"So me and Ba aren't gonna get a Stella star for helping to stop the bad guys?" Anya asked Loid, who was brushing his teeth.

"That's right. We have to keep the whole thing a secret for the sake of East-West relations." Loid informed, "you're not going to say a word about it at school, right? The police could take you away forever if you do!"

Anya looked at Bond, "after all we did to save the world..."

"Worf?" Bond was confused.

"Anya, it's almost time." Yor held up her uniform, "can you get Y/n for me?"

"Sure, ma!" Anya rushed to Y/n's room, who was seen upgrading his translator in his room. "Ba! School remember."

"————." Y/n tried to speak but it appeared to be in a digital language. Anya held her ears before Y/n attached the translator. "Sorry, Anya. I'll be there soon."

"Ba, you're kinda weird." Anya pointed and stated bluntly.

Y/n felt an arrow go through his heart, "yeah..I know..."
——-
"Dude?! What happened?!" William shouted, looking at Y/n.

"I'm not sure what you mean." Y/n had bandages around his neck.

"You're all wounded! What's going on?!" William pulled his face. "Did you get hit by a car?! ...did you hit a car?"

"I wish." Y/n sightly touched his neck, "I...fell down the stairs, it's fine."

"'Fine' isn't absolutely." Sora suddenly said as she looked down at Y/n.

William flinched, "crap, it's the rule keeper!"

"What with that lame title?!" Sora briefly lost her cool. But her mindflashes back...

"What?" Sora asked.

Sylvia folded her arms in her chair, "you heard me. Your classmate, Y/n Forger, was almost murdered by the Germada."

"He got caught in the terrorists attack?" Sora questioned with a worried look.

"Not quite. The whole Forger seemed appeared to be caught in the conflict." Sylvia explained, placing a file on the table. "But, it seemed like they were looking specifically for him."

"Purple eyes, similar technology?" Sora read through the description, "mom-Ma'am, you can't possibly believe that these two are connected..."

"Why can't I? Fate has an odd way of revealing what's hidden. Usually the truth is closer than we expect," Sylvia slightly glared at her daughter, "and even when it's aiming the barrel at our heads point blank, we may decide to take the bullet to ignore the truth. What will you decide?"

"I...." Sora rubs her arm, "your injures seem pretty serious. Are you sure you're okay?"

Y/n and William were taken off guard by the friendliness. "Uh...yeah, it doesn't hurt any.... That much anymore... but, thanks for asking."

Sora nodded, "no problem." she then traveled to her seat.

William hummed with his feet on the desk, "I wonder what that's about. Maybe she's not as bad as I remember."

"Yeah..." Y/n held his neck, though he looked at his watch, "I should probably figure out where my ancestor is. No doubt the Germada's gonna be looking for them."

"But where would I look?"
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Y/n and Anya are seen entering home, "papa! Mama! We're home!"

"Worf!" Bond leaped at Anya and licked her all over.

"Help meeee!! He's gonna eat me!" Anya wined.

"Aww...look how happy he is to see you!" Yor said as Y/n rubbed Bond's stomach, "welcome home, Y/n."

"Thanks, he seems to have a lot of energy though." Y/n picked up the huge dog with ease and hugs him.

"Maybe we should take him for a walk?" Loid suggested with a smile.

"Walkies!" Anaya nodded.

"There's that dog park near the library!" Yor added and soon...

"Papa! I wanna hold the doggy string!" Anya pouted as the family walked down the street.

"Not until you're older." Loid strictly stated.

"He'd end up walking you." Y/n added, as he stuffed his hands in his pockets.

"Even a well trained dog needs consistent discipline. You've got a lot to learn too, you know. How to feed him, praise him, scold him, all sorts of thing." Loid informed, "remember, you have a responsibility to care for this creature for its whole life."

"Okay!"

"Have you picked a name yet?" Y/n asked.

Anya shook her head, "I'm really, really bad at this."

