"A hierarot based purely on strength is b, if you ask me."— Sukuna, Jujutsu Kaisen

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  With that, Est transformed into the Demon Sying Sword.

  Roy grasped the sword, a smirk pying on his lips as he looked at the cyclopean giant.

  He casually swung the sword.

  An arc of sword pressure sliced through the air, seemingly tearing through space itself.

  It flew towards the giant, c hundreds of meters in an instant.

  The sword pressure passed through the giant's body and tinued onward.

  The giant froze, then slowly colpsed.

  RUMBLE!!!

  The ground shook as the giant's lifeless body hit the ground.

  "Such... incredible swordsmanship!" Ellis gasped, staring at Roy in awe.

  pared to her admired elder sister, this man seemed even more powerful.

  "So elegant! As expected of the man I have my eyes on," Ri gushed.

  "What?!" Cire excimed, thinking she had misheard. She looked at Ri in disbelief.

  "Ahem, did I say something?" Ri feigned ignorance.

  Cire wondered if she had imagi.

  "Well, it's getting te. We should head back. Staying up te is bad firl's skin, you know," Roy said with a chuckle.

  "Really?" Cire, believing him, touched her face with a worried frown.

  "Of course. Let's go back," Red.

  Ri had Fenrir carry the unscious Rakka, while Ellis helped the fainted Reishia.

  They didn't mention the duel again.

  They left the Elemental Spirit World.

  "You head baow," Roy said, waving goodbye as he saw the three girls to their dormitory.

  "Thank you, Roy!" Cire suddenly hugged him.

  She felt guilty for causing him so much trouble with her antics.

  Ri gred at her, grindieeth in frustration.

  Roy patted Cire's head gently. "Go o some rest."

  "Okay." Cire nodded obediently.

  "That sly cat..." Ri muttered under her breath once Roy was gone.

  "What did you say, Chihuahua? You're the worst! You invited Roy to your room yesterday afternoon. Who knows what you did!" Cire retorted, her face flushed.

  Ri blushed, remembering their kiss, but she quickly regained her posure.

  "Hmph! You did the same, ft-chested girl!"

  "You called me ft-chested again! Do you want to fight?!"

  "Bring it on!"

  "Are you two pnning to start anht in the academy?" Ellis interjected, asserting her authority as the Knight Captain.

  Cire and Ri gred at each other, theuro their rooms.

  ...

  The m, Roy was rexing in the courtyard, enjoying the bck tea Akeno had prepared ai.

  Rias approached him, her expression troubled.

  "Rias, why the long face?" Roy asked, setting down his teacup.

  "It's about my peerage," Rias sighed.

  "Didn't I tell you to wait? Velsaria Eva Fahrengart would be perfect as your Rook," Roy suggested.

  Velsaria's Elemental Waffe owerful mecha, perfect for both offense and defense.

  She would be an excellent Rook for Rias.

  But what about Rias's inal Rook, Rossweisse?

  Well, Roy could always take her for himself.

  After all, he had a soft spot for mature, sieachers.

  "But Velsaria isn't at the academy. I 't even approach her," Rias mented.

  "Hmm..." Roy thought for a moment. It was true.

  Velsaria wouldn't return to the academy until the Bde Dance was about to begin.

  "Don't worry, Rias. The Bde Dance is ing soon. Velsaria will be back."

  "By the way, how are things going with your other targets?"

  "Not much progress," Rias sighed.

  "Greyworth, the 'Dusk Witch,' is always out of reach."

  "Freya Grandol, the academy instructor, is busy with her csses."

  "And Ellis, the Sylphid Knight Captain, although I see her around, I haven't had mutera with her."

  Rias was getting anxious.

  There were so many talented girls here, but she couldn't seem to recruit any of them.

  "Haha, Rias, you're the most pirl at Kuoh Academy. Don't give up so easily!"

  "Show them your charm! I believe in you!" Roy enced her with a smile and a thumbs up.

  Rias's eyes lit up.

  She brushed her crimson hair back, her fideurning.

  "You're right. I 't give up now!"

  With her fidence restored, Rias was radiant.

  She hugged Roy and whispered in his ear, "Thank you, Roy."

  "You're wele, Rias. Just do this for me tonight..." Roy replied with a suggestive grin.

  Rias blushed.

  Est, who was sandwiched between them, almost suffocated.

  Hearing their versation, she puffed out her cheeks.

  "Roy, I want to do that too..." she decred with a bnk expression.

  Roy and Rias were embarrassed.

  They had fotten about Est.

  "Roy-kun! Cire and Ri are here to see you!" Shizuka announced, entering the room.

  "Oh? They're here? I'll go see them..."

  Roy, with a pouti in tow, went to the living room.

  "Yo, Cire, Ri. What brings you here?"

  "You're a busy man, aren't you? Today's the day our team participates in the school ranking tour. Let's go!" Cire decred, grabbing Roy's hand and pulling him along.

  Roy had no choice but to follow.

  The school ranking tour was held to determihe partits for the Bde Dance.

