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ShirouKuroEmiya
Chapter Eight "Tantric Ritual"
"PROFESSOR!"
My eyes widened and I nearly jumped before turning around to look at the owner of the scream. "Yes, Miss Schnee?" I asked.
"Professor!" shouted Weiss in an outraged tone as she pointed at holo-board that I had been writing on for my class. "Do you have any idea what you're talking about?!" She screamed and this time I detected embarrassment in her tone as her face turned red for some reason.
"Of course, I know what I am doing." I replied while my tired body turned to the holo-board. "I was teaching one of the many ways there is to replenish your Od…"
My drowsy eyes snapped open, and my face turned red as I stared in disbelief at holo-board. I couldn't believe what I had written, and I quickly jumped to erase what was erased there while screaming inside my mind at the horrible mistake I had made.
As I hurriedly tried to erase any evidence of what I had written, I heard laughter erupt from my class and hushed whispering. Some students didn't seem to mind, or didn't really notice that they were speaking loudly, as my face turned darker shades of crimson as I heard my students' voices.
I erased the last of my writing, but I refused to look at my students afterwards. It was so embarrassing the mistake that I had made that I wanted to dig a hole and hide in it. I was very tempted to erase the memories of my students right here and now. Because not only was it embarrassing and damaging to my reputation, but it had grave consequences to Beacon and my company if my horrible mistake was known by the public.
That temptation was quickly quashed as I had promised only to use the tried and tested methods honed by the Mages' Association and Holy Church only when absolutely necessary. Instead, my eyes glowed as I thought of a clever idea that didn't violate my morals.
"If you are willing to sign a magical contract to never discuss what just happened here then I promise you to give you a 10% discount on all goods and services offered by Tohsaka Industries!" I shouted in a calm and collected manner, trying to not look desperate.
"Gimme it!" screamed Ruby in excitement as she launched herself of her chair and over the desk to land in front of me. She quickly reached towards me. "I want to sign the magical contract right now!"
Without so much as thinking, I created a simple geas designed as a common non-disclosure form, except with the heavy penalty of dealing considerable damage to the signer's Magic Circuits. It was a serious condition as even on Earth it was difficult to heal any damage to Magic Circuits that acted as the very foundation of a mage's magical abilities, and in the case of Remnant's Huntsman it meant crippling injury.
I handed over the geas to Ruby and without so much as listening, she signed it. Her actions caught me so much my surprise that I couldn't believe it. It seemed such an unbelievable act, but it seemed my offer was irresistible given how Ruby was gushing to her friends about the "steal of the decade" that she had gotten.
Ruby didn't prove to an outlier as others in my class as others quickly followed her example. I was inundated with huntsman trainees that I barely kept up with the demand for my geas until all I was left was an unorganised stack of signed magical contracts and very happy students.
Out of my class forty-some students, Weiss Schnee was the only one left standing and not have signed my geas while staring in disbelief at me, just as awestruck as I was to my students' behaviour.
"Don't you know what you have done!? You signed a deal with the devil," exclaimed Weiss as she pointed at me. "What she did was enough to cause a scandal!"
"Hey! Don't you think you're being too harsh on Professor Tohsaka. Don't you see how tired she is. She just made a dumb mistake."
"Also, while the topic was slightly inappropriate, it wasn't completely unrelated to the today's lesson."
"Yea, today's class was regarding the many ways to recover Od. Professor Tohsaka just explained one method that…. Ahem!"
Many in the class soon erupted into laughter and I glanced to the side, stubbornly refusing to meet any of my student's gazes. This only seemed to promote more laughter. And to my surprise, I seemed to garner more sympathy from my students with my actions.
"BUT! …This is sex we are talking about! I refuse to believe you can recovery Od in such manner!" protested Weiss loudly.
"I also believe Weiss is there correct," added Blake, who rarely ever agreed with Weiss. The cat faunus stared at me and continued in a deadpan tone, "If sex is a way to recover Od, then I don't think Professor Tohsaka should be tired. In fact, it should be the opposite. She should be brimming with energy."
I covered my face and turned around to curl up into a ball. It was so embarrassing that I had not only accidently brought up the humiliating topic of tantric rituals, but my current exhausted state didn't prove the well-known fact that tantric rituals DID actually help with rapid recovery of Od similar to drinking a Mana Potion. The reason I wasn't filled with energy was because my face turned red even further thinking about it.
