- Dream/Vision: ? -
"I'm not always going to be around. Who knows? I might get blasted off a cliff and be put in a comatose state for five years."
With a list of names in her hands and doing everything in her power not to giggle belly, the woman joked a bit of what she knew was going to happen to her in the future. Unfortunately, as much as she wished she could stop it, the river of time prevents her from doing it. Her students chuckled while her spirit friend rolled her eyes. The woman sighed and turned to her class of 30 students, all of them from all three houses. This special classroom was built to house up to 200 students. It was like her former classroom in the Magic Academy. The banners of the three houses hung proudly in the ceiling along with the banner of the Church of Serios. Her fellow professors and friends stood nearby as she had spoken to them days prior to her plan. Truth be told, Lady Rhea thought it was a bold plan and wanted to see how things turned out.
"So, for the next month till the day of the actual Battle of The Eagle and Lion, we'll be doing practice mock battles." She said and the students began to talk to each other, and her fellow professors told them to quiet down.
She really was trying not to smile because it would give away her intentions. Many of her students would probably secretly call her a bitch (Students: Why would you think of us like that?!) for doing this to them. But fear not! For this plan of hers is to FORCE all of them to adapt rapidly.
"I spoke with your professors and I also spoke with the Archbishop. Lady Rhea has granted us permission and, she also seems interested in the idea. Now, there will be a twist to these practice mock battles." She said and many raised an eyebrow except her fellow professors.
Her friends all were smirking, and many students were slightly unsettled by it. Edelgard, Hilda, and Annette felt they were walking straight into a lava pit as Amir's smirk was turning more terrifying by the second while Alexandra's feathers were twitching with glee. The lance users, Dimitri, Sylvain, and Ferdinand were all feeling shivers go down their spines at Alexandra's flowery atmosphere. Cirina was cackling evilly as she rubbed her hands together. She was looking forward to seeing the descendants of the 10 Elites suffer.
"All of you say goodbye to your fellow house members because none of you will be fighting for your respected house." She sang with a cheerful smile as she saw the wave of emotions that befell on each student once they processed her words.
"SAY WHAT?!" All the students yelled out and her friends all had smirks on their faces.
"Claude, Sylvain, Hubert!" She yelled out and the three boys she called out walked forward, "You three are the best tacticians of your Houses. We're putting it to the test." She said and turned to her fellow professor, Manuela.
The older woman nodded and spoke as she took a step forward and smiled. Ahhh! Finally, she could relax and drink peacefully for a while!
"All of you will be mixed up into three different groups. And for each group, one of these boys will be leading you." She said and many began protesting and what was the purpose of this till professor Hanneman spoke.
"The main purpose of this is to see how well you can adapt to change. Especially tacticians." He said as he saw the face of betrayal from Lysithea.
"Come on Teach!" Claude said to her, "You're seriously doing this to us?!" He said.
"Professor, I'm not a tactician. I'm not good at things like this." Sylvain said and she crossed her arms.
"Really now?" She smiled and the entire class flinched except the professors, "Don't take me for a fool Sylvain. I know how hard you study in magic and," she pulled out a pile of papers and placed them on the desk, their score showing a 100% on each of them, "How high you score in the tactics test. You're at the exact same level as Claude and Hubert." She said and the Blue Lions all looked at Sylvain in shock.
The said orange haired student had a closed eye smile, but the shadows were covering his eyes. He wasn't exactly please that his little secret was shown like that. Claude was trying to hide his own smirk along with Hubert. Seems the two were looking forward to seeing what the boy of House Gautier was made of. But back to the original subject, Hubert had to agree with everyone. This plan the professor had was just so rash. What was she hoping to gain from this? What would any of them gain from this? He hated how the Professor was unpredictable the majority of the time. Her smile at times reminded him of Lady Rhea with a combination of his own and Claude's. It was unsettling to say the least.
"Just because you witnessed us in a three-way chess game, does not mean we're suited for such positions." Hubert tried to reason but failed.
She chuckled and spoke once more. The three tacticians could not help but shiver at the gleam her eyes held. It somehow reminded them of their childhood days when she would train them. They knew she was terrifying when it was needed.
"The purpose is to test how well you are able to adapt to change. How fast can you conduct? How fast can you send out orders? And every mock battle practice we do, we will be having new groups. We'll be switching members each time." She said and the entire class began protesting again.
"AND!" She waved her hand which glowed a bit, "We'll be testing how you all can adapt to the weather change! So, expect rain, snow, heat, and all that jazz thanks to my magic!" She sang.
"OH, COME ON!" All the students yelled and Sothis was cackling along with Cirina.
"Professor, as much as we all understand the need to improve," Dimitri said, "I honestly see no point in mixing us all into random groups! Would it not be better if we fought alongside those of our respective houses?!" He said.
Her smile instantly disappeared. That was not a good sign and all the students knew it.
"Oh no." Lysithea said and everyone was very much suddenly unnerved.
She never stopped smiling. That was the first time they had ever seen her frown. Dimitri Alexandre Blaiddyd, suddenly felt very scared as she saw her place down the list she had in her hands on the desk and remove her glasses.
"So...you've actually had the nerves to question my teaching methods?" She said and Edelgard looked at her stepbrother, worried.
She had taken a deep breath and turned to him with the sweetest yet most terrifying smile anyone had ever seen.
"Oh...he fucked up. Pfft." Chris whispered to Alexandra, who just shook her head.
She personally was looking forward to seeing Claude struggle.
"Your Highness," a title he hated hearing from her lips, and she would only use it when she was very upset, her form of challenging him, "congratulations! You're going to be in the group led by Hubert." She said and Dimitri felt he stepped on a landmine.
Rule number one: NEVER QUESTION A PROFESSIONAL TACTICIAN'S TEACHING METHODS
After that, they were all taken to the field for the mock battle and it was a complete disaster.
- End of Dream -
"What the hell was that?!"
