That's enough!
As Fang Zheng's voice fell, the Magical Girls who had been fighting immediately stopped what they were doing and landed neatly in front of him.
"You all performed very well."
Fang Zheng looked at the girls before him with satisfaction and began giving his assessment.
"Sakura has improved greatly. She can already use three Clow Cards simultaneously with proficiency, and her timing is very accurate... Hmm, but you still need to pay attention to when you switch."
"Yes, Teacher."
"As for Nanoha... There isn't much to say about your fight with Fate, but remember, this is training, not a fight to the death... Try not to use moves like Starlight Breaker unless you have to... Look, Fate has practically developed a trauma response whenever she sees you cast Starlight Breaker..."
"Ahahaha, sorry..."
Hearing Fang Zheng's assessment, Nanoha stuck out her tongue sheepishly. Fate, beside her, merely glanced at her in silence.
However, Little Black spoke up at that moment.
"But, Big Brother, fighting like this really isn't satisfying."
"Not satisfying?"
"Yeah."
Little Black nodded vigorously.
"No matter what, training is still just training. We can't actually go all out and kill them. If we just practice by the book, I think the results can only go so far. After all, if it were a real enemy, they wouldn't stop right before cutting her neck like I do."
"Hmm..."
Hearing Little Black's request, Fang Zheng fell silent in thought. As she had said, no matter how intense training became, it was still only training. Sakura, Nanoha, and Fate had improved rapidly thanks to their Protagonist Halo, but as Little Black said, training and actual combat were ultimately different.
But he couldn't exactly beat them half to death for real.
"If only there were some kind of training mode that