  This year's Bde Dance was a team battle with five members per team.

  Only the team that ranked first in the academy would qualify.

  Cire and Ri dragged him to the registration area.

  They were then transported to the Elemental Spirit World, where they faced a team of five.

  "Hey, Cire, I'm not going to participate unless it's absolutely necessary. So, I'll leave the fighting to you," Roy decred.

  He would only intervene if they were in danger.

  This was a test for the two girls.

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  With Roy there, they had nothing to worry about.

  "No problem. Just watch my performance!" Cire said fidently, then g Ri. "I just hope a certain idiot doesn't drag us down."

  Ri gred at her.

  "Who are you calling an idiot?"

  "Whoever responds is the idiot!"

  "Damn it... don't expect me to save you if you need help. I won't!" Rihreatened.

  "You too. Don't be the first oo get eliminated," Cire retorted.

  Ri fumed. She was no match for Cire in a verbal spar.

  Roy sighed as they started bickering before even entering the enemy.

  "Cut it out, you two!" he scolded, lightly knog their heads together.

  "Save yuments for ter. Focus on the enemy for now!"

  "Fihey grumbled, obeying him.

  ...

  Several minutes had passed sihe match began.

  Due to Cire and Ri's bickering, they were still at their starting point.

  The eeam was o be seen, but they were undoubtedly setting up an ambush.

  Cire and Ri ran through the veinted forest, searg for the enemy.

  Roy trailed behind them.

  "Stray cat, watch out for the bushes on the left. There might be enemies hiding there," Ri warned.

  "How would you know, Chihuahua?" Cire retorted, though she cautiously checked the bushes.

  "Hmph! It's my intuition. If you don't believe me, that's your problem," Ri huffed.

  Just then, several bolts of lightning shot out from the bushes, targeting Cire.

  Cire, already alert, leaped onto a tree branch, dodging the barrage of lightning.

  She summoned her Elemental Waffe, the Fme Whip, and shed out.

  The whip sliced through the air, cutting dowrees with ease.

  The attacker, a girl with bangs c her eyes, was revealed.

  She was surrounded by pale blue orbs of lightning.

  Her spirit wasn't very strong, just an unstable low-ranking spirit.

  But it was more than enough to fuel her Elemental Magic.

  But why was she attag alone?

  Roy noticed that her teammates were still far away, not ing to her aid.

  Were they pnning something?

  He watched with i.

  "Hmph! A sniper who reveals their position is no different from a turtle on nd!" Ri sneered, summoning her Ice Bow.

  She loosed an arrow.

  Thwack!

  The girl, uo dodge in time, was stru the chest.

  Sihis was a desigraining ground within the Elemental Spirit World, spirits could be used for physical attacks without materializing.

  They could be transformed into pure power for their tractors to wield.

  This meant that physical injuries were minimal.

  However, the impad pain were still real, and their spirits would suffer the same damage.

  The girl colpsed, unscious.

  "Hmph! As expected, I'm the best!" Ri decred triumphantly, gng at Cire with a smug grin.

  She had single-handedly taken dopo.

  "Damn it!" Cire was ahat Ri had stolen her kill.

  She was the one who had forced the eo reveal their position.

  "Good job, you two. That was excellent teamwork," Roy praised them.

  Cire and Ri gred at each other, then looked away.

  "Alright, let's move on. Did you notice that there was only oacker?" Roy hinted.

  The two girls paused.

  They had been so focused on their rivalry that they hadn't realized the irl was alone.

  And they didn't know what the rest of the eeam was doing.

  They became serious.

  They tiheir advahis time with more caution.

  ...

  However, as they passed by a rge tree shrouded in shadows, a bck magic sphere shot out, striking Cire.

  Caught off guard, Cire was bound by the dark magic.

  "What is this?!" she excimed, struggling to break free.

  Ri spotted the attacker, a petite girl cloaked in bck robes.

  She immediately attacked, firing several ice arrows.

  But a bck magic shield blocked her attacks.

  "Corrosion!" the girl ted in a cold, clear voice.

  A bck mist enveloped the area around them.

  "This mist is corroding our power!" Cire realized the danger.

  Ri leaped out of the mist's range, her brow furrowed.

  She couldn't see the enemy in this darkness.

  Just as she was thinking of a solution, Cire shouted, "Scarlet!"

  "Meow!"

  Scarlet materialized as a fiery cat and circled Cire, her fmes iing the dark magic that bound her.

  Scarlet then transformed into the Fme Whip.

  "Damn you! You'll pay for that!" Cire yelled, crag the whip.

  The fmes dispersed the bck mist, revealing the attacker. Cire didn't hesitate.

  She shed out with the whip, striking the girl repeatedly.

  The girl's magic defenses shattered under Cire's relentless assault, and she fell unscious.

  "Hmph!" Cire gred at Ririumphantly.

  Ri had dohing during the attack. Cire had defeated the enemy on her own.

  Ri crossed her arms and looked away, refusing to aowledge Cire's victory.

  They tiheir search for the remaining enemies.

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