Chapter 47

Castiel P.O.V.

"Dude, why are you so down today?" Asked the annoying chainsaw interpreter that did not let me sleep at all last night.

I looked at him with a deadpan face, partially due to how stupidly easy the question was, and part because moving my face to make any different face right now is to tiresome.

"You want to know why?" I asked Okuyasu, images of punching this sleep disturbance right in the face coloring my mind.

"W-well, yeah. That is why I asked." He said, a bit afraid of me. He probably is getting used to me if he can detect when I am about to turn violent, or want to turn violent.

I don't like using violence with those I consider friends, it was never quite something I like to do. That is why I said those words next.

"Oh, it is nothing. It is just that I could not sleep last night due to the sound of chainsaw playing a violin coming out of the mouth of a friend of mine that invited himself to my home and decided to sleep there out of the blue. By the way" the amount of cold sweet that appeared on his forehead out of sheer instinct was impressive. "you wouldn't mind sparing with me tonight right? Let's promise not to use sacred gears or Ki for good measure, we don't want anyone that could not sleep well to get hurt, right?"

As I finished talking in an extremely sweat tone Okuyasu turned tail and ran away. How rude, he could at least accept the sparing match later as a man (if he would still have the apparatus of a man afterward is questionable).

After seeing Okuyasu running with his tail between his legs I gave a smile and felt a bit more invigorated when I said to the others that it was time for us to get going. We had to go to school.

It was me, Emily, Miku, Serenity and Lugh. Miku was going because she said she wanted to be as long as possible with her darling (A.K.A. me). Serenity needed to go because she can only stay un-toxic when she is close to me so there was no way around that, luckily she had some degree of previous knowledge due to working as a spy in a school environment before so she knew the basics. Lugh in the other hand…

"I don't want to go! Please don't make me, school is for suckers. The winners can stay at home and watch TV and play games all day." She said while hugging the couch, refusing to move a single step out of it.

I sighed and said.

"Lugh, I hope you understand that school is not a punishment or anything of the sort for you."

"Yeah, so why are you making me go where I don't want to?" She said in defiance.

I then said.

"Because I don't trust you out of my sight. Who knows what you intend to steal or mess with next?"

As she heard my comment she could do nothing but give a sheepish smile while scratching the back or her head. My open glare after managed to shut her up and make her comply.

We were going earlier to school as we needed to talk to Sona about the details about accepting the girls in the school. I would also have to talk about the alliance and mark a proper meeting to solve the situation.

Also, I had to talk with Tsubaki (or at least try to) about what we should do and when we should meet to start discussing magic. After all a contracted devil for a magician is all about exchange of information and studying magic to try and go further in our own fields, and as I am trying my hand in so many different areas right now maybe she could help me.

However, I realized something when we were approaching the school. That the eyes of the teens were ALL turning to us. No kidding here, almost everyone was looking at Miku and turning into a fan mob and the amount of death glares I received from both genders when Miku hugged my right arm to walk was terrifying.

My left arm was being hugged by Serenity as she was absurdly nervous. This was the first time she was showing to so many others her face as I prohibited her to use the skull mask to school. It took a hell lot of work to make her accept my request and I honestly can't say I like it. I mean, being capable of seeing her angelic face was quite rewarding but the fact that some of the boys passing were looking at her with lecherous faces really made me wonder if I could kill some of them without anyone realizing it was me.

Emily was on the back and looked at all of this as if she wanted popcorn to accompany the show. Lugh, on the other hand-

"Hey, hey it is a cosplayer."

"Wha~~, I can't believe that someone dresses like that on the streets."

"Yeah, yeah, she looks like she mixed a geisha with a ninja and then… Odin? Whatever what is important is that she should change."

"Such a shame, if it wasn't for that she would be a babe."

"I agree, if she knew how to dress with the least amount of sense she would be girlfriend material. Now I doubt there is someone out there that would ask her out"

"Not necessarily, there are always otakus out there that had weird fetishes."

"Now that you mention it this might be her aim, righ-"

And that was as far as those talking went before Lugh started liberating a wave of killing intent that promised blood murder.

The crowd dispersed quite quickly thanks to it and I then turned to look at her. She turned back, looked at me and said.

"Not. One. Word."

I did not say anything, no sir I certainly did not.

I simply looked at her, and after a few seconds gave her a mocking smirk and said to the other girls.

