Lizabelle's Story

"Alrighty, here we go!"

Iris lead the group out of the academy grounds and proceeded to guide them over towards the town. The walk itself wasn't long, and soon enough the four of them were on the towns streets before they knew it. Leading the way through the narrow alleys, the headmistress took the trio to a secluded small patch of ground otherwise abandoned by the townsfolk. It was ideal for their exercise, and sure enough, before them stood the infamous doppleganger.

"Righty-o, there's your target. Any questions?" The woman was all willing to give them any answers they wanted, however everything else was up to them. As she stood calmly beside the three, she looked at them curiously.

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"C-Can it talk?"

Baron looked to the young mage and offered a simple shake of her fair-haired head. "No, the creature is incapable of communicating with our language, however that does not mean that it lacks intelligence." She advised the girl, encouraging her in a small way as she offered a reassuring smile. "I am sure you will do well."

"Let's go then." She heard the demon speak, a sign that Kris was ready to begin. Baron made sure to watch the pair carefully, she was truly intrigued to see how they would work together. "Good luck." She quietly mumbled.

Almost instantly, the demon student was already rushing over to face the creature, headstrong and confidently as Baron would expected from Kris, as she kept a watchful eye on the girl. Silently, she stood and witnessed as the demon struck the doppleganger, quite powerfully, as the student and creature fell to the ground hard. Although, her initial awing manner promptly faded the moment she noticed something was wrong with Kris. It didn't take Baron long to conclude that she must have been hit by the attack, Heart Break. It made perfect sense. Practically, almost immediately, Baron was on edge. As of yet she hadn't experienced having injured students under her care. It was certainly a first. As she continued to watch Kris her heart only sank further as she feared for the student.

Quickly she turned to Adrianne and snapped, "Your demon needs you, assist her to the best of your abilities! I know it may seem scary but I know you can help her!" Of course, she would've jumped in herself however this was a student exercise, and she had to see what the mage was capable of. At least for now. Adverting her attention only momentarily, Baron caught a glimpse of something, a girl perhaps, though she didn't seem too good.

"Distract the creature, do something, but make sure to cover Kris whilst she recovers!" The teacher advised, though really it was entirely up to the student to do as they personally saw best. She could only hope things worked out before she would have to step in, if need be. Taking the chance, she moved over to the apparently injured girl, Baron very lightly touched her to check if she was conscious.

"Hello? Can you hear me? Are you alright? What is your name dear girl?" Whilst checking the strange female over, the mage-demon kept a close eye on her students at all times, in-case she would be needed.

Adrianne heard her teacher, Baron Weatherbee, give her a reply to her earlier question about the speech of the creature. "No, the creature is incapable of communicating with our language, however that does not mean that it lacks intelligence. I am sure you will do well." She heard this and felt a little discouraged before she saw Kris rush into battle. "Wait!" Those words slipped out of her mouth, she was a little worried what the doppleganger was capable of. She heard rumors about the headmistress and how powerful she was. I need to think of something... I need to think of something! She couldn't come up with an idea, all she did was watch as one of her demons was attacking. She watched with keen eyes. She saw a blur of motion and then saw Kris land. Then she started to fall to the ground as she writhed in pain. She widened her eyes and got really scared. She froze for a moment in complete and utter fear. The doppleganger stared at her. She wanted to run. Then she heard some kind of shout from someone behind her. She turned her head and noticed that it was Ms. Baron. "Your demon needs you, assist her to the best of your abilities! I know it may seem scary but I know you can help her!" This statement brought her back to her state of living again. She's right! I have to do something. I don't know what, but I have to try.

Adrianne ran beside Kris and then it hit her. She examined the scene of Kris's attack in her head again and realized that the doppleganger had made contact with Kris's chest before she fell where she was. She knew this creature's attack now. She gained a little bit of courage and leaned down to Kris. "Kris... I'm going to try to blind it... In that time, could you recover and force another attack?" She didn't wait for an answer because she knew that Kris might've been writhing in pain, but from what she saw earlier, she was determined to complete this challenge as much as she was.