"A simple name that's easy to call and easy for the dog to discern would be best. I've heard dogs prefer plosives and other hard constant sounds to softer, sibilant consonants, so you might want to factor that into your decision." Loid rapidly spoke.

"This is so hard!" Anya pouted.

"Or, how about looking how he acts? That may give you an idea." Y/n scratched his head as they entered the park.

"Wheeee!!!" Anya rushed around excited, but the dog didn't move. Anya panicked, "DOGGY, YOU BE EXCITED TOO! It's not called an Anya Park, you know!"

Anya noticed a human and their dog playing detach, "look, doggy! Let's do that!" Anya threw her shoe, but the doggy didn't get it. And so, Anya hopped to get it. "It's because you don't have a name, isn't it?"

"?" The dog was confused, but Anya went around asking people their secrets to name a dog.

"Stay where we can see you, Anya!" Yor shouted before she giggled, "hehe! Anya seems to be enjoying herself."

"I'm glad she's happy." Y/n simply said.

"You have to a responsibility to care for this creature for its whole life... who
Am I to talk? When my mission is over, this so called Forger Family will be over too. The agency will do all that they can for these three, but of course, but I'll never see them again." Loud thought to himself, "after that crisis we had, which resulted in Y/n being critically wounded, or couldn't be more clear..that the 'peace' between East and West is merely the thinnest of verges. We need to bring this Cold War to an end, and soon. That's the best possible future for every one. Anya, it's time to head home! And when we get back, it's study time."

Y/n and Anya both felt a bit of fear. Anya patted herself, "huh? My gloves are gone!"

"Did you drop them somewhere?" Yor asked as the gang looked for them.

The dog picked up the trail, only for a dog to have it in its mouth. Anya reached for them, "those are my gloves, give those back!"

"GRAAAWR!" The dog roared at Anya.

"BWAAAAAAH!" Anya cried. Which lead Anya's dog to stand menacingly over the other. The gloves were secured and given back, "thank you, doggy."

"Princess Honey! I have recovered the stomach warmer that the League of Evil so cruelly stood from you." Bondman stated.

"Oh, thank you, Bondman! That was a gift from my late mother, and I treasure it so!"

Anya smiled, "you're just like Bondman. You even have gloves like his!...papa! Ba! I've picked out a name for our doggy!"
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Back home, Anya put a bow on the dog. "I present to you... our dog, Bond!"

"'Bond' from 'Bondman'?" Loid smiled.

Bond licked Anya's face, "Worf!!"

"Hey that tickles!"

"I think we have a winner," Y/n smirked as he held his hip.

"And that collar is too cute." Yor added.

"Okay, Bond, it's time to watch cartoons." Anya and Bomd started to watch some Tv.

"Hey, I said it's study time! You and Y/n better be ready by the time out outta the bath!" Loid glared.

"But I'm already doing it!" Y/n complained as he almost broke his pencil, "I'm still having trouble regulating my strength."

"Hmmm..." soon time passed, Yor finished washing dishes and looked at the newly washed Loid. "Loid, Loid! C'mere!"

Loid noticed Yor hiding around a corner, "what is it?"

———-
"Yor sure has been coming home late these past few days." Loid thinks to himself, reading a book.

"When are we gonna eat?" Anya asked while sitting on the floor.

"Like I said five seconds ago, when Mom gets home." Y/n bluntly stated as he laid on the couch.

"Considering the nature of our relationship, I'm in no position to pry, but it is getting a little concerning..." Loid admits.

Anya shook Bond, "do the future thing, Bond. Show me tonight's dinner!"

"Leave the dog alone, Sparkplug." Y/n demanded.

Just then, the door opened...

Anya smiled, "welcome home, Mama!"

"Thank you, Anya." Yor smiled.

"Everything okay?" Y/n worryingly asked.

Yor patted his head, "everything's fine."

"Hello, Yor. Shall we have dinner?" Loid got up and walked to her.

"No, I'm not hungry. You three go ahead and eat. Excuse me." Yor trotted away.

"Oh...all right." Loid slowly said, "what is going on with you, Yor?"

