26

It was a Monday morning in the year 2008, in the Japanese city called Kuoh. In a newly renovated residence was the new teacher at the all-girls private school known as Kuoh Academy.

Her hiring was not the only new thing for the academy, the school itself was renovated from a female school to a mixed school, this being the second year that boys are allowed to enroll.

Another drastic change is the replacement of the old building with a new building that was recently built during the holiday period.

Even with all these changes, in a residence a little far from that school there was a beautiful woman sleeping peacefully until her alarm rang and she punched the device crushing it with her strength.

The beautiful woman then wakes up in her bed ready to start a new routine.

The woman stretches before going to take a bath. After a few minutes she leaves dressed in social clothes to her kitchen.

While preparing her lunch, a cell phone rings. On the cell phone screen was a message informing her schedule at school.

"It seems like just yesterday that I was in Asgard fighting and partying. But it's been 6 years, how time flies." Anastasia sighs, but soon takes out her cell phone to look at the other messages.

Among the contacts she maintains, only 3 stand out. Vali, the current white dragon emperor and descendant of the Lucifer family; Merlin, a half-devil creator of one of the systems of magic and the source of most of the chaos told in the Arthurian stories; and Odin, the chief god of the Norse pantheon and a good friend.

Vali for the past 6 years has followed through on what she asked by meeting with Azazel and gaining his trust to the point that the fallen angel acts as her legal guardian. Young Lucifer still maintained periodic contact with her, informing her of his situation and telling her about her new acquaintances.

He encountered two Longinus sacred gear users while dealing with the Khaos Brigade created by Satanael and the Wizards of Oz. They were Tobio Ikuse, a descendant of the Himejima family which is one of Japan's 5 guardian families, and Lavinia Reni, a world famous magician who was a student of the witch of the south of the wizards of Oz called Glenda.

He has recently started to create a group from among his acquaintances to get out of Azazel's guard and achieve his goal, revenge. Among them are Kuroka, one of the most wanted criminals in the underworld; Bikou, the current Monkey King; Arthur and Le Fay, both descendants of the Pendragon family, being the first possessor of one of the parts of the excalibur sword and the second a genius mage.

His group was called Team Vali, in her opinion the name was extremely generic, and they began to infiltrate the new Khaos Brigade which, according to certain information provided by Odin, was being influenced by Infinite Dragon God Ophis to gather multiple groups in order to conquer the her goals.

Unlike Lucifer, Merlin presented a more peculiar situation. According to contacts made by him over the years, he was apparently in Europe seducing some women until he had the misfortune to run into Zeus when they were both trying to seduce the same woman who was actually an emissary of the Shinto pantheon.

After the catastrophic failure, he was forced by the Shintoists to remain on standby for a decade in Japan, protecting the country from harm.

Once he find out that Anastasia was going to be a teacher at a japanese school, he informed her that he would enroll as a student because it would be fun, but he needed to wait for Amaterasu to allow it first or he will be hunted and dragged back by Susanoo for the fifth time... in this month.

Finally there were some messages from Odin's contact forwarding messages from Göndul, Thor and Rossweisse. The first spoke trivial things or discussed magic; the second sent multiple requests for him to come and accept challenges; and the third related about her development in the technique of runic magic, her research on the beast of the apolypse and her promotion to bodyguard of Odin.

Dialogues with Odin were mostly calm, except when she had to correct the old man's boundless peversion. When the norse Allfather got serious it was usually to argue and encourage her not to try to free the Trihexa. Most of the time this conflict resulted in nothing.

As for her plan to resurrect Yahweh, she has made good progress.

She was able to locate the current user of the Sephiroth Graal sacred gear, a vampire girl named Valerie Tepes. According to investigations, the young vampire is used as a false leader due to her sacred gear and her brother is involved with Rizevim Livan Lucifer's faction of Old Devil Kings.

