Sparring Edgar{239}

As Edgar eagerly explained his improvements Keitaro ruffled his hair in a rare display of affection, Which the young boy desperately needed.

Eleanor watched this scene and couldn't help but feel her expression soften, but that was just for a little bit.

She watched the interaction closely, her usual composed demeanor giving way to a fleeting warmth. She allowed herself to imagine a different world for just a moment.

One where her son was happy, but the reality was often cruel and her son most time was not really that happy.

Maybe she should have stopped her husband earlier....maybe she should have stopped him after their firstborn died... She didn't know at the time but after the deal was revealed she now realized the reason her son had died and the reason Alistair had gotten better the second her son died.

Keitaro asked the woman politely to train her son.

Clearing her throat, Eleanor spoke with her usual elegance, though there was a rare sincerity in her tone. "Keitaro, I trust you with my son. If you wish to spar, you have my permission. Just don't be too hard on him."

"I will be just fine," he said with a light smile.....

He then turns his attention to the boy....now for the fun part...the boy's progress.

Time skip

The sparring session took place in the estate's training hall....it was a large and open space that was illuminated by the warm chandeliers.

Eleanor observed it from a comfortable chair, her hand folded neatly ilapher la.

Her gaze was sharp and attentive.

Edgar had on his armor, he seemed like he took some pride in his creation, Keitaro couldn't help but notice the solar panels gleaming faintly in the artificial light.

They seemed to be protected by something, from one look Keitaro could tell, the second those solar panels got destroyed.....the second the suit ran out of power and started using the power curse energy instead.

And considering the boy's reserves... he had about 20 seconds in him.

The grappling hook extended briefly, its mechanisms audibly clicking as it retracted.

Keitaro, standing casually in his usual stance, gestured with two fingers. "Let me make it easy for you, if you manage to make me remove both of my hands from my pocket, you win"

The boy did not hesitate, he launched forward. He used his grappling hook first, he aimed to pull Keitaro off balance.

Keitaro had sidestepped it with ease, his hand in his pocket yet his movement being quicker than the boy's perception.

"That was smart...though a bit predictable," Keitaro teased.

The boy groaned a bit.

He then decided to switch tactics, he started layering his movements with feints. The shield plate on his forearm snapped into place as he closed the distance, swinging a well-timed strike.

Keitaro deflected the blow with no effort at all, he was just trying to see the boy's current form and progress.

Edgar's follow was...a sudden burst of energy from his armor-stored reserves, which forced Keitaro to take a step back unless he wanted to get slightly burned.

"Nice," Keitaro remarked. "You are learning how to chain your attacks, though next time make it less obvious"

Encouraged, Edgar activated another feature of his armor. The solar panels absorbed the ambient light, It powered a small energy cannon embedded in his shoulder. A blast of condensed curse energy was shot toward Keitaro, who leaned back a bit to let the blast past him.

"That's new," Keitaro said, genuinely impressed.

He felt like he was fighting Iron Man.

Thinking about it, that was a horrible idea... Keitaro weaved through all the boy attacks noticing the pattern between each attack.

Blocking a punch and weaving a kick, Keitaro leaned back as another blast was shot at him.

He continued engaging the boy, he noticed that curse energy was building up in the boy's left hand, and he wondered what for.

Was it some sort of final attack or something?

As Keitaro kicked the boy away... Edgar punched his palm as if giving a fist bump to his open palm.

{BOOST}

'is this high school dxd?' Keitaro thought to himself.....

The reason he knew what the show was to begin was simple.....he had tried challenging Satoru, Satoru feeling in the mood to tease him, kind of challenged him to watch the show to see who lasted longer.

Keitaro could only watch about 3 episodes....at most.....it didn't help Shoko walked in the room during one of those scenes...took him weeks to try and explain himself.

He swore to never watch those shows again, and why the heck did Shoko have to walk in the room when the titties were being shown, 5 seconds before she entered it was all serious...but the second she appeared, somehow, as if some god wanted to flip him off....it happened.

Anyway, he had this little rant mentally to say, he knew what the booster gear was...and the boy gloves seem to work like one, although they probably are more like twice criticals at best.

Just a 2x power up.....

{Speed}

The boy rushed at Keitaro...Keitaro had to block...the boy's speed, he had not just doubled. No, it was about 4x time its original value.....oh...so that's how it works.

How fun.

Twisting his body around, he aimed a kick at the boy's gut.

{Durability}

The boy's skin felt tougher.....oh, neat.

"I won..."The boy said sounding excited.

Keitaro looked at his hand....oh, both of them were outside his pocket, well he would be dammed, he didn't notice.

Oh, wait!

Turning his head toward the boy, the suit cracked, before falling on the floor.....So.....he had accidentally, not his fault, but he had accidentally used a bit more power than he intended.

He intended to test out the thing's durability....he forgot it was a multiplier.....so even if he had attacked the boy with grade-one level strength....all that strength was aimed at one point....jeez, he forgot not everyone is inhumanly strong.