I’ll also surpass the training that only I can do! After I slept soundly that day, I returned to the mountain the following morning. “Oryaaaaaaah!”
[Explosion!!] The increased power from my Sacred Gear flowed into my body, and my physical power rose instantly! “Try dodging this!”
Tannin-ossan opened his mouth wide! Goooooooon! Dooooooooon! I nimbly avoided the fire balls that he fired continuously, and put my hand out forward! I imagined the image of a huge magic bullet! And of firing it! Dragon Shot! Don! I shot a huge magic cluster from my left hand! It was about half the size of Ossan! It should be even more powerful than the one that blew up a mountain before! Thanks to that, my magic power was almost empty with what I shot out plus the increase! My weak point was that I could only store a small amount of magic power! The limit to how much I could raise the power was also only this much! “Hmph! So you’ve sent out something a little decent!”
Ossan intended to take the magic bullet right in front of him without dodging! Doooooooooooooooh! Ossan caught it in front of him with his thick arms and then vigorously fired a breath from his mouth! Doh! Goooooooooooooooh! My magic bullet was sent far off into the sky over there by Ossan’s single breath! [Reset]
My increased power was reset and I was immediately seized with fatigue. Ossan looked at both of his hands. Small sizzling fumes were rising from them. Did my magic bullet burn Ossan’s hands? “Nice shot. Compared to when I first met you, your dragon power has definitely risen. Your physical strength is also nothing to criticise. You’ve also gotten to the point where you can continuously play with me for a whole day as well.”
Unusually, Ossan praised me. I was breathing heavily and was gulping down from the water canteen I always keep prepared on my back. This water canteen, as well as being for hydration, was also able to slightly offset and weaken Ossan’s fire breaths by increasing the power of the water through the power of my Sacred Gear. Well, I had also thought of various coping methods for it. My appearance was also ragged. My jersey was no longer functional, with only my important parts protected, and my upper body was completely worn out and nude. Yeah. My chest had also become thick. And my unnecessary fat had also disappeared. I had found plants and animals on the mountain, and had cooked and eaten them. I had acquired quite a lot of wild ability. I couldn’t believe that I had lived like a mountain monkey during my summer vacation. Thanks to surviving in the wild like this, I had acquired fire magic, and by combining it with my Sacred Gear’s ability, I could do the fire technique directly taught to me by ossan. A huge fire power! I’ll show it to you sometime! And so, many days had passed since I made that vow in Koneko-chan’s room. The battle with the Sitri family is on August 25th. Today was August 20th. Five days remaining. Time-wise, we were in the period where we were finishing things up. The time to gather together was also near. It was planned for there to be a day for us to gather together again and also get some rest. For the sake of recovering on that day from the fatigue gathered during our training. Afterwards, it seemed that there would also be a party sponsored by Maou-sama before the game, and our family as well as the other young devils also seemed to be invited. In other words, there was no time left for any more training. “You did well up till now as well. But, it’s unfortunate. It might have been possible if you had just one more day. Your training ends tomorrow, but…it’s probably impossible.”
Tannin-ossan sighed. Yeah, I understand. I wasn’t able to reach it during this period of time. I had progressed when it came to physical strength or anything else. —But, I was going to finish my training without having reached Balance Breaker. I couldn’t—complete the target of my training. “Then, I’ll be going now. I’m also attending the Maou-sponsored party. Let’s meet again there, Hyoudou Issei and Ddraig.”
We're currently in front of the Gremory main residence. I had returned by riding on the back of Tannin-ossan. No, the back of a monster dragon was actually comfortable, and overwhelming! It was only a short trip through the air, but it was the best! “Yes. Thank you, Ossan! See you at the party!”
[Sorry for troubling you, Tannin. We’ll meet again.] “Yeah, I also had fun. Since I got to work together with that Ddraig. I’ve lived a long life. That’s right; do you want to enter the party by riding on my back?”
“Really? Is that okay?”
“Yeah, it’s no problem. I’ll take my group and come here on the day of the party. I’ll contact the Gremorys later for more information.”
Really, Ossan truly is a sensible dragon! “Then, I’ll come here again tomorrow. Farewell!”
After saying just that, Ossan flapped his wings and disappeared off into the sky. I saw him off while waving my hand. [What an easy-going Dragon King.] “I think he’s a good person. When we first met, he was scary, but…he’s cool for a dragon!”
[Me and you are also dragons, you know?] That’s true, but…I think that a genuine dragon is really large and magnificent. Me and you, we’re just a possessed devil that was originally human and a part of a Sacred Gear. [Well, that’s true.] Right? As I thought, that’s “the dragon”! “Hey, Ise-kun.”
When I turned around towards the familiar male voice—Kiba was there. He was dressed in his jersey, but it was all tattered. So I wasn’t the only one. His good-looking face also looked quite tightened now. “…You’ve gotten a good body.”
Kiba said that while looking at my naked upper body. I covered myself! “S-Stop it, what’s with those eyes…Don’t look at my body with those eyes!”
Somehow, I felt danger to my body! Because, he was scary sometimes, this guy! “H-How cruel. I just wanted to say that you built up your muscles nicely.”
“You…haven’t changed.”
“Well, because I have the body-type that has difficulty in putting on flesh. I’m jealous.”
“Oh, Ise and Kiba.”
This time it was a girl’s voice. —It was Xenovia. Wait, she had bandages all over!? With her whole body covered in bandages, Xenovia’s appearance was also ragged. “But, y-you, what’s with that appearance…?”
When I timidly asked that, Xenovia looked over her appearance again and spoke. “Yeah. I became like this because I trained, got injured and bandaged myself, and then trained, got injured and bandaged myself again.”
“You’re like a real mummy woman!”
“How rude. I have no intention of being preserved forever, you know?”
“That’s not what I meant!”
Geez, she’s incomprehensible as usual. But, I felt that the aura around her body was quieter and thicker than before. Speaking of which, Kiba’s aura was also denser. Huh? My ability to see the flow of magic power had also improved from before? Was this also a result of training with Ossan? Did my sense become sharper from becoming one with the nature of the Underworld? “Ise-san!