Duality (DxD) (Part 1)

Ch 167 - Meeting A God (4)

Jin was standing at one end of the stone block. Holding his hands against it as he looked at the divine beauty of a goddess. Inari Okami, a kami of foxes, fertility, rice, tea and sake, agriculture and industry, and general prosperity and worldly success. Jin watched as she laid there, lying on her front. She was most definitely a beauty, but this was a commission to Jin. He wouldn't let himself be distracted by the looks of a client. So he slowly injected his energy into the stone, filling it and spreading it out as he began.

Inari: So Jin, if you don't mind, can I ask you a few questions?

Jin: Go ahead. Also, I hope my looks at you don't make you uncomfortable.

Inari gave a small smile as she looked at Jin's gentle blush. He was focused on the job, but he found it hard not to admire such beauty.

Inari: {He's so adorable!} It's fine, your gazes are welcome. So, my first question. If I remember correctly, only humans are born with a Sacred Gear, so how did you obtain yours?

Jin: {A popular question.} I obtained it from my guardian. He was a human. I've been raised among humans and to be human. This whole supernatural world is only a few years new to me. But he knew of the supernatural world and his Sacred Gear, transferring it to me as he was about to die.

Inari: {He was raised as a human? That's nice. The supernatural world nowadays puts too much pressure on youngsters. But again, he still couldn't avoid losses.} I'm sorry for your loss, if you don't mind, could you describe him?

Inari asked as Jin was a sculptor. He made statues. Yet he managed to capture people in detail much more in depth than a beings exterior shell. The figures, the statues, they captured something inside of someone. That was why Inari chose Jin. She could always have statues made of her, ones beautiful and filled with a gentle divine power, made of the finest material. Yet she could only find Jin to give her what she really wanted.

She didn't just want Jin to capture what she looked like in the eyes of others. She wanted to know how she looked on the inside. How that was represented in her statue.

But doing so, completely naked, she of course felt a little bit subconscious despite how confident she seemed. That's why she was asking Jin questions. She wanted to see inside of Jin. She didn't want to be the only one laid bare. She wanted them to share each other, it made her more comfortable.

It was something Jin was more than happy to do.

Jin: Ban was my second guardian. He was old but had an appearance unlike any old man you could possibly imagine. He was muscular, lean and strong. He had strong shoulders to carry heavy burdens. It wouldn't be far to say he was a warrior whose life revolved around fighting. Or in other words, a hero. He taught me a lot. Maybe not in educational terms, but in ways to live. He gave me words to live by and advice. Just like an old man, he had wisdom despite how annoying he could be to me at times. He taught me how to shoulder my own burden, others and their responsibilities. But if I was to describe Ban in only a few words, he was strength. The strongest person I've ever known.

Inari: He sounds like an amazing man and for you to say he is strength, I have no doubt he is strong. In your words, he may actually be a hero. {To transfer his Sacred Gear, you must have meant much to him Jin and for him to be your second guardian and one you think so highly of, I have no doubt he's a hero.}

Jin: He was. He... He really was a hero in my eyes. {Even if I never said it.}

Jin smiled as he thought back to Ban. Ban was one of the most important people in his life. Ban influenced Jin more than any other and he was thankful for that. As much as Jin didn't think he was anything special, others thought he was, and because of that, he had met amazing people. Developing amazing relationships with others.