03 Of Swords and Magic

"Mother I want to join a dojo" I said to my mother as we are eating breakfast.

She suddenly stop eating and look at me with a raise eye brow.

"Why do you want to join a dojo?" my mother asked but based on her tone she probably won't agree.

"Because I want to learn kendo and compete at tournaments" I lied, of course I can't directly says that, because there are many being there that prey on humans like snacks.

"Gray you're too young to train, wait until you are 7 or 8 and if you still want to train, your father and I will support you" figures but it's all good as I can see that Mother and Father become proud of what I say.

(A/n: It's a lie though)

'Shut up devil' sigh lately I'm hearing devils whisper often, maybe because there are literally devils in this world. I wonder where my angel went.

Anyway, I still have 2-3 years before they agree for me to go to a dojo so I'll just focus on magic first.

Speaking of Magic, I can already Accelarate/Deaccelarate Time although to only a little extent only but progress are progress. As for my creation magic, although I still can't create artifacts as I don't have any materials to use, I'm practicing it's control on dirt or wood and sometimes metal. Using the magic on Dirt is easy, but the difficulty rise sharply when I use wood and specially metal.

I also found out that wearing the pendant that I got when my memories got unsealed have a calming effect to my mind because of it's holy aura, making my mana training much efficient. I tried using the Appraisal Lens on it but this is all I got.

[Saintess ------'s Pendant

-A pendant once belong to Saintess ------. The pendant Miraculously survive F%#$ as Saintess ------ was $U@$÷D to death.]

Because of this I literally have no Idea who is the owner of this pendant but I always put it on my neck.

After eating, Nii-san and I visit Irina's house. I also already saw the holy sword that her father was keeping and was greeted with disappointment. Although the sword have holy aura, it pales in comparison on the swords inside my Gate of Babylon. I just blame the one who destroy the excalibur of dxd.

After walking a little, we arrive at Irina's house.

"Irina! We come to play!" Nii-san said as he knock on the door.

What greets us is Irina in her usual boyish outfit, for me it only makes her cute.

"What are we gonna do today?" I asked

"Let's play Hero defeating the demon lord!" Irina shouted excitedly.

"Okay~ So whose going to be the demon lord?" Issei asked as we all look to each other thinking who will be the sacrifice.

"I think Nii-san should be the Demon Lord, because he's older" I shamelessly said as I point Nii-san who is staring at me.

'What I enjoy playing roleplay with them, I can release my inner chuuni whenever I want'

Irina nodded at my answer and said "Then Issei will be the Demon Lord, Prepare yourself Evil Demon Lord, I, The Holy Maiden Irina-sama will Defeat you, HAHAHA(oujo-sama laugh)"

'Wow Irina is really into it' I thought as I see Nii-san sighing but have no choice but to do it.

"Hmph what can a single Holy Maiden like you can do to me, The strongest Demon Lord!" I stare at them in amusement, and sometimes joining in. Really being a child is really nice, they are just play and play without care in the world.

Afternoon came and it's almost time for the sun to set. Nii-san and I was walking on the side road talking to each other.

"Kid can I ask for directions?" someone called out to us and my eyes widen when I realize who is that person.

"Sure Old man" Nii-san said as I'm still pretty shock seeing this perve-- ehem, The Governor General of The Fallen Angels, Azazel.

Nii-san and Azazel talk for a bit then we continue to walk home. I didn't realize it earlier but my body was so tense when I see Azazel.

My body slump on the bed while releasing a sigh as I think that things will be hectic because maybe I'll be pulled in the supernatural world much earlier than I thought.

I said to myself that I should start training seriously now to have atleast means to protect myself.

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Earlier this morning after I woke up, I feel something strange but I can't pinpoint what it is. It's like you know it's there but you don't know what. Yeah really strange feeling.

I just let it be as I don't think it's harmful anyway. I do my set of exercise and around 7 Am, Mother called us for breakfast.

"Mother, can I go outside until afternoon?" I asked mother as I was hoping to try experimenting with the sealed swords inside My Gate of Babylon.

(A/n: I'll just call it GoB later)

My mother agreed and just say that I just go back before sunset. I modded at Mother and continue eating. After eating I asked Mother to prepare a lumch for me as I plan to spend my whole day training in the forest nearby our house. Apparently, the forest do not contain and dangerous wild animals so it's a perfect place to train.

I get my bag and put my lunch there and a spare clothes that I can use after training. I don't really have anything to put besides this things so I say goodbye to my mother and went to the forest.

After arriving at the forest, I found a great place to train and tried to sense if there was anyone nearby. Founding that it's safe, I started stretching to warm up my body. After doing some light stretches, I search for a twig that is long and thick enough to be shape as a sword for my size using Creation Magic.

Speaking of Creation Magic, I'm able to alter or remold the appearance of the inorganic materials now, or atleast those normal materials. It's like the Reinforcement and Alteration Spell from fate but I still can't add magical effects on the items that I created though.

I spent 2 or 3 hours practicing and trying to improve my magic. Apparently even though I can't do anything about enchantment, I can still reduce the time needed for my creation magic to work. I also notice a slight improvement on durability.

