Chapter 55 - [Gandiva]'s Pride + Announcement

Now that the [Kasha] are flying around, everything is ready to start my training. I take an arrow from the quiver and examine it.

It's not a bad arrow, but it's obviously inferior to mine. Not to speak badly of them, but personally, I believe my arrows are close to perfection. All of this without counting the extra that my arrows have, the attribute of darkness.

Well, an arrow is an arrow. I'm not going to get fancy with little things like this.

Now I just have to load the arrow into the bow...

Huh?

"Is something wrong, Drako?" Kuroka asks me.

"I still can't seem to use this bow in my semi-human form."

In the semi-human form, I have half the strength of my dragon form. During this year, I have already gotten used to the tension of [Gandiva] in my Dragon form, as it was the only one I used to save the maximum number of MP points.

Now that I'm half as strong, the tension is the same, but I feel it's twice as much as the previous tension. I need to adapt to this sudden increase in tension. For now, I just need to apply more force.

"Your reasoning is not bad, kid. But this time you're not right."

What's the problem then, man?

"I don't want to tell you, although it wouldn't be wrong to try to use your [Gandiva] in your true form."

Use my [Gandiva] in my true form? Can't I use [Gandiva] in my semi-human form yet?

"It's not that. You'll understand when you do what I've told you."

God's Voice...

Wait, don't do anything yet. Can I change your name?

[Of course, you can call me whatever you want.]

Okay. Your new name will be [Sage]

[Copy that. Changing the name [God's Voice] to [Sage]

[Change completed]

So, Sage, transform me into my true form.

[Understood]

[Disabling Art of Human Transformation]

Alternating between my semi-human form and my true form does not cause me that extreme pain that I suffered in the first transformations. Now I only feel slight discomfort during the transformation process.

"A dragon!"

"Why are you surprised? Drako is a pureblood dragon, it's normal for him to look like a dragon."

"He's not a semi-human? His appearance was clearly that of a semi-human."

"Of course not. If I'm not mistaken, Drako is very young and has to perfect his shapeshifting."

Barakiel and Raynare are talking about me as I transform.

"I have despised and mistreated a dragon... I am a little afraid."

"That's why you have to train more! Why did you stop running? Keep running, or there will be consequences..."

"Barakiel-sama! Give me a break!"

Boom!

"Hey, Kuroka."

"Tell me, Drako."

"That was lightning, right?"

"That's right."

"I'd tell you to pray for Raynare, but it would cause you harm. So the best thing we can do for her is to see her suffer in silence."

"I agree."

"I curse you! I don't want to run anymore... Waaaah!"

Is she really crying?

"Keep running!"

"Waaaah! Azazel-sama, Semhazai-sama! Help meeee!"

I think the best I can do is ignore Raynare while she runs for her life. Barakiel is a rigorous teacher.

I'm going to continue my own training. I have to find out what the problem is.

Now that I'm in my dragon form, I shouldn't have any problem using the bow.

But...

"What is it now, Drako?" Kuroka asks again.

So, it is like this...

"You seem to have noticed, kid."

Yes, I've noticed.

Even now, in my true form, [Gandiva] won't let me shoot the arrow. It's easy to deduce what the problem is here since the only thing that has changed is the arrows I use.

"[Gandiva] is a divine bow. Trying to use normal arrows created by human materials is nothing but an insult to him. This bow will only accept divine arrows or arrows created by its bearer."

I see.

Looks like I'm gonna have to go back to the training I was doing in the woods.

I keep the arrow in the quiver, and I leave it with the others. I won't be needing them anyway.

"Drako? What is it?" Kuroka's coming. Her face shows concern.

"Nothing to worry about, it's just that this fellow has more pride than I expected. The arrows Barakiel has brought me doesn't have use for me."

Sigh...

"[Gandiva] won't accept normal arrows, I'll have to follow the same training as before."

"I see..."

"It's not like it's anything bad, I'm just going to have to follow the same training regime as the forest. After archery training, I will continue with Senjutsu. And when my MP is back to full strength, I will continue with archery."

It's a shame you can't use regular arrows, but it's not something to die for either.

..................…..

"I see, so you couldn't use the arrows I brought you. It's okay, I went to talk to Azazel, and the inventory was on its way."

I've finished my training for today, Kuroka and I are saying goodbye to Barakiel. Meanwhile, Raynare is still running around the track.

I think I'm starting to feel sorry for her. It's obvious she has no stamina, but Barakiel won't let her rest. In fact, every time she tries to rest, she gets a lightning bolt from Barakiel.

That's intense training, and the rest is nonsense.

"Drako-samaaa, Kuroka-samaaa. Get me out of here!"

"I don't dare, Raynare-sama. Bye-bye."

You're cruel, Kuroka.

"See you tomorrow, Barakiel."

"Yes, see you tomorrow."

Kuroka and I finished saying goodbye to Barakiel. We left without even looking at Raynare, who is still running for his life.

To get out of Nephilim, we follow the same steps to get there. According to Barakiel, our ID cards can only take us from Nephilim to the apartment and from the apartment to Nephilim.

Kuroka and I got out of the elevator and found the hallway of the apartment.

"Another day of training-Nyaa. So much [Kasha] has made me hungry-nyaa."

"Come to think of it, is there anything to eat here? I hope Azazel didn't forget to leave food in the apartment. But now that I think about it, his daughter lives here too, so I guess there's something to eat there."

Kuroka and I went into the apartment.

"--What's this, that I'd come to hear such speech, is that the way things are?"