The next day Azazel moved us from the church. Apparently it was still used as a base by the exorcists, but we were able to temporarily rest there by Michael's permission. Where we got his permission from, I had no idea. Still, we were shown to our new house and I had to admit, Azazel has been quite generous. It was a luxurious mansion, though way different than other japanese houses. Instead of being a V-roofed bunglow like the rest of our neighborhood, we were given a flat roofed, multi-floored mansion.
White in colour, the mansion stood almost 20 meters high, shining like the dwellings of God. The rooms had overly high ceilings, with the lightest lemon coloured walls, almost to the point of white. Surprisingly, the light colour actually felt quite comfortable, almost appearing warm to my eyes. The floor was completely covered with cream coloured smooth glassy tiles in all the 7 base rooms, bathrooms, and toilets (for human guests, not us). The stairs to the upper floor was from the deepest room, it's steps had the same creamy tiles as it took us to the second floor.
Honestly, my attempt to memorize the house was burnt out on the first floor, so when I saw a small swimming pool in the terrace of the third floor, I immediately ignored the house in favour of losing my clothes and diving in. The cool water caressed my body as I looked down at the city in awe. The kuoh city itself wasn't as developed as some of the bigger cities that I'd visited in my previous life. But then again, comparing 2020s Tokyo to 1999s kuoh wasn't fair. The scene was still Incredible though and that's what matters.
In the end, mother accepted the house after seeing me enjoy myself.
The next few days passed with Gabriel and me doing mundane things; plotting the rooms, planning what things to create and which room we'll sleep in, and just generally relaxing and enjoying our life for the first time. Oh and yes, I said we. She didn't understand the reason why we should have seperate rooms, or seperate beds for that matter, and started to get anxious when I pushed the matter. Apparently wanting different rooms equate to me not liking her company anymore. Go figure.
In the end I dropped the subject. Considering in less than 20 months we were going to be separated for the next 8 years, spending as much time together as we can was a good idea.
Next topic was, of course, school.
To be honest I wasn't really against school. It was quite a nostalgic topic and I'd actually love to attend it, though just to show off my adult level knowledge and impress everyone instead of really learning something. It was unfortunate that my life was too fucked up to do normal things like this without worries. In less than two years I'd be leaving behind this life and diving into the unknown. shouldn't I prepare for that instead of being vain?
But perhaps I can do both... yeah, why the hell not. Let's enjoy life as long as I can. Who knows what the Greeks will pull me into.
[Stat Increased: Wis]– 1
...what. I can actually gain stats like this!? I never knew. This had some exciting prospects.
In the meantime, I started on my self given task of figuring out the system. And as soon as I started, dozens of ideas which I'd never considered before, overtook my mind. I then proceeded to try them all out, clicking and prodded at every stat, every title, basically every nook and cranny. And thus I finally found the greatest info sheet of this world. The tier sheet.
Tier 1 (Mortal)— (Lvl 99) [Max]
Tier 2 (Superhuman)— (Lvl 199) [Max]
Tier 3 (Inhuman)— (Lvl 299) [Max]
Tier 4 (Demigod)— (Lvl 399) [Max
Tier 5 (Peak Demigod)— (Lvl 499) [Max]
Tier 6 (Divine)— (Lvl 599) [Max]
Tier 7 (Minor God)— (Lvl 699) [Max]
Tier 8 (True God)— (Lvl 799) [Max]
Tier 9 (Elder God)— (Lvl 899) [Max]
Tier 10 (Supreme God)— (Lvl 999) [Max]
Ascendant Tier (Elder Primordial)— (Lvl 1000–?)
This was so cool. I finally knew where exactly me and my mother stood in this world. One thing was clear though, my mother wasn't anywhere near the peak of this world, and I had a long looong way to go to even reach her level. Though the fact that I wasn't at demigod tier yet pricked me.
I know I know, I was probably the only being who could increase tiers naturally without any help. I simply needed to reach level 300 to become demigod tier, and I'd already be above them in levels. But still, it rankled that I was born from the union of an archangel and a god, and was weaker than a demigod. Demigod...how powerful were demigods compared to devils though?
