"Do you know what is the Book of Perfect Blood, Alucard?"
"Yes... It's an artifact legend that is said to contain all types of blood in existence. I'm not certain in it's within the world or the entire universe... But the Book of Perfect Blood is only one of its many names..."
"..."
"In the Vampire Kingdom, that book is called Livre D'Origine Des Registres Sanguins, or in English, it roughly translates to Original Book of Blood Records"
"Yeah, let's stick to the English name..."
Philip waved his right hand in front of his face. Even if he understands French, it's still a little hard for him to comprehend and he wouldn't be able to orally say it
"So, what are the contents of the book?"
Katara asked
"I don't know, I haven't opened it yet because something happened after I deciphered it... How about you, Alucard? Does the legend say anything about the contents?"
"No... But some are predicted to be recorded in the book, like Pureblood, Fleshblood, and many more others"
"Interesting, I should've opened and peeked on it's contents"
"Why not get the book right now and read it?"
Kataa suggested
"I'd rather not... I'm avoiding it for now
"Why not?"
"If there is the Original Book of Blood Records or, let's just call it Book of Perfect Blood from here on out... Then there should be an author, a writer, right?"
"Yeah?"
"When the Book of Perfect Blood came to be, the Original Blood showed itself. He is apparently called the Genesis Blood and he is the very first existence who possessed blood... As to the validity of that claim if it's true or not, I am not sure myself..."
"Hm... Of course there should be a very first existence that had blood first out of anyone in existence... But I think a god should be the one who bears that title? Was that being emitting divine power?"
"No... I don't think so... Though, his raw power is immense that I couldn't almost do anything"
"Ho? He's that powerful?"
"Yes... Also, do you know anything about some kind of Dragon of Blood or Dragon of Pureblood?"
"Hm... I don't know. You have to talk to Sumpaka for that"
"I see... Next time then"
Everyone just looked at Philip and Katara in confusion. The conversation was going too quickly from the talks about the book, to a person, then to a dragon that they don't know about
They're already excited that they're talking about dragons because up till now, they haven't heard of the existence of dragons yet. They only knew it as myths and legends
"Dragons exists?"
Natsume asked in excitement
"..."
Meanwhile, the faces of the Saykranians became pale after hearing about dragons. The Last Hope was overrun by the forces of the Volcano Hydra Wyvern after all, when the Demon Lord started to invade
"Yes, in fact, there's one powerful dragon here on Earthenmana!"
"Wait what?!"
Every human that were on Earth were surprised, except for Alucard and Camille since they already know the presence of Dragon Queen's vision whenever she peers around the world
"Maybe we could meet her in the near future"
"Isn't that a little scary? She would be a giant dragon flying in the sky? A lot of people would be scared"
"Well, to be fair... Yeah, they would be scared, but knowing everyone in this day and age, they would admire the majestic fantastical view first and react whatever happens after. Movies are different after all and they are very exaggerated. Maybe because of these movies has trained everyone to be prepared and used to everything. Though, reality versus fantasy could go a long way, right?"
"Yeah, I guess that's right"
"So, anyways... Alucard, do you know anything about that kind of being?"
"As a member of the vampire race, we believe that there is an ancient vampire, different from the very first vampire who has manifested the Pureblood, that could manipulate and command blood according to her will"
"Her?"
"Yes... Her name is unknown since she destroyed all records preceding after her. Even I wasn't able to learn her name, even with my eyes nor the memories of the previous Pureblood Inheritors"
"I see..."
Philip remembered that the Genesis Blood had a male voice from when he spoke behind his silhouette, but Alucard says the vampire version of the Genesis Blood is a female
He wanted to find more about it and he decided to set the date. But for now, he'll keep it to himself first because he's not sure how Alucard would react from his request
"Speaking of little Bea, I'm sensing bottomless wisdom and insight from her... Is she special?"
Katara exclaimed in interest after she focused her senses on Bea
"Hm... How should I tell this..."
"Tell what?"
"Let me ask you gods first... What makes a god, a god?"
