reiraku Siblings after that exchange. As far as she knew, as long as there was a possibility, her sister never failed in all things medical, and that includes surgery.
"Why haven't you contacted the clan then? They would have thrown a celebration."
"The conditions of my surgery involve me working for Arcadia for three years."
"How long since you regain the use of your legs?"
"Three years, give or take, but because I'm COO, I cannot just drop my responsibilities."
"And also, her pay is half a million yen, per month." Squall interjected with a pout.
"That's because I do my work well and who do you think is the BETA tester for every weapon Arcadia produce?" Misaya exclaimed, in defense of her monthly pay.
"For the record, I also do my job well." Squall retorted with a snort.
"I do not sleep with half of the female that is employed in the company." Misaya answered back.
"They were asking for it, and they enjoyed it. Isn't that right, Autumn-chan?"
"Answer that question, I will bury you."
"Keeping my mouth shut." Autumn said in reflex, knowing that she would be severely beaten by the elder Reiraku if she does not obey, although, mentally, she agreed with her lover. After all, since they began dating, every time Squall slept with someone other than her, Autumn was in the same room, either watching her lover have sex with another woman or she herself was participating in the fun.
Her friends do not need to know that.
"Yamato-san, I do not know that you were acquainted with my sister." Byakuya gave Autumn a look that demanded an explanation.
The look would have made anyone flinched, but Autumn had seen worst so she wasn't faze.
"I promise your sister secrecy and I do not wish to confront someone who's entire body is made of blades." Autumn answered while giving Byakuya a look of her own that tells him to back off.
"Actually, Maria's body is made of blades. Misaya-chan's body is a blade." Squall commented, trying to lighten the mood.
"My magic is superior to Maria's." Misaya stated indignantly.
"Who?" Byakuya asked curiously.
"Another employee of Arcadia. She's a Beta tester. She's great but her social graces are awkward at best." Autumn answered, remembering the purple head Italian quite well in her visit in Arcadia Headquarters. At the thought of her, Autumn could not help but wonder where the illusive and passive girl currently is. Maria was like the Byakushiki sibling's shadow.
"Wait a minute." Tatenashi spoke as she remembered something from the conversation that she had with the Byakushiki siblings yesterday. "So, are the Byakushiki siblings related to the owner?"
"Yes," Both Misaya and Squall answered in unison. They knew that Tatenashi have been digging the personal information of both Ichika and Setsura since last week and normally, they would have taken care of her permanently by now, but due to Tatenashi's status, they couldn't just get rid of her. So giving her a vague answer was the next best thing, if she persists with her search, then they would discourage her from her curiosity.
Tatenashi's eyes widen. To think the illusive family of the infamous Crimson Daemon was within her reach this whole time.
Crimson Daemon was a figure in the Magical Engineering world that was considered a myth because he had never showed himself in public. Regardless of his many publish researches that were ground breaking and revolutionary; he has never appeared in public even once, even when he was working for the Shinonono clan. The Shinonono clan itself, one of the five most powerful clans in the country, did not say anything about him.
To think that man has a family and his children was within her reach was beyond Tatenashi's expectations and dreams.
"Sarashiki," Misaya called and Tatenashi looked at the elder Reiraku only to flinch at the look that she was giving her. "I do hope that you would not bother the children of my employer. I like those two a lot, and if you go after them, you will have me to contend with, and let me tell you this, your sister have never beaten me, Vladilena have never reach my level, and the you right now, you haven't even reach half of Vladilena's worth. So I hope you know to not meddle with people that prefer to be left alone, it would be unfortunate after all if I have to step in to protect the people that writes my paycheck."
The threat in that statement was very clear to Tatenashi, and seeing the person in front of her, she decided to keep quiet for now.
Still, an opportunity is an opportunity, and the Sarashiki clan is a business oriented clan, all things considered.
(Scene Change)
Dan and Rin were not the most observant of people. They would even admit that they were hardheaded that prefers actions first, thinking later, and they would even say that they would prefer other people to think for them.