Bond's ears perked upwards, and Anya read his mind...only to see a picture of Yor crying, "mama's gonna cry? But why?"

Yor is seen looking at her hands after slamming the door shut, "if I fail at this...it could cost me my family."

The next day, people at Yor's job are saying goodbye. Millie looks at Camilla, "hey, Camilla, you wanna get a drink?"

"Mm...Not tonight." Camilla says as Yor packs up. At night, Yor is seen leaving a building with a dreaded face.

Camilla glared, "YOU SQUASHED THE TOMATOES, YOR! IT'S LEAKING ALL OVER! WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?"

"Oh no!" Yor looked at the bag.

Camilla's boyfriend smiled at the two's interaction, "getting back on that hourse, Yor? Good for you."

Camilla glared at her lover, "REMEMBER, THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT! IF YOU HADN'T OPENED YOUR BIG MOUTH."
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Three days earlier.

"What? You want to learn how to cook?" her co workers asked.'

"I need to! My husband spent an entire day on the toilet because of a breakfast I made! And when our kids needed him most..." Yor sadly pouts.

"Yeesh. That's bad." Millie stated.

"This could cost me my marriage! (which would endanger my real job!) is there anything any of you could do to help." Yor pleaded.

"Not me." Sharon turned away, "we hired a maid to do all our cooking."

"I can teach you how to use can opener!" Millie said as if that was an achievement.

"Just take a class." Camilla turned to the door.

But her boyfriend...fiancé? Walked in. "Hey, what are we talking about?...oh! You know who is a great cool? This lady right here!"

Camilla looked in shock, "YOU DID NOT JUST SAY THAT!"

Yor bowed, "please, Camilla...it would mean so much to me."

"NO WAY! WHY WOULD I-"

"Go on, teach her how to cook!" the lover responded, "we can all meet up at your place."

"WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU??!"
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Yor tied her hair in a ponytail and put on an apron. "Thank you for agreeing to do another lesson today, Camilla!"

Camilla held her head, "this is a living hell."

"Don't be like that." Her lover smiled.

Camilla got in his face with rage, "I SURE HOPE YOU LIKE POISON TESTING DUTY, BECAUSE YOU'RE ON IT AGAIN! IT'S THE LEAST YOU COULD DO!"

"Actually, I invited someone over to help with that!" the door bell rang.

And Yuri let himself in, "Yor! My beloved sister!!"

"Yuri!?" Yor panicked.

"I wasn't about to miss a chance to eat your home cooking again!" Yuri gave an innocent smile.

"That's Yor's little brother?" Camilla asked, "he seemed so different in the photos."

Yuri shook Camilla's hands fast, "thanks for having me over, Camilla. And for all you've done for my sister."

"Sigh..." Camilla turned away.

"So what's the occasion? We having a party?" Yuri looked at all the ingredients. "Huh? It's a cooking class?"

"Don't say a word of this to Loid! I'm trying to improve in secret." Yor demanded.

Camilla threw up a bit in her mouth, "HOW DID YOU MANAGE TO MESS UP SO BADLY?! DID YOU NOT FOLLOW ANY OF MY DIRECTIONS!?"

"I'm so sorry!" Yor panicked.

"Can I have seconds, Yor?" Yuri asked.

"Okay, so...clearly you're not ready for Minestrone. Let's try something easier." Camilla suggested, "like...meatballs?"

"That sounds good!" Yor smiled.

But there was bones, fish tails and such sticking out of the meatball. Yuri immediately started to eat it and puked as well, "Mm! Amazing!! It's so good that I'm breaking out in a cold sweat! Whoa, with each bite, more childhood memories flash before my eyes! Huh? Mom, is that you beckoning me into the light...?"

"STOP! YURI, PUT DOWN THE FORK!" Camilla's lover shouted.

"That's right...Yor lost her parents and raised her brother herself... plus she also has a son..." Camilla thought to herself, "having to eat this trash everyday must have warped your palates..."

