Seiya had only recently been turned into a Demon by Sona. Although the Student Council members could call each other by name, they did not know much about one another's strength.
Sona and Kageyama Mom, who were familiar with Shinra Tsubaki, had obviously noticed that their vice president was somewhat angered by Seiya's earlier attitude and had now become serious.
Yet Seiya failed to see the issue entirely. He even thought Shinra Tsubaki was still going easy on him.
After all, she had said earlier that she would go easy on him. So, he had not intended to use his full strength either. Instead, he planned to use her as a reference to gauge roughly how strong he was in this world.
"Thud—!"
Facing Shinra Tsubaki's wooden sword slash, Seiya casually blocked it with nothing but his elbow.
When he felt the force of the wooden sword striking his elbow, he could not help but sigh inwardly. This was not going easy on him at all—she was practically going easy on him to an oceanic degree!
But on second thought, Seiya did not find it strange. After all, as far as Shinra Tsubaki was concerned, he had only become a Demon yesterday.
To her, he was merely an "ordinary person." As both a senior Demon and someone from an exorcist family, it seemed only natural that she would hold back even more.
What Seiya did not know was that when Sona and the other Student Council members watching from the side saw him casually block Shinra Tsubaki's slash, they were utterly shocked.
Seiya was the only one who thought Shinra Tsubaki was holding back. As people more familiar with her, they could guarantee that while she might not have used her full strength in that strike, it was absolutely not