[3rd POV]
After the lengthy and somewhat interesting talk with the leader of Grigori, Morgan returned back to her planning for the eventual appearance of Kokabiel, and the training that would come with it. The training continued for a few days, while she was traveling about the city trying to figure out where they were hiding out.
She wanted to find them before they could even attack, so she could get the jump on them. But that was proving...difficult, with the careful planning that they had been under in order for Morgan to note find them. Even with some of her more...complicated tracking spells, she had yet to find them, meaning that they were likely being cloaked by something stronger than her.
And she suspected that the Khaos Brigade was behind that specific piece of information. Which was...concerning, as if Rizevim himself got involved, this would become a lot more dangerous, and a lot more difficult. She could realistically fight him if she went all out, but the damage that that would cause would be catastrophic to the surroundings, and could potentially destroy all of Japan.
She'd rather not do that.
So instead, she decided to reinforce the surroundings of Kuoh Academy, layering it with new wards that were meant for offensive means rather than defensive, in order to stop the attacks and cause more damage to them while she herself was busy battling whatever the invading force might be.
The wards around the academy were all ancient and incredibly powerful, most of them being unknown to the world nowadays, and originating from various different supernatural "worlds". Add in the amount of power that she was infusing into it, and you get quite the powerful wards that were protecting the place.
She would be keeping a close eye on these wards, as they would monitor the surroundings so that they would instantly know if there was anyone that wasn't the two groups of devils on the grounds. Especially in the case of fallen angels and humans that were utilizing light weapons.
At the moment she was sipping on her tea, looking over the recent contracts she had completed. She had been getting back into doing them as of recently in order to get some extra power. And had gained a decent bit from it, but not enough to her own standards.
It was because of this that she had decided to recruit a couple of new peerage members, looking over the list of names, she had a small smile on her face, pleased with the fact that she had found them. Each of them had abilities of note, and each of them would be excellent additions to her peerage.
First was Meredith Ordinton, a bastard child of the British family. She was born from a prince of the family and a commoner lover, and because of that she was heavily looked down upon. But, she was also the user of one of the holy relics, the nails that had pinned Jesus to the cross. The new generation Longinus class sacred gear known as Alphecca Tyrant, the actual one.
She was also an ex member of the Golden Dawn, making her an incredibly skilled magician that was especially good at sealing magic and security system magic. She would be a perfect addition in order to improve upon her wards and even learn some new ones.
Her sacred gear was an interesting one, as it would allow for the brainwashing of humans and only humans, through keywords and such. But it was its second ability that really caught Morgan's eye, and that was the ability to rewrite the concepts of those who were struck by the nail made of holy aura. It could even affect other sacred gear users and even Longinus users.
Basically, it was an incredibly powerful sacred gear that would be best in her peerage, especially with the knowledge that she'd be able to spread to the woman in question.
Morgan planned on making her a bishop using the pieces she had gotten from Rainel Phenex.
Then there was the man known simply as "Shooting Star" he was an...interesting man, who liked to dress up as a cowboy, making him quite the...character. he was also the user of the new generation Longinus class sacred gear, Star Buster Star Blaster. It was a sacred gear that was a split into two parts, one was a blade that could cut through just about anything, and quite literally made the air shake.
The rifle half could launch massive blasts of energy that was similar in power to that of a Satan class being, and that was a single blast of the rifle. Making it an incredibly strong weapon, and a welcome addition to her peerage. Recruiting him would also be easy, as he...liked the spotlight, but was also a good person.
She planned on making him a pawn.
The final of the three targets for recruitment was a man named "Magnus Rose" he was...a particularly interesting man, as he was intricately connected with the US government, being a member of the CIA. This meant that recruiting him would be...a bit more difficult than normal, as most of her other peerage members were completely separate from anything binding, making them quite a bit easier to bring into her peerage.
But Magnus was actively connected to a huge organization, and she didn't even know how loyal he actually was to said organization. This would mean that it would be...complicated to bring him in, but she was confident either way.
Magnus was an important person to recruit as he had the last of the major new gen Longinus class sacred gears, Unknown Dictator.
It granted him the ability to manipulate and control iron and electronic devices. And while this did not sound strong, iron was present in...a lot of things, including blood (albeit very small amounts of it, making it harder to manipulate, much harder.
The sacred gear didn't sound that strong, but it was immensely important for the future. Technology was only going to continue to grow, continue to improve, and continue to become more and more dangerous. And with this sacred gear in her peerage, she would be able to control that technology, to keep her peerage safe from any sort of technology that could potentially track them.
Recruiting him would be a chore, but she was confident in doing it, and she would do it just as she did with everyone else. Utilizing her charm and playing to her strengths, basically bribing the man into joining.
