“Isn’t it fortunate that we’re in this situation because it already happened once?”
Piarro had come to me after having a book snatched away by someone for reissuance.
If she weren’t a fool, she would have been prepared, and there wouldn’t have been any transfers of the book to mediocre individuals.
“The person who took the book seems to have a connection to Piarro, so I doubt that a significant number of people have seen it.”
“Piarro is a bloodsucker.”
“That’s right.”
More specifically, she’s a user who gained the powers and blood of a vampire.
While they can be seen as the same due to being a vampire, there is a system that protects the soul of the user.
“Given the circumstances, it is highly likely that it was a vampire who took the book. Considering how they’re struggling, their position must be quite high—”
“I was actually going to mention that.”
“Huh?”
Thud.
Various books were placed on Lasty’s desk.
They were books bound in a red leather cover, not the ones we were deciphering.
It seemed to have quite a thickness, as if not magically processed.
“Your sister told me to investigate bloodsuckers, so I cast a detection magic across the entire continent, and these started showing up about a week ago.”
“This is…”
As I opened the book, familiar sentences came into view.
They were incantations made from Lasty’s blood magic, not a public spell.
These sentences came from a book that Lasty organized herself, not a mass-produced copy.
“Where was this found?”
“There have been many rifts opened since the Demon of Space incident. Most of them have closed, but a few are still open.”
“Did it come through the rift?”
“For now, it seems. From what I see, it has been found in various places; is there any news from your sister’s world?”
“Um…”
Now that I think about it, I did hear something like that during a meeting with Lily’s Group a few days ago.
‘These days, the books the boss spread are causing quite a stir.’
‘I expected it, so I’m not too concerned. It’s good for many people to learn.’
‘No, that’s not it. There are people complaining about something strange?’
‘Something strange?’
‘Like penalties or something…’
That was what White Autumn and several editors and managers were discussing back then.
There’s a memory about how excessive use of magic could lead to mana depletion and a slight headache, which I brushed off lightly.
Some people also altered or modified the copy I provided and spread it around.
“But that wasn’t it.”
This book is not some mass-produced copy; it’s based on Lasty’s deciphering work.
“It exists after all. I didn’t know this was it.”
“I was busy with research, so I just collected it and left it there. If I had known this would happen, I would have acted sooner.”
“I just left it be and collected it, but if I knew it would turn out like this, I should have done it much earlier.”
“Well, it’s a relief that you realized it now. It seems like not everything is written down.”
Whether it was fortunate or unfortunate, the copy containing blood magic didn’t have any dangerous content prominently included.
The content only covered up to four pages, and the magic that could cause symptoms close to death when used, supposedly tied to the Black Lily’s powers, wasn’t even recorded.
Someone had merely transcribed what seemed safe after looking at Lasty’s deciphering book.
“But that alone is concerning.”
“True.”
In fact, rather than being safe, it was at the level of merely noting sentences that wouldn’t lead to ‘death or insanity.’
The criteria were based on the person who transcribed the book, so it wouldn’t be surprising if an ordinary person faced significant penalties.
Lasty nodded and opened another red book placed on the desk.
“Fortunately, it doesn’t seem to pose a problem for the soul. At most, it might damage the body or impact the mind.”
“But it would be different if it were the original.”
There were several sentences in Lasty’s deciphering book that could rival the Kraken’s ‘Focus’ just by looking at them.
The vampire who wrote this book might not be sane anymore.
Piarro would be protected by the system, so she should be in her right mind, and she doesn’t seem like the type to spread books recklessly.
“We need to recover it before any issues arise.”
“I’ll give you a few locations of the rifts. They were positions from a week ago, so most should be closed by now, but you never know.”
“Or…”
“Should I recover it myself?”
Lasty’s snowy white hands clapped down on the book.
“This is also my mistake for leaving it in the promised place, so it’s right for me to recover it myself.”
“Hmm… How much can you recover?”
“First off, the book itself is a basic text. It’s devoid of magical formulas, so if I use the content written in it, I can retrieve anything within the continent right now.”
“Is it impossible outside the continent?”
“Yeah.”
Though it’s said to be outside the continent, it’s essentially another dimension.
The rift created by the Demon of Space connects to another dimension.
“If it were a rift I opened, that might be a different story, but at my current level, it’s completely out of the question.”
“Then please recover only inside the continent for now. I’ll take care of the rest.”
“Got it.”
Hundreds of magical formulas rose around her.
