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Volume 5 Vampire Tea Party Part 8

With them, everything has always been rather simple, because even if a large number of them disappears, there will always come the new ones to take over and assume the roles and responsibilities of those who were gone. However, things would look altogether different if an entire group of Gods were to just disappear one day. If such a  big thing were to happen, then the consequences of that happening could be potentially catastrophic, possibly leading to such things as the timeline of the world itself getting bent and twisted beyond recognition. That is because the Divinity of the Gods is closely related to humankind and their history in the Outer World. In fact, Gods and humans have always lived in a very close relationship with one another, and even though sometimes that relationship was quite difficult and put through various tests, all in all it always proved to be more beneficial than not to both sides, but especially to the Gods, who were often born and were granted their Divinity and strength thanks to various events and traditions that humans developed across their myriad of cultures, such as the anthropomorphization of nature and the elements, deification of ruler and the cult of Ancestral Spirits.

That is why the complete disappearance of the Gods would inevitably bring with itself irrevocable changes to human history. Originally, a system that would re-summon any Divine Spirits who would end up dead for any reason has been embedded into one of the pillars of Little Garden, but if that system were to be gone or stopped working for some reason. . . . .  then that would mean that the part of the Celtic Gods that have been killed will have no means of coming back to Little Garden. . .  resulting in their erasure from human history.

「Thankfully it would seem that not everything contained in these reports is bad news. Apparently some of the Celtic Gods managed to survive by fleeing onto the territories of other Gods and their respective mythologies. . . . . . .  but with how things are standing right now, their prospects for a successful reconstruction and recovery of their own Mythology are rather slim. The Chief God Dagda managed to escape with 「Lebor Gabála Érenn」, 「The Book of Invasions」, and Scathach, 「The Mistress of the Land of Shadows」who has recently moved to the territory of the Norse Gods has begun to take in disciples whom she is going to personally train so that they could become warriors strong enough to repel any similar threats if they ever appear.」

「And what about Lugh, the God of the Sun? Is he not one of the strongest Gods from the entire Celtic Mythology?」

Leticia asked while making a really tense face.

Lugh, The God of the Sun in Celtic Mythology is such a famous God that it might actually be better to call him too famous instead. Hie is a God who possess many strong battle-oriented Gifts, the most well known and famous of them all being his spear, Areadbhair, otherwise known as 「The Slaughterer」.

However, Carla shook her head once again, indicating that she does not know what has become of him.

「I would not dare to speculate about anything while having only unconfirmed information at my disposal. . .  but if Lugh the Sun God really managed to escape, then it is more than certain that he is going to use every last ounce of his power in order to try to summon the strongest warriors of every species and rallying all the leftover Gods belonging to the Celtic Mythology with only one goal in mind: bringing down Demon Lord Dystopia.」

「I am glad to see that you are so confident about it, but still. . . . that is a pretty big bet that you are willing to make.」

「Because in the current situation, a united front is basically the only choice left for them. The Celtic Gods have no other choice but to do it. Either they are going to deal with that threat themselves, or they are going to place the survival of their entire mythology in jeopardy. And besides, I am pretty sure that all the Gods, not only Celtic ones, are always going to do whatever they can to avoid the worst possible fate that can befall a Divine Spirit other than its death: falling into obscurity and being forgotten by those who once revered them after losing their name and flag.」

The allusion that Carla was making right now was all too obvious: she was referring to becoming a {No Name}, a fallen Community that has lost its flag and even its name. Gods are made out of and strengthen by the faith that their believers and followers have in them, so if their Communities were ever to be reduced to {No Names}, that would mean that the Gods of those Communities would no longer be able to draw power from people’s faith, dooming them to a fate of slow death with no other way of reviving themselves and making a comeback.

Getting increasingly more furious at the magnitude of this matter, Leticia groaned with her arms crossed on her chest once again.

「「Dystopia」. . . . . if he really possesses such a terrifying power that even allows him to kill Gods, then what is he? Some kind of Divine Spirit?」

「That is one of the possibilities, along with the ones that he is not working alone and has the backing of either other Demon Lords or evil Gods or Divine Spirits. However, we can tell one thing about him with absolute certainty: that he must possess some kind of a special Gift or perhaps even a Cosmology, and as long as we the Pureblood Vampires continue to call ourselves 「The Knights of Little Garden」, then there is always a possibility that we might end up crossing our blades with him at some point in the future, and when that time finally come, you have to make sure to exercise extreme caution, Lady Leticia.」

「I agree with Carla, but let me add something else, dear sister. You should be cautious, yes, but no matter what manner of Demon Lord you will be facing, you should never be afraid of them.」

The second princess advised her older sister while putting her hand on her chest with a lot of pride behind her words. The fact that she was trusting in her so much made Leticia smile a little, but at the same time, her chest has been filled with a feeling of anxiety.

(Any great changes to human history also mean great changes to us Pureblood Vampires, since our clan is the one who has been summoned here from an extension of human history itself, so this incident is undoubtedly going to have a huge impact on the genealogy of our race.)

As a race, vampires have been summoned to Little Garden from the distant future where they acted as the guardians of the genealogical tree. Their most common racial trait of 「being vulnerable to the sunlight」is due to the anomalous activity of the sun that is expected to start occurring on a global scale in the future. In other words, if nothing is done about the ongoing rapid climate changes, the humanity is going to be locked on the way towards a future of certain destruction where the radiation coming from the ever increasing eruptions of solar flares alters the sun’s influence on the living organisms, and the vampires are going to become the end result of humanity’s efforts of trying to achieve a future that prevents that critical change form occurring, brought about by those who have migrated to the special artificial satellites orbiting around the Equator in order to avoid the sunlight, which has become the deadliest poison known to humanity by that point.

After a series or repeated experiments that ended up with numerous failures, the successful test subjects have been dubbed as Vampires due to the similarities between the experiment’s end results and the fantastical blood-sucking monsters created in literature of bygone days. That is what Vampires from the distant future of humanity really are. Simply put, they are the artificially created next step in human evolution, so it might even be fitting to call them Ex-Humans. That being said, the only matter that has been left unanswered is the question of what was the exact purpose for them being provided with the ability and the need to suck blood, but so far, no one has been able to come up with an answer to that particular conundrum.