"Ugh!" Akashi groaned with a tired expression while literally dropping face first on the sofa once he arrived at home.
"How was it?" Poney who was sitting right next to the place where he dropped down, asked with an amused smile.
"...Impossible to describe" Akashi raised his head to look at Poney and kept silent for a few seconds before replying to her and then he buried his face back into the sofa.
"Does that mean, it was sooo good that you can't describe it or something else?" Poney asked while grinning.
"You better remove that smug look on your face before I kick you out." Akashi once again raised his head to look at her before he replied with the same grinning face.
"Ha-ha, I am just joking, you know...We are friends after all...aren't we?" Poney released a nervous laugh while cold sweat began pouring down her back.
"How bad was it?" Poney asked, this time with a truly curious expression.
"...It was horrible but I was able to pull it off without any major problems. However...at the end...she t-tried to kiss me" Akashi rolled on his back so he doesn't have to keep raising his head when talking to her and explained it. When he got to the matter of Aria trying to kiss him, he shuddered in disgust a little bit.
"Pfft, haha. S-Sorry, I couldn't keep it within me...So? What happened after that?" Poney started laughing while holding her stomach but when she noticed Akashi's glare, she stopped and asked with a curious expression.
Akashi explained how he defused the situation and Poney couldn't help but laugh once again.
"...But I must say that your excuse was truly incredible...a magical first kiss during the marriage ceremony, haha" Poney honestly praised while wiping the tears from the corner of her eyes with her fingers.
"I am not really sure if she has some feelings for me or if she did it to please me" Akashi said with a frown since his main reason for enduring it was to make Aria attached to him. Of course, it wasn't the only reason but it was still the main reason.
"Hmm, by what you have explained to me...I think that she truly developed some feelings for you. After all, why wouldn't she? It's not like you are just fat ugly noble with status and money. You are also...handsome so I see no reason for her not to like you." Poney replied, seriously trying to help but when she got to the part of describing him as handsome, unknowingly a small blush appeared on her cheeks.
"I guess so, thanks for helping me. Having a girl's opinion and her point of view is also good. Say...would you like to come with me for a little show?" Akashi replied with a small smile before he asked.
"Hm? A little show? What kind of show?" Poney asked, definitely intrigued by his words.
"I am planning to...let's say craft a weapon on or above Teigu's level." Akashi casually said while smiling.
"WHAT?!" Poney exclaimed while leaping to her feet and standing right by lying Akashi and leaning above him with her hands on her hips.
"Calm down a bit and sit down..." Akashi replied with a blank expression when he saw her tight, black, short leggings complementing her curves right next to his head.
"S-Sorry, but isn't that impossible? How can you craft something on Teigu's level, not to mention above its level." Poney blushed, ashamed of her reaction so she sat down on her previous position.
"While you are with me, nothing is impossible therefore I am an absolute" Akashi decided to reply in a cheeky way with a smug look on his face while winking at Poney.
"Very funny, will you tell me or will you keep your dirty secrets to yourself?" Poney didn't like his smug look so she asked hurriedly and bluntly.
"I won't tell you but I will let you watch, what about it?" Akashi asked with a smile.
"Hmph! I guess it's better than nothing" Poney replied while throwing her head to the side, she thought that Akashi was just teasing her but she doesn't really mind it.
"Alright, I will call for Kurome and we will be ready to go out." Akashi said while sitting up.
"W-Wait! Go out?!" Poney exclaimed with a surprised expression.
"Yes, I have no idea what kind of reaction it will create so we better do it outside of the Capital. Try to put some clothes over those short leggings and a tank top. I prepared a mask for you that will also hide your hair. Also...try to find yourself boots" Akashi said while getting up and informing a maid behind the door to inform Kurome.
'If enchanting Taeko's weapon made a small whirlwind inside the spacious room, I have no idea what reaction will cause something of 2 levels above. Now that I think about Taeko after that miserable date with Aria...I really want to see her now.' Akashi thought.
"...Won't wearing a mask make me look only more suspicious?" Poney asked with a small blush after she heard Akashi's remark about boots. She was always barefooted since her main weapon was her kicks and having boots would improve the hardness of her kicks but it would make it impossible for her to perform some of her moves.
"It's been a few weeks since your disappearance and with appearance of Night Raid, their focus is definitely somewhere else. Not to mention everyone in the Dark Squad are wearing masks. We will sneak out of the Capital undetected anyway..." Akashi replied while standing near the door.
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Kurome quickly got the message from the maid and made her way to Akashi's study. Akashi explained everything to her meanwhile Poney found herself some new clothes and put them over her current ones and put on her new mask.
The trio sneaked outside of the Capital. On the way, Akashi remembered about Kurome's information and the location where he should be if he wants to make a contact with Najenda so he moved right in its opposite direction since he didn't know what kind of reaction he will cause and he didn't want to alarm them either contact them. When they were more than 20 kilometers away from the Capital at a small clearing, they finally stopped.