That is why Dan got along with Ichika well during their childhood why Dan gravitated towards Ku-chan after Ichika disappeared.
That is also why Rin was so close and protective towards the Ku-chan.
Still, even Dan and Rin noticed the dark and angry aura that Chifuyu was emitting.
It was hard to miss considering that she wasn't hiding it.
Add to the fact that she has an expression of a person that wants to commit mass slaughter.
It was clear as day that she was in a very foul mood and was rather bloodthirsty, which made her class even more scared of her.
"Brats," Chifuyu addressed her class with a tone so cold that most of the students in the classroom shuddered. "I have prepared a quiz for the day. Open your terminals immediately. All of you have thirty minutes to finish the quiz, and the cutoff score is seventy percent of the total items. Those who scores below seventy percent will have zero credit. Those who cheat in this quiz will be thrown out of this room inside of an ice cube." Her class did not doubt her words.
"AM I UNDERSTOOD?" Chifuyu shouted causing all of her students to jump from their seat.
"YES, INSTRUCTOR!" They all replied before tackling the quiz that Chifuyu prepared for them.
It has been a week since Chifuyu started teaching in First High School, and she already established herself as 'terror' teacher.
Chifuyu was a skilled instructor, capable of presenting her lessons in a comprehensive yet understandable manner that even the most slow witted of her students could understand the material.
Still, even with that, Chifuyu had presented herself as a person that cannot be approach regardless of the situation. The fact that she always has a cold expression present on her face and always glared at everything further cemented in her students' mind that she was impossible to approached.
The only one who was able to converser freely with her was Ichika, who was strangely absent today. He was the only one that Chifuyu ever addresses with the use of a voice that wasn't cold; her students would even say that their instructor speaks very fondly and warmly with Ichika.
They also noticed the gazed that Chifuyu gave Ichika constantly. A look of longing as if she wanted to hold him in her arms and never let go.
They also noticed the look of pure hatred that she gives Ichika's little sister, Setsura whenever they cross each other's path.
Of course, none of them would voice their observation. They all value their life after all.
The moment they open their terminals, a collective groaned echoed in the classroom, which was silence by a sharp glare that Chifuyu gave her class.
The total items of the quiz was fifty, the full credit is two hundred points. The quiz was a comprehensive objective essay type. Each question requires an answer that is at least three sentences.
Suffice to say, this quiz added to Chifuyu's reputation as a 'terror' teacher.
(Scene Change)
Currently, Chifuyu was in a foul mood, so much so that she looks ready to breathe fire.
There were two reasons why she was in a foul mood.
Reason number one, there was a red moon last night. Chifuyu was an Orimura, even though she did not inherit her clan's magic, Chifuyu, like her brother, receives a boost in magic power when the moon is full. Her magic reaches its speak during winter or if there was a snow storm. The difference between her and Ichika was that she wasn't affected emotionally and mentally from the power boost. The reason behind that was because Ichika has such a close connection towards his magic.
Since she discovered her brother's condition whenever there's a red moon, Chifuyu wanted to offer her assistance to subdue her brother in a safely manner. In her mind, even though she wasn't a Strategic-Type Magician, she was confident in her ability to fight with her brother. After all, Ichika, as Sin, have always run when confronted by her.
In Chifuyu's mind, that should count for something.
But she was vetoed to ever approach Ichika when moon is red. The reason behind this was because during the first red moon that the Orimura clan have ever experience, a red moon that showed them how ferocious Ichika could be, a red moon that Setsura had to intervene to prevent Ichika from leveling the entire Orimura estate.
Apparently, in her grandfather's eyes, she was not a match against her brother when his ability and power is at its highest level and add to the fact that the first time they saw Ichika under the influence of the red moon, he attacked her relentlessly and wounded her severely.
Chifuyu did not like to ponder on that memory. She was attacked by her brother during the Bloody Requiem and that hurt, but when Ichika attacked her with the intent to kill, the pain she suffered was more severe than the blow that she received from him.
