"What's the relationship between you two?!"
Katara asked and pointed at Sai and Alucard while being curious, angry, confused, and disappointed at the same time
"What do you think, Katara?"
Sai put an emphasis on Katara's name
"Don't tell me..."
"I-it's complicated..."
"*GAAASSSPPP*"
Katara gasp loudly like she was terrified or she just discovered something incredible that she shouldn't have learned
"You know what this means, right?!"
"I know! I know... But, I couldn't help it..."
"..."
Katara narrowed her eyes and she slowly turned her head to Philip
'Is this your doing?!'
That's what Philip could read from her body language
"Listen... It just happened naturally, I only amplified it"
"Hm... I would like to hear the story first before I'll make my judgement..."
Katara considered Sai's feelings first and her contract with Philip second. She won't harm Alucard in any way for now, because she learned when Philip choke her last time when she acted on her own recklessly against him
"Sai was a threat to me and the mansion the first time we met her. She wanted to summon me as her hero to save Saykrandae from the Demon Lord... I was willing to go with her, but the way she tried to summon me is too much. She immediately stabbed my eye to give me a Magic Eyes!"
"That sounds just like Sai. That's normal"
"I figured... Then a fight ensued. World Goddess of Disaster versus me, the Fate Controller, a fresh Sword Saint, a Peacemaker, Pureblood Inheritor Vampire King, and Swirlonic Agent"
"Whoa whoa whoa, wait a minute... That was a lot to take in"
"..."
The others agreed as well because they knew what happened about seven months ago with the battle with Sai. They knew who participated in the battle, but a Peacemaker and Swirlonic Agent is news to them
By process of elimination, Mathilda and Justine are left. They only knew Mathilda as a Battle Maid that can transform her body into mechanical parts and Justine as a manipulator of energy and vector
"Pureblood Vampire King, huh? I don't know what the Pureblood means, I guess it's a type of blood power? That Peacemaker and Swirlonic Agent is super interesting..."
"It's been so long since the last I heard about the Peacemakers. They were eradicated and went extinct from the Genesis War..."
Ken added
"But the Swirlonic Agent?! That's troublesome"
"Can I ask why?"
Philip asked in interest
"If I remember correctly, the Swirlonic Agent is a ticking time bomb. Their power can be increased exponentially to the level of a god until they self-destruct and destroy a planet, or even worse, an entire galaxy"
Katara answered
"Hm..."
「 ... 」
"Beside that, it's been so long since I heard the term Peacemaker... Who's the Peacemaker?"
"Her"
Philip pointed at Mathilda and she just twitched in place from shyness and embarrassment
"You don't say..."
"..."
Katara and Ken narrowed their eyes at Mathilda and she felt uncomfortable
"So, what happened in the fight? Sai surely won, right?"
"Sai was a Spear Emperor, maybe for several millions of years, and she's against a fresh Sword Saint. Even if the experience is astronomical, a Sword Saint is miles above a Spear Emperor and they are practically evenly matched"
"But a god against a mortal? Sai is more superior"
"Yeah, but she's fighting three to four powerful beings at once... Plus, Jude unlocked his Ultimate Technique and World Skill during their fight, which overwhelmed Sai..."
"Okay... But at that point, she should've unleashed her full potential and true power right?"
"She did... But she was still no match for us, especially since Alucard unleashed the full power of the Pureblood and caught her off guard. That's what has changed... Alucard was forced to bite her neck and absorb her energy to use it against her, when she was temporarily incapacitated..."
"..."
Sai began to fidget as her cheeks began to flush
"..."
Meanwhile, Katara gazed at Sai and looked for the vampire bite mark on Sai's neck. It's confirmed, the bite mark is on the left side of her neck. The bite mark didn't disappear even though her appearance changed from achieving Puredivinity
"What happened after that?"
"Justine, who is the Swirlonic Agent, weakened Sai and I used Fate Control to finish the battle. Sai went unconscious for a moment, but she immediately regained consciousness a few minutes later"
"..."
Katara was silent
"Because of our battle, we attracted a lot of powerful individuals in this world. Some of them were powerful enough to make me shiver. Everyone had ulterior motives towards Philip, but somehow, he repelled them all"
Sai continued
"I see... So what are the both of you now? Don't tell me, because of thay one bite..."
Katara stopped and let Sai answer
"..."
"..."
But both Sai and Alucard were silent. Alucard wanted to speak, but he thought that it would be for the best if Sai was the one who answered
"They're now lovers"
"...!"
"...!"
In the end, Philip was the one who revealed it instead
"---"
Katara was just glaring at Philip's eyes
'Tell me you're joking!'
"It's true! It started from a trigger, then realization, then development happened after that... From there, it's history!"
"..."
Katara kept silent
"Is there something wrong with both of them being together?"
This time, Philip asked as it's his turn to glare at Katara
"I-I guess there's nothing wrong..."
