While Akeno continued her practice of lightning element spells, Kozue stared at the young woman for 10 minutes.
As Akeno felt Kozue's eyes on her back, she felt a chill run through her body.
But Kozue's glare did not stop Akeno from continuing her training; on the contrary, Akeno moved gracefully as she repeatedly launched lightning attacks at several wooden dummies, destroying them by the dozens.
As she approached to repair the wooden dummies before continuing her training, the half-fallen angel's hips swayed seductively, attracting Kozue's attention.
Akeno couldn't say when she started feeling nervous whenever Kozue looked at her.
At first, Akeno didn't even know why her heart was beating so fast as she felt Kozue's gaze on her rear.
Although she had sadistic tendencies and liked to make fun of others, only Rias knew that the young woman also had masochistic tendencies.
And since she started training with Kozue, she awakened Akeno's masochistic tendencies, causing her to constantly think about the young man.
In this case, Kozue was to blame.
Being a believer in gender equality, he did not hold back when fighting Akeno, and their battles always ended with the young woman trembling on the ground.
When Akeno lost to Kozue for the first time, Akeno was initially angry and vowed to defeat Kozue and punish him for a long time.
But as time passed and Akeno kept losing, the young woman's body began to react whenever she was near Kozue, and her thoughts betrayed her.
Whenever Kozue was near her, Akeno would get lost in her fetishistic dreams where she was trapped at Kozue's mercy and she could do nothing while being abused by the young man.
Even if Kozue wasn't around, she would constantly get caught up in her thoughts and be forcibly awakened by the voices of Rias, Koneko, or Kiba, depending on who was near her at the time.
When she reached the destroyed wooden dolls, Akeno bent down to pick up several pieces of wood, revealing her bottom covered by her Miko outfit.
In her free time, Akeno takes care of a temple and always wears her miko outfit, and she decided to wear it during this 10-day training.
Akeno intentionally showed her butt for a minute before getting up to repair the wooden dolls.
Although she wasn't an expert in wood magic, her skills were sufficient to repair these training dummies.
Kozue saw this and realized Akeno's intentional movements.
Smiling, Kozue enjoyed the view for several more minutes after Akeno continued her spellcasting. But knowing she had something to attend to, she had to stop her visual enjoyment and interrupt Akeno.
"Why don't you use your hidden power?" Kozue asked, interrupting Akeno and distracting her, causing the newly formed spell circle to be destroyed.
"What... What do you mean?" Akeno asked, her voice trembling.
"My Touki skill has reached a bottleneck, and that's why I started training in Senjutsu."
"I may not have a teacher to guide me and I haven't progressed much, but for the time being I've been meditating and my senses have improved considerably."
"If I concentrate, I can sense a hidden power within you, but I haven't seen you use it in any of our battles."
"I'm curious why you don't use it"
Kozue said what was on her mind, while hiding some things.
Since she couldn't say how she knew Akeno could use holy power, Kozue came up with an excuse, and her Senjutsu training was a good idea.
And that's not untrue, because after not feeling that she would improve quickly in other skills, Kozue recently decided to begin her senjutsu training.
During this training, his intermediate Observation Haki greatly aided him during his meditations, and he can now sense the life forces of all living beings from great distances. With his Observation Haki, it was easy to sense Akeno's hidden power.
Kozue believes that if she can further improve her Observation Haki, she will be able to sense the life energy of the world and begin to try to control the energy of nature.
At that moment, their power will grow exponentially.
"This... is complicated"
At Kozue's words, Akeno lowered her head and replied in a low voice.
As she stood there with her head down, Akeno's mind was filled with fear at the thought that Kozue might hate her because of her ancestry.
Akeno felt a lot of hatred and shame for the blood that ran in her veins, so she was afraid that Kozue would reject her.
At any other time and with any other person, Akeno would have reacted explosively and reprimanded whoever dared to mention this.
But with Kozue it was different.
Since she went on the run after her mother's death and was rescued by Rias, Kozue has been the first man she has felt this way about.
Kozue has not only treated her harshly during her training and shown that she will not treat her differently for being a demon, since many would change their behavior towards her if they found out about her race, but she also helped her and her friends a lot.
Kozue didn't know that what she showed Rias and her group surprised them quite a bit.
An ordinary human capable of learning quickly what would take others years. A genius who surpassed them, but who also helped them improve their strengths and gave them hope for achieving their goals.
Since going through traumatic events, Akeno, Koneko, and Kiba have vowed never to be victims again and to help Rias, who rescued them in their time of need.
By helping them all improve their strength, he had a better chance of not suffering again.
By helping them improve their strength, Rias had a greater chance of escaping her arranged marriage.
Kozue meant a lot to Akeno, and she didn't know how to feel if Kozue rejected her because of her race.
Suddenly, Akeno saw a shadow approaching her and her hands were taken.
When she looked up, she realized it was Kozue who approached her and took her hands.
Kozue didn't know that her words could make Akeno react that way.
At first he thought Akeno would explode with anger and was prepared to use force to reason with her.
But I didn't expect Akeno to react like a scared little girl, lowering her head and with her eyes reddened and about to burst into tears.
Seeing Akeno's tearful eyes, Kozue hugged her and the fallen half-angel buried her face in her chest.
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With Akeno in his arms and both sitting on a piece of furniture in the mansion's living room, Kozue listened to the young woman tell her life story.
When he realized Akeno could open up to him and he could help her, Kozue brought her back to the mansion.
At that moment Rias and the others were busy training, no one noticed his movements because he used an illusion in the place to show the 2 young people training.
As long as no one gets close, they won't discover anything.
Of course, Kozue and Akeno shouldn't delay too long.
As she sat down on the sofa, Akeno took a few deep breaths before explaining what her hidden power was and her reason for not using it.
"You have suffered a lot, Akeno. Your mother must be proud of you for being so strong and happy that you are well," Kozue said in the young woman's ear, whispering as she rubbed her back.
The young woman couldn't hold back any longer and burst into tears. For 10 minutes she wept in Kozue's arms as he comforted her with gentle words.
After Akeno calmed down a little, Kozue said what she wanted to say.
"Akeno, after what you've been through, I have no right to tell you what you should do with your life."
"But as your friend, I'm worried about you."
"It would be disastrous if you refused to use your sacred powers at a critical moment."
"You could lose your life," Kozue said, trying to reason with the young woman.
And as Kozue expected, this was not enough to convince Akeno.
"No! I'd rather die than use that man's power!" Akeno said through gritted teeth, mentioning her father.
"And you have every right to choose that," Kozue said, surprising Akeno.
"Really?" Akeno asked.
Rias had tried to reason with her many times in the past, but stopped because she didn't want Akeno to resent her.
"Yes, it is your right to choose how you live your life as long as it doesn't affect others."
"But you have to be aware of what your death means to others."
"Akeno, Rias, and the others will be very sad if something happens to you."
"And besides, you're ignoring the fact that if you used your holy power, you could easily defeat Riser and help Rias escape her arranged marriage."