Chapter 4183: Old Events of Delin-Or

Xia De shook his head:

"I don't know you, but a friend of mine knows you. He mentioned that the current curator of the 【Apuna Library】 is an old gentleman with a 12th-ring level."

This was told to Xia De by Old John after the Battle of Pantanal. Because there were no members of the Luminary Society in the Pantanal region, Old John was temporarily sent to the Heart of the Lake island named "Pantanal Heart" to witness the birth of the Chosen One.

After that incident, Old John mentioned to Xia De that he met the curator of the 【Apuna Library】 on the island (Chapter 1131). Although Old John only roughly described the other party's level and general appearance, Xia De remembered it at this time.

"Friend? Now, except for the members of the library, not many people know me. I don't know which friend it is?"

The old man asked curiously, and Xia De replied:

"Also a friend of Mr. Finch."

So the old curator understood that Xia De was talking about the Luminary Society, so he didn't continue to ask:

"Yes, I am Dure Higgins, the current curator of the 【Apuna Library】, and these two are also members of the library."

Mr. Bernhardt also introduced himself:

"Good afternoon, Mr. Higgins. I am the leader of the foreign vampire species. You can call me 'Ventrue'. Although this young gentleman beside me is not a vampire species, he is a friend of all vampire species."

The pseudonym given by Mr. Bernhardt was the surname of the last leader of the vampire species magic party, which was also a very vampire-style surname, basically equivalent to saying this is a pseudonym.

"The two of you are really young. Good afternoon, let's sit down and talk."

Both sides sat down, but only the old curator sat down on the Apuna Library side. One of the other two stood by the window looking out, and the other stood behind old Mr. Higgins.

Tea sets had been placed on the table, but Mr. Bernhardt only picked it up symbolically and did not taste it. This time it was the other party who invited to meet, so he was not in a hurry to speak.

The 12th-ring old gentleman took the initiative to say:

"I know you are surprised by this invitation, but I think since the story of the tenth Chosen One happened at our doorstep, if we really do nothing, it would be a bit..."

Mr. Bernhardt and Xia De looked at each other. Even if the 【Apuna Library】 intended to get involved in the Chosen One's story, there was no reason to find the vampire species to cooperate. The vampire species currently did not show any tendency related to the Chosen One, and among the various forces currently gathered in Arcadia City, the vampire species could not be considered strong at all.

"Mr. Higgins, let's speak directly."

Mr. Bernhardt said:

"I know very well that we foreign vampire species only appeared in this city to find missing clansmen. The Chosen One's story has nothing to do with us. If the library wants to find a partner, it shouldn't be us anyway.

So, what exactly does the 【Apuna Library】 want to do?"

The old man smiled and touched the beard on his chin:

"All right then, I won't say much about polite words. I'll provide my hand cards first—I can inform you about the secrets of the local vampire species in the Delin-Or era, and promise that the 【Apuna Library】 will provide help for your actions in the local area for a period of time.

In exchange, please provide two conveniences. First, I heard that some members of the vampire species also revere that Moon Sage. We want information about the library related to that Sage that is circulating among the vampire species. Second, I want to ask you to help me contact the 'God-Caller'."

Xia De then understood that the 【Apuna Library】 was still pursuing that Silver Moon Library. Speaking of which, the three keys to open the library, which were the three moon stone slabs, the red moon stone slab, were obtained by Xia De from them (Chapter 1002), and they seemed to not know the importance of that stone slab to this day.

"Red moon stone slab, from the Apuna Library whose headquarters is in the Arcadia region... Could it be that everything was predicted?"

Mr. Bernhardt hesitated:

"Sage's Library? I have also heard legends about it, but most of those legends are unreliable like stories. This is not information that is not allowed to be traded, but Mr. Higgins, even if you get them, I'm afraid you won't have much harvest."

"It doesn't matter, there are not many ancient groups related to the moon existing in the material world. Some time ago, we even tried to contact the 【Missing Moon Secret Cult】, but unfortunately, those witches didn't pay attention to us."

Old Mr. Higgins said, and Mr. Bernhardt nodded and agreed to their first request.

Xia De also wanted to pursue the 【Silver Moon Library】, and not to open that door through a ritual, but to obtain high-level permission to enter the library directly, and then be able to touch the fragment of the original moon floating above the void of the library.

He had also made many efforts for this. He had long understood the information about the vampire species through Mr. Bernhardt, which was indeed just some myths and legends. The 【Missing Moon Secret Cult】 had participated in the Battle of Vesta Woodlands, and this organization composed of alien witches was likely related to the silver wolf girl Miss Bister. Xia De had also discussed this content with them.