Arisa woke up in bedroom in the palace, utterly confused at what she had just dreamed. It was officially the second week of September and today was Monday, meaning she officially starts teaching today. Thankfully her class isn't till 10 in the morning and it currently was 8 am. She was used to waking up at this hour thanks to the strict training from her father. Currently, she was very confused by the dream she just had. Its faint but she remembers an adult woman speaking to all the students of the Three Houses but...who was she?
"Still...was that...a vision of the future or a different life?" She questions and turned her head to the left as she heard snoring.
Arisa sighed as she saw it was Sothis, who was sleep next to her. It's been two days since she arrived back at the palace after staying for a few days in Emily's home. She learned many things from the woman, was introduced to her staff and house members. Her husband, Erik von Charon, was Catharine's older brother and the heir to House Charon. He was born with a major Crest. Emily's two stepsibling, one bore a Crest of Cethleann and the other a minor Crest of Cichol. The two were also adopted by the previous Head of House Zoltras, Lady Ciara Zoltras. She unfortunately could not bear children and chose to adopt. Of course, there are 5 other members of House Zoltras, which Arisa has yet to meet. But she learned that two of them are from a tribe called Laguz, one from the kitsune tribe, another from taguel, and lastly, someone from the wolf skin tribe. Imagine the shock that had when she learned the ice tribe exist in this world, now learning other tribes existed along with Fae?!
"This is too much for my heart to take.." the girl muttered to herself.
Emily had informed her that these clans along with others she has yet to learn of, have existed before Sothis came to this world and are greatly respected by the people of Fodlan because they are natives of this land. Unfortunately, she doesn't deny that there is prejudice against them, especially by nobles who's Houses bare Crest. In particular those of the Empire and House Keilman, who is very jealous of those of the Ice tribe. Thankfully, that clan lives in the mountains of Fraldarius territory, but a few do live in the Keilman mountains. The man has never been able to track them down, much his displeasure and a blessing to Emily.
"Oh, wearing your regular clothing?" Sothis yawned as Arisa put on her usual green cheongsam, black skirt, tights and boots, along with her green cloak.
"Yes." Arisa answered as she changed her appearance and saw from her mirror Sothis stretching like a cat, "It's my first day and I finally mapped out the entire palace. Plus, Emily gave me a map of every single secret passageway here. Seems Cornelia doesn't know about it. Good, means I can plan to save Dimitri's uncle. Despite Lord Rufus being a damn skirt chaser, it's obvious that the death of the king affected him badly. Sex and alcohol to escape political issues...depression. And we know TWSD will take advantage of that. Thankfully, Amir passed the message I had for the nobles of Duscur." She said as put on her bag with her study lesson for today.
Sothis rolled over onto her stomach and rested her chin on crossed arms.
"Just what exactly did you have Amir do when she traveled to Duscur?" The goddess said and Arisa smiled sadly.
"Let's just say...I'm preparing them for what is to come." Was all the girl said and Sothis nodded.
With clothing changed and her things in her bag, Arisa and Sothis left their room, locked the door, headed to the stables.
[-]
"Good morning Lady Kiana. Glad to see you've returned." Christophe smiled to her kindly as he spotted her entering the stables.
He was busy feeding the animals.
"Good morning. Also, just Kiana is fine." Arisa chuckled as she went over to Red Hare's section and saw the red pegasus eating along with Feh, who was eating a lizard she must have hunted down.
She looked around, seeing many pegasus along with horses. Maybe like 2 wyverns, one kinshi and a griffin. She also spotted the owl pen, where there were several owls, all males and unfortunately, they wouldn't stop checking out Feh. Arisa isn't looking forward to November or December because that is mating season for owls and Feh has downright rejected other owls making advances to her. She literally slapped them with her wings. While Amir cackled as she saw the male owls leave with their pride destroyed, Ares had let go of a sigh and commented that Arisa had unconsciously raised that bird to be too prideful. The girl questioned what the hell she did, and Ares answered that Feh had a deep attachment to her and had been hanging out too much with Nuke, Fiona's wolf.
"Well...not my fault those two get along." Arisa muttered and Christophe cringed when his owl was slapped by Feh for trying to make advances on her.
"Feh. Come here." She said, Feh chirped happily at the sight of her and flew to her head.
The snowy owl had made itself comfortable and Arisa turned to Christophe and apologized.
"I'm sorry about that. Feh is...a little difficult." She chuckled a bit nervously and Feh puffed her feathers.
"It's alright. At the same time Ages deserved it. He's been trying to woo too many female owls lately." The 22 year older chuckled as his owl landed on his shoulder with his pride shattered.
"Anyhow, I heard your first class is today." He said and Arisa nodded.
"Yes. I have my astronomy/astrology class at 10 am and my medical class at 1pm. Lastly, my first lesson with the children is at 3:30pm. I got my work cut out for me." She let go a sigh and he patted her shoulder.
"Good luck Kiana. Especially with the kids. Also, thank you for taking your time to teach my brother." He smiled to her and she nodded.
"You're welcome. To be honest, I'm glad to see Ashe doing well. The last time I saw him, he was around 2 years old and I was around. I think? 7 years old." She said and Christophe raised an eyebrow.
"So, you knew his parents?" He said.
"Well, not completely. My family stopped by to eat at the restaurant his family owned years ago. I told him the story of King Arthur and The Knights of Camelot. Also, I just recently learned he was adopted by your father, Lord Lonato." She said and he nodded.
"Wait, that book did not exist back then. I always wondered how Ashe knew about it." He said.
"Well that's because I'm the one that wrote it." Arisa said and Sothis faced palms.
"Wait, you're Cecilia Schariac?!" Christophe said shocked and Arisa nodded.
"I am. Also, please don't tell anyone about it. I'm not about to deal with a wave of fans." She bluntly said and he chuckled.
"Don't worry. I won't. I'm a man of my word." He said and she nodded as the two began to walk out together with their horse and pegasus.
Plus, their owls.
