Tale of Discovery

Checking the small ring out, a small smile covers my face as I think of the possibilities that it brings with itself.

However, I can't let that get to me, as I need to see if there any restrictions. Speaking of restrictions, the image of a certain mirror appears within my head.

For some unknown reason, it wouldn't work no matter how much I tried to make use of it.

I could've simply made another one, but that's not the brightest of things to do in a world where supernatural beings could be around a corner.

My usage of Creation to create this Storage Ring is a great risk in and of itself.

The sole reason that I even bothered with going through the process is that Yuno has set up defenses now, which gives me some breathing space to take a risk or two.

Now then, let's see what this little guy is capable of.

I imagine the sofa within it to reappear in reality, which is what happens. Not only does the sofa reappear, but it did so the exact way I imagined it to.

Creating an ordinary sword, I place it inside the Storage Ring. I then try putting it in and out at various distances.

So, it turns out that the maximum distance something can be pulled out from the ring is ten meters, which is by no means a short distance.

My telekinesis has a maximum reach of eight meters, while I can manipulate vectors within a five-meter radius.

In other words, the closer to me a physical object is pulled out from the ring, the more effective it would be as a ranged weapon.

This could come in handy when I'm low on Essence Energy. This ring with telekinesis, the Boosted Gear, and Ittou Shura are my trump cards for now.

That's why it's going to be extremely important for me to find out their potentials in the future.

"What are you doing?" a voice suddenly resounds behind me.

Turning around, I see Nao standing with arms crossed while looking my way with a curious expression.

I gesture to her to come over and begin explaining to her what I've been busy with.

"So this thing can store anything inside of it, no matter the size?" she asks me with a skeptical look on her face once I'm done.

Now that I think about it, does this thing have a limit to the number of things it can store?

Sadly, I'm unable to try it out properly tonight because of how low my energy is, nevertheless, I can use the objects that have already been created in the mansion to try out a part of it.

Thus, after a whole hour of testing, with Nao helping me out by being curious, I concluded.

The Storage Ring in my hand has a limit. However, instead of it being a maximum mass or space, it's a numerical limit.

What's interesting about that is that I can store something that has a hollow space with there being things inside it, and it wouldn't count.

As for the size, I had gotten outside of the house to try placing the limo and everything inside of it in the Storage Ring, which worked just fine.

Unfortunately, despite being so miraculous, this ring has a huge setback.

That is the limit on the number of objects that can be placed inside of it – 5.

For some reason, I have a feeling that I've yet to discover all of the possibilities of the ring, so I can't be disheartened by the setback just yet.

"By the way," Nao says, interrupting my thoughts, "What should I call you now?"

Ah. Now that I think about it, the girls don't seem to know how to refer to me properly, apart from Ayumi. That energetic ball of cuteness calls me exactly the way she used to back in Project Charlotte.

Screw it, I'll just have them call me with my "proper" name.

"Nao," I say before pulling her into my embrace, "I have one true name, and that is – Victor."

She seems to have missed our close interactions as she hugs me back silently.

We continue to hug for quite a long time, to the point that our legs were getting tired, so I sat on the sofa with Nao still in my embrace.

The hug between me and Nao finally comes to an end when Yuno suddenly appeared and rushed over to hug me.

"I worked hard, so I deserve a reward," she stated coquettishly.

She's being honest, I'm sure of it, as Yuno has always been a hard-worker.

I embrace Yuno with my left arm and Nao with the other and enjoy their aroma.

"Scum."

I hear a soft muttering, but decide to ignore it.

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"So… where is the blonde?" I say to Rias as I look around and don't find Kiba present.

"I don't know," she replies.

How responsible. No wonder she's the King in her peerage and the princess of the Devils.

Well, putting that aside, I need to settle matters with Kristina later. For now, I should continue to train these Devils.

As I'm about to tell them to prepare for teleportation to the Arena, two girls suddenly barge into the club-room.

One of the two girls is blue-haired while the other is brown-haired. Their attire is rather… unique.