"I figured as long as he was getting the nutrients, that was all that mattered..." Yor blushed.

Camilla's lover cried, "thank heavens you survived to adulthood, Yuri..."

"Was there something your parents made for you that you still remember? Maybe we can use that." Camilla suggested.

Yor held her chin, "hmm...can you recall anything, Yuri?"

"About mom's cooking..?" Yuri held his head, "Umm...I kinda remember her making some kind of stew? It was warn, and I really liked it."

"Oh! The one with a fired egg on top!" Yor remembered.

"Then let's try making that. Try to recall what it started like. Probably a southern stew with a simple base?" Camilla instructed as Yor soon went to work. Camilla observed the passion Yor had as she prepped the food, "you've seemed kind of different lately, Yor. You always used to have this dumb, blank face, like you were a robot or something."

"Huh? And I'm different now?" Yor wondered, "do..do you think it's because...I got married?"

"What? You're really gonna throw that in my face now? I was just wondering if you'd changed your makeup or something! Get over yourself!" Camilla shouted.

"Now, now, Camilla. You're a beautiful woman too. Have some confidence!" her lover patted her on the shoulder, causing her to glare and blush. "By the way, this one actually smells pretty good. I think you may have nailed it!"

Camilla took a spoon and hesitantly tasted it, "hey, you know, it's not bad."

Yuri tired some as well, "it's good! But...not quite the way I remember it."

"Where did you say you were from, Yor?" Camilla looked at the pot and held her chin.

"Eastern Nielsberg." Yor calmly stated.

"Hm, around those parts they'd probably put sour cream in it." Camilla added sour cream to the mix and everyone took a sip. Yuri and Yor's eyes lightened up and they looked at each other.

Meanwhile, Loid held his hand up, "wait! (Bond did so) good dog!"

Bond took his treat, Y/n ruffled his fur, "atta boy!"

"He really is fundamentally quite bright. We should put him through security dog training soon." Loid pat the dog, as Bond barked with happiness.

"Papa, I can't wait any longer! I'm so hungry!" Anya complained.

"Yeah, yeah. Like I always say." Y/n started to say before Yor walked in. "Speak of the devil, hey Yor."

"I'm sorry I'm so late!" Yor walked to the counter and placed the food down.

"You went shopping?" Loid questioned as the family walked over.

"Loid...I'm going to be making dinner tonight!" Yor proudly stated and the three lost their soul.

But then after being explained, "you've been taking cooking lessons?"

"I'm sorry I kept it from you..." Yor bowed.

"Is this a southern stew?" Loid looked over.

"It is! My mother used to make it for us!" Yor smiled while wielding the knife dangerously. Soon it was complete, "it's all ready! The fried egg turned out a little runny..."

The family sat quietly at the table, "let me know what you think!"

Loid sweat, "it doesn't smell toxic..."

"So this is my last meal..." Anya gripped her spoon.

"007, I'll wait for you there..." Y/n froze before looking at Loid

"Y/n, take the first bite." Loid looked at Y/n.

"Me? You should ask Anya!" Y/n sent a glare back.

"Me? Why me?!" Anya sent one back.

"Because your at the age where you haven't done anything meaningful yet. That's only like six years gone. I have 15 years! That's way more valuable!" Y/n glared.

"What?! But Papa's the oldest!" Anya got desperate.

"Fine! Fine! All at once!" Loid and the others held up their spoon.

They took a bite, "IT'S GOOD!"

"I like it a lot!" Anya ate it quickly. Yor was shocked.

"There's something very comforting about it." Loid chuckled.

Y/n smiled at his mother, "thanks Mom, this is great!"

"I thought I was doing this to protect my contract killing job. But hearing their praise...seeing them smile like that..." Yor saw a younger her and Yuri instead of Y/n and Anya, the next generation. "I never imagined... it would make me feel this happy! I feel a little more confident now...that I can be a good wife and mother!"

"Well, I can't wait to see what you make next." Loid smiled warmly.

