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Issei sighed as he rubbed his sore shoulders and tried to soothe his aching muscles, the teen couldn't remember the last time he had felt this exhausted. That spar with Kiba had gotten way more out of hand then he would have liked but at least he now had a baseline for what a Devil knight's speed was like. Assuming Kiba's speed was the average level displayed by most Devils then Issei could honestly say he was quite impressed with the peerage system.
Sure, they were nowhere near the levels of the Rider or Lancer class from the Holy Grail Wars, the fact that he could keep up with them in the Include state was proof of that, but unlike the Grail system it wasn't limited to a single individual. If every normal human that was reincarnated as a knight gained that level of speed then it was no wonder that Devils were so successful.
Frowning Issei looked down on his fist as he remembered the force from his punch that sent Kiba flying, which was definitely not his natural strength so why did it come from? While the Lancer card did increase his strength it mostly focused on speed and agility and certainly didn't increase his strength to that extent, so what was it?
"Is something wrong?" asked Issei.
"No it just isn't what I expected you to have; I can't detect any sign of a dragon residing in the spear, in fact I don't recognize this Sacred Gear at all," informed Rias with a frown.
"Is that really such a big surprise? I'm sure you haven't memorized every single Sacred Gear in existence," replied the teen.
Rias nodded, "true but that spear doesn't feel like a Sacred Gear but something else entirely…"
Issei frowned as he remembered the conversation with Rias that he'd had last night and started clenching and unclenching his fist. He had just assumed Raynare had mistaken the Class Cards for a Sacred Gear but Rias said that Gae Bolg didn't feel like one, maybe Raynare wasn't mistaken. Assuming that Rias was telling the truth then the Fallen Angel shouldn't have mistaken the Class Cards for a Sacred Gear, which left only one option. He had a Sacred Gear.
"That bastard Zelretch, I bet he knew all along and thought it would be funny to not tell me!" growled Issei as he began heading to the troll's 'home.'
He was going to make that old man help him activate his Sacred Gear and then he was going to enjoy testing it out on the damned troll. If anyone had been in the deserted street at that moment then they would have been slightly disturbed at the excited smile that crossed Issei's face as he brought out his phone.
"Hey dad? Yeah it's me, just letting you know that I'll be home late tonight. Yeah sorry about dinner, why don't you just order pizza? Cool thanks, remember to save me a slice," laughed Issei as he called his father.
With his phone call done then teen was about to head down the street towards Zelretch's 'house' when he heard a female voice and turned to see a blonde little girl running towards him with tears in her eyes. Looking behind the girl Issei's eyes widened as he saw a group of thugs chasing after her armed with bats, chains and other typical delinquent weapons.
Upon reaching Issei the girl hid behind him as the teen turned to face the horde of thugs that begin surrounding him, "you know this brat?" snarled one of them.
Before Issei could respond, his vision blurred and he felt a headache wrack his head as strange images began appearing in his mind.
The girl wearing a green dress smiled as she offered an apple to the malnourished child in front of her and her companion. Her ears catlike ears and tail twitching as she encouraged the child to take the food, "go on little one, take it."
"But I don't have anything to pay you with," replied the child, sadly.
The huntress just laughed, "Thou shalt not worry little one, it's free."
The child just looked at the cautiously, causing the girl's companion to sigh tiredly, "Archer we don't have time for this, we need to leave before the enemy Servants find us."
The green girl just glared at her companion, "hast thou no heart Rider? Tis but a child seeking sustenance."
The man just gave another sigh, "I'm aware of that Archer but I'm just saying that our time could be spent more productively."
Archer ignored her companion and instead turned back to the child as she knelt down and placed the apple on the ground before calmly stepping away from it. The child glanced between her and the apple before he slowly approached the food and grabbed it off the ground, making sure to keep them both in his gaze as the child slowly backed away.
Once far enough away the child took a bite of the apple and his eyes widened before he looked back at her with tears in his eyes, "thank you!"
The girl waved as the child left, watching as the child smiled happily before running off down the deserted streets, "a child's life is a precious thing Rider. As heroes, is it not our duty to protect them?"
"Archer?" frowned her companion in concern as he gripped her arm.
The girl didn't respond as she just looked up at the sun setting in the sky, her mind drifting away as memories of abandonment, loneliness and isolation in the woods began returning to her. Eventually the girl snapped out of her thoughts as her companion continued giving her a worried expression.
"Archer, are you sure you're alright?" he questioned with a frown in his face.
Atalanta just turned to her companion with a fierce expression, "no child shall be abandoned or be taken advantage of Rider…as I was."
Blinking as the strange scene faded from his mind Issei frowned as he stood protectively in front of the girl. "And if I do?" replied Issei with an almost catlike growl.
"Then you'll suffer along with her," replied the same delinquent.
"Don't let them hurt me Onii-chan!" cried the girl fearfully.
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