บท 20: you are not of this world
I quickly stored the last sacred and the guardian inside my inventory, I also decided to take the money as a payment for keeping this fallen alive.
[You have acquired $1.5 million in American currency]
[You have acquired 200K Japanese currency]
"Take the suitcase and follow me. Before all that, though… what is your name?" She obeyed my orders and grabbed the suitcase.
"Kalawarna… just Kalawarna." She answered.
"Well, it seems you are in luck those sacred gears are indeed special." Upon hearing my words her complexion brightened up a little.
I stepped through the front door and sat down on the stairs, Kalawarna looked confused so I clear it.
"Why am I not helping my devil friends? If that's what you are wondering… well they don't need it, that Dohnaseek guy would have given them trouble… those two downstairs don't stand a chance." But sadly the nun seems to be on the verge of dying
"Dohnaseek… How did you know him?" I looked up at her and grinned.
"I am the bastard who killed that guy." She immediately began shedding cold sweat drops after hearing that.
"You don't seem to be that bothered by the news?" In reality, she does look a little scared by the news but that's all I don't see any sign of anger on her face.
"Do I have to answer it?" She looks hesitant to give a reply.
"Honestly I don't care…" At this moment I felt the magical presence of Rias and Akeno approaching this place.
"You should swallow down whatever beef you have with devils, Lucifer's little sister is approaching this place, so you better behave." I don't know how Rias will react to this, but I believe she is the kind of girl who will most like to learn about the matter first before taking any drastic measures.
"Behave if you want to live." As I said those I saw the shadowy outline of two women in the sky with cute little bat-like wings behind their back. They are not as massive as I initially thought, their wings are kind of small, and look more like a leather cosplay item thing.
"Ise, you better have an explanation." She said maintaining her calm smile, but the smile look anything but calm.
She is pissed.
"We made a bargain, show her the goods." Kalawarna hesitated but a cold glare from me made her reveal the two sacred gears within it.
"She offered them for her life, how much can you offer me for them?" Rias & Akeno's eyes widened like a deer caught in headlights.
"You… You are giving away something like that for a sum of money?" Rias asked me with a speechless look.
"They don't suit my preferences, this wand seems to be the perfect sacred gear for Akeno and you can give it to Koneko or you can keep it for yourself."
"This ring is a shield-based sacred gear, your chances of winning the rating game will increase greatly with this two."
"Oh my how generous of you." Akeno smiled seductively at me, this girl, even though she has a sadistic personality she is still a beautiful woman. If she smiles at me like that, I might ask something else for payment.
"Oh… Ise." Don't look at me like that, I am no saint… I honestly have no use for this two, they are kind of useless to me.
"I will take money for only one, this one is the fee for her protection and living expenses. Since I already made the promise, I hope you can lend your help."
"Yes of course."
"Anyways, let's get on to current matters at hand... The church will probably point their fingers at you, and that will probably get you in some trouble, so where is what you should." I have a good plan, a nice plant to reap some benefits.
"Send a letter to the governor of Fallen Angel, write every detailed information about their misconduct on your territory. Make it look like they are the one who is at fault, all you need to do is mention in that letter is that Kalawarna was killed, can you do it?" Rias pondered to herself for a few moments before eventually, she nodded her head.
"The battle downstairs seems to be coming to an end, if you make it in time you will be able to capture the two angels alive." Rias shared a look with Akeno, Akeno nodded and immediately ran past us.
"Force them to confess and don't forget to record it, just because you are the sister of Lucifer doesn't mean everyone will trust your words. Mention the attack that almost killed your pawn Saeko, and also the vile slaying of one of your contractors. Ask Azazel to compensate for the actions of his brethren." Rias looked at me with a complicated look.
Kalawarna looks pale as a ghost on hearing my ingenious plan to reap benefits from Azazel, and Rias seem to pick up on it too.
Sometimes my genius is almost frightening.
"Now then shall we discuss the price for this one?" Since it's a sacred gear that is extremely rare to come across, Rias offered 80 million which seems to be a reasonable price so I accepted the offer.