She slowly walked in the doppleganger's direction, walking around them in a circle for a minute. She wasn't extremely athletic, though she was able to perform a number of acrobatic measures that she could use to try to dodge any attacks from the enemy. She started to walk towards the doppleganger when she was hit on the side by something hard and strong. She fell over a little bit from the pain and summoned some of her weir lights to try and find the enemy. She searched in the direction of the attack, but she found nothing. She thought it was odd, but she got up because she didn't have time to search for the attack. She focused only on her target now. She stared into its eyes and continued to walk in a circle, surrounded by weir lights. When she walked behind the doppleganger, it followed her gaze and turned as she walked. When it wasn't facing Kris, she did a front hand-spring to get right in front of the doppleganger. It tried to move away, but it was too late. She had pressed her hand against its face. Cleansing light... I call you forth to blind my enemies eyes that they might not see. A flash of blinding light emanated from her hand as the doppleganger was blinded for the few seconds that she hoped would leave an opening for Kris. "Kris! Now!" She hoped that it was enough time for Kris to slightly recover from the former attack, or else she was in a lot of trouble.

The ringing in Kris' ears wouldn't subside and she hardly had the strength or will to even raise her head to see what was happening. She was doubtful but all she could hope for was Adrianne to do something, anything. The pain and shock that she felt was intense, but she could tell the effects were slowly subsiding. She still wasn't sure what that power even was but one thing -was- certain of now was that she didn't want to cross the real headmistress. Ever.

In the following moments she felt someone approach her side and with no small deal of effort she turned her head just enough to see who it was, it seemed her mage had finally decided to act. Her words were muffled but being so close Kris could just barely make out what it was she was saying. All Kris could manage in reply was a meek nod. She hoped the girl knew what she was doing or that she could at least buy enough time for Kris to recover.

Time crawled by at a snail's pace from this point on as Kris took steady and deep breaths, trying to focus her mind and ignore the stinging pain in her chest that burst out with each heartbeat. Through the ringing in her ears pierced Adrianne's cry and with that Kris summoned forth her last reserves of strength as her eyes lit up red and the symbols on only her right arm ignited. With an astounding lack of grace Kris moved up to her feet and half-stumbled half-ran towards the back of the blinded creature. It was easy, she placed her right hand firmly on the back of the creatures head and placed her right leg in front of the doppelganger's left and in one swift motion used her leg to sweep out the doppelganger's feet and used her arm to violently press and crash the creatures head straight into the ground.

The blow cracked the concrete around the point of impact and as the creature lie motionless blood began to slowly pool around its head. Such an impact would have easily killed any normal person but it was uncertain whether the doppelganger was dead or merely unconscious at this point. Kris of course was also lying on the ground having fallen alongside the doppelganger as part of the attack, the color in her eyes and on her arm swiftly fading as she rolled onto her back, chest heaving up and down with each ragged breath of air she took. "Got'em..."

The pain she was feeling certainly returned after all that exertion but the relief at defeating the creature certainly helped comfort her. Finally after several moments of recovery she began to glance around the area, still on her back, "Where the fuck's Baron?... Go tell her we got the thing so we can get outta here... I'm... Just gonna stay here for a little while longer." She exhaled deeply as she finished speaking and waved her hand for Adrianne to go.

"—Liz—abelle—"

Baron looked to the odd girl was anxious eyes as her orange-y orbs constantly split between the student and her own group. It was quite a predicament that she hadn't expected nor prepared for. What was she to do?

"Please conserve your energy.” She said in a matter-of-fact tone before pulling down her sleeve and wiping away some of the excess blood from the girls lips. "Do not move, Lizabelle. For now just rest and I will help you.”

"Kris! Now!"

Raising her head and tilting her stare sideways the demon-mage heard the voice of Adrianne just then. By the sounds of it the girl must've gathered her courage together and came to the aid of Kris. The pair, perhaps, were actually getting along. From where she was the teacher could only hear a handful of noises that only served to suggest somewhat-vaguely thoughts in her head in regards to the outcome, however she was certain that the students would be successful in whatever way they tackled the creature. Leaping to her feet the teacher felt she had to witness the event herself, which prompted the mage-demon to leave the injured girl only very briefly, as Baron hurried over a bit, just enough, that allowed her to see Kris and Adrianne in action.

