Although Kiryuuin Kaede really was very beautiful, and although he didn't dislike being what he called the "passive" side between men and women, that was something based on mutual feelings between a couple, not being forced into a one-sided bullying.
His personality was such that he didn't really like things he couldn't control.
Sensing the disgust in Hikari's tone, it seemed he really did hate this.
Kiryuuin Kaede, however, smiled happily instead. Not retreating but advancing, she pressed her whole body tightly against Hikari's chest, even twisting a little, "I just love seeing that unhappy look on your face."
This wasn't lovers' play, it was real pressure.
At this moment Kiryuuin Kaede was urging a vast amount of demon power, using an utterly terrifying strength to press her body hard against Hikari.
If not for Hikari's powerful body, if it had been an ordinary human male, he would probably have long since been crushed into meat paste.
Looking at Kiryuuin Kaede's body pressing him down tightly, Hikari didn't hold back.
Suddenly, a burst of black energy flared from his body. He was actually using the demon power circulation method of the Kiryuuin family that Kaede had taught him before, running his inner oni energy to resist Kaede, who wanted to pin him down.
"Heh heh, stop struggling, it's useless… huh?", Kaede, who had been smiling smugly, suddenly saw black oni energy swirling around Hikari, so very similar to her own. Shock flashed across her face.
"You… you actually learned our Kiryuuin family's demon power circulation method? You're not a demon, you're a human! Where did you get demon power?", Kaede stared at Hikari in shock.
The reason she had agreed to teach him the Kiryuuin family's method before was precisely because he was human, with no demon power, so she didn't care.
But now Hikari had not only learned it fully, he was even using it.
Even with her head hot and dizzy now, Kaede still felt deeply astonished.
Facing her full of doubts, Hikari only gave a small laugh, not answering.
Without hesitation, he pressed his black-energy-covered palms to Kaede's chest and shoved hard.
With oni power circulating, his strength was greatly increased. The Kaede who had been like a mountain pressing down on him was suddenly pushed back, stumbling a few steps.
Although she had relaxed her power in shock, Kaede's body soon again surged with oni power, and she flew back at him.
Her surprise vanished, and once more she smiled smugly at Hikari under her pressure, "For a human to actually learn our oni clan's battle methods, that really surprises me. But it ends there."
"As a human, no matter how gifted you are, you can't surpass me, a oni, in oni power."
"In your human words, you're just a parrot mimicking, heh…"
Facing her mocking smile and crushing pressure, Hikari's expression stayed calm.
He didn't disperse the oni energy on his hands, instead gathering even more into his palms, while also activating localized enhancement and other skills.
Under this multi-layered boost, he slowly pushed Kaede away from his chest again.
Kaede couldn't help but be surprised again. Hikari could still erupt with greater force, nearly toppling her.
But she quickly steadied herself.
Because in raw power, she still clearly had the upper hand. The strange energy from the hypnotic ring was affecting her mind, but also boosting her oni power, like entering a berserk state.
Suppressing that unspeakable shameful impulse deep inside, Kaede's current thought was to pin down this man Hikari and give him a harsh "lesson."
This goal gave her a strange attraction, granting her even more strength as she bore down on him. Her oni power was stronger than usual.
Hikari of course didn't want to be crushed.
His whole body was glowing with similar black oni energy, trying to break through Kaede's oni energy barrier pressing down on him.
But seeing sweat bead on his forehead as he still failed to break it, Kaede laughed.
"You really can't do it, can you? A human is still a human. Today you'll obediently take a beating from me, so I can punish you for your usual disrespect!"
"Stop struggling. How can humans compare to us oni? Even if your physique is amazing among humans, compared to me you're still far behind!"
Kaede's face carried smugness, lips curled in ridicule as she stared at him.
To this, Hikari only nodded, "You're right. In terms of using demon power and oni energy, as a human, I really can't compare to you oni."
In raw strength, he indeed wasn't Kaede's equal. That much he had confirmed.
Kaede smirked triumphantly, "Heh, good that you know, loser."
On the surface she seemed happy, but inside she felt uncomfortable, very uncomfortable.
Because the strange energy from the hypnotic ring never stopped affecting her.
Though her oni power boiled, her body was also unbearably hot.
It was as if she desperately needed to do something she never had before to vent it, or else even her physique couldn't endure.
But even so, Kaede still didn't want to give her body to this hated man.
So after realizing the danger, she had been forcing her oni power to suppress it.
Not only suppressing Hikari beneath her, but also suppressing the raging flames within her.
But… it was so hard.
