บท 51: It's a Trap! (2)

Regina's PoV

After Rias left her servants went ahead to help the trap get accustomed to going outside.

Currently he is being chased by Xenovia as she swings Durandal at him while everyone else watched the scene in amusement.

Koneko also wanted to feed him Garlic for some reason. Feeling mischievous I also sent some flying sword at him using the gate of babylon.

"Eeeeeeek!!! Help!!!"

"This is actually pretty fun..." I said while watching this scene in amusement. Raina was speechless seeing me launch swords at the poor guy.

"Ah right, Regina-san. I have been meaning to ask you. How come each of those swords look different." Issei asked curiously.

Now that I think about it I never really explained it much to them. Well it doesn't really matter if I explain about its specifics.

"My sacred gear is called [Gate of Babylon]. Its abilities is closely tied with the legend of Gilgamesh."

"Gilgamesh?"

"He is the king of one of the oldest civilizations of humans." I told him simply as he probably wouldn't understand if I go into more specifics.

"In his legend, Gilgamesh collected all the treasures in the world. Among those treasures is an unknown one that acts as a limitless storage device. He then stored his countless treasures in this device. This treasure will later be known as the sacred gear [Gate of Babylon]. In the start it only had the ability to [Store] items. However overtime those treasures left behind a [Record] within the treasury. Those are the weapons the you see fly out within it." I looked at him and saw that he was slightly confused.

"The treasures within the treasury later scattered throughout the world eventually landing in the hands of some famous figures, heroes, champions in history and myths."

"Wait if those treasures are scattered wouldn't the treasury be empty?" He asked in confusion.

"As I said the sacred gear has the power to [record]. Those treasures left a record of their most peak states. These are the swords that now are stored inside that you see me launch at my enemies."

Seeing his confusion once more I tried to explain in a more easy to understand method.

"To keep it simply. My sacred gear [Records] the things [Stored] within it. Even things derived from it." I explained to him to which he finally understood.

"What weapons are stored in there?" He asked curiously.

"Just think of a weapon you know of." I told him.

"How about Xenovia's Durandal?" He said.

"Durandal huh..."

I closed my eyes and dived into the treasury to locate the said weapon. Normally this wouldn't take long as most of the weapons I use are kept in a separate space away from the countless treasures within. I also just needed to specify the type of weapon and they would just appear randomly. However the more detailed the weapons I search for, the more time it takes to locate them.

"[Gate open.]"

A golden ripple then appeared releasing a familiar looking sword within it. The sword released a more strong aura compared to Xenovia's Durandal.

"This is the Durandal in its peak state. I guess you can refer to it as True Durandal, not that Xenovia's Durandal is Fake. This is Durandal in its most peak state."

"Thats just cheating..." He said in amazement.

"Well your [Boosted Gear] and the white dragon's [Divine Dividing] are also unfair in some regards. You just haven't used it to its full potential." I told him.

Hearing that he was slightly embarrassed.

"Well, its fine. You will surely master it since its you were talking about." I said with a smile like patting his head.

Issei to me feels just like a troublesome little brother. You can't help but want to help him sometimes.

Issei seeing my smile turned red for a moment before turning away.

"Thats just cheating..." He muttered softly.

"?" I showed a confused expression as I looked towards Raina who is smiling mischievously.

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Raina's PoV

Onee-chan seriously doesnt know how much of an impact her smile can do since her face is usually expressionless. So when she smiles its really destructive.

"Onee-chan shouldnt we go home? Its almost evening now." I told her looking outside which is turning dark.

Hearing my words she nodded her head. She waved her hand as the swords stopped shooting towards Gasper.

"Well, Issei tell Rias we will go now."

As we were about to leave, Genshirou Saji from the student council came over.

"Oh oh, they're at it."

Seeing him Issei greets him.

"Oh, it's you, Saji."

"Yo, Hyoudou. After hearing that there was a hikikomori servant whose ban had been lifted, I came to see it for a bit." He also greeted us before looking at the gremory's trap.

"Ah, He's over there. He's the one getting chased by Xenovia."

"Hey hey, Xenovia-san, she's swinging the legendary sword heartily, you know? Is it alright?, huh. Oh! Wait, it's a girl, huh! Not to mention blond haired!"

Oh no... another victim!

I sent a telepathic message to onee-chan.

[Should we tell him?]

[Dont... it be more fun that way.]

[Pfft, I'll tell Issei.]

I then connected to Issei

[Hey Issei dont tell him. Watch him try to pick up the trap.]

[Pfft, Raina-san your too mischievous.]

"Yes... ah right Saji what are you doing over here?" Issei asked trying to divert the topic to not be too obvious.

"It's as you can see. Im doing the maintenance of the flower bed. It's been Kaichou's orders since a week ago. There have been recently many events in school right? And we also want Maou-sama and the others coming here to see that the school is beautiful. It is a job as the student council to make it so." He said while puffing his chest with pride.

"Ah right, Hyoudou. Are you going to also chase after your junior?" He said while pointing at Gasper.

