The Duke's Passion

Chapter 749  Fabian can't come

According to Tilly, there was a hierarchy in every race. Vampires, for instance, had a blood hierarchy. Starting from the bottom were Abnormals, turned, the complicated half-bloods, lower nobles, nobles, purebloods, and then the king. But not many knew… or rather, only those on the mainland were aware of the level above the King: the Grimsbanne. If they based it on the blood hierarchy, it was the same for the holders of light. The Divine Order was a branch of it. Their existence was obvious, and that was to stand on equal ground against the pureblooded vampires.

The Divine Order was created by none other than Soran; the man who has washed ashore at the vampire's breeding ground and captured the heart of the Grimsbannes. He was the man who used to rule the Heart's Kingdom before meeting his unfortunate end. The only remnants this man left were the existence of the Divine Order as if he had known all along vampires would plague his land. Hence, the Divine Order doesn't receive direct orders from its current ruler, Stefan.

Their sole purpose was to stop the vampire who was ruling the Heart's Kingdom if the vampires massacred humans unjustly. No more, no less. It was simple and yet a little complicated from another person's point of view, but Soran was strange, just as Tilly claimed. With all that laid on the table, how did Soran create the weapons of the members of the Divine Order?

As mentioned, in the blood hierarchy, the members of the Divine Order were akin to pureblooded vampires. In other words, Soran was one of the chosen holders of light whose caliber was equal to the King of Vampires or the Grimsbannes. "Vampires aren't chosen as they were born with the gift of their blood," Tilly continued her explanation, breaking her record for speaking as she explained the setting of the world. "But the holders of light were chosen. I am not sure how they were chosen, but the criteria never require a person's blood or history."

"That's tricky. You mean it's random?" Klaus concluded.

Tilly nodded. "It may or may not be the case. However, what we do know is that there were those holders of light that were as strong as the Grimsbanne. We are not yet sure how strong they were, or if they knew about their gifts."

"What I'm saying is that Peliperiru might be one, and she didn't know about it. Hence, Claude's ability didn't work on her since she's protected by the holy light." Tilly set her eyes back to Claude, only to hear Fabian's correction.

"Her name is Penny, my lady."

"Isn't that an advantage for us?" this time, Law could not help but break his silence. "Vampires knew which level of the hierarchy they fall into the second they were born. But the holders of light can be oblivious to their disposition. So they might die without knowing about it."

"That's right." Samael nodded. "It won't be a threat now that we know they weren't completed yet."

"Moreover, Lilou is a holder of Lakresha. She's a member of the Divine Holder despite being a Bloodfang," Klaus added and then gazed at Claude, who was hanging his head low as the latter listened silently. "I'm sorry to hear about your friend."

"It's fine. It's just… funny, isn't it?" Claude slowly raised his head and laughed bitterly. "I wanted to save her, but apparently, my abilities didn't work on her. It seems like those who started these hierarchies… the gods didn't want peace to begin with."

"Vampires are born hostile to other races such as werewolves and witches and vice versa," Tilly spoke once more. "More important than peace, they needed to put balance in this world. However, we all had our liberty to decide and certain things can be tragic just because you were born different."

"In any case, we are now aware there might be people who are aware of the regression without knowing the actual cause of it." Fabian rubbed his chin and rocked his head, making Tilly gaze at him. "I don't know about other holders of light aside from Soran." Tilly blinked, watching Fabian look back at her. "But I assume Rufus inherited a part of it."

Tilly and the rest slowly set their eyes on Rufus. The latter furrowed his brows in puzzlement.

"Me?"

"Well, now that I think about it, I heard you retained your memories despite the regression," Klaus mumbled and his eyes lit up as if he cracked a riddle he wasn't able to answer all this time. The inception of this chapter's publication is linked to B00kW0rm.

"It affected me," argued Rufus firmly. "Because if I wasn't, how come I had slept in the emperor's chambers only to wake up in Grimsbanne?" ɴo(v)elFɪre.net

"We can conclude that every holder of light can have different reactions in every ability. Since we do not know what secret Penny could have, we can't tell exactly. But what we know is that Claude's ability didn't affect her, but it somehow affected Rufus. Although we can also assume that was despite that, he was able to keep his memories." Samael explained, giving out the most rational explanation for this phenomenon. He then cast Lilou a look.

"As for the Divine Order, it was understandable, since they were like the purebloods. However, it seemed the effects on them were much more fragile. Therefore, Lilou managed to retrieve her memories with Lakresha's help." "Then we have more reason to seek the members of the Divine Order," Lilou asserted. "We are against vampires…"

"Madam, it is presumptuous to assume we are simply against vampires," Fabian argued with a raised finger. "If the mainland had fallen, it wasn't surprising if one or two holders of light are involved in it. But I still agree that we will need the bearers of the Divine Weapons."

"Then we will stick to the plan?" Klaus knocked his knuckles against the table. "Stefan and I will return to the Heart's Kingdom. He will be the bait and the villain. I'll play the hero. Once we succeeded, we'll seek that mad woman from the Le Blac to add some spark of madness. Meanwhile, the rest of you will chop that Zero's head."

Klaus clapped, making things sound easier. Looking at their faces, Stefan kept his lips in a tight slash. However, just as Samael's lips parted to conclude today's gathering, Tilly spoke once more. "I want to suggest something," said Tilly, catching everyone's attention, only to see her fixed her eyes on Fabian. "Fabian… can't come."