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...Main text... It was late at night, in a secluded forest valley. At this moment, Rin felt immense pressure. Why? Because four Ancestors of the Dead Apostles were simultaneously staring at her.
First Ancestor: Earth's candidate UO, a monster created by gaia, the Killer of Primates, the White Beast.
Sixth Ancestor: One of the three oldest Dead Apostles, the immortal Black Knight Riesengal Sturluut, cursed by time.
Eighth Ancestor: Vampire Count, Captain of the Ghost Fleet, White Knight, Finan Blood Sfielding. Oh, an extra note, he's gay! Yes, gay, so he only drinks the blood of the same sex, and he loves handsome young men.
Ninth Ancestor: A hybrid of True Ancestor and Dead Apostle, a Vampire Princess among Dead Apostles, Ruler of Blood and Contracts, Eclipse Princess of Black Blood, gaia's child, Ancient Red, Altrouge Brunestud.
Rin expressed that she was merely a small Magus of high color rank. To be stared at by members of the Nasuverse's largest military group like this was truly rare. Although she felt that she would most likely be fine, the feeling of her life and death being controlled by others at their whim was truly terrible.
The Black Princess was currently recounting everything she and Rin had encountered together to her guardians. Although the black and white knights were Ancestors of the Dead Apostles, from their actions back then, when they fought desperately to break out of the Millennium Castle for the then-young and vulnerable Altrouge, who had just lost Crimson Moon, and their unwavering loyalty in guarding her for so many years, it was clear that they were individuals of loyalty and righteousness.
Although they wouldn't care about the lives of irrelevant, ant-like humans, they held a strong liking for anyone who would fight for their Princess, even risking their own lives.
Moreover, even with the Princess's assistance, to wield a sword against the Dead Apostle Eighteenth Ancestor as a humble ordinary Magus, gravely injuring him and ultimately leading to the death of an Ancestor of the Dead Apostles, this courage, determination, perseverance, and potential were all worthy of their attention.
The White Knight's nature was inherently frivolous, like a young noble young master who enjoyed flirting with girls in the streets. He scrutinized Rin from head to toe and said to Altrouge: "Hmm, as the Princess said, this little girl is indeed good. If she completes the contract with the Princess and obtains Dead Apostle blood, she might even leap to become the new Eighteenth Seat, but..."
The White Knight leaned in and whispered into Altrouge's ear: "But Princess, it's still best to be careful. What if this is a trap set by some fellow? After all, there are precedents. If the incident at Millennium Castle were to repeat, it wouldn't be good."
The Millennium Castle incident that the White Knight mentioned happened to the White Princess, Arcueid. She was deceived by Roa into drinking his blood, which stole a portion of her power and caused her to go berserk and kill all the True Ancestors in Millennium Castle.
In response to the White Knight's confusion, he was met with a slap from the Princess's delicate white hand!
"Slap!"
The White Knight was directly slapped away by the Black Princess.
"Do you think I'm like my foolish, brainless, empty-headed sister! Easily deceived by anyone, even having the power Mother left her stolen!" the Black Princess said angrily, riding sideways on the White Beast's back.
The mention of her sister, Arcueid, always infuriated the Black Princess. "As the ruler of blood and contracts, do you think anyone could set a trap for me in my own blood? Moreover, Rin is my first embrace target, and the blood contract will use the same highest blood contract as with you all."
Hearing the Black Princess's words, Rin subconsciously touched the side of her neck where she had been bitten. Now, there were no traces left.
Forming a contract with Altrouge, and a supreme blood contract at that, meant that for this lifetime, even her soul would be bound to this Black Princess. Even if her physical body perished, Altrouge, as a child of gaia, could perfectly resurrect her contractor based on the blood contract.
Although there was an inevitable feeling of being constrained, Rin would not object. After all, this was also a great opportunity for her strength to improve. Using the Dead Apostle Princess's Dead Apostle contract might directly activate her potential as a Dead Apostle within her body, allowing her to step directly into the Ancestor level. While it might seem like cheating, it wasn't like pulling up seedlings to help them grow, destroying their foundation; it merely activated her non-human potential.
Altrouge looked at the silent Black Knight, Riesengal Sturluut. "Rezolvord, what do you think?"
Altrouge gestured, asking for his opinion. Although the White Knight's words could be ignored, as one of the three oldest Dead Apostles, Riesengal Sturluut, the Black Princess maintained considerable respect and complete trust for him, in addition to their lord-knight relationship.
The usually indifferent Riesengal Sturluut pondered for a moment before nodding slightly, indicating his agreement with Altrouge's decision.
The Black Princess playfully stroked the White Beast beneath her, which had transformed into a three-meter-long, one-and-a-half-meter-tall creature. "Big White, what do you think?"
"Woof woof woof, woo..." After a few joyful barks, the White Beast wagged its tail happily.
It must be said that the White Beast, now completely in the form of a large pet dog, had lost all its aura as a primate killer. It no longer possessed the fierce power it had when it was thirty meters long, tearing the sky with its claws and shattering the sun and moon with its fangs. Not only its length but also its appearance had become adorable, completely like a pet dog, just a bigger one. Even Rin, who largely maintained her human nature, felt no sense of crisis facing a natural enemy.
The perfectly elegant Black Princess dismounted from the White Beast's back and slowly moved in front of Rin, her mysterious smile like a black rose blooming at night. She gently caressed the delicate blood vessels on Rin's side neck.
"Rin, become my family."
Rin smiled with a hint of helplessness. "Do I have a choice, my Princess, uh..."
The tall, mature Altrouge tightly embraced Rin's petite body. The delicate, smooth, snow-white skin of her side neck was once again pierced by sharp, vampiric fangs, and blood flowed ceaselessly from the fangs into the blood vessels and out of her body...
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