"To be honest, Ashe to me is like a real brother. My father took him in along with his siblings and I'm glad he did. I love those little rascals. I admit, Ashe has talent for the bow but unfortunately that isn't my expertise. I hope you teach him well." He smiled to her and she felt a slight blush on her cheek.
"U-Um..thank you." She chuckled and he smiled to her.
"Oh, what's this?" Sothis smirked and Arisa sent her a glare.
"Well, I have to go. My father wants me to help him on a few things. Have a good day Kiana." Christophe said and waved to her goodbye to her as he rode off.
"Oh my~"
She instantly turned to see Lestia floating her way with a smirk.
"Hey Arisa." The princess smirked to her as she landed in front of her, a blue gem staff the girl held, it looked like the typical ones from barbie toys.
"Good morning Lestia." Arisa sighed as the princess grinned.
She felt she was looking at Dimitri's and Claude's love child because this girl looked like Dimitri but had Claude's personality. Yay...goddess, help her.
"Good to see you back! It's been 11 years! You're probably wondering how I remember you. The answer is simple, my Crest. It has an ability to negate magic." Lestia grinned proudly and Arisa nodded.
"Well, I figured that much because the way you kept smirking at me. Not to mention, how you figured out who I really was." Arisa sighed.
"Yup. I'll keep your secret, but I expect you to at least tell Dimitri at some point. Also," the girl smirked once more, "I'm looking forward to dance class! I have a score to settle with Edelgard!" Lestia grinned and Arisa chuckled.
"Alright. But the dance lessons I'm teaching you are a bit more advanced than ballroom dancing." She said and Lestia raised an eyebrow.
"And this dance is?" The princess said and Arisa chuckles evilly.
"Prepare to suffer ballet." Arisa smirked and suddenly Lestia felt scared.
But...what is ballet?
- 2 hours later -
Her classroom was huge. Like she literally felt she was back into her old classroom but this one felt more on the slightest ancient side. Her desk was at the very center while the desk circled around her, each desk setup for the students. The class was made like astronomy auditorium, which she gladly appreciated.
"Now, let's do this." Arisa muttered as she cupped her hands and a small purple sphere formed in her hands.
"Gods, cosmos, light, stars, world." She said and raised her arms, the sphere floated up to the center and turned to her version of a global sphere with six rings spinning around it.
"Oohhh!" Sothis said as she floated up as she circled around the ringed glove, "I am very impressed by this." She said as she floated back down to her friend.
"Inspired by Celestial Hymn and Harry Potter." Arisa thought and the bell for classes rung.
The door to her class opened in surprisingly, a good portion of students came in. Around 90 of them.
"Hmmm...I'm surprised to see Linhardt here. Oh, there's Annette and...Mercedes." Arisa thought as she saw the three near each other.
Annette gave her a happy wave while Linhardt looked ready to sleep. Mercedes had grown beautifully and wore a blue uniform dress. All the females wore it while the males wore a dark blue pants with a black shirt. She saw a mixture of young and older students; some were even adults. Each one took their seats, but she saw the shock and amazed faces of many as they stared at the magic sphere in the ceiling. She waited another five minutes before the door closed. She smiled and took a deep breath as she looked around her class. How long as she felt this joy? How long has it been since she felt...normal?
"Good morning everyone! I am Kiana Kalsana but you may refer to me as Professor or Professor Kalsana. Some of you know me as the new Holy Magus. I welcome you all to my class of Astronomy and Astrology." She said and continued.
"I'll start with a small introduction." She said and took out her wand and pointed it at the ringed globe.
The rings aligned upwards and images of the stars and constellations appeared in it. May had their mouths wide open and she could hear "whooooaaa" or "woooowww" she heard "damn!" And had to keep herself from giggling.
"Astronomy is a natural science that studies celestial objects and phenomena. It uses mathematics, physics, and chemistry in order to explain their origin and evolution. Objects of interest include planets, moons, stars, nebulae, galaxies, and comets. As well as learning the movement of the planets and stars. But...how does that also connect to magic?" She smiled as the image changed to the star's planets aligning.
"At times, there are certain conditions that must be met in order to create potions, even a specific spell, or even medicine. This not only improves the quality of the spell, but also its results. Since ancient times, the stars have been described to also be home to different beings. Different cultures see the cosmos as the home of the gods and goddesses. Others see them as signs of directions. You be surprised how well they also connect to fae." She said and the images changed to that of different people with different colored auras but also Crest, which immediately caught a few Crest Scholars attention.
"Now, Astrology is the belief that the alignment of stars and planets affects every individual's mood, personality, and environment, depending on when he or she was born." She explained as she took out her tarot deck.
"Any Crest Scholars here?" She said and a couple raised their hands.
"Anyone from Duscur? Sreng? Moifis? Albinea? Brigid? Dadga? Or anywhere else? " She asked and couple individuals raised their hand.
"Tch. Outsiders." She heard a man say and Arisa smiled.
"And you just got yourself a warning!" She pointed to the man who shivered at her smile, "I will absolutely not tolerate bigotry, prejudice, bullying, racism and any wrong actions against people of different cultures, race, faith, beliefs and such in this class. You get three warnings. At the third, say goodbye to my class." She said and a couple hung their heads.
Her students from those countries, gave her a small smile and a silent thank you.
"Now back to what I was saying." Arisa sighed as she made the major arcana cards appeared on her screen, "I'm also a Crest Scholar and even I have come up with a few theories of my own. Now, how exactly do they connect to the Cards of the Stars?" She said and instantly many began to lean forward.
"Well, you're going to have to wait till The Red Wolf Moon to find out!" She said and Linhardt slammed his face onto the desk along with many others.
"We will be touching a bit of the subject of Crestology here so do prepared. I'll give you all a heads up when the subject will be brought up. For how, everyone please look at the syllabus on your desk." She said and many picked up the four-page stapled document.
"Oh my. This is very organized." Mercedes whispered to Annette as the orange haired girl gawked at the schedule.
It had lesson plans, dates for quizzes, midterms, days off and the final in December.