Simply, Shirou had gotten to carried away that he had exhausted me, physically and mentally, more than the Od I could recover from our tantric ritual.
"What's going on here?" asked Shirou as he entered the room to find my students eagerly talking with each other or the unorganised stack of geas on my desk when I should be instructing my students.
"Nothing, sir!" shouted my class as they quickly got back to their desks and readied themselves to take notes like proper students.
I couldn't look at Shirou in the eye given how embarrassing the previous topic had been before his appearance, but I was extremely grateful that he commanded great respect with my students for teaching practical huntsman skills outside of my classes. Otherwise, I didn't doubt that Shirou would have learned about my embarrassing mistake as one of my students would have likely babbled on the embarrassing mistake I had made in my tired state. None of my students wanted to embarrass their favourite teacher that taught them practical huntsman skills without the homework and tests normally assigned with classes.
"Miss Schnee, I would like to discuss a potential business proposal related to your family's company. Please come to my office after class." I spoke up as I turned to Weiss. To my relief, Weiss seemed to pick up my hidden meaning and nodded while glancing at the signed magical contracts on my desk. "Anyway," I coughed and cleared my throat. I glanced to my students before resuming my class. "This is another Od recovery method used by our magic-capable ancestors…"
- O -
"What in the Brothers was Professor Tohsaka thinking!?" shouted Weiss after the school day had been over and she had entered the dormitory room that she shared with her teammates. "I refuse to believe that 'tantric rituals' are a real and working method for Od recovery."
"Ahem… I heard some news that might prove otherwise," remarked Yang uncomfortably.
Weiss turned to her teammate. "Oh, what is this 'news' that you have heard about?"
"Several of our classmates went to… test out…" Yang looked away from Weiss. "And it seems that some of them reported the felt reenergized, possibly proving the idea of recovering Od…"
"Excuse me!" shouted Weiss as she stared at Yang, who refused to meet the Schnee heiress's gaze. "You are telling me several students had sex to test Professor Tohsaka's lecture?!"
Yang was about to answer Weiss when she saw Blake's growing red cheeks. She also caught sight of a picture showing a certain boy that Blake was hanging out with lately.
The cat faunus seemed to have sensed Yang's gaze and she turned off her Scroll's screen and it behind her back.
"Why are you blushing? Does this cutey have anything to do with that?" asked Yang as she walked up Blake and snatched the cat faunus's Scroll from behind her back.
"Yang!" growled Blake. "Give it back!"
"Woah!" Yang lifted the Scroll into the air, using her taller height to put the Scroll out of Blake's reach. The cat faunus growled as she tried to get back her Scroll back. "I cannot do that until… Here he is… Hey guys, I got the pic of Blake's new boyfriend."
"Blake has a boyfriend?!" exclaimed Ruby in excitement.
"Who is it?" added Weiss.
"Let's see…" Yang navigated through the Scroll all the while constantly moving it around out of Blake's frantic attempts to snatch the Scroll back. "His name seems to be Sun Wukong, and he seems to be a transfer student from Shade Academy… Here his picture."
"Yang… GIVE IT BACK RIGHT NOW!" screamed Blake she reached out for her Scroll, her blushing growing more pronounced the more time passed by.
Her curious teammates ignored Blake, and they stared at the picture of Sun Wukong. Their eyes followed the screen along as Yang kept the Scroll away from Blake.
"I hate to say it, but he does look handsome," said Weiss to the shock of her teammates who thought that Weiss had a strong bias against Faunus. "Hey!" She shouted at the shocked looks coming her way. "I hate the White Fang! Although, I must admit that I have a slight bias against the Faunus, which I am trying to fix."
"You are forgiven Weiss as long as you trying to fix your bias." Ruby nodded in approval. "Hey! So tell us about your boyfriend, Blake."
"Finally!" shouted Blake happily as she finally managed to snatch back her Scroll.
The cat faunus was about to race out of the room in to avoid her teammates but she quickly found herself surrounded by her curious teammates. The girls quickly set out to interrogate her. It got especially awkward, and Blake wanted to bury herself in a hole, when Yang asked how Sun was in bed…
- O -
"Rin, I heard that you taught about Tantric Ritual in today's class."
