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However, she was surprised when she followed the link to Mordred and found that after the Knight of Treachery, there was simply a couple of words written on the next page. 'Family trees uncertain, evidence of heirs neither confirmed nor denied.'
"So it's possible that he had an heir? But I need to be sure, it's too big of a risk otherwise," she decided before closing the book and reopening the city registry to reveal the Hyoudou family record.
The descendant spent the next few hours tracking the family line back as far as she could and compared it to the Pendragon family record, only to growl in frustration as she threw both the records away. Nothing! Absolutely nothing to link him towards the Pendragon family!
"I know what I saw though…that was definitely Mordred's helm, it had to be!" she muttered, before her eyes widened. "Of course, why didn't I realize it before?!"
After all no rogue branches from the Pendragon family, let alone one sired by the Knight of Treachery themselves, would use their real family history! The registry must be faked! After all, not only had there been no mention of anything related to the Pendragon family but also no mention of anything related to the Celts, despite Issei being acknowledged by the Sun God as his son's descendant.
"There's only one way to be sure," muttered Le Fay as she returned her attention to the history of Mordred, memorizing anything that seemed remotely helpful for her investigation.
Vali was silent as he approached Bikou and Kuroka with an expression of deep thought on his face, drawing the attention of his two companions as they exchanged glances with each other. "Vali? What's wrong?" asked Bikou, after breaking the staring contest with Kuroka.
The Hakuryuukou was silent before he sighed and turned to face them, "did either of you watch Riser Phenex's latest Rating Game?"
The two of them merely shook their heads in response as Vali continued, "Azazel invited me to watch since rumors said that a member of the newly opened up Celts was going to be fighting him."
"Cu Chulainn's descendant?" guessed Bikou, remembering how the descendant had been forming close ties to the Gremory and Sitri heiresses.
Vali just frowned, "that's what I thought as well…but we were mistaken. The one he fought was none other than the descendant of Atalanta."
"The Chaste Huntress? But I thought the Celts were fighting? Why was a champion of Artemis representing the Celt? Are they forming an alliance?" asked Bikou, meanwhile Kuroka shrugged as she continued drinking her sake.
The Hakuryuukou just shook his head, "no, apparently it wasn't even the Celtic faction that was fighting. There's been a new faction created and somehow they have the Godslayer, the descendant of Cu Chulainn, the Heretic Witch wielding Twilight Healing and a so called descendant of Atalanta on their side."
Bikou and Kuroka exchanged another confused look between them as the Nekoshou replied, "Vali what do you mean, 'so called' descendant?"
"I mean that it doesn't add up. Every story, everything ever written about the Chaste Huntress indicates she was a human and not a Nekoshou," replied Vali, making Kuroka spit out her sake in shock and drench Bikou in the alcohol.
"WHAT?! A NEKOSHOU?!" she cried, spinning to face Vali.
The Hakuryuukou nodded, "that's what they said. But, that's not the most troubling thing about this. It was her power known as Agrius Metamorphosis."
Seeing that he now had both their undivided attention he turned to their resident Senjutsu expert Kuroka with a frown, "they said it was a result of Senjutsu fusing with the power of their leader, the result of which reduced her to an incredibly powerful yet berserker like state, is that possible?"
Kuroka frowned as an uncharacteristic expression of deep thought appeared on her face before she slowly nodded, "it is possible but unlikely. Senjutsu is the channeling of life force so it could theoretically be able to absorb and adapt to this 'power'. But to reach the state you're talking about…it would require a massive amount of energy and negative emotions. I doubt that there is that much of either residing in this 'power' she was given, let alone the damage it would have on her psyche."
"What about Juggernaut Drive? Would that work as a power source?" asked Vali, as both Kuroka and Bikou just had their jaws drop.
"Vali…what are you saying? Wasn't the Boosted Gear wielder…" trailed off Bikou.