Yor brought out a plate, "I'm glad to hear that... because I made something else too! This one is a Yor Forger original!"

"GIMME!" Anya says, but it immediately cuts to Loid on his back on the floor, Anya on her side, also on the floor, and Y/n laid on the ground like P*ter Griff*n, all laying lifeless and not moving.

Yor panicked, "oh no!"
———
Y/n is seen laying his on Bond's stomach as they watch tv with Anya. Anya looks at the bandages around Y/n's neck, "does it hurt still."

"Yeah, only when I touch it though." Y/n bluntly says as Anya holds her head down. Y/n smiled and ruffled her hair, "hey! Cheer up, kiddo! At least nobody died, that didn't deserve it!"

Y/n sighed and held his head up, "still, it's mostly my fault. I didn't have any armor or protection. If I had something, maybe it wouldn't have happened."

"Ba! Needs! A costume!" Anya got excited, she pulled on Y/n's coat, "Ba! Ba! Remote!"

"Hm? You gonna change the channel? Here." Y/n lazily gave her the control, as Anya shifted the channel to a different show.

A man flew in on the screen in slim steampunk armor, he then dropped down and started to do a pose, "I am...the light in the Darkness, the banisher of trespassers of the world, the one who's not afraid to kill, the Emissary from Hell: Mighty Warrior!"

"Why so many titles?" Y/n said in his head in disbelief. Though he started to look at the design as the episodes played, "you know, from that I can gather, his equipment don't work that different from my hover shoes, he just has armor around them and has the hover feature all over. The Mighty Force, the gloves are like my gauntlets. That's a good place to start."

"Thanks Anya, you inspired me." Y/n got up and immediately rushed to the door and closed it.

Anya smiled and did the poses, "Mighty Warrior!!"
——
Himiko is seen standing in front of the class, "ladies and gentlemen, your midterm exams are scheduled for the week after the next."

"NOOOOO!!" the class groaned while Y/n looked around in confusion. Even the chill, Delilah, was sweating up a storm.

"Yes, I know how all you loooove exams. But here's the run down. Stella Stars will be awarded to the highest and second highest per coming students of each grade for each of the four test subjects." Himiko picked up the ruler and slammed it against the chalk board, "however, fail these and you will receive a Tonitrus Bolt without exception. So, I'd get to work."
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Y/n is seen looking at the entrance, he had his backpack over his shoulder and the rain was pouring down. "I already let Mom know I won't be home on time. Well, guess I have to go ahead."

"WHAT?!" William shouted as he patted Y/n's back, "what are you talking about?! I am drive you home!"

Y/n looked at him silent, before asking, "didn't you have a date?"

"Egh! That's right!" William froze, he started to run to the limo in the distance, "I'll make it up to you!"

"No need." Y/n said with a calm tone. He sighed, "I gotta make it to the Bus stop, then it should be easy."

He reached for his bag, before he winced, "and I forgot my 'umbrella'. Alright, just have to walk. Draws in less rain."

And so, the genius inventor started to walk home. Plip, plat, plot, plop, the noises of water splashing is heard. The boy felt absolutely felt nothing during the raindrops on his face. After all, after being trained to withstand a waterfall, nothing could faze him much. However, he did see something out of the blue. He noticed a midnight blue cat, a tiny one in the box. It was being pelted by the rain. Y/n looked around, with a small smile, "I wonder who's cat this is. It's so cute."

"What are you looking at, Pussy?" Y/n's mind broke as he completely froze up. He had a frozen smile as he looked at the cat, to see it's mouth moving, "what the hell is he? Some kind of wizard?"

"I think I may have upgraded the translator too much. I only did it because I confused this European language for Japanese. Now I'm not sure what they're speaking...but more importantly..." Y/n started to sweat, "who the minefield are you calling a 'Pussy' what ever that is."

"Huh?" the female cat looked at him, "wait! You, you can understand me?"

Y/n tried not to look at it, but he was sweating like crazy, "HEY! DON'T TRY TO LIE! I CAN SEE YOU SWEATING BULLETS!"

