Chapter 16: Personal Training and Guiding the Hero
"How's your journey so far?" Zeltretch asked.
"Nothing at the moment." Vergil replied with a smile.
"You know you should just act like your body's age, I could see that lady beside you has little feelings for you, just man up and take her. When I was at your age, I would've already taken her." Zeltretch said with a grin.
"I'm not a horny dog like you, Old Man." Vergil replied then chuckled.
"So? Why see me now, Old man?" Vergil asked.
"Why? Is it wrong for an old man to check on the only person that was exempted from entering the afterlife?" Zeltretch asked with a laugh.
"Or just checking to see if there's a beautiful woman around." Vergil said with a sneer.
"Oh, I'm way past that time." Zeltretch said as Vergil rolled his eyes.
"I thought that you would already be causing a ruckus after being summoned to Tortus. Never thought that you would only show glimpse of your power." Zeltretch said seriously.
"There's a time to flex and there's a time to stay quiet. That's all there is to it. Besides if I showed my power now, that bastard God would interfere with my goal." Vergil replied seriously as well.
"Wow, you have goals now?" Zeltretch said in disdain.
"So, what's the goal of the mighty Vergil in front of me?" Zeltretch asked while Vergil grinned.
"Isn't that obvious, of course, more power." Vergil replied and Zeltretch laughed loudly.
"You know what they say, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree." Zeltretch and Vergil laughed as well.
"Just picked up my master's wisdom, that's all. Anyway, I haven't seen Tet. What's he doing now?" Vergil said.
"Oh, him? He's watching the two Earthlings he summoned to Disboard. They're on their way on conquering their territory's library." Zeltretch said.
"Maybe I'll visit that world someday." Vergil said while Zeltretch chuckled.
"If you're down to play, why not? Its not like we're forbidding you on travelling to other worlds. Even I met Tet on coincidence when I was travelling the other worlds, surprisingly, we hit it off and became friends." Zeltrerch said to Vergil.
"Oh, well. I'm going to train, old man. Go, shoo shoo." Vergil said with a chuckle.
"Is this how you treat an old man who visits you?" Zeltretch asked while chuckling as well.
"Heh- you're just bored old man. Just go and peep on the girl's bathroom to satiate your joy." Vergil said and summoned Yamato.
Zeltretch left with a smile on his face and interest.
Sensing that Zeltretch left, Vergil used his doppelganger and another Vergil appeared before him. Since his master was not there anymore to fight with him, Vergil doesn't have a choice but to use Doppelganger and fight with it. Although he did spar with Kenpachi, it was all a spar. Meanwhile, he could fight without holding back while the doppelganger will also fight him with his full strength. Vergil then brandished his blade and used his Devil Trigger before rushing towards the doppelganger.
Time passed by and Vergil finally finished his training with the doppelganger. When he opened his eyes, he could see Shizuku, her eyes were shut and her faint breathing made sure that Shizuku is sleeping.
"She must've experienced mana exhaustion." Vergil said as she princess carried Shizuku and used Dark Slayer arts to return her to her room. She laid her down and left quietly like a wind.
As soon as Vergil left, Shizuku opened her eyes and rubbed her eyes. She realized that she lost consciousness when she was training in controlling her mana. Seeing her in her own room, Shizuku smiled a little with a little blush on her cheeks. She waved the thought and went back to rest for more.
The sun was about to rise so Vergil decided to have a jog around the castle, the maids and butlers greeted him and he nodded in return.
He was surprised when he saw Kouki, jogging around as well. Seeing Vergil, Kouki sped up and caught up to Vergil.
"You're also training?" Kouki asked.
"You could say its a habit. My master always force me to wake up from rest and orders me to run around the place. I will only be allowed to return when he said so." Vergil said and Kouki could not help but admire him.
"Then let me run with you, at least it could warm our body up and train our endurance." Kouki said and Vergil asked him.
"You have already checked your status plate?"
"Yes, I have. My weakest stat turns out to be endurance so I want to train it and raise its level." Kouki replied.
"Be my guest." Vergil said and raised his speed a little. The duo started running around and Kouki could already feel the intensity, his lungs felt like burning and his body was shouting for him to rest but he did his best to catch up to Vergil.
After they finished, Vergil wasn't out of breath in the least while Kouki was panting on the ground like a dog.
"*Huff* *Huff* How could *huff* you still have strength *huff* after running for a long *huff* time." Kouki panted as he asked Vergil. Talking was already a hard task for Kouki but he forced himself to ask Vergil.
"Do you think that you just get strong after training for a little bit?" Vergil said and Kouki shook his head.
"Correct. Its the accumulation of training and hard work. Although my master forced me to do it, it took me months before I get used to it. Don't you think its ridiculous if you get used to the speed and pace just because you want to? Even in a world with magic like this place, it would only shorten the time before you get used to it." Vergil replied and Kouki thought that he was rushing himself.
"You should first run to your pace and speed it up after you get used to it, if the speed was not enough, then run for a longer time. Trust me, after getting used to that pace, you wouldn't breath heavily after running at this distance." Vergil replied as he offered his hand to Kouki. Kouki picked it up and Vergil raised him up.
"Aren't you guys too early? Also, what happened to you, Kouki?" A voice could be heard and they both turned around and saw Kaori looking at the two with interest.
"Well, I was jogging around the place and Kouki decided to join me and well... he tried to catch up with me which made him look like this." Vergil said and pointed at Kouki.
"Oh... Mr. Meld told me to call Kouki as he had something to discuss with him." Kaori said. Kouki who finally stabilized his breathing took one last deep breath before answering.
"Please, lead me to him. Thank you for your advice, Vergil." Kouki said and Vergil nodded in acceptance. Although his principles are messed up and his sense of justice is deeply misplaced, once you showed him the truth, he should be able to figure things out for himself.
He was about to return when the butler who measured his size stopped him.
"Sir, your clothes are finished. Please follow me." The butler said and Vergil nodded in acknowledgement.
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