"Hello, I am Ray Lux, I'll be your Japanese and World History teacher as well as your homeroom teacher, please take care of me".
After I finished class 2-A, I had to go to 2-B. Here, there were a couple and a few more individuals whom I also had to pay attention to.
"Please take care of us!" The young beauties in this class looked more decent and organised than those in class 2-A, although I partly knew why. I looked at the person who was in name, the 'leader' of the class.
The short-haired, clever beauty nodded at me. According to what Yasaka said, I only had to pay attention to two individuals in this class.
I checked attendance.
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"Shinra Tsubaki".
"Here!".
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"Shitori Sona".
"Here".
...
Once again, I explained to them the basics, topics, necessary books and so forth according to the guide that I was given. Everyone left the classroom and went to their break, and only those two remained.
Sona Tsubaki, no... Sona Sitri, the Heiress of one of the pillars of the Underworld, and Tsubaki, her queen, bowed to me very profusely.
"Your Eminence, the Biblical God, please take care of us from now on", Sona said first.
"Please take care of us@", Tsubaki followed.
"Girls, raise your heads, I am only a teacher now~ I hope you will take it easy on me, it is my first time being a teacher" I scratched my head. People in the New World were more casual about the existence of gods than they were here.
"If you don't mind me asking, e-eh, what, sorry, what should I call you?".
"You can call me Ray-sensei~" Every time these girls called me sensei, I felt a bit giddy.
The girl blushed a tad bit and nodded, "You're so humble, Ray-sensei... why a teacher?".
"Hmnn..." I thought about what to answer; there was also a political aspect to this question's answer.
"You could have chosen anything. You could even have chosen to not do anything and just remain in heaven, living peacefully... my mother told me you were offered to be the Devil King by the four satans, but you refused... why a teacher of all professions, if you don't mind me asking?".
This Sona girl was very eloquent compared to my brash Rias, I decided to give her an honest answer. In the end, she's just a girl in the same position as Rias, an heiress.
"Well, I am the God of the Heavens, am I not? I don't think I can also be the Devil King~ besides, I am just here to take care and spend time with a certain few. I don't think I will be a teacher for more than three years".
"Rias, Akeno and Anna... right?".
I nodded; they didn't know about Hannah.
To be precise, I came here because of Rias, Akeno, Anna, Hannah, and Kunou.
Shirone was also studying here, and soon Haku said to me she wanted to enrol Zesshi... but those two had a lot of matters to do in the Slain Theocracy in the New World, she wouldn't be coming yet.
I also had a personal objective of wanting some experience in dealing with kids. Because in the future, I was going to be surrounded by a lot of kids and a lot of headaches that all my power as the Sun God was going to be useless against. Hopefully, three years will be enough.
"Once they graduate, I will go... There are also a pair of troublesome first years that I want to take care of... so you can look forward to seeing me for a while".
"It will be our pleasure, Ray-sensei. Please come by anytime to our Sitri House for tea and snacks".
"I will, Sona-chan... you don't have to be formal, we have about the same age, remember?".
"... yes. I-I almost forgot" Sona looked me up and down and blushed. "Can I ask another question...?"
"Ask away".
"Rias' power... was it one of your therapies, Ray-sensei?".
"Has she caused a lot of trouble?" I frowned.
"Trouble, haha... not really. Rias had a spar against Sirzechs-sama, and she managed to ti. From then on, they have continued to have official spars as he trains her, every time it ends in a tie" For some reason, Sona looked dejected when she said that.
Inwardly, I felt proud. For what I know, Sirzechs is the strongest devil in the underworld... or he was, now the strongest should be Grayfia after the therapy I did to her. This means that Rias is also among the strongest of her race.
"Yes, it was I who did the therapy for them", I confirmed with pride.
Sona's eyes widened and she gasped, "... them? w-wasn't it only Rias?"
Her shock made me realise I said something I shouldn't have!
"Well then, take it easy, both of you!" I ran away before I trashed any more of Rias' plans. I don't know what her agenda is, but it seems she wants to conceal Akeno and Anna's powers.
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Sona Sitri stood in place, watching her new teacher go while clenching her fists harshly.
"..." Her mouth opened and closed, but no words came out... eventually, she just turned around and left, followed by Tsubaki.
"It was him, Sona... what are we going to do now?".
"What can we do other than be obedient, study... and get the best scores? I will run to be the student council president this year too".
"I am not talking about that. What are we going to do about him...? It seems what Rias said is true, they have a relationship".
"I didn't want to believe it... But why else would he do therapy for her?" Sona cracked her teeth.
"Shouldn't we be happy for her? Rias is our friend".
"But if what I am thinking is true... then our families are no longer equal. The Gremorys have more of Ray-sama's support than the rest of the underworld. It has come to the point that they have become the 'ambassadors' of the underworld with the heavens".
"Is that a bad thing, Sona?".
"It is not bad, Tsubaki... but we're devils. You should know what happens when a devil gets too much power without consequences. If Rias marries Ray-sama, the underworld will belong to the Gremorys. There won't be any balance, and the pillars will lose their purpose once a single family has the power to continue getting stronger while the others are forced to watch. If Rias gets therapy, then her peerage members... then her children, her grandchildren... when is it going to stop? By then... who can stop them?".
"..."
"This matter is not only concerning onee-sama... all of the pillars have already begun asking questions once the footage of Rias' spar with Sirzechs-sama was revealed. It may not explode now... but it will soon".
"Do you think he could defeat you in a game of chess?" Tsubaki asked Sona, who blushed as a result, "He doesn't look like the intellectual type, but... with that power... I don't think he needs it"
"Is he as dangerous as the higher-ups say?"
"He is not dangerous... he is powerful but not dangerous. Ray-sama is very kind and sweet, actually. Otherwise, he wouldn't be allowed to teach her, an all-female academy".
"Then–"
"The dangerous ones are the ones watching from the darkness".
"..." Tsubaki was left out of words. It seemed like these matters were beyond her comprehension, but as Sona's Queen, she had to pay attention to them.
"Just look at the world right now. It feels peaceful, doesn't it? There are barely any attacks by rogue devils, Fallen Angels are very quiet... the supernatural community feels as if it has frozen".
"You are right, I haven't heard of any more hostility between the other pantheons and even in Kyoto, the Yokai Factions seem to have unified. I wonder why".
"It is because they are afraid. And now that he is back... I wonder what unprecedented reactions this will bring to all of us. Nevertheless, as long as our Sitri Family is on his good side, there should be nothing to worry about".
"So that's what we have to do?" Tsubaki inquired.
"Yes, get on his good side. I think right now... that's what everyone will try to do" Sona sighed, thinking deeply inside how she was going to do her part.
"It almost feels like this whole world is spinning around him", Tsubaki groaned.
Sona turned around to look her straight in the eye, "That's because it is, Tsubaki"