"That much amount is impossible to pay so I will pay 10 million a month, I will have a contract ready by tomorrow morning." Rias offered.
"No need for the contract, I have faith in you." Rias' mood brightened upon hearing my words. She gave me a genuinely happy smile, she strode up to me and envelope me in a warm hug.
"Your presence in my life is a blessing, Thank you, Ise." Rias expressed her heartfelt feeling. She broke the hug and sat down by my side and looked at me.
"What do you plan to do with her?"
"She is my responsibility in the meantime…" Rias cut me off.
"No, definitely not. I know what you are thinking, please don't, you can't trust her. What if she stabs you while you are sleeping?" Rias expressed her distaste against the idea of keeping Kalawarna within my house.
"I would not!" Kalawarna thought, like hell, she would try something that foolish, those things within his shadow might Maul her to death if she even come close to him with the intention of attacking.
"Do you have such low confidence in me?" I chuckled as I stared up at Kalawarna who moved her gaze away in fear, even if she somehow muster up the courage the orcs within my shadow will chew her up as if she was a KFC chicken wing.
"I will take care of her." Rias offered stubbornly.
"The nun is most probably going to die, so that's another guaranteed member of your squad. That is a good thing, but you aren't seeing things carefully. The trauma this incident would inflict upon her is by no mean a joke, Kalawarna presence would hinder the gaping wound within her chest & above else your peerage will not like this idea. So it's better if you leave her to me, it's not like she will stay with me forever, by next week I will find a proper place within the block I live in."
"You can't trust a fallen!" She puffed her cheeks like a kid.
"Look Rias…" To my surprise, she grabbed my shirt and gave me the most stubborn stare she could muster up. Why is she hell-bent on this? Does she like me or is she being just overly cautious about this?
"HAAA~" I sighed, what trouble did I bring upon myself. This will be problematic… What a stubborn girl!
"If you are so worried about my safety, why don't you stay with me..." Rias finally let go of my shirt, her face was doused with redness as she processed those words.
"I was just joking..."
"Don't even think of anything funny, I will be keeping my eyes on you," Rias warned her with a glare, Kalawarna huffed but kept her silence.
Why does she sound like she has already accepted my offer... So she really has a thing for me, huh?
Well lucky me...
Anyway, I should probably leave, I haven't yet finished my daily quests. "... Rias can you prepare a teleportation circle?" I requested. "Huh, you are leaving?" She asked with a look of disappointment.
"Yeah, my work here is done I believe."
"Where to?"
"My living room would do." Rias nodded and summoned a teleportation circle for us.
"Ah, one more thing can you acquire firearms?" Rias looked confused at my sudden request nonetheless she gave me a positive reply.
"I need a revolver and a shotgun."
"What are you going to do with them?"
"I have something in my mind, just get them I will show you the product once it has been done." With god forgery I am going to recreate every doom weapon, I can get materials from the towers. In those 30 days, I have come across different kinds of materials within the tower, for example on the twenty-fifth floor I came across a chunk of white magical metal that holds properties like channeling elemental attack.
You probably were thinking why waste energy creating a useless price of things that you can buy from the shop, well I lack the funds, high-tier mythic weapons alone go for 30 billion per piece. Legendary blades such as Excalibur are over 400 billion.
So you can already tell by this alone that God forgery is probably a top-tier sacred gear, if I sell it I can not only buy Excalibur but I can also buy literal town-destroying magical spell.
But I have no plan to sell the Sacred gear, I can create something much more powerful by merging different grades of items, then sell it to the system for a higher price. Right now, let's just get back home and prepare for the dungeon.
I stepped Inside the teleportation circle followed by Kalawarna, Rias kept on glaring at the fallen Angel.
She is acting just like an angry jealous girlfriend. If looks could kill Kalawarna would have been dead by now.
The second I was back within the confines of my house I summoned a soldier "Keep an eye on her." The summoned orc let out a low growl and bobbed his head. Kalawarna receded back into a corner of the living room as she pointed at the abomination in front of her.