"What would I teach such a thing? It is inappropriate and would promote behaviour that goes against Beacon's principles." I replied to my husband with a straight face.
Shirou raised a brow. "Didn't you teach me about Tantric Rituals when I was seventeen, roughly the same age group as the huntsman trainees that you are currently teaching?"
I blushed when I recalled that moment that Shirou was referring to. It was a very embarrassing moment in my life when I thought back to it. If I had a chance to go back in time, I would have preferred to have lost my virginity and confirm my love for Shirou without the dangers of the Fifth Holy Grail War looming over our lives…
"Shirou!" I shouted in alarm as I felt a bulge press against my butt.
"Sorry," my husband whispered into my ears. "Just thinking about it made me…" He stopped talking when I glared at him.
"How did you find out?" I asked curiously as I had been sure to prevent any loopholes in the magical contract my students had signed.
"Did you forget that you had added my name to the list as authorized people that you can talk to?"
My eyes wide in disbelief at the silly mistake I had made. I cursed and blamed my habit of adding my husband's name when I dealed with documents and contracts. My stupid mistake, and habit, had allowed Shirou to know about my embarrassing moment.
"If you hadn't been so…" I blushed when I remembered last night. "…Rough then I wouldn't have been so exhausted to accidental taught about Tantric Rituals!"
"I remember a certain someone screaming for more…"
I felt my face burn up and screamed, "Shut up!"
Shirou seemed like he was about to tease me more, but I frowned when his expression turned serious.
"We are about to arrive." He explained while pointing at the light hanging above the elevator door.
"Welcome, Rin, Shirou," called out Ozpin, sitting in his chair. "Please sit down and make yourself comfortable."
Shirou and I complied and made ourselves comfortable in our seats.
"What have you been able to get from Cinder so far?" I asked curiously.
"Nothing so far," sighed Ozpin.
I lifted a brow. "Was Cinder that hard of a nut to crack?"
"I would like to avoid resorting to torture or other forms of forced information extract for now. Cinder is a young and talented trainee with great potential as a huntress. I would like to convince her to join us."
"I am happy to follow that plan…" My expression turned serious. "Do we have such luxury though? I was under the impression that we were on the losing side. Salem and the Grimm possess the initiative and that is never a good thing in a war, especially one pertaining to the survival of humanity and faunuskind."
Ozpin's face hardened. "Your argument certain has merits…" He admitted glumly. "I believe Cinder's potential to help our cause that a delay in possible intel is warranted. Our chances of recruiting her to our cause is gone the moment we try to…"
"Torture her." Shirou added in a grim tone.
"I could help," I spoke up, placing a hand on my husband's shoulder and smiling. "I don't know what methods you have but I can get information out of Cinder without her ever knowing about it."
"I am grateful for the help, but we also have methods to do the same." Ozpin smiled. "My priority is to recruit Cinder. If that fails, then will proceed for intel extraction."
"If that is your plan." I shrugged.
"When do you plan to introduce us to your compatriots?" asked Shirou.
Ozpin looked awkwardly at us. "I may be the leader of the organisation fighting against Salem, her influence and the Grimm, but I don't wield absolute power. Many of my compatriots are debating whether or not to allow you to join…"
"An internal power struggle, I suppose."
The Beacon headmaster simply took a sip of his coffee in response. He might look calm, but Ozpin couldn't hide his unease from me. Ozpin might be good at hiding his emotions when he wanted to, but I had interacted with some of the wisest and cunnings humans alive during my time at Chaldea.
"Nothing that bad," Ozpin admitted. "Most of my compatriots are simply suspicious of your power and influence-"
"Or motives," I cut in. "I'm not surprised by their reactions. I would also feel the same way if I had been in their shoes." I started to smile. "Especially when they dug around to learn many alarming discoveries that they had never known about me, my husband or my company."
"What scares your organisation the most? My wife, Tohsaka Industries or me?" added Shirou.
Ozpin stared at us for a while before sighing. "I believe out the three the most dangerous thing is you, Shirou Emiya. Why? I have no exact idea, but my instincts tell me it has to do with your Semblance."
