Chapter 7 : The group of Devils.
Daniel demonstrated the blade was swinging it in front of the group of Devils. They were amazed as a rainbow trail followed after Caladbolg, acting as an afterimage.
"Incredible. Your magic, it's almost like my Scared Gear, Sword Birth." Kiba stated in awe as he kept his eyes solely on Caladbolg. However each Devil was wary of the blade as they could feel that it was shrouded in holy magic.
"Is it the real thing?" Tsubaki asked as Sona seemed to have shut down for a moment.
"No, it's only a fake." Daniel replied as he dispelled Caladbolg in a flash of blue light. "While it wields the same magic and abilities as the original, it's only roughly 80 to 90 percent of the original's power. So if the two were ever to fight, my blade would most likely shatter."
"There's actually only one blade that I can create which is the real thing." Daniel informed the Devils. 'And I only have a rough guess on how I have it as well. But I haven't a clue if it's effected this world's original.'
"Can you summon it?" Kiba asked with a hopeful expression.
Daniel nodded a negative as before he responded. "Not a chance. Not even Sona's sister has seen this blade, and I'd like to keep it that way. Besides even if I did summon it, the cost alone is far too much mana to waste for a simple show and tell. Summoning that weapon costs half of my reserves."
"Mana?" Kiba asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Yeah, it's what I call my Magical reserves." Daniel replied with shrug. "Plus it sounds soooo much cooler."
"Agreed." Rias agreed with a slight smile. "You said these swords you create are fakes. How so?"
"The spell itself is called Projection and Tracing. The spell is split into two parts, both separate but can be done simultaneously. The first part creates an internal copy of the weapon or weapons through eye contact." Daniel replied as he looked up at Rias. "And the second half is using my Mana to trace the weapon into existence from the weapon's image in my memories."
"Oh my, so that means you've witnessed the real Caladbolg!" Akeno, Rias' Queen gasped out in shocked. Daniel didn't respond vocally at her, instead he only smirked at her.
"How do you know my Onee-sama?" Sona suddenly asked. "I've never told you that I have an older sister. And it isn't in my school records. And I should know, I was the one who wrote it."
Daniel would needed to be blind in order to miss the serious look on her face. "Oh, you mean Sera?" Daniel asked with a raised eyebrow.
Sona nodded her head at Daniel, a silent order to continue. "Well, Sera was a third year student here when I first started teaching in this school six years ago. And she's been a precious close friend since."
Daniel answer along with the genuine smile on his face caused both Sona and Rias' eyes to widen, while the jaws of their peerages fell down. "That and the similarities between you two, it's not hard to miss the connection between you two."
"Similarities?" Sona asked as her left eyebrow began to violently twitch.
"Well yeah. Same eye and hair colour, you both share the same facial expression when you're thinking, when you're serious and when you're angry." With each comparison made by Daniel, Sona's head began to hang lower and lower.
"And the most obvious one being your shared last name." As Daniel finished explaining all the Devil's flinched once more.
'Shared name?' All of the Devils thought the same thing.
"Sensei, can you tell me my sister's name."
Sona's question caught Daniel off guard slightly as he answered. "Sera Shitori... Why'd you ask that question?" Daniel asked in confusion.
'He doesn't know!' Once more all the Devils present shared the same thought.
"I will give you one thing though. You certainly don't act as childishly as she does." Daniel stated out as he relaxed slightly. "I mean seriously. Who keeps asking someone to join their peerage for six damn years." Daniel grumbled off at the end.
His word though shocked Sona more than anyone else. 'Wait, Onee-Sama doesn't have any members in her peerage.' Sona thought to herself in shock.
'Why does she want Sensei to be her first piece? Is he that strong?' Sona continued thinking before she asked. "Why do you keep rejecting her offer?"
Daniel raised an eyebrow at Sona's question but answered anyway. "Two main reasons really. The first one is that when I become a Devil, half of my arsenal of weapons would become useless to me, as they're mainly holy weapons. And secondly, if I accepted her offer then I'd no longer be able to keep teaching." Many of the Devil's present looked at Daniel in confusion at this.
"Since your sister makes makes her living from those Magical Girl Shows in the Underworld, I know that as a part of her peerage I'd have to be by her side or be a part of the show itself god forbid haha."
"It may be a selfish reason but, I honestly enjoy teaching kids too much to give that up." Daniel answered as a sad smile crossed his face. 'Just like I did in my past life.'
"You enjoy teaching?" Saji asked with a smirk on his face. It was clear to Daniel that the boy was about to burst out laughing.
"Of course!" Daniel snapped back in response causing Saji to jump back slightly. "Ever since I was a kid I always wanted to be a one. It's the same for most Teachers."
"So you have no desire to being a Devil then?" Sona asked.
"Listen Sona, as I've said countless other times to Sera, I wouldn't be a good Devil." Daniel smiled at her as he continued. "Power and wealth don't really matter to me. I'm strong enough to take care of myself and I already make enough money teaching here, so I don't need any more of either."