Edward grinned as he set a plastic bowl filled with mint candies on his new desk. First he taught humans, now he was teaching an entire alien species, what an upgrade! Looking out into the hallway he waved. "Xen! Good to see you, what have you been up to?"

Xen aimed a singular eyestalk at him. "It is good to see you as well, friend. I have been revising lesson plans for today, yourself?" She tacked on an interrogative cough.

"I'm going to teach them about their legal rights as citizens of the Crystal Empire."

Xen waggled her eyestalks. "Interesting to know, I hope it goes well, good luck Edward." She skittered towards her own classroom, and Edward went back into his own, sitting at the desk and awaiting the arrival of the students.

It didn't take long for them to arrive, the schedule was rather strict as this education was mandatory for all Manuka aged five and up, he was glad he didn't have to deal with the children, and would be teaching adults instead. Teaching small children was utter hell. As the students took their seats, Edward spoke. "I am Professor Edward Bell. Today I will be teaching you about your legal rights as citizens of the Crystal Empire, as well as how gender equality works within the Empire, as there've been several issues arisen from the fact you lacked the latter before the conquest was complete." He had experienced some of them himself, it was annoying.

Some of the Manuka looked indignant, while others just looked flat out uninterested in what was being taught today, however if they refused to attend the class they'd be arrested and then taught forcibly, this education was mandatory by order of the Emperor and the Empire's government as a whole. However a few seemed interested, so that was something, some of them however were just eyeing him up like a prime rib, much to Edward's own discomfort.

Professor Edward's gave a polite smile to his class, before beginning. "As legal citizens of the Crystal Empire you have a set of rights that none may infringe upon. Firstly, you are not more important to anyone else, everyone is equal, regardless of gender, or species. You have the right to free speech, the freedom of the press, and the right to live where you choose and work in a field of your choosing. Someone can not deny you employment for being a specific gender or species, they may not pay you unfairly based on gender or species either." He took a short pause to sip from a cup of still steaming coffee he had on his desk. A Manuka raised her hand. "Speak, what is your question?"

"I am Kailzuk, and I had a question pertaining to the gender equality thing, if everyone is equal then who does the hard work? Who arranges the marriages between males and females? Don't tell me you let the males choose their partners themselves for the love of the Five Goddesses! That'd be insane and end in disaster!" She sounded exasperated, as if such a thing honestly was stupid.

Edward just gave her a stern look. "May I remind you this is a classroom, not a tavern to be rowdy and rude, both males and females may pick their partner at their own digression, both parties must agree for a relationship to be formed, arranged marriages are illegal in the Crystal Empire, of which you and your entire species are now a part of, and while I understand it is your tradition to do so, we believe in equality for all." He turned his attention to address the entire class at once. "You are all equal, ALL of you. Regardless of status, regardless of wealth, or whatever other factors you think play an important role on how you fit into society, you, are, all, equal, period."

This seemed to shut Kailzuk up, and several others to show thoughtful expressions as they began to process this new, odd information. Edwards continued. "Seeing as everyone is equal, you may not corner a male in some hidden dark alleyway and take what you want from him, those who've been caught doing this have been executed on the spot, because that is RAPE. And rape is not tolerated within the Empire, at all, those caught and found guilty of this do not get a trial held by their piers, before a judge, they get executed on the spot. The authorities will know if you lie as well, because most of them are changelings, a species whom can literally sense your emotions like you can see objects, you can't hide what you feel from them." Eye's widened, mouths dropped in shock, while some just sat and stared, unable to process such a thing.

Another Manuka raised her hand, and Edward nodded, indicating she could speak. "So everyone is equal, and no one can harm someone or refuse them work for their gender or species? That is utterly fascinating!" She had an odd sparkle in her eyes, with a large grin on her face. "I also have a question about something I learned in Professor Xen's class."

Professor Edward's eyebrow rose up, and tried to think of what Xen was teaching. "And that would be?"

She smirked slightly. "That public nudity is allowed in the Crystal Empire with no consequences for going about undressed?"

