Day by day, Liohime Kitagami had been working nonstop. Even on his rest days, he managed to keep himself occupied with something that ensured that his physical body was being tested.

Even with meals, he began to partake in healthier diets…while Shihon continued to gobble down on junk food, sweets and the like.

"Hey, Shihon. Calm down with the candy, will you?"

He instructed her to put down the small bowl of sweets that she held up to her mouth, and Shihon stopped short just as he called her out.

He narrowed his pupils, and continued to keep his gaze on her even when directing a spoonful of rice with chicken, carrots and salad into his empty mouth.

In the blink of an eye, Shihon hoarded everything into her mouth and blitzed out of the dining room, and Liohime quickly followed her in pursuit.

***

Later on in the week, Liohime spent time running on his treadmill.

Yes, he somehow has a treadmill. Where is it exactly? Hell if I know. Fuck it, the author's confused too. Let's just make up a random new room in the fucking house.

There we go, a special training room that consists of a few dumbells, one single fucking gym mat (or whatever the hell they call it these days), and a busted ass treadmill that barely works. Gotta keep the concept of our main character barely having a few savings to spend, after all.

As Liohime ran, though, he also never failed to add a little pressure on himself. How so, you may ask?

Well, this time, he has an entire woman clinging onto his upper body as he runs.

Yeah, you heard that right. The guy's a maniac.

Liohime, picking up a bit of speed as he jogs on, decides to raise his voice.

"How's the view, Shihon?"

"Pretty nice, actually! Go, Master, go! Go, Master, go!"

Cheering him on was his trusty Magical Beast Girl who latched onto him like glue, clinging onto his back and locking her legs around his hips as she remained firmly stuck onto his upper body, adding extra weight as he continued to persevere.

Even so, Liohime was not phased, remaining focused on his goal.

I have to…keep going, in order to prove my worth one last time!

***

"M-Master, you need to rest. More importantly, I need to rest."

"I'm not even close to getting started! One more lap!"

"Ugh, alright."

At four in the next morning, Liohime jogged along the sidewalks that connected to his home, and Shihon, in her beast form, ran alongside him.

While managing to go outside while his neighbors were still sound asleep, limiting Shihon's distance to the outside world by keeping her existence only a few blocks from his house, and finding another method of exercise, Liohime had finally reached the street light pole that marked the boundary to where they were supposed to reach.

He had done this almost six times so far, covering almost two miles in total.

The monstrous creature beside him panted with fatigue, but continued to persistently keep up with him. Still, she marveled at his stamina, endurance, and vigor.

Master's really taking this seriously…I did decide to go out with him out of my own free will, but he's really giving me an exercise that I won't forget!

Even though she was stunned by him, she couldn't help but notice something.

Something was…off.

It could have been a hunch, but-

He seems nervous.

"Not good enough."

"Huh?"

"Come on, Shihon, I'll race you back home!"

Race…R-RACE!?

Her mouth hung open, displaying her knife-like fangs as she stared in shock.

Liohime had already begun bolting away while she was struggling to stand.

You gotta be fucking kidding me!

***

Two weeks had passed. However, the grueling training of Liohime Kitagami did not stop.

With almost one week left to go, the young man had been given a very slight buff to his muscles.

It was not anything major, of course. A harsh increase in training for two and a half weeks could only take someone so far.

However, in the case of Liohime who had always engaged in light but regular training before the month of October, this helped his physicality drastically.

"You really need to take a break for a few days, Master."

"I'm alright. I can keep going."

Liohime could not stop now. Not when he needed to train for utmost survival.

I need to do this. For my future, to find out more about my parents….to get the job done…to convince my Master!!! Come on, Lio, push harder!!

Day by day, his emotions started to get the better of him, but they also served as his motivating factor, reliving the probable events of what could happen in that dreaded place.

With her Master now past thirty pushups despite the increase of her own body weight on him, Shihon continued to admire his hard work.

Still, her gut feeling of concern had increased now more than ever.

Something's wrong.

"Master, stop pushing yourself too hard. Take some time off-"

"I-I'm fine, okay."

Her eyes widened in an instant.

A tremble in his voice, not from pain, but from something else.

She sighed and slid down from his back, hanging herself from his body with her arms tied around his neck as she was now below him with a quick maneuver, adding even more weight with the gravity of her suspended body that pulled him down. Her legs locked themselves together around his hips while she giggled.

Liohime grunted, and his arms shook. His muscles desperately tried to resist the sudden force, but he couldn't push himself back up, remaining motionless while his entire body tremored.

"This kinda feels like we're doing the Missionary position, don't you think?" Shihon teased, but Liohime was not amused in the slightest.

"S-S-Shihon..w-why…are y-you!?"

Trying to make him lose focus, she did not hesitate to build on her sex jokes as she moaned loudly.

"P-Please, Master! Right there! I'm almost-"

"D-Damn you…..GUH!!"

Losing all strength, he collapsed into her arms as their bodies collided together, sandwiching Shihon softly.

"There was….no need for you to do that….Shihon."

"The power of free will is an amazing thing, Master."

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