She could have invaded Romania to get the girl out, but according to Odin the three factions of the bible were discussing peace plans and want to propose them to other factions outside the christian religion.

With this information, Anastasia decided to put the kidnapping on hold until the three factions signed the peace agreement to kidnap the leader of the Tepes family there. With that, those arrogant vampires would see that they are not safe from more powerful beings and that peace is possible, since angels, fallen angels and devils can live with them, let alone other beings.

The biggest problem in her plans is the sacred gear True Longinus. It was impossible to find information on the current owner of the artifact, until Vali briefly commented that one of his friends Bikou heard from his grandfather, the first generation of Sun Wukong, that his grandpa's boss, the leader god of the hindu pantheon Indra, was training a new vanguard and this vanguard possessed the strongest longinus.

With that she was relieved to know where to start looking when she needed to get the holy spear of destiny, but the problem is that Indra is one of the strongest pantheon leaders and attacking him head-on would cause widespread chaos. Especially, with rumors of him planning a war with the god Shiva, an immediate attack would put her in the spotlight and possibly link her to Shiva's group.

"Today is going to be a nice day, it shouldn't be so hard to teach History." Anastasia talks to herself in the mirror.

[You have no idea how to be a proper teacher.]

"I taught Merlin magic and how to conquer fairies. If I didn't give advice he wouldn't have been able to date Vivian. Even if it was briefly. And he also managed to create a magic system." Anastasia tries to defend herself.

[That boy was a genius in the field of magic, he was going to learn with or without you. About giving love advice... you created one of the biggest perverts in history. And look, the kid is competing with Odin and he has the advantage by a large margin.] Apollyon reminds her of something she would rather have changed. [I don't know if I should worry about Merlin for turning into a pervert or you who thought it was more important to talk about the student's love part than about a fucking exclusive magic system created by him.]

After the placement Anastasia was silent and changed the topic to another approach.

"I still taught Gön and little Rose how to use rune magic." Anastasia points. "And they did perfectly well."

[Most magic was geared towards combat. And even if you did well, it's a very different from teaching a school subject.] Apollyon warns.

"Come on, I experienced most of the events so no need to worry." Anastasia shrugs and grabs her purse leaving the house.

She then gets into her car and drives to school.

As she approached, she saw the school in the distance, but continued driving to the school's back entrance.

The front entrance which consisted of a large double metal gate was commonly used by students who walked to the school. The back entrance was larger and had access through the region's forest, it was possible to arrive by car following a short road, and at the back of the school there was a place where teachers and school staff could park their vehicles.

After getting out of the car, Anastasia grabbed her purse and took her cell phone out of her pocket, deftly unlocking it.

She scanned the messages, noting three new messages since leaving the house.

Merlin's first vine basically consisted of a plea for her to help him escape Susanoo. The second message was a bunch of random letters as if they had been written in desperation or in pursuit. However, the second message was sent about fifteen minutes ago, so the mage's situation was not very favorable and her work was not needed.

The last message came from the manager of Kuoh Academy. Informing to meet him at his office located on the top floor of the new building where classes will be held.

As she headed to the designated location, she passed the old building where she felt the presence of five devils, one of which was pure blood, one emanated a fallen angel aura, one of youkai, another of a vampire and the last one seemed to have been human.

She started a mental dialogue with her trusty companion that wasn't in the form of a long black sword. This time it appeared as a bracelet that looked like it was made of onyx. Along the bracelet were multiple runes that meant 'compress' and 'alter'.

"Looks like the devils really outdid themselves. To think they could solve the birth problem with the evil pieces."

[It is nothing more than a system of consented or not consented slavery. Even being in sacred gear is better, at least I know I died fighting and that I can make someone a warrior by borrowing my power and not serving another as my master.]

"Quit being grumpy Apollyon. The reincarnated devils aren't that bad. The angels could even try something similar, it would help a lot."

