Chapter-12(TDG Universe, Breakfast at City Lord's Mansion, Working as an instructor, Nie Li's Rebirth, Giving a Gift to Grayfia)

In the dining room, On the head seat, A middle-aged man was sitting there, man is Ye Zong, he is a member of the major Snow Wind Family and currently holds the position of City Lord of Glory City, and is said to be the peak of Black Gold Rank, and in front of him on the right side is a beautiful teenage girl, she looks around 15 to 16 years old but is 13, She is Ye Ziyun, daughter of Ye Zong and Granddaughter of Ye Mo, Legend Rank Demon Spiritualist.

While their relationship may seem good, but it is all that but good, as Ye Ziyun's mother died early and Ye Zong had to do his work as the City Lord and the responsibilities on him were a lot because of which he wasn't able to spend time with her and as the time passes by their relationship became more and more awkward.

Right now, they both were waiting for the new residents of the mansion who had come here a month ago, saying they are from outside the Glory city, which they found hard to believe as they always believe that Glory City is the last city left standing in the world, but when the Black-haired man and the Silver-haired woman, wearing peculiar release their aura which was more than the Ye Mo, Legend Rank Demon Spiritualist, did they believe in them as it's not possible for them to remain unknown as with that much power and both of those women were way too beautiful while the man was also very handsome. After that little release of the aura, the whole city was alerted and many powerful people come mainly from big families. After clearing the misunderstandings, the man decided to teach in the Holy Orchid Institute, after a month and today was the day of his class, and during their stay in the mansion, they had seen them very little time as they spend most of the time in their room. So, this is the first time Ye Ziyun was going to see their guests and she is also attending the Holy Orchid Institute so she thought she should know her teacher better as it could be helpful to her.

While they were waiting, the door of the Dining room opened and an around 18-year-old black-haired boy entered, beside him is a black haired beauty who would put everyone to shame, and behind them was a silver-haired woman with the same amount of beauty as the Black-haired one and was walking behind them like a servant which had shocked Ye Zong as he knew that the silver-haired woman was stronger than his father.

The ones who entered were Anos, Ophis, and Grayfia. After entering, they were looking around and went towards the family of the two with a servant guiding them and sat on the chairs prepared for them.

Ye Zong seeing them sat down spoke,

Ye Zong-"Greetings, Lord Anos, Lady Ophis, and Lady Grayfia.

Seeing her Father like that, Ye Ziyun also started to greet them.

Anos looked at them and said,

Anos-"Greetings, Ye Zong, and you don't have to be so formal with me as it's uncomfortable."

Hearing what he said, Grayfia's lips twitched as she knew that Anos had no problem with that like all the time he had lived in DxD, everyone had called him with respect, except some people. Ye Zong hearing that said nothing as he still remembers the pressure which descended on them the day Anos and his group had come to Glory City, so it doesn't matter what Anos said, he was going to call him with respect, and even his daughter is going to study under him, so he had to be respectful.

Meanwhile, Ye Ziyun had a shocked face seeing her father so humble, but remembering that the man and the women in front of her are stronger than her Grandfather and very young, so she calmed down.

While Anos returned the greetings, both Ophis and Grayfia ignored them and Anos sat with Ophis beside him and Grayfia stood behind them.

They then started eating while Ye Ziyun was throwing curious glances at the group as the clothes they were wearing were peculiar for this world.

While eating, Anos turned towards Ye Ziyun and asked,

Anos-"Ye Ziyun, if you don't mind, could you show me around the Holy Orchid Institute."

Ye Ziyun-"I don't mind, Lord Anos, I also had to go to Holy Orchid Institute and we can go together."

Anos nods his head hearing that while Ophis turned toward him and said,

Ophis-"I am coming with you."

Anos nods his head and smiled towards Ophis and said,

Anos-"Yes yes, you are coming with me."

Hearing that Ophis smiled and continued eating their food, while the food was not as good as Grayfia or Anos, it was still good than most of what she had eaten while traveling.

After eating, Anos turned towards Ye Zong and said,

Anos-"Then we shall take our leave."

Ye Zong-"Yes Anos-sama, if you have any problem at the academy, then do please do tell me."