A white robe with green design. Well, that's not what matters the most right now, as I can sense something underneath their robes.

Yes, good body proportions.

Oh? I can sense something else. It feels familiar for some reason, however, the aura it gives off is too weak.

Deciding to listen in to what they have to say, I take a seat on the sofa with Asia and Koneko on my sides.

Our guests don't seem to be happy with this, as the blue-haired girl glares at me for a second before taking a seat on a sofa opposite us.

"Say, do you guys know anything about Issei?" the brown-haired girl, Irina, suddenly says after they've introduced themselves.

"I went to visit him at his home, but he wouldn't let us inside his room as he kept on muttering your name," she continues while pointing at Rias, " as well as something along the lines of 'it's all his fault'."

He still hasn't killed himself yet? That's surprising. Is there something that is preventing him from doing so? Like, someone important to him? Oh, well. It doesn't matter to me, anyway, as I've already gotten what I wanted from him.

"No," Rias replies.

Irina squints her eyes when she hears Rias's response but doesn't say anything else.

It seems like she's decided to let the matter rest.

Back to the main topic at hand, they begin to speak of a broken Excalibur and the missing pieces.

Huh? Excalibur was broken?

Checking my database, I'm only able to find the original Excalibur. Why am I unable to find the "pieces" they're speaking of?

The blue-haired girl, Xenovia, grabs a rather large sword covered in bandages from her back and says it's the Excalibur Destruction.

As for Irina, she moves her robe a little, showing a cute white armband on her arm and says with a smile,

"And the one I have here is the Holy Sword of Mimicry, Excalibur Mimic."

Mimic? As in replication? From the looks of it, it can change shape to anything, as it's nothing more than cloth right now.

Then they begin to speak of their purpose here.

This goes on for a while, so I'll just shorten it up. Basically, they came here in the hopes of warning the Devils, particularly Rias and her peerage, to not interfere with their mission.

As for their mission, it's to collect the missing pieces of Excalibur.

Naturally, I don't give a damn about their threats toward Rias and the matters between them. Besides, this matter is too small for me, so I'll let them do whatever they wish to do.

Why should broken shards of a sword when I can create the original whenever I want to?

And thus, their visit comes to an end as they get up from the sofa and prepare to leave.

However, before they do so, Xenovia looks over at Asia who's beside me and says,

"Say, are you perchance Asia Argento?"

Asia is confused by the sudden question, but she doesn't falter and replies,

"Yes?"

Scrunching her eyes, Xenovia says with a solemn look on her face,

"I didn't think that I would meet a witch in a place like this."

Asia stays composed and doesn't react to her words at all.

"Aha!" Irina says, "You're the former saint who became a witch? I had heard that you were banished because you were able to heal Fallen Angels and Devils, but I didn't expect you to become a Devil."

Of course, they would think of her as a Devil. These girls are weak, so they're unable to see through my Rework.

Earlier, I knew that it would be suspicious if a human were here, so I made myself and Asia both give off a slight aura of Devils.

I surely didn't expect this to happen.

Looking at Asia, I see that she still has a calm and composed look on her face as she stares right back at the two girls.

"Good. Don't let their words misguide you," I whisper to her.

A small smile appears on her face for a split-second before her face goes back to being neutral.

Xenovia doesn't stop there as she says,

"You till believe in God, don't you? Then be convicted in his name, and you shall be forgiven, for God is merciful."

Watching her approaching us with ill-intentions, I use telekinesis to halt her movements, before getting up from the sofa and saying to the confused girl,

"You weaklings have no say here in regard to what's mine. Get lost."

The next moment, Xenovia who was on the ground gets launched in Irina's direction with just enough momentum to make her fall.

A few seconds later, Xenovia gets up from the ground and looks at me before shouting with rage,

"Who are you!?"

Patting Asia's head once, I walk toward the two girls before replying with a sneer as I create a perfect Excalibur out of thin air,

"Who am I? The one you girls venerate - God."