DxD Chapter 80: Don't Mind Me (Patreon)

~Takumi Katsuragi Goch~

I was a master of Mind Magic, I had established that already. It was no exaggeration that without any specialization in play, my mind magic was even better than my Alchemy, with Alchemy being at Adept Level 3 and Mind Magic being at Adept Level 10.

Adept level 10 meant I was as good at Mind Magic as a non-Ultimate Rank could be. I could rewrite the personality of a normal person with the snap of my fingers, I could accelerate my mind a hundred times over and the list went on.

This was the reason why I was confident in strutting into the Boosted Gear and slaughtering all of the remnants inside of it, there shouldn't be anyone weaker than Lucifer who can beat me inside of my own mind and the Boosted Gear was practically fused into my soul, it was my domain.

'Takumi, I need to talk to you about the previous wielders inside of the Boosted Gear.' I heard Ddraig pipe up as I was preparing to enter the sacred gear, a last-minute interruption was a bit annoying. But due to how serious he sounded I decided to put off mind diving for a second to hear him out.

"Yeah? What's up?" I hope this is not about him asking me to not beat the snot out of the remnants inside the Boosted Gear, I really need to kick out those squatters but I also do not want to upset Ddraig when he has already done so much for me.

'Since you are going to confront the remnants of the Boosted Gear I wanted to talk to you about them first. I will not ask you to hold off on eradicating them if necessary but at the same time I want you to keep an open mind when you are going in there.'

I stayed silent and let Ddraig continue, he knew me well enough that if he genuinely wanted me to not eradicate them that I would find another solution to vacate the boosted gear but he wasn't.

'Every remnant inside of the Boosted Gear are shards of the previous wielders of the Boosted Gear who have had a part of their soul left behind in the boosted gear at the time of their deaths. Most of them I have known with personally, even if what remains inside of the boosted gear are fragments of them.' I hummed.

"So you want me to keep an open mind before choosing the nuclear option?"

'Yes, well mostly, most of them are non-sentient shards, like clouds of emotion, what I want you to see is that there are some inside of the Boosted Gear who have managed to maintain their ego, the two strongest Boosted Gear users ever who have had the strongest impressions on the Boosted Gear to the point where they kept their own egos even after dying.' Huh, that was interesting.

I... vaguely knew about that, I think, shit, maybe I shouldn't have dropped the 4th season but I genuinely couldn't stand Issei anymore. But what was I going to do with some old relics? Hmm...

'If you are thinking about how they might benefit you.' Gah, I've been read 'They were one of the strongest Dragon emperors of their times and have reached the absolute Zenith they could with the Boosted Gear, in their primes they were one of the strongest beings in the world. Beyond most gods.'

Now that he tells me like that, it might be very well worthwhile to hear those two out, I was wishing that Boosted Gear came with a Manual and now they were giving me. But I do not want some stinky old men in my brai-

'Also one of them is an attractive older woman.'

...

'I know you can hear me.'

Uh...

'I know you are basically genetically predisposed to go after older women, mothers and wives, don't act shy about it now after you have all but fucked the Strongest Satan Ever's wife and the wife of Lord Phenex, planning to revive the mother of one of your women and the wife of Baraqiel and planning to fuck her too and Rias' mother too if you ever see her. Not to mention how many times you have searched up Yasaka's name on the Devilnet.'

...I-

'You are about two months late too act modest or embarrassed about your actions now. I know you know you enough that you cannot resist the allure of a mature woman, all Red Dragon Emperors of before have had strange vices, liking milfs is not as bad as plucking orphan necks.'

I- wha- Orphan Necks!?

'Yes, most of my past users were not right in the head, especially in around the 12th to 17th century, too many remnants and not a lot of powerful humans around. It resulted in many Red Dragon Emperors who went very mad very quickly.'

...You know what? I am going to stop asking and go kick those squatters out and learn what the deal is with the remnants.

'Good luck, you don't have to feel particularly remorseful eliminating the remnants, they are simply ghosts of the past, merely fragments of who the real ones were.' I nodded and sat in a lotus position before channelling my mind into the gem of the Boosted Gear and my own soul before meditating focusing everything when it all went dark.