Silently she watched as Adrianne faced the creature with her lights, distracting the doppleganger and allowing Kris to deliver the final blow, which the demon did surprisingly despite her injuries prior. Baron was very astounded by her students and how well they had coped with the exercise, so much so a small smile filled her lips slightly. However, her thoughts quickly sprung onto the other girl in her care at that moment, Lizabelle. As far as Baron was aware she wasn't a student at the academy, but it wouldn't serve her conscious well if she left the poor girl. Having little option the mage-demon made the decision to take the female along with her.

"Where the fuck's Baron?... Go tell her we got the thing so we can get outta here... I'm... Just gonna stay here for a little while longer."

"I heard that! Miss Kris watch your language!” The short woman called suddenly, in her commonly sweet voice from where she stood, in a bid to get the students attention. "I am very proud of you both, you did a wonderful job! I knew you could do it," Her eyes shifted between Kris and Adrianne as her smile grew, though that upbeat aura faded just a little as her focus moved onto the strange youth. "Whilst the pair of you were busy dealing with that creature I happened to find a girl, she doesn't look well and I must insist that we bring her with us." It was her responsibility as a teacher to look after the girl, however her own students had been put through enough for one day and Baron felt that it was only right they headed off. "You two should head back to the academy and rest up, you have earned a decent break after that. Can I trust you pair on your own? Now, off you go."

The teacher watched the students carefully as she placed a good deal of trust in both of them. It wasn't often she did such a thing like that. "Oh! Could you find Mr Kurayamiat, if he's there, at the academy and please inform him of what has happened, as I could use someone of his expertise to deal with the girl when I get there."

A moment or two later she watched the girls leave, waving the pair off before Baron immediately returned to the side of the injured girl, before offering her a hand in an attempt to get the girl back onto her feet. It wouldn't be easy by the looks of things but Baron would prevail regardless. "Please try to get up? I will take you to the Survival Kit academy for treatment. If need be I will carry you there, but first you have to get up."

Adrianne watched as Kris struck the final blow on their enemy, the doppleganger. She sighed and sat down on the hard pavement. She wondered what they had to do now. She kept replaying the battle over and over in her head so she could scrounge every single little detail out of the situation and try to learn the most from the experience. She watched as Kris got attacked and figured out that that attack only seemed to work once, because the enemy also took considerable damage from the hit as well. She guessed it was some kind of give ad take spell, one that inflicted damage on the opponent but also inflicted damage on the user as well. The doppleganger probably knew about this, but used it to crush one of the opponents none the less. Adrianne made a note that if she came upon an enemy such as that one, she would make sure that if it used its power, then she would take it out by herself. She could do it, but she wasn't strong enough or confident enough yet. She couldn't actually kill something by herself until she got over her disliking of fighting. She heard Kris say something and then she heard something about Midora, one of the teachers.

She left immediately because there was a girl that needed medical attention and from what she could tell, Midora probably had some sort of healing ability. She rushed out of the area where their battle had ensued and sprinted in the direction she thought where the Academy was. Soon enough though, she got lost. She walked over to a nearby apothecary that sold some kind of medicinal herbs. She walked in and saw a lot of different plants and such. She saw an old lady sitting at what looked like a check-out register. "Hello ma'am. Can you direct me to the location of The Survival Kit Academy?" The old woman looked at her with her wrinkled face and grinned, she was missing a few teeth. "Only if you buy something." Adrianne sighed. "Fine then." She grabbed the closest plant, which looked something like a tulip. She carefully set the plant on the counter. "This one will do." She read the tag on the plant and put the money on the counter. "Now please tell me where the Survival Kit Academy is." The old woman counted the money slower than a turtle, which made Adrianne slightly irritated. The old woman looked up. "Very well. Walk in the opposite direction that you came in here from. Then make a left at the noodle seller on the corner a few streets down. Then just keep walking straight and you'll get there." She sighed. "Thank you. I'll be on my way now." She carried the plant out of the small shop and started walking in the direction of the school.

Just before she reached the corner where the noodle seller was, she heard someone call out to her. "Hey, are you lost? Where's your supervising teacher?" She turned around quickly and saw that it was one of the teachers from before. She smiled slightly. "Oh... My supervising teacher... She sent me to find a teacher named Midora. Do you happen to know where he is? There's a person that needs to be taken care of at the Academy."