"There may be changes to the syllabus so don't expect everything to go completely right." She said.
"This class will consist of one quiz every month along with the usual midterms each month. Your final will be one group project (Entire class: Uuuugghhhhhhhhh...) and can be about any topic from the lessons that will be taught this semester. I have written my office hours. This class will only be on Monday, Wednesdays and Fridays. Tuesdays and Thursdays, I will be free those days and you could come talk to me if there is a subject you do not understand, and I will help you on it. If there is a day, I know I unfortunately won't be there on those hours, I will have a note on my door saying I'm not there. But you are welcome to slide a letter underneath my door, so I know who needs to talk to me." She said.
"Also, if you are absent, make sure to speak to your classmates and ask what you missed. Plus, attendance is mandatory. You are given 5 absences. If you miss more than five, your grade will start dropping. Lastly, if I catch you plagiarizing, cheating during a test and such, it's an automatic zero and we will be talking to the Directors of the academy." She said.
"Any questions?" Arisa said and one person raised their hand.
A young man who looked about the same age as Christophe, he has long silver colored hair that is a very light lavender color that was tied in a ponytail, bangs that covered his right eye, dark brown skin, and wore a white lab coat with his uniform underneath.
"Yes?" Arisa said and the man spoke.
"On the schedule here it says we will be having a magic mock battle. Why?" He asked and many nodded.
"The purpose of this mock battle is to see how you are able to apply my lessons to your studies and magic." She said and many began to mutter.
"Magic, as you all know, is the power of apparently influencing the course of events by using mysterious or supernatural forces. We humans can only reach a certain level, but it is also, the very energy of the earth. The life force of many things. You are channeling that power within you and able to transform it to a certain degree. " She said and took out a ruby.
She threw it in the air, and it burst into flames, revealing a fire bird that landed on her arm.
"What spell was that?!" Annette yelled out and Arisa smiled.
"What I just casted is a form of magic I created by channeling the element of what a ruby represents fire. I call it, jewel magic and it took me 3 years to perfect it." She said and then took out a lapis lazuli and threw it in the air, it turned to water koi fish that swum around the air.
"This spell, I had to wait till there was a full moon and also to make sure the day was raining." She said and many chuckles as the koi fish circled around Linhardt, who poked.
That resulted in him getting squirted in the face and the class bursting out laughing.
"And I am deeply sorry about that! Koi! Get back here!" Arisa said and Mercedes uses a bit of wind magic to dry him.
The koi fish returned to her and the two element animals disappeared in a shower of golden dust.
"During the mock battle, you're allowed to use any form of magic as long as you apply some form of my lessons to it." She said and the sphere began turning again.
"Since today is the first day of class, we'll take it a bit easy. Today, we are doing introductions as well as I'll talk a bit about myself." She said and bowed a bit.
"Once more, I am Kiana Kalsana. You may refer to me as Professor or Professor Kalsana. I love sweets, but you can't bribe me with them to get your grade up." She said and many in the class chuckled, "I'm a doctor. Dancer, pegasus rider, I own a snowy owl. Once a month, I'll teach you all new spells. Lastly, I love reading books. And I was born here in Fodlan but travelled all around the world as a mercenary. " she said.
"So, who wants to go first?" She said and many shy away.
"Are we going to have to resort to victims?" She said and the young man with the silver purple hair stood up.
"My name is Kuza Grindor Snowdrop. I am from the Snowdrop House in Duscur. Pleasure to meet you all." He bowed politely and many began muttering.
"No way! A noble from Duscur!" She heard whispered.
"So, exchange student? Damn." Another said and Annette stood up.
"Hello everyone! I'm Annette Fantine Dominic! I love sweets, singing, cooking and studying! Hope we all get along." Annette smiled and sat down.
"Hello there." Mercedes smiled kindly as she stood up, "I am Mercedes von Martritz. I love baking, needlework, ghost stories, adorable things, painting, reading, and fragrant flowers." She giggled as she sat down.
"Reminding me," Arisa said, "I got hundreds of ghosts stories ready to tell so expect many to be told around The Wyvern moon for it is the month of Saint Hallows Eve!" She said and half the class had sparkles in their eyes and the other half grew nervous.
"Yaawwn...I'm Linhardt von Hevring. If you need help with Crestology, just say the word. Yawwwnnn..." and he fell asleep right there.
Arisa had a closed eye smile and rolled up her syllabus and...threw at him like a boomerang, and HEAD SHOT! Right on the head. Linhardt was thankfully quickly caught by Annette and Mercedes was a giggling mess as the orange haired girl dramatically was telling the green haired boy to stay alive.
"Rule two! No sleeping in my class unless there an actual reason!" She said and many were laughing.
"I think I'm going to like this class!" A student said and the first introduction lesson began.
- 2 hours later: 12 PM-
"Have a good day everyone!" Arisa said as her students walked out the class and waved goodbye.
"Bye Professor!" Annette giggled as she was trying to drag out a half asleep Linhardt and Mercedes was behind them.
"Quick reminder! If any of you are in my medical class at 1pm, make sure to bring your staff, grimoire, or wand with you!" She yelled out and was answered with a "Yes Professor!" from her students.
She chuckled as she made her sphere disappear and sat down at her desk. Arisa let go of a sigh of relief as she looked around and couldn't help but close her eyes in bliss. How much she missed teaching as a full-fledged Professor. Even after all these years, there was still that unfulfilled craving to teach. It was partly quelled thanks to her going around teaching children but now...
"I'm happy..." she muttered and smiled warmly as she took in small breaths of air.
"My my. Very impressive."
Her eyes snapped open and she looked towards her left, to see Cornelia with her usual smile.
"Lady Cornelia. Sorry, I didn't notice you. I was... relaxing a bit." Arisa said as she straightens herself out.
Cornelia chuckled as she walked up to the girl and looked around the class.
"Seems your first day as a Professor went well." She said, recalling seeing the happy and excited faces the students had as they left the girl's class.
