Explaining my appearance and my 'bracelet' to my mother was an affair I did not want to think about. Even in another world, she was just as fussy about my health as always, something I had missed dearly ever since her death.
With a few well thought out lies and a few convincing stories, I managed to pass off my attire as that of a cosplay I had with my so-called friends and my Bracelet to be a gift from someone dear to me so that I would not take it off.
While she was still suspicious, she did not press on the issue since she was much more focused on the fact that I had friends aside from the two idiots that normally hung out with me.
But it was on the next day morning that I faced another issue that I did not anticipate.
Normally, a God Eater has to regularly be injected with the specific Bias Factor of their branch, in the case of the Far East Branch, it was the P53 bias factor that was normally used, but there were always a few exceptions, such as Lenka and myself whose bodies were strong enough to reject the bias factor, resulting in Paylor injecting us with a stronger variant, the P73 Bias Factor.
I remember clearly that the last time I had taken my dose of Bias Factor was two days ago when I had left on a routine patrol of the Branch before my mind went blank and woke up in this world. By this point, the Oracle cells in my body should have already started to devour me from the inside with the marks of Oracle cell erosion clear on my skin, yet, I could clearly feel that it was not the case, in fact, it felt as if I had only injected my body with a Bias Factor only a few minutes ago.
Focusing on the Oracle energy in my body, I tried to find out what was going on but instead, what I found was something quite shocking.
I felt the Oracle energy behaving as rampantly as always, looking for a way to go out of my body and devour everything, yet, it was being restrained and being refined by the second energy I had felt yesterday in the ORC, the so-called Draconic energy as Gremory called it.
For a moment, I felt fear, thinking that the second energy was trying to assimilate the Oracle cell and was going to end up killing me. But my worries were unfounded when I kept focusing on my Oracle energy and found no changes to it for over two hours.
Deciding to find out what this energy was, I concentrated on the Draconing energy, and just like yesterday, the red Gauntlet materialized on my left hand with a familiar tug on my conscious, but this time, I chose to let go of my grip on my mind and instantly, darkness engulfed me.
When I woke up again, I was floating in a dark void before it was engulfed in flames and a massive form materialized in front of me.
"Looks like my new host is quite the special kind of Human" the creature spoke as I tensed and tried to find a way to fight the creature, only for its following words to stop my thoughts with confusion.
"Fear not, Hyoudou Issei. I mean you no harm for what would I gain by killing my own host?"
"Host? are you some kind of a parasite?"
The creature which I had now identified to be a Dragon flared its wings as the flames in the void grew stronger.
"How dare you compare me, the great Welsh Dragon, Y Ddraig Goch with a measly parasite?"
But his display of anger was immediately quelled when bright orange energy engulfed the void and a distance howl of a Wolf rang out and I felt a familiar presence brush my mind.
"Tch!, that wolf has started to become a real problem for me, it refuses to listen to me even though I am stronger than it could ever hope to be and even dares to reject my energy, however, I cannot fault its loyalty to you, it has been by your side for many years after all"
It was only then did I recognize that the orange glow was Oracle energy and the presence that was trying to connect to my mind was my God Arc.
But before I could voice my question towards the dragon, it turned its head towards somewhere in the void and spoke.
"Looks like our time is up, I need some time before we can speak freely and I explain to you your current circumstance, I still need to use my Draconic energy to substitute for your Bias Factor and make sure your own nature does not kill you, we have yet to face the White one and I refuse to let my wielder die before he faces off his nemesis, Farewell Issei Hyoudou, we will meet again in a few days"
Immediately, I felt myself being pushed and started to blackout again, but this time, before I blacked out, I felt my God Arc brush my mind again, this time, I heard a few broken words that I could not decipher, except for three words.
'Master' 'Protect' 'Devour'
"Issei! you are going to be late for school!" I heard mom shout from downstairs as I kept staring at my shrunken God Arc while a plethora of questions plagued my mind.
Was that just my imagination or did my God Arc actually gain sentience? and what was up with that Dragon and him insisting that I am his Host?
Just what has my life turned into?