I 'm really thankful in my abundance of magic because I can practice much longer and that using Creation Magic to alter and enhance do not consume high amount of magic power.

After my first part of training I eat my lunch as I notice that it's already noon without me noticing. I opened my lunch box and see that My lunch contains rice and a fish which I think is salmon and some garnishes. It's really delicious even considering that I'm not a fan eating fish in my past life.

After finishing eating, I rest for about 30 minutes trying to recover my lost magic power. My next part of my training is using swords. Although I don't know how to use a sword, I'm just want to familiarize myself by swinging it so that when I started to train with a master, I'll hopefully be able to learn much faster.

Using the wooden sword that I created earlier, I tried Slashing, Piercing and do swords move that I saw in anime but most of the time it ended up with me on the ground.

"HAHAHA, look at yourself Kid, flailing a sword like a toy, wooden as it may be, that's still dangerous" surprise by the voice, I immediately become alerted as I try to find where the person is. The shadowy figure slowly become clear as I see Azazel with a smirk on his face.

"You are the Old man from yesterday, who are you and what do you want from me?" I narrowed my eyes and asked. Even though I think that I know why he is here, it'll be suspicious if he found out that I know who he was.

"Drop the hostility kid, It's not like I'll hurt you and besides, If I really want to do that, you've be dead by now."He said with a smile but I can see a slight mockery within his voice.

"Then answer me first! Who are you and what do you want!" I said with a slightly raised voice.

"I am Azazel, a Fallen Angel" he said as he release his wings.

"Fallen Angel? Do you really think they are real? And those wings, are you a cosplayer?" I said with a slight amusement while trying not to laugh myself.

"They're real you shitty brat" he said with a slight twitch to his brow as he flap and fly a little bit.

"So are you really a Fallen Angel? But according to the bible they are bad. I also read a book that they are perverts who kidnap small kids" I slowly step back while showing a frightened expression.

Azazel just silently stared at the kid thinking if he should just kill it, but decided not to as the kid might be a potention member for grigory.

'Why do I feel that I just dodge a bullet' I thought to myself as sweats appears on my face.

"Anyway kid, base on your ignorance in knowing that fallen angels are real, you do not know the supernatural world right?" I just nodded to his question and he started Explaining about the different races that live in the world. Dragons, Angels, Fallen Angels, Devils, Yokai's and the different Gods from mythology.

"So the Gods from the stories are all real" I said with awe.

"Yes, but not all of them are alive, some died because they are killed by other gods, And some even was killed by what we considered as the weakest race, Humans" I contemplate on what Azazel said because there are only limited mythologies mentioned in the anime so maybe there are much more Gods in this world than I know.

After that Azazel tells about the great war, The Sacred Gears and some information that is not mentioned in the anime. However there are two things that specially caught my attention.

"What do you mean that a Holy Grail or as you say, the Greater Grail, appeared in the front of King Arthur for the first time? And what do you mean by the appearance of Throne of Heroes because of the appearance of the Greater Grail for the second time?" Although I know that My current world was a mix of Dxd and Fate, it seems that the history was altered a little.

'To think that The Greater Grail was present in this world, but it seems that it doesn't cause a holy grail war. Still a wish fulfilling device is still something that anyone could ignore' I thought as Azazel answered my question.

"Just like what I said, The King of Britain, King Arthur, Got hold of the Greater Grail while the rebellion was happening in his country, I do not know what she wish for but it gives her a Holy Lance with enormous Holy Power. After the appearance of The Holy Lance, the Underworld, Heaven and the Realms of other Mythology become "connected" to the planet." Azazel explained.

"What do you mean 'Connected'? base on your explaination the other race can come to the human world pretty easily" I asked with curiousity.

"It's because the realms that I just mention are just all floating in the Dimentional Gap, in the past, there are only limited ways for us to travel here, but because of the Holy Lance, we can just use teleportation to travel. However it also restricted us in letting the regular populance know the supernatural world" Azazel said.

"This is also why it is called "The Holy Lance Rhongomyniad, The Lance that Shines to the Ends of the World"

"Of course this cause so much chaos as some was feeling threatened by it's power, fortunately the Holy Lance vanish along side King Arthur on his death"

"I see... Then what about The throne of Heroes?" I asked

"To be honest, we don't know anything about it, except that It stores a copy of A Hero's Soul, and this information was not even proven as it was only said to me by a masked person in the past" Azazel said while trying to remember that mysterious person he met.

"And also that It can only be access through the use of the most unique Sacred Gear" Azazel added.

"The most unique sacred gear?" I ask him to tell me more about it.

"Yes, The Sacred Gear [Zontaní Istoría] The Living History, It is also known as "The Sacred Gear Created by Man", As you know all sacred gears was created by God in the past. However After the Second time the Greater Grail appeared, It results in the Creation of the Throne of Heroes, and that said Sacred Gear" Azazel said.

"Thank you for telling me of this things" I thank Azazel as this informations are important for me.

"So for the last question, what do you want?" I ask him but lacking the initial hostility.

"I want to recruit you to my faction, Grigory" Azazel said.

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Author's Note:

Sorry for the delay, I'm completing my requirements for college earlier, and I also notice some Plotholes so I take my time trying to fix it.