UTILE

Kazenari Rei was an ordinary human, once lost in the despair of his mundane life. But when the collapse of his world arrived — powered by the cataclysmic force known as Honkai End — Rei’s soul was chosen for rebirth. Not as a hero. Not as a savior. But as something the world of High School DxD is not prepared for.

Armed with the power to awaken Spirits in ordinary humans — a twisted hybrid of the Date A Live system and Honkai resonance — Rei now walks among devils and angels as an unpredictable force. With a personality as calm as flowing water but wrath as deadly as a collapsing star, Rei keeps to the shadows, choosing neutrality… for now.

Eclipse of the Spirit: The Reincarnated Flame

The land of Nordfjell rarely wept. It was a continent of frozen history—where glaciers held echoes of wars long silenced and spirits that chose silence over redemption. But tonight, it wept.

Not because it remembered. But because something forgot how to hold itself together.

System Alert: Fragment Resonance Detected – Designation: Iskaria, the Forlorn Cry. Classification: Ice-Type Sovereign Prototype. Warning: Emotional Instability – Class Omega.

Aboard the Skyward Core – Eastern Trajectory to Nordfjell

Rei stood by the observation deck, watching frost trail the edges of the window. The air was quiet. Even Liora, usually glowing softly nearby, had dimmed her light.

"She's the one that tried to freeze the world," Mireille said from the control panel. "No," Eirenne corrected. "She tried to freeze her own heart—and the world followed."

Noira glanced over. "Is this personal?"

Rei's gaze didn't move. "Every fragment is."

He looked at the new flame added to his ring—the auxiliary spark of Zaruel—and felt the cold beyond it.

"Let's meet the one who never melted."

The Glacier of Sleep – Nordfjell's Forgotten Cradle

They landed in silence. No birds. No wind. Only weight.

In the distance, a crystal fortress rose—not built, but wept into existence. Its towers bent backward like regret personified. Inside, the fragments of memory lay scattered across frozen murals—children, lovers, families, all sketched in frost.

At the center of the grand hall stood Iskaria. She was beauty sculpted in grief—tall, draped in gossamer ice-veils, her face covered by a porcelain mask etched with a permanent frown. From her body emanated spirals of cold not as temperature, but as emotion denied. She floated slightly, never quite touching the ground.

"You are not welcome," she said without turning.

Rei approached slowly. "I didn't come for welcome. I came for memory."

She laughed. It cracked the walls.

"There are no memories here. Only what I chose to forget."

"Then I'll help you remember, even if it hurts."

Iskaria attacked first. Not with blades, but with visions.

Rei was plunged into frozen echoes—moments stolen from Iskaria's life. A child she once saved, only to lose to Honkai flame. A sister who betrayed her. A lover who forgot her name. Each memory froze Rei's spirit tighter.

But as the pain grew, so did his flame.

Liora stepped in, harmonizing his resonance. Noira struck shadows into cracks of ice. Eirenne built emotional bridges inside the psychic blizzard.

"You think forgetting will save you," he whispered to Iskaria, now half-formed from shattered ice.

"I know remembering will kill me."

Rei reached out, eyes soft. "Then die with me—and be born again."

She shattered. Then reformed in his arms.

> [Fragment Integration: Iskaria, the Forlorn Cry. Slot 10 Secured. Emotion Stabilizer Applied. System Sync: 96%.]

Flame Shrine – Fragment Circle Complete

Ten flames. All different. All singing.

But together, a symphony of Sovereignty.

Rei sat quietly, his eyes on the horizon. "We're nearing endgame," Mireille said.

Eirenne nodded. "But someone is still watching us."

Karasu landed on Rei's shoulder, black feathers charged with static. "A familiar is moving. But it's not ours."

The Loom Crypt shimmered. And Vereth, silent until now, laughed.

Chapter 138: Cry of the Forlorn Ice