"No! I dont have such plans."

"You don't mind if I make a move right?" He asked with expectations.

"I dont mind." Issei replied while cringing.

If I remember, this guy like Issei also seeks to have a harem. Although he is chasing Sona, He doesn't mind getting close to other beautiful girls. Though for some reason he hasn't noticed that the girls in the Student Council likes him.

Hearing that he wants to chase after Gasper. I try keeping a straight face trying hard not to laugh. I look over at onee-chan who has an expressionless face, I see that she is slightly trembling.

"Hahaha, Thats a horrible prank you guys." Daddy said as he came from out of nowhere. He is slightly laughing at our prank towards Saji.

"Azazel...!" Issei and everyone else except us prepared to fight.

Although we told them before to relax. They still are tense whenever they meet him. Well who could blame them. They are meeting the Governor of the Grigori.

"Yo, Sekiryuutei (Red Dragon Emperor) . It's been some time since that night. Regina-chan and Rei-chan also seemed to be here." Daddy said greeting us.

"Everyone relax." Onee-chan said while letting out her aura trying to diffuse the situation.

"Relax, Im not here to fight. You should know thay even if you gather a bunch of you guys here, you wouldnt be able to win against me right? Even I dont feel like bullying low class devils. Since I was taking a stroll, I came to visit since I felt Regina-chan and Rei-chan's presence nearby." Sensing no hostility from Daddy the others lowered their weapons as well as Onee-chan who kept her aura. Although she doesnt show it, Onee-chan really cares for Daddy.

"It seems like the holy demonic sword user also isnt here. Shame I was slightly interested in it." He then pointed in the tree where Gasper is hiding.

"The vampire hiding over there."

Gasper hiding in the tree shade panicked. While approaching Gasper, Daddy says.

"You're the possessor of the Forbidden Balor View, right? If you can't use it properly, then it will become a thing that causes harm to others. As a support type Sacred Gear, if you can supplement the deficient aspects, it should be fine but….. Now that I mention it, the research of sacred gears by devils didn't progress much. If you invoke it via the 5 senses, if the sacred gear's owner's capacity is insufficient then, it will move naturally, and it will be extremely dangerous."

He then turned towards Saji.

"Is that Absorption Line? If you're practicing, try using it. Connect it to the vampire, if he invokes it while you're absorbing the sacred gear's excess, it would run less wildly."

On Daddy's explanation, Saji shows a complex expression as well.

".....M-My Sacred Gear, it can suck the power of the opponents Sacred Gear as well? I thought it simply absorbs the opponents power and weakens them….."

Hearing that, Azazel had an amazed expression.

"Seriously, it's because of this, that recently the sacred gear owners don't try to know the power of their sacred gears well enough. The Absorption Line holds the power of one of the legendary five dragon kings, the Prison dragon, Vritra. Well, this was found out thanks to recent research. That thing can connect to any object, and can scatter that power. If it's a short time, it's possible to separate the line from the owner's side, and connect itto some other person or object."

Vritra's Absorption Line huh... interesting. I didnt know that was his sacred gear.

"The-, then, the line on my side….for example I can connect it to Hyoudou or some other person? And then the power will flow into Hyoudou?"

"Yeah, if you grow, the number of the lines will also increase. If you do that the output of absorption will increase many times as well."

"...….."

As expected if it comes to sacred gears, Daddy truly is the most knowledgeable. Compared to the Grigori's research on sacred gears Regulus Dominion truly is lacking. Well to be expected since our research on sacred gears are limited to those in our organization unlike the Grigori who gathered them and researched them for many years. In comparison our side only had researched Sacred Gears for a couple of years.

Even our regalias use more of the technology from Magic Items that were from Solomon's knowledge. Perhaps if we have more knowledge regarding that we can improve our weapons.

"Well just try it. Im sure daddy's advice wouldn't cause harm." I persuaded them.

"In improving the sacred gear, the fastest way would be to drink the blood of the host of the Sekiryuutei. If you let a vampire drink it then they'll gain power." Daddy added.

He then turned towards Issei.

"Sorry for Vali-----Our Hakuryuukou for coming into contact with you on hisown accord. I am sure you would have been surprised, right? Wh—at, he's an unusual guy but he doesn't think of settling the rivalry between red and white immediately."

Daddy apologizes however Issei unconsciously conplains.

"What about you, won't you apologise for coming in contact with me repeatedly without informing me about your identity?"

However Daddy just shows a mischievous smile and says.

"Well thats my hobby so I wont apologise."

He then turned towards us.

"Regina-chan, Rei-chan wanna go get some dinner? Ill treat you."

"Sure."

"Lets go Daddy~"

Saying so we went with him leaving the Devils to their own devices as we go and get treated by Daddy at a restaurant. Behind us I overheard Saji complaining to Issei upon learning of Gasper's true gender.

On a side note, Daddy almost got arrested for bringing us to a fancy restaurant. They didn't think we were his daughters which was really funny, along with us denying we weren't his daughters to mess with him.