[8] High School BeginsChapter 8: High School Begins
Eleven years was a long ti, and I am used to having disciples who leaped through multiple ranks in a year. So it is not up to my standard that Ruby, my twin sister of all people, only managed to climb four ranks in a decade despite my guidance.
Though I suppose I can’t bla her. The majority of my past disciples were bloodthirsty, running after either a grandeur revenge or a noble goal beyond a mortal’s hand. Naturally, for those driven souls, it’s natural for them to advance very fast. Their drive was what made pick them as my disciples, to begin with.
Ruby naturally lacks that. Magic itself is a new concept to her, the fact that she can do that amongst the seemingly billions of other people who can’t, satisfies her ego already. Though admittedly, she is better than even a lot of children back in my 5th life, where I was the Sorcerer of Eternity. Kids at the age of 15 just started their Magic Academy, so most of them were at 2nd Circle, 3rd if they were from rich families, and 4th if they were Royals or Descendants of Heroes.
Granted that I haven’t been as harsh with Ruby as I was with my other disciples, naturally since she doesn’t have any imdiate need for such powers and this is just a hobby of mine to teach her, I’d say she stands at a pretty solid spot.
Now, let’s talk about myself.
“You called out earlier, but you are still at 4th Stage too! Tch, haven’t you been doing this longer than ? Why are you stuck?”
Ruby mocked as I splashed water over my face from a bottle and then began to wipe my sweat. I need to shower, but before that, I am going to et Ai and President Ichigo so I need to clean myself for a bit. I can use a simple [Cleanse] Spell for this, but I decided a long ti ago to not use magic for everything. May seem like a stupid decision for newbies, but for old souls like , the little struggles make life more enjoyable.
“I already told you my [Jade Rank] and your 4th Mana Circle aren't the sa. My energy reserves alone, I can crush you like an ant if I release my aura.” I told her with a slightly irritated tone, but she seed to take that as a joke as she showed her tongue.
I wonder what her reaction would be if I actually pressed my aura down on her. A mischievous part of wanted to go through it, but I held back. She might cry, that’d be annoying. Plus she looks cute today, wearing a witch outfit, so I will let her off.
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“You are lying.”
“I don’t lie.”
“You missed more than that, I am sure?” she asked even as she was grinning. She was happy with my earlier answer, yet here she was pushing for more. “Unless you got yourself a secret girlfriend who kept you busy?”
Where she was getting with that was beyond for a second, before I recalled from my oldest mories, back when I had read the Oshi no Ko manga, that my biological father in this world was 15 when Ai got pregnant.
“Untrue,” I put her down, withdrawing my hands from her waist. “I received a… few confessions in school, but they weren’t my type.”
That was true. How could I like 14-year-old girls? I don’t want to argue about the morality of dating anybody who isn’t immortal, as everyone else is technically a child compared to my age, for which I had long ago decided to stop worrying about it and just fling with it. You can’t be that sensitive about age when you’re immortal, you know? Yet, I still don’t want to go out with a fourteen-year-old. Eighteen is ideal, but sixteen is the minimum for .
“That’s good.” Ai smiled. “Whatever the case, just keep so condoms in your wallet all the ti, all right? Better safe than sorry.”
“M-mama, he is 15!” Ruby yelled from the side, blushing at the word condom. She had died at a young age; these things were still unfamiliar to her.
Ai shrugged, “And I am 30, you see the issue?”
She was 31, but Japanese won liked to pretend to be younger. Though it was working, she looked to be in her 20s, instead. It was thanks to putting a [Seal of Storm] on her body, right under her navel. She assud it was a side-effect of my healing her that day, but I had put it on her after that. Often Ai would be alone without either or Ruby to keep her safe, so I stored a butt load of Storm Qi in that seal to keep her safe in the case of ergencies.
The presence of that Qi also had the passive effect of keeping her healthy, that’s also why she gained a bit of height, plus looked eternally in her 20s too. Indeed, this benevolent one can grant such freebies that won would kill for.
“By the way,”
Ai turned back to .
“You're so much taller than last ti, you're a big boy now. Mhm, are you going through puberty?”
Of course, a cultivator of my capabilities isn't chained down by his genetics. I wasn't 5'7" like the original Aqua, I am 6 inches above that. However, the way she ended her speech was weird.
Ichigo facepald in the background and Miyako trembled slightly at the mory of a recent event, and I once more confird that yes, this woman is airhead beyond help.
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For the last few months, while I was here in Japan, Ruby wasn't just enjoying her ti in Arica. She attended a middle school there, as she needed a certificate to attend high school.
We are going to attend Yoto High School. It's one of the few High Schools in the country that offers both performing arts and general education programs. In order to be eligible for the Performing Arts Program, the applicant must be affiliated with a talent agency. In order to be eligible for the General Education Program, the school requires a Standardized Score of 40 or more from its applicants.
There is a small issue with this.
The so-called "Yoto High School" is the old na of the school. It had been renad just a few years ago, and now it's called Kuoh High School. Unexpected, surprising even, but I can see why this has happened.
Fucking KitKat. Did giving Rias that little thing cause such a butterfly effect? What is this?
"Are you sure you're going for the General Education Program?"
I was pulled out of my thoughts by the gentle voice of the girl sitting by my side, with a pen in her hand as she helped out with my studies.
I turned to take a good look at her face. She was pretty, though nowhere near Ai, Ruby, or even Miyako. She was a year older than , wearing glasses over her nose, and her hair braided in two pigtails.
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