Katara gave up and calmed down
"It's just unprecedented that a divine being fell in love with a mortal. We, divine beings, are aware of the concept of love, but we don't feel that emotion. It's surprising that Sai developed that emotion"
"..."
"---"
"..."
From Katara's words, Clara, Corleona, and Braudain gave intense reactions. Though, no one noticed them, except for Philip
"Is that true??? How come other gods could feel the emotion of love and they are capable of giving and taking it?"
"It's different for us in the Divine Realm, in comparison to the Holy Realm, Heavenly Realm, Mythos Realm, and Mastery Realm..."
"Oh! Right right... I know about these realms"
"Even you know them? Incredible..."
"So, if I'm not holding you back, are you going to separate both of them? Are you against their love for each other?"
"..."
Katara turned her head towards Sai and Alucard with her head resting on her right stump wrist
Sai was looking at her woth worried eyes while Alucard is looking at her with conviction, as his [Blood Eyes of Truth] is beaming. Chibi Sai was waving her hands at Katara like a baby, as if she's reaching for her
No matter how Katara looked at the three of them, they look like a decent and happy family with Alucard as the father, Sai as the mother despite her height, and Chibi Sai as the daughter
But that's weird because Sai and Chibi Sai are one and the same and Chibi Sai can't be the daughter. She can't also be the mother as well because she's just several hours old
Everyone started having weird thoughts and judgement, but in the end, they decided that they would consider Chibi Sai as a different person so that thing's wouldn't get too weird
As long as Alucard also understands the situation that he's in. He's a decent and responsible person after all
"I guess not... I wouldn't take their happiness and desire away, if this is what they wanted"
Katara said with full of wisdom. Ken gave a small smile after witnessing Katara's change for some reason. Besides, he hasn't seen this side of Katara yet as he only know her yo be incredibly reckless, without care in the universe, and impulsive
"Both of you have my blessings..."
Katara declared as she raised her right stump and a black trail followed her arm movement
No one knows what Katara did or gave Sai and Alucard, but they know that if Katara is the Goddess of Curse, then she can also give blessing
There is a saying that some curses are a blessing and some blessings are a curse, after all
This also won't breach the Fate-Curse Contract because the curse that she gave Sai and Alucard are not harmful. The curse is amazing enough to be a considered as an actual blessing
『 Curse of Longevital Love 』
『 Curse of Genuine Trust and Faith 』
『 Curse of Strengthened Willpower 』
After all, Katara also doesn't want Sai to get hurt after hearing many things about the concept of love, so she went a little overboard
There was silence for a minutes as everyone resumed eating, savoring every meal that was prepared for them. Idle conversation ensued, jokes happened, and bantering was made with each other
Natsume tried her best to include everyone in conversations, especially with the residents of Saykrandae, or as Natsume just termed and learned from Clara, Saykranians
That's how the people of Saykrandae call their race, just like how humans on Earth are called Earthlings and possible life on Mars are Martians. Well, it's already confirmed that life exists in Mars
Even though the people in Saykrandae are humans, they call themselves Saykranians, not humanity. This specially makes sense because humans of Saykrandae are different from the humans of Earth and other worlds
'The only question that remains is what was the origin of the word human. It could just be a universal term... It couldn't have started in Earth, right?'
Phili asked himself
Good thing Natsume learned that they are called Saykranians because she always thought that they would be called Say-ians, which would be troublesome because it's practically similar to a race of proud and powerful warriors
"Bea! How are you? Are you still sleepy?"
Natsume called Bea's attention
"..."
Bea nodded
"Hm, do you want to go back to the library and sleep?"
"..."
Bea shook her head
"Hm, by the way, how was the book that you've been deciphering this entire time?"
Natsume thought that Bea wanted to stay, so she tried to open a conversation with her instead
"Ahh..."
Bea turned her head towards Philip and this was the cue for everyone to turn their heads towards Philip as well whenever an important queston or topic is deflected towards him for him to deal with it
"She has been suffering as she kept trying to decipher the One-paged Book, so I decided to help her..."
"Oh? What are the contents?"
Everyone became interested. Even the gods perked their ears up
"The book transformed into the Book of Perfect Blood..."
Alucard's eyes widened and shifted towards Philip. His head turned completely towards him and everyone became intrigued at Alucard's sudden actions. It was revealed that the book is about blood after all and Alucard, as a pureblooded Vampire, would become interested in it
"Book of Perfect Blood..."
Alucard spoke with meaning that it shook everyone's souls. The degraded Soulblood on his voice was unconsciously applied
"...!"
"...!"
This made Katara and Ken surprised because they just felt that their Divine Soul and Gnosis literally twitched
Gods and divine beings are sensitive at whatever happens to their souls, more than mortals. That's why they were a little stunned
"Do you know anything about the Book of Perfect Blood, Alucard?"
Philip asked Alucard in curiosity
"Yes..."