Walking through the streets of Kuoh I start to think back on my life until now. It was surprisingly eventful and boring at the same time.
If I had to resume it I would say that I trained. A lot.
Due to being the only male born from all those who came from another universe it was decided since I was very young that the one that would lead the Tower in the future when it was time to 'pass the torch' would be me. And let me tell you, being the one who should carry on the research and continue the work of the Tower in the future meant quite a lot since the Tower is a special existence in the supernatural world.
Since it's foundation we became a neutral party which the many pantheons could use to put 'troublesome existences' into as to not shake the balance of power existent in the current world. The result is that we became something similar to if I had to make an analogy, the Xavier Institute in X-Men, a place for those who do not fit anywhere else and a safe location where everyone could be accepted.
That resulted in us giving shelter to all sorts of beings who have all sorts of complex positions in life. Emily is just one example being the daughter of Azazel but not being a pureblood Fallen Angel made many in the Grigory hate her and suffer multiple assassination attempts there from the more idiotic fallen, to protect her Azazel sent her to the Tower for protection and now she is 100% one of us. There are many others like her, people who ran away from home, that were in danger, or anything really.
Thanks to this and the connections we formed over the years we have what is likely the more advanced center of magic research in the world from all the knowledge and research we could manage due to our actions. That, however, incites a problem.
As we grew larger the number of people wanting to steal all we accomplished grew too. We suffered multiple attacks from other groups or individuals, we survived all of them but that does not mean we will not suffer more in the future.
Due to this, I was trained to be able to lead this organization in the future. I learned magic from this world and the one where my father came from. I learned spearmanship with Lancer and from the year I spent in the Norse and the other I spent with the Greek Pantheon, learning from Zeus and Odin (both are perverts who really taught me to appreciate the female form, even if I am nowhere as perverted as the two). Learned hand to hand combat. Learned archery. Trained my body to the point where, by all rights, I should have had Touki already but nothing yet. Learned Senjutsu. And especially learned about swordsmanship, which is probably my best area of studies.
My training with the sword is enough for Assassin-sensei to tell me that I am equal to him when it comes exclusively to technique, even if my speed and power cannot match his own. I used this to participate in all kendo competitions I could, not for the challenge as there hardly was any, but for the prize money (my allowance was quite small overall so to get some cash I had to get it from somewhere).
Right now I am in Kuoh for two main reasons. First is that I needed a break, my powers stopped growing since I was 12 and I only improved in techniques since but even that had a limit. Until the Tower figure out some way to heal or at least lessen the damage in my magic circuits I don't have much to improve on so I got myself something of a vacation. The second reason for me being here is as a job for the Japanese Pantheon, they had allowed the devils to set up in this place but wanted something to work here as a warning system in case anything happens that they do not know and to protect the humans in town. They pay well for the job so I accepted it quite easily, it also helps that it allows me to help the Tower in getting a footing in Japan. And the final reason is that I had a limited number of places I could go for this vacation of mine, those included Europe, North America, or Japan and since the first two have too high influence of the Church (which has a terrible relationship with the Tower for a long time now since some fall out) I decided for Japan.
POKE POKE
I look to the side as Emily is poking my cheek.
"... What?" I ask her as she presses her finger in my cheek.
"Nothing much, you were just spacing out for so long that I decided to see if there was still someone in there, and surprise there really isn't." Emily said cheekily and I glared at her.
"Oh yeah, then who was the one to get the best grades in the last Math test?" I ask with a smirk as she only got third place (second being Sona Sitri, the student council president).
"Oh, it was the same person who lost in Chemistry and Fisiques. I remember that loser very well." She said and my eyes twitched. I got second in that test and she knows she only won due to a technicality! It is not my fault that in the description part of a theory the teacher preferred her answer over mine.
I forgot to mention but if anyone thought that I only learned about fighting and magic in the Tower than they are dead wrong. We pride ourselves of being the very best for a reason, the studies provided there include all areas of knowledge and I learned well there. Me and Emily are honestly at University level, the tests are more a way for me and Emily to compete instead of anything else.
