Chapter 310 The Holy Sword Durandal
Edited by: Kanaa-senpai
But compared to these little things, Xenovia and Irina seemed to be worried about something else. Irina, in particular, looked completely crushed.
Aki quietly asked Rias through the [Soul Network]. When she told him it was nothing to worry about and that they would talk about it soon, he reached into his storage space and pulled out two jackets.
”Here, take these. You don’t have to give them back.”
The two schoolgirls who wielded Holy Swords looked down. They hadn’t really noticed during the heat of battle, but now that they thought about the long trip back, they suddenly felt embarrassed.
Irina nodded weakly, her long chestnut twin-tails looking like they had lost all their usual energy.
Xenovia, the girl with short blue hair and a faint green streak in her bangs, managed to get some of her calm back. She took the lead and said, “Thanks.”
After seeing Xenovia and Irina off, Aki and his group teleported back to the big mansion.
Women’s curiosity is often stronger than men’s. Before satisfying his own, Aki had to give a quick explanation of his fighting form and what happened with Kokabiel.
”Koaki, you’ve grown so fast.” Rias reached out to stroke Aki’s hair by instinct, only to realize that Aki was already taller than her.
When they first met, Aki had been a full head shorter than her.
But thinking back on how fast his strength had grown, this small physical change seemed like a minor detail. Besides, teenage boys often have growth spurts; maybe Aki was just a year or two late.
After they finished talking about Aki’s ability to kill a [Demon King-class] enemy, it was finally Yuuto Kiba’s turn to speak.
As for Kokabiel’s death, no one there cared at all. Apart from wondering if the Fallen Angels would even dare to cause trouble, even if they did, the two fiercely protective [Demon King]s would surely handle them.
The change in Yuuto Kiba was actually quite simple to explain: in short, the knot in her heart had been untied, she had reached a moment of understanding, and her power had jumped forward.
At the time, when Aki chased after Kokabiel, the two Hellhounds and the mad priest, helped by Valper on the side, had quickly overwhelmed the three of them.
But by then, Rias and the others had arrived, leaving them no chance to finish the job.
While Rias and the others were busy [Rescue]ing the three, Valper had managed to fuse the stolen [Mimicry Holy Sword] and [Destruction Holy Sword] with the three blades carried by the mad priest.
Valper had never stopped his research into the [Holy Sword]; his goal was to remake the [King of Swords].
What happened next was mostly like the original story; Valper had already prepared the [Earth Exchange] ritual.
Using the destruction of Kuoh Town (町)1 as a sacrifice, the five [Holy Sword]s were successfully fused. They were not as strong as a complete [King of Swords], but their power was still great.
Rias and her group naturally wouldn’t just stand by and watch Kuoh Town (町) be destroyed. To stop it, they had to break the [Earth Exchange] ritual.
And to break the ritual, they had to destroy the fused [Holy Sword].
Yuuto had wanted to destroy the [Holy Sword]s anyway, so this fit perfectly with what she wanted.
So, the battle started right away. The power of the five [Holy Sword]s was indeed huge, but against the [SS-Rank] average members of the Occult Research Club, it wasn’t enough.
Once the [SSS-Rank] Rias and Himejima Akeno joined the fight, their enemies had no room to fight back.
No matter how strong a weapon is, it depends on who uses it; the mad priest and Valper clearly could not use its full power.
The main problem was that the [Holy Sword]s were too tough, even when Rias and Akeno used their combined technique.
[Destruction Mana] mixed with [Lightning Flash] created an attack as strong as a [Demon King-class] strike, yet it still could not break the blades.
Seeing this, the half-dead Valper laughed in victory and began a long, drawn-out speech—especially after learning Yuuto’s identity—bringing up the past over and over.
He even waved around a crystal that contained the [Holy Sword] factors, using it to mock Yuuto.
Yuuto was indeed provoked. The souls of her dead friends, still inside the crystal, appeared. After an emotional, tearful talk, she made peace with herself.
Then, she absorbed the [Holy Sword] factor crystal, which was filled with the lives of her friends.
Valper was no Michael; he could not take out factors without taking lives. Without Michael’s protection, even absorbing [Holy Sword] factors could kill you. The mad priest was the only one who had survived from all the fusions he had done.
Even so, his mind had been broken in the process.
After that, because her heart was free, Yuuto mastered the power flowing inside her.
By combining the two, she successfully [Broke Through the Bottleneck] and rose to [S-Rank]. Not only did she get back her original female form, but she also mastered the [Balance Breaker] mode of her [Sacred Gear], which she called the [Holy Magic Sword].