"The descendant of Cu Chulainn? Yes, I know but apparently she was given a portion of the Welsh Dragon's power from their leader," informed Vali, getting a deep silence in response as understanding dawned in the eyes of his companions.
"Vali, what you're suggesting…it's just not possible," replied Bikou.
"No Bikou, I talked it over with Albion and we both agreed that this power was far too similar to that of our rival," replied the Hakuryuukou as white wings sprouted from his back.
[Indeed the resemblance to the Red One's power was uncanny, in fact it felt like an even darker madness than Juggernaut Drive.]
"Could it be similar to Ophis' snakes?" questioned Kuroka, her bottle of sake now being completely ignored as she stared at Vali whom nodded his head.
"That's what we thought but that brings up another question. Was the descendant of Cu Chulainn really the wielder of Boosted Gear? Either he simply got the power like Atalanta did…or he is the leader of a powerful new faction," he muttered in a worried voice.
Bikou just frowned, "maybe we should call Arthur and Le Fay back? The situation has changed and if Issei really is the leader of this new faction then the two of them may be in over their heads."
Vali shook his head with a sigh, "I would love to Bikou…but they were instructed not to contact us for anything to lower Kokabiel's suspicions and every attempt I've made to try and contact them has been stopped by other members of Khaos Brigade."
Kuroka just frowned, "why? Weren't they against this whole idea in the first place?"
"They want to know more about this new faction, after all it seemed to have formed out of nowhere and has been drawing unwanted attention to us. It's entirely possible that they know about us and are trying to hinder our progress," replied Vali.
"And the only known members are all found in Kuoh, Vali this plan has backfired on us horribly," sighed Bikou.
"I know Bikou, but there's nothing we can do until Kokabiel reveals himself," answered the Hakuryuukou.
There was a deep silence from everyone until Bikou sighed and poured himself another drink, "so both the Red and White Dragon Emperors' factions have a Nekoshou in it. Is anyone else spotting a pattern forming here?"
Kuroka gained a small smile as she tried to lighten the depressed mood, "come now Bikou, we have a descendant from the Pendragon family itself, let's see them try to top that."
That got a brief smirk from Bikou but unfortunately the worried atmosphere refused to dissipate as each of them thought back to their two comrades. For some reason none of them could escape the cold sense of foreboding that had surrounded them, even Kuroka had lost her cheerful smile as she stared off into the distance.
"I'm going to keep trying to contact them, there's a chance one of my messages might get through," said Vali as he walked off, leaving the two drinkers to stare at their glasses in silence.
It had been three days since the Riser fiasco and he had just realized how big of a mistake he had made, and he wasn't talking about the 'mysterious Sekiryuutei' that was apparently their leader. No, he was talking about something infinitely worse, the little letter that had been left on the doorway for him when he woke up.
Not that unusual except for when you consider who it was addressed to, Issei had been greatly surprised when he'd seen 'my lovely Atalanta' written on the front. The teen had frowned, wondering who could have wanted to write to Atalanta and what about. His curiosity getting the better of him the teen took the letter back in and opened it up.
He really should have remembered what curiosity killed…
Scáthach shuffled in, exhausted after another long night of trying to kill Zelretch for what he said to the Devils, only to find Issei with his head buried into the kitchen desk. "Zelretch?" asked Issei, tiredly as the Godslayer joined him at the table.
The witch nodded with a growl, "I will kill him, I swear it. After what he did, now the Devils are looking for our 'mysterious Sekiryuutei.'"
"Just give up Scathach, if that damned troll was able to be killed then he would have died a long time ago," sighed the teen.
Issei then looked up from the table as a curious expression appeared on his face, "you know I never did ask, what was with you and Sirzechs? I've never seen you act like that before."
Scathach just fixed him with an unblinking stare, "Issei stay away from that Devil, he is incredibly dangerous."
"Sirzechs? But h
e seems like such a nice guy, he clearly cares for his sister," replied the frowning teen.
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