"For us divine beings, for us to be a god, a Divine Soul must be passed on our bodies from the very first divine beings, like an inheritance or bestowment. We also must have Divine Power, Divine Aura, Divine Energy, and Divine Authority of our own"
Katara answered Philip
"In addition to that, as you have learned, a divine being is classified based on their level of purity and divinity. But even if both of those aspects are the lowest, they are still consider a god of the Divine Realm... A low-class god"
Sai added
"On the other hand, gods of the Mastery Realm can attain godhood through meeting conditions... One of them is having the Authority of Mastery, like how I have authority over swords or how the Fire God has authority over fire. It is also possible to attain godhood when mastery is too great that the universe considers you to be on the God Stage. But of course, if that being reached God Stage with another god of the same aspect existing, that being must dethrone the previous god. Finally, all beings that are in the God Stage will receive a Gnosis of their aspect and this is a symbol of their godhood"
Ken explained as his role as the Sword God
"That's it?"
Philip was confused
"What do you mean that's it?"
"What about an omni-being? Is being omnipotent make you a god? Same with omniscience and omnipresence?"
"Wait, you're serious about that?! I thought you were joking about the capabilities of that false Supreme God that you were talking about earlier? Those three omni powers are just a myth, a false pretense of how a god is viewed. If such a god even possess a single one of those, the balance of the universe would tip beyond imagination"
"What?"
Philip was stunned. He started to hesitate whether he should tell everyone about Beatrice
'If the omni powers are just a myth... Then where did it come from?! Is it the same as the Ancient Ones and the True Gods? If that's the case, then what is Beatrice?! She was once a Collective Cognition like she said... Wait! Collective Cognition and Collective Totality... Does the two correlate to something?!'
Philip slowly turned his eyes at Bea while asking himself in his head
'If even these gods don't believe in the omni powers, does that mean the omni powers only exist outside the universe???'
"Philip?"
'Wait a minute... I feel like I'm missing something? Collective Totality? What is that?'
"Philip"
「 ... 」
'Hm... My chest is tightening... I wonder why...'
{...}
"Philip!!"
"Huh? Wha?"
Katara shouted and caught the attention of Philip as he was startled
"What's the matter? You look pale? Did something happen?"
Everyone was looking at Philip with worried eyes. Philip's face is a little red and pale, like he looks like he's about to pass out from exhaustion
"Nothing, nothing happened..."
"Are you sure?"
Sai asked this time with worry on her eyes. Meanwhile, for some reason, Chibi Sai is not smiling anymore as her eyes are glowing brightly
"What's up with her?"
Katara pointed at Chibi Sai
Meanwhile, Alucard's eyes are also glowing brightly. His [Blood Eyes of Truth] are beaming and instead of looking at Chibi Sai, he was looking at the seat on Philip's right
The [Love Shard] that's floating in the middle of the Dining Hall stoped spinning and rotating. It's only stationary and slowly bob up and down. It's emitting a more powerful pink light that could almost douse the entire Dining Hall in pink color, but no one could see it for now
At this point, Philip's chest became tighter and more painful
「 ... 」
"I don't know..."
Sai exclaimed in confusion as she inspected Chibi Sai after she carried her and faced her
"Strange phenomenons are happening... There's something definitely wrong. When this happens, it usually caused by Sir Philip or someone around him"
Jude spoke
"I can confirm that... Before the catastrophe happened, the area around Philip was peculiar when he was in the military base"
Celine added
"Hm... Are you sure there's nothing wrong, Philip?"
Katara asked Philip one more time
This time, Philip's eyebrows furrowed as he thought of anything. He lifted his arms and clutched his head
"I don't know... It's just..."
"Just what? Tell us, we'll help you the best we can"
Katara and Sai assured Philip. In this moment, Alucard's eyes started to bleed as he kept looking, but no one seemed to have noticed yet since they're focused on Philip. Camille also seemed to be alarmed, but she can't pinpoint why. Vanessa also feels something, but just like Camille, she can't figure out what
Mei'er then showed a reaction. She twitched, like she took a deep hiccup. Her eyes turned to rainbow colors that flow like it's blooming. The Crystal Flower above her head also showed change as it spread it's crystal petals wider, revealing an orb of crystals at the center
Sheena's eyes began to twitch. She started to fall asleep, but she's fighting her drowsiness because of her worry for Philip
"Hm?"