It partly disgusted her but seeing those students all so happy meant that the class must have been interesting that even the Crest Scholars that entered the class wouldn't shut up about it. Cornelia looked up and down the girl. She had to admit, the girl was beautiful and would most likely grow more as she became an adult. Not also mention she had a major Crest of Serios, which was extremely rare because the only major Crest bearers are Felix, Rhea and this girl. The rest are minor crest.
"It did. Glad to see the students are going to be enjoying it. I'm currently on break. I'm planning to make a quick stop at the town to buy some food. Anything you like?" Arisa said.
"No, I'm alright." Cornelia lightly shook her head, "I was wondering if you would like to join me for tea?" She smiled.
"Oh..." Arisa said and lightly scratched her cheek, "I'm sorry but I'm not a fan of tea." She lied.
"Oh, that's too bad." Cornelia said, "Well if not tea, then perhaps hot chocolate would do or is there a preferred drink you like?" She said.
"She really is trying to win me over..." Arisa internally frowned, "I guess I'll play along for now." She thought.
"Hot chocolate is fine. Is there a day you wish to set up so we could talk properly?" Arisa said.
"Friday would be good. Would in the afternoon be alright with you?" Cornelia smiled to her.
"Of course." Arisa said.
"Very well then. Unfortunately, I must go but I liked this talk. I'll see you again dear." Cornelia smiled and left, closing the door behind her.
Arisa let go of a sigh of relief as Sothis floated to her, worried.
"Are you alright?" The goddess asked and Aria ran her fingers through her hair.
"Yeah. I think I'm going to have to use that security system spell on this classroom and my office. But...I'm think I'm going to do some modifications on it. Emily isn't going to be happy about it if she learns what I'm planning to modify in her spell. Well, you win some you lose some." She said and sat as she took out the lunch box, she packed herself earlier that morning.
The chefs of the palace were nice enough to let her use the kitchen and they were surprised by the food she was making. She had made herself a hamburger steak with a sunny side egg, rice, cooked vegetables, an omelet and had also packed herself blueberry and mint tea in her canteen. She used her homemade chopsticks to eat and had a small number of flowers surrounding her as she ate. Sothis stared and let go of a sigh.
"Be careful with that woman. We both know she wants you to work for her and I'm very certain she will do anything to achieve it." She said and Arisa nodded.
"One thing about the Crest of Flames, is the fact I can tell if something is poisoned or not just by looking at it." Arisa thought as she kept eating and took a gulp of her drink.
"But you have been doing dangerous things these years! Taking small doses of poison to the point you have become almost immune to them!" Sothis said and Arisa instantly avoid eye contact.
Funny how her medical experiments turn to her making herself immune to poisons. Her first try was 8 years ago and man that was horrible! The yelling she got from Sothis but that didn't stop Arisa. Nope. The girl continued to experiment and taking small doses of poisons to force her body to become immune to them. The worst one she took was puffer fish poison. Thankfully she had the antidote for that. No one in her family knows of her actions she had been doing behind the scenes.
"Well, " she took out a small bottle the size of nail filled with wisteria poison and drank it, making Sothis screech, " at least I'm pretty much amu-" and she ran to the trash can and vomited.
"What did I just say?!" Sothis yelled but the goddess could already feel that the girl's body instantly adapted and became immune to it.
Arisa coughed, pulled out the antidote and gulped it down. Her eyes glowed a bit green and she coughed again.
"I'll be alright. Besides, I have a reason for doing this." She said and Sothis let go of a sigh.
"Just...don't overdo it." The goddess said.
She still wasn't happy with the girl's actions.
- 1pm: Medical class-
Like usual, she gave her syllabus, introduced herself, she won't tolerate bigotry and spoke of what will be taught in the class. Mercedes was part of her class, which she was glad for. Of course, they'll be going over the basic healing methods as well teaching them how to make medicine. However, Arisa will also be teaching the advanced medical methods from her old world and that included basic surgery like sew wounds, the ability to treat muscles and when it was needed. And first and foremost!
"S-Sex education?!" An adult female student screeched loudly as she was reading her syllabus.
Therefore she had Emily put the sign that her medical class is only for those 12 years and up. Unfortunately, Annette and Linhardt aren't at that age yet, much to their displeasure. The entire class became a complete mess of blushing adults and young students alike. Meanwhile, Mercedes just had her closed eye smile but still had a heavy blush. Arisa let go of a sigh as before she spoke.
"Yes, I know the lesson sounds indecent, but it is something that is extremely necessary. Especially since diseases can be transmitted to another person through sexual intercourse." She said and many began muttering to each other while they were completely red.
"On the Red Wolf Moon, that will be the topic along with learning the parts of the human body and high advanced medical methods. And yes, I'm making you all learn by making you all watch a woman give birth and how to properly handle it." Arisa said the class exploded.
"Before we actually do such a thing!" She said and the class shut up, "We'll be performing an autopsy on a real human body." She said with a straight face and at least 4 students passed out right there on their desk.
"Before someone comes after my neck," Arisa let go of a slightly frustrated sigh, "The main purpose of this is for you to gain experience. In real life, by learning what is the cause of death of an individual, you can learn ways to prevent it. For example," she used her wand to show a projection of a dead man, of course his nether regions covered with a cloth, "What do you see?" She said.
"A dead man!" A 14-year-old screamed and Arisa face palms.
"Take a closer look!" She said and Mercedes spoke.
"Wait..." the woman said as she squinted her eyes, "his nails have these strange white lines. Also...I'm noticing his lips are dry and...there seems to be some sort of rash on the body." Mercedes said.
"Keep going." Arisa smiled softly and a man spoke, "taking a closer look...I'm noticing swelling around his chest and sores and redness around the mouth..." he said and Arisa nodded.
"He died of poisoning!" A 17-year-old screeched, and Arisa clapped.