The day also wounded her pride considering that Setsura saved her from death.
Another reason why she hated the red moon was because she was aware what Ichika's mentality is after the red moon, and she also knew what he was doing to Setsura at the moment.
Chifuyu knew that, if she had not screwed up, the person that was being pleasured by her brother at the moment was her, not the girl that existed due to a sin.
Hence, another reason for her to hate Setsura.
The second reason why she was in a foul mood was because her rival was in the same establishment as her.
In terms of heated rivalry, the rivalry between Orimura Chifuyu and Reiraku Misaya was comparable to the rivalry of Shirayuki the White Pearl and Orimura Isane, nee Orimura.
Chifuyu hated Misaya, and vice-versa, to such extent that they cannot, in any way, shape, or form, work together or form a cohesive unit.
Like Shirayuki and Isane, the two hated each other ever since they first laid eyes on each other. Chifuyu and Misaya trained together with Kurazakura under Isane, and it was clear to both Chifuyu and Kurazakura that Isane favored Misaya. But that is not the main reason why Chifuyu hated Misaya.
The main reason was that Misaya's mindset was similar to Isane's, to the point that it aggravated Chifuyu.
Chifuyu and Misaya often times antagonize each other due to the fact that they never see eye-to-eye and their methods of getting the job done as well as their styles of fighting were polar opposite of each other.
Chifuyu, like her brother in normal circumstances, would end the fight in the most efficient way possible while leaving her opponent with a shed of dignity. Chifuyu fought every battle with pride, dignity, and honor.
Misaya, like Ichika in some of his fights when his target aggravated him enough, would not just beat her opponent, she would break them. Like Isane, Misaya does not believe in honor, she does not show pride or dignity in combat as long as the job is done.
And the fact that Ichika now view Misaya as an elder sister figure, something that Misaya never failed to remind her, pissed her off to no end.
Yes, Chifuyu did not look forward in being in the same working establishment as with her rival.
The only reason that Chifuyu would try her best to ignore and pseudo-coexist with Misaya was because Ichika was within her grasped, and he was worth any pain and aggravation.
(Scene Change)
Throughout the morning, the instructors that came from Arcadia acquainted themselves to their students in their own way and style.
(Scene Change)(Misaya)
Class 1F, a Second Course Class, could not help but stare at the beautiful figure that was Reiraku Misaya.
Misaya, like Shirayuki, was considered to be the most beautiful woman in her generation; she was only usurped from her position when Setsura became known.
Still, it could not be denied that Misaya was a gorgeous and breathtaking woman.
At the moment, Misaya was gazing on the instructor's terminal before directing her gazed towards her assigned class.
Without projecting any overwhelming aura, Misaya was able to garner all the attention to herself, male or female was irrelevant.
"Good morning, for the semester, I would be the Instructor of this class. I am Reiraku Misaya, COO of Arcadia, and would be teaching the class Basic Magic Theory and Magic Application 1A. Those two classes are related with each other so expect that the material of those two classes would be coinciding with each other." Misaya began her impromptu greeting as she stood in front of her class. Her stance and voice was absolutely professional as she regards her class with a neutral gaze.
"I know that this is a shock, considering that normally, for First, Second, and Third High, Second Course Students are not provided instructor, but due to the program of the Emperor, the country now wants to bolster the quantity of this country's magician while maintaining the quality that Japan is famous for. With that said, Arcadia Corporation lent some of its brightest mind to be instructors. I am one of the volunteers."
"With that out of the way, let us began with a lecture about Magic application."
Misaya's class was silent as they listened to her with all of their attention.
"Magic Application, in High School level, is evaluated using three factors, Invocation Speed, the scale of the Magic Sequence, and Phenomena Rewriting Ability. Majority of this class must have been abysmal in those three areas, but do not fret, there are other aspect of Magic Application that is as important as those three."
"As of now, that kind of evaluation is flawed, and will not measure the worth of the magician."
"Other aspects that should be considered while applying magic, aside from those three, are Accuracy, Psion Distribution, Calculation Scale, Multi-Variable Quantitative Processing Speed, Interference Strength, and Quantity Invocation."
