How To Survive In The World DxD With Fragment Memories - Chapter 130

“Well, to be honest, I did not want to help Loki, but a silver-haired devil approached me with the ingredients I required to save the children of this village” Li Tieguai began to explain his side of the story, apparently this Silver Haired devil was part of a Mage organisation and that was the reason Tieguai did not suspect him at first. So the two of them began to work together in a secret route to safely allow someone to pass through China without alerting the Chinese mythology.

At first Tieguai was quite eager to help to get the ingredients but the Devil never brought it even though they met three times, “On the fourth time we met, I refused to help and it was only then when the Devil handed over the ingredients for me but never asked for my help again” Tieguai spoke as he took a sip of his tea, Masaru and Thor were both sitting opposite of the old man listening to his story. Masaru already used a spell to confirm if what this old man was saying the truth, naturally he had the old man’s permission which was the prerequisite of the spell.

“How is it?” Thor asked Masaru, he was feeling sympathy for the old man who was willing to tread the path of evil for the sake of others happiness but this was a problem that could have harmed even more. Masaru nodded “Truth, all of it” Masaru answered as he took a deep breath before asking, “Old man, do you have any idea what the man’s identity is?” Tieguai glances at Masaru “You should keep it to yourself if you know what is best for you, but I suspect this Devil comes from the extinct Lucifige Family”

Thor knew of Lucifige because of Sirzech’s wife was from that clan but Masaru understood more, ‘If this is true those old coots will try to use this information to suppress Sirzech!’ Masaru thought as he turned to look at Thor and Tieguai, “This information stays between us, not a word to anyone. Got it?” Masaru spoke sternly causing Thor to flinch out of surprise as he never knew this kid could have such a chance in character, Tieguai nodded as he understood this kid probably figured out what the problem would be if this were to be made public.

“How certain are you of this?” Masaru asked Tieguai, “Because I met their ancestor once, the first head of the Lucifige Family, his looks resembles that old man almost perfectly. Not to mention their unique demonic energy signature” Masaru nodded when he heard Tieguai’s words, after that the three of them talked more about how Loki managed to escape but it was then they learnt it was done by a different group composed of mostly Devils and Mages who calls themselves Qlippoth.

After that Masaru and Thor spent the day together following Tieguai around the village he was protecting, seeing the kids Masaru and Thor could understand why this old man would do what he did. The two of them decided not to pursue this matter any longer since they already have some leads to work on, it was later that night a messenger came to Masaru to deliver a letter written by Wang Long in regards to the Ritual that will be taking place soon.

“It appears both Lin Guang and Meng Zhang are getting impatient, I will be heading for Beijing. I should arrive a day before the Ritual will begin, are you coming?” Masaru asked Thor who shook his head, “I will be staying here for another day to talk some business transactions my old man would want me to do” Hearing Thor’s words Masaru almost tripped under his own feet looking at Thor with Surprise. ‘Has Odin gone senile? Leaving this meathead to do business!?’ Masaru thought as he was completely shocked at this news.

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“So you came to visit me to see if Vali Contacted me huh?” Azazel was currently reading the calculated reports on Masaru’s sacred gear since he took a unique interest in this Sacred that follows a different path of evolution, “Yes, right now Masaru is concerned about the Hero Faction’s sudden silence. According to him Cao Cao will make his move to regain his honour, but they have been abnormally silent” Roygun answered Azazel

Azazel sighed as he places the papers on the table, “He have indeed contacted me but” He glances at the door that was closed before casting a silent barrier to prevent outside people from listening in, “He wants Ophis to meet Issei… But Ophis appears to be more intrigued to meet Masaru, do you two girls have any idea of why?” Azazel’s words were close to napalm bombs going off their heads as Shirone and Roygun were completely shocked out of their minds, Kuroka, however, was smiling as if she expected this.

Roygun was surprised to see Kuroka was not shocked by this news as meeting Ophis is not something that people can meet anytime they wish, catching Ophis’s attention meant something deeper. “Kuroka?” Hearing Roygun’s called Kuroka glanced at her “It’s only natural that Ma-nyan would get her attention, while I was working together with Vali-nyan and the team she had been asking many questions about Masaru”

Azazel nodded with sparkly eyes as he intently listened to Kuroka, “She is quite interested in the fact that Ma-nyan is turning into something similar to her” Kuroka muttered as she herself could not understand what this meant but Azazel could, the Kouryuu Sacred Gear was meant to be sealed and never to be revealed to the world had somehow emerged with a host. He went to his table pulling out an old journal as he flips the pages, [The day the Koyryuu fully awakens is when the war for Survival will take place… ### ### ### ### Red and White stars ### ### ### Yellow Center with Infinity ### ### ### ### Save ##### ### ### ### Doom]

Most of the words were faded from old age, “Well if we will find out if we allow them to meet won’t we?” Azazel spoke as he closes the book, ‘It was said that the Kouryuu was a Dragon God above all dragons… Perhaps did Ophis’ He shook his head not wanting to think about it any further because if that was true then it will not be long before Ophis joins the side of the Devils. “As for Vali, he spoke about the Hero faction were preparing their trump card the Dragon Slayer and is after Ophis” He answered Roygun’s question as well.

“Oneesama, is Ophis….” Shirone turns to look at her older sister Kuroka who was smirking, seeing this Shirone shook her head thinking that she just gained a rival for her ŀȧp territory.