"Correct!" She said and everyone stared rather stun at the 15-year-old girl, "Good observation skills. Now, if we were to take a blood test, we would be able to see what poison was used to to kill him. However, you also must be careful in these cases because there are poisons that leave no trace whatsoever in the body. When handling a patient, you must wear gloves. And rule number one!" Arisa pointed her index finger, "NEVER TOUCH BLOOD DIRECTLY!" She said.
Of course, she herself has already broken this rule too many times because blood has literally already been on her hands and face because of people she killed, but that's why she is always carrying medicine with her. Her fear of blood is still something that has not gone away, and she doubts it ever will. The first thing she does after killing a person is washing her hands and immediately use soap and alcohol to disinfect herself and her family and friends also.
"The main reason for this is because blood can carry diseases, viruses, infections that can be passed on if they come in direct contact with it. Even worse If you have an open wound. Body fluids such as saliva, urine and sweat have a less risk unless blood is mixed in it. You need to be careful." Arisa sighed as she looked at everyone in her class.
"These advanced methods of medicine and magic I learned from traveling the world. I will teach you what I can to help you all be prepared. Some of you know the basics of treating wounds, making medicine. But the methods I will teach are much more advanced and have saved countless lives." She said as she pointed to her chalkboard.
"I will be strict. I will be harsh at times. Some of you may even think of me as complete bitch." She said and few students looked away, "But I promise you this, " she took a deep breath and looked at everyone in the class, "you will not regret taking this class. Medicine is the physical body. Magic is to manipulate the energy flow in the body. We will combine both science and magic in this class. That is why I have it required that you take chemistry and biology before taking this class." She said as she took out the book she wrote.
"This month, you will be learning advance healing spells. Make sure to get all the materials in the list I gave you all. We'll be using all those tools throughout the semester." She said.
The next 2 hours were talks of magic formulas with a combination of math.
- 3 PM -
The students were stunned to silence as they left her class and could not believe the advanced magic formulas the girl was talking. Then again, it was expected from a Holy Magus but the advanced level she talked, was overwhelming for many in her class. The good thing is that Arisa took her time to explain everything step by step and had plans to make study guides for her students so they could use them as references. She let go of a long sigh as she looked over to her clock and let go of another sigh.
"I did not think medical classes would cause that much of a commotion." Arisa buried her face in her crossed arms.
Sothis sighed and patted her head.
"It's only the first day. Let us not forget you will have to teach the children." She said and Arisa nodded as she stood up and warped out of the classroom.
Before she went back to the castle, she made a quick stop at the bakery.
- 3: 30 PM -
The room that the king gave her to teach was perfect! A perfect table like a round table, shelves with books, a magic board she could use! Apparently, it was new magic tool invented by Hanneman. Materials she needs along with other resources. Arisa smiled to herself as she was holding in a squeal as she saw Dimitri and Lestia come in along with Annette, Ashe, Felix, Ingrid, Edelgard, Dwyer, Hubert and Sylvian. The table was made for 16 people, so this was more than enough for her.
"Hello everyone. Glad you all made it." She smiled warmly as they all sat down where they wanted.
Edelgard sat across from Hubert, Ashe sat between Annette and Sylvian. Ingrid and Felix sat across from those three and Lestia, Dimitri and Dwyer sat near where she was.
"Since it's the first day, and I have met you all, I'll start something simple. First, what are your main goals?" She said and Dimitri spoke.
"I want to be able to control my strength." He said and Lestia snickered because she remembered when he snapped in half Felix's sword.
"I want to become the best dancer in the world! But seriously though, I want to master how to use an axe." Lestia said and Edelgard shook her head.
"U-Um...I want to become better at using a sword." Felix said shyly and Sothis cooed as she appeared and floated next to Arisa.
"I want to learn how to ride pegasus!" Ingrid said cheerfully and Hubert nodded in agreement with her.
Arisa internally let go of a sigh of relief. It still confused her how Edelgard was still here in The Kingdom. She should have returned to the Empire in 1174 but Chris explained to that their uncle, Lord Arundel, had brought her back just last month. Of course, Arisa knew damn well that the real Arundel is dead thanks to Dimitri's time in researching the church funds in the game. Lord Arundel suddenly stopped making donations to the church in 1174, so her theory is that the real one was killed, and Thales disguised himself as him. The same case was with Tomas (Solon) and Monica (Kronya). Also, Edelgard in this time never interacted with any of the Kingdom children, much less Dimitri's friends. Now that she thinks about it deeper, Hubert shouldn't even be here with her. It was confusing and frustrating. Now also looking back to the day of the offers, all the noble children of the three houses were there and got to meet each other. Claude, she knew was a distant relative of the Blaiddyd family. Change...she created a change she never knew was possible. All the noble children of the three houses met and became friends. And that part originally wasn't supposed to happen till 1180. She saw how attached Bernadetta became to Felix since she kept hiding behind him. Arisa let go of a soft smile. This...was the positive change she wanted to create. Something that both Edelgard and Dimitri lacked, she created the opportunity for them to become closer to others. Unfortunately, Dimitri and Ferdinand still don't get along, at least him Hubert talk at...a civil level. Edelgard was able to get the taste of talking to others. She remembers how happy she looked talking to Marianne, Hilda, especially with Lysithea. It was, beautiful.
"I want to learn how to catch the lady's hearts." Sylvain's voice made her snap out of it and everyone witnessed his ear got pulled by Ingrid.
"Yeah no. If you're trying to play hooker, then go to a bar." Arisa said and Hubert tried not chuckle at the face Sylvain was making.
"What's a hooker?" Dimitri said confused and Sylvain burst out laughing at the horrified face Arisa was making, while Hubert face palms.
"Dimitri, please, do not ever ask me that again." Arisa said while Sothis was cackling as she patted the boy's head.
"Cough!" Dwyer said and everyone turned to him, "I want to master blades. Also, can you teach me how to prepare coffee?" He asked a bit nervously and Arisa smiled softly.
"I'm more than happy to. I also know how to cook so if you want cooking lessons, I'll gladly teach you." Arisa winked and Dwyer and Annette eyes sparkled a bit.