When Midora asked, the girl turned her back and answered, yet Midora can feel a strong presence from someone else. Please don't tell me that is her. "Oh... My supervising teacher... She sent me to find a teacher named Midora. Do you happen to know where he is? There's a person that needs to be taken care of at the Academy."

Midora nodded, "I am Midora. Thanks for telling me, I'll be on my way. For now, please head back to the Academy and you should be able to find your room in the students' square. Curfew is almost here", Midora said to the girl and then walked to the direction of Ms. Weatherbee.

Suddenly, his phone was ringing, he grabbed it from his toga and answered. "Mikari?"

"Dora-chin, can you feel that too?", Mikari asked from the other side of the phone.

"Yeah, and I'm on my way", he then sighed, "I know that our feelings are often correct, but I really hope that this time it is wrong."

"I think so too. I haven't forgotten the feeling of a loser that day at her hand", Mikari said with a slightly angry voice, "just be careful, Dora-chin. If you need back up then call me and I'm with you."

"Thanks, but I can handle this. I will tell you if anything happened."

"Take care, Dora-chin", Mikari said and then turned off. Midora put away his phone and continued to make his way towards Ms. Weatherbee. He is ready for anything now. If anything else happened then again, it is him who'll stand up and fix them, as always. I feel like so many responsibilites are resting over my shoulder. He sighed. The people has began to cleared up after a long day and dusk is quickly approaching. All of the groups should be finished with the task by now. Better deal with this quickly.

After walking for a while, Midora could only feel that the presence is getting stronger and stronger, which means that he must be really close to her by now. And then, finally saw that Ms. Weatherbee was helping a girl with silver hair to walk back to the Academy. When seeing her, Midora couldn't be more surprise. He widen his eyes as memories from the past began to pouring back to him.

"Baron, stay away from that girl", Midora yelled as he called out black wind. They then formed into some sorts of black silk that flew towards the girl. They knocked Ms. Weatherbee to another side gently and wrapped around the girl's legs and arms and kept her floated on the ground. He teleported himself in front of the girl and looked into eyes her with a grip of anger in his eyes.

"So you're still alive? You pretty amazed me. Didn't I tell you never to follow me again? What are you up to this time?", Midora said coldly. He is pretty much trying his best not to lose his sanity right now.

“What? Who are you?”, the girl asked as if she doesn't know anything about Midora, which angered him even more. He looked right at her in the eyes. "Are you playing with me? What happened to the person who used to want to fight to the death with me? Now tell me what exactly are you going to do here right now or I'll end your miserable life right here", he said as a dark orb appeared on his hand.

Midora has never been so enraged like this in a long while, maybe it is because too many things are pouring back to his mind. But when he read the girl's look, he was surprised when he found out that there was no lie in her words. The girl seemed to have totally forgot about everything. Somehow, Midora snapped back to his mind, he looked at the orb on his arm and then turned to Ms. Weatherbee next to them and finally the girl who has fainted because of the trauma. Weird, did something happen to her? Right now Midora know he has to retain his bloodlust, he don't want to be the monster that he used to be anymore.

He swung his arm and everything tied the girl up was loosen and he caught the girl in his arm as she fainted. Even though Midora can't forgive her for what she's done to him in the past, but it doesn't look like she's going to cause any harm for now. He then turned to Ms. Weatherbee, "Sorry for the outrage earlier. Let just say that I know this girl and we don't have a very good history together", he said as he put his palm on the girl's chest, "I can heal her up a bit by chanelling some of my energy to her so that she wouldn't be too exhausted which might harm her life in a state like this, but I'm not a White Mage so I can't restore her. We need to take her to the nursery back in the Academy where she can be treated. Okay, here's goes."

Midora closed his eyes as a light appeared on his palm as streams of energy began to flowing throughout the girl's body. After he think he has channeled enough energy, he put her on his back and carry her. "Let's go", Midora said and they returned to the Academy. On their way, Midora was thinking about how the girl appeared and wondering why she doesn't remember anything. And he decided it'd be for the best to let her enroll in the Academy, as the girl probably don't have anywhere to stay.