"Let's go girls. I need to take you beautiful girls, and a plus one, to go see Sona." The sound of someone seething in anger beside me was just what I needed to get energy for the day.

Even my sleepiness is mostly gone.

After we got in the school we went straight to the student council room as I know that Sona is. I knocked on the door, after I manage to convince Miku to release my hand (I kept Serenity as she was as she needed emotional support right now), and the one to answer the door was Momo Hanakai, one of Sona's bishops.

She was an attractive young girl with long white hair, blue-green eyes and an attractive body. Well, she still was far from the same level of Miku and her loveliness was less than the one from Seryu or Serenity, but she still was a girl that made man take a second and third look.

"Hello, Momo-san. I wanted to discuss some maters with Sona now if it was an opportune time." I said with a smile.

She looked at me with a stern face and said.

"Sorry but Sona-sama is busy now so you wi-"

"Let him in." was what Sona said in the back.

After she heard the order Momo opened the door to let we all in. Sona was sitting behind a big, and clearly beyond what a school can afford, table. At her side is Tsubaki and on the rest of the room is the others of Sona's peerage. Most of them are pretty girls that I don't have much of an impression of, but if there is one exception is Tsubasa as she is extremely outgoing, boyish, quite popular due to how she acts instead of simply her looks and she is a kind person.

I noticed her mostly due to my mystic eyes, I saw that she was the nicest person among all the devils here on Kuoh.

If I had to say someone else that left an impression, it would have to be-

"Why is the damn pretty boy here?" This Issei copy (that likes to pretend to be a gentleman) was called Saji. He is the annoying type that makes me the maddest, I mean we barely entered the room and he already screamed at me and is leering at the girls.

Seeing him staring at the girls I ended up showing my displeasure on my face, which made Sona intervene.

"Saji, that would be enough. You ought to remember that we are trying to enter an alliance with the faction that he represents, and as such he came here to discuss serious matters. Now stand down." She said with authority but not overbearingly so, she also explained to him the probable reason for our visit not only to him but also to the others in the room. All without ever showing weakness or oppressiveness to her peerage.

She really is an exemplar young heir to the house of Sitri. If only the other devil houses had such heirs talking to the houses would be easier, I mean there are some that just make you want to punch them on the face (A.K.A. that green haired fetishist bastard, if he ever gives me a chance I will crush his puny neck after castrating him for good measure. Piece of shit.).

After that was done were requested to sit down on the couch. we were offered tea, which we all accepted.

As I took the first gulp I could not help but say.

"This is delicious. I must ask you who did this excellent job?" I said to Sona. She gave me a smile and pointed to her queen that was completely red.

"It was my queen here. This is one of her talents so to say."

I then said.

"It really is a great talent, brewing a truly delicious tea is not easy after all. I hope to taste more of this in our future meetings, Tsubaki." I said smiling to her. She simply faced me without a simple word, not even a movement of agreement or disagreement.

Does she hate me that much?

Seeing this weird situation Sona decided to intervene.

"Well, now that we are all settled I have to ask, why do you decided to come see me uninvited? And with non-students to add."

I took a more serious persona now as it was necessary for this.

"I come here with a few objectives. First and foremost is asking for the admission of Miku Okami, Serenity and Lugh as students here. I know it is sudden but it would be largely appreciated if you could make it possible."

She looked at me and said.

"That would be difficult. The semester already started and as far as I know none of them were proper students in any other school." She said, clearly not wanting to comply.

I nodded at her and then said.

"I understand that, but this situation is such that if they can't enter here I will probably have to leave this institution and go back to study in the Tower."

I could see that Sona did not want that as it would make any negotiation a bit more difficult as it would be like she expelled me from school (even if it wasn't like that to those looking on the side it would seem like it, and that would not look well for her in the future). Also, if I left together with the Tower members the defense of Kuoh academy would be weakened as I know that we are very strong and our willingness to help the town under their territory was a great deterrent as many that would come to attack the Maou's little sisters would think twice as the Tower might retaliate.

We might not be as strong as the entire devil race, but the fact that we can move much more freely and take action faster was NOT something most wanted to face.

"And why would you have to leave if them do not enter?" Sona asked, clearly confused by my words.

