Kisuke Uruhara On DXD

Chapter 204

Ignoring the awkward atmosphere, Irina spoke first, "Ehem... The three Excalibur Swords kept by the Church were recently stolen."

"Wait... You mean Excalibur from the legends is some sword?" Issei voiced his confusion after hearing his words.

"Yes... Issei-kun's. The actual sword Excalibur was broken in the war once."

"How could such a famous sword be broken?"

"It ended that way." Xenovia replied as she opened her sword pack, "The broken pieces of Excalibur were collected and re-forged into seven new blades." He then raised the greatsword with a golden line for everyone to see, "This is one of them... The destruction of Excalibur."

Everyone could feel Yuuto's mood turning for the worse when he revealed his sword, but this was not the time to react to it now.

"The Catholic Church is responsible for this one." Xenovia placed the sword beside her as she explained.

Irina did not want to lose and released the white rope on her left arm and slowly turned into a Japanese sword, a katana, "And this is mine, Excalibur Mimic... in the form of a Japanese Katana~." He then started to play around with his transformation ability, "It's very convenient because I can change its shape as I like~."

"...So what exactly do you want from us?" Rias got to the main point, "And in the meantime, will you sheathe it?" He and everyone in the room could feel Yuuto's tension rising every second so they complied easily.

Their meeting continued until they asked the Devils not to interfere with their activities about retrieving the stolen Sword. They also told them that the person behind the robbery was one of the higher-ups of Grigory, the Fallen Angel organization, Kokabiel.

"So you two were hoping to take the sword from Kokabiel yourself? Looks frivolous... What a great way to get yourself killed."

Irina closed her eyes, "It's true. The Church has determined that the sword Excalibur is better destroyed than used by the Fallen Angels. The goal was to make the sword unusable by the Fallen Angel at all costs."

"For that, we volunteered to take on this mission. The only thing that could go against Excalibur was the other Excalibur" Xenovia continued, but even she knew that this was not the case. They should hide their cards for now.

"Your faith is blind as always. Will you two really be enough to do this?" Rias had some idea how powerful someone from the higher-ups of each faction was, but she doubted that they would really not understand what they were fighting against, "You're confident, I'll give you that. Do you have some kind of secret weapon."

"Well... Let's leave it to your imagination. And besides, we don't have to face Kokabiel for real. Taking the sword and retreating is our plan." Xenovia stood up because they had already said what they wanted, "We're done here. Let's go, Irina."

"Oh, don't you want some tea?" Rias also stood up. Akeno went to the tea set beside her and started brewing it.

"No need..." Xenovia refused.

"I'm sorry... But no, thank you. Forgive us." Irina also stood up and followed in Xenovia's footsteps, 'The maid made tea... He might use this opportunity to silence us...'

Just as they were about to reach the door, Xenovia suddenly stopped and looked towards Asia, "I was suspicious when we met with Issei Hyoudou's house, but... You're Asia Argento's 'Witch', aren't you?"

Asia's entire body trembled and her face became paler as she tried not to look into her eyes.

"O-oh... Yeah.me..." Asia took a step back and tried to say something but her voice trembled and could not think of anything.

Irina thought that she was afraid that the Church people would hunt her down, "Don't worry. We won't tell anyone that we found you here. I'm sure it will surprise those who know you as 'Saint' Asia. to find out how you ended up."

"..."

Seeing that he did not say anything, Xenovia continued to speak, "But the Devil, really? That's as far as a Saint can fall. Do you still believe in our only true God?"

"How could Satan possibly maintain his belief in God" Irina whispered to Xenovia but since they all had super senses, everyone easily heard him.

"That said, There are those whom you betrayed God and chose to live in sin but have not completely forgotten their faith ... I feel that you might be such a person."

"... I could never abandon my faith. Anyway, it took me this far..."

"Is that so? Then it's appropriate that we end your life." Xenovia opened her big sword pack again in front of Asia, "Show your faith in the name of God. Even if you sin, God will reach out and save your soul."

Not allowing him to take another step, Issei blocked Xenovia's path in anger, "Fuck! When Asia needs help, none of you come to her rescue, right!? If you're one of those bastards who can't see the kindness that Asia has, then you're a fool too!"

Xenovia stopped moving and was slightly moved with her determination to protect him. It was a pity that he was a Devil and all those positive feelings disappeared quickly, "Saints don't need friends. What matters is pure love and affection. If God really loved her, she could have lived on. ."

Issei became even angrier at his words, "So if the person you called 'Saint' turns out to be a little different than you expected, you just go and leave him!? How fucked is that!? ever hope to understand the pain of Asia! Don't you dare throw God and love in my face! It's disgusting!" This was the first time Issei had truly understood Kisuke's words in the past that there was no absolute good or evil in the world. Everything about feelings is subjective and one has to decide which is good or bad. Hearing Xenovia justify her belief by opposing 'God loves everyone and everyone should do the same' which was the basis of their belief made her very upset. When Asia's 'love' extends to 'everyone', they label him as a heretic and have no choice but to become a Devil after being chased and nearly killed by the organization's enemies who banished him. A blind faith is a faith that can see nothing.

Xenovia took a stand and did not waste her words anymore on him, "Who are you to him?"

"His family! His friend! His ally! And that's why I have to protect her even if I have to fight the whole fucking Church!"

Asia, who was behind Issei, shed tears. Even though he had accepted that he became a Devil, he still had some doubts about it when he was raised in the Church. But seeing Issei defend him, allaying most of that doubt and starting to think that being a Devil is not too bad if you have friends who really see who you are and support your beliefs.

"You dare to challenge the Church? This little devil really has a big mouth."

After being silent during that 'meeting', Yuuto spoke up for the first time, "It's perfect. I'll be your opponent."

"And who are you?"

"Your accent...."