"No matter how sturdy something appears, it should have some weakness."— Susanoo, Akame Ga Kill

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  If they couldn't learn it, then they simply weren't meant to.

  Water Breathing was the simplest of all the Breathing Styles.

  Aika, Murayama, and Katase had been practig kendo for a long time, and their physical ditioning was excellent.

  Learning Breathing Styles would be much easier for them, which was why Roy had given them a one-month deadline.

  "Water Breathing, First Form: Water Surface Ssh."

  After expining the trainihod, Roy demonstrated the teique.

  His wooden sword created a wave of water, effortlessly slig through several wooden posts.

  "Whoa! Amazing!" the three girls excimed in unison, their eyes sparkling with admiration.

  "Was that a Sword Teique?"

  "That's incredible!"

  "How did Buchou do that?"

  ...

  "That was a Breathing Style," Roy expined with a smile. "If you master it, you do the same."

  "Really?"

  "Of course."

  With his firmation, the three girls eagerly began practig.

  Driven by their desire to impress Roy and earn the promised reward, they trained diligently.

  "Oh, one more thing," Roy suddenly remembered something.

  The three girls looked at him expetly.

  Roy grinned mischievously. "Focus Your Mind, and Reach the Pinnacle!"

  Focus Your Mind, and Reach the Pinnacle?

  Although they didn't uand the meaning of those words, they etched them into their memories.

  Roy provided some further guidahehem to their training.

  ...

  Back at his castle, Roy began teag Saya and the others Breathing Styles.

  Breathing Styles were incredibly practical, enhang physical abilities and reflexes.

  Even Shizuka and the others, who focused on magic, could be from learning it. After all, learning Breathing Styles was retively easy for Devils.

  ...

  On the weekend, Roy took Saya out on a date.

  He wasn't very familiar with Kuoh Town.

  It seemed to be a modern city, quite rge despite being called a town.

  Saya was overjoyed to be on a date with Roy.

  She skipped happily alongside him, holding his hand, her childlike nature shining through.

  They strolled through the bustling streets, shopping, enjoying delicious food, and having fun.

  "Saya, let's go there," Roy suggested, pointing to an arcade across the street.

  "Okay! I'm a genius and a beautiful girl. I'm amazing at games!" Saya decred fidently, puffing out her chest.

  "Let's go then."

  Roy led Saya into the arcade.

  "Let's py this game."

  After looking around, Roy chose a fighting game.

  They sat down and started a versus match.

  The fighting game was simir to King of Fighters, though not as cssic.

  The trols were also quite simir, and Roy quickly got the hang of it.

  Saya, living up to her reputation as a genius, also mastered the trols quickly.

  They engaged in an intetle.

  "Take this!"

  "Here's my special move!"

  "Haha, how about this teique?"

  ...

  pletely engrossed in the game, they shouted and cheered, oblivious to their surroundings.

  Their exg match drew a crowd of onlookers.

  Despite her intelligence, Saya cked experien fighting games. After all, she was a model student.

  Roy, oher hand, was a King of Fighters expert in his previous life.

  Having familiarized himself with this game, he naturally had the upper hand.

  Soon, Saya couldn't keep up, and Roy mercilessly defeated her.

  "Hmph! Roy, you should go easy on me!" Saya pouted, ag spoiled.

  The onlookers were bombarded with a wave of ess.

  "Eh? A challenger?"

  Just as Roy was about to leave with Saya, a challenge request appeared on his arcade s.

  Still eager to py, Roy accepted without hesitation.

  Anyone who dared to challenge him after witnessing his previous match was clearly no pushover.

  Within a single round, Roy realized his oppo was a skilled pyer.

  He lost the first round.

  Roy got serious for the sed round.

  Saya cheered him on from the sidelines.

  Roy won the sed round.

  He lost the third, won the fourth, and tihis bad-forth until the tenth round, ultimately winning the match with a score of six to four.

  The onlookers were thrilled by the intech. They hadn't seen such a close aing battle in a long time.

  His oppo didn't request another rematch.

  Instead, they walked over from the arcade mae opposite Roy.

  "Whoa! It's Koneko-!" Roy excimed in surprise.

  He hadn't expected his formidable oppoo be Kooujou.

  "Roy-senpai, you're s," Koneko said with her usual stoic expression. She didn't seem surprised to see him.

  It seemed she had witnessed his match with Saya and decided to challenge him.

  "Haha, Koneko-, you're very skilled too," Roy replied with a smile.

  Koneko's expression remained unged.

  She g Saya, then back at Roy. "Roy-senpai, are you on a date?" she asked.

  "Yes, we are. Koneko-, would you like to join us?" Roy readily firmed aended an invitation to Koneko.

  "No, thank you. I have to go home," Koneko deed.

  "But before I go, Roy-senpai, I have a favor to ask."

  "Oh? What is it?" Roy looked at Koneko curiously.

  "Buchou hasn't been in a good mood tely. her I nor Akeno-senpai fort her. I was hoping you could visit the Occult Research Club," Koneko expined, her eyes filled with hope.

  Roy pondered her words and quickly uood the source of Rias distress.

  Under pressure from her family, Rias was eo Riser Phehe third son of the Phenex family, one of the 72 Pilrs.

  The e ceremony roag.

  However, Rias didn't love Riser and was deeply troubled by the impending marriage.

  "Don't worry, Koneko-. I'll definitely visit the Occult Research Club," Roy assured her.

  Koneko nodded a.

  Roy and Saya tiheir date.

  ...

  The day, after school, Roy went to the Occult Research Club as promised.

  He knocked, but there was no response. He pushed the door open.

  The clubroom wasy.

  Rias sat at her desk, her resting on her hands, staring bnkly ahead, lost in thought.

  Roy quietly approached her.

  "Rias-senpai, what are you thinking about?" he asked pyfully, leaning close to her face.

  "Aah!" Rias yelped, startled by Roy's sudden appearance. Her flustered expression was adorable.

  Roy burst into ughter.

  Rias realized it was Roy's doing and pyfully gred at him. "Roy-kun, you've bee quite mischievous."

  "Haha, not at all. You were just too deep in thought, Rias-senpai," Roy retorted with feigned innoce.

  Rias smile faded as the topic shifted back to her worries.

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