The union of [Holy] and [Magic] shocked Valper. Once he got over his first panic, his smart—if twisted—researcher’s brain started working.
He figured out the truth: God was gone. Only if both the [Four Great Satans] and God were dead—meaning the beings that kept the balance between [Holy] and [Magic] had disappeared—could something as unscientific as a [Holy Magic Sword] appear.
As he laughed wildly, Valper told this news to everyone there.
Rias and her group didn’t react; they had already been shocked during the [Three Factions Talk].
But the [Student Council] girls, who hadn’t been at the [Three Factions Summit], were terrified. Like most in the Church who didn’t know God was dead, many [Devils] were actually unaware that the [Four Great Satans] were all gone.
(PS: This point is clearly a mistake in the original work. It was stated from the beginning that the [Four Great Satans] were gone, which is why heirs like Sirzechs appeared, yet in this scene, it’s implied that Rias and the others didn’t know.)
However, the ones who could least accept this reality were the two schoolgirls who wielded Holy Swords. As believers in God, learning the truth of His death hit them with a crushing weight on their spirits.
They didn’t believe it at first, even with the proof of Yuuto’s [Holy Magic Sword] right in front of them.
But when Rias shared the information that Michael had given during the [Three Factions Talk], they could no longer lie to themselves.
This was why Aki had seen them looking so lost.
Xenovia had a more determined and mature mind; although she believed in God, she was not a blind, crazy follower.
After the shock passed, she pulled herself together and called out another [Holy Sword], one as famous as the [King of Swords], a blade known for having the power to cut everything in the world: the [Holy Sword]… Durandal.
Valper, who had thought that even if he died, his plan was complete, finally panicked.
He screamed that it was impossible, that no one could wield the [Holy Sword] Durandal.
Then, the cold, proud, short-haired schoolgirl [Holy Sword] wielder said with great style: “I am different from the others. I am a natural [Holy Sword] user, a perfect [Holy Sword] qualifier.”
”However, even I cannot fully master this tyrant, so I can only keep it sealed in my daily life.”
Valper’s research had been aimed at creating the perfect qualifier. Such people were rare, and none had appeared for years.
He hadn’t expected that years after his experiments failed and he tried to make a comeback, a pure, natural, and untouched born-qualifier would appear before him—and specifically to destroy his plans.
The rest goes without saying. The fake [King of Swords], made from five pieces, was shattered to pieces under Durandal, completely destroyed.
The crisis in Kuoh Town (町) was over, and the mad priest and Valper were purified.
Yuuto Kiba did it herself.
Not even a body remained; they dissolved into a sky full of light particles.
In the big mansion.
At some point, only Aki and Yuuto Kiba were left. As the long, white-gold-haired beauty finished her last sentence, the two sat close together.
Looking at the blushing Yuuto Kiba, who was pressing against him, Aki felt a little awkward.
But as he looked at that cute, fair face and felt the soft, gentle touch of her sexy body, he quickly changed his mindset.
Especially when Yuuto Kiba’s gentle, delicate, [Charming] voice echoed in his ear, he moved from being passive to being active.
After a big battle, there is no better way to relax the body and mind than a little fun.
Yuuto Kiba had been waiting for this day for a long time; now that she had returned to her true female form, the fire in her heart was impossible to hold back.
In her deep indigo, watery eyes, desire and love were mixed together, turning into an unspeakable [Charm].
Rias and the other girls had sensed this, and since they had no interest in retelling the battle anyway, they had quietly left.
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Summary:
The chapter follows the aftermath of the battle involving the Fallen Angel Kokabiel. Aki comforts the struggling Xenovia and Irina before returning to the mansion with his group. The narrative shifts to Yuuto Kiba, detailing her internal emotional resolution and successful empowerment, eventually leading to a tense, intimate moment with Aki as the other girls leave them alone.
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Trivia:
The author acknowledges a narrative inconsistency regarding the knowledge of God and the Four Great Satans’ status.
Yuuto Kiba successfully mastered a Balance Breaker called the Holy Magic Sword.
Valper’s research was focused on re-creating the perfect qualifier for Holy Swords.
Xenovia reveals herself to be a natural qualifier for the Holy Sword Durandal.
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Translation Notes:
Notes:
• Xenovia – A serious, natural-born Holy Sword wielder and A-rank Church warrior, this schoolgirl with short blue hair and a green-dyed streak travels to Kuoh Town amid a Fallen Angel resurgence. Mature, blunt, and proud, she wields the wide-bladed Destruction Holy Sword, prioritizing destroying threats to maintain peace. Intimidated by Kokabiel’s power, she finds herself drawn to Aki’s presence.