Anos nods his head hearing that and left the room with Ye Ziyun at the front and Ophis beside him and Grayfia following behind them.

While walking towards the Institute, Anos decided to ask the situation of the families from Ye Ziyun,

Anos-"Ye Ziyun, what is the situation of the families living in the Glory city?

Ye Ziyun thought for a while and answered,

Ye Ziyun-"Within Glory City, there are three Major families. The Divine Family, the Sacred Family, and the Snow Wind Family. They represented the supreme power of Glory City, the pinnacle of the noble families. The City Lord was usually chosen from one of these three families. After the three Major families were the seven Noble families and after they were the twelve Aristocratic families and there is also the Alchemy Association."

Hearing that Anos nods his head and looked in the front, there is a boy with black hair and grey eyes, and along with him are some minions following him like he is the head or something. The boy looked at Ye Ziyun with lust in his eyes which is surprising as he is also the same age as Ye Ziyun and looked at Anos and his group with fear in his eyes, the boy then turned towards Anos and bowed his head and said,

The Boy-"Greetings, Lord Anos, Lady Ophis, and Lady Grayfia."

Anos looked at the boy in front of him and said,

Anos-"And who might you be?"

Hearing that the boy looked into Anos eyes and was about to answer but immediately lowered his head as he felt a chill down his spine and answered,

The Boy-"Lord Anos, I am Shen Yue, a member of Sacred Family."

Anos-"And what can I do with it?"

Anos asked with a smile but Shen Yue felt that he had fallen into the frozen hell and quickly spoke,

Shen Yue-"Nothing Lord Anos, I was just greeting you."

Anos-"I see, then we are going."

Saying that Anos and his group left while She Yue dropped to the ground as he felt so much fear.

While Anos and his group reached the Institute, a man came, the man is the vice-principal of the Holy Orchid Institute, Ye Sheng, well, the one who should receive Anos should be the principal, but, right now, the Principal is on a mission so, the vice-principal came to receive Anos and his group.

Ye Sheng-"Greetings, Lord Anos, Lady Ophis, Lady Grayfia, and little Ziyun."

Hearing that Anos nods his head while Ophis and Grayfia ignored the man and Ye Ziyun blushed by the way he was calling her. Anos then looked at him and said,

Anos-"Could you show us the teacher's room, (turned towards Ye Ziyun) and you should go to your class now."

Ye Ziyun-"Then, I shall take my leave."

Saying that Ye Ziyun left towards her class while Ye Sheng said,

Ye Sheng-"Please Follow me Lord Anos, Lady Ophis and Lady Grayfia."

All of them went inside the institute and walked towards the teacher's room where Ye Sheng started to introduce Anos to them,

Ye Sheng-"Everyone, He is Lord Anos and his wives who are going to teach in the institute."

Anos nods his head towards the teacher's who bowed their head and Ye Sheng again said,

Ye Sheng-"Teacher Shen Xiu, Lord Anos is new to teaching so he is going to be your assistant teacher for the class, while his wives are also going to the class to see how we teach the students as they are not from the Glory City."

Hearing that Shen Xiu came forward and introduce herself,

Shen Xiu-"Greetings Lord Anos, I am Shen Xiu, teacher of fighter apprentice class, and a member of Sacred Family."

While saying the last line, Shen Xiu, looked prideful and arrogant but Anos looked at her with interest and asked,

Anos-"Are you related to someone name Shen Yue?"

Hearing that name, Shen Xiu nods her head and asked,

Shen Xiu-"Yes Lord Anos, he is my nephew, does something happen?"

Anos shook his head saying,

Anos-"Nothing had happened, but we meet him and you had the same family name and belonged to the same family so I asked."

Hearing that Shen Xiu relaxed a little and said,

Shen Xiu-"Then Lord Anos, it's the time of the class, so shall we go to the class?"

Anos nods his head and indicates her to go as he follows her.

After walking some time through which no one talked as Shen Xiu was nervous and Anos and his group were already used to a calm and silent atmosphere so they had no problem with that.

