Hey,

Sorry this took longer than expected. Anyway, Happy New Year. Let's hope that 2023 will be better than 2022. Also, I want to say something. At first I thought I was making a Perfect Issei. But later I thought about changing. So I thought of making a main character who is not perfect in everything and develop him well. So I think story will be interesting in the future. It's depends on you.

Thinking ' '

Ddraig Talking ( )

Talking " "

Boosted Gear [ ]

(18. Broken One)

Both Kalawarna and I flew away from the church towards the house. I saw Tiamat standing in the garden behind the house. I came down from the sky.

"Tiamat, what are you doing out there? Has something happened to mother?"

"Don't worry Issei, she's fine. She came to her senses a while ago. Don't go asking about what happened. She doesn't remember anything" I looked down silently after hearing her words.

"Issei, we both have to leave now," said Kalawarna who was behind me.

"Huh Yes, Ok then, Let's go" After I first gave Tiamat permission to leave. After that I teleported to the Familiar forest with Kalawarna. After Tiamat becomes a familiar, she can teleport to her cave without any problem. Maybe she already had this kind of power. If you ask why she came to my house early today without even summoning her. Later I will ask her about this.

Anyway, when we went there, Tiamat was waiting in front of the cave, but I couldn't see Raynare and Mittelt. Maybe they are still Kuoh.

"Issei-" She tried to say something. Then after she looked at Kalawarna's face, After seeing Tiamat's expression Kalawarna left the place and walked inside the cave silently. I think Tiamat wants to talk to me alone. After that, Tiamat came before me and hugged me tightly.

"Are you okay? Master" the way she spoke was different than before. Her voice became more calm.

"Yes I'm fine" I hugged her and rested my head on her shoulder.

"I heard that explosion."

"I accidentally blew up an old church" I started to explain what happened to her, but she stopped me from talking.

"We'll talk later, you have to go to your mother now. Asia is scared too," Tiamat told me with a beautiful smile.

"Thank you for everything, if it wasn't for you, I would have lost everything today" is my true feeling. previously I had no idea who a mother really is. The reason is that I didn't have a mother when I was a child. But after coming to this world, I found something called family. And now I'm trying to cherish it.

Then I said goodbye to her and left with the intention of going back to Kuoh.

"Ddraig !"

(Yes partner)

"Someone called me while I was floating inside the Gear. Do you have any idea about it?"

(Sorry, I have no idea about that)

"I see" Well, let's think about it another time. I came to the back of the house. At the same time, I looked at the sky on the side of the church. I saw grey smoke rising into the sky.

I entered the house from the front. I saw Asia sitting in the living room.

"I'm back" Most of the time Asia told me 'Welcome back' but today I didn't get such a reaction from her. To be honest, she doesn't care about my arrival.

"Oh Issei, Welcome back," Mom came from the kitchen and called me. I could tell by the spoon in her hand that she was cooking something. She seemed to be unaware of anything that had happened at that time.

"Hey mother," I talked to her. But at the same time, I saw the mother looking at Asia.

"Did something happen between you two?" I asked her.

"No, she was with me a while ago" After hearing that, I tried to go to the room.

"Just leave her alone" Well, Asia seems to be a bit scared. I said that to my mother and went to the room and tried to sleep. But I couldn't sleep for a while.

Few hours later,

When I woke up, it was 8 pm. I came out of the room because mother called me, but Asia was not there. Mother said that she did not come out after going to the room. What happened today seems to have seriously affected her. Father's look is not good either. Because he doesn't know what happened here. Maybe he thinks that there is a fight between Asia and mother. Anyway, we had dinner after a while. But the mother's face, which was always full of happiness, was not happy today. She said that she took Asia's food to her room but she did not open the room door. The mother had the opportunity to force open the door and enter, but she did not do so.

Next Day,

I left to go to school. But the atmosphere that was always in the house was not there today. Father went to work early. Mother did not get up in the morning. And, Asia did not come out of her room since yesterday. While I was thinking like that, I walked towards the school.

After some time I was able to reach the school. I saw a group including Sona standing near the main gate of the school. I greeted them and entered. However, I heard the students talking in several places.

"Did you hear the sound of an explosion yesterday?"

"Oh Yeah Yeah. It's really loud isn't it?"

"Wasn't that abandoned church blown up?"

"Yes, My father went there at that time. The whole church was levelled to the ground. The surrounding forest was also on fire"

"Some people say that the church is a haunted place"

"I heard that too, Some people have seen big birds flying in that area"

I heard those things and walked towards the class.

'Not surprising. This is not a normal anime. This is the real world. So in the future, it will be difficult for the world of Supernatural to hide from people' I thought. Dxd world is a place that was completely hidden from humans. Especially in the novel, there were only a handful of ordinary people who knew about the supernatural world. But I did not know that this world is like this. People can get in trouble because of my one mistake. I will not be able to fix the mistake that happened yesterday. But I will try not to make the same mistake again.

