"Damn... Are you laughing at me? Know your place, cat.
I'm a little impressed with Raynare's attitude. She's earned a little bit of my respect.
I mean, she's not afraid of death.
Even I would think twice before choosing to face Kuroka. Even in my dragon form, I'm still weaker than she is. Not to mention that Raynare is even weaker than me in this semi-human form.
"Drako-Nyaa, I want to do nasty things to this little girl. I won't tell you what things, because you're a child too, but they're very ugly things, Nyaa. I'm not gonna tell you what, but I want to rip her clothes off and deflower her with a rubber dick, Nyaa."
To say nothing, you've described it too well, Kuroka. What's more, where did you learn all this?
"Hey, Kuroka. It's not right to say she's a little girl, you're younger than she is."
"Oh, that's right, Nyaa. But you could've just shut up, Darling."
After a year of training, Kuroka had reached the age of fifteen. It's amazing to see how strange the human body is. Kuroka, the year before, had tits flatter than a sheet of paper. This year, however, they had grown exceptionally large, and while they were not the size of a canon, they were quite close to it.
In her human form, Kuroka looked older than 15 years. In fact, she seems a little older than Raynare, but we can't be fooled by that.
As for Raynare... She has her Yuuma Amano look from anime, not her stupid bitch look from anime.
If you've read the light novels, you should know that Raynare's appearance has always been the Yuuma Amano. The "Raynare" look that appears in the anime is just another shit that the anime studio did to get money.
Sigh... How to fuck up a good deed...
It's sad that it's only catalogued as a hentai play but without sex. They don't know what they're missing if they haven't read the light works, it's not the best, but it's very good. They wouldn't have put out 28 volumes of light novels if they hadn't.
Back to reality. Raynare is looking at us with anger while we indirectly mock her.
"Are you guys done yet? I have things to do after this."
"Sure, sure. Could you guide us to our destination, Raynare-sama?" I'm asking her in the most respectful tone I can find.
Raynare raises her eyebrows, looks like she's surprised. She shows an arrogant smile.
"You seem to know your place, semi-human. Since you ask so, I guess I can't refuse your request."
Semi-human?
So that's how it is...
Raynare thinks I am a mere semi-human because of my current appearance, and surely she will not think much of Kuroka either because she follows me.
It's a severe problem for Raynare then. That's the same thing that will happen when she meets Issei in the future.
....
"We've arrived."
Raynare stands in front of what appears to be an office. There's no doubt this is where Barakiel works.
Anyone could tell, especially since the word "Barakiel" can be seen on the door.
Raynare goes inside, but stops and turns around.
"The person we're going to talk to is one of Grigori's most serious leaders, Barakiel-sama. He has no sense of humour, and he doesn't understand what a joke is, so refrain from joking with him, I'm saying this for your own safety as he might take the sense of what you're saying literally."
"I understand."
Knock-knock
Raynare's knocking on the door.
"Come in."
Raynare opened the door and walked inside while gesturing for us to follow her.
"Oh, so it's little Raynare. And you are..."
The one who receives us is a tall man with a well-built physique. He has a thick but well-manicured beard and muscular features.
So this is Lighting God Barakiel...
I don't understand how a daughter like Akeno can be so ugly. Good thing 99.9% of Akeno's genes come from Shuri.
"I'm Drako, and this is Kuroka. Nice to meet you, Barakiel."
"So you're the dragon Azazel was talking about. It would be rude of me not to introduce myself."
Barakiel gets up from his seat.
He's tall...
"My name is Barakiel, one of Grigori's leaders. It's a pleasure to meet you."
He's a serious and formal man.
"Now that we've finished the introductions, we can get down to serious business. What do you need from me?"
He's already gone into work mode...
"Azazel-sama has asked me to bring them with you, they want to train at Nephilim's facility. He has mentioned something about the Barakiel class." Raynare responds with a respectful tone.
She seems to have sincere respect for Barakiel but does not reach the extreme fanaticism she has shown before with Azazel.
"Sigh... so my vacation is over. Well, it's about 14 years of vacation, so I can't complain."
I want a 14-year vacation, too, you know?
"Don't say that, Barakiel-sama. You have worked hard for Grigori for thousands of years, 14 years is a small number compared to that. Besides, you still do dangerous work from time to time."
"You flatter me too much, I'm just doing my duty. Now, follow me, guys, I'm gonna take you to practice."
I think Barakiel just passed from Raynare...
"I've done my duty, so if you'll excuse me, I'm going to get back to what I was doing."
Raynare leans towards Barakiel and prepares to leave.
"You're leavin' already-Nyaa?"
Raynare stops short and turns her head to give Kuroka a menacing look.
But can Raynare intimidate my favourite Nekoshou? She wouldn't be my favourite if it was the case.
"Huh? Is something wrong?"
Barakiel doesn't understand what's going on.
"Nothing-nyaa... It's just that Azazel has said that Raynare-sama has to train-Nyaa too."
"Damn..."
"He said that? Then it's decided, let's all go train!"
I can see how Raynare's face is turning pale...
"Was this necessary, Kuroka?" I whisper to her.