"As of right now, those factors are not assigned a grade nor are they evaluated, which is very moronic."
"It is admirable that Invocation Speed is important, considering that in combat, the first who strike would most likely win, but without decent accuracy, it doesn't matter how fast you invoke your magic if you do not hit your target."
"The Scale of the Magic Sequence is also useless if you failed to allocated and distribute the right amount of Psion to the spell. Underpowered spells is as bad as overpowered spell. All spells must have the right amount of Psion for it to works at its highest peak."
"Phenomena Rewriting Ability of a magician would fail without considering the factors that may affect their Rewriting ability. Magician Interference strength, Pushion Interference, there is a lot of factors that may affect the Phenomena Rewriting Ability of a magician, and that should be considered."
"Some of you here might be discourage considering that you barely pass the evaluation in high school level, but do not ponder on that thought. The worth of a magician is not measure on a grade written on a terminal screen."
This might not be Misaya's goal, but her opening breathed hope to the will of her students.
"Now, let us begin the discussion of the three factors of evaluation that First High use to measure the worth of new students, the reason why they are use as an evaluation tool, and also why those three factors are not absolute."
"Let us begin with Invocation Speed…"
(Scene Change)(Squall)
"Morning guys, names Squall Meusel, and I'll be instructing this class for the next semester. I will be teaching Basic Magic Fundamentals 1A." Squall greeted her class informally while sitting in front of her class on the instructor's terminal, her legs cross and in display for her whole class to see.
Like Misaya, Squall was able to garner the attention of her class with her appearance alone.
In terms of overall beauty, Setsura and Misaya have her beat. But in body alone, Squall would say that she has the two beat considering of how well endowed she is, and she also has curves in the right areas.
Though her clothing does not reveal any skin, the uniform that she was wearing still revealed all of those womanly curves, with emphasis on her bust.
Her J-Cup breasts were ogled by everyone in her class, to such extent that they even ignored the fact that she was a foreigner.
Squall was enjoying all the stares that she was receiving, especially from the young ladies in her class. Some of them were just her type, and she knew that her beloved would not have minded some of them being in their bed.
But that was for later, she has a job to do.
"Basic Magic Fundamental 1A will discuss the history of the Japanese Magic Community. Where it began, when it started, the generation of Magic Development, Proper magic etiquette in and outside the country, Traditional and Conventional Magic Practices, Laws Regarding the usage of magic in public, and many more that revolves around Japan's Magic Community." Squall then crossed her arms around her chest, squeezing her breasts, causing all of her class to zoom their gaze on her assets even further, much to her delight.
It is not that Squall enjoyed displaying her body.
It is just that, from experience, Squall knew that the fastest way to get the attention of anybody was through flaunting her sex appeal at them. It worked when she was conning her enemies and targets, it would also work against a bunch of hormonal teens with zero to no experience in the outside world, especially with woman.
With a seductive smirk, Squall continued. "Now, considering that I am new, I will begin my official lecture tomorrow. For now, I would like to have everyone introduce themselves to me. I want to know the names of my students." Squall scanned around, enjoying the fact that most of her students are in a dazed.
"Who wants to go first?" Squall asked in an unnecessary cheerful tone.
Nobody volunteered, as Squall predicted, but she still gave her class a full minute before she spoke.
"Okay then, you… Introduce yourself to me and to the class." Squall pointed at the nearest girl, and the said girl immediately bolted upright, surprised that Squall called.
'Not bad in the looks department. Her breasts are below-average, bordering to C-cup, but the shape is nice. Her ass is even, but her hips are a bit fat. Hmmm, submissive by the looks of things.'
Squall took note of the girl's name before calling for another student, a girl again, and she quickly evaluated her as the said student stood up.
'This one has a pair of F-cups but with a petite figure. By the looks of her, she's traditionally but that hasn't stopped me before. Hmmm, she has a good voice, which is a plus considering that she seems to be a screamer. I wonder how much I could make her cream before she loses her voice.'
