New Technique

The next day as I sat in class after making my preparations I thought about several things.

Namely the fact that is upcoming battle is the perfect chance to test out this new technique I've been working on.

Problem is I still haven't perfected is.

I will get right on right on that after school is over.

But I also have another problem. I have no idea when the Rating game between Rias and Riser is going to take place.

It's already been two weeks and the thing hasn't happened yet. In the original it was supposed to take place ten days after Rias met with Riser, but I knew because I cut the worthless yakitori's balls off he would need some time to recover, meaning the game would be posponed.

Problem is I don't know how long that postponement is going to last.

Leaving me only one option.

I am going to pay Sona a little visit.

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As soon as the bell came signaling the end of class I grabbed my bag and headed straight to the student council room.

Coming to the door I knocked a couple of times. Then a moment later it was opened by Momo Hanakai, one of Sona's bishops.

She looked startled for a moment, but then quickly composed herself.

"Yes Vampir-san, how may I assist you today?" She asked me.

'Greetings Hanakai-san, is Sona in, there is something I would like to ask her?" I asked.

"Yes. Please come in." She said. She then opened the door fully and I walked inside.

As soon as I did all of Sona's peerage looked at me. But I paid them no attention and walked right up to Sona's desk. "Excuse me kaichou, I have a question."

"Yes Vampir-san, what would you like to know?" She asked.

"When is the rating game between Rias and Riser taking place?" I asked her.

And it's not suspicious since she knows I was there that day.

"Why would you like to know?" Sona asked me.

"Because I want to watch it." I said. Which is not a lie. I really do want to watch it. If only to see Issei's antics and laugh my ass off. "So, can you please tell me when it is going to take place?"

"It's going to happen in another week." Sona told me. "That's when Riser will be fully recovered from when you and he...scuffled."

"Oh Sona, no need to sugarcoat it." I told her. "You can say it. I am not ashamed at all that I disembowled that rapist yakitori who's obviously a disgrace to his entire family and his bloodline. Really, he should just go jump in a vat cooking oil and fry himself to death. It would save everyone a lot of trouble. He might also taste good fried up. At least he would useful for something then."

Everyone looked at me as I badmouthed Riser but I cared not.

I then thanked Sona for the information and left the room.

A week until the Rating game, and then about two weeks until the exorcists arrive I think. Plenty of time to get my technique up and running fully.

Putting a smile on my face I left school with a pep in my step.

Time for training.

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I walked into the forest near the school that I used for training. Lancelot and Gin right behind me.

"Why are we here if you are just going to train?" Gin asked.

"Just in case I need a sparring partner. Also in case something goes wrong." I said.

"Exactly what is it you are trying to do?" Lancelot asked me.

"Bring life into this world." I said cryptically with a smile on my face.

The two of them then looked at me on confusion before shrugging their shoulders. They knew it was useless to ask for more details.

I am better at showing things like his than talking about them after all. The former of which I am exactly about to do.

Gin and Lancelot stood near the trees.

Meanwhile I walked out into the middle of the clearing in front of us and stood in its center. Once I did I clapped my hands together, closed my eyes, and began to focus. Focus on my ice powers, and its power lacing the blood coursing through my veins.

This technique I am attempting to bring about is something I started playing around with years ago. The ice power is my blood is unique. And while I use it, I knew that I wasn't using it to its fullest potential. That's why this technique I am working on is to strengthen the ice and cold power in my blood and bring it to an entirely new level.

For a reference this technique is something similar to Sirzechs's True Form. I compress and crystalize my unique trait, and then give it a form and shape.

And I have already decided on a shape.

Creating a power like this not only requires intense practice, but also intense focus. You have to visualize exactly what you want it to be, otherwise it will either not work at all or end up half-assed. But I don't have to worry about that since my imagination is vast, and is filled with tons of references from anime, games, and manga not of this world.

References I have used to cultivate and sharpen this new technique.

Now the only thing left I need to do is bring it into existence.

Keeping my breathing steady I condensed my ice and cold power more and more. In my mind I am visualizing it as an ice crystal that is getting smaller and smaller, as well as sharper. Time passed, but I didn't know how much. All I focused on was condensing the power, and keeping it from escaping my control.

As I did I opened my eyes and saw ice had begun spreading out from me, covering the entire field. I also noticed clouds had formed in the air, and it began snowing.

Gin and Lancelot were staring at me without saying a word.

I thank them for staying silent.

'Let's continue.' I thought. I then brought my hands apart a few centimeters and a spell circled formed between them. As it did my power shot up drastically and I started sweating despite the temperature getting lower and lower as the seconds went bye. Even after I started seeing my breathe the sweating didn't stop.

A blue aura even appeared around my body. Which got darker and darker as the seconds ticked by.

As the spell circle spun between my hands, it suddenly came to a grinding halt.

The moment it did I pushed my power into it, and a giant pillar of ice 50 meters tall appeared right in front of me.

Even so I have a smile on my face.

Because I had completed what I had been aiming to do.

A few seconds after the ice pillar appeared is shattered, and the ice began turning into particles of light. Light that quickly gathered in one spot a few meters in the air, and formed a shape.

When it was over a being floated in the air in front of me.

It was a 25 meter long creature in the shape of a woman. She has armor all across her body, as well as extra parts that no woman should have.

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The creature looked at me and then put a faint smile on her face.

I did the same with mine. We are connected after all. This is the crystallization of my ice power. My familiar, known as Alrescha Glacies. Also known as Bewitching Princess of Azure Ice.

I based her off the familiar from Strike The Blood.

Not only is she semi-sentient, but she can act independently from me as well in a range of up to 50 meters. Her powers allow her to manipulate ice and lower the temperature to below absolute zero in three seconds flat, allowing her to freeze anything, even magical attacks. Her ice also has the added bonus of being able to freeze non-corporeal beings such as spirits, or concepts like teleportation magic. She truly is a warrior princess.

"What the hell is that?" Lancelot asked me.

I turned around to face him and Gin who are looking as Glacies with both awe and a bit of fear.

"There's no need to be afraid of her. Her name is Alrescha Glacies, my new partner. She's a part of me." I explained to them.

Glacies flew through the air over to Gin and Lancelot and patted their heads, a smirk on her face.

"Oi, why does it feel like she's treating us like we're children?" Gin asked.

"Although she came from me she is semi-sentient. So while she has aspects of my personality, she will also develop traits only for her." I explained.

"Yep, she's definitely a part of you then." Gin said.

I laughed at that.

I then looked at Glacies and mentally asked her to come back to me. It's time we test her power.

She flew back over to me and floated up right in front of me. She then raised her left hand, and in an instant the entire forest 30 meters in front of us was flash frozen, like time had just suddenly skipped.

Seeing that all I can do is smile.

She really is a chip off the old block.