I had no choice but to secure my own meals. Rather, as I was ignorant of the animals and plants of the Underworld, I caught fish in the river only after confirming whether it was edible or not from the dragon Ossan, and I gathered nuts from trees that grew on the mountain. I got fire by creating it somehow with my unskillful magic. Fufufu, I’ve only improved my fire-making magic, you know? …Huh? Why was I a living such a life? When I caught a fish, I unconsciously said “Tottado!”. This is bad. Aren’t I steadily becoming a wild child? I’ve been spending everyday here doing this and that. I wanted to meet with Buchou! I wanted to talk to Asia! I wanted to have tea from Akeno-san! Uu, there weren’t any girls here! It’s a true hell for me! I longed for Buchou’s lap pillow! I wanted to savour the feeling of Buchou’s thighs again! Delusions were the only pleasures that came to me here. When Ossan’s harsh training ended, I went to the world of delusions. Buchou and Asia were there, and they welcomed me warmly…
Recently, I even became able to enter delusions while being chased around by the dragon Ossan. Even I thought that I was ill.
Doooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh! Another fire ball was shot! Uwaaaaaaaah! The rock I was hiding behind was destroyed, and I was found by Ossan. “Here you are, here you are. It’s no use even if you become good at just running away. Come on, fight back.”
“It’s impossible! You’re too strong! Could you, be even stronger than Vali! ?”
“Well, I have often been said to be Maou-class in terms of pure power.”
See! You’re a monster! What’s with the Maou-class talk!? Why am I trying to survive on a mountain with a Maou-class dragon!? Damn it! If it’s like this, I should have gone to the sea with Matsuda and Motohama! I want women! Even though I had only beautiful girls and beautiful women around me, there wasn’t a single flag being raised! Aah, it was the best when Buchou and Akeno-san became those girls. I had confessed once with the resolution of a dying man. But they seemed to say “sorry” at that instant…
Even I was surprised at myself that my horny nature wouldn’t stop having delusions while I was being chased by Ossan. But I wouldn’t be able to survive in these conditions if I didn’t have delusions! “Oh, you’re doing it. How is it going?”
I heard a voice that was familiar. Looking behind me, the Fallen Angel Governor was there. “So good! So goooooooooood!”
While crying, I was eating rice balls made by Buchou that Azazel-sensei had brought. So good! It was Buchou’s flavour! It had Buchou’s love in it! Since I also had a boxed lunch made by Asia, it was the best! “There’s also a boxed lunch made by Akeno. Eat that too. Since she made it while causing a show of sparks with Rias. But, hahahaha, you’ve gotten a bit of a good face in the several days that I haven’t seen you.”
Sensei said that while patting my shoulder. “Don’t joke around! I almost died! I really almost died! This dragon Ossan is insanely strong! Even if you told him to teach me the battle of a dragon, when he uses too much of his real power, it’s just absuuuuuuuuuurd!”
I cried out while rice flew from my mouth! Because it’s harsh! A modern-day kid like me can’t endure it, coming to an empty mountain for several days with a Maou-class dragon! Worst of all, Buchou’s breasts weren’t here! “Tannin-ossan doesn’t know how to hold back! I’m going to be killed! I don’t want to die while still a virgin!”
“You idiot. You’ve decided not to die, right? If I was so inclined, you would become charcoal by my breath of fire. If you don’t want to have these painful feelings, then reach Balance Breaker quickly.”
Ossan said that to me with half-opened eyes while resting on a rock face. “Even if you say that! If someone with a human base like me takes a punch from someone monster-sized like you, I’ll be turned into itty-bitty pieces with one blow!”
“Hmph. How foolish, when you call yourself Miss Rias’ strongest [Pawn] in that kind of condition. Do you know how many devils would want to be Miss Rias’ servant?”
…Now that you mention it, Buchou is a celebrity in the underworld. Even when she just briefly appeared in that city station before, high-pitched cheers had risen out for her. Now that I thought about it, there were many devils who wished to become Buchou’s servants. Does that make me lucky? Yeah, I really am the luckiest, because I can live with such a beautiful and kind Onee-sama with big breasts. Ah, Buchou. The person I yearned for. I’d like to marry her one day…Well, it’s a distant and empty dream. I sighed. Azazel-sensei spoke while looking at the training diary that I kept. “Even so, you’ve also been including basic training, right? Then, it’s fine. If you don’t do this much, your body won’t be able to keep up when you attain Balance Breaker. There is too much that you are lacking in. You wouldn’t be able to win against Vali with magic even if he was doing a headstand. Therefore, you have no choice but to raise yourself up through physical strength.”
I understood that, it was exactly as Sensei said. Vali is a descendant of the Old Maou. In terms of magic, I absolutely cannot win. But even so, how could I win with physical strength…? There was a big of gap between me and Vali in terms of basic specs. “Umm, back then, Vali was trying to do something, but what was it?”
I asked Azazel-sensei this. Before Vali left, he tried to do something. Though Albion also tried to restrain him from doing it…
“Ah, that was the [Juggernaut Drive].”
“Is it something above even the Balance Breaker?”
“No, there exists nothing above Balance Breaker. The ultimate and final form of Sacred Gears is the Balance Breaker. However, there are several things inside Sacred Gear that have a magical being sealed in them. A peculiar restraint is applied on those ones. Your Boosted Gear and Vali’s Divine Dividing are examples of that.”
I see. Mine and his Sacred Gear are the type whose power comes from having a magical being—in other words, a dragon sealed inside it. “Those ones are strongly restrained, taking out power while in that state and making sure that the host can use it. In the case of the Sacred Gears of the Sekiryuutei and the Hakuryuukou, forcing that restraint to temporarily release and unleashing the sealed power is the [Juggernaut Drive]. It temporarily gives one power rivalling that of God, but the risk is also huge. It greatly shaves off one’s lifespan. And it also makes one lose their sense of reason.”
“You mean you run out of control?”
“Yeah, to a violent degree. One would destroy all of their surroundings, and even start to destroy oneself before finally stopping. It’s impossible to master that power in actual combat, but…Vali can handle it for several minutes by consuming an enormous amount of magic power—he should be able to do so, anyway. Since Albion was impatient back then, I guess that it still has its dangers.