When they've reached the entrance, Midora turned to Ms. Weatherbee, "Baron, if I remember than your group is still have an empty spot for a demon, right? So I think you should go and ask Iris to let this girl here to enroll and be put in your group. I will explain why later, but I have to carry her to the nursery first. Go now."

With that, Midora turned into a different path and went straight to the nursery. On his way, he came across with Akiko and Kou. "Oh, I was looking for you, Kou", he stopped and said to Kou, the girl is still resting on Midora's shoulder, though she's stirring a bit, "about 30 minutes later, come to the garden and meet me there, and don't eat anything before that, okay? See you later."

He then continued to walk through a couple of halls. A few moments later, he reached the nursery. He asked the doctor there to treat her and laid her down onto a bed. He swept a drop of sweat on his forehead. So many things have happened today and Midora was hoping that that is it for today.

"So, who is this girl?", the doctor asked while checking the girl, "I don't remember that she's in the new batch of students."

"Don't worry about that", Midora answered, "so, I channeled some of my energy to sustain her a bit earlier but it seems that she's wounded."

"Ah yes, it looks as if she was being chased by someone and got beaten up", the doctor diagnosed, "the wound is not too lethal so I should be able to heal her. Thanks, Mr. Kurayami, I will take care from here and when she woke up, I'll tell you."

"Thanks, doc", Midora replied and went back to his room. He still has a meeting with Kou coming up and he has to tell Mikari about this.

"What do you mean, the girl has traumatic amnesia?", Mikari asked through the phone.

"Yeah, that's what doctor said", Midora answered, "somethings must have been happened to her."

"And you decided to keep her there in the Academy? You realized that she can turned the whole school upside down, right?"

"I'm well-aware of that. However, in her state right now, I believe she will cause no problem. Plus, she's pretty much losing much of her strenght, so there are nothing to worry for now. Just leave it to me and I'll keep a good eye on her."

"I won't say that I'd agree with you, but I guessed there are no other choices", Mikari said, "hopefully she'll totally forget about her past. If she turned back into the person she used to be, I don't think even you will be able to stop her easily."

"I know, that's what I'm good at, after all. Well, if anything happens I'll remember to contact you."

"Yeah, have a good night, Dora-chin", Mikari said and turned off the call. He sighed and put down his phone. "Ting", the microwave made the sound. Midora then went to it and took out the two bento boxes. He opened them and checked and it seems that everything is ready. Looks nice. He then wrapped each of them with a wrapping cloth and carried them out of his room towards the garden, where Kou was waiting for him.

When he got there, he saw that she is meditating. He gently went to the rock which he usually sat and said to Kou. "Sorry for keep you waiting", he then gave her the bento box which he has enchanted, "here, I made this for you. I'm a mage, not a chef so my cooking is not the best in the world. But back in the Guild, I used to do the cooking and they often say that it was good. Well, help yourself."

He turned to his own bento box and unwrapped the cloth and opened the cover. It is still warm and the scent is nice, or at least to Midora is, "I don't really like the food in the cafeteria so I often do the cooking all by myself. I thought you'd be hungry so I've made another box for you. Also, I've put a regeneration spell into your food so it'll help you recover your strenght because I think you're power is still a bit unstable after what happened earlier", he said while using his chopsticks and pick up a sushi. Then they quietly eating their dinner for a few moments.

"Okay, and the reason I called you here is that I want to tell you more about your history, because I know you didn't remember much about your past, and how you come to this world", he paused a bit and continued, "well, actually you should ask a demon teacher like Zita or Ludovic but since you're in my group, I think I should tell you."

He put his chopsticks resting on his box, then turned to Kou, "Kou, you aren't just any ordinary demons. In fact, you're actually a high-class being, though I don't think there are a lot of people like you in this world. You're what they called 'heavenly fiend'."

He paused a bit to let Kou sink in every words he said, "To tell the truth, heavenly fiends are holy beings, not really demons, but because in this world, they're still being able to control by mages, so they classified them as demons and give them that name. They aren't beings that were born in this world, I believe that they come from another dimension. But when they reincarnated into this world, all of the memories from their past lives are lost, which explain why you think that you just simply come into this world. I was surprised when I found out that you're a heavenly fiend, since there aren't many of them left now."