"I have no idea what is your plan Akashi Nii-sama but here is my weapon" Kurome said and still handed her sheathed katana to Akashi without any hesitation.
'Exactly my thoughts...' Poney thought with a confused expression while attentively looking at Akashi and his actions from aside.
"Keep some distance away from me since I have no idea what will happen but if my guess is right, Zeus will show his wrath upon your weapon." Akashi said with an amused tone since he was really curious about this.
'Let's do this...I am bleeding for you today, Kurome.' Akashi thought and focused on his mind.
[Lesser Shock - can be upgraded to Common Shock for 2.000 gold]
[GOLD: 16.923 -> 14.923]
[Common Shock - can be upgraded to Greater Shock for 5.000 gold]
[GOLD: 14.923 -> 9.923]
[Greater Shock - can be upgraded to Grand Shock for 10.000 gold and blood of Super Class Danger Beast]
'Although it is tempting to upgrade it once more, I must keep some money to myself, and the upgrade of the weapon itself will cost something so going up is a no go.' Akashi thought while licking his lips in anticipation.
"Alright, be careful, girls. Here we go!" Akashi warned them for the last time and pierced the ground with the weapon still in its sheath. The sheath wasn't crafted from any cheap materials so it was able to easily pierce the ground with some help of Akashi's strength.
[Do you wish to upgrade Kurome's weapon with the Greater Shock element for 3.000 gold?]
*cough* Akashi almost forgot to breathe when he saw the overly high price.
'I guess it only makes sense since I am creating a weapon around Teigu's level. Good thing that it already recognizes Kurome as that weapon's owner which means that I don't have to care for any compatibility bullshit or something like that.' Akashi thought and accepted the upgrade.
[Energy: 510/1700]
'Holy shit, it took 70% of my energy...' Akashi thought while holding his head since he experienced a little headache from draining most of his energy in one go. Of course, for Akashi a "little" headache is an unbearable headache for normal people.
Kurome and Poney who were looking from aside had confused expressions on their faces since they saw just how Akashi pierced the ground with Kurome's sheathed weapon while leaving it there and then one moment later he sharply gripped his head.
"Huh?" Poney and Kurome looked at each other with a confused expression while raising their eyebrow in question when more than 5 seconds after Akashi took a few steps back from the weapon passed by without anything special happening.
*BOOM* Suddenly, out of a clear blue sky enormous lightning struck at the place where Kurome's weapon was erected.
'Shit!' Akashi immediately used his biggest trump card when it comes to saving his life, Fire Form.
[Energy: 360/1700]
"Akashi?!"
"Akashi Nii-sama?!"
Both Poney and Kurome shouted at the same time with their eyes wide open when they saw Akashi get enveloped in the lighting. Thankfully, they were far enough but they still felt slightly paralyzed or more like their movements were sluggish.
Despite transforming his physical body into flames, he was still blown away.
When Kurome and Poney saw flames taking a human figure blown away from where thunder was still raging, they sighed in relief. Still, despite having no physical body, he was uncontrollably rolling on the ground and since he had no real physical contact with the ground, it was even harder to stop.
"Pfft" Poney even went as far as to chuckle when she saw how flames in front of her were rolling on the ground.
'This is annoying...' Akashi thought and cancel his transformation which made him finally stop uncontrollably rolling.
'...As I thought, despite transforming in time, my body is still slightly paralyzed. After all, it was an elemental type of attack and my transformation is also an elemental type. I was able to avoid destruction or damage of my body but I still feel some consequences.' Akashi thought while still lying on the ground, he was waiting until the paralyzing effect would go away. It wasn't like he couldn't move but it would be faster if he simply stood still.
"?! Akashi?" Poney who was laughing until now stopped when she saw Akashi lying on the ground without moving.
This startled both of them so they quickly went to check on him.
"Don't touch me!" Akashi was forced to shout when he heard them running to him.
Both stopped on the spot and didn't take any further steps. All they had to know is that Akashi is fine which quickly calmed them down.
After less than minute, Akashi slowly got up, testing if everything within his body is just fine.
'I never expected this kind of big reaction...I don't really want to see what is even above it. Anyway, that wasn't just any ordinary lightning, I guess it was also empowered by my own energy I spent on the upgrade.' Akashi thought and turned at girls to show them that he is fine.
"Let's look at the result, shall we?" Akashi suggested with an excited smile while looking at girls.
Only when Poney and Kurome heard his words, they finally focused their sight on what is in front of them and couldn't help but gasp. They were only worried about Akashi so they never paid any attention to other things but an enormous crater appeared in the ground in front of them with Kurome's weapon at the bottom still standing still, with the tip of the sheath buried in the ground.
'What the hell is this? And what the hell was 'that'?' Poney couldn't help but think with her jaw dropped.
Since they were previously in danger, they never cared about what happened but once the danger passed away, they began thinking about what just happened in front of them.