After moving to the back of the restaurant Aurathia and Ryuu began to spar, Aurathia keeping up well with the high leveled adventruer
"Hiw the hell are you keeping up with her?" Nero asked in surprise, even though Ryuu was holding back quite a bit, she was still a level 4 and not someone that Aurathia should be able to keep up with
"To train someone properly you need to know what their strengths and weaknesses are, by focusing on them I am able to keep up with her" Aurathia answered "how do you think I keep putting you on your ass after each sparring session we have" she chuckled
"You don't have to let everyone know that" Nero sighed as he continued to watch the spar
Half an hour later Ryuu and Aurathia finished their spar, neither of them able to gain an advantage over the other
"Thank you for sparring with me as usual" Bowed Ryuu "and please tell Yumi that I said hi and look forward to sparring with her next time she has time"
"You know Yumi?" Nero asked, being surprised for the second time
"Yes, we both feel a kind of kinship with each other, we seem to have a similar sense of justice to one another" Ryuu replied
"Huh, I guess that makes sense" Nero shrugged
After having a quick snack in the hostess of fertility as payment for the sparring Nero and Aurathia made their way back onto the main street
"Alright Nero, time to get back home after doing some shopping" Aurathia stated, gesturing for him to follow
After a short shopping trip Nero and Aurathia made their way back home, arriving at the bottom of the cliff
"Alright give me all of the bags and start climbing, I'll follow up after you" Aurathia said "unless you want me to carry you as well" she teased
"I'm good" Nero chuckled as he made his way up the cliff
Arriving at the top of the cliff both of them headed to the kitchen and began to cook dinner
"So if you're able to cook this well, how come you always get me to cook?" Nero questioned Aurathia
"Being good at something and enjoying it are to different things" she remarked "and although I am good at cooking I don;t really have much of an interest in it and so prefer to use the time to workout, although cooking every once and a while isn't so bad"
"Hopefully next time I get to try it it's not because I overdo it again" Nero joked
"Make sure you don't overdo it and I will make sure that you get to taste it if you can beat me when we soar" Aurathia smiled, poking Nero's head playfully "and since you seem to be in good enough shape you can use your training space again, so long as you don't overdo it again"
"I won't, scouts honour" Nero replied
"You were a scout?"
"Ok I promise you I won't do it, that better" Nero remarked
"Much" Aurathia chuckled as they finished making the food, putting a plate to the side for Yumi for when she got home
That night Nero returned to the training zone for the first time in a few days, Rias smiling as he appeared
"It's good to see you, and by the looks of it you seem to be in a much better condition than when I last saw you" Rias noted
"Yeah, I can actually stand up without my legs aching and my head feeling like it was hit by a hammer" Nero joked
Rias giggled in response to Nero's words "So ready to get back to your training?"
"Yeah, but let's go back to level 3 as I don't think the way that I cleared it should count as I don't think I would be able to do it again" Nero commented
"That sounds like a good plan" Rias agreed, the course taking form behind her "so you ready?"
"Yeah, but for the first few times I'm going to be taking it slow so don't be surprised when my time is the worst it has ever been" Nero told her
"Understood" Rias chuckled, happy that Nero had properly learned his lesson
"So is there anything that you want ready for you when I finish your training? Yumi wanted a big bath so what would you like?" Nero asked her as he slowly made his way across the course, not worried about the amount of time it was taking
"I would like it if I could meet all of the different characters from the Danmachi anime" Rias answered as she flew alongside him
"My goddess Aurathia should be able to help with that, she's friends with most of the main gods and goddesses such as Hestia, Hephaestus, Loki, Takemikazuchi and Freya" Nero told her "although the goddesses like Freya and Loki might be quite difficult due to them being higher ranked Famila, Freya especially as I have had the chance to see Loki but I've never met Freya in person"
"Then I'll look forward to the day that I am able to mett everyone" Rias grinned as Nero finished his first attempt of the training course, being way to slow but his magic control being quite good "alright since you are still recovering you don't have to do the exercises in between your attempts for now, we'll have a ten minute rest between each attempt instead" a bench appearing as she landed next to Nero, both of them sitting down
As they relaxed Nero explained to her some of the things about the world that she would soon get to be a part of that weren't included in the anime, such as the best parks, the best place to go when war games occured and which shops had the most comfortable clothes at a good price, giving Rias even more things to look forward to before trying the course again a bit faster, reapeating the process many times over the night with him being the one teaching the person he had summoned to be his trainer for once.