[There are only stray devils these days because that guy Ajuka created those evil pieces. If there were no reincarnated devils, there would be no stray devils. With that I conclude my thesis that devils are bad and must be killed, it's over.]

"Extremist as ever. Apart from that, I think Yahweh would like to meet the current devil who occupies the throne of Belzeebub, Ajuka."

[Indeed, he loved research and innovation, a genius like this Ajuka would be someone who would intrigue him.]

"He might not admit it, but he loved seeing Azazel's projects, even though he always acted impartially with the angels."

[Alright enough talking, you have to work and I'm going to sleep. Do not wake me up.]

After walking a little she arrived at the new building, when she arrived at this location she felt the presence of more six devils reunited on a place and a single devil in another room on the higher floor.

As instructed in the message she headed up to the top floor where she quickly found the school manager's office by the sign in front of it, and not surprisingly it was the place where she sensed the presence of a devil.

She knocks on the door receiving confirmation from a male voice telling her to enter. She takes a deep breath and opens the door.

Upon entering the room she sees a man sitting in the chair and in front of him a pile of paperwork. This person has the appearance of a middle-aged, handsome looking man with long crimson hair that is tied in a loose ponytail with a black hairband. He has bright blue eyes and he also has a short, red beard with protrusions similar to fangs or horns.

Seeing her entering the room, the man who looked tired gets up to greet the new teacher. He extends his hand in a cordial greeting.

"It's our first meeting. Teacher Ambrosius, I am the current manager of the Kuoh Academy. My name is Zeoticus Gremory."

Anastasia extends her hand to greet the manager.

"Hello manager, I'm the new history teacher. My name is Anastasia Ambrosius."

Soon after, a short interview began to get to know the new school member better.

"Miss Anastasia, you don't seem to be someone from Japanese origin. Why do you came here to start a career as an educator in this city?"

"You don't look Japanese either after all crimson hair isn't that common. As for your questions, I'm not Japanese as you said and I decided to become a teacher because I wanted to try something new."

"Oh yeah, I'm not Japanese either. It's nice to know that there are people out there with this passion for education, but something is bugging me."

"What would be the problem Mr. Gremory?"

"My ancestor used to talk about a woman with white hair and blue eyes who fit her description perfectly." Zeoticus comments analyzing Anastasia.

"Ancestor?" Anastasia points out the detail he missed in feigned confusion.

"Hahaha, I mean my grandmother." Zeoticus laughs awkwardly.

"I don't remember meeting your grandmother, I would remember seeing strong hair like yours if it ran in the family."

"Yes, it really is memorable. My youngest daughter is a third year student and you'll definitely recognize her by her hair."

After they both laughed, a bell started playing something common in a school environment. It was an alarm alerting the beginning of class and that students should be inside their classrooms.

"Sir, can I go now? I think it's about time I went to my class."

"Yes yes, go. Good luck, I believe you will do well." Zeoticus gives a thumbs up morally supporting the newbie. "By the way, you are going to teach the history class for the third year class. The room is in the west wing of the building on its upper floor."

She then exits the office to the west wing.

"The school manager had to be the father of one of the four current satans and he even said that his daughter is in that school. This is going to be a headache, what else is going to happen the sister of another of the four satans will be here or maybe the daughter of a cadre of fallen angels, or that vampire is an outlaw noble, maybe some descendant of those annoying five families or it will be someone with ties to the church." Mentally Anastasia complains as she walks dejectly to her new classroom.

"And I thought it would be easy to hide in the eye of the hurricane." She then opens the door to her office.

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Question:

1. Should I use Japanese treatment pronouns with Anastasia? She is technically a goddess with many years of experience, it would be plausible that she understands them, but maybe she doesn't mind using them.

2. Zeoticus should have used? I found it more apt for him to talk to her without them because she appeared to be a foreigner. Maybe I'll put those -dono/-kun/-chan/-san/-sama ones, but for now I'm inclined not to do that.