Tome of Blood

The city of freedom, the central tower.

Charlotte sat on the leader's throne, rubbing her temples with a headache.

In the hall, leaders and officials from all over the city-state alliance were lining up quietly, respectfully waiting for work reports.

"Lord Lilith, the clearing work in the northern forest some time ago has been initially completed. As per your request, we have cleared enough land."

"good."

"Next, we plan to hire elf craftsmen to start the construction of the fortress as planned. Do you think it is feasible?"

"Can."

"Also... Regarding the magic circle in the north to resist those cultists, the beloved ones have discussed some suggestions..."

"There's no problem, just follow the outcome of the discussion."

"There is also the selection of personal guards. The preliminary selection has been completed. The final review will be conducted in the afternoon, and you will select the final candidate."

"Um."

"In addition, the selection of maids has been announced. According to your request, the registration period is limited to one month."

"Um."

"..."

When the last official finished his report, the whole morning had passed.

Only then did Charlotte relax, and her beautiful expressionless face, which was originally meant to maintain dignity and identity, suddenly became vivid:

"Phew...it's finally over."

"Fortunately, Lilith left enough information, and the abilities of these leaders and officials are pretty good. They were able to fool them without revealing their identity."

"But...what happened? How did I become Lilith during this time travel?"

As she spoke, Charlotte stretched out her hand and touched a part of herself that felt quite good, and shook her head:

"No... I should say, why do they think I am Lilith?"

Charlotte was confused.

Really confused.

She did successfully travel through time.

However, for some reason, everyone recognized her as Lilith after she traveled through time.

At the beginning, Charlotte doubted whether she had time-traveled into Lilith. After all, after she embraced Lilith for the first time, Lilith's appearance also changed and became very close to her.

But she was certain that her body was her own.

Although it is an adult posture, the divine fire in the heart cannot be faked.

It is indeed her own divine fire. She is very familiar with it and will never admit it wrong, not to mention the core of the belief network that has been formed in it. Although she cannot communicate with her believers in another time and space as before, it can prove her identity.

Not only that, Charlotte can still sense the existence of the Blood Sacred Scripture, even more clearly than the previous two times.

Of course, there is also the body shape.

Although Lilith is about the same height as her as an adult, their sizes are hugely different...

The people of the Free City-State Alliance didn't realize this?

Something is wrong.

Something is very wrong.

At first, Charlotte suspected that she was in some magical illusion, but she overturned it after using her divine power to investigate.

Afterwards, she wondered if there was something wrong with the people around her, but after quietly checking the mental powers of those who thought she was Lilith, she was sure that the people around her were normal.

They...really thought she was Lilith.

Moreover, their memories and thoughts showed no trace of being changed or affected.

Charlotte also wondered whether Lilith's appearance changed again after she became a demigod. The areas that should be bigger became bigger, and her appearance became more like her, so that others could not tell the difference between her and Lilith. The difference is...

But after further investigation, she found that that didn't seem to be the case.

"The place where I woke up in the morning was Lilith's bedroom."

"I have already asked the guards and the maids. According to their knowledge, last night...'Lord Lilith' did sleep in the bedroom."

"But this morning, it was 'me' who woke up."

"Then where did Lilith go?"

Charlotte was confused.

This time travel is different from the previous two time travels.

Not only the body shape has changed, but also the "identity" has changed.

The only good thing is that she is Lilith's "teacher" after all. During the last time she traveled through time, she watched Lilith handle her work many times, and she was able to pretend to be inseparable.

The leaders and officials of the Free Castle Alliance didn't see anything wrong with her, and their expressions didn't look strange at all.

Combining various tests and investigations after waking up, Charlotte had a very subtle feeling.

That feeling... like, like...

"It's like after I traveled through time, I replaced Lilith's existence with my own."

Charlotte said to herself.

After this idea appeared, Charlotte was stunned.

Her expression changed, and she fell into deep thought:

"replace……?"

"Could it be...that this is also Lilith's plan?"

Charlotte doesn't know Lilith's specific purpose.

But through Scarlet Queen Rowena's diary, she knew what the other party wanted her to do.

In other words, I hope she can do something after "traveling" through history.

"Perhaps...this was Lilith's deliberate move."

Charlotte's eyes moved slightly and she looked at the stone chronicle on the wall.

Apocalypse 495.

Almost 15 years have passed since her last time traveling.

Judging from the weather outside, it should be winter. There is snow everywhere in the distance, which means that the city is protected by a magic circle, which isolates the cold from the outside.

