Did the miracle descend as a result? Even "Edwards" himself couldn't say for sure, for what appeared was a shadow with an indistinct face.
"Edwards" couldn't discern who this was or whether it truly was himself from a time that had vanished.
Yet the blood-red spikes behind him still shot out and absorbed that shadow called forth by the relic into his body.
The familiar bloodline became a part of himself, as that shadow was indeed a member of the Edwards Family, perhaps even possessing more complete bloodline than he did. The bizarre and twisted power lifted him from the ruins of the banquet hall into the sky. The robe, once smeared with the filth of battle, turned pitch-black, yet all the wounds on his body healed as a result:
"So this is how it is; the past in the present, I've really succeeded this time..."