"It is mostly because of Serenity. Her body is special as she continuously produces a poison that is absurdly strong. So much so that it is almost impossible to find anyone that can touch her without dying. Not only that but any and all secretions, such as sweat or saliva, are equally poisonous. The only way that she can ever be around others without fear of causing a mass fatalities is if I am around as my body can suppress said poison perfectly. As such I cannot let her go too far from me and if I go to school while she stays at home the chance of people dying due to it is not one that I can endure." I said.

This let Sona be a bit shocked. She probably did not understand just how dangerous Serenity is and was focused on Miku, she is the type that gets more attention anyway.

"I understand. And how far from you can she go with no problem?" she asked, clear distress on her voice.

I put my fingers on my chin and thought about it. Now that my magic reserves are much more plentiful the size of the Purity Halo has grown considerably. Even though Purity Halo doesn't spend much energy to maintain, barely any acutaly, it is still connected to the amount and purity of the energy I have. If before I could keep it in a 10-20 meters' radius with no strain, now I can do it up to 100 meters.

"It can be maintained at a distance of 100 meters. In this area there will be no poison that can be activated, so at most she can stay at a 100 meters' radius of me." I said. It may be a bit larger, but it gets riskier if it is further than that as I would need to actively put more energy into it.

Sona nodded her head, understanding the situation.

She then said.

"I understand. If it is like this there is no real choice here as I would not like to see any disaster and more importantly I don't want to see anyone not being capable of entering school due to my decision. We can include them all here, now if you girls can please go to the room on the side to get your measurement for the uniform." Sona said and the girls nodded, even though Serenity clearly did not want to have me out of her sight. She was very attached to me, I could say that it was too much but considering what I represent to her it would make sense.

After the three left with two of Sona's peerage members I was relieved. That was my number one priority as Castiel the person, now for Castiel the heir it is a different story.

"Now, about the alliance between our two factions." I said, getting her attention back as her eyes sharpened with the intention of understanding everything I mean by my actions. She probably saw the accord I had with Rias and realized what it entailed exactly, how bad things can be if she is not attentive as the Gremory will be seeing soon. The lack of Phoenix Tears, the 'humiliation' of having to apologize and the fact that we of the Tower obtained so many of the Gremory clan's resources, none of that is something Sona wants to deal with on her family.

"What is it that you propose?" She asked.

"I want to put a few terms, nothing major I can assure you. First is that we cannot share every research we have with you, it would be impossible anyway as completely sharing it would possibly damage the Tower too much as there are some magics we created that are connected to the defenses of our territory. Instead we can sell you guys mystic codes with a 15% discount and give you and your peerage personal customized mystic codes so as to make them stronger. In exchange we want the Sitri family research in water magic that you proposed previously as well as signing a contract of mutual help in case of necessity." I said, making her give a thoughtful look. It was more than we offered to most, much more actually as our mystic codes are among the very best in the market and, as we can create many different ones thanks to our research on the area, we had the greatest variety of mystic codes there was. I then gave her an additional request. "Oh, I was almost forgetting one other thing. We want your sister to sign a geass saying that she will not try to force any of the Tower members to dress up as Mahou Shoujo and participate on her show."

At that the corner of her lips twitched, clearly understanding the reason of the WHY we were requesting such a thing.

"T-this all seems very reasonable, but I would like some time to think about it." I nodded at that. It was the best option as she needed to think things over to decide the best course of action.

"Of course, I understand. This sort of contract is not one that should be signed and done in a hurry as the one we had with the Gremory clan. If she was not in such a hurry, I think it is possible for her to have requested the exact same thing." I said with nodding this time. "And that takes us to the last part of this discussion, the training."

She nodded, a bit of distress on her face as she knew that she was already getting some of the benefits from being allied to the Tower. Our training was top-notch and considered among the absolute best in the whole word, the only ones that could match us in equal ground is Chiron from the Greek Pantheon, he did foster some of humanity greatest heroes, which is a plus, but he DID train Jason, which is a minus for allowing such being to even breath. I know it is ancient history, but he failed in killing that shit head asshole so it counts as a minus in my books.

"What would you like to discuss about the training?" Sona asked.

I smiled and said.

"To put it simply I would like to make a schedule of training for each of you, also I invite you all to go visit the Tower at the weekends so as to get the best locations and specialized training for each of you. And I also would like to ask if you have any location that can be used for training right now and if I could use it for these next few days." I said, hoping for an affirmation. I NEED to start training as it has been to long since I had the opportunity to actually improve my capacity and it is only now that my energy made a breakthrough that I can do it for real.