He put asides his bento box, "Hachiman the God of War probably knows about your origin, but I think to keep you to do his bidding, he has kept this as a secret from you. But there's one thing that makes you dangerous and that is what happened earlier. When you entered that state, you'll completely lost your consciousness and you can destroy a whole civilization even if you never intended to. But luckily, you'll only enter that state when you've lost most of your energy. So from tomorrow, you should begin to learn to use your power at a considerate amounts and I'll be keeping an eye on you in case anything happens."

Midora leaned to his back a bit, and looked up into the starry sky, "I know how you feel, because I'm like you too. Because I'm a Dark Mage, I will also lose my sanity if I'm angered. Back then, I used to destroy my hometown because of that reason too. So don't worry anything if you think you're different, because there are people who can be even more destructive when they're enraged", he thought back to the girl Lizabelle, "well, you're one of the most well-behaved students I've ever had, if you have anything which you needed to ask, just find me and I will help you. However..."

He turned to Kou, "My job is to teach and help you students improve. So when I'm teaching, I will show no biases and I will treat everyone equally the same. Which means that if you make mistake, then I will just have to fix it. Got it? And one last thing, don't see this as a punishment or anything, when you've made it here then this will be your second home. Remember, no one can take away your freedom, unless you allowed them to."

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"Baron, stay away from that girl."

The mage-demon suddenly heard and saw Mr. Kurayami who appeared nearby, her fellow teacher calling forth some form of black substance that separated Baron from the girl she was trying to help. A little caught-off guard, the woman jumped a little in surprise as she watched the strange student remain above the ground. By the looks of it, Mr. Kurayami was somewhat angered by the girls presence. Did they have a connection?

"Sorry for the outrage earlier. Let just say that I know this girl and we don't have a very good history together," Mr. Kurayami began to explain, raising the mage-demons curiosity just a little. She continued to listen further as the man spoke. "We need to take her to the nursery back in the Academy where she can be treated. Okay, here's goes."

Baron watched quietly as the mage channeled some of his energy into the girl, before guiding the small group back to the Academy shortly afterwards. The journey wasn't long, and since they were in a hurry, it lasted even less. As soon as they arrived Baron turned to Mr. Kurayami.

"Baron, if I remember than your group is still have an empty spot for a demon, right? So I think you should go and ask Iris to let this girl here to enroll and be put in your group. I will explain why later, but I have to carry her to the nursery first. Go now." He said, to which Baron merely nodded and took her leave in the other direction.

Somewhat panicky, the mage-demon ran along the empty hallways and hurried to her destination. Just as Mr. Kurayami has instructed, Baron made her way to Iris's quarters and immediately knocked on her door. By now, the headmistress had returned just merely minutes before, and soon after, the red-haired woman answered.

"Oh Iris, I am so relieved you are in!" The small woman sighed with relief, evidently. "You s--"

"What's all the commotion? Ain't it a bit late to be out n' about?" The headmistress questioned, yawning and stretching as she did so, clearly showing her tiredness. "I hope this is good, Baron. I wanna sleep."

"You see Iris, I found a strange girl during my groups exercise. Mr. Kurayami assisted me in bring her to the Academy. I know nothing about her, though her attendance to the Academy could be beneficial. I was thinking..."

"A girl, huh? How is she?"

"She is very confused and in a bad way. Right now, she is in the nursery recovering."

Baron looked to the Headmistress curiously, awaiting her response. Leaning against the door-frame, Iris crossed her arms and thought for a few minutes, tapping a finger against her chin playfully. A few silent moments past until Iris spoke once more. "Doesn't seem like she's going anywhere right now, so I guess I can't object to letting her recover. For now, she can stay. And since you found and brought her here - she's under your supervision. Is that all? Great."

Closing the door, Iris gave the small woman a brief wave and smile before returning to her bedroom. In the meantime, Baron simply nodded and hurried off down the hallway to tend to something else.



A short time after, and once Baron was gone, Iris left the comforts of her bedroom once again and proceeded to make her way down towards the nursery, of which contained the supposedly strange girl. Indeed, she was intrigued. So much so she had to see the girl. Whether Mr. Kurayami was still there or not, she wasn't sure.