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“I can’t have you go meet them Ulrika, not now” Diana spoke sternly at Ulrika, Akeno and Ingvild. “Okay we will not mother” Ulrika was more worried to agitate Diana while she was pregnant and chose to leave the mission aside for the safety of Masaru’s family, seeing this Diana nodded with a satisfied smile as the four of them teleported away from the borders that led to the territories of the Grim Reapers.

“How have you known we would be here mother?” Ingvild asked as she walked closer to Diana to make sure she will not stumble and hurt herself, “Masaru contacted Circe to stop you, girls, naturally I, his mother will always know what is going on even if he tries his best not to disturb me. Masaru found some disturbing pieces of information about Hades, there is no longer need for you girls to head there as he will be meeting Samsara who is also a God of Death to get the information from him instead.”

The three girls nodded their heads reluctantly as they entered the Manor, “Now then Ulrika, tell me why is Masaru hiding his secret Organisation from me?” Diana asked as she took her seat, hearing this question the three girls shivered as they were certain that there was no way it should have been leaked so easily. Diana smiled “No need to worry, only me knows about this. As for how I came to know about it, only a mother can understand a mother’s worries.”

Ulrika, Akeno and Ingvild took their seats and started to tell Diana about Hiei which Masaru started to work from the dark, hearing the manner how Masaru started the organisation did not make Diana flinch at all. The three of them rotated as each of them explained a part all trying to emphasize that Masaru was trying to do this to protect his family, and the last thing they wanted was for Diana to misunderstand his intentions.

Diana did not say a thing as she listened to the girls, this placed heavier stress on the girls as they could not figure out how she was feeling. It was a moment of awkward silence, Diana stood up making the three girls flinched before she went over pulling the three of them into a firm embrace. “You stupid girls, you think I would hate my son because of this. Even that little fool should have told me at least instead of keeping it in” Diana muttered causing the three girls to sob a little out of relief.

After things have calmed down Diana called over all of Masaru’s girls to have a secret meeting, it was shocking for the girls who arrived in groups to realize their secret was discovered by Diana through a mysterious informant. It made them wary thinking others could do the same but Diana ȧssured them that no one can infiltrate their secrets as she was simply lucky. Angelica, Everest, Sakura, Stephani and Jeanne shortly arrived when Diana called for them.

Yui and Ichika went to make tea for everyone while they waited for the last four people to arrive, Sona arrived shortly afterwards seeing how their secret was known by Diana she felt a bit guilty. And finally Roygun, Kuroka and Shirone were the last to arrive. With everyone here and the tea was served Diana smiled brightly “I am proud of you girls, it appears my training I gave each of you have finally paid off”

The girls glanced at Diana feeling confused why she would say she was proud of them keeping secrets, but Diana continued “I was still concerned about Masaru’s safety, so I kept monitoring you girls through an informant till the both of us were convinced that you girls could provide us with proof that you would place Masaru above all else. It may be cruel to you girls, but Masaru is extremely important to me”

Diana took a sip of her glass of orange juice before she continued, “I will now share a secret with you girls of my own, and you can’t tell this to Masaru unless he finds it out himself. The secret informant is the Spellbook within Masaru, it’s a part of my soul I lost during a certain event. At that time I was researching about the Origin of Energy, everything has a form of energy within them but all of them are different. But where does this energy come from? Where is it’s Root… This was the research I conducted when I was young”

The girls sat still unable to move from how crazy this story was sounding, but Diana continued “I was conducting an experiment to merge all the kinds of energy I could collect into one, the experiment was a success at first but then an accident occurred. The cluster of energy turned into a vortex, many have lost their lives and I came out unscathed but when they inspected me they realized a part of my soul is gone.” Diana glances at the girls, “Any questions?”

“Why have you research this peculiar subject?” Yui asked since she enjoyed Researching she knew a researcher should have a reason to search for answers, Diana smiled “I was searching for the answer to many things, the reason I chose to pursue the Origin energy was to see if I could create an energy that could be used for anything senjutsu, magic, demonic magic, etc. Think about it, a single being able to cast or use any technique without many restrictions. That was my wishful thinking… As I understood then what the Origin of Energy was”

No one interrupted Diana who took a sip of her orange juice, “The Origin, root of all energy is in a special space linked with every plane but an anomaly occurred as a part of this Origin was cut off from the source. Unable to return to its main body the fraction of this Origin moved along the worlds, it came in touched with many objects that contained great power so it could return to its main source. The Forbidden Fruit of Knowledge was one of the objects it possessed, coming in contact with this fruit it gained knowledge from the Akashic Record but for some reason, this Origin only took a liking to the knowledge that made use of Energy, like Magic, Alchemy and such.”

“The history where people made use of relics and Grimoires all had traces of Origin, and the lastest object the Origin possessed was Lemegeton, the lesser key of Solomon. After that it simply vanished, it did not appear again until I did the experiment, after taking a part of my soul it gained its own personality, ability to think, act, talk… I am not certain how many years it spent in a strange timeline but it lived for millions of years before it returned to this world again within Masaru” Diana concluded the story, there were many things to ask but Diana had no idea what that Origin did in other worlds.

“So you are saying that the Spellbook is not a god relic?” Ulrika asked Diana who nodded, “It’s in a different realm, that origin is a supply of unlimited energy and not to mention the knowledge it holds from the AKashic Records could bring a devastating amount of power to Masaru, but both I and Origin chose not to let Masaru know of this.” Diana looked at the girls smiling apologetic, “Right now, the current Masaru is in no need of this Knowledge and power as he is not yet ready. This will be my final test for you girls, can you keep a secret from the one you love with your whole being for the sake of his life and safety?”