As we arrived at the school gates both of us composed ourselves properly. Emily changed from the couch potato she usually is to a more elegant appearance while I went from my usual self to a more dignified and 'noble' appearance. The reason being that I am representing the Tower in front of the heiresses of the Gremory and Sitri clans, as such, I can't act as relaxed as I would like.
Sighing internally I continued to give a pleasant smile as I entered the school.
As I entered the school I noticed the fact that all the girls are watching me with quite predatorial eyes. To explain this you must know that one of the enterprises the Tower is related to is on the human world, it is a company that focuses on mining operations for precious metals and gems. We have that company so as to let aunt Rin search for all manners of gems for her research, the lesser ones are sold for profit but that still amounted to quite a lot and as I am seen as the next head of that company (not exactly wrong per say) so I am seen as quite desirable. It doesn't help that I am famous due to Kendo and I am not... them.
As if on cue a peculiar vision that, by any logic, should be much more unique than it actually passes me by. Three perverts running away from a pack of females from the kendo club, all furious at them and... is that a camera in their hands.
I have to talk to Rias and Sona about this if they do not intend to do anything regarding those three I will make sure that they are stopped before they go too far. I saw them peaking at most girls in school and more than once saw one of them trying to put spy cameras in certain places for their perverted interests. Heck, I once heard that one of them, Matsuda if I am not mistaken, tried to molest a girl in a train and in the last parent's day visit most of the people I consider family came to see me and another one, that damn pervert Motohama, tried to cup a feel from aunt Sakura by 'accident' and saw them commenting the next day perverted things about my family and saying how he'd like to 'tap those asses' which then started a discussion about which of them would be better in bed.
Speak what you will, they are only still breathing because Rias said she had something to talk with the slightly lesser evil of the three, Issei. I might never have actually talked with the guy, but from the one time I saw him talking of the breasts of aunt Rider and making lewd gestures while moving his hands as if he was feeling up her chest and loudly speaking of it, that was enough for me to decide that I should make sure he suffers heavily for his sins. If not for the mission from the Japanese Pantheon forbidding me from killing any humans in town I would have probably already killed the three with a curse that would make them wish for death and not be able to get it, to suffer as they should for the way they acted.
Thankfully, the powers of Angra Mainyu revolve around all evil things and that includes bad luck, it is not as good as what I would have liked to do, nor as satisfying, but it would have to do for now. Looking at the run I released some extremely bad luck at them and they all tripped over, falling while sending their camera up in the air, being caught by none other than the vice-principal.
The three perverts all oogled the said vice-principal with gawking mouths, droll almost spilling out of their faces when they took a glance at her before the members of the Kendo club got to them. With a cough I sent some magic at their shinais, making them twice as hard just to make sure they suffer more.
I and many others stopped to admire the show, seeing those perverts getting attacked really helps my mood even if their mere presence is enough to dampen any good humor a bit. With Odin and Zeus, I learned of the way of the gentlemanly, someone who admires women, but those three went past that and straight to the type that ruins the reputation of the whole male side of the spectrum with their every action.
"Castiel, can we talk a bit later?" The vice-principal said as she approached me. "There are some school matters that I wish to discuss with you and I have heard that some friends of yours would be transferring over as well. I would like, if possible, for you to introduce them to me when they arrive."
As the vice-principal said that I nodded and quickly looked her up and down. Yep, she is still drop-dead gorgeous, she is a stunningly attractive woman with sexy hip-length black hair that has bangs hanging on the right side with two ahoges, green eyes, a mole under her left eye, red round glasses, one earring on her left ear and a voluptuous figure where her breasts are larger than Rias and her butt is bigger than Sona's. Her work outfit consists of a green knitted turtleneck, a tight black mini-skirt along with her cross garter motif stockings, and her signature white lab coat.
"I understand, Hasegawa Vice-Principal." I said to her and she gave a small smile before leaving. I feel her gaze linger on me after that for a little while but pay it no mind, she has no magic signature whatsoever and is just a damn sexy woman, I will not be the one to say I dislike this sort of attention.