(Scene Change)

"Are you ok, Issei? Your face is really pale" Motohama who was sitting right to me looked at me and asked.

"I'm ok, I didn't sleep well last night"

"Oh! I see, You stayed up all night watching porn, right?" It was Matsuda.

"Screw you Matsuda" He started to laugh.

"Asia hasn't come today?" Motohama turned to me.

"She is not well. So I told her to stay at home today."

"I see" After the conversation between the three of us, the teaching activities of the class started. At the same time, I listened to the chats of the students in the class. Many people talked about the explosion heard yesterday. Anyway, I messed up for the second time. Also, I thought about this for the first time. The reason why I lost control of the Boosted Gear in the battle with Tiamat as well as in the church may be because I am not emotionally stable. Maybe because this body is not mine, my soul is rejected by Boosted Gear. It's just my personal theory. At the same time, I still don't know whose voice I heard from inside the gear. By now, heaven must have known that there was something wrong with the Boosted Gear. As always, the school work was over today. Kiryuu asked me about Asia. Because she came to school yesterday and did not come on the second day. Even the homeroom teacher asked me about her. After explaining the matter to both of them, it was not much of a problem.

I came out of the classroom and started walking away from the school. At the same time, Tsubaki found me and spoke to me. She said that Sona said that she wanted to talk to all of us urgently. I silently accepted Tsubaki's order and walked towards the council office. When I went there, Sona and everyone else were there. I silently sat on the side of the sofa and kept my eyes on Sona. She sighed and addressed us.

"It seems that everyone has arrived" Everyone shook their heads. Sona picked up a file on her desk and placed it on the table in front of us and resumed her speech.

"I think you know what happened yesterday," she said and checked the faces of all of us.

"Yes kaichou" Momo said. At the same time Tsubasa stood up and said "Kaichou, are you talking about yesterday's explosion?"

"You're right, "An old church in Kuoh has been completely blown up."

"So what's so special about kaichou?" Reya asked.

Sona sat in her chair and said, "The fallen angels hang out in that church most of the time. It's like their base." At the same time, her eyes were completely focused in my direction.

"Issei, Do you have something to say?" I was a little shocked by her question. The other girls there also looked at me in surprise.

"Kaichou, I want to tell you that before Asia came to me, she stayed with those Exorcists in that blasted church. Also, as the others in the school talked about, many people have seen some kind of big birds roaming around there. It might be the fallen angels." Hearing that, Tsubaki put her hand on her head.

"This flock of crows often makes a problem," she said and picked up the file on the table and started reading it. I don't think she likes fallen angels. Maybe the reason she doesn't like Akeno can be related to this.

"According to this file, the forest around the church has been destroyed because of the fallen's magic. Isn't that right, kaichou?" Sona nodded. After that her gaze turned towards me again

"Issei, I want to know if your fallen friend is involved in this incident. The reason is that the whole town's talking about this matter. Also, this incident may cause problems for the underworld as well." Sona's voice was serious. I can understand her problem. Kuoh is a place directly connected with the underworld. But now because of these things, if the Supernatural world is exposed to people, there can be a big problem there too.

"I-I don't know Kaichou" I told her in a thin voice.

"Hey Are you Ok?" It was Tsubaki. I think she saw through me.

"You didn't behave normally today" She came up to me and put her hand on my forehead.

"Hmm, the head doesn't seem to be hot." At the same time, her eyes widened. She suddenly remembered where she was. She looked at the faces of the people around her. At the same time, everyone else, including Sona, was looking at Tsubaki. The reason is that she is the one who behaved differently today, not me.

"No, it's not like that," her voice started to shake. I saw how the girls sitting behind her were getting ready to laugh.

"I had a fight with my family today. This is why my behaviour has changed. I'm sorry. Also, Tsubaki senpai, thank you for always looking out for me" I said that, trying to save Tsubaki from that embarrassing moment. But something happened that I did not expect. Her face suddenly turned red. Maybe she didn't expect me to say such a thing.

"Oh Ok, Apologize quickly to them" She said so and sat down again. Anyway, the other girls didn't make fun of her.

"Well, I'll tell the story directly. Lord Sirzechs has ordered Rias to look into this issue," Sona looked directly at my face and started talking again. "That's why Issei, I want you to stay away from this, because I don't want Rias and others to know about the relationship between you and these fallen angels," she said and remained silent.

"Got it, Kaichou" I agreed with her. 'Better wait in the shadows for now,' I thought. After some time the meeting ended. Everyone started leaving for their homes. But Sona and Tsubaki stopped because they had to leave with Rias.

(Scene Change)

(Partner, if your friends get caught by Rias Gremory, it will be a big problem, right?) Ddraig and I started talking through telepathy. "Yes indeed. I will call Tiamat later and warn them."

