DxD: The Holy Knight!

Yasuhiro slowly stood up from the bench and looked at Sona and the others, who were exhausted of their demonic power and collapsed weakly on the ground.

"It seems we fell far short of our goals today."

Yasuhiro walked up to Sona, pulled her up and hugged her, smelling her girly scent from her body.

He glanced at the swimming pool, where only half of the water had been moved and said.

When Yasuhiro came over, Sona gave him a cute glare. She was too tired to even correct him.

She hadn't felt this listless in a long time and all she wanted was to lie quietly in Yasuhiro's arms and rest.

If even Sona was in such a state, the others were in an even worse condition.

The depletion of their demonic power made them feel uncomfortable all over. It couldn't be denied that Yasuhiro's training had been quite effective.

For the others, apart from Sona and Tsubaki, the amplified power after the connection no longer felt like a burden.

They believed that with a few more days of training like this, they'd be able to control and adapt to the other powers.

As for Sona and Tsubaki, their strength far surpassed that of the others, and the resulting boost directly reached the limit that the other girls could withstand.

It would probably take a considerable amount of time for them to fully adapt to and utilize this level of enhancement.

"Since you didn't achieve your goal, tomorrow's target will be more demanding."

The girls, lying sprawled on the ground and utterly lacking any ladylike demeanor felt a strong urge to beat this guy to death.

Even the usually composed Tsubaki couldn't help but feel a stirring of irritation within her.

Yasuhiro didn't want to waste too much time letting them adapt to the improved evil pieces so he wanted to speed up the process again and intensify the training.

Of course, this would be tough on the girls lying on the ground.

Afterward, Yasuhiro quietly held Sona, letting her rest with the others for a while before announcing the end of training for the day.

The girls watched with resentful eyes as Yasuhiro walked further and further away, carrying their president.

They all felt like they were being forced to endure a blatant display of affection.

...

The next day, they arrived at the swimming pool as promised.

"Reya, what do you think Yasuhiro will do to torture us today?"

"Yesterday, I even dreamed about being a water carrier," Tomoe said indignantly.

The gentle natured Reya smiled slightly and shook her head, indicating that she didn't know either.

"He said the training would be hard, he isn't going to make us move all the water from the entire swimming pool, is he?" Ruruko said timidly. She was the weakest member of the council and was the first to tire during yesterday's training.

"Let him see what we are capable of." Tsubasa declared loudly.

Tsubaki shook her head. Yasuhiro had said the target would become more demanding.

Amidst their whispers, Yasuhiro arrived with Sona, who was wearing the same bikini as yesterday.

"Y'all seem to be in good shape, looks like the training was effective."

"Hmph, bring it on then, let's see what other tricks you have up your sleeve," Tomoe said bluntly. The others were also eager to try, wanting to show off.

"Your training will still involve moving water. Simply move all the remaining water and empty today's target, and you can consider your training complete."

"It is that simple?" Momo looked at Yasuhiro with some surprise.

Had he changed his ways today and learned to cherish girls?

Knowing Yasuhiro's nature all too well, Sona was certain that this matter was far from simple.

Soon, Yasuhiro took out excalibur blessing.

And Before anyone could ask why the training required this sword, Yasuhiro had tossed it into the pool.

The others seemed to already know what Yasuhiro was planning. They couldn't help but tremble, watching the water which was gradually being infused with power of light.

"Yasuhiro, you wouldn't be thinking of..." When Ruruko saw the pool filled with light, her expression was deadly.

"It's exactly what you are thinking. Don't worry, I've reduced the light power within the sword, so it won't completely harm you. Some pain is unavoidable, though," Yasuhiro offered a kind piece of advice.

In Tomoe's eyes, this advice was worse than no advice at all.

Compared to the physical harm what terrified the girls even more was the excruciating pain that light power inflicted on devils.

"This is a rare opportunity. I'm letting you experience this power in advance, so you can prepare for future encounters with opponents who wield it," Yasuhiro shrugged off.

Even the gentle Reya puffed up her, turned her face away and ignored Yasuhiro.

As annoying inducing as it was, the training was necessary in the end.

Sona and Tsubaki were in relatively good condition. They were much stronger than the others and had considerable resistance to the light power.

But the others couldn't say the same. As soon as Tomoe stood beside the swimming pool, she seemed to feel the burning pain on her skin.

She released demonic power to envelop the water droplets in the pool that were infused with light power. Her body paused and then she began to tremble.

She could clearly feel her demonic power being constantly eroded by this power. Before it could even envelop the water droplet, her power was completely exhausted.

What was even more terrifying was that, at the moment her demonic power was transfer directly to her own body.

An agonizing pain suddenly came up, but it vanished before she could even utter a groan of agony.

If it weren't for the lingering cold sweat on her forehead, she might have thought it was all an illusion.

Then, looking around at the others. She realized they were in the exact same situation as she was.

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