“……Balor is the most famous God to have the evil eyes. He’s also famous to be the God who controlled Crom Cruach. I hear that the Sacred Gear was named as “Forbidden Balor View” as a reference to him. ……But, I can’t believe that the actual Balor is actually residing in it. Is the reason why Tathlum from before didn’t respond to Balor was due to being a replica of it?”
《That’s why I’m telling you that I’m a fraction of Balor’s consciousness. I already lost my divinity and only my power of evil remained. The actual Balor was killed by the God Lugh after all. I am Balor but not Balor. I am “Gasper Vladi”. Sacred Gears sure are interesting things. They can possess anything from legendary Dragons and monsters to even the power of an Evil God. The God from the Bible who created the Sacred Gears truly must be a terrifying being.》
……I-I don’t get it, but it seems like Sensei does understand so he nods his head saying, “I get it now~”. W-Well, I will ask him to explain it to me in a simpler way afterwards. “What did you mean when you said I should have known just before?”
《When you went berserk, the kin of the Old Maou did get his time stopped for a moment right? That’s because I got myself linked with your sights. See, just like this—》
—! What I’m seeing now instantly changes. Hey, am I looking at……myself!? What appears in my sight is myself! Myself in the armour form! 《Just now, I changed my sights with yours. That’s why you can see that scenery through my eyes.》
……W-Wow…… S-So he can even do such a thing. If I think about it, I did hear that I used an ability that is like Gasper’s against Shalba when I went berserk using Juggernaut Drive at him. Though I thought that was a part of Sekiryuutei’s hidden powers…… So Gasper’s power awakened along with Sekiryuutei’s power. —Ah, my sight went back to normal. Kiba who has been listening to that beside me acts as though he is convinced. “So that phenomenon back then was due to the fractional power of both Ise-kun and Gasper-kun’s……!? To be able to resonate with the Juggernaut Drive…… Is it something plausible since it’s the Two Heavenly Dragon and the Evil God that once controlled Crom Cruach……! ?”
Leaving beside Kiba who is all but shaking, Xenovia and Irina approach Gasper timidly. “A-Are you really Gasper?”
“You kinda became bigger……so I was scared.”
Both of them are already used to this form as if they had forgotten the fear they had just a moment ago. Well, even I became used to this appearance…… Since a lot happened, my senses are getting weird. Gasper who doesn’t show any response to the two girls’ goofiness walks towards Valerie. Gasper’s hand that is all changed starts to pat Valerie’s cheek that is lying down. 《For some reason, I felt that I needed to save this girl who is in possession of the Holy Grail. Very strongly, that is. That was a feeling different to my other self who is feeling indebted to her. ……Is this my gratitude towards her? I don’t know very well about it myself, but most likely, she had been using her power unconsciously even before it awakened completely. Even the fraction of Balor’s consciousness that became me is something she summoned by using the Holy Grail……and did she create me with it……?》
“You are saying that what gave birth to Gasper was Valerie when she was a child……? So the reason why Rias was able to reincarnate Gasper was due to the fraction of Balor that had lost its divinity…… And is the reason why Gasper was born with “Forbidden Balor View” due to being attracted by Balor’s power……? It sure is like a joke to have the actual being reside in it despite being something that was an imitation of it. Why didn’t Crom Cruach show any strong response to him just before? But, that is—”
It seems like Sensei is coming up with many ideas and is now muttering. Gasper then tells Sensei. 《This form—is at least something created due to the fusion of the Sacred Gear and the Balor inside me. You can say this is the Balance Breaker, but also isn’t. Yeah. —I might as well call it the “Forbidden Invade Balor the Beast”.》
So you are giving it a name! There are times when something like a name is sent from the Sacred Gear to the brain……but if it’s someone who reaches the sub-species Balance Breaker, I did hear that they reject those names and put a name they thought up on their own. Though the one who named my True [Queen] is Sairaorg-san. Sensei looks at the condition Gasper is in once again and mutters. “……This may be something which you can call as a Longinus class soon. No, it already is in a level where you can call it as such. It already became a Sacred Gear that is different to the “Forbidden Balor View”.”
Seriously!? So it will become the fourteenth one!? There has only been thirteen Longinus till now but it doesn’t mean that they are restricted to thirteen of them. It simply means that only thirteen of them have appeared in this world till now. That’s why it isn’t weird for there to be a fourteenth one. But are you telling me that it’s Gasper……? Rias asks Sensei as she breathes in. “……Are you telling me it’s a new Longinus……?”
“Well, I will check for more details once I get back to Grigori.”
That’s what Sensei simply says. —Then the darkness of Gasper who turned into a beast fades away. 《……Oh my, looks like I’m at my limit. I will leave the rest to all of you and sleep for a bit.》
The darkness starts to fade away, but as he returns to the usual Gasper, the other Gasper speaks as he smiles with a big beasty mouth of his. 《All of you from the Occult Research Club, I am an existence that will taint everything in darkness. However, I promise that I won’t hurt any of you at all costs. I did watch over all of you through my other self.》
The other Gasper looks around at all of us. 《Rias-buchou, Akeno-san, Koneko-chan, Yuuto-senpai, Asia-senpai, Xenovia-senpai, Irina-senpai, Ravel-san, Rossweisse-san, Azazel-sensei, and the Sekiryuutei—Ise-senpai. After all, all of you are my precious comrades—》
After he finishes saying that to us, the darkness completely disappears and Gasper falls on the spot unconscious. Rias embraces Gasper who is back to his original form. She has tears in her eyes. “……I know. I don’t care what you are. You are my servant after all. Right, Gasper……”
Seeing such an emotional scene, all the members here nod their heads while having teary eyes. Yeah, Gasper is our precious comrade! He is my precious junior! While I think that strongly, Sensei declares that the spell to revive Valerie is completed. While emitting a bright flash, the Holy Grail that was stolen from Valerie returns to her body. “She should open her eyes with this……”
Since Sensei says that, everyone watched over her…… But she shows no sign of waking up. Sensei becomes dubious and start to check her. “……That’s strange. She is breathing. But only her consciousness isn’t coming back……? Is there something else missing?”
Sensei tilts his head at this situation, but a voice belonging to a different person echoes.