Professor Edward nodded with a knowing look in his eyes, he knew what was coming next. "That is indeed the case, and as this world is now territory of the Crystal Empire, it's legal here too."

Ukki's smirk turned into a massive grin. "Then no one should mind if I do, this?" And unceremoniously shed her clothing with one smooth motion. The other Manuka in the classroom turned blue blushing with embarrassment, yet Edward was unfazed for he had grown used to nudity within the Crystal Empire, sometimes he partook of it himself, it was an odd liberating feeling to do so for the first time, if the Manuka had adrenaline glands surely this one was having a rush, but he knew they didn't as he'd been forced to take a quick course on their biology.

Several cries went out from various other people in the classroom. "You are indecent! Clothe yourself!" The loudest one being "Have you no shame girl?!"

Professor Edwards stood up, and in a stern demanding voice said. "SILENCE, ALL OF YOU!" Instantly the room went quiet. "There is no shame in nudity, and as you've learned its perfectly legal in the Empire to go about your entire day wearing as little as you want!, So please, calm down all of you."

Kalizuk got an evil glint in her eyes, and spoke without raising a hand, something Professor Xen had expressly punished. "If it's so natural and okay, then why are you wearing clothes? You preach about it but I've yet to see you follow what you preach, while Professor Xen only wears body paint." She had a nasty smug tone in her voice,

Now it was Edward's turn to have a glint in his eyes, as he grinned. "Very well then, to prove to you what I speak is truth, observe." He shamelessly shed his own clothing, and set it neatly folded on the desk while nearly every female in the room turned bright blue in the face, one of them even holding her nose shut as it began to leak their oddly blue colored blood, while Kalizuk's face went as blue as a blueberry. Looking around, he sat back down without a single shed of embarrassment. "Since Ukki has shown a keen interest in integrating into the Crystal Empire's way of doing things, come up and have a mint, it's a small candy." He took one of the wrapped treats from the bowl and held it out, as Ukki skipped down the rows of carefully placed desks and took the candy from Edwards.

Without much thought she opened it, and popped the candy into her mouth. The moment she did her pupils dilated till her entire eye was nearly black with only a small ring of green to show her sclera, and she shuddered. It was like fire but made of ice, and it sent such strong sensations through her that she couldn't get enough, that's when she tried to pounce on Edwards, a need burning within so strong she could not resist. However, Edwards had pressed the security button the moment her eyes got so....creepily black. Just before she could reach him, two security androids rushed into the room and grabbed her by the shoulders. Ukki tried to fight them like a feral animal, kicking, trying to bite, she even managed to cave one's head in with a solid punch, sending the machine flying backwards out the doorway it had arrived through. Before she could wrest herself free of the other however a needle pierced her neck, and the drugs did their job sedating her.

Edwards looked at the now heavily sedated student, then at the bowl of mint candies. "Christ on his Cross I need to report this to High Command!" Which for the local colony meant the current authority of the Research Tower at the center of the Crystal Empire's efforts to study the native animal and plant life, Doctor Ember Flame's.

----------------Elsewhere on leva-------

Azula watched in amusement as several women got tossed violently away from a large door that said 'Male Showers' in her people's script. These 'sanitation facilities' had been set up a few days ago, seemingly separated by gender, one for males, one for females. Each one was guarded by two soldiers clad in odd uniforms that exposed none of their skin, almost looking like machines. There had been an issue of women trying to sneak into the males showers to have some fun, or just to get a peak at them, the result was the ones who tried getting the shit beat out of them then tossed back into the street.

Azula found that absolutely hilarious and she'd often sit on a bench near the sanitation facilities to just watch the chaos happen, every day slitlickers too stupid to think with their brains, would think with their cunts and inevitably get their collective asses kicked. She also admired the 'General Store' that had gone up, she'd gone in herself. So many things! So many fantastical things she'd never seen before, like a Television set! According to the staff, it was an outdated tube model, but it was all that was currently allowed on the planet for some reason.

