Kiba fights Freed, who is using one of the Excalibur fragments until Freed retreats from the fight. The next morning, Issei wakes up shocked after seeing Rias and Asia sleeping naked beside him. After the two left, Ddraig suddenly starts talking with Issei telling him about the "Vanishing Dragon", Albion. Meanwhile on her way to school with Tsubaki, Sona notices two figures standing outside the school gate and the Holy Sword that one of them is wielding. Later at the Occult Research Clubroom, Issei notices that Kiba is missing and asks Rias about Kiba's past. She reveals the extent that Kiba was previously part of the "Holy Sword Project", where he was one of the failed products who escaped before he could be disposed of, until Rias found him on the verge of death. Akeno then arrives at the clubroom with Sona and Tsubaki asking Rias out to discuss about the two people she met earlier. Heading home, Issei and Asia sense something amiss in his house and rushed inside to find two girls talking to his mother, and to the latter's surprise, one of them is his childhood friend Irina Shidou. Issei is then seen fishing with his client from the previous episode. The next day Xenovia and Irina arrive at the Occult Research Club to tell Rias and her peerage about their purpose: to retrieve the stolen Excalibur swords and a warning for them to not interfere in their jobs. While leaving, Xenovia notices Asia who was previously known as the "Holy Maiden" before being exiled as a "Witch", insulting her for becoming a Devil. As Xenovia further insults Asia, even attempting to exorcise her, Issei intervenes and challenges the girls with Kiba following in pursuit. The episode ends as the four begin their battle.