After the girl's introduction, Squall called for another one of her female students.
'B-Cup, but she looks to have slender fingers, looks well trained, probably a string instrument musician. I would not mind to have those fingers stirring inside of my cunt.'
Squall then proceeded to call the rest of her female students, and as they introduce themselves, Squall 'evaluated' them.
'Her legs look nice, hips are just right, but appearance wise and bust size, she looks mundane.'
'Nice ass. She looks to be a spoiled one. Wonder how much I could push her until she's begging to have me make her cum.'
'Another screamer, breasts size is average…. I wonder if I could use her hair to retrain her back.'
'Below average breasts size, hips and ass, even, but she looks to be into bondage and BDSM.'
Suffice to say, Squall was satisfied with figure of the majority of her female students, and proceeded to categorize them according to her mind, while the male side of her class gave their own respective introduction.
(Scene Change)(Gendo)
Hanzo Gendo was a veteran soldier of over a thousand battles. Although he was famous for being a hacker, his other skills were still noteworthy and impressive enough for him to survive through World War Three and to gain the respect of the Two Dragons as well as Orimura Isane.
Gendo prided himself of being a great general. He was, after all, one of the few people that were able to get Isane and Shirayuki under control while they were force to work together.
So instructing a class of thirty students was easy.
The moment Gendo stood in front of his class, all actions halted as they looked at the old man in the suit.
Normally, the students would question why such an old man would be instructing them, but Gendo was able to give an expression to his students that though he was old, he can whipped any of them.
Truthfully, Gendo could beat anyone in his class regardless of the limitation of his power. He was no Ichika who can create a multitude of skills from his only offensive magic, but he was creative enough with his magic to earn Ichika's admiration.
"My name is Hanzo Gendo, your instructor for the semester. I would be teaching the class of Magic Artifacts, Tools, and Artificer. This class will cover equipments use in utilizing magic, with focus on Casting Assistance Device." Gendo informed them briefly.
"Open your terminals immediately and access the file that I have uploaded. That is the material for the day's lesson. I expect all of you to either have your eyes on the file or at me while I am lecturing."
Gendo informed them while hitting the floor with the blunt end of his umbrella. That simple gesture seemingly created a shockwave in the class as they obeyed their instructor.
Gendo gave them a minute to prepare before going forward with his lecture.
"In the first generation, when Magic was still underdeveloped or during the era when Magic is not yet publicize or considered as norm, Magicians often use Magic Staves, Time, or Talismans to invoke their magic. Normally, Magic Staves are use for combat, Tomes are used for rituals, and Talismans are use for exorcisms."
"Those equipment are still use today, but in the modern era and in the last two generations, CADs, or Casting Assistance Device, is the most popular equipment when invoking magic."
"When compared to traditional auxiliary equipment such as magic staves, tomes, or talismans, CADs possessed superior invocation speed, refinement, complexity, and were capable of executing large scale magics. They were the definitive auxiliary equipment in the modern age. CADs are indispensable tools for any type of magician."
'If your name is Byakushiki Ichika, you can freely debate that statement.' Gendo thought randomly before continuing.
"That being said, CADs weren't universally superior in all categories when compared to traditional auxiliary equipment."
"Due to the precise nature of CADs, when compared to traditional auxiliary equipment, maintenance required additional effort."
"This was especially the case when dealing with the compatibility between the user's Psion wave motions and the Receive-Release System. Each magicians has a specific Psion Wave Motions that all CAD Tuners must take note of to properly maintain CADs."
'The exception would be Ichika-dono and Setsura-dono.'
"CAD utilized the Psions released by Magicians as raw materials, directed towards the Activation Sequence in the Psion Information Aide, where Magicians then use their own physical bodies as a conductor for reading the Activation Sequence before plugging the result into the magic design. Depending on the quality of CAD maintenance, this could influence the speed of magic invocation anywhere between 50-100%."