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~Boosted Gear~

White.

Pure white, it was as if I was in an unformed world, a mass of nothing, no substance, only an endless white haze. I looked at my hands, they looked weird, it was like I was made of flickering cyan energy tendrils woven into something resembling a human muscular system tipped with nasty-looking claws. Like a neon plant demon.

I raised my head and saw what looked like an audience stand filled with tens of robed figures. They all held blank lifeless looks and emanated what I could only describe as rancid vibes, the negative energy I felt from them was nauseating perhaps they could feel my hostility too.

"So? What are you bastards doing there on your stands? What are you? The Senate? Now that I am finally in front of you you decide to go quiet?" My voice sounded thundering, like an explosion given a voice even though I didn't mean it as the heads rose to face me I felt a wave of nausea and anger hit me.

"""""""WhydoyoudefyyourexistenceJustsurrendertoyourbaserinstinctswhyresisttheimpulsetodominatesurrendertothedarksidestopdenyingusyouarethereddragonofdominationwhostoletheprincipalofdominationjustacceptyournaturedestroyannihilatedontyouhatewaeknessgiveintoyourdesiresitsthefastestpathtopowerdontyouhatethefeelingofhelplessnessthefeelingofyourmothersfingerswrappingaroundyourthroatodesthatnotbringbiletoyourthoatareyoureallycontenttostayweakjustusethejuggernautdriveandsetyourselffree-"""""""

I heard the voices inside of my body, the words reverberating in my bones, from what little I remembered Issei didn't face this. Was this because the Boosted Gear was fully a part of me? I felt every one of their emotions like I felt my own it made me want to puke, visions of every time I nearly died passed before my eyes.

This is pissing me off.

"You want domination?" I snarled, I felt my mental world form shift, I raised my hand against the souls.

"Who are you to tell me what to do you fucking squatters!?"

The fake world moved to my will, Dominator's Touch moved with full power, stronger than it ever was, space and world distorted under my grasp as my force bore down on all of the past wielders of the Boosted Gear. And in a clash of willpower against washed-up remnants of feelings, I won.

Howl!

The fragments of past wielders howled as their bodies were disintegrated, torn apart and shredded by the Dominator's Touch, the remnants turning back into magical power, the wills that resided in them getting annihilated.

I breathed a sigh of relief as the world was now finally truly white, no more remnants left, I could feel the relief. I had no idea they were weighing down on my head that heavily.

"It's great to finally greet you personally, Sekiryuutei of this generation and probably the last Sekiryuutei ever isn't that right?"

I turned my image body to face the feminine voice that came out from behind me to see a beautiful woman with long wavy blonde hair and green eyes, with a silver tiara draped over her forehead, she wore a luxurious and very revealing purple dress that accentuated her mature and curvy body perfectly, interestingly she wore dragon horn like accessories on her head. Taking me out of my inspection for her, she gently giggled.

"My, your face is really focused, Ddraig really did not exaggerate your interest in older women. Do you really find a fragment of the past that interesting Sekiryuutei?"

She teased and I nodded without reserve, at this point, shame had completely left me with how hard Ddraig dug into me.

"Yes, indeed, is it that unbelievable that I prefer older women? But regardless, I don't think that's the reason you came out to greet me, is it? And I don't suppose I could get your name?" I addressed the woman in front of me who carried an aura of mystery around her.

"I should have expected you to want to get to business first. I am Elsha, one of the previous Sekiryuutei and one of the ones who served as an intermediary between the Boosted Gear and its user after my death. I suppose I am here to hand you full control over the boosted gear and to advise you before I disappear." I raised an eyebrow, at least the closest thing this mental body had to one, at her.

"You seem... quite calm about the fact you will face death? And what happened to the other guy? The strongest Sekiryuutei? I half expected to wrestle with him for full control." She lightly laughed again.