What she had enjoyed most however, was the clothes section. Clothes were often hand-made and took a lot of time and effort to make, however the aisle she'd been down had dozens of different clothes, each in their own style, but held dozens of the same clothes. Azula had become rather fond of 'hoodies' and had gotten a purple one, as well as a pair of green 'sweatpants', they were just so comfortable. She was too busy watching the spectacle of another dumbass getting their ass kicked in when a human male in a white lab coat with a red symbol on their shoulder plapped onto the bench. She didn't know much about the ones who wore those outfits, but she'd heard they were powerful healers, and had as much power as a noble did so she froze. He didn't even seem to register her presence, he had large dark circles around his eyes and his face seemed somewhat sunken in. In other words he looked utterly exhausted. Without warning he fell sideways on the bench, his head landing squarely in her lap.

This had several consequences, for one Azula's face went bright blue and she froze unsure of what to do, and when she finally decided to try and nudge the person off her, a guard wearing the same armor as the one's guarding the sanitation facilities stomped up, aiming a plasma rifle at her. "Attempting to harm a member of the Empire's Planetary Medical Research Team is punishable by death. Proceed and you will be terminated." She froze in pure utter terror, she knew what those weapons could do, she'd been a former musket-woman after all, and heard the stories of light so bright and hot it turned a Commandress to ashes in mere moments. Azula only relaxed after the guard..mercenary? Put the weapon on his back, it sounded like a male but, wrong somehow, and picked up the male who'd literally fallen asleep with his face in her lap, hauling him away like a sack of fruit, showing no strain. She sat there confused on what to do, her face still both pale from fear, and blue with embarrassment.

Finally, after nearly an hour, and watching a fantastical thing called an 'automobile' drive by spouting slogans for 'Fancy Lad's Snack Cakes' She stood up, and started the long walk home.

Author's Note

Hello all. this chapter is short but I don't feel like writing, so this is what you're getting, don't whine about it! Or no cookies, lmfao. Either way, some people have asked for an index/list of the aliens in the story thus far, as well as a brief description or whatnot, cuz they forget. So I'ma plap one here. There are more species obviously but I'm only plappin one's here that've been in the story so far, but more to come!

The species above ^ are called the Ss'ket, they are an allie of the UEA, or United Equis Alliance, which is a mutual alliance between all kingdoms on Equis, with a few exceptions. The ss'ket where the first alien species introduced into the story, and it was done in the other anthro universe, Faust yanked em to Lorenzo's proper universe when the empire was transported back.

The species above are called the Ren, a semi stone age feudalistic species when the empire found them on Mars. They enjoy very cold climates, and have undergone genetic modification via Modified FEV to enhance them to a level they can withstand living on Equis in cold places. This species didn't use fire, they don't even cook their food. Cuz no fire after all. They hail from Mars, and existed Pre-War in my timeline, they got absorbed into the empire rather easily, after all ice spears against plasma rifles don't do well.

The species above ^ are called the Letera. They are a former subject species of the Akun Empire, and are pretty much the Akun in everything but body, given they got absorbed by them a few 20 thousand years ago in their stone age.

The species above are called the Akun, pronounced A-Kun, not Akoon, as some seem to have an issue with. They are short bipedal lizard like aliens whom hail from what we'd see as a desert world. As do the Letera. They got absorbed into the empire after attempting to invade Equis in the anthro universe, and same story with the ss'ket, they got yanked over to the proper universe by Faust. They worshipped their Emperor's as gods for nearly the entire time their world had been unified, which was a long ass time for us to register, and since Lorenzo is their new emperor, you see the issue here XD

The species above is the latest addition to the empire. The Manuka, an orc like species of aliens, I'd like to note they are meant to look muscular, not chubby, but the artist who draws em draws furries, not humans so he wasn't used to drawing things without scales or fluff on em XD. I'd also like to note I have dozens of alien species planned for the story, some will be absorbed into the empire, others will not, like the Ss'ket haven't been as an example. The Nga Noho I have no picture for, but being so recently put into the story I don't think anyone here's forgotten them, and no they won't be absorbed either.

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