"Of course, it was! That's how she'll learn to respect us."
You're cruel, Kuroka. Though I can't deny that I'm enjoying it.
"What exactly do you want to train?"
Kuroka and I are following Barakiel, who is leading us to our training camp. We are also accompanied by Raynare, who has decided to reluctantly accept her fate.
"Archery" I reply.
"A dragon training archery... That's not something you see every day."
Actually, I prefer to use a sword or a spear, but the Gacha has decided that I have to get a bow.
"So I'm going to prepare a few quivers full of arrows for you to use."
"Really?"
I can't help but feel excited. Doesn't that mean I'll be able to shoot more than 150 arrows every day? That's amazing.
My hands were tied when we were in the woods. Even when I wanted to continue training my archery, I couldn't because I lacked MP. Now that I will have real arrows and not the ones created by my magic, I will be able to practice my archery without fear of running out of arrows.
"Of course, it's the least I can do for you. The truth is that I'm pretty bad at archery, so I'm not going to be able to help you with this. I sincerely apologize."
"No, no. No need to apologize. I just need a place to train, I don't need help from anyone except Kuroka."
It's intimidating to have a guy as big as Barakiel apologize to you.
"Refusing help from a Cadre, how stupid are you?" Raynare's mumbling from my back.
"Who was the one who didn't want to train at all-Nyaa?"
"Tch..."
It seems Raynare has found her fated enemy.
....
We soon arrive at a covered pavilion.
From what I can see from outside, this pavilion seems to be quite large. I think it should be about 800X800 meters.
"This is where we're going to train from now on," Barakiel said as he opened the door.
The interior of the pavilion was quite simple. It looked like a place where they had practice fights, but much larger. Also, there is an athletic track that runs along the edge of the pavilion.
"Well, you can start warming up while I go get the quivers, the targets and a bow."
Barakiel says that and prepares to leave.
"Barakiel!"
I hurry up and call him before he leaves.
"Is there anything else you need?"
"You don't need to bring the bow or the targets. Just the arrows are fine."
Why would I need a bow when I already have [Gandiva]? With the resistance this bow creates to shoot an arrow, it would be totally useless to train with a regular bow.
As for the targets... That's what Kuroka is for. She uses her [Kasha] and manipulates it in such a way that they become my targets. Thanks to my one-year training, she's improved a lot in her control over [Kasha], she's improved to the point that she can easily control it up to a distance of 650 meters.
That's crazy.
To have that level of control over [Kasha] is amazing. It's a skill that can work very well in assassination missions, being able to take out enemies from half a kilometre away.
"Don't you need a bow?"
It's true. He doesn't know I have [Gandiva].
A light appears in my right hand, and my bow appears.
"Is that a Sacred Gear?" Raynare asks curiously.
Barakiel is frowning. Raynare may be fooled if I say it is, but I don't think it's the same for an old fox like Barakiel.
"It's not exactly Sacred Gear, but it's similar."
In this situation, I can only respond in the most honest way possible.
"It's okay, you don't have to explain anything. We all have our own secrets."
Raynare was going to ask again, but Barakiel beat her to it.
...…..
Barakiel returned with three chuckles full of arrows. Each of the quivers contained 36 arrows, making a total of 108 arrows.
"Well, you can start training on your own. In the meantime, I'll take care of Raynare's training."
"Thanks for the arrows."
"Haha, it's nothing. It's always nice to see young people like you working hard to improve. You should learn a little from them, Raynare. Your talent is one of the best in the younger generation, and yet you're too lazy."
It seems Barakiel has no reservations about giving Raynare a little lecture.
"You're gonna start by improving your stamina. You're gonna run 10 miles today, and I'm gonna be supervising you."
"Ugh... You're cruel, Barakiel-sama."
"I'm not, I'm doing this for your sake. It all starts with the stamina. In a dangerous world like this, even the weak like you will be hunted down by enemy factions. If that happens and you don't have the stamina to run, you will die!"
Barakiel doesn't seem to be a bad teacher. Besides, why do Azazel and Barakiel seem to be giving Raynare special treatment?
Raynare has already started running under Barakiel's instructions, I think it's time to begin my training.
Having real arrows instead of having to create my own arrows is a big help. Now I can do much longer archery training.
I take a quiver and put it on my back, I feel like a professional archer.
"Kuroka, get ready."
"Yes!"
Kuroka gets off my head and transforms into her human form.
"Why has the cat become a beauty?!"
"She's a Nekomata, she can transform herself into a cat. And you'd better not provoke her, I mean for your own good."
"Argh... I thought he was just a weak familiar."
I can hear the conversation between Barakiel and Raynare.
I say, Raynare, you could at least pretend a little, right?
I think it's best not to pay attention to the idiot, and Kuroka seems to think so too. She has her eyes closed as she starts to create her [Kasha].
"It's ready-Nyaa!"
"As always, thank you for your help."
"I can't do much for Shirone and you, and I'm sure you'll soon surpass me in strength. This is the least I can do for the person who saved us from a tragic fate."
I can glimpse a hint of sadness when Kuroka says the part about being outdone by us. She seems to know she has no potential for improvement, too.
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