Once arriving at the room the headmistress quickly ducked inside and immediately her eyes fell onto the unfamiliar face of the girl. Who was she? Where did she come from? Iris didn't particularly care, at least not at that moment. All she knew was that this young girl was in her academy, and definitely in need of some care.

As she stood and leaned over the girl she asked, "What's your name, kid?" It was rather late, maybe the girl wanted to sleep rather than talk. Iris did. She'd likely head off soon, once she knew the girl's name. She'd settle for that.

"Thank you Midora-Sensai," Kou said, Midora can saw determination in her words, "I don't expect you to clean up my messes, my mistakes are my own."

"It's good that you can think that way," Midora said as he scratches the back of his neck, "though you should open your mind and try to enjoy this world a bit. Well, finish up your dinner."

With that, Midora finished up his bento box and then put the cover onto the empty box. After that, he put aside the box next to him. He then looked up into the sky, it has already passed twilight and the stars has already covered the night sky. The wind slowly blew through the grasses around them. Looks like it's time. Midora took out his bamboo flute.

He then turned to Kou, "If you read the introducing paper carefully, then it stated that it is the curfew around this time, and I was the one responsible to make sure students won't wandering around after it has pass curfew. Usually I sat here and play a tune with my flute to informed the teachers and the students that it is curfew time. I had enhanced my flute, it'll work as an amplifier so everyone around school should be able to hear it. Well, feel free to stay and listen."

Then, he closed his eyes and began to play a tune, the sound from his flute spreaded like a wave throughout the school, but it wasn't very loud. After he has finished playing, he took both of his bento boxes. "You should headed back to your room for now. We have a long day tomorrow. Good night."

Midora bowed and then turned his back and made his way to his room. He yawned. A good rest should help me recover my strenght. On his way, he saw that the students have made their ways back to the students' square. If there are anyone even dares to break curfew then he and the rest of the teachers should know. They have their own ways and none of the students ever expected that.

When he has made it to the teachers' square, he saw that Ms. Weatherbee is about to enter her room, which is next to his. "Hey Baron," Midora called and went to her, "can we talk a bit? It's about the girl Lizabelle."

Midora then leaned his back against the wall and wrapped his arm, "What a tiring day, if only they knew how much energy I have to waste today," he sighed, "anyway, I saw Iris went to the nursery earlier and I guess that she should agree. I will do the paperworks for her tomorrow, you just need to keep her in the line like everyone else and it should be okay."

He then looked up, "About my outrage earlier, well, it has a reason you see," he spoke calmly, "if you remember, then I used to be a part of the Dark Mages' Guild after my home village was destroyed. But that's not all. Before I came across with the Guild, I wandered aimlessly, until I found myself in a town. I don't really recall where it was, but because I haven't eaten anything for days, I fainted and a family there bring me to their home and care for me, I decided to stay with them and I was treated like their son. I stayed there for a few months and I got along quite well with their son who is also a Dark Mage, Mikari - the guy who owned the grocery shop near here that usually calls me Dora-chin, remember? I thought that my life will just be normal like that, until the day that girl came."

Midora paused a bit when he talk about the incident, although he doesn't want to remember it, it is better to speak it out rather than just keep it a secret, "She is the most dangerous and blood-thirsty demon I've ever met, she killed without any grief and she won't stop even if she is satisfied. I don't know exactly what her real name is though. If I remember correctly, she is one of a few demon that works under the bidding of the most evil and powerful mage ever existed. I've came across with many demons of all kind in my life, but I've never met anyone like her. Her hidden powers are not just extremely powerful, she is very clever and an expert in battle. And along with her bloodlust, no one ever dares to face her. And trust me, if S-rank is the highest in demon ranking, I would gave her an SS+"

He sighed, "She came to the town and began to wrecked havoc everywhere, killing every people in her sight within just seconds. It happened so fast, I could felt as if it was only seconds that the whole town was eliminated. Everyone in the town was killed except for me and Mikari and we have no other choice but to face her. Mikari is a strong mage, but he was still beaten by her and almost got killed if I wasn't jumped in fight with her. It was the biggest battle of my life. I have to struggled a lot but finally, I was able to beat her somehow. I've enchanted a distracting spell on her so that she won't be able to track me and Mikari down. We left and continued to wander until we came across with the Guild."