"I want to learn how to bake sweets! Also, use an axe and magic!" Annette said and Sylvain chuckled.
"What's so funny?!" Annette glared at him.
"No offense but aren't you a bit...short?" He said and that earned him a glare from the girl and, Edelgard.
"Annette," Edelgard said and the girl turned to her, "let us both Master the axe to take him down." She said and both girls shook hands.
"Short ladies unite." Sothis giggled and Arisa chuckled.
"Don't worry ladies. I'll show you how to sharpen your weapons also." Arisa smirked as she turned to the magic board and began to write down the lessons that will take place for September.
"Now, for this month, we'll be focusing on math, sword fighting, axe training and also forms of meditation." She said as she circled meditation.
"The main purpose of this month is to measure out everyone's area of expertise but also what isn't. Sylvain and Hubert, " she said, and the two boys sat up straight, "I'm going to be teaching you both advanced battle tactics. So, prepare for your head to spin." She said and the two looked at each other confused.
"Usually, I have a syllabus but you younger ones aren't exactly ready for that. Other than that, we'll be starting from scratch when it comes to sword fighting as well as using an axe. I want to make sure you all have the basics down before we head to the intermediate levels." She said and wrote down the materials they need.
"Make sure you all bring gloves as well as a blank notebook. I am having you all take notes. Also, I am making you take all take tests." Arisa said and everyone began groaning except Hubert and Annette.
Bless those two.
"Hey, this is for your own good. I do have an entire plan set up for these next months but if any of you are having a hard time, don't hesitate to ask me to help you. That's why I am here, to help you all." She smiled warmly.
Dimitri felt his face heat up again and Edelgard noticed. But who can blame him? She didn't want to admit it either, but she has grown a small crush on Kiana. The older girl was strong, elegant, a genius, beautiful, and a Holy Magus, nonetheless! Still...
"I feel she's hiding something." Edelgard thought.
She kept analyzing the older girl. She just... something about her felt she could trust her yet there was that nagging at the back of her head that she needs to be careful. Her eyes shifted to the stone on Kina's chest as the older girl was speaking about possibly teaching then a couple of spells based on how strong their magic is.
"I seen that stone before...but, I thought they were destroyed." Edelgard thought as Kiana had to write down a few things she won't tolerate in the class.
"Edelgard," she snapped out of her thoughts and turned to see Kiana speaking to her, "I'll be having you, Lestia and Annette working with me but also with a friend of mine who will be arriving next week. The axe isn't my specialty, but she is professional." Arisa smiled.
She'll be having Amir come.
"Alright." Edelgard nodded.
The next two hours along with two 15-minute breaks, were of writing and reading lessons. Arisa had her work cut out for her. Annette, Edelgard, Dimitri, Hubert, Lestia, and Sylvian had reading down while the others were struggling. Thankfully it wasn't too bad, but she assigned to them homework that way they could practice. She internally hated how the tradition of Faerghus is that children learn how to wield a weapon first before they learn to read and write. But she understood why. This land was cold and very difficult to survive in. Their past ancestors had to learn to survive in order to make The Kingdom what it is today. Arisa at some point had to help Felix with writing a few words as well as pronouncing. Well as taking a couple coffee breaks. She took advantage of that to show Dwyer how she prepared her own coffee. Too bad instant coffee doesn't exist in this time. While explaining what nouns and pronouns are, Dimitri kept noticing that Kiana's eyes kept flickering between brown and partly green. The boy may be young, but he had sharp eyes. Too sharp at times.
"Arisa, your spell." Sothis whispered to her and Arisa stopped midway among a sentence.
Thankfully her back was facing the others as.
"Is it wearing off? That shouldn't be possible." Arisa thought and Sothis shook her head.
"Everything else is okay but it's your eyes. They are flickering." Sothis said.
"Shit…...Sothis ...that means I'm going to go through another magic shift tonight…." Why must she suffer through puberty again?!
"Professor, is everything alright?" Ingrid said, worried since she did stop suddenly in the middle of a lesson.
"Yes. Cough!" Arisa coughed and smiled to them, "I'm alright. I was just correcting myself on something. Anyhow, back to the lesson." She said and continued.
She needs to be careful.
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"Ghuughh...rah...ahh..."
Thankfully it had been hours later that she began to have her "episode" again. Her body felt like it was on fire, her skin burned, her blood felt like it was boiling. Her body hurt. Every nerve screamed in agony. The shift of magic in her body was happening again and more frequently. She hated how this happened every month.
"Mmhhpppppphhh!" Arisa screamed into her pillow as she held it tightly to her chest and the other between her legs.
Her eyes were flickering between mint green and her forest colors, as well as her hair. She was glad Sothis was asleep whenever this happened to her so her friend wouldn't witness it. She knew Byleth went through a series of changes when she fused with Sothis, but she thinks the most changes happened during the five-year gap when she was asleep. But now, Arisa literally must go through these changes by force because Sothis was awakened when she was 4 years old. This was literally puberty at a whole new level of agony.
"Goph If hapth thiphhss (God, I hate this!)" Her scream was muffled once more as she squeezes her legs tighter around the pillow, as her nails dug into the other one.
"I just pray I don't have a lewd dream, or I'll never live it down!" Arisa thought as she panted and finally went limp on her bed.
She lazily looked around her new room. Arisa still couldn't believe she was living in the royal palace and next to Dimitri's room. Across from hers was Lestia's. Next to the princess's was Chris's and across from his was Zander's. Her room was a lavish baby blue colored room with velvet and silk blankets. The shelves were a beautiful redwood and even a table with where she could eat and drink tea. Her desk was made of maple and pine wood and had a faint smell of pine. Her room was huge, and she loved her king size bed. Even the closet was big. Arisa let go of a sigh as she tries to move her body, but everything still stung. She couldn't help but suddenly remember happened today in her class. Lestia commented to her that she was happy that it wasn't just her and her stepmother living in the palace anymore because Lestia hated she was surrounded by so much testosterone. Arisa had to keep herself from bursting out laughing when the princess said that with a straight face during the class and Dimitri glared at his sister. Edelgard couldn't help but comment she knows how she feels. She let go of another sigh and undid her spell. She was wearing a simple green nightgown and her hair was let loose. She was tried and it was only the first day.
