User blog comment:B214/Volume 23 discussion blog/@comment-190.160.185.214-20170619222716

I had a funny thought, if the red sword Vasco Strada has at the end of the volume is the original Galatine or even Galatine II, what if after the tournament ends he decides to retire for good and gifts the sword to Issei (for whatever reason), and he, since he's not a swordsman, just keeps it stored instead of using it like Ascalon.

Then in the future when Ex stubbornly refuses to use a replica of the sword his father has, he inadvertedly picks a replica of the other sword he also owns.