"In other words, Psions are particles of thought or consciousness made concrete. Their manifestation can be extremely diverse. For every hundred people there would be a hundred different types, and a thousand users would create a thousand types. Every individual has a unique Psion wave motion, so if the CAD wasn't finely tuned to their specific use, the user would encounter difficulty managing the exchange of Psions. "
"Besides that, there are many essential points that lead to a custom fit CAD."
"These would fall under the purview of the Magic Artificers charged with CAD maintenance, and the reason why exceptionally skilled Magic Artificers were seen as coveted treasures."
"In addition, the fluctuations of Psion wave motions reflect the growth of the physical body, such as changes as a result of age, and are subsequently affected. In fact, these fluctuations could change daily."
"Thus, the ideal situation would call for daily maintenance based on the user's physical status, but CAD maintenance requires equipment that is extremely expensive."
Gendo took a deep breath before giving his class a critical eye, suffice to say that they haven't been following his lecture, which somewhat offended the old man.
He let out a killing intent that may not be potent when compare to Isane's and Ichika's, but it was still refine enough to inspire fear in the hearts of ordinary magicians.
His students froze as they gave their instructor a look.
"When I am discussing, I expect all of you to multi-task. Either read the notes or listen to me, or better yet, both. A magician should be capable of multi-tasking, listening, reading, and taking down notes all at once should be easy for all of you. After all, you are all MAGICIANS!" Gendo snarled at his class causing all of them to flinched, fear evident in their eyes.
"I shall repeat the first part of my lecture, and I expect all of you to pay attention to me while taking down notes, or comparing my lecture to the notes that I have provided, failure to do so would result to being ejected from this class. I can do that forcefully if I have to. I may be old, but I went through two wars, believe me, I can take all of you without moving. AM I CLEAR?"
"YES SIR!" His class replied as they focused their undivided attention to the old man that was immediately classified as a 'terror'.
(Scene Change)
Morning class ended without a hassle, and three core members of Ichika's entourage was making their way to the faculty room assigned to them, when Autumn suddenly appeared out of nowhere and threw herself at her lover.
"How was your morning, lover?" Autumn asked cheerfully before pressing her lips to Squall's for a quick kiss.
Behind the two, both Misaya and Gendo shook their heads.
"As far as I remember, teacher and student relationship is forbidden." Gendo commented rather loudly.
"Hey, I don't complain when Ichika and Setsura act lovey-dovey towards each other, so I don't want to hear any complaints when Autumn-chan and I share a kiss here and there." Squall defended the actions of her lover with an indignant tone.
"We are not complaining at how you show your affection in public. All we ask is for both of you to not do anything indecent when in public." Misaya pointed out with a harsh tone that demands obedience.
And obedience she received as both Squall and Autumn nodded, not wanting to push Isane's favorite student's buttons. They value their life after all.
"Are you here to dine with us, Autumn-chan?" Gendo asked with a grandfatherly tone.
Due to Autumn's relationship with Squall, everyone from Ichika's Team was well acquainted with her, with Adan being the closest to the two considering that he was Squall's best friend.
"Of course, do you honest think I can eat a decent lunch in my office. Byakuya-kun and Tatenashi would interrogate me to no end." Autumn groaned while Squall wrapped an arm around her waist. "Was it wise for you guys to tell them that? I mean, Ichika put a lot of effort in constructing that identity of his."
In the Magic Engineering and Magic Research Community, Ichika used the name Crimson Daemon as an alias to prevent people from tracking him down. Ichika have always valued his privacy to an extent that he disregarded the status and the fame that he would earn if he published all his work under his name.
It is not that people would doubt him if he published under his name. The name Orimura held so much prestige and power that no one would doubt the achievements of a direct member of the clan; yet, Ichika instead constructed a very elaborated alias with a complete background to avoid attention being directed at him.
"Having the character Crimson Daemon humanize by 'allegedly' having two children is a wise move. A lot of people in Japan have been questioning his identity, wondering whether he exists or not. This lie would satisfy the young Sarashiki for the time being as well as give credibility to Ichika-dono and Setsura-dono." Gendo explained to the young girl.
