Once again, I used my holy demonic sword to absorb the holy energy, and Irina poured her strength into the final blow again—. Just when I was thinking about this, a large beam of light was fired from behind me. “—My arrow is able to increase the power of an Angel!”
Griselda-san’s arrow of light struck Irina-san’s body. In an instant, an immense amount of light burst out of Irina-san, and further enhanced Hauteclere’s power and ability! Cristaldi’s holy sword — its holy aura was slowly and gradually fading away. “—Sensei, here we go.”
Dulio-san announced. Everyone raised their heads to look at the sky. —-A large thundercloud had formed in the sky, and a piercing cold air was beginning to blow everywhere. The blade of Cristaldi’s holy sword has beginning to freeze. When even his feet were frozen with ice, an immensely large bolt of lightning descended from the sky, even the barrier generated by the crosses surrounding us was easily destroyed, and the strike of lightning from the Sacred Gear then poured onto the body of the warriors’ sensei—. Cristaldi was lying on the ground. Holy demonic sword, Hauteclere, Griselda-san’s arrow of support, and Dulio-san’s Longinus which delivered the final blow—. Receiving these attacks, the warriors’ sensei had finally fallen. Receiving treatment from the female warriors, fatal injuries were avoided. The warriors had already lost all their will to fight, most people were sitting on the floor in a depressed state. Those who suffered severe injuries in fighting against us, which was followed by their master Cristaldi being defeated, had now lost the battle. While lying on the ground, Cristaldi asked his student Dulio-san
“…If, you used those bubbles at the beginning, you would’ve won already. No, as long as you used your Balance Breaker, you should’ve been able to easily defeat us all at once.”
…There was indeed that. As he said, if Dulio-san used those bubbles right at the beginning, or if he used his Balance Breaker, then the battle would’ve been one-sided. But, would that be good? As if answering the questions on my mind, Dulio-san said
“…I didn’t want to use my power to do that as the warriors wouldn’t have been satisfied, I simply decided to use that after a certain of period of time passed; rather than cutting the battle short, exhausting all your efforts would be better. Moreover, if I really had to release my Balance Breaker, the opponent must really have been beyond redemption, wicked people with no remorse.”
It looks like he was considering the warriors’ feelings. Indeed, instead of crushing their fighting spirit from the start, allowing them to vent their thoughts would prevent any future troubles. Precisely because he was a warrior, it allowed him to take into account the feelings of similar people. The sensei of the warriors smiled when he heard the reply of his own student. “…Truly, you’re too gentle…. …Known as warriors, ultimately we can only use our swords to communicate. It’s your victory, Dulio. Well, do as you wish. But, let the others go. After all, I’m the one that brought them here. Only I am guilty.”
From the defenceless Cristaldi, he spoke words which expressed that he would take responsibility for everything. The warriors raised objections against what their sensei said. “Please wait a moment, Dulio!”
“Kill us if you must!”
“Sensei was only responding to our feelings!”
“We’re the ones who are truly guilty!”
The warriors desperately stood up in an attempt protect their sensei. Looking at this scene alone, it was obvious that this man was greatly respected by the warriors. However, their mentor shook his head. “…Everyone here, has had their lives derailed by Devils or Vampires. I am also one of them. We simply couldn’t find another way of life other than continuing to fight against those guys…. Well, give me a punishment. Those children, they will then be able to change their way of life.”
Dulio-san — simply sighed, and shook his hand. “…I won’t do anything at all.”
That’s right, Dulio-san sat down on the ground, and didn’t do anything. “…Why?”
Being surprised at the same time, the teacher asked his student. The student only laughed. “…If I defeated sensei, what good would it have done? And — as long as I live, I can freely eat good food. …In this world, there are far too many people who do not know what is valuable.”
“…Too gentle, you really are, your heart is too kind.”
Cristaldi muttered this as a thin stream of tears trickled out of his eyes. For the warriors, this was undoubtedly the declaration of defeat. There were warriors who were kneeling down as they cried, and there were also warriors who smiled wryly, having discarded their weapons. Dulio-san said to Irina-san and I
“Yuuto, Irina-chan, go now. There are no problems here now. Go to Ise-kun’s side. I…will talk for a while longer with Cristaldi-sensei here.”
As Dulio-san said, we were quite concerned about the other side which was fighting a battle at the same time as us. I thought, if this side was able to finish their battle earlier, then I would rush over to that side. That was because I selfishly chose to take part in this side’s battle. Dulio-san knew this, so he made such a suggestion. Irina-san and I nodded our heads, and prepared to leave. At this time, Dulio-san said
“By the way, next time, will you take a look at the facility here that the children live in? There are children who have also had the same experiences as you living there. They are also my little brothers and sisters like you. Why don’t we share a cake together?”
—. Dulio-san’s expression…was very gentle from beginning to end. A gentler captain than anyone else. This was Dulio Gesualdo who was known as the [Trump Card]. “…Yeah, certainly.”
I smiled, and Irina also nodded. “Knight of the holy demonic sword.”
Cristaldi called out to me, and only said one thing
“—His Eminence Strada, is the true monster.”
…Since he was called as such by the man who was also known as a monster, he must really be an exceedingly powerful monster—. Irina-san and I kept this warning in mind as we quickly rushed towards the direction of the other side. The jisan who wielded Durandal — Vasco Strada led a group of warriors and had begun fighting in the schoolyard of Kuoh Academy (replica). A few minutes after the battle had started, I — Hyoudou Issei became surrounded by rainbow coloured bubbles everywhere. As soon as they appeared, a change occurred in the crowd of warriors — they began crying together. Some of our allies also began to cry. Huh? What’s going on? Ddraig said inside of me
“…It looks like the ability of these bubbles is to stimulate intense memories of their targets, causing them to remember the things that they cherish.”
Oh. But, why does nothing happen when I touch these bubbles? “Hmm, this is just my thought: It may be because you, partner, are always thinking about the things that you cherish the most, hence there is no effect.