After some time they reached the class and entered it, upon entering, all the eyes were focused on Anos and his group as they are handsome and beautiful and the whole class is filled with teenagers so it's the natural reaction, but with a single glance from Anos snapped them to reality and looked at him and his group with curious eyes. Shen Xiu then started to introduce Anos and his group to the class,

Shen Xiu-"Everyone, today we have Lord Anos and his wife, Lady Ophis and Lady Grayfia with us, and they are here to watch how we teach the students while Lord Anos is the teacher."

Anos then looked at the class with interest and spotted Ye Ziyun and on the last bench he spotted the protagonist of this world, Nie Li, who was sleeping but Anos knew that he was going through the process of rebirth as his soul from the future timeline is combining with that of present and not only Anos, even, Ophis looked at him with interest as this is the first time she saw the soul of two different timelines fusing, meanwhile Grayfia could feel that there was something different with that boy but can't point it out.

Seeing them looking at Nie Li, Shen Xiu sweated as she thought they had a bad impression on her class and turned toward Nie Li and was about to speak but Anos cut her and said,

Anos-"Let the kid sleep as it seem he had been training hard at night."

Hearing that Shen Xiu stop talking and looked at Nie Li intently and he started to introduce the class to Anos and his group.

After the Introduction, Shen Xiu started teaching the class about demon spiritualists.

Shen Xiu-"Demon Spiritualists and Fighters have five different ranks, which are: Bronze, Silver, Gold, Black Gold and Legend rank. Each rank is then divided into five levels, from 1-star to 5-star. A Demon Spiritualist is above a Fighter. We are a truly noble existence. A Demon Spiritualist can form a soul realm within their dantian. They can integrate a captured demon into their soul realm and then merge with the demon in combat. This allows them to possess matchless strength, which is far above the strength Fighters could compete with."

Shen Xiu raised her chin and spoke arrogantly,

Shen Xiu-"Just like me, my demon is a Scarlet Flame Fox."

Suddenly, Shen Xiu's face and hands underwent drastic changes. Her facial shape became sharper, her teeth and nails also became sharper. Finally, a scarlet tail emerged from her back. Shen Xiu then said,

Shen Xiu-"After merging with a demon, I can control its strength as well as gain fire-type abilities. Among the demons, the Scarlet Flame Fox is a Gold-rank beast. This means that the highest level I can reach is Gold rank Demon Spiritualist. Of course, after becoming a Gold rank Demon Spiritualist, I can replace it with a more powerful demon."

When it came to her cultivation, the pride on Shen Xiu's face became thicker.

Shen Xiu's words caused a group of students to be amazed. Gold rank Demon Spiritualists are existences beyond the reach for most of them.

As Shen Xiu continued lecturing on the stage, Nie Li was sitting in the back row. His mind was in a trance as his soul floated around.

Anos and his group were looking at that as the soul fusing was complete and even Grayfia could see that as even though she is weaker she still had studied a little on souls when Anos was doing it, so she was looking at that intently while everyone else was ignoring this group because Anos made a barrier which makes it easy for others to ignore them.

After a while, Nie Li slowly opened his eyes. He couldn't help being confused by the scene in front of him.

'Where am I?' Nie Li quietly asked himself.

He was utterly shocked as he realized that his hands became smaller and his skin became a lot more tender.

Shen Xiu was on the stage, talking nonstop. Nie Li clearly remembered that this was the year he joined the institute. The teacher lecturing was a 3-star Silver rank Demon Spiritualist and was extremely arrogant. Because of her, Nie Li was unwilling to learn for quite some time.

'I was reborn?' Nie Li was deeply shocked. He remembered being surrounded and attacked by the Sage Emperor and six Deity rank beasts and died in the battle. It seems his soul was reborn to the time when he was thirteen years old.

Nie Li looked towards the side and saw familiar faces: Lu Piao and Du Ze. These brothers that had shared life and death with him are alive, except their appearances were very immature.

While Nie Li was going through a lot of emotions, Anos waved his hand a seed appeared on his hand, seeing that seed, Ophis and Grayfia were shocked as they read this world's story and knew that it was the seed of the temporal spirit vine.

