3. Red...

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*Wake up! Wake up or I'll K- Kiss you!*

*Wake up! Wake up or I'll K- Kiss you!*

"Uh.."

*Wake up! Wake up or I'll K- Kiss you!*

"What the hell-" A young teen woke up in his room, his eyes felt heavy while his whole body felt a bit tired. Pushing up against the ground, he woke up and shut down his 'little-sister alarm clock' by pressing a small button on the doll's buttocks.

("These!!! These- memories…!") The young man stood stunned in place as he tried to remember who he is.

("So I reincarnated in the DxD verse as Issei? Let's first sort these messy memories...")

("Hm, the incident with that fallen angel chick happened yesterday. With his dying breath, Issei activated his magic trap card and summoned the Gremory princess for his rescue. She then resurrected him but made him into her servant in exchange. I still have a few days until I get attacked by that hat-wearing gentleman fallen angel who will try to kill me since he thinks that I am a stray…")

Issei sits down on the bed and raises his right hand a little bit. He could feel a very subtle feeling of power from his right hand. He knew that it was Ddraig, a heavenly dragon and also his sacred gear. Closing his eyes, he concentrated all of his attention on the right hand. Suddenly, a mysterious light filled the room as his skin started turning scaly. Soon, deep crimson red scales covered his entire hand and a red gauntlet appeared on his hand. The gauntlet looked like a claw of a dragon with a giant green gem on the back of his palm.

["Ho Ho~ now isn't this a surprise... I never thought you would be able to awaken my power on your own."] A deep draconic voice echoed in Issei's mind.

"Greetings. I assume you are the voice in this gauntlet."

["Yes. I am surprised at how calm you are. Considering the horrendous memories in your head, I had expected something totally different. My name is Ddraig. The Red Dragon Emperor of Domination. Sealed in this gauntlet, I reincarnate from one host to another as a sacred gear."]

"I see. My name is Issei Hyoudou. I would like to better introduce myself but I am sure you must have already gone through my memories so I won't waste our time here."

["Haha. Sadly no my friend. I did see your memories for a bit but not all of them. They were simply not worth my time or effort. Apart from your perverted fantasies, I did not find much there. But, it seems I made a mistake in judging you. Looks like the memories I skipped over were more interesting than the ones I saw..."]

"Good. Ddraig, please make sure to not access my memories again without my permission. It's not that I don't trust you or anything. But it's simply a matter of privacy. If you need anything, you can simply ask me about it and I will answer."

["Hm. Alright. I understand. Still, I recommend you not keeping anything from me. We will be together till you die so your battles are my battles while my fights are your fights. It is essential that we trust each other with this."]

"Yes. I am aware. Tell me Ddraig, what are your abilities and how can I use them."

["As my wielder, you gain the ability to use Draconic Magic. Also, since you are a reincarnated Devil, you can naturally use Demonic Magic. However, you have very little mana right now so you can't use either of those. Your Sacred gear has the ability to double the wielder's power every 10 seconds, transfer increased power to other people or items, penetrates through defensive barriers. There are a plethora of other abilities but you would need to awaken them on your own later on."]

"Oh~ is that so. I like the abilities though. Let's start with the base of all problems. You said I possess very little mana right?"

["Yes. You are a simple human with next to no magical heritage. Your mana pulse and mana core is very weak and by that I mean almost nonexistent."]

"I see… Do you have a way with which I can train to obtain more mana?"

["Certainly. Although there are numerous ways, I recommend this one.

- If you do not mind letting go of your humanity then allow me to alter your body. This is the quickest way to gain power but it is also painful and if you could not handle the pain, you will simply die. Remember, it won't grant you any immediately boosts but it will certainly grant you an absurd amount of magical potential when it comes to Draconic magic. Listen well, you will gain more potential towards Draconic magic but lose the potential for every other kind in exchange. The organ/body part you choose to alter also matters a lot. Altering bones would grant you stronger bones while altering skin might grant you dragon scales. Altering something like your eyes might grant you Dragonic eyes which could allow you to see the flow of mana in the world and even see through all illusions and magical traps. Hm… if I had to recommend, then I suggest you alter your blood. It will passively alter everything else and will grant you the biggest boost. Let me remind you again partner, after this, you will no longer be a human. You will be a half-blood Dragonborn. Someone with the blood of the Dragons…

Usually, I do not recommend anyone this method since most of my hosts have a good enough potential to reach the top on the own and this method is simply too dangerous. Losing potential for other kinds of magic is also a big no for most of my hosts. But in your case, it's just that you are too much of a trash and you have nothing to lose."]

"I see…" Issei was not offended by his words. He knew they were the truth. The thing is, he won't lose anything during the transformation. Thanks to King's Engine, he can cast Devil Magic with Draconic energy. Hell, he can even cast Light spears if he chooses to do so.

"Ddraig, do you have a way to conceal your mana signature? I am certain that the supernatural beings around the city would have felt the mana outburst just now. If we were to attempt the transformation process then it is likely that we might draw unwanted attention. The Devil who reincarnated me might also be able to feel the changes thanks to the connection with the evil piece."

["Haha… don't worry about that. The mana outburst just now that you released was simply too weak to be felt by anyone further than a meter from you. I guess you being too weak helped you out this time. As for during the alteration process, you will be encased in an egg-formed from pure draconic magic. It completely cuts off outside world from inside and they won't be able to sense anything. As for the Evil Piece, it is certainly a problem but it's not like I haven't dealt with them before. I can encase it in a barrier of Draconic magic which will seal all magical fluctuations from it."]

"Good. How long does the process take?"

["Usually it would take about a few hours to complete but in your case, I can do it in half an hour. Let's just attribute it to how mundane you are."]

"Alright." Issei nodded his head and de-summoned the sacred gear. He walked down the stairs and informed his parents that he is not feeling well today and so he won't be going to school. His mother was a bit worried but he informed her that he just needs some rest.

Carefully closing and locking the door to his room, Issei informed Ddraig that he is ready.

Issei sat down on the floor in a meditative stance as ivory white magic started to circle him. He could still sense everything and was perfectly awake. Soon enough his entire body was encased in a giant egg that was decorated with bright red runes.

It was then that the former weeb finally understood pain…

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