An idea clicked in my head, and I tried to see if there was a tier list for other species. Luckily I was on the mark and gained access to another tier list.
Tier 2 (Low-Class Devil)— (Lvl 199) [Max]
Tier 3 (Mid-Class Devil)— (Lvl 299) [Max]
Tier 4 (High-Class Devil)— (Lvl 399) [Max]
Tier 5 (Ultimate-Class Devil)— (Lvl 499) [Max]
Tier 6 (Peak Ultimate-Class)— (Lvl 599) [Max]
Tier 7 (Satan-Class Devil)— (Lvl 699) [Max]
Tier 8 (Super-Class Devil)— (Lvl 799) [Max]
Tier 9 (Peak Super-Class)— (Lvl 899) [Max]
So around high-class devils. But peak demigods, which probably meant the demigods from big three, were ultimate-class level.
And right now I was at the tier and level of an adult mid-class devil, while mother was at the peak of Satan-class. But why were there only 9 tiers? Did the devils not have anyone on the level of supreme gods? Let alone any ascended being. Hmm, interesting.
I swiped for a different tier list, and my eyes were greeted by the angel tiers.
Tier 2 (Two-Winged Angel)— (Lvl 199) [Max]
Tier 3 (Four-Winged Angel)— (Lvl 299) [Max]
Tier 4 (Six-Winged Angel)— (Lvl 399) [Max]
Tier 5 (Eight-Winged Angel)— (Lvl 499) [Max]
Tier 6 (Ten-Winged Angel)— (Lvl 599) [Max]
Tier 7 (Twelve-Winged Angel)— (Lvl 699) [Max]
Oh, damn. The angels were...weak. I didn't want to say it, but they looked weak. If what my mother said was true, and it has to be considering she was a seraph herself, then angels had just a couple of satan-class beings. Why were the devils not ruling the entire Christian pantheon, again? It didn't make sense. Devils had beings on the level of elder gods, while angels didn't even have anyone on true God level. And without Gabriel, they were probably the weakest faction right now...or maybe the fallen's were. I don't know, politics never interested me.
What interested me though, was the fact that I was around 4-winged angels level. But of course, I only had two wings, so I was keeping above angels. When I finally unlocked all of my 6 pair of wings, I'd probably be around true God tier.
Damn, just thinking about the future excited me so much.
I swiped the tier list again, looking for any other races. Did any other race have beings on the level of supreme gods?
I was presented with the dragon tier list.
Tier 3 (Low-class Dragon )— (Lvl 299) [Max]
Tier 5 (High-Class Dragon)— (Lvl 499) [Max]
Tier 7 (King-Class Dragon)— (Lvl 699) [Max]
Tier 9 (Emperor-Clas Dragon)— (Lvl 899) [Max]
Ascendant Tier (Dragon God)— (Lvl 1000)
Nope. It seems gods were the peak of this world. Sure the dragons seem to have their own ascended beings, but I was willing to bet they were like Tartarus and Gaia, and kept to their own realms instead of bothering this world. So the gods were definitely at the peak of this world.
Next I also looked around for a tier multiplier which will show me the difference in physical stats according to tiers. Unfortunately, this time my search was a failure. It seems there was no such thing in my system. Guess I'll have to create a tier list myself.
As I mulled the idea in my mind, it started to look a more and more attractive prospect by the second. I could measure physical strength and speed of different beings of this world. For tier 1, I could use any normal human. For tier 2, I'll have to find a low-class stray devil. For teir 3, I was available myself.
Yes...yes, I can definitely do this.
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June 1 was the first day of my school. I was admitted to first class as a transfer student, which wasn't weird at all. The Japanese school year goes on for a full 365 days panel, starting in April and ending at the end of March. While their summer vacation was just little more than a single month from July 21st to August 31st.
Japanese were definitely stingy in terms of holidays when compared to Americans.