Anos looked at the seed for a while and saw that it was from another dimension, and one higher than this one. This seed helps its user absorb an endless amount of soul force and nurture his demon spirits, but the soul force also came from the user which decreases the cultivation speed, and Anos had no need. for that, as he had an endless amount of soul power, he just need to channel it into his soul realm, the same could be said to Ophis as due to being connected to Anos, she can use his skills but given permission by Anos.

Anos thought of the use for the seed and looked at Grayfia and thought for a while and waved his hand and a barrier covered them, seeing that barrier both Ophis and Grayfia looked at Anos who just opened his dimensional storage and a black portal appeared on his side, Anos put his hand inside the portal and took a blue pearl, seeing the pearl Both Ophis and Grayfia had stars in their eyes which is difficult as they had a way too high view to look at things and they both recognized the pearl as Anos had made hundreds of these pearls during his blacksmithing training and they now knew that this pearl is filled with near-endless soul power.

Anos looked at the pearl and the seed and started fusing them, And horrible pressure was brought down from fusing them but the barrier contain it all, and not even a speck of an aura was leaked out, Anos then looked at the new seed created with the fusion and knew that this seed now could automatically nurture the soul of its user and the demon spirits, Anos then looked at Grayfia and asked,

Anos-"Grayfia, do you want this seed?"

Hearing that Grayfia was shocked as she knew that this seed could help her become stronger quickly and could also make her soul stronger but she shook her head as both Anos and Ophis had helped too much and she don't want to take Anos's kindness for granted.

Grayfia-"No, Anos-sama, you should use it on yourself or Ophis-sama."

Hearing that both Anos and Ophis smiled and Anos said,

Anos-"Sometimes I worry that Ophis had you as her dutiful lover as you are always thinking about her well-being, and it worries me, as you would steal her from me but don't worry I am never giving up on Ophis no matter what happened."

Hearing that Ophis smiled sweetly and Grayfia had a troubled smile as she indeed behaves like that but before she could speak, Anos said,

Anos-"Well, jokes aside, you should take it as both I and Ophis had an endless amount of soul energy, due to which it is not very helpful to us but it is very helpful to you and you could only use it to make your soul stronger and nurture your demon spirits and it doesn't do anything else and you have to train your ownself to become stronger. And both me and Ophis would like it if you could travel with us."

Grayfia smiled hearing that but one could see tears gathering in her eyes as she slowly nods her head, Anos seeing that waved the seed towards her, the seed quickly entered her soul realm and manifested into a tree, further enhancing the size of her soul realm and making her soul stronger.

After some time Grayfia started to calm down and see the changes and was surprised to find the giant tree, which looked like the world tree, they had seen in Asgard and looked beautiful but more than that, Grayfia could feel her soul power becoming more purer and powerful while her soul realm expanded like a small world. Grayfia then looked at Anos and bowed her head and said,

Grayfia-"Thank you, Anos-sama."

Anos smiled seeing that and lifted Grayfia and wiped the tears that remained on the side of her eyes and said,

Anos-"You are going to be with us and travel between multiple worlds and you are always helping us from the smallest to the biggest thing, so why are you saying thank you."

Hearing that Grayfia smiled and hugged Anos while Ophis hugged her from behind and Anos hugged both of them, AFTER Grayfia calm down, she was beet red as remembering what she had done just now and looked away from Anos eyes, After some time, Grayfia returned to her usual face but one could still find her ears red and Anos waved his hand and the barrier removed, and the scene in front of them is still the same as Anos had made the time barrier so they could spend so much time without worrying about the class.

After removing the barrier, now everyone could spot them and Nie Li, who was sitting in the back seat was shocked to see them as he can't sense them before, even though he lost his cultivation, his senses are still their so he was surprised to find someone appearing like that and was again shocked as he can't sense their power but he could guess that, the silver-haired woman is far stronger than the Legend Rank, so he was shocked to see them as it is very difficult to see someone so strong in the Tiny World.

While the three of them ignored his gaze but Anos looked at Nie Li for a moment and lost interest, as time travel is easy for him, but he was looking at it with interest because of future soul fusing with present soul but lost interest as he can't do that as a Singularity, he only exists in present, Neither past Nor Future. And the same with Ophis.