Gospel of Blood

Could this be… the diary of the Crimson Queen Rowena?

Charlotte’s face showed surprise as she looked at the notes hidden in the “Grimoire of Blood.”

Then, she quickly became excited.

The age of myths is full of secrets.

If she could use Rowena’s diary to peek into what really happened back then, perhaps… she might also find out what happened between Lilith and Harald.

Thinking of this, Charlotte instantly became energized.

Taking a deep breath, she turned to the first page of the diary and began to carefully read.

“Prophet Era 495, Frost Month, 7th, Sunny.”

“Recording what I’ve experienced in the form of a diary is indeed a good choice for someone as forgetful as me.”

“…..”

“Prophet Era 495, Ice Month, 21st, Snowy.”

“Today, I was officially chosen as Her Majesty’s personal maid. I wonder if Her Majesty still remembers me.”

“It doesn’t matter if She doesn’t remember. Her Majesty is my savior. I may be very forgetful and might forget many things, but this one thing I will never forget.”

“I… have long decided to dedicate everything to Her Majesty.”

“…..”

This wasn’t quite what Charlotte had imagined.

Rowena’s “diary” recorded many trivial things.

Especially the early parts, which were almost all about her daily work, with every few sentences revolving around Her Majesty.

Even after a thousand years, Charlotte could still feel Rowena’s respect for “Her Majesty” through her words. As she read, she seemed to see a bloodborne girl constantly striving, step by step, to approach the person she revered. But Charlotte’s smooth reading did not last long.

After reading through the initial pages filled with mundane records, the next page’s entries became blurry.

Charlotte frowned.

This wasn’t the blur caused by the passage of time but seemed more like a deliberate erasure.

The evidence was that the previous pages she read were still clear despite the centuries passed.

As for these now-blurred parts, even Charlotte’s Demigod-level eyesight couldn’t make out what was originally written. Let alone discerning the content, as long as there were still traces of writing, she should be able to use magic to backtrack and reconstruct the original text.@@novelbin@@

But with these blurred parts, she couldn’t do that.

Even using divine power, Charlotte couldn’t figure out what was written in those blurred parts.

This is abnormal, very abnormal.

The drastic difference between just one page is definitely abnormal.

Charlotte’s heart sank a bit, feeling some bad premonition.

She quickly continued to read and found, to her frustration, that most of this “diary” had indeed become blurry.

However, not all the entries in the diary had become blurry.

Some pages still retained clarity, and some of the middle pages also remained clear.

The record of becoming a Legion Commander that Charlotte randomly browsed earlier was one of those clear middle pages.

Charlotte continued to frown and read on, skipping the blurred parts and browsing the clearer sections.

“Prophet Era 497, Heat Month, 19th, Sunny.”

“The situation is becoming more critical. Even with the bloodborne warriors, it remains difficult to fight against the elven army.”

“The City-State has decided to develop more bloodbornes to further enhance our combat power.”

“I wonder when this war will finally end…”

“…..”

“Prophet Era 508, Wind Month, 11th, Sunny.”

“We won! We finally achieved victory! After so many years of warfare, we finally won and secured control of the northern territories.”

“From today onwards, no one can bully the Free City-State anymore!”

“Long live Her Majesty! Long live the bloodbornes! Long live the free people!”

“…..”

“Prophet Era 534, Wind Month, 11th, Sunny.”

“Today is the anniversary of our victory in the war. After so many years of warfare, under Her Majesty’s leadership, we finally unified the entire Myria Continent.” 𝑅𝘢ŊÓ฿Ε𝒮

“The Sea King and Moon Goddess have been defeated by Her Majesty, the elves have abandoned their rule over the continent, and the Old Gods have chosen to retreat. Perhaps… the era of humans and bloodbornes is about to begin!”

“I feel my blood power growing restless lately. Her Majesty said it won’t be long before I can attempt to ascend to a Demigod.”

“…..”

“Prophet Era 667, Bloom Month, 18th, Sunny.”

“This should be my last time using the Prophet Era. Who would have thought that ascending to a Demigod would be so difficult and lengthy? When I woke up, a hundred years had already passed, and even the continent’s era had changed.”

“The Blood Moon Era? It does have a bloodborne feel. From now on, I will use the new era to record events!”

“…..”

“Blood Moon Era, Year 31, Month 4, Day 7, Rain.”

“Habits are really hard to change. Even after all these years, I still haven’t gotten used to the numerical month system.”

“Her Majesty has become increasingly silent lately, looking like She has a lot on Her mind. I wonder if it has anything to do with the recent conflicts in the various kingdoms.”

“Who would have thought that the extraordinary powers that protected our city-state during the war would now become the biggest barrier between us and the people…”

“…..”

“Blood Moon Era, Year 33, Month 11, Day 2, Sunny.”

“Another case of blood frenzy happened today. Although bloodline curses have always existed, such a severe incident is the first of its kind…”

“I hear that almost all kingdoms have protested against the Blood Court. Are bloodbornes… truly no longer seen as part of humanity?”

“I heard that Her Majesty personally suppressed several rebellious human Legendaries and Blood Dukes. What exactly is Her Majesty thinking?”

“…..”

“Blood Moon Era, Year 40, Month 7, Day 5, Sunny.”

“Her Majesty is going to slumber again.”

“In recent years, Her Majesty seems to be slumbering more frequently, and for longer periods of time.”

“Her Majesty said She wants to try to completely end the bloodline curse and find the origin of the bloodbornes. Can this really be done?”

“No, I can’t doubt Her Majesty. If She wants to do something, She will definitely be able to do it!”

“Strange… why do I always feel like I’ve forgotten something.”