But that would come later, as for now, she was going to take a short trip over to Kyoto, it had been a little while since she last saw Yasaka, and she felt bad for little Kunou who was probably going to give her that big pouty face she always made.
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Teleporting off into Kyoto, Morgan reappeared in front of Yasaka's palace a few moments later, walking through its halls, she gave a nod to the guards she was walking past. All of the guards knew exactly who she was, as she had been there often and was well known.
After turning a few more corners, she stopped in front of the door to Yasaka's living room where she was currently at. She took the weekends off for the most part, and it was Saturday at the moment.
Walking into the living room, she let out a chuckle upon seeing Yasaka sprawled out alongside Kunou, both of them dressed up in pajamas.
"Seems I missed a late night, huh? You two have a sleepover?" Morgan asked, as upon hearing her voice, Kunou shot up looking at her with bright eyes.
"Morgan! Where have you been? You told me that you'd be back in a week and it's been almost a month!" Kunou said with a big pout, causing Morgan to sigh.
"Sorry about that kit, I've been busy. Being a lord of a clan in the Underworld is...difficult and time consuming. But, once I deal with the newest...problem I am having, you'll be seeing me every couple of days" Morgan said in response, rubbing the kids head as she still pouted, but leaned into the warmth of the touch.
"And is that a promise?" Yasaka asked, as she gave Morgan a small glare, angry that she hadn't been there in quite some time.
"Yes, love, it is a promise" Morgan replied with a smile, leaning down and pressing a kiss against Yasaka's lips. Kunou let out a grossed sound while Yasaka just let out a pleased sigh, leaning back into the lips of the woman she loves, ignoring her daughter who looked away in embarrassment.
Leaning back out of the kiss, Morgan let out a laugh at Kunou's reaction "We're finished now kid, you can look" Morgan said, looking at the kit who glared at them.
"That was gross, don't do it again" Kunou said, giving them a pointed look as they both just laughed at her reaction.
"No promises, I love your mother a bit too much for that" Morgan said as Yasaka let out a giggle at her daughter's huff, as Morgan moved and sat down next to her.
"Oh? One Piece huh, interesting choice" Morgan said.
She had been in the process of producing several manga from her world, being produced by a company that was based out of the real world and not the Underworld. She had used clones in order to do this process, and was making a shit load of money off of it at the moment, literally millions at this point.
At this point she was likely the richest person in the underworld, with only Zekram Bael being richer than her, and even that was...questionable.
Eventually, once she dealt with the Khaos Brigade and all the problems that came with it, she would use that money to improve the lives of humans, maybe create a few companies, cure cancer, and other important stuff. She had the money after all, and it was just sorta sitting there at this point, so no point not utilizing it for something.
"Yeah it's super cool! And Luffy is really funny" Kunou said with a grin, having been enjoying the show over the past few days. So far she had only released a little over 75 episodes for the show and around double the chapters, she planned on releasing all the movies and stuff too, but down the road.
"Well I'm glad you like it, I tried really hard to make it good" Morgan replied, as they both stopped and turned to her.
"Wait...you made One Piece?" Yasaka asked, a little surprised.
"Mmhmm. I found out how to create clones a while ago and have made a few covers in the human world, one of which is the person that is making One Piece and all those other anime and manga that have been blowing up in the past few months" Morgan responded, a bit proud of the reaction it was causing as they looked at her with surprise and awe.
"Awesome! Can we see future episodes early?" Kunou asked as Morgan chuckled.
"Sure, I'll talk with a friend of mine that will get you guys the future episodes, I've got up to episode 200 written and made to be released, so I'm sure you'll be enjoying those far ahead of anyone else" Morgan said, inwardly having one of her clones prepare that.
"Yay!" Kunou exclaimed simply as she looked over to Yasaka who tried her best not to show how happy she was. The woman was...addicted to the shows that Morgan had been making, One Piece, Bleach, Black Clover, Naruto, pretty much every single one of them was blowing up and every one of them was being binge watched by Yasaka whenever she could.
Who knew the Nine Tailed Fox would be an otaku like Rias.
Looking back at the tv, she found that they were only not the tenth episode of the series, but were already invested into the show. Seeing as she had nothing else to do, Morgan leaned back into the couch, wrapping her right arm around Yasaka's shoulder as she leaned into her warmth, Kunou walking over and plopping down on her other side.
"Time to watch some more!" Kunou said as she started the show back up, all the while, Morgan had one thought on her mind.
'...I love my life'
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That's the end of the chapter!
Not sure how good this chapter was, as I am...tired AF right now, and writing this chapter was...not the easiest. This fanfic in general is harder to write than the others due to each chapter being 2000 words and being a bit more complex with the planning I am having.
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