Highschool DxD: Dragon's Ascent

Chapter 59: Devilish x Deception

"Takumi? What do you mean by broken?" Rias asked cautiously as the room took a more tense tone, making Gasper cower even more.

I pretended to take a closer look at Gasper before nodding mournfully.

"His sacred gear is supposed to be Forbidden Balor View right? I can sense his sacred gear, and I have plenty of experience with them. There is something wrong with his sacred gear. Or should I say something wrong inside of it." They all got tenser as I added a tone of something more grave to my voice.

"His sacred is corrupted, there is a separate being inside of it that is corrupting it from the inside, making Gasper unable to properly control it . And if it is left as is, well, give it a few more years and it would have grave consequences." I was bullshitting so hard but Rias and co believed it as Gasper screamed again, stopping time and hiding back inside of his coffin.

"Oh no! Please stop it! I don't wanna die!!!" I felt irritation boil inside me again but I pushed it down as I pushed it down and turned to Rias.

"Thankfully, I am also a seal master alongside an alchemist. I should be able to take his sacred gear out of him without hurting him in less than a few weeks. In the meantime, he should refrain from using it as little as possible." As I said this I received multiple looks of gratitude, after all, I wasn't coveting his sacred gear, I was simply offering to save him.

"Really!? You can really get rid of it? Thank you so much!!! *sniff* *sob*" Gasper cried out in relief and anxiety, I held absolutely zero apprehension about taking Balor View from this thing.

I felt Rias hug me.

"Thank you very much Takumi-kun I don't know what I would have done without you here." Well, he would have given you a rather sizeable power up but that no longer matters.

"No need to thank me Rias" Because what I am doing is an overall negative for you "You can rely on me you know? It's not like I am just going to turn you away when you guys are in trouble. If I did, I wouldn't have become a devil." That made everyone smile, except Gasper I guess, he is in his own world and he can stay there, worthless worm.

"Oh, and guys, on the topic of helping and all. I have been making some deals about materials and I was thinking about brewing some elixirs I wanted to share with you guys. But for that, I will need you to visit my mansion so that I can take blood samples and et cetera so that I don't turn you into something I have to hunt down." Before they responded I raised a finger.

"In case you are gonna ask, it's free, or not, if you do want to pay I won't stop you. I just want my friends to be strong." It's not a loss if you are giving it to make the people on your side stronger after all.

Rias opened her mouth to say something but closed it after a second and shook her head with a fond expression.

" Really, you are too generous Takumi, but I can't refuse. As much as I don't like it, we did not do well enough against Riser, and I don't want to be left behind by you." I could see the same resolve on the faces of her other peerage members, Koneko looked determined with an adorable flame in her eyes, Kiba looked resolved like a knight while Akeno looked like she wanted nothing but to hop on me and ride me.