Note:
" Speech." = Regular Conversation.
' Speech.' = Internal Monologue.
[ Speech. ] = Dragon/ Any sealed Entities
{ Balance Breaker } = Balance Breaker/ Juggernaut Drive/ Breakdown Beast
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Vatican
Third POV
The soon to be Exorcist, Sho observed the interior, the murals showcasing Christianity's lore.
From murals depicting Adam to Jesus and his apostles. Even a saint facing a dragon, with another similar being a man on a horse stabbing a dragon with a lance.
Finally reaching a mural that confused him, twelve Knights being overlooked by the Angels?
'Did the story of King Arthur include Angels?'
Sho carefully looked at the murals infront of him, wondering about it's validity.
"Something wrong?"
"Is this the Knights of Round Table, Shidou-San?" Sho asked the priest, hoping Touji would shed some light on it, only for the priest to chuckle at him.
" This mural depicts Charlemagne and his paladins, being overlooked by the angels."
'So it was the Twelve Paladins of Charlemagne. No wonder I didn't recognise them.' Sho only knew about them on surface level, he didn't know much about, atleast compared to the Knights of The Round.
The duo walked into the hallway, while the younger of the two started at the various murals, some of which was most probably false.
For example, the Bible in general seemed to be the same from his previous world and it lore being the same.
But that wouldn't make sense, Lucifer or Satan supposedly transformed into a Red Dragon only be put down by Michael. Which even from his fragmented knowledge of DxD wouldn't make sense, Michael was no where near as strong as any the Red Dragon, Great Red.
Or the fact Satan doesn't exist in this world, atleast to his knowledge. Satan was a title held by four of the Seven Princes of Hell, Lucifer, Beelzebub, Leviathan and Asmodeus.
'Oh well, it must just be propaganda.' Sho mused as they reached their destination.
As he came near the door, suddenly a chill ran down his spine, his nose started to sting as he got near the door. A feeling that disappeared as soon as it appeared.
'What was that?' Sho wondered to himself as he rubbed the bridge of his nose.
"This is Touji Shidou, Reporting in. You Eminence." Touji voice snapped him out of his daze, as he rubbed his nose.
"Do come in." An elderly voice, calmly called them in.
As Sho entered the room, alongside Touji, he saw a sight he would never forget. A sight that was etched into his memory.
He saw a wrinkled old man with white hair, but everything else about him seemed to contradict his age. An extremely developed muscular build that contradicts his advanced age, if his hair and wrinkles were anything to go by. The source of the smell seemed to be the old man in question.
But those was the least surprising thing about him, the Old man offered him a smile before conversing with Touji in what he assumed Latin?
He looked up at the old man, his body defying logic. The jacked old man infront of him was atleast two metres tall.
' That's just ridiculous, what is he?' Sho looked at the Titan before him, who finally turned his attention towards him.
"Nice to meet you, Young man. My name is Vasco Strada, I'm a Cardinal Priest... but I'm sure that such a title is abstract for you. " Vasco introduced himself as he knelt infront of him, Sho still needing to look upwards to look at the aged Priests face.
He turned towards Touji, who mouthed 'introduce yourself' snapping Sho out of his stupor.
"I-I am Saji Sho." He nervously introduced himself, causing the Cardinal Priest to nod his head.
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Sho relaxed his body as he stared at the ceiling, recalling everything that had happened today.
First he learned why the Church was giving his special treatment, then he saw the behemoth known as Vasco Starda and then he was Baptised by the said Behemoth.
Touji after leaving him in Vasco's care had left to return back to his family, after assuring him and telling him to trust the Cardinal.
" I am just lucky he didn't stamp "Character Development" to my face." Sho muttered to himself, chuckling as he recalled that one meme.
"Seriously though was he an Angel?" Sho tried to recall if Vasco was ever mentioned, till the point he read. "He is just too absurd for a human."
He sighed to himself as he brought his had up and started focusing, as a small sword or more like a fruit knife manifested in his hand.
" I wonder will it be enough?" Sho recalled the question cardinal had asked him.
"Are you sure about you Decision to become an Exorcist?" The cardinal had asked him. "Know this the life of a Exorcist is a very tumultuous, at every step you will have to face against those who may be superior to you. Those who could put you down."
Devils…Kokabiel….Loki…Old Maou Faction….Cao Cao and his lackeys...and more.
Will he have to fight against them? Who was he kidding, Genshirou was his brother. He may have to step in at one point or the another.
If so will he be able to prevail? Survive?
From what he had seen and read, humanity is the the species at the bottom. The few humans who were great had great lineage and gifts to be in conversation.
'Oh well will cross that bridge when the time comes, but…' Sho mused as he pinched the bridge of his nose. 'What was that feeling?'
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An: Sho doesn't precisely remember everything, he is making mental notes to remember important stuffs.
And if it wasn't clear he only has patchy knowledge till Vol 10.