"Changed the name of the City of Dawn to the City of Freedom? Freedom... Lutetia... I see, I forgot. Lutetia was originally the transliteration of the common language of the continent of 'Freedom' from the ancient Elvish language. …”

"However, in later generations, this land was not so cold. As the capital of the Crescent Kingdom, the climate in Lutesia was quite mild. The difference between history and later generations is so big. Is it because of changes in magic power..."

Charlotte said to herself.

This time travel was beyond her expectation.

However, it did not affect her plan.

Her main purpose of traveling this time is to increase her strength. Her target is the old gods in Northern Xinjiang. Now that she is walking as "Lilith", it is actually more convenient to do this.

After all... the Free City-State Alliance is the enemy of the old gods, and through the memories in the lenses Charlotte saw, she also knows that the two sides are still at war.

The biggest difference is probably that the Free City-State Alliance is no longer a small force that may be destroyed at any time, but a behemoth that occupies almost half of the northern border.

This is all thanks to the emergence of "Familiar Clan", well... this is what the people of the Free Castle Alliance call the Vampire Clan.

etc……

Bloodlines?

As if she thought of something, Charlotte's heart moved:

"I am already the True Ancestor of Blood and can sense the location of all vampires."

"I embraced Lilith for the first time, so... logically speaking, I should be able to sense Lilith's bloodline."

"In the past, there were no vampires in this time and space, but it is different now."

"Perhaps...this method will allow me to find her!"

Thinking of this, Charlotte sank into consciousness again.

Different from the last time, after this time, Charlotte easily entered the spiritual world of the Dark Night Castle.

Sitting high on the Throne of Blood, Charlotte's divine power moved slightly, and crimson mist rolled in, forming a vast sea of ​​stars.

However, when Charlotte's eyes fell on the sea of ​​stars, she quickly sighed slightly:

"Sure enough...that's true."

Just as she imagined, she did successfully summon the crimson sea of ​​stars that symbolized the vampire clan.

But the sea of ​​​​stars in front of her was completely different from the sea of ​​​​stars in her impression.

Just like her belief network, a large area in the sea of ​​crimson stars she summoned was blank.

It was not a simple blank, but more like a "shield", and the scope of the shield was exactly where the many stars representing the vampires were located in Charlotte's impression.

Charlotte could even vaguely sense a kind of rejection.

That kind of rejection not only repels her from exploring the Crimson Star Sea, but when she wants to delve deeper, even the entire real world seems to be resisting her.

The feeling was subtle and strange.

Like some kind of rejection reaction, she felt like she was a foreign object to the world.

Charlotte was thoughtful and had some guesses.

If there is no problem in her judgment, perhaps this rejection may come from "time and space".

"If I continue to go deeper, maybe... I will probably be kicked directly back to the future time and space."

Charlotte said to herself.

Thinking of this, she gave up on in-depth exploration and instead set her sights in another direction of the Crimson Star Sea.

Apart from the interference factors of "time and space", she could still see a few stars there.

Not only that, she could even clearly perceive the "coordinates" of those stars.

Charlotte understood instantly.

These stars belong to this time and space.

These are the second-generation vampires that Lilith embraced for the first time!

However, when Charlotte sensed it further, she did not sense Lilith's breath in these stars.

Lilith... seemed to have disappeared.

"Could it be that I really 'replaced' Lilith's existence?"

Charlotte was a little surprised.

At this moment, she suddenly sensed that a star in the sea of ​​crimson stars was approaching quickly.

The brilliance of that star was about the same as that of the Blood Earl, and the aura it gave Charlotte was quite familiar.

"This aura...is Bardock?"

Charlotte's heart moved slightly.

After thinking about it, she put away her magical power and exited the spiritual world of the Dark Night Castle.

Consciousness returns to reality and spiritual awareness spreads.

Charlotte soon sensed the approach of the same aura in the real world.

After a while, the guard at the entrance of the hall respectfully reported:

"Lady Lilith, Commander Bardock wishes to see you."

It is indeed Bardock!

Charlotte is certain.

No matter what, it is always reassuring to see familiar people in this time and space.

"Let him in."

Charlotte said.

The guards respectfully stepped back, and soon, Bardock, wearing elf silver armor, entered the room.

I saw him coming to Charlotte, bending down and bowing, and said respectfully and enthusiastically:

"Commander of the Third Army, Bardock... pays homage to the savior!"