"What manner of creature is that?!" She asked.
"That's your personal bodyguard." The orc quickly turned into a mass of a black gas-like substance that then seeped into Kalawarna's shadow scaring her further.
"Take it out! Take that thing out!" Aren't you overreacting a little too excessive?
"Listen to me closely. There is a guest room downstairs, use it as you fit! And take this money to buy something decent." I pulled out a stack of money from the inventory and placed it on the tea table.
"If you enter the kitchen I have written down the number of restaurants that do home delivery on a page tapped to the refrigerator. Your food problem is now solved, so is there anything you would like to ask?"
"Will it follow me everywhere?" I nodded much to her annoyance.
"You should be thankful that I am being this considerate, if it was someone else they would have thrown you into a room and used you as a stress reliever." Her face went completely pale. "And please don't try to be a smartass, that thing inside your shadow will chop into pretty little pieces if you take some drastic actions."
"You would not do that r-right?"
"As long you behave everything will be fine," I said with a smile. "Now then I have somewhere to go, make yourself at home." I turned to leave.
"What are you going to do with the two sacred gear?"
"That's none of your concern." She let out a frustrated groan and angrily sat down on the sofa. You know sometimes it's hard to understand a woman, just a few minutes ago she was acting all scared and obedient, now she has no issues showing her annoyance.
Did I go too easy on her? Well, as long she doesn't try to backstab everything is fine.
First I went to the kitchen and opened the shelves, I grabbed the new packets of spices and salt from it and stored them in my inventory, next I stored some basic utensils like a pan, knife, spoon, and a cutting board.
Lastly, I went to the storage room to store a few more pieces of stuff, a few days ago I went to the local market and bought several boxes filled with different varieties of canned foods and ten 10L water containers.
With this I am all set, I am properly prepared now.
I went upstairs right into my room and activated the teleportation circle, I instantly found myself back in the dungeon. Just like I left them, the shadow soldiers all stood around the house with their weapons in their hands.
This is kind of impressive, they haven't moved an inch from their spot. This shows how hardworking these men are, I am proud of my little army.
Anyways
Now that I am away from prying eyes, I took out the sacred gear from my inventory and infused it with my magical energy.
[The soul fragment left within the sacred gear is curious] huh?
[The soul fragment is evaluating if the host is worthy or not, it demands more magical energy!] More magical energy, okay then.
I wonder how much you can consume; I increased the output by tenfold and saw the sacred gear trembled quite violently.
[The soul fragment demands more] You fucking greedy little shit, here eat more! I increased the output by a thousand-fold per second.
[-10,000 mp]
[-30,000 mp]
[-80,000 mp]
As it consumes more mana the glowing mass of the ball started to wiggle around like a liquid, it hovered close to my forehead and seeped within my skin. I did not feel pain or any discomfort. Instead, I felt a calming aura engulfing my body.
I wanted to check if there was any physical change within my body but the next message made me change my mind for now, I can check that later.
[The soul fragment wants to bond with the host] [Y/N]
Yes.
I heard a distorted voice... For a minute I didn't see any signs of activities but as I was about to lose hope a voice reached out to me.
{A worthy host at last} A voice of a female, or more like a mature voice of an elder sister echoed within my mind.
"Are you the soul fragment?" Every Gear has one Saeko has one too and it seems my one is also housing a soul.
{Indeed!}
"what do you mean worthy?"
{I have been with the god of your world throughout his entirety of life, I know things about the world and the universes that none have knowledge of, this is the chaos realm, right? If you can enter this place with little to no problem that alone is enough to prove your worth.}
"It's as you said, it is the Chaos realm." I was about to ask the soul fragment about its capabilities but she spoke up first.
{Oh! There seem to be the blessing of two powerful divines being on you, your soul is also laced with divine energy, you are not of this world... This body might be, but your soul...} Wait! Wait! What the fuck!
[To be continued]
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