Sona thought for a while before saying.

"Yes, that would be acceptable. And we do have a training ground, but as we use it from the moment the classes end until 10 PM you can only use it freely after that. And don't forget that you need to start the magic discussions with Tsubaki as you two are on a contract." Sona said and I obviously nodded. It was no real problem even if I had to wait until they finished their training as it would give me time to finish cooking for the others at home.

After that I am Sona discussed some more and when the girls came out of that room dressed in the uniforms I could not help but gasp at them (excluding Lugh). Serenity and Miku were perfect in those uniforms, Miku looked like a blooming flower that got all the attention in the room simply by being there, while Serenity looked like a flower that flourishes in the night and don't call to much attention, but when you do notice it you cannot stop looking.

I then said how the two of them were beautiful and afterwards we went to class. Sona put the three of them in my class as it would be safer for them to be there as: A) I would make sure NO ONE would mess up or try anything with Miku; B) Serenity needs to be around me as much as possible; C) No one trusts Lugh to NOT steal everyone in whatever class she is if I am not there to stop her, it is to a point that after we left the room I just said to her.

"Give it back." And she pouted while taking out Saji and Momo wallets from her pockets. No kidding, she actually stole the two of them and no one noticed, not even me. I just knew she did because, well, it IS Lugh after all.

The class was, to say it bluntly, a disaster. In the time it took for me to talk with Sona it seems like everyone in this school got the information that Miku Izayoi was entering the school, no one paid attention to class, not even the teachers bothered with it as everyone just kept asking her about everything. If I had to point out one moment of interest it would have been:

"So… do you have a boyfriend?" One girl asked.

My back was rolling in cold sweat at that question. I could only hope she would not tell about me.

"No, I don't have a boyfriend." Miku said, the relieve I felt was quite real, and quite short considering her next few words. "I have a fiancée, my Darling Castiel!" She said hugging me.

The fact that I had to beat up some of the guys that came after me later to 'discuss' my relationship with 'Miku-sama' was just bad. And then I went out of my way to beat up the two pervert friends of Issei for start discussing about Miku and Serenity's body measures and how they might feel and look under their clothes, and discussed it in public in the middle of the corridor.

Strangely enough Issei did not participate at THAT discussion, especially when he saw me approaching and the smile I was giving he ran away quite fast.

At the end of class I was exhausted, but I only got the time to go home and make dinner pretty fast before going to meet up with Sona and her peerage to see about the training. The training area they had was, to be honest, to basic. It was only a large empty space that was reinforced and hidden enough for others not to notice.

I put them in a simulated fight among each other, and I am surprised to see that Sona's peerage is having the exact opposite problem that Rias peerage had.

They had a quite decent control over their powers, but the amount of energy that each of them, excluding Tsubaki and Sona, had was simply too low. To fix that I put them all in a physical training on the Saitama style and asked the help of Eevee in his mode Glaceon, making they train under extreme cold will do some good for their character and body. I even requested Eevee to change to mode Flareon to heat things up every once in a while, and to change to mode Jolteon to help they train evading a hail of electric needless. The fact that at the end of training they were all glaring at me with righteous hate and fear did not bother me at all.

Meanwhile I took Sona and Tsubaki to another point of the training area to discuss about magic and the applications of it. I may not come even close to the feet of someone like Rin, Luvia or specially Caster, but my knowledge in the area was larger than the two of the, especially considering that they are limited in only knowing water related spells. I decide to discuss more about how to use different types of magic and gave a basic course on runes and witchcraft.

I did not expand on things that are considered secrets of the Tower, but I did make a thoroughly explanation of the rest. The reason being that explaining such things can help me understand a bit more of what Caste and Lancer explained to me. Absorbing and understanding all that is hard, but this way actually helps me with some parts I was in doubt with. Ideas and theories were popping into my head the more I explained to them this stuff.

After that Sona and her peerage ended up remaining there until it was close to 11PM, and after they left I started my own training routine. There were so many ideas to try out, so much to test that I probably will not completely go through it all today, but the feeling of growing actually stronger is intoxicating after all this time in stagnation.

It is so good to actually train and grow stronger again, it has been more than one year since the last time I felt myself growing any stronger.