"Yes, Belzard decided to not come out, he said he was fine enjoying his last moments alone. As for why I am fine with it? I have served as the consciousness for the Boosted Gear for a long time, I am ready for retirement. I want you to listen to my words carefully Takumi-kun."

She sported a much more serious face, like a mother warning their child of the dangers outside.

"Us Red Dragon Emperors do not face kind ends, most perish against the White Dragon Emperor, most succumb to the despair and anger, perishing after using the Juggernaut Drive, some die facing down armies after making the world their enemy in their hubris. I am no exception. At least the string of bad ends seems to end with you, I want you to take care to not fall into the same traps the other Sekiryuutei have fallen to. Do you understand?" She sternly advised while looking into where I assumed my eyes were.

I crossed my arms and looked up in contemplation.

Now that I think about it, chances are, if I continued on the same path without listening I probably would have ended up the same. I was already driving myself to destruction with my workaholism and trapping myself in my own mind, I would have probably gone off the deep end if Ddraig hadn't given me advice and helped me along.

Guidance was something I still needed.

An idea formed in my head.

"Hey, Elsha-san, do you truly want me to be better than the other Sekiryuutei and not fall into the same pitfalls they have?" Elsa gave me a confused expression, as if to say 'Why would you ask?'

"Of course I do, I like you quite a bit, I have seen a good bit of your journey from inside of here. You are quite possibly the most creative and innovative Sekiryuutei I have seen, even if you are a bit... unique. N-not in a bad way though! More like in a charming way, yes." I nodded, ignoring her accidental dig at me.

"Then why not help me?"

"What? I don't understand what you're trying to say." She tilted her head in confusion while I remained steadfast.

"I will admit, there are a lot of things I don't know and a lot of things I need help on, so who better as a helper and a teacher than someone who has struggled with the same things I have? And is also one of the prettiest women I have ever seen." I shot her a cheesy finger guns as Elsha made an awkward expression.

"I am flattered Sekiryuutei, well, I would be glad to help you on your journey since honestly speaking, you are the most entertaining Sekiryuutei I have met. But, aren't you planning to fully fuse with the Boosted Gear? Not to sound rude but I don't want to fuse with your psyche-"

"I could revive you." My words cut through hers as she looked at me with wide eyes.

"You know I can. Since you said you didn't meet a kind end how about getting another shot at a new ending? If you find my story interesting why not watch it from the front seat? I need the guidance and you could use the second life. Besides, Ddraig can get a little lonely, he could use a friend." Elsha lowered her head, I thought I maybe went too far before she raised her head and laughed heartily.

"Hahaha! You really are adorable when you are trying to do a grandiose speech." I am glad I can't blush when being a mental image because this is humiliation of the greatest order. "But if you word it like that, I'll help, I have spent hundreds to thousands of years being stuck inside this gear, I will guide you so you don't meet the same end as the ones before you. But before that, I want you to answer this question honestly."

She smiled smugly, as if seeing right through me.

"In reality, you just want to add me to your harem don't you?" I shrugged my shoulders.

"Guilty as charged, I cannot resist the allure of women older than me, which is why you should definitely come with me, if I don't have you to guide me I may die trying to cuck Zeus or something." Elsha doubled over laughing, pounding her fist on the floor of the mental world.

"Haah, haha, you really are a riot. Alright, I will come along with you, if you can get me to be a part of your harem is another thing, don't think I am going to be as lax as Benemune. And you are scarily right, I wouldn't want you to get smited because you tried to court the wife of a god. Alright, do whatever you need to do."

I smiled internally.

Alright! Mature Ghost Red Dragon Empress sensei getto!

A/N: Takumi is always on that Milf hunter grindset, what did you guys think about Ddraig and Takumi's chat? I may have neglected the old dragon for a bit now. I do like writing their banter though.

Elsha is hot, and now that the schizophrenic voices in Takumi's head have been murdered, he needs some more voices in his head to reign him in in case he actually starts trying to cuck Shiva or something and gets annihilated, what better voice in your head than a sexy mature lady am I right? Did you guys enjoy the mind world scene and Elsha? I would love to know so be sure to comment.