I giggled. Ozpin had the right. Tohsaka Industries might possess more wealth and influence then SDC, but it paled in comparison to what the Kingdoms possessed. Besides the enigmatic Salem and the long-gone Brother Gods, I doubt there was any human or faunus on Remnant that could face Shirou head-on alone. It remained to be see if there were any powerful Grimm that could fight Shirou on equal grounds.
"It seems that I am correct," muttered Ozpin, almost as if reading my mind.
For a moment, I felt as if I had not been guarding my mind against mental intrusion. I quickly focused on my mental defenses and to my relief found that nothing had gotten past them. So, Ozpin had likely been able to read my thoughts by my body language. With that in my mind, I raced to get tighten my control over my body language.
"If your compatriots are so worried," I smiled, "then we can sign a mutual defence pact."
He took the magical contract that had appeared in my hands and started to glance over the written conditions with a serious expression.
Rin, Shirou telepathically whispered into my mind. It seems Ozpin is a mage.
I had to agree with my husband. Ozpin didn't surprise me too much when he started manipulating Od, or Aura as Remnant called it, in ways that I had not seen trainee, new or experienced Huntsman did. The manner in which the headmaster used Od was more in line of a mage. This confirmed our speculations that he was mage.
He also has some experience with magical contracts. I replied to Shirou while keeping an eye on the magical energy that Ozpin was using. Ozpin is probing around to see if hidden contractual clauses.
Is it just me or does he seem more experienced the most magic contract specializing mages?
Yes, you're right. Ozpin seems to be very good about magical contracts. He hasn't reached the level of being an expert, but he isn't too far from it.
I saw Shirou focus on Ozpin. It wasn't looking at Ozpin's physical appearance but the magical energy flowing out of him. My lips curled upwards as I struggled to suppress the urge to giggle as I saw Shirou's nose twitch around. Each mage detected magical energy in its normally invisible form differently. Shirou detected magical energy with his nose. He was also very good at sensing magical energy that I sometimes joking called him a bloodhound.
It was not long before Ozpin gently placed the magical contract onto the desk and he looked at me.
"Your skill in magic is much greater than I had thought." Ozpin commented happily. "Your assistance will help greatly in our fight against Salem and the Grimm."
"So will you sign?" asked Shirou.
"I'm happy to sign but as an individual," Ozpin smiled, "but I cannot as a representative of my organisation." He shook his head. "I will have to wait for my compatriots to vote in this matter." Suddenly, the Scroll on Ozpin's desk started to ring. "Oh, my…" He took the Scroll and looked through it. "One of my compatriots wants to organise an emergency meeting."
"Then we will be leaving." I spoke up as I stood up. "If you have the time please ask if Shirou and I could join your organisation."
"Goodbye, Headmaster." Shirou added as he followed behind me and closed the door behind us.
We took the elevator down and I cast a simple mobile Bounded Field that would prevent anyone from eavesdropping on us.
"I presume you hacked into Ozpin's phone?"
"It's Scroll." I corrected my husband. "Yes, I did. The security around his Scroll was very high for such a small electronic. I've seen highly secured database that were not as protected." I sensed the virus I had uploaded onto Ozpin's Scroll ping my mind. "Give me a second…"
It was a relief that I had the abilities of my parallel counterpart from the Moon Cell timeline. If I didn't then the task of using Spirit Hacking would have been a nearly impossible task for me as while I was a prodigy when it came to magecraft, the level of skill that Moon Cell Rin Tohsaka possessed was something learned and honed over years by a similarly prodigy.
I was able to bypass the many layers of firewalls and antivirus programs that would have stopped many computer viruses and hackers. In fact, I was like fish in water. I slipped by electronic defences with ease, my presence being mistaken as just another program running on Ozpin's Scroll. It was not long before I managed to pry my way into the meeting that Ozpin was having with his compatriots.
"Eh?!"
"What's wrong, Rin?" Shirou asked worryingly.
"One of Ozpin's compatriots is General Ironwood."
"Well… I wasn't expecting this. Normally such a high-profile figure would be a puppet."
"Well, you do have a few exceptions that like to attentions of being a well known public figure." I replied while recalling a few examples from Earth where mages were public figures such as Leonardo da Vinci. "Let's focus on what Ozpin and his compatriots are talking about."
- O -
Ozpin carefully sat down as he glanced around the holographic avatars sitting around the round table. At this table, he saw the current generation of close confidants that sought to do everything in their power to stop Salem and the Grimm from wiping out humanity.