"You have a point there, but you guys forgot that the Sarashiki clan have been searching for 'Crimson Daemon' since he established Arcadia. How Ichika could still maintain his cover while being investigated by those people is beyond me."
Sarashiki clan is a business oriented clan, and they owned several businesses in Japan while having several shares of stocks from every business in Japan, with two exceptions.
The White Rabbit Technology owned by the Shinonono clan.
Arcadia Corporation owned by Ichika.
The Sarashiki clan cannot do anything about The White Rabbit Technology, but Arcadia, being privately owned was free game for them.
Of course, the Sarashiki have yet to own any of Arcadia's stock considering that the only share holders were Ichika and Setsura, with both owning 45 percent of the stock, and Misaya owning 10%. The reason behind this was because Ichika was able to fund and establish his business without any help considering his income in his bounty hunting days.
The less said about the multitude treasures that he has recovered in his career, the better.
"If Ichika is capable of hiding Setsura from the Orimura clan (and the Royal Family) for a half a decade, hiding his identity from the Sarashikis is a walk in a park." Squall said dismissively. Squall might have been in Japan for a short period of time, but she was aware about the abilities of the Five leading clans in the country. The Orimura clan's intelligence is second only to the Royal Family's, and the fact that Ichika was able to hide himself and Setsura from those two clans spoke volumes of his ability to cover his tracks and hide all evidence pertaining to his activities.
The four entered their designated faculty, and they were met with the sight of twenty Arcadia employees eating lunch and conversing. As the four entered the room, everyone greeted the three officials, Misaya, Squall, and Gendo, with a respectful nod, with some even bowing.
Misaya, Squall, and Gendo nodded curtly at them before occupying their respective cubicle, with Autumn joining Squall in hers.
"So, Squall-chan, has there been students bothering you?" Autumn inquired playfully before straddling Squall's lap, their respective arms wrapped around each other.
"None yet, although all the students in my homeroom can't take their eyes off of me." Squall said coyly with a small, triumphant grin.
Normally, this would have set off any sane lover, but Autumn was different. She knew that Squall won't sleep with another girl without her watching or participating in the act.
So instead of being upset, Autumn grinned. "So, are there any interesting firsties that we can share our bed with."
Once again, Squall smiled coyly, but before she could say anything, something hard hit her on the head. "Touching your lover indecently is one thing, getting another student in your bed is another. So much touch as another girl aside from Autumn, I will bury you both in a casket." Misaya threatened while opening her bento.
"Yare, Yare, killjoy." Squall and Autumn exclaimed in unison, both having a deadpanned expression.
"You two must be tired of living already." Gendo commented while eating his lunch meticulously. "By the way, as much as I don't want to say this, I know that this is not a social visit. Do you have something to tell us, Autumn-chan?" Gendo inquired with a knowing look.
Autumn could not help but sighed in disappointment at Gendo's sharp mind. He was too observant for her taste. "It's nothing important, but you guys should be very careful during the afternoon classes. Most of the instructors employed in First High did not take kindly to the new curriculum, and even less towards you guys."
"We should care about this why again?" Misaya inquired nonchalantly. "We are not under the jurisdiction of First High School or the Magic Association. We will follow the curriculum of First High but we shall deliver them accordingly as we see fit. We have already discussed this with the Emperor, and what he says goes."
"I can count, in one hand, the number of students who has awareness outside of the norm of what they choose to comprehend." Autumn replied smoothly. "This new curriculum upset a lot of people in the current faculty. I don't think some of the instructors are very keen in sharing working space with you guys, Arcadia or not."
"You worry too much love." Squall said, while pecking Autumn on the lips.
"I don't worry about your guys. I pity those who would cross you three." Autumn said with a sigh before pointing at the people around her. "I am worrying about them."
After ten iterations, having my USB CORRUPTED, AND IT Project 1… Chapter 10… By the speed I'm going, I'll probably finish first arc by the 14-16 chapter…Yikes…