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< This Memory Record will be shown based on the Battle Maiden's memories plus some things she get to know from others at that time, plus again some knowledge she gets after Ragna Twelve helped her know more about what happened at that time with his 'Twelve Eye of Time', transferring past visions to her before she confronted Player Ragna Current. >
( October 2020 )
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< Battle Maiden's Private Plane. >
" *sigh* " Battle Maiden rested in her chair while remembering her directives from Loki which was whispered into her ear back then.
"( Go to Japan, I and Athena already assigned you to the Grand Holy Priestess from the Tsuchimikado Clan there. )"
" Tsuchimikado, huh? " Battle Maiden says to herself.
" Isn't that one of the 'Blue Blood Clan's Descendants? " Battle Maiden remembers the Blue Blood Clan* the ancient line of the first Gifted Humans as their descendants spread around the Earth.
These families had helped the humans in building their civilizations and cultures through their Gifts, for they were the distributor of the world's cultures pioneered by the Divine gods themselves thus making them essentially as the gods' right hand.
For ages, this Clan and their descendants had ruled the earth per the gods' decree but in time, their numbers began to decree.
" The decrease of the Male Descendants. " Battle Maiden says it as he bites her own uncovered finger as her blood comes out, her blue blood.
" Maiden, why are you biting your finger? " the Valkyrie asks while the Maiden feels the aura within her blue blood, the first sign of her being part of the Blue Blood Clan's descendants.
As she witnesses it with her mind's eye, witnessing the blue aura from her blue blood, she also then sees a bit of a red aura exist inside the dominating blue aura.
" I see your Blue Bloodline had already been diluted. " said the Valkyrie to the Maiden.
" Your Blue Blood is no longer pure, I guess you must've been some granddaughter of a Blue Blood Descendant in Trinia, are you not? " the Valkyrie asks her.
" My grandmother was... " Battle Maiden quickly replied as the Valkyrie then proceed touching her finger to heal it.
" Thank you, you don't need- "
" The pleasure all mine, after all, small wounds could often be a bother and something that bothers must be dealt with first before doing a mission. " the Valkyrie tells the Maiden after healing her finger.
Battle Maiden felt guilty as she had to make the Valkyrie waste her energy to deal with unimportant damage such as this, but still, as she rethinks her own bloodline and descendency, she begins to wonder about the Grand Priestess from the Tsuchimikado Clan, meaning that she and she are related by their Blue Blood.
" Ráðgríðr (Radgridur) " Battle Maiden calls the Valkyrie who accompanied her inside the plain.
" Yes, Maiden. "
" Could you tell me more about the person I'm assigned with, I'm sure you're already informed by Lord Loki, right? " she asks the Valkyrie which the Valkyrie then replied.
" Oh yes, I can. "
" You were assigned to guard Japan's Grand Holy Priestess at Tokyo. "
" Lord Loki told me that you will be her personal guard and aide, as that happened I and the other Valkyrie will be dispatched to other places in the country to support the Valkyries stationed there. "
" Valkyries? in Japan? " Maiden asks as she hears it.
" Yeah, we Valkyries are exported into the other Pantheons, remember? " Ragridur tells Battle Maiden.
" I thought you already knew that one, weren't you already delved into our world for years past, how could you forget? "
" Yes I knew that, but... "
" I never thought that you will be actually stationed in other gods' nations, I thought the other pantheons will simply borrow your services or somewhat all these years. "
" To think you will be 'stationed' means you're services are permanent or simply is a long-term one, was it not? " Maiden asks which the Valkyrie agreed to it.
" Indeed we are. " Ragridur replied.
" Besides, don't forget Lord Loki is expanding his grasp over the other Pantheons as he supports them fully even after the Second Holy War. "
" The 'Second Holy War', the War that made us all! "
" Yes, the war where you humans received the Gift Core for the first time. "
" The event that leads to the creation of the first group of the Gifted Humans that will become the 'Blue Blood Clan', your ancestors. "
" They are the 'Graced Ones' which could be proven by their Blue Blood, a sign of the gods' protection of their lives and descendants. "
" The descendants that spread around the earth as the descendant, one of them, is already in front of me now. "
" As she was tasked to meet another of her kin. " Ragridur tells Maiden for she smiled as she hears this.
" Indeed, it's basically like meeting your cousin, isn't this trip I'm having? "
" Of course, but remember, do not lower your guard. "
" Lord Loki assigned you to be the Grand Holy Priestess' bodyguard, to guard her before she is ready for the event on Trinia, on 31st October. "
" You may have some leisure time there for the Grand Priestess herself tells us that she would accommodate you. " Ragridur tells.
"Accommodate? Me? "
" Wait a minute, you mean she... "
" The Grand Priestess knows... "
" After all, we already discussed things with her during your case with the public as we also clear the misunderstanding the 'assassin' made up for you. "
" Plus your position as Lord Athena's Avatar really helped you in the court or against the public complaints, after all... "
" What is the will of the humans than the will of the gods... "
" Excuse me? " Battle Maiden asks as she hears it.
" Forget it, Maiden. " Ragridur tells her.
" All you need to know is that you are a free woman now, no more public suspicions for you as you will do your job for the gods, fulfilling your duty. "
" Please do not be saddened due to your days of false accusations," said Ragridur telling Battle Maiden to forget her falsely accused days before she came to this very plane.
" Thank you. " Battle Maiden says that she then felt grateful for her being Lord Athena's Avatar hence she gets a '3rd Stage Divine Immunity Rights'*.
"( Thank you too, Lord Athena. )" Battle Maiden prays while her Gift Core inside her connects the prayer to the goddess herself.
"( Of course, dear. )"
"( It's my gratitude to help you. )" she responds.
...
( Meanwhile. )
" So she will come! " said a woman as she waits in her large room.
" Yes milady, that woman will come in hours. "
" Good. "
" I've waited so much to meet her, after all. "
" Battle Maiden. "
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Extra:
*Blue Blood Clan:
An Ancient Divine Human Clan, the Clan was made from the first group of humans who received the first Gift of Cores from the gods. They are the pinnacle of humanity as their bloodline stands above the other humans and Gifted humans, proved by their own Blue-colored Blood, the first sign of them being Gifted by the Gods.
The Blue Blood Clan spreads around the world, becoming many Clans with many names while still maintaining their Pure Bloodline.
But in the recent age, there are a decrease in the Male Descendants of the Blue Blood Clan's descendants, hence why their Bloodline slowly become diluted for they were forced to mary the non-Blue Blood Clan males in order to preserve their existence, even though it's not pure anymore.
The decrease in the Blue Blood Clan Male Descendants also affects the Descendant Families' overall power, for only the Male Descendants could access their ancient ancestors' Gifts while the female only possesses their sheer might.
note:
The Blue Blood Clan descendants that have already been mentioned:
- Fubuki Clan from Japan. Members: Misaki, Makino, Himeko, Kinako, Yukino, Minako.
- Tsuchimikado Clan from Japan: Members: Japan's Grand Holy Priestess (the name will be revealed later on)
- Battle Maiden, her mother, and her grandmother, Flolial Flora don't count for she is the Maiden's cousin from her grandfather who was non-Blue Blood Clan related.
The Blue Blood Clan was first mentioned in 217: Volume 3 Extra Part 5: White Shadow Part 1
*'3rd Stage Divine Immunity Rights':
A right that any Divine Avatar has to be immune against any law that could trouble them as this right will ease up their charges for whatever they did.