Even now, she did not know what the Sacred Gear that had always been inside her actually was. She had never placed much importance on Sacred Gears, and Gasper's experience had made her feel that possessing one was not necessarily a good thing.
"That's right. This is precisely the power of the Sacred Gear, Sephiroths Cup..."
Her blood-red eyes fixed on the little girl before her, Miss Moonlit displayed the Cup's sacred radiance. All three true Holy Relic Sacred Gears still retained traces of the God of the Bible's power.
Especially the Cup—it had once held God's blood.
Thus, it possessed Holy Power unique to the God of the Bible, with extremely strong restraining effects against devils, Grim Reapers, and vampires. After all, even the Power of Light could restrain vampires and devils, let alone a higher level of Holy Power.
Yet in Miss Moonlit's hands, the sacred radiance did not make Valerie or Gasper, both vampires, uncomfortable. This was Miss Moonlit's control over this Sacred Gear.
"Sacred Gear... Sephiroths Cup..."
Valerie was greatly shocked upon hearing this. She knew what a Sacred Gear was—it was the most powerful kind of Sacred Gear, one capable of killing gods and Demon Kings!
The Sacred Gear that had once been inside her was actually such a powerful Sacred Gear?!
She had thought that even if she possessed a Sacred Gear, it would only be an ordinary one.
"What? Do you regret it?"
Miss Moonlit watched Valerie with a faintly amused smile. She had no intention of hiding this. She simply wanted to see how Valerie would react after learning about the Sacred Gear.
This would determine how she treated this little vampire from now on.
"No. I'm just surprised that my previous Sacred Gear turned out to be a Sacred Gear."
Valerie hurriedly shook her head. She did not seem upset over losing Sephiroths Cup, merely astonished that her Sacred Gear had been such a powerful one.
She did not seem to hate Miss Moonlit for taking Sephiroths Cup, the Sacred Gear that had originally belonged to her.
"Is that all?"
Miss Moonlit stared intently into Valerie's eyes.
Evil Eye of World Stoppage
"Mm."
"Even if it is a Sacred Gear, having it in my body might not necessarily be a good thing. It may be better for you to take it, my lady. Besides, you went through so much trouble to bring us out. You should have received compensation in the first place."
"That thing never helped me with anything, either..."
Unaffected by Miss Moonlit's gaze, Valerie looked into Miss Moonlit's beautiful blood-red eyes and spoke her thoughts with great sincerity.
"Good. I believe you."
After studying Valerie seriously for quite a while, Miss Moonlit could not see any dissatisfaction in her. It seemed she truly held no resentment or regret.
No longer suspicious, she smiled and stroked Valerie's head.
Even if Valerie had been dissatisfied, it would not have mattered. Miss Moonlit believed in her own strength.
"My lady, since you can transfer Sacred Gears, why not take mine as well?"
At that moment, Gasper suddenly spoke to Miss Moonlit with excitement. He did not think there was anything wrong with Miss Moonlit taking Valerie's Sacred Gear. Instead, he hoped that she would take his as well.
He did not want this power at all. He did not want this Sacred Gear.
Only someone like Lady Moonlit could control such dangerous power.
He could not do it, so it would be better to give it to Lady Moonlit.
That way, he would not go berserk again, and no one would hate him anymore.
Although he had already left the vampire settlement and could start over outside, as long as that unstable Sacred Gear remained, his new neighbors might still hate him.
"Uh..."
Miss Moonlit was quite surprised by Gasper's sudden request. She had not even said anything, yet he was voluntarily asking her to strip away his Sacred Gear!
But on second thought, it made sense. He had always detested the Sacred Gear inside him.
Only...
Miss Moonlit did want to take Gasper's Sacred Gear, but considering that future Sacred Gear, if she took the Evil Eye of World Stoppage now and the Evil Eye King of Time-Space Domination never appeared, she would be at a huge loss.
A decent Sacred Gear or a Sacred Gear...
Miss Moonlit knew perfectly well which one was more tempting.
It would be a terrible loss to miss out on something better for a temporary gain.
It was like throwing away a watermelon to pick up sesame seeds.
So...
"Not for now."
Miss Moonlit refused. Gasper's situation was too complicated, and the other Sacred Gear had yet to form inside him. Otherwise, why would this be so troublesome?
"...Wh-why?"
Gasper's face stiffened after Miss Moonlit rejected him.
Lady Moonlit had gone through so much trouble to bring Valerie out of the castle for her Sacred Gear, yet even when he voluntarily offered his Sacred Gear to her, she refused.
"As expected, even you dislike this unstable power, my lady?"
Gasper sat down on the floor miserably, hating this cursed power of his even more.
No one wanted it even when he tried to give it away.
"That's not the reason. The timing is simply wrong..."
Miss Moonlit did not dislike this Sacred Gear. Even if the Evil Eye of World Stoppage was not yet a Sacred Gear, it was still an incomparably powerful Sacred Gear.
The World! Time, stop!
Stopping time—who would not like that?
"Wrong timing?" Gasper could not understand.