The cat latched on Y/n's uniform, "You gotta help me! I've been down here forever! I need something!"

"Something like what?!" Y/n asked.

"ANYTHING!" the cat shouted.

He pulled out some materials from is dimensional backpack and placed them around himself. He pulled a wire from the bag, leaving six mechanical arms to come out and build a shed for the cat in no time flat. Y/n pulled a different string and they all went away. Y/n scoffed, "there, now good luck on your own."

The cat smiled and waved, "thank you, human!"

Y/n groaned in regret, "yeah, yeah. I upgraded my translator cause I could, but I never stopped to ask, should I...?"

Y/n felt some colored drops fall down before Y/n felt his hair. He pulled a strand of lavender hair, he sighed and groaned, "looks like I'll have to dye it back to h/c again... just my luck."
———
The next day at school. Sora and Y/n are seen walking before they sit down, "and that's why Fuck is a bad word..."

"Oh, I see.." Y/n hummed, "then what about Shit?"

"What is William teaching you?" Sora asked with slight anger and annoyance. Class soon started when suddenly...

"Hey, pussycat!" the cat from before popped out of the desk.

"AHHHH!!!" Y/n leaped back while Sora looked at the boy.

"Y/n? You okay?" Sora genuinely asked.

"Yes, give me one second..." Y/n stuck his head in his desk, "what are you doing here?!"

"Sorry kid, I can't just let you go now! You're the only one that can understand me!" the cat whispered, "do you understand how incredible that is?!"

"A meow?" the teacher asked.

"Well if you stay here, you're gonna get me in trouble." Y/n stated with a harsh whisper, "pets aren't allowed on campus!"

"That's why I need your help! Take me to your home!" the cat pleaded.

"M'Field to the Thruster No!" Y/n shouted.

"Y/n, what is going..." Sora looked in the desk to see the cat. The two froze. "...on..."

"Um...meow...?" Y/n said before Sora glared.

"Did you really think I would buy that?!" Sora exclaimed while staring at the cat, "you know we're not allowed to have animals on campus. You're gonna get a Bolt."

"Only if I get caught." Y/n smirked but Sora chopped him on the head. "Ow-! You take martial arts or something?"

"Well..."

"QUIET!" Himiko glared, before going back to work.

"I don't know what you two are doing, but you need to keep it at a lower level of talking." William talked in a slower pace.

"Talking slower doesn't make you quieter!" Y/n and Sora both retorted at him. Delilah looked at the two from above, a hint of...something formed in her eyes.

Sora sighed, "I won't tell. But if you get caught, you're on your own."

That was a lie. It's her job to back him up.

"What's its name?" Sora embarrassed with a quiet tone and a embarrassed blush, "it's...it's cute."

"It doesn't have a name," Y/n held his face, with a tired groan.

"How about Hari? For Mata Hari?" of course Sora would think of that.

"I have no idea who that is but sure." Y/n says as the scene cuts to the cat in Y/n's backpack. The two walked into the house. "I'm home."

"Welcome back! Anya had to stay behind again?" Loid asked calmly, not even batting an eye this time.

"Yep, I'll be in my room. Don't call me for anything." Y/n quickly walked and slammed his door.

"Well he's shady." Hari commented on Loid.

"A meow?"  Loid looked up from his newspaper.

"You don't even know him yet." Y/n groaned, dropping the bag on his desk.

"Trust me, us animals can see auras. And he's no good for you." Hari waved her paw in the air after leaping out the bag.

"Listen, you still haven't even told me why you need me!" Y/n shouted with annoyance.

"I just want someone to hang out with! I've been wandering the Eden campus for so long. None of the cats ever enter the area." Hari sighed after seeing Y/n's uninterested face, "Oh, I know! Just make me a cat friend!"

Y/n sighed and held his forehead, looking at the alien technology he stole from the Germada, "okay, if I make you a robot cat, will you stop bothering me?"

"Absolutely!" Hari crossed her paws.

