Chapter 574 - New ‘Victims’ (1/2)

”W-what was that?” Asked Serafall.

”Nothing much. Just a bit of something to push her. Though it wouldn't have worked if there was nothing to push,” Kisuke answered, before turning to the rest of the Student Council members, ”Who's next~?”

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Although they were extremely hesitant, one after another stepped out to continue their 'training' after seeing Ruruko perform, and noticing the dummy's movement was a lot simpler than they remembered.

After half an hour, everyone was already back to fighting the dummies, and this time, with more enthusiasm after realizing their improvement. They knew that it's going to get harder as time goes on, but that's exactly the reason why they're training.

Although they had received artificial Sacred Gears from Azazel and took a bit of training from the Devil Kings' subordinates, they are very much aware of their weakness and very large gap in talent compared to Rias' peerage. Just when they were about to give up chasing the group since they knew it would be for naught even if they worked their hardest, Kisuke gave them an option.

But after experiencing all of this, they didn't actually know if they should be thankful for that 'Demon' who offered a deal way worse than actual Devils.

The effects of 'Dragon Pride' on Ruruko had worn off, but she still continued fighting the dummy, now with much calmness and finesse in her movements. Seeing this, Kisuke nodded in satisfaction and took a peek at Saji and Tsubaki, who were still doing their best before turning his attention back to Serafall, Irina, and Akeno, ”We can leave them for now.”

”B-but... It's still dangerous for them,” replied Serafall.

”Please don't worry about that. I already dialed down my configurations and those dummies won't be going for the kill anymore. Though they'll still aim for a fatal injury if given a chance, they can manage themselves with the hot spring,” and a harsh reply came from Kisuke.

Serafall furrowed her brows and said, ”I never really thought that you're this harsh.”

Kisuke instead turned around and started walking towards the lodging, ”Unless there's a good reason, I never slack when I give someone training. Besides, compared to this, wars are harsher.”

”...Well, that's true,” muttered Serafall and followed his steps, 'I don't think any recent large-scale war has happened, but why does he sound like he's already experienced one firsthand?' She asked herself. But strangely enough, she couldn't voice it out. She has this inkling of a feeling that she shouldn't ask this and followed her gut.

Akeno and Irina looked at each other with complicated expressions before following the two.

The four of them arrived at the living room and Kisuke served some hot tea and snacks for them before going into the topic, ”I called Sera-chan over here to oversee their training, but what are the two of you doing here? If it's for your bodies, I'm sorry, but it'll need two more days to be ready, so you'll have to wait until then.”

Akeno shook her head, ”No. We didn't come here for that. Besides...”

”Hmm?”