User blog comment:B214/Volume 23 discussion blog/@comment-87.9.174.130-20170325204325/@comment-73.160.58.215-20170330032536

@Tengen Your response to the two previous anons feels unconvinced to me. Besides, I believe that I can simplify things a bit, but first I'd like to point out that I'm fairly certain that all the Holy Relics share the common point that they became sanctified by the blood of Christ. Anyways, I'd have to go back and reread volume 19 to be sure of which, but you can interpret "original" one of two ways: either the "original" relics were the first manifestations of these Sacred Gears, which were used in the roles they were said to be in legend; or, more likely, they were originally normal items that became sanctified as stated in the legend, and only afterwards were transformed into Sacred Gears by God (and thus, the piece of the "original Holy Grail" was a fragment that broke off after catching the blood of Christ but before it became a SG).