He touched his hair and paused a bit, then continued, "It has been so long and I thought I almost forgotten about that girl and I thought she will never find me. Until now. When seeing her, memories of horror returned and I thought I could have killed her. But when I looked in her eyes, I felt pity. The doctor said she now has traumatic amnesia, which is the reason why she's forgotten about everything, even her name. And it seems that she has also changed though. But if one day, her memories return and she became the person that she used to be, then trust me, she will turned this school upside down and she'll harm even the teachers. Even myself has to unseal like 90 percent of my inner power if I want to defeat her."

With that, he turned to Ms. Weatherbee, "I know this task is somewhat hard, especially for someone who haven't got much experience like you, but I hope that you can keep a close watch on her and see how she developed. I know that she can be changed and she will totally forget about that past, someday. It should be me to watch over her, but I still have a group to look after and I have duty to keep two other devastating beings under control, which is the Heavenly Fiend in my group and myself. And call me if anything happen, okay? Me and the others are always willing to help."

Midora straighthen himself up, "Okay, that's all I want to say, sorry for keep you standing and listen to me like that. We have a lot of work tomorrow so good night," he said, "and don't sleep in like usual, okay? I'll have to wake you up if you do." Midora waved goodnight to her and went to his room. He put off his boots and went to his bed, landed himself on it as he slowly fell into a deep slumber. Finally he is able to get his longing rest.

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"Hey Baron... can we talk a bit? It's about the girl Lizabelle."

As she was about to enter her room and settle for the night Baron suddenly heard a voice, pausing and turning to face the bearer of the source, she quickly recognized Midora. She gave a nod in response.

The mage-demon listened carefully to what the older mage had to say, offering a few nods and tilts of her head in agreement. "Of course, I'll do all I can to keep her in line... I don't imagine it should be a problem." She said softly, though somewhat curious to what the male was getting at. It wasn't until Midora continued on with his story, and the reasons behind his outrage towards the girl, that Baron started to get clued in gradually.

"I would never have guessed she was that sort of demon, I am rather surprised by this, truly. A young girl such as her, a murderous demon?" Baron blinked, feeling somewhat shocked by the news, though part of her wasn't entirely as fearful as the rest of her. "I will make sure to keep a close eye on her, both as her teacher and as a demon myself, I can ensure that should any trouble arise I will make sure to let you know as soon as possible."

For the next few minutes Baron seemingly spaced out somewhat, her thoughts pondering over the mysterious girl and the ever-more mysterious past that she bared. Lizabelle truly did not seem like the demon Midora described, though Baron couldn't be certain that she wasn't entirely harmless either.

"...and don't sleep in like usual, okay? I'll have to wake you up if you do."

Snapping out of her thoughts, Baron looked to Midora and merely nodded once more. "Oh, of course. I will try my best. Goodnight." She sheepishly answered and looked away, sensing the older mage heading off to his room at that moment, to which Baron also retreated to her chambers and settled for the night.



"...I have assumed the name ‘Lizabelle’ in honor of the only non-painful memory I have..."

Iris raised a curious brow in response to the unusual answer she received. Really, she didn't know how to handle what the girl said, or what exactly it meant. With a heavy sigh the woman looked to the girl silently, thinking as she did so.

"I…I’m sure you don’t want me here any longer than I need to be…I’ll leave in the morning if you would allow me to stay the night and gather my strength…" The girl continued, and soon Iris was ready to respond.

"Don't worry kid, you can settle here for as long as you need," She assured the girl with a complimenting smile, hoping the child wouldn't worry as much. "I ain't gonna throw you out, it wouldn't be very headmistress-y of myself to do so. Now, Lizabelle, you just rest and take it easy. Tomorrow we'll see about getting you properly settled."

With that said, Iris could sense the girls tiredness, along with her own, and decided to call it a night for now. Anything further could be dealt with tomorrow, that was the best course of action. Offering a brief wave, the woman took her leave at that moment and left the girl alone to rest, as she made her way out of the room and continued on her way back to her quarters.