Now he had mastered spiritual runes, secret texts, and keys, and even knew that Ms. Carter had opened the library in the Karas Mountains. So now he only needed to wait for Ms. Carter to return and recover to explain her experience at that time. Xia De had gone further than the 【Apuna Library】.

The exchange between Mr. Bernhardt and old Mr. Higgins continued:

"As for the second point, if you want to contact the God-Caller, going to the sect or the witches is more direct than finding us. We do have some friendship with that lord, but it's just a very ordinary friendship."

Old Mr. Higgins shook his head:

"The sect will not help us contact the God-Caller. We are still under observation now, and we cannot do those suspected high-risk actions at such a sensitive time. As for the witches, we know that there should be at least one Great Witch locally, but we can't come up with a reward worth the witches' help for the time being."

Mr. Bernhardt understood this time. Because the vampire species force was weaker than the witches, the 【Apuna Library】 would find them:

"But we and the God-Caller..."

"Please don't say these words. You and the God-Caller must have a way to contact. I confirmed this fact before issuing the invitation."

Xia De's fingers on his lap tapped his knees unconsciously, so Mr. Bernhardt nodded as if in a dilemma:

"Since you say so, I can write to the God-Caller, but whether that lord is willing to respond is not something I can know."

Mr. Higgins showed a satisfied smile:

"That's good, I think the God-Caller should understand what we want to do."

Then he said:

"Then the transaction is considered successfully completed. We can send representatives to discuss the library's support for you later. Now, let me answer some things the two of you want to know."

He had prepared the information of the Delin-Or Kingdom era in advance and handed it to Mr. Bernhardt in a file bag, but Mr. Bernhardt understood that some things could not be written down:

"What kind of relationship did the vampire species of the Delin-Or era have with the royal family?"

"There are not many people who can answer this question for you now. The 【Creation Sect】 must know, but they won't say it. In the early days of the kingdom's establishment, a female vampire count fell in love with the king. The sect discovered the relationship between the two in time and stopped the contact between them, but no one expected what happened next. The female vampire count was pregnant."

Mr. Bernhardt showed a surprised expression. The reproduction of vampire species, in addition to relying on the blood-giving ritual, can also naturally reproduce offspring through intermarriage within the vampire species.

Besides, although vampire species do not have reproductive isolation with most humanoid races, it is rarer than being struck by lightning three times in a row for ordinary humans to make a high-level vampire count pregnant.

"That child..."

Xia De also participated in the conversation out of curiosity.

"The royal family certainly cannot acknowledge him. Illegitimate children hinder the royal family's face, and the sect certainly does not want vampire species to become heirs to the crown. So the child was raised separately by the vampire species. It seemed that the matter ended like this, but the child who grew up knew his background and told his descendants the secret."

"So outside the court, there was a secret royal bloodline passed down from generation to generation."

Mr. Higgins sighed:

"Four generations passed after that. I don't know what happened specifically, but in order to save the queen who was ill, the king of that generation contacted the vampire species, hoping they could provide help. So the descendants of that bloodline met the king smoothly. Since then, the vampire species and the royal family established a stable connection."

"I know what you want to ask, how did the sect not discover this secret. In fact, the sect is not omnipotent. This matter is the sect's negligence. Or rather, the connection of blood made the royal family and that branch of vampire species have... a very indescribable connection. They must have established a connection. I even want to call it a connection of fate."

"The vampire species wanted to gain power. Although the royal family dared not contact too much supernatural power because of the existence of the sect, they hoped to gain health and longer life through the vampire species."

"The records about what happened later were even more vague. In short, after several generations, eventually, through some way, the bloodline of the vampire species with a common ancestor was integrated into the orthodox bloodline of the royal family, making the kings of every generation healthier, and their spirit and physical strength were much better than their predecessors."

"They did it very secretly, and the royal bloodline did not gain supernatural power, just gained some enhancement on the basis of human bloodline. The sect did not discover it immediately, which is not negligence."

"And by the time the sect finally discovered this secret, it was already the Southern Unification War period. But when the sect gradually found out more and more information, the Arcadia City Siege broke out, and finally the Southern Territory Unification War ended with the surrender advocated by Duke Astley."

"Arcadia City was incorporated into Kaisenrike, the Anjou royal family picked up the final crown, Delin-Or was destroyed, most of the local vampire species either fled or disappeared, and the sect's investigation at that time came to an abrupt end. The sect didn't even know as much as we do." ===== CHAPTER 4184 =====