She had always been proficient in magic, but it felt like her skills had improved considerably since she began studying the Book of Magia.
The blood magic formulas interlocked and worked together, soon summoning hundreds of books.
Books poured onto Lasty’s personal classroom desk.
For something that only appeared a week ago, that’s quite a considerable amount.
It’s a sheep.
“Wow, it really multiplied a lot in that time.”
“It must have been copied again after crossing the rift. The names are different, but most are similar.”
“What are the names?”
Sluuuurp…
Lasty’s blood oozes out and seeps into the book laid before me.
It’s just a plain red cover, but once it soaked up some blood, thick letters became visible.
‘Book of Revelation.’
■
“…Book of Revelation?”
“That’s right.”
Behind the Castle of Elder Five.
The fifth Elder, hidden by blood in the backside of the castle, was taken aback when he saw what the third Elder had handed over.
This is…
“An Outsider from another world. It’s a book brought by Piarro. A book filled with great knowledge.”
“I know. Isn’t it the book your disciple brought during the regular meeting? I don’t understand why it’s called the Book of Revelation.”
A woman, a mere human, who possessed special powers.
She crossed over the worlds alone and happened to meet the third Elder, becoming his disciple and rising to the rank of Baron.
If she were a normal human, she would have just been a blood pouch, but she was special.
“It was surprising. I thought she just had a power or two, but to bring such mysterious knowledge…”
“I was pretty surprised too. I thought she was an extraordinary one, but I never expected her to do something so remarkable.”
“Yeah… but this one…”
The third Elder, Ardor, had brought back two books in total.
The first had quite significant knowledge, but it wasn’t surprising enough for all the Elders.
They just admired it, saying, ‘So this is one way to apply magic.’
The immense magical restrictions on the back was interesting, but that was about it.
Then a few days later, the second book stirred up a storm among the Elders.
‘How could anyone think of such a thing!’
The bloodsuckers’ top-tier and those who toyed with life—immortal beings.
The knowledge contained in the second book was so high it made the Elders, who held infinite life and omnipotent powers, look like fools.
Moreover, it was written in a manner fitting the bloodsuckers, evoking feelings of awe and ecstasy just by looking at it.
The Elders immediately began analyzing the book, writing down the simplest spells and distributing them to their underlings, the vampires.
Since that day, one would think the world of bloodsuckers, ‘Erbenus Blodia’ would grow even greater, but…
“What on earth is this…?”
‘It’s different.’
It is different from the book shown back then.
While the book back then evoked awe and ecstasy, this one exudes an endless ‘fear.’
Just holding it makes my hand tremble uncontrollably.
Less shaking now.
Though I couldn’t bear to open the book out of fear, I was certain.
‘This book is one that we can’t handle!’
“Ardor. Uh, where did you get this…?”
“I think this is a revelation. Quinio.”
Swish.
The book returns to Ardor again.
He casually opens the book, and Quinio gasps in shock, drawing blood.
“Don’t worry. Revelations aren’t that cruel.”
“…What you showed me before wasn’t everything, was it? What you showed before was just a part of it? Like how we shared it with our vampires?”
“You’re quite smart. It was worth coming to find you instead of the others.”
Flap.
As Ardor flips through the pages of the book, blood trickles down his lips.
“You…”
“Why did Piarro bring this book? It’s not her will. The power itself is special, but she doesn’t really understand it or use it.”
She just uses it without thinking deeply since it was given to her.
As if a primitive man were handed a gun and started using it as a stick.
The power is special, but Piarro is not.
“If that’s the case, this isn’t her will. It’s a ‘revelation’ conveyed through Piarro from someone.”
“Revelation?”
“A revelation about the ‘Throne of Blood.’”
Drip…
“Blodia. That guy seized the Throne of Blood and took the name ‘Erbenus.’ The revelation says to oppose that.”
“B-blood is spilling. Ardor. Calm down and control the blood. What on earth are you saying…?”
“If this revelation exists, we can defeat Blodia. Quinio!”
Flick.
As Ardor spills blood, he flips the book, and Quinio sees the content.
Quinio hurriedly looks away, but the content of the book was already swirling in his mind.
‘Knowledge.’
He indulged in knowledge that he could never grasp in a lifetime.
If he hadn’t known it from the start, it would have been one thing, but he couldn’t live pretending not to know this great knowledge.
That knowledge was too sweet.
“…What should I do?”
“It’s simple.”
Look.
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