(Are you ok Partner?)

"No. This is all because of me. If only I could control the Gear properly."

(I want to say. You are the first host to lose control of the Gear in this way) After that conversation between me and Ddraig was ended.

~At the same time, while Ddraig was in his domain, he started thinking about his new host. To tell the truth, he was very surprised because it is really difficult to fights with Tiamat in the balance breaker form. But Issei's emotional side did this job well. At the same time, he learned that when the gear is lost from the control, the efficiency of the gear increases several times. Likewise, he began to think of a solution that would take care of Issei so that he wouldn't go out of control again~

Issei's home,

"I'm home" At that time I was hoping to hear the words "Welcome back" again. But that didn't happen. Anyway, when I went in, there was no one in the house. I searched a little. At that time both mother and Asia did not come out of their rooms. Asia's room where her lunch was left on the floor. But she hadn't eaten anything. To be precise, she hadn't eaten anything since yesterday I think. I first inquired about the condition of the mother. Anyway, she was sleeping well. But I realized yesterday that she was carrying a lot of sadness inside. Her new daughter doesn't talk to her all day. And, she does not know the reason. I then went to Asia's room and knocked on the door. But no sound was heard from inside. But I know that Asia was inside. Then I came back to my room thinking about sleeping a little.

Few hours later,

I slowly woke up. I slept on the bed in my school clothes. I couldn't sleep freely because of the anxiety in my mind. The time on the clock was 6.45 pm. I stayed on the bed for a while without getting off the bed. About 5 minutes later, I heard the sound of Asia's room door. Ever since I became a half dragon, I can hear distant sounds very well.

At the same time, someone knocked on the door of my room. "Issei, are you there?" I can recognize that voice. It's Asia. I turned my face to the other side of the bed and called her. "Come in," she opened the door and entered. I can see her appearance well even in the dark. She had a rabbit that made of cloth in her hand. She was also wearing a pink pajama. She quietly came and sat on the side of the bed.

"Are you mad at me?" she asked. To be honest, I am not angry with her. But the way she behaved with mother was not so good. But I can't judge her. I'm sure she has her reasons.

"I'm not angry with you Asia" I turned to the other side and looked at her face. She smiled at me. "But..." I stopped talking.

"But..?"

"But why did you stop talking to your mother? She was very sad thinking about you."

She hugged the rabbit that was made of cloth tightly to her chest. At the same time, I saw tears welling up in her eyes.

"Lady Tiamat told me everything that happened. How your friends lost their memories, how someone came to kill your mother…" She immediately jumped to my body and grabbed my shirt. "I-I was so scared. I'm sorry. I was scared that I would forget you, mom and dad. I thought what would happen if I forgot what happened these few days." She started to cry.

"Asia !" She turned her face towards me. Her face was so close to me that I could even felt the warmth of her breath.

"Then I thought that maybe-maybe all this was my fault" She continued her speech.

"So I decided to stay alone without talking to mom," she said and suddenly started to cry.

"But I can't do that, Issei, I can't. I want to talk to mom. I want to see you near me. I want to eat the sweets that father brings. I want to make more new memories. I'm afraid I won't be able to make those memories." When she said that, my mind went cold. I never thought she would think this way. This is not the Asia that was in the anime or the light novel. This Asia with me is very different. I couldn't think of anything to talk about. I hugged her and let her cry. Maybe this will reduce her sadness. I stayed with her like this for more than 10 minutes. At the same time she stopped crying and looked at me again as if she thought that I would try to comfort her.

"Did you feel at ease?" I asked, smiling at her. "I think" she wiped her tears and looked at me

I suddenly turned my head away from her and said, "Don't think that I forgave you. I already thought of a punishment to give you." The smile on her face disappeared. I held her hand and looked at her face again and said: "Asia, I know you are very scared. But trust me one more time. I won't let my family get in trouble." She nodded. I let go of her hand.

"Asia, talk to mom now. Go" as soon as I said that, she got off the bed and started walking towards the room door. But she stopped and looked at me again. "What is my punishment Issei?" Her face is so seductive, I must have stared at her for about 30 seconds.

"Issei !"

"Huh, Ah I remembered. make my favourite dessert to night"

"Got it" She gave me a thumbs up.

The end of today started to get better anyway. When I came to the living room after about an hour, I saw Asia and my mother talking happily. To be precise, both of them get together and arrange dinner. I don't know what happened between mother and Asia. But everything ended well. As for Asia, she has been thinking that if she stays away from her mother and us, what happened yesterday will not happen again. I have to be stronger. I can see that there will be more trouble ahead.

Hmm. End of the chapter.

The first one. I think today's chapter has fewer flaws. At the same time, I will be able to finish Asia's arc and write Riser's arc in two or three more days. But to be honest, I don't want to write Riser's arc. But it is a necessary part of the story, So I have to finish writing it even reluctantly. Then see you another day