However, something as mere as this is pointless against my body that has been strengthened by the Holy Grail—“
But his left arm that is supposed to grow back doesn’t even though the Holy Grail is glowing in gold. Even Marius becomes curious at this, so he tilts his head. “…………Huh? What the. My arm isn’t growing back…… Did the power of the Holy Grail weaken? It can’t be. Then what on earth……”
《…………》
Gasper swings his arm to the side with force again while being silent. Marius jumps away from the spot and tries to dodge it, but a crocodile-like mouth appears from the ground again and bites on to his leg. Gasper’s arm reaches him and destroys his right leg. “Ku!”
Marius falls on his buttocks. “……So you took my leg this time. But this is nothing—”
Even though he makes the Holy Grail shine, his leg doesn’t heal. Even his arm that was blown away earlier hasn’t healed yet. Even Marius starts to change his expression at this and speaks out his doubts. “……Why? Why doesn’t it heal? Both my arm and leg! Why doesn’t it show any sign of healing yet!? There also isn’t a change of Vampire happening to me as well! Why can’t I morph into a bat, a bug, or even a beast!? Is this also because I have my whole ability stopped!? This can’t be happening! Unlike my uncles, I’m directly holding on to the Holy Grail so something like stopping my ability can’t be happening……”
He becomes shocked at seeing his wounds. —That’s because his arm and leg are getting devoured by something black from his wound. “……M-My wounds……are being violated by the darkness……? The darkness is stopping my regeneration……? No, something like this can’t be happening……! Are you telling me you are even beyond the Holy Grail?”
《What’s wrong? If you are going to regenerate yourself, then be quick. I can simply just blow that part away again.》
Gasper approaches him step by step. Marius starts to panic, so he tries to calm Gasper down. “W-Wait. Calm down. ……I know! How about I make a clone of Valerie for you with this Holy Grail! I can also use some method to find her soul! This isn’t a bad deal right? So go back to Japan by taking the clone with you. You should be satisfied with that!”
His words become something that ticks off Gasper even more. Gasper then says it with a small, but heavy tone. 《……Don’t speak anymore. The possibility of Valerie reviving and the reason for you to survive isn’t the same. –You should just die here.》
Gasper closes the distance even more. Marius tries to run away even by crawling on the floor. There isn’t even a glimpse of the confidence he had earlier in his expression right now. Only his despair became stronger. “G-Go away.”
He puts the Holy Grail forward and shouts towards Gasper. “Go awaaaaay! You disgusting half-blooooooood!”
All of the monsters created within this space surround Marius. Vali says one thing when he sees this. “Rias Gremory, you will most likely have restrictions on using your servants in the near future. And I’m not talking about Hyoudou Issei but that. —Gasper Vladi is even more of a dangerous existence than Hyoudou Issei.”
“…………”
Rias can’t say anything back to Vali. Gasper stands in front of Marius and says this to him directly. 《—You are the only one I can’t allow to have even a fraction of your body left in this world. Have your soul devoured as well and die.》
Those words become the signal, so all of the monsters jump towards Marius. —In order to eat him. “A, a, aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!”
Only his scream echoes throughout the room—. In the lowest floor of the basement, which happens to be a ritual area, the darkness field start to disappear. After all of the higher-ups that had to do with the coup d’état were consumed by the darkness, the darkness covering the whole place starts to disappear and the only thing remaining there is Gasper who turned into a monster. Sensei rushes to Valerie’s aid as soon as Marius and the other Vampires died, and he activates a magic-circle to check her condition. “……There is something which is bugging me.”
Sensei has been feeling doubts about the result of this spell since before. Sensei who has been checking her body for a while stops his hand. “……I see, looks like I can answer my suspicions.”
“What do you mean?”
Rias asks. Sensei then points at Valerie. “It seems like this girl’s Holy Grail was a sub-species from the beginning. Another Holy Grail exists when there was originally supposed to be only one. So there is another Holy Grail inside this girl. I did find it weird. Even though it was an extraction for a Longinus, it was too quiet. In my research, I have come to the hypothesis that an extraction of Longinus would be flashier.”
[—!?] Everyone becomes shocked at Sensei’s words just now! Seriously!? So her Longinus is a sub-species and there are two Holy Grails!? “B-But, I thought there can’t be more than two of the same Longinus?”
I ask Sensei. This is what I was told at least. So it means the gauntlet of Sekiryuutei besides mine can’t exist at the same time. Sensei nods. “Yeah, that’s right. So this is what happened. I think it is a sub-species where the two of them are considered as one. Since nothing like this happened before, I need to check more thoroughly. —Anyway, she hasn’t died. After all, the remaining one miraculously remained in her body. So she will return to her original state if we return back what was stolen. ……Seriously, I can’t come to understand the Longinus possessors at all.”
At Sensei’s confession he made as he sighs—
[Oh.] Everyone makes a sigh of relief. I’m so glad! So it’s not like Valerie died! Shit! Since that scene happened right in front of me again, I……I’m just glad…… I was about to hate how powerless I am to have Gasper and Valerie experience the same sadness as me. “I’m so glad……”
Even Asia sheds tears of joy. “Bring that Holy Grail to me.”
Sensei begins the spell to put back the Holy Grail into Valerie that was stolen by Marius. However, for her to have possession of two Holy Grails……is it due to that influence that her mental state was really bad? As I think such things—I give my gaze to Gasper who has turned into a black beast. The changed Gasper who watches the procedure of Valerie getting revived. “Amazing……”
When I say that as I gulp down my saliva, Gasper laughs in a small tone. 《I thought you would have known, Sekiryuutei.》
Known……? What does he mean? While leaving me who is finding that dubious aside, Rias asks him. “……You are not Gasper, are you?”
《Yes. I am Gasper. Except, I can say that I am Gasper, but not Gasper. What possessed this boy when he was in his mother’s womb is a fraction of Balor’s consciousness that has been broken.》
Hearing that, Sensei changes his expression due to the shock. “Balor!? You are telling me you are the Evil God Balor from the Irish mythology! ?”
Balor? Evil God? There’s also the word Balor in Gasper’s Sacred Gear, right? “Sensei, is there a relation between Gasper’s Sacred Gear and that God?”
I ask. Sensei answers me with excitement.