The Hyoudou residence.
At the dinner table, Issei's mother asked about Asia and Yasuhiro's first day of school, wondering if they were adjusting well.
Issei watched as the gentle, smiling Asia recounted so of the interesting things that had happened on her first day.
A Holy Maiden of the Church, possessor of Twilight Healing.
Looking at Asia's smile, Issei couldn't help but think of...
She was the second sacred gear possessor he had seen besides himself.
Suddenly, Issei felt a sharp pain all over his body, and the bowl and chopsticks in his hands fell to the ground.
But it ca and went quickly, disappearing before he could even react to what had happened.
Afterwards, Issei saw his brother smiling at him with his usual smile. For so reason, he didn't dare to look his brother in the eye.
It felt as if looking directly into his eyes would burn him, as if he had encountered his natural enemy, making him feel uncomfortable all over.
Issei quickly gathered up the dishes and chopsticks from the floor and hurriedly left the table.
...
"Brother, you really are a holy knight of the Church."
It was obvious to Issei that what happened during dinner was his brother's warning, and he secretly added the word petty to his ntal image of him.
President's words from before school ended kept echoing in his mind. He couldn't fully believe it until he was warned during the dinner.
His brother had used the power of light, and he felt it deeply. After all, he had been tragically stabbed to death by his first love with a spear of light.
However, the physical pain he experienced back then was not as deep seated as the excruciating pain he felt at the dinner table.
On second thought, it made sense.
He was a devil now. Of course he couldn't tolerate the light as he did when he was human.
"That's right, I never expected my brother to have the audacity to reincarnate as a Devil. It's quite impressive."
Yasuhiro closed the book in his hand, sat down in the chair, and said casually.
"I, at that ti..."
Issei instinctively tried to retort, but before he could finish speaking, Yasuhiro interrupted him.
"You were stabbed to death by your girlfriend."
Issei, embarrassed and bewildered, pointed at Yasuhiro, who wore a half-smile on his face, and said, "You... how did you know!"
"Tch," Yasuhiro said. "What's so difficult about that? Don't think only you devils have intelligence networks. Our Church is no less capable than you. We have information on how you were reincarnated as a Devil, and how you beca a mber of the Gremory Clan heir's peerage."
"And let tell you sothing else, the Fallen angel who killed you is now lurking in the town's abandoned church."
Issei's expression changed with Yasuhiro's words, going from calm to ugly, and then from ugly to complicated.
He tried his best to bury this matter deep in his heart. It was a scar, and only by burying it deep and ignoring it could he avoid feeling the pain.
Seeing the change in Issei's expression, Yasuhiro didn't speak again, nor did he ntion annihilating the Fallen angel Raynare.
Although, to him, that girl was at most at the peak of the Low class, and annihilating her would be a piece of cake.
However, this was a scar in Issei's heart, and Yasuhiro still hoped that Issei could resolve it himself.
No matter what the final result was, at least he wouldn't have any regrets.
Of course, if those Fallen angels were to provoke him, he would kill them all without hesitation.
After a mont, Yasuhiro broke the silence, "Let see your Sacred Gear."
Upon hearing the ntion of his sacred gear, Issei imdiately perked up, concentrated his energy, and summoned the sacred gear residing within his body.
"This is my Sacred Gear."
A crimson dragon gauntlet appeared on Issei's left arm, with a round, translucent gem set in the center.
This was the Boosted Gear, which housed one of the Two Heavenly Dragons, Ddraig, and was one of the thirteen Longinus.
No, it hadn't fully awakened yet, it looked like an ordinary dragon gauntlet right now, probably because the host's strength was too weak.
Yasuhiro could sense a terrifying power contained within it, as if a fearso behemoth was imprisoned inside.
Looking at Issei with a hint of speechlessness, he knew from the ani before his reincarnation that Issei's summoned Boosted Gear was incomplete because his own strength was too weak.
Only after transmigrating to this world and gaining a deep understanding of sacred gears did he realize that it was understandable if a sacred gear could not achieve its Balance Breaker.
Not everyone and not every gear possessed this aptitude.
However, generally speaking, summoned Sacred gears are usually intact in terms of completeness.
For Issei to weaken the majestic Boosted Gear into the appearance of an ordinary Twice Critical gauntlet was undoubtedly a unique talent.
"Brother, what do you think? Isn't my Sacred Gear amazing? The President said it's a dragon type Sacred Gear."
Issei's smugness prompted Yasuhiro to pour cold water on his enthusiasm, saying, "Yes, impressive, but your impressiveness goes in the exact opposite direction."
"What does that an?"
Yasuhiro's words left Issei completely bewildered.
"Judging from its appearance alone, your Sacred Gear is just an ordinary Twice Critical. Its function and ability are at most to double your power."
"Apart from being unable to interfere with the supernatural, it's the worst kind of Sacred Gear, barely touching the edge of middle class."
"What!"
Issei was shocked beyond his youthful life.
"Of course. That's only on the surface, the reality is not that simple."
Yasuhiro stopped teasing him and asked directly, "How many Evil pieces did Rias Gremory use for your reincarnation?"
"All eight Pawn pieces."
"That's right. The consumption of Evil pieces is linked to the reincarnated person's potential. An ordinary person only needs one piece, but you used a full eight. Don't you know what that ans?"
Issei touched his nose, and said uncertainly in a low voice, "Could it be that I, like you, possess so kind of hidden potential?"
He shalessly thought that since his brother possessed the potential to beco a holy knight, he might also have that potential, but it just hadn't been awakened yet.
Do you think that's possible?
Yasuhiro stared at him unblinking, making Issei feel guilty. His demonic power was so low that he couldn't even use a magic circle for teleportation.
In order to help clients fulfill their wishes, he had to ride a bicycle and knock on doors to enter as a rookie devil.
"The root cause is that your sacred gear isn't a simple Twice Critical. Because your strength is too weak, you can't fully communicate with and manifest the sacred gear residing within you."
Issei was speechless with frustration.
He was truly sorry for being weak, he hadn't expected even Sacred Gears to be so picky.
"Otherwise, why would Grigori send a Fallen angel to monitor you? There are so many sacred gear possessors out there, the only ones who warrant such a deploynt are hosts with powerful Sacred Gears."
"Your Twice Critical, as it appears now, isn't worthy of being monitored by Grigori."
"Furthermore, the eight Evil pieces that you consud are the strongest evidence."
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