Hot… so hot, like being pressed down, and then… uhh…
Forcing down the restless thirst in her heart, Kaede still wore the victor's smug look at Hikari. But her tongue couldn't help licking her dry lips, her cheeks burning red.
What surprised her was that Hikari, pinned beneath her, showed no defeat on his face.
Instead, calm as ever, like an ancient well.
This man, wasn't he too calm?
Being crushed by her, shouldn't he feel humiliated? Was he just pretending?
But Hikari seemed to see right through her thoughts, speaking lightly, "Not humiliated. I just wanted to test how far I could go using oni energy like yours."
"I never said this was my only power to fight you. I have other powers that can easily defeat you."
Kaede sneered, "Heh, still talking tough. I only hope your thing is as hard as your mouth. Other powers? Easily defeat me? If you're so great, then—eh?"
Seeing golden light and a faintly familiar blue arc of lightning spark in his palm, a sense of dread rose in her heart.
"Vajra Demon-Subduing… Heavenly Thunder Technique…"
With his low shout in words she didn't understand, Kaede suddenly saw her supposedly unbreakable oni barrier ripped apart by Hikari's bare hands.
"Th-this… what power is this?"
This righteous, terrifying energy made her feel it was unstoppable, unavoidable.
Startled, she froze in place, forgetting to move.
Without her oni suppression, she didn't notice the black mist from the ring spreading across her body again.
Her eyes grew dazed.
Snap!
Hikari suddenly grabbed her throat, lifting her up.
"Now, do you know who lost?"
"I know, it's… it's me, I lost, give… give it to me…"
Hearing Kaede's soft voice admit defeat, Hikari was stunned. This always-hardheaded oni princess, surrendering so easily?
Looking at her flushed, crimson face, her eyes fixed on him like a hungry wolf on meat, glistening strangely, and drool slipping down her lips, Hikari understood.
This woman had been relying on oni power and will to suppress the hypnotic ring's backlash.
After he shattered most of her oni power with Vajra and Thunder, she could no longer resist it, nearly losing her mind.
With no real exorcism skill, only brute force, she'd foolishly studied the ring and tried to exorcise it, now drooling like an idiot. He cursed inwardly.
Though he didn't like her, she was Yukino's only close friend and bestie. Right now they were still in Yukino's house, he couldn't let her rampage.
He figured he had to deal with her somehow, at least suppress her.
But she was a oni, different from humans. The method needed thought.
Should he try purifying her?
Knock her out?
Or…
But after barely two seconds of thought, Kaede's body suddenly erupted with a dense black-red mist, her oni power stronger than ever.
This time, instead of blocking him out, the barrier wrapped around both of them, binding their bodies tightly together like silk threads.
Seeing this strange scene, Hikari frowned, golden light and lightning growing brighter.
But pressed close to him, Kaede suddenly breathed hotly into his ear.
At his bitten earlobe came a voice dripping with seduction:
"Give it to me… let me see just how strong you really are, to make Yukino-chan die and come back every day. I really… want to try it."
She had said this once already at the start. Now she repeated it a second time.
It seemed this was her true hidden obsession.
Inside the crimson-black cocoon, his golden light and thunder slowly faded, replaced by surging black-purple oni energy. The cocoon shook violently.
———
Hikari had always been annoyed by Kaede's oni identity.
As a oni, she wasn't too bright, but strong, always trying to overpower others.
But now his view shifted a bit.
Strength wasn't all bad. It meant good physique, able to endure more training and battle.
And her two pairs of sharp horns were a huge asset.
Great for fighting, and unlike human girls who tied pigtails, her horns were like built-in steering wheels, solid and firm.
For someone like Hikari who drove often, this felt novel, like getting a new toy as a kid.
Of course, mainly, those horns were perfect for battle, boosting her combat strength.
Those horns, paired with her long braided ponytail down to her hips, were just...
He couldn't resist playing knight games with them for quite a while.
After sparring and accompanying the still half-delirious Kaede for an intense fight lasting over an hour, the black-red cocoon finally dissolved completely.
———
Exhausted, Kaede slowly regained her senses.
Feeling her body aching as if it would fall apart, looking at the wrecked living room, she froze.
Her mind blanked, silent.
After several minutes, her hoarse but still crisp voice suddenly burst out "Hikari! Y-you-you… you human, what did you do to me?"
Her crimson eyes glared at the equally unclothed Hikari, full of shame and anger.
Facing the weak but agitated Kaede, Hikari remained calm.
"I didn't do anything to you, you did it yourself. I'm the victim here," His words were flimsy, but his voice rang strong and steady.
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