User blog comment:B214/Shin DxD 1 discussion/@comment-31764731-20180927164822/@comment-2601:87:8300:20D0:6DFB:A25C:DC85:8391-20180928210924

Because even though he knows it will kill if it means to protect something important he'll do it. Plus he would say something like I am not going to die (total death flag) and yet somehow survives.