"Time to sleep..." she muttered and closed her eyes, making sure the door was locked.
Tomorrow was the second day.
- Meanwhile in Lestia's room -
With a plain pink nightgown, her hair let loose, showing how curly it was, the girl sat on her bed with arms crossed and puffed cheeks as Dimitri sat across from her, who had a cheerful smile as he checkmates her queen.
"Checkmate. I win again." He chuckled and she glared at him.
"It's not fair!" She flopped on her stomach, "How are you so good at chess but horrible at using an axe!? Argghhh! And I even followed Claude's advice!" The girl complained as she sat back as Dimitri was putting the board game back into its wooden box.
"Well, I play often with Sylvain and Gina. They taught me how to play." 'he said as he closed the box and slide it under her bed.
Lestia sighs as she made herself comfortable on her bed and Dimitri sat next to her.
"Hey, did you like the class?" She asked and he nodded.
"I did." He smiled warmly as he fixes her blanket, "I think we're going to enjoy the Professor's class. Seeing everyone having fun, especially Edelgard talking to everyone, I really did enjoy it. It has been a long time since we...actually enjoyed our lessons." He smiled sadly and she nodded.
"Agree. The last time I saw you so happy was... back when we were two years old. When, you were saved by 'her'"." Lestia said referring to Arisa and Dimitri's smile seem to become like that of a love-struck schoolboy.
"You want to see her that much?" Lestia raised an eyebrow and shook her head.
Would it hurt to drop hints that the girl he was crushing on was literally sleeping right in the room across? You know what? Screw it. She hated waiting and wasn't about to witness a love opera in this castle! She already seen how lovey dovey her father and stepmother get as much the one time she caught Chris making out with Gina! Screws it!
"Come with me." She grabbed his hand and the two climbed out of her bed.
"Where are we going?" Dimitri said as she was pulling (dragging) him put her door and quickly turned off the light in her room.
Lestia giggles evilly as she carefully opened the door of her room and peeked out. All the candles were out and only moonlight illuminates' part of the hallway through the stain glass window. She dragged her twin brother to the door across her room and smirked as she saw his confused face.
"This is Kiana's room. Why a-" then it dawned on him, " No no. We are not going into her room without her permission!" He whispers yelled to her and she just gave him a blank face.
She turned to the door and touched the doorknob, using a bit of magic to undo the lock on it. The door quietly clicked and Lestia quietly opened it. She peeked her head to make sure everything was clear and smirked when she saw her friend was asleep. Very deeply asleep.
"Come on in..." Lestia grinned as she made way in and motioned her brother to join her.
"N-No...I'm okay." Dimitri stuttered and Lestia pulled him in.
"Just shut up and look!" She whispered hissed to him and pointed at the bed.
Dimitri looked and his eyes went wide. He slowly walked up to her bed and stared at the sleeping girl, shocked.
"It...can't be..." he whispered as he gently touched her cheek.
The girl was lightly snoring and deeply asleep. Sothis's sleeping habits have become hers. The boy could only stare and felt his eyes tear up.
"She's closer than you realize." Lestia repeated Arisa's words, making Dimitri look up to her, "your heart will guide her to you." She smiled softly.
"Her heart led her to us. She's here Dimitri. Kiana Kalsana and Arisa Byleth are the same person." She said Dimitri smiled as he wiped a tear away.
"But...why is she hiding who she really is?" He asked, worried as he looked back to the girl, who moved a bit in her bed.
"Simple answer." Lestia crossed her arms, "She's worried for our safety." She said and had to keep herself from bursting out laughing when Arisa suddenly grabbed his wrist and pulled him into her bed, also her chest.
Dimitri was frozen stiff and had become a tomato.
"She thinks you're her teddy bear!" Lestia snickered as she got a hold of Arisa's actual stuffed bear and shook it a bit as she snickered at the predicament her twin brother was in.
Dimitri tried to move but seems Arisa's grip had become tighter.
"Hmmmm...tea... chamomile tea...hmm...nice..." Arisa muttered softly and just hugged the poor boy to her chest, and Dimitri was having a heart attack.
"I'll leave you two alone..." Lestia snickered as she walked to the door.
"No, Lestia! Help me please!" Dimitri plead, trying not to wake up the sleeping girl, despite how warm she felt.
"Nope. Good night big brother!" Lestia smirked and quickly left, shutting the door.
"Lestia!" Dimitri whispered screams.
He was so going to get her back for this but for now...
He turned back the sleeping girl and gave up. He knew he wouldn't be able to escape her arms because she had a grip of iron. Dimitri let go of a sigh and let himself sleep. In Arisa's arms, he felt warm and safe. Unknown to him, Sothis woke up and was doing everything in her power not the squeal but also screech at the sight.
Meanwhile, Lestia was outside the door with a smug smirk and had her arms proudly cross.
"I'm not about to witness a love soap opera in this palace!"
Chapter 24: Class: Professor : End
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Lestia is the troublemaker oc of this story. She's impatient, reckless, the opposite of Dimitri. I'll have a couple character profiles ready soon. The next chapter is the result of what the girl did and, we'll finally have spotlight on Cornelia's motives as well as the planning phase for the upcoming Tragedy of Duscur.
How Arisa looks like: Age 15 (I am not a professional artist): post/190074492605/arisa-15-years-old
Update: I saw the trailer for wave 4 of the DLC and I'm like…..Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuckkkkkkk! Time to update my plans. I don't plan to add anything new, that includes The Ashen Wolves gang, till the actual DLC comes out because I want to learn more about them before anything. I will play the route first before I even do anything. But another than that, my story will continue with the original plan I have set.
Also, I'm answering any questions you guys have in the next chapter. So, leave them in the comments please, and also, please remain civil with the questions.