• Irina – A lively, curvaceous schoolgirl with long chestnut twin-tails, she is Issei’s childhood friend and an A-rank Holy Sword user serving under the President. As a naive believer easily swindled due to her love of relics, she struggles with recent revelations about God. Professional with supernatural authorities while searching Kuoh for enemies, she is intimidated by Kokabiel but drawn to Aki.
• Rias – Rias Gremory, called “Buchou” or “President,” is a striking, authoritative SS+ high-class devil heiress with crimson hair, blue eyes, and porcelain skin. As a woman of significant status and Master of Kuoh Town, she manages political and supernatural affairs, peace negotiations, and transformation research. Confident and protective, she leads her group, is tied to Sirzechs and Sona, and acts as Aki’s affectionate mentor.
• Aki – A tall, handsome Kuoh Academy strategist and King-status devil with a powerful, dragon-like physique and scumbag-like charisma, he wields Dual Cultivation and soul contracts to heal, empower, and psychologically condition his growing harem of schoolgirl knights and supernatural companions. A master of magical tool control and Evil Piece distribution, he pragmatically expands his peerage while indulging his immense sexual stamina and appetite, balancing flirtatious charm with dominant control as he ascends toward Demon King-class power.
• Y – The first initial/part of the name Y Ddraig Goch.
• Kokabiel – A burly, twelve-winged obsidian Fallen Angel former executive and war-obsessed antagonist with an arrogant disposition. This Demon King-class combatant survived the Three-race war, led the main combat faction, stole the Holy Swords, and summons Hellhounds and Light Spears. Defeated by the protagonists, this notorious, battle-maniac cadre is now destined for solitary confinement in the Ice Prison.
• Yuuto – Blonde, androgynous, and polite, this Kuoh Academy student is an A-Rank Knight in Rias’s peerage and Issei’s childhood friend. A Holy Sword Project survivor harboring intense trauma, survivor’s guilt, and anger toward Balba, this sword-wielder seeks revenge for fallen comrades. Facing powerful wind pressure in battle, they use an analytical mind and magic blade forging, focused on the mission.
• Kiba – Yuuto (Yuto) Kiba is a handsome, 1.7m blond Devil, Occult Research Club member, and polite knight in Rias Gremory’s peerage. A master swordsman and Holy Sword Project survivor, he recently transformed by reconciling with his past trauma and mastering his Balance Breaker form. Despite a refined campus prince demeanor, he holds deep hatred for the Church, Fallen Angels, and priests from his past.
• Valper – A participant in the battle who mistakenly believes in Kokabiel’s survival. A researcher obsessed with Holy Sword fusion and the creation of a King of Swords.
• Himejima Akeno – A high-ranking member of the Gremory peerage and household, this buxom female student with black hair in a ponytail assists Rias with magical tasks. Known as the Lightning Flash, her previously reserved demeanor has shifted into a sultry, energetic, and passionate personality during cultivation, maintaining close ties as a supportive ally to her companions.
• Himejima – Akeno Himejima is a tall, curvaceous Kuoh Academy senior, high-ranking Devil retainer in Rias Gremory’s peerage, and a powerful Occult Research Club member known for her strength in combat. Bound by a Soul Contract to Aki, she possesses long black hair and a queen-like demeanor. Combining sadistic charm with maternal authority, she wields golden lightning and is deeply loyal to Rias and Aki.
• Akeno – Himejima, a tall, voluptuous Orc-devil shrine maiden with raven hair, red eyes, and dark wings, is the “Priestess of Thunder.” As Rias Gremory’s loyal S+ rank Queen and Vice-President, she gracefully manages administration. Beyond her combat prowess, she is the soul-bound contract partner of Akira, maintaining a deep, affectionate bond with him and constantly longing for his attention.
• Michael – A handsome, pragmatic Archangel in golden armor, he leads Heaven and the surviving Seraphs post-God’s disappearance. Possessing power exceeding a Super-Devil, his unmatched intelligence revealed the truth of the supernatural world. He maintains the System to preserve peace among the Three Factions, prioritizing order over lives, and aided the Holy Sword Project by modifying its fatal rituals.
• Sirzechs – Sirzechs Gremory is a red-haired Demon King holding the title Lucifer. As Rias’s brother and a high-ranking Devil leader, he commands a regal presence and immense magical power, actively restraining his strength to prevent destruction. A skilled politician focused on family, he acts as a pivotal peace negotiator whose superior combat capabilities easily surpass those of figures like Katerea.
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