What? A man can enjoy thinking about such matters, no problem there, just not reach the depths of depravity and shamelessness that disregard the woman's opinion entirely of their actions and any propriety like those three perverts reached, if you follow this then it is all peachy for me. I mean come on they even brought a sex movie in school on their phones and decided to watch after finishing a test without headphones and at the loudest volume, how come they aren't even expelled that's what I'm wondering.
"I see that you are as always." A cold voice said behind me, making me turn and glance at one of the people in this town I really don't get along with.
She is a young bespectacled woman with a slim figure, black hair styled in a short bob cut and violet eyes. She has a pretty face but her aura reminds me a bit of aunt Saber's when she is not happy.
Yeah, not the best of memories there.
"Sona-taichou, a pleasure as always." I told her with a 'genuine' smile. If anything I would rather she not interact with me now, seeing those perverts ruined my mood due to remembering all they have done to date. I then looked around and noticed people staring at us and decided to play a little bit. "However, are you sure you want to have a conversation in such a public setting? Others might start rumors, you know?" I teased and hearing the hushed whispers of the students around I felt my lips twitch upwards a bit.
Her reaction was a glare in my direction as she coughed in her own hands and spoke.
"There will be no problems since this conversation isn't about anything personal. I only intended to invite you to join the Student Council considering that you are one of the top students and more than qualifies." She said all seriously but honestly, I couldn't wish anything less.
The student council is only her peerage right now, if I were to enter she just might and try to strong-arm me into entering it. Yeah, no.
"I apologize, but I am not interested in joining. Unless, perhaps, if it comes with some benefits besides being able to look at you more often." I said with a teasing tone which made all girls around begin to go all 'kyaa' and other weird sounds they do sometimes.
Of course, I don't care about just looking at Sona and I am not stupid enough to try anything with a devil, my political position as the next head of the Tower already makes me have enough woman problems due to the arranged marriages I already have and I do not need to complicate matters any further by mixing another race into the entire mess.
However, seeing the reaction of Sona due to my teasing is pleasure in itself. Her face flushing and she trying to come up with some answer before returning to her usual stoic self and retorting.
"Be it as it may I cannot give any unique benefits for others since, as students, we all should be treated as equals." She said ignoring the fact she and Rias can pretty much do anything in this school without blowback and Rias even stopped Issei and his little friends from being expelled as they well should considering their actions. "I understand and respect your opinion, however, should you ever change your mind please inform me so we can see to any necessary arrangements."
She then left briskly and I smirked inside at her reaction, teasing others never gets old.
Moving to class it was not long after until the speakers in class had a message calling me for the Principal's office. I can only assume the others must be here by now.
Entering the Principal's office I see the likely worst men in this whole school (I do not consider any of the perverted trio as 'men', more like bugs really). He had a balding head, short stature, a big belly, and was an open pervert who only had his job because, go figures. I honestly think the Gremory Family just likes perverts for whatever reason.
"Oh, young Castiel. It is good to see you, these three are to be new students and they requested that you be the one to show them around if at all possible." He spoke while ogling the three. Feeling a bit displeased I turned to one of them and spoke.
"Pudding, if I put the fear of God in him can you delete his memories but not the emotions?" I asked and she nodded.
"Huh? Who do you think you are speaking to, Don't go looking down on me when your abilities are subpar." She spoke hotly before turning to the side and whispering to herself (even if everyone could hear her loud and clear) "Darling~~❤❤❤!"
Hearing her reply and seeing how she acted I gave her one of my genuine smiles as I spoke.
"I knew I could count on you." I said and her face basically exploded in smoke at how hot it became almost instantly. Ignoring that I put on a magic barrier around, but before I completed it someone else already completed the barrier. Turning to said person I see s a petite young girl who is surprisingly developed for her age with blue-violet hair tied up in a ponytail using a white scrunchy and yellow eyes.