Gabriel held my hand as we walked through the dusty roads of kuoh, passing stalls and small shops around the neighborhood. The school I will be attending was actually an academy with multiple levels. The kuoh academy was divided in primary, secondary/middle school, high school and College division, following an escalator type education institute, instead of being focused on a single age group. Apparently the academy used to be all girls school but the new devil in town, Cleria Belial, changed it for her own need.
As we came at the academy's gate, my mother knelt down beside me with an assuring smile on her face. "Now, Mikael. I know you are not excited about the school, but please try to make friends alright? I will pick you up in the afternoon, and then we will resume our training. Do this for me and I promise we'll go eat outside tonight."
"Okay!"
And with a last hug and peck to the cheek, I left my mother and made my way inside.
Hopefully it won't be as boring as I feared it will be.
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News flash, it wasn't. My day was not boring, not one bit.
After introducing myself to a bunch of 6 years old, I took my place at the back of the class. The academy hadn't recruited any male teachers, so all our teachers were females. And most of them were young and fair. And every single one of them, without exception, were absolutely charmed by my presence. And thus I spent the rest of my day preening under the cooing attention of beautiful teachers who tried to act professional but failed miserably at a single smile.
Due to spending the last 6 years in wilderness, I'd forgotten just how astonishingly cute and pretty I was. As the son of Zeus and Gabriel, my looks were above any mortal could hope to have. As a 6 years old, that meant I looked like a baby angel. The cutest, most perfect, baby angel.
By the end of the day, I'd recieved multiple offers by teachers to share their lunch and quite a few jealous boys breaking their non-existent friendship with me. Though I did manage to get myself a minion. A dumb little thing called Issei Hyoudou, who was actually one of the first ones to try and boycott me. Poor thing was miserable for the rest of the day when his best and only friend, Irina Shidou, decided to stick by me.
Though I'd managed to successfully reprogram his brain into liking me after just a couple of periods. Irina on the other hand, was a bubbly excitable girl who I hung around with because her father was an exorcist. Though it could also be because it was just too amusing to watch her lead Issei around, with or without his permission.
When the day ended, I found my mother patiently waiting for me outside the gate. She didn't care about the afternoon sun as she stood quietly, with no hints of irritation on her face. Just anticipation to see me again. With luscious golden hair flowing down her shoulders, a delicate beautiful face glancing at the entrance of the academy, and a loose white dress trying to hide her gorgeous body but failing badly, my mother looked like a goddess who came to grace the world with her presence.
Unfortunately she'd also managed to attract quite a bit of attention from the males. One particularly shameless bastard was lecherously drinking in her appreance while stroking his boner as he stood under the shade of a tree, away from everyone's eyes. The sight sent such an unnatural bout of rage inside me that I acted without thinking too much. I made sure to be out of my mother's sight and made my way behind the fat bastard. I was half the man's height so I struck where I could reach. I barely remembered my own strength in the last moment but my knee still slammed upon his balls with full power.
The man didn't make a noise as he went down. One moment he was stroking his dick, the next moment he had crumbled upon the floor, white froth escaping his mouth as his eyes rolled back in his head. A few seconds later he stilled completely.
My heart pounded in my chest as I wondered if I'd killed him. It all happened so fast that I felt a kind of surreality in my surrounding. As if in a dream, I shakily walked back where I came from and approached my mother.
One look at me and my mother was on her knees, wide eyed concern overtaking her face as her hands quickly grasped me in her arms. "Mikael, what happened? Did the teachers say something? Did you dislike the school? It's alright love, you don't have to go if you don't—"
My worries for the man's life were washed away in a second as I saw my panicking mother. I threw myself at her, hugging her tightly. "Don't worry mum, today was amazing. I just missed you a lot."
"Oh, dear." She wrapped her own arms around me softly. "I missed you too, love."
What does the life of a random horny bastard matter? None. I'd kill thousands of them if they even think of my mother in any way save for atmost respect.
They didn't matter. Not in front of her.
Should my mother wish it, I will bring down the world on its knees for her.
Nothing truly mattered but her.