Sensei then says.
“—It’s the Holy Grail. By being in contact with the principle of life, she is forcefully told about how the life and soul are made and what it really is, the more she uses the Sacred Gear. The information about life is so huge that we think it is endless. She takes in the mind and the concept of the dead, the living, and various other things as she uses the Holy Grail. Within her heart and soul that is. ……Many thoughts of other people come into her heart where corrosion occurs. ……It’s natural for her to become broken.”
……Thoughts of many individual coming into your soul…… My mind was about to go nuts when I was consumed with the rage of previous Sekiryuuteis. It felt as though I would be controlled by the negative emotion.
Valerie—has been forced to get in contact with something much more powerful than that many times. In my case it was merely the fragments of the past Sekiryuuteis thoughts, but in her case it was things much beyond what I went through and had those things come into her heart.
“Then she is……”
Sensei breathes out at Rossweisse-san’s words.
“She is no longer in a normal state. Having the dead talk to her is only one of the traits. Talking to them while enjoying it proves that the contamination of her mind has already reached a critical stage. Marius must have Valerie use the Holy Grail quite a lot. ……To the stage where she can revive the dead Evil Dragons to this world. There is a multitude of different ways of using it where it can be very serious and you can even abuse the power by using it.”
……In a critical stage huh. She did resurrect the brutal Evil Dragon Grendel and that Crom Cruach from before. I won’t even be able to imagine the environment she was in for being forced to resurrect Dragons of that calibre. So it won’t be weird if her mind collapsed by the end of all of it.
No, Gasper still came this far in order to save her. So we want to find a way to save her.
“Sensei, is there any way of saving her?”
I ask. Sensei puts his hand under his chin and starts to think.
“……First, we need to stop her using the Holy Grail itself and—”
Sensei stops saying it till there.
That’s because he sensed the person walking from ahead of us.
……A middle-aged man with silver hair appears from the end of the corridor. He seems to be in his 40’s.
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……I, no, we lost words from our mouth when we witness the clothing that man is wearing.
—That’s because he’s wearing the same Maou’s costume worn by Sirzechs-sama.
Except, the one this man is wearing doesn’t have a distinct crimson colour and instead it has a silver colour…… And his appearance resembles someone I know for some reason……
I can tell that he’s a Devil from the quality of the aura around his body. ……He possesses a bottomless and creepy type of aura……
Sensei—opens both his eyes wide and confronts the man with an expression filled with hatred.
As soon as the man sees us, he puts on an innocent smile used by people younger than his appearance.
“Oh? Oh my, what a coincidence.”
The man speaks to Sensei in a lighter manner than I imagined.
Sensei says as if spitting out the rage he has inside him.
“…………It is you after all……!”
The man accepts that response very happily.
“Nhoho! It’s been a while♪ Uncle Azazel, looks like you are doing fine, hmm?”
……He appears older than Azazel-sensei……but he can change his appearance if he’s a Devil.
“……Azazel, who is he?”
It seems like Rias also doesn’t know him, so she’s asking Sensei.
“……Rizevim. Even if you are young, I’m sure you have heard this name from your parents. It’s a man who you should know if you are a Gremory.”
Hearing that name, Rias’s expression stiffens.
“—!! …………You must be joking……right?”
Rias who seems to be so shocked that her voice is shivering. ……What the, what’s up with this Rizevim thing?
Since others besides Sensei and Rias can’t recall that name, we are all in doubt. Sensei introduces that man to us.
“……I won’t forget this bastard’s name. Right, —Lilin? No, Rizevim Livan Lucifer!”
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