Satou turned his head at Rue. It was because Rue's Magic Red Eyes of Ruination activated on it's own and she's trying to hide it with her hands
"..."
Satou narrowed his eyes and looked at Philip then Alucard
"...!"
He was surprised because Alucard's eyes were bleeding. He then panned his eyes to where Alucard was looking and the moment he looked, his eyes also bled without him knowing
"Fuuuuu~"
Braudain took a deep breath as he's feeling like as if he's being crushed or suffocation
The others couldn't feel anything, unlike the others, as they're just focused at Philip
"I feel like there's something missing..."
Philip continued
"Missing? Like what?"
"Something..."
"Something? You have to be more precise"
"I don't know! That's why it's missing, right?"
Philip became annoyed and anger rose behind him
"..."
Everyone was taken aback. A few seconds ago, everything was fine and everyone was happy. This came out of nowhere
"I know what you mean... But you have to tell us something to give us an idea"
Katara's voice became serious
"I can't tell... It's like a piece of your memory was taken and everything about it was severed"
"..."
"Did you use your Sacrificial Fate Control again and sacrificed your memory? That's why you're feeling like this?"
Natsume asked
"No, I haven't used that since the catastrophe..."
"Hm..."
Everyone tried to think what was missing, but to no avail, except for one person
Bea slammed her small hands on the table and stood up. The bangs of her hair is shadowing her eyes. A few people noticed her suddent action
"Bea? What's wrong?"
Natsume asked
"..."
Bea kept quiet, but the gods were startled with the feeling of intense vertigo, a feeling that a god couldn't feel, and they abruptly turned their head towards Bea. This could only mean that their subconscious and unconscious has recognized a far greater power than them
In this moment, Bea started to transform into Beatrice. Her body grew larger as she became an adult. Beatrice's appearance was revealed to everyone as a lot of her accessories manifested on her body, especially the gold rectangular plates that lined up behind him like the pipes of a pipe organ
Her white-silver eyes shone and her fave distorted into confusion, anger, worry, and fear as she abruptly turned her head towards Philip. Her stoic emotionless face was shattered
"How could you forget her?!! What happened?! This is so confusing! You must remember her!! Remember T̵̢̢̠͉͉̫̫̗͓̗͇̗͍̀̽̽̀̔͊̐̎̐̀͘͘ͅe̷̛̩͈͖̠̻̜̬͋͋n̴̨̢̲͚̝̬͙͍̗̻̭̯̫̉̈́̒̾̓̅̀̔̀͑̑̚s̶̫̜̝͉͓̉̃͑̒͌̌͐̑̄h̴͙̫͙̟̾͗͗̈́̿̒͊̎̓̚͜i̵̹̩̙̯̮̠͚͇̘͖̠̅̇̿͆̄̓͂͒̀̂͗̓!!"
Beatrice shouted and caught everyone's attention. All the ordinary maids and butlers fell unconscious from all the wisdom of Beatrice's words
In this moment, Camille closed her eyes and reopened them as she turned her head from Beatrice to Philip. The Symbol of the Second Coming apprared on her eyes and faint red energy swirled around her body
Alucard also closed his eyes and reopened them as the degraded [Blood Crown] manifested above his head
Ken lifted his left hand in reflex and extended his two fingers of index and middle in front of him. Sword Energy wrapped around his fingers
Katara is still stunned as she's figuring out what Beatrice's words mean
Finally, Chibi Sai's body shone brightly and filled the entire Dining Hall with violet light
Philip's eyes were bloodshot as he watched everyone act in their own after Beatrice shouted
As the violet filled his vision, he looked to his right and the space on the seat to his right glitched, like there was something there, but it disappeared in random static and glitch
His vision turned to black and he opened his eyes only to see absolute grayness. There's no darkness, not even light, and it threw Philip off into oblivion. His thinking capacity was blocked and his mind was being compressed
"A---"
The last thing that he saw is the unfamiliar beautiful ring on his left ring finger that's releasing a warm white light