A month passed in the blink of an eye.
And with it, Izumi's school officially resumed classes.
During that month, Izumi deliberately refrained from putting everyone through any further special training.
Instead, he instructed them to stabilize and digest everything they had learned during the previous intensive period.
On the first day of the new term, Izumi headed toward school together with Asia Argento, Le Fay, Tohsaka Rin, Tohsaka Sakura, and Kanon.
Starting today, Rin, Sakura, and Kanon would officially enroll in Izumi's school.
Even Irisviel von Einzbern had successfully become the school's new health teacher.
That woman had left early in the morning, practically skipping with excitement on her way to work.
Kanon, meanwhile, had skipped grades entirely.
Despite originally being a middle school student, she transferred straight into the first year of high school.
Given her current strength, staying in middle school would've been outright bullying.
Letting someone that powerful "build fundamentals" was just cruel.
Thus, Kanon decisively jumped grades so she could attend school together with Izumi and the others.
Even though she was no longer officially a Church Saint, her privileges hadn't disappeared.
With a single word spoken in the right place, all the paperwork had been completed for her.
As for Rin and Sakura—
They had been in this world long enough to become completely familiar with it.
At this point, they were practically pseudo-natives.
Once they arrived at school, Kanon, Rin, and Sakura split off from Izumi's group.
They needed to head to the homeroom teacher to finalize enrollment procedures.
Afterward, the teacher would personally bring them to class.
Naturally, all three of them were placed directly into Izumi's class.
A blatant shortcut—but no one could really complain.
Even without pulling strings, their abilities alone would've easily qualified them for the elite class.
Sakura had fully mastered spatial magecraft.
Rin's reinforced physical abilities, combined with advanced combat techniques, meant that even most second-years couldn't keep up with her.
And Kanon?
She was a Godslayer.
For her, school life was basically a recreational activity.
All things considered—
Izumi's class had become an absolute den of monsters.
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After reaching SSS-rank, Izumi had also noticed something unusual about Asia.
At some point, Ophis's power had begun resonating with her.
This caused Asia's Sacred Gear to slowly evolve.
With Izumi's assistance, she could now activate a Variant Balance Breaker:
『Holy Dragon Empress — Garden of Compassionate Embrace』
By fusing Asia's Sacred Gear with Ophis's power, Izumi had forcibly drawn out this ability.
In other words—
Asia could now transform.
Within a certain range, she could continuously heal allies
and grant partial immunity against enemy attacks.
Of course, this wasn't some instant god-tier leap.
Against A-rank enemies relying purely on physical attacks, she could now withstand them fairly easily—
But nothing beyond that.
Still, as Asia grew stronger, this ability would only become more terrifying.
For now—
Asia the healer had fully come online.
In the original timeline, this power required protection from a certain perverted dragon to manifest.
Izumi had absolutely no intention of letting Asia anywhere near that lizard.
Instead, he used his own power—along with Ophis's—to awaken her Balance Breaker directly.
At this point, aside from Katō Megumi and Eriri, everyone in Izumi's group had grown significantly.
As for Megumi—
Izumi already had plans.
Maybe one day he'd take her to Chaldea.
If they ran into a certain old man named Hassan, or another Assassin—
She could undergo a Pseudo-Servant fusion, just like a certain dangerously sexy eggplant kouhai.
Alternatively—
He could head back to the Nasuverse, use Replacement Magecraft, and create a custom Assassin Spirit Origin Card just for Megumi.
A Dream Summon would work just fine.
As for Eriri—
Izumi honestly had no idea what to do yet.
Tentacle monsters?
He genuinely had no clue where to even begin.
Was he supposed to take Eriri to some world full of tentacle creatures for "research"?
…Yeah, no. That was terrifying.
Still, at her core, Eriri was a Summoner.
Maybe that tentacle-related skill could be modified into something else.
With the Gate of Traversal, there was always the chance he'd stumble into a summoner-centric world someday.
Worst case—
He could just turn Eriri into a magical girl.
Sure, why not.
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While Izumi was lost in thought, they had already arrived at the classroom.
The room was packed.
Hikigaya Hachiman, face bright red, was chatting awkwardly with Totsuka Saika about their summer vacation.
Gabriel lay lifelessly sprawled across her desk, while Vignette whispered nonstop beside her.
Somewhere else, a sadistic angel was squeezing a pineapple bun in her hand while relentlessly teasing a certain idiot demon.
The classroom atmosphere was as lively as ever.
Izumi and Asia's arrival drew plenty of attention.
Several familiar faces waved and greeted them.
The moment Asia sat down, a group of girls immediately gathered around her.
Her popularity was undeniable.
Le Fay was in a similar situation.
As for Izumi?
After taking his seat, only Toujou Koneko and the nearly invisible Katō Megumi greeted him.
Koneko set down her things and looked at him calmly.
"Please take my sister away."
"She keeps saying she wants to go live with you every day. It's annoying."
"...."
Izumi froze.
"…Koneko-chan, have you finally snapped?"
"You're really saying something like that?"
"Are you asking me to become your brother-in-law?"
Koneko stared at him expressionlessly.
"Even if I forbid it, would that matter?"
"Ever since you met my sister, you've been watching her, haven't you?"
"And…"
She glanced at Le Fay and Asia.
She knew how greedy Izumi was.
All of them were already deeply involved with him.
If one day they showed up in front of her with swollen bellies, she wouldn't even be surprised.
…Though she'd definitely be annoyed.
Izumi sighed.
"No, I don't want your sister."
"If she's bothering you, just give her catnip."
As he spoke, he casually pulled out several pellets of catnip.
Koneko instantly slapped his hand away.
Her face turned bright red as memories resurfaced.
"Hentai!"
"Ecchi!"
"Take that away!"
She still vividly remembered what had happened to her sister.
Handing her something like that—
Was he trying to make her embarrass herself?!
Izumi laughed softly.
Then leaned closer and whispered into her ear.
"Hey, Koneko."
"Your… special time is coming up, right?"
"I can help you take care of it, you know~"
"Even if you end up pregnant, I won't let anything happen to you."
Thunk!
Before he could finish—
Koneko punched him square in the face.
"No ecchi!"