Thread:OppaiSenpai55/@comment-38696393-20200907134644/@comment-44261938-20200908012918

Some half a day later I have asked Ice about his reading of the raw Japanese text (both the WN and LN) and we reached the conclusion that the writ does not suggest the existence of another black box containing the witch factor of greed from which Regulus could have gotten his factor. The most likely correct interpretation is that Regulus has held that exact same box that Pete is holding before.

Ice:

''Okay, finally have some time. Geuse is using これ which just means "this", and is typically used to refer to things which are close at hand to both the speaker and the listener. So literally: 「感じるはずです. あなたも、一度はこれを手にしたのだから」 = "You should feel/sense [it]. Because you too, once before, have held this/have laid your hands on this." Or in plain English: "You should sense it, since you've held this once before as well." Summary's TL of: "Juice: “You should be able to sense it. Your hands have also held it once before.” " Looks perfectly fine to me. Anyways, as for your actual question... It's probably referring to the actual box.''

''I see. Anyways, I don't think the Japanese strongly spells out any sort of thing like that. There's no "You held something like that once before", it's just "You've held this once before". Since the context is all about a box, then it's up to you how you interpret the word "this". You'd assume it's the same box, since in English if I call a box, this, with it being present in the room, I'm typically referring to the very same box.''

With this is mind, I will be undoing your edit as it is based on nothing more than your flawed reading of the dialogue.