“…..”

“Blood Moon Era, Year 112, Month 3, Day 2, Sunny.”

“I really don’t know what those guys under Casey are thinking, trying to establish a blood thrall system. Have they forgotten that they were once human too?!”

“And Her Majesty, why doesn’t She stop them?”

“I find myself increasingly unable to see through Her Majesty. Sometimes, she seems like a different person. Is She still the Her Majesty I once knew?”

“Her Majesty… seems to be hiding something. Does She still remember the promise to end the bloodline curse?”

“No, no, no, I mustn’t speculate and doubt our great Her Majesty. She is the one who created us!”

“Huh? That doesn’t seem right…”

“Bloodbornes… were created by Her Majesty?”

“…..”

“Blood Moon Era, Year 235, Month 8, Day 5, Sunny.”

“Her Majesty has returned from the Old Continent.”

“She said She has found a way to solve the bloodborne bloodline curse.”

“She hopes I can be Her assistant and help Her solve this problem that has troubled bloodbornes for centuries. She said She wants me to cooperate with Her to create an unprecedented artifact that can change everything, and end everything.”

“I don’t know what Her Majesty wants to change or end, but I am very willing to participate in this plan to solve the bloodline curse. However… Her Majesty seems more unfamiliar than before, she doesn’t even call me by my nickname anymore.”

“Her Majesty often looks at the sky, with a very distant look in Her eyes.”

“Sometimes, I feel like She’s about to leave…”

“What has happened to Her Majesty?”

“…..”

“Blood Moon Era, Year 270, Month 9, Day 18, Sunny.”

“The power of creation! So… the source of the bloodborne’s power is the power of creation?!”

“Could the creation myth of the elves be true?”

“Does this world really have a Creator God?!”

“What is the true origin of bloodbornes? Was it not Her Majesty who created bloodbornes?”

“If not, then who created the bloodbornes?!”

“I seem to have really forgotten something… but what exactly have I forgotten?!”

“…..”

“…..”

“Failed… the ritual failed! The plan to create the artifact also failed!”

“Such an artifact is impossible to create, impossible!”

“Her Majesty is also injured, she is going to slumber again…”

“…..”

“Who is She? She is not Her Majesty! She is definitely not Her Majesty!”

“I must quickly tell the other princes! I must tell them before everything becomes irreversible!”

“…..”

“Ah… I see now, we had already failed long ago.”

“We have always been in a cycle, always… in a cycle!”

“…..”

“I… finally understand why Her Majesty wanted me to keep a diary back then.”

“But it’s probably… too late.”

“What stands before us is not a curse.”

“It is… the primordial law.”

“…..”

The diary ends here.

As Charlotte flipped to the last page, there were more and more blurred entries.

But even so, just the parts she could read gave her a sense of eerie unease.

“The ritual… failed? What ritual? The ritual to lift the bloodline curse?”

“The creation of the artifact also failed? Isn’t that referring to the Gospel of Blood? The Gospel of Blood… was not successfully created? If it wasn’t successful, then what about the Gospel of Blood inside me?”

“And… ‘She’, She is not Her Majesty? What does that mean?”

“Who is ‘She’?”

“What does it mean by ‘always in a cycle’? Could it be… referring to history?”

Charlotte muttered to herself, her brows furrowing deeper.

Although most of the diary entries were mysteriously blurred, she could roughly piece together what happened a thousand years ago.

After the bloodbornes’ victory, Her Majesty, or more accurately… Lilith, seemed to have been searching for a way to solve the bloodborne bloodline curse.

The bloodbornes… seemed to have forgotten that they were created by her, and pursuing the origin of bloodbornes and the solution to the bloodline curse became Lilith’s obsession.

But in the end, Lilith failed.

Not only did she fail, but she also seemed to have gone mad and had her identity taken over by some entity…

Moreover, Lilith’s plan to create the artifact, or more accurately, the “Gospel of Blood”, did not succeed.

What happened afterward is not recorded in the diary.

But from what Charlotte knew, it is likely that the princes defeated the entity that took over Lilith’s identity.

This… is probably the truth behind the bloodbornes’ “betrayal.”

“The diary says that the source of the bloodbornes’ power is the power of creation…”

“Could it be… that the entity that took over Lilith’s identity is the ‘Creator God’?”

“And if the Gospel of Blood was not successfully created, then what about the Gospel inside me? Or could it be… the failure refers to the scattered pages of the Gospel of Blood?”

“It’s not impossible, considering the Gospel of Blood is in a broken state. Could it be… that from the beginning, the Gospel of Blood was never ‘complete’? Because it was never successful?”

“But… why does the diary say ‘impossible to create’?”

Charlotte’s frown deepened.

Thinking it over, she decided to browse the diary again.

However, just as she turned back to the front, she saw the diary suddenly glow faintly, and a new page appeared on the last page.

Charlotte paused.

She focused her gaze and turned back, seeing a new passage of text appeared.

“I am Rowena.”

“When you read these words, I should already be dead.”

“I don’t know who you are. Perhaps you are a descendant of the bloodbornes, perhaps you are my chosen successor, perhaps you are a future version of me, or perhaps… you are a being forgotten by us failures.”

“But no matter your identity, since you can see this record I left, it means you are someone I trusted in my last moment of clarity, and also… someone Her Majesty trusted in Her last moment of clarity.”

“Since you are reading these words, it means you are the last hope mentioned in Her Majesty’s oracle, and it also means you possess some power that can resist ‘Their’ power.”

“The following words, please remember them well, as they concern your future and the future of the entire world.”

“This… is Her Majesty’s last oracle—”

“History has never changed.”

“But history… can be created!”

“…..”