Altrouge gave a wry smile and rubbed her head, then helped Rin off her. She then stood up, her perfectly flawless snow-white body exposed under the starlight. Subsequently, several black streams rose from the ground, winding up Altrouge's ankles and calves, wrapping around her entire body, and then transforming into a black noble gown identical to her previous one.
This was not formed by solidified magic, but actual clothing created by Altrouge directly requesting materials from the earth to weave it.
Looking at the naked, sleeping Rin beside her, Altrouge's eyes, full of thought, rolled as she muttered to herself, "Hmm... Rin is my maid. A maid should look like a maid. Hmm... just like that."
After helping Rin change, Altrouge called out to the White Beast, "Big White, it's alright, change back."
The White Beast shook its huge dog head, dislodging the two pieces of clothing that covered its eyes, then transformed back to its state with a shoulder height of one and a half meters. Altrouge held Rin and sat sideways on the White Beast's back. The White Beast carried the two girls, swiftly weaving through the forest, and soon found the black and white knights.
"Let's go to the nearest human city to settle down. Rin needs time to rest, and you all need to resupply."
"Yes."
...The next day... At this time, in a small country inn, Altrouge, who had returned to her blonde, ahoge loli state, rested her elbows on the table, cradling her small face in her hands with a troubled expression, looking at Rin, who was still sleeping on the bed.
"Strange, why hasn't she woken up yet?" The Hei Ji's beautiful face was full of doubt.
Behind her stood two figures, one black and one white, who were none other than the Black Princess's personal bodyguards, the black and white knights. To her left lay a large white dog, the White Beast.
More than ten hours had passed since she and Rin completed the blood transfusion and Rin fell into a deep sleep for blood fusion. Theoretically, with her abilities, a high-level blood pact, and Rin's own power, Rin should have woken up within three hours. But now...
"How could this be? Did I fail?" The Black Princess murmured, a hint of worry appearing on her face.
"Perhaps the absorbed blood was too mixed and of too high a rank, and she couldn't withstand the power of the blood pact and died," White Knight Brad said casually, looking rather bored.
Black Princess glared at him fiercely, "Shut up, you damn faggot! Only a pervert like you wouldn't care about the life or death of a beautiful girl!"
White Knight: "..."
"I think this situation is a little different..." At this moment, Black Knight Stuart suddenly said.
"Hmm, what do you mean?" Black Princess turned her gaze towards him.
"Please allow me to examine her closely." The Black Knight looked at Black Princess, who nodded.
"It's indeed different..." The Black Knight carefully examined Rin by the bed and said in a deep voice, "Your Highness, this girl has not become a Dead Apostle."
"What did you say?!" Black Princess was immediately moved. Generally speaking, after a human is bitten by a Dead Apostle, it's best not to move the "corpse," otherwise the power of the blood pact might be disturbed and overflow. So, after Rin fell asleep, Black Princess hadn't had much contact with her and wasn't aware of Rin's physical changes. Now, hearing the Black Knight say this, her heart grew even more worried, "She hasn't become a Dead Apostle, which means she... died?"
"Not exactly," the Black Knight frowned and said in a deep voice: "One of the necessary processes for becoming a Dead Apostle is to die completely once, and then the dead body is revived again through the Dead Apostle's curse. However, this girl's body has never truly died. The dragon's blood activated and revived by Your Highness, and Your Highness's Dead Apostle blood, have fused together. The highly vital dragon's blood has counteracted the Dead Apostle's curse, but..."
"But what?" Black Princess asked seriously.
"But what's inconceivable is that only the Dead Apostle blood and the dragon's blood have fused. Now, these two powerful alien bloods, for this human girl, have been compressed into her heart and are gradually being digested. Excellent characteristics are being extracted, while weak characteristics are being discarded."
"What do you mean?" Altrouge asked in surprise, pressing for more information.
"That is to say, if this girl fully digests the alien blood in her heart, she will possess a dragon's physique, dragon's power, dragon's scales, and a dragon's heart in human form. She might even be able to breathe dragonfire and use draconic spells. At the same time, she will possess our Dead Apostle powers, able to absorb life from blood, release death energy as a living being, and also possess the power generated by her activated Dead Apostle potential. All of these can be possessed simultaneously."
The Black Knight paused, then continued: "At the same time, she won't be troubled by the urge to drink blood, won't fear sunlight, flowing water, crucifixes, and other weaknesses of Dead Apostles, like a True Ancestor. The wildness, arrogance, lust, and even the weakness of being countered by dragon-slaying weapons, all characteristics of dragon species, will be discarded by her. This girl's body will automatically absorb the advantages of all external factors while discarding all weaknesses. It seems this girl is not as simple as she appears; there must be an origin hidden within her that is even higher than that of ancient dragons, even on par with Your Highness."
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