James Ironwood, the Headmaster of Atlas Academy and a general of the Atlas military, slammed his fist down. While he wasn't physically present in the same room as Ozpin, the sound was perfectly replicated by the recording devices on James's side.
"Ozpin, we need to act quickly, whether it be through covert or very noticeable means, to gain control over Tohsaka Industries. Their newest product releases, Mana Potions and Mystic Codes, is essential to our war effort, must be under the control of this council."
Ozpin carefully looked around the round table to see that many of the others also agreed with Jame's opinion. It was no surprise when Tohsaka Industries' recent string of public announcements of discoveries and inventions had caught the public by storm. For the first time in a very long time, humans and faunus alike, felt a very bright future before them with lost knowledge and items from the magical civilisations that he had once been part of as Ozma.
"James," said Qrow, "I think we should reconsider the very thought of taking control over Tohsaka Industries." The infamous huntsman known for his intoxication paused as he glanced at the others sitting at the round table. "It can be argued that many of the inventions and discoveries by Tohsaka Industries are the result of the business management and work culture of its founder and owner, Rin Tohsaka. If we were to take direct or indirect control over the company then the very qualities that made it so creative and productivity may be lost. The very last thing we need to do is to stunt the growth or destroy the very thing that may allow us to win our war with Salem and the Grimm."
"This is highly unli-"
"-Jimey," Qrow interrupted General Ironwood, "Look me in the eye and swear that if we were to take control of Tohsaka Industries it will still be able to continue pumping out discoveries and inventions that would help humanity and faunuskind?"
"I..." James faltered as he failed to summon his normal confidence on the matter.
"Gentlemen," Ozpin spoke up as a mediator, "let us take a step back. Both sides have good points, but I suggest we observe the situation a little longer before thinking about taking control of Tohsaka Industries."
Several of the council nodded their heads in agreement, many of them once having the same thoughts as James until they heard Qrow's rebuttal. Some were completely convinced by the infamously drunk huntsman. Others pondered the possible negative consequences of Ironwood's proposal that Qrow had brought up.
"I suggest that we use our influence and connections to divert more funds into the Tohsaka Industries." Glynda Goodwitch, Deputy Headmistress of Beacon Academy, spoke up. "More money will only further help aid in the development of more inventions and discoveries."
"I agree."
"I think we should also include sending manpower like researchers, scientists and engineers to Tohsaka Industries."
"Don't forget people like archaeologists and historians! Knowledge and items from the lost magical civilization also helps us."
Ozpin listened in as the other more minor and relatively unknown members of his council offered ideas to be debated. He might be an immortal with an incredible wealth of experience and knowledge beyond the normal human, but that didn't make him know everything or equipped to decide every matter. At the end of the day, his ability was to take advice and act upon the best information he had.
The Headmaster listened in carefully for next to an hour before speaking up once more.
"Thank you for all your input," said Ozpin in a loud voice, silencing the council as they looked at him. "For the near future we will send all the resources we can to Tohsaka Industries that we can spare without affecting our current commitments." Everyone on the council save for James and those that shared his sentiments looked conflicted, but kept their silence as they all wanted the best for humanity. "Is there anything else that anyone wishes to bring forth to this council?"
"I do," added Glynda. "I think we should invite Rin Tohsaka and Shirou Emiya to this council."
"That doesn't seems like a good idea," replied Leonardo Lionheart, Headmaster of Haven Academy and a member of the Mistral Council, in a very well hidden, but Ozpin detected hints Leonarod's skittish tone. "We have no iron-clad proof that Rin Tohsaka and Shirou Emiya are not Salem's agents or under her possible influence."
"That I can agree," nodded Qrow. "My investigations are still a long way from being complete. I should be able to finish up in the next month or two. Until then, I recommend that we devote more assets from our counterintelligence department to observe Rin Tohsaka, Shirou Emiya and the Tohsaka Industries."
The council once again launched into a debate as Ozpin listened in.
Ozpin took a sip of his coffee before speaking. "Until the Qrow's investigation is complete, please consider whether or not Rin and Shirou are worthy candidates to join this council." After observing his confidants' expressions, he continued on. "Thank you for your time today and I hope to see you again next week at our usual time."
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