"What? You thought I was still not at least on this level?" The girl said, putting a hand on her waist challengingly as she continued. "You should know that I am more than capable enough, Castiel-nii-chan." She said that last part a bit more quietly but I smirked at her when I heard this.
"Oh, I can see that, Kurumi-chan. You grew up a lot." I said and her face went from confident to a blushing mess.
Again, seeing the reactions like this I can only reaffirm how I truly love to tease others.
It is way too fun.
As I said that someone came to my side and hugged my side, pressing my arm between her breasts. She then looked up to me and spoke. She is a beautiful young woman with a slim yet endowed build with a far more notable big butt. She has light blue, shoulder-length hair that has a longer portion of her hair put into a braid on the left side of her face tied into a single braid, as well as an ahoge and yellow eyes.
"... It has been a while, Castiel." She said and I nodded at her.
"Yeah, it has. Great to see you too Yuki. But why did you come? I thought you would be busy watching over the area near Spain." I commented. The Tower has many interests in many places and we have agents acting across the globe to protect the innocent as well as to direct any sacred gear user back to the Tower to help them in case they need it.
Yuki was one of the agents working in the region of Spain and Portugal so she being here is a bit weird truth be told.
She shook her head and spoke.
"Tobio agreed to take care of things there while Izuru would watch over a bit more area." She explained easily and I nodded at that.
Tobio, the man who has one of the thirteen Longinus, and Kamakura Izuru, a former experimental subject for a project of the Hexennacht to create the perfect genius. Both of them are great fighters and trustworthy so I have no problems with that.
I then turned to the last person in the room besides the principal who I had already launched a curse of fear into, making him tremble in terror at whatever he was seeing. The curse of fear makes someone see something they fear a lot and rises that same fear of the person, a parlor trick for those with firm minds but for those who are easily cowed they cannot resist at all.
Seeing the last person I didn't know if I should be happy or impressed he decided to come here.
He has light gray hair, pale skin, and is of average height with a slim build. He has segmental heterochromia, consisting of purple with yellow along the bottom curve of his pupil. His hair is short and swept forward in loose spikes with a lock left long on the right side of his face. This uneven style is the result of bullying he suffered at the hands of other orphans in the orphanage from before he came to the Tower, and he never fixed it desíte we offering him to do just that many times.
"Atsuchi, my friend, I am surprised. I thought you would remain a couch potatoe back in the Tower forever by the way things are going." I said jokingly and he only chuckled.
"Not really, I just thought that I had to come out more and this seemed like as good a reason as any to go out a bit. I, I think I can handle this now." He said and I smiled hearing this, putting a hand on his shoulder and giving it a gentle but firm squeeze.
It is good to see him out now, when he arrived in the Tower a few years back he had become a complete shut in but if he is now able to do this much then it is certainly an improvement.
"Great, but I admit this is weird. I expected that if you were to come here Akutagawa would also show up. Was he busy?" I raised an eyebrow as I asked this and Atsushi only laughed awkwardly.
"Well, he wanted to come but there were some missions he had to do. Just, here" Atsushi then gave me a phone and said seriously. "Call him later and tell him you value what he is doing. Otherwise, I don't know what the guy will do."
As he said that I felt like laughing at the absurdity of it all. Akutagawa, a Sacred Gear user from the Tower, was extremely loyal to me, and he loves to be acknowledged by his efforts, it seems like my time away may have just accentuated that aspect of his and if I do not do anything about it he just might go and do something stupid to get the recognition he wishes for.
Deciding to do as he said I then turned to the principal and glared down at him.
"Try and get your filthy eyes around any of my friends again and next time the curse won't be fear, but Terror and that is much, much worse than your worst nightmare." I told him and he nodded in fear and... was his dick getting hard at being threatened?
The fuck is wrong with this guy? You know what, I don't care. It is better to not understand some BEING like him as far as I care.
With that set Pudding edited his memories away but left the overall emotions in place before we all left the principal wishing not to have to see him again anytime soon or ever really.