Y/n sighed, sitting down at the workbench. He picked up his wrench and his toothpick, "alrighty what do you want it to look like?"

"How about a male cat with huge coc-"

"Chose something else, you vulgar furry demon."
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"There, it's done." Y/n sighed as the robot cat came alive. "First time I made a model. Doesn't seem that hard."

"Thanks, pal! I gotta say! You're the best!" Hari says as she licked the model.

"Yeah, yeah. Now, it's that's all-" Y/n started to say, but Hari noticed the the books on his desk.

"Wait, are you studying for the Eden Midterm Exams?" Hari asked as Y/n froze.

"You know them?" Hari scoffed at Y/n's questions.

"Kid, I've been sneaking into that place for years. I know about all of the exams." Hari gained an idea, "how about this? If you promise to keep upgrading my friend, then I'll help you on your exams! You want those Stella stars, right?"

Y/n crossed his arms, "it sounds like a deal I can't refuse, but it seems to perfect. And when things seem like they are going too well, something's happening in the background. For now... alright, it's a deal."

"Great! You won't regret it." Hari hopped down the window.

"God, I hope not..." Y/n held his face, "you used to a king, now you sit in a room talking to cats. What has my life become..."
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Two weeks later.

Sora looked at Y/n, "I've already set the stage for him to succeed. If he does a terrible job, one of my Mom's men will sneak in and change the answers. My first win to get Y/n to a Stella!"

Y/n had a poker face as he blinked. A picture came into Y/n's vision and he smirked. William looked over, "oh, he has the smirk. You did something."

"Oh whatever could you mean?" Y/n grinned suspiciously wide, "what could possibly do in such short time?"

"That just sounds even more suspicious." William sweatdropped, "well, good luck!"

"Ladies and gentlemen, we will now begin you first year midterm exams!"
—————
Five days later.

"They posted the midterm results out in the quad!"

"Let's go see!"

Delilah is seen smiling at Y/n, "how come you didn't tell me your birthday passed?"

Delilah adjusted her glasses before William nodded, "yeah man! I would've treated you to the best steak in town!"

"Food does nothing to me anymore. I'm numb to horrible taste." Y/n gained a shadow over his face.

"What the hell caused this?" William commented on the quick shift in attitude. He then looked at the list, "well well. I made it, but just barely!"

"It appears I'm above my brother. As expected." Delilah chuckled and held her chin. "And you..."

"How did you fail, Y/n!?" William shouted. "You're the smartest kid I know!!"

Sora slapped him over the head, "quit messing around, he got 95% in all of his subjects."

She then turned to Y/n, "congratulations, you're gonna get a Stella Star."

"Yeah, but so are you." Y/n winked.

Sora froze, "huh?" she took a second glance. She scanned for her name, to find her name one above Y/n's, "I...made it?"

Y/n held up his fists, "I'm so happy for you! Congratulations!"

Sora had a huge grin on her face with stars in her eyes, "hell yeah!"

"Papa! I did great on the test!" Anya stated as the two went home.

Loid held up her exams, "how can you be so proud of yourself when you nearly failed in every subject? (Anya gasped in surprise) I'll need to get stricter with her in advance of her final exams. Maybe I'll have Y/n teach her what I can't. A link with siblings."

"Wonderful job, Anya! When you add the scores together, it's over 100 points!" Yor tired to flip it into a good thing. "And Y/n, great job! You've got a Stella Star soon."

"Well, that said... At least Y/n is on Anya's level of Stellas now. It looks like I don't need to reach him anything he doesn't already know. I must admit that I expected Anya to fail I'm at least one subject. An impressive result by her standards, I suppose. Her efforts have kept the operation alive, if only barley. Maybe I should be grateful for that." Loid thought to himself.

Anya have a cocky smirk, "heh heh."

"What are you grinning about? You're supposed to be thinking about your poor scores. We'll see if you're smirking after Tonight's Study Session!" Loid quickly countered as Anya tried to run away.

Y/n laughed, "what a life you live Y/n... what a disastrous life..."