Actually, Boss, your worries are unnecessary. Even if you take his Sacred Gear now, the power of that Demon God inside his body will still transform into another Sacred Gear.
Ai-chan spoke up again at that moment, saying something that surprised Miss Moonlit.
"Taking the Evil Eye of World Stoppage now will not affect it? How is that possible?"
The girl could not understand. Gasper's situation was completely different from everyone else's. His Sacred Gear did not originate from the God of the Bible, but from his previous life.
The Norse evil god, Balor!
It could be summarized like this: Balor had reincarnated as Gasper, then turned his authority and power into a Sacred Gear, allowing his reincarnated body to continue inheriting the power of his former life.
And the Evil Eye of World Stoppage was the key to Gasper inheriting the power of his former life.
There is nothing impossible about it. No matter what happens, Gasper will inherit Balor's power, even if part of it is taken away beforehand.
Of course, because Gasper's situation is special, stripping away his Sacred Gear in advance would be very troublesome. Even if those Fallen Angels possessed such technology, it would be difficult for them to carry it out. But the system can do it.
It only costs 500 Crystals and solves all possible side effects.
"..."
Sure enough, she had wondered why Ai-chan was being so kind. It turned out she was after Crystals!
She was really trying to scam away every last Crystal she had.
Yet Miss Moonlit could not help being tempted. Five hundred Crystals was less than two supply cards, and this would allow her to control the power to stop people and objects.
Although it was not a complete time stop, but rather stopped the time and movements of all objects before her eyes, it was still an incredibly worthwhile power to possess.
Only...
"I remember that the consciousness fragment of 'Balor' resides within the Evil Eye of World Stoppage..."
Don't truly powerful Sacred Gears all contain the consciousness of dragons, gods, magical beasts, devils, or angels? The Cup you just obtained, as well as the most powerful Sacred Gear, the Twilight Holy Spear, both still contain traces of the God of the Bible's consciousness.
"That is true..."
Miss Moonlit recalled that for a Sacred Gear to advance beyond Balance Breaker, it required the recognition of the consciousness within it.
The Cup and the Evil Eye only contained tiny remnants of consciousness, while most other Sacred Gears contained the complete consciousness of Heavenly Dragons, Evil Dragons, magical beasts, and Dragon Kings!
In that case, there was nothing left to hesitate over.
The Evil Eye of World Stoppage was currently inside Gasper, and he could not control it. It was instead an unstable factor, so it would be better to give it to her.
"Gasper, are you truly willing to give me the Sacred Gear inside you?"
Looking at Gasper before her, Miss Moonlit asked him with great seriousness.
"You agree, my lady? Of course I'm willing."
Gasper froze for a moment, not understanding why Miss Moonlit had changed her mind and decided to take it after all! Still, he hurriedly nodded, choosing without hesitation to give up his Sacred Gear.
"Then that's settled. I hope you won't regret it!"
With that, Miss Moonlit said nothing more.
She stripped Gasper of his Sacred Gear once again. The next moment... under Valerie's tense gaze, Gasper also let out a painful scream.
However, after what had happened earlier, both vampires understood that this was an unavoidable process.
Before long, Miss Moonlit successfully obtained Gasper's Sacred Gear. Perhaps because the system had been paid to do its job, the process went smoothly, and nothing went out of control.
Gasper's Sacred Gear was unlike the others. It was extremely unstable.
With how smoothly it went, the 500 Crystals had not been wasted.
Time, Stop!
Miss Moonlit stood in the hotel's living room and tossed a crystal glass into the air. The next moment, a strange light flashed through her crimson eyes.
The glass, which had been about to fall to the floor, now hung silently in midair.
This was not telekinesis holding it aloft. Its time had been stopped.
Yet it was also very strange, because everything else remained normal. Only the glass's movement had stopped.
Not long after, Miss Moonlit canceled the Evil Eye's power. The glass fell again, landing on the soft carpet without breaking.
"My lady, you're amazing."
Beside her, Gasper could not help but sigh in admiration.
As expected of Lady Moonlit. When the Sacred Gear had been inside him, it would easily go berserk and could not be controlled. Yet in Lady Moonlit's hands, she could already control it freely after such a short time.
Sure enough, giving this power he hated to Lady Moonlit had been the right choice.
Now that he no longer had the Sacred Gear, he did not feel uncomfortable anywhere. Instead, without having to worry about it going berserk, he felt much more at ease.
He had become much more confident as well...
Perhaps in the future, he would not become that shut-in cross-dresser who only dared hide inside a box like in the original work.
"Not bad..."
This gave her another trump card.
This Sacred Gear's power went far beyond that. If properly developed, it could stop the flow of time and space across the entire world.
Achieving true time stop...
Although even the future Gasper in the original work had not managed it after becoming one of the Transcenders, that did not mean she could not.
The world here referred to Earth, not the entire universe.
The so-called DxD World was fundamentally Earth World.exe. Other planets were another matter, as were other dimensions...
However, the DxD World had parallel worlds and separate dimensions. Some Sacred Gears could only be obtained by traveling to parallel worlds, as they were not on this Earth.
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