Collapse, Traveling from the Moonlit Oath

Regarding the need for identification when checking into some hotels, there's nothing that can be done... She could only have one of the vampires use a little hypnosis magic on the front desk.

There was no other way. As long as she paid, she didn't have any psychological burden, so she didn't care.

It was impossible to adhere to all local customs.

Two days had passed since the battle at the vampire's castle. When Miss Moonlit escaped the castle with Gasper and Valerie, they immediately encountered vampire patrol guards in the outer town.

Another battle ensued, but these vampires were no match.

After Miss Moonlit unleashed a few artillery shells, they didn't dare to approach.

However, Miss Moonlit, considering the possibility of powerful sleeping vampires in the castle, didn't dare to delay. She forcefully broke through the vampire stronghold and left quickly.

Indeed, not long after leaving, Miss Moonlit felt an ominous premonition. It was likely that an ancient, slumbering vampire had awakened.

Fortunately, her luck was good. After escaping the vampire territory, the sun came out in the sky.

There were indeed some vampires who were not afraid of sunlight, but they were only a small portion. That ancient vampire probably wasn't among them, so they could only give up the pursuit reluctantly.

Otherwise, the girl wouldn't have had an easy time. The feeling she got from that ancient vampire was that even if it didn't possess the strength of a Quasi-Demon King, it was infinitely close.

For her current self, it would be difficult to deal with...

Taking advantage of the daylight, Miss Moonlit, Valerie, and Gasper had successfully distanced themselves from the vampire stronghold. Gasper and Valerie, as daywalkers among vampires, were also not afraid of sunlight.

After leaving that place, it would be difficult for those vampires to pursue them.

This was because the outside was filled with the forces of the Church, Fallen Angels, and Demons.

The Fallen Angels and Demons had a generally indifferent relationship with vampires, and the Church was even more antagonistic towards vampires. They would engage in combat on sight and dared not venture deep into Church territory.

Sitting up in bed, Miss Moonlit turned to look at the two young vampires in the corner of the hotel room.

Valerie and Gasper...

"We're finally free, we finally escaped that cage, but you two don't look... very happy? Are you afraid of me?"

Miss Moonlit asked softly, her tone extremely gentle.

"No."

Hearing the girl's words, Valerie and Gasper quickly shook their heads.

Looking at the beautiful vampire before them, they found it hard to connect her with the berserk chainsaw-wielding demon from before.

How could one person have two such drastically different sides?

The difference between Miss Moonlit's usual demeanor and her combat state was too great! The current Miss Moonlit was like a lively and adorable young lady.

However, when they thought of the girl's other side, they still felt a sense of fear.

"You say no, but you're clearly scared."

"But it's okay. I can let you go tomorrow, and you can go wherever you want then."

Miss Moonlit got out of the soft, large bed and walked over to a nearby seat. She picked up the fruit that the hotel had prepared on the table.

This hotel was quite good in all aspects; it was a rather luxurious hotel, and she had booked a more expensive room, so it had almost everything.

The room layout was also a three-bedroom, one-living-room setup...

Now that she had money, the girl wouldn't skimp on herself. Besides, her money came easily. For example, when she was in a small town before, the girl had extorted some cash from a priest and then chose the best inn and red wine in town.

"..."

Hearing that they could leave tomorrow and be completely free, Valerie and Gasper felt a lot more relaxed.

But then they thought of something else and hesitated...

They longed for freedom, and now that they were outside... if they were to leave on their own, they wouldn't know where to go.

Also...

Valerie looked seriously at Miss Moonlit. Although she wasn't old, she understood many things better than Gasper.

"My lady, you didn't just sympathize with us when you took us out, risking becoming enemies with the Tsepesh faction of vampires, did you?"

Valerie didn't believe that Miss Moonlit had helped them escape the Tsepesh stronghold simply because they didn't consume human blood.

No one would go to such lengths for people they had just met out of sympathy.

"...Very clever."

The girl wasn't surprised by Valerie's words. She picked up a bright red cherry tomato and put it in her mouth, a look of satisfaction on her face.

It tasted really good...

Although she no longer craved blood, the bright red cherry tomatoes felt tastier than other fruits. They were comparable to watermelon among the fruits she had eaten so far.

It definitely wasn't because they were red like blood.

"I did have ulterior motives for bringing you out."

After swallowing the fruit in one bite, the girl walked up to the two of them, not hiding her intentions.

"What is it?"

Valerie looked confused. She didn't understand what she possessed that would make the lady before her so interested.

"Divine Artifact."

"Divine Artifact? Gasper..."

Valerie blinked, then thought of something and looked at Gasper beside her. She quickly knelt before the girl, looking pitiful and pleadingly at Miss Moonlit.

"My lady, I don't know what you intend to do with Gasper's Divine Artifact. But Gasper's abilities are completely out of his control..."

Hearing Miss Moonlit's words, Valerie subconsciously thought the girl wanted to use Gasper's Divine Artifact for something.

It's just that Gasper's Divine Artifact was completely uncontrollable and prone to going berserk, and Gasper himself extremely detested this power.

Forcing Gasper to use a power that was already prone to going berserk would cause him great harm.

"No, I don't want to use it... No... I don't want this power..."

Gasper also quickly shook his head. He strongly rejected the power of his Divine Artifact. Forcing him to use this cursed ability would be more unbearable than killing him.

If he could, he wouldn't want this so-called Divine Artifact at all.

Because this Divine Artifact had brought him no benefits, but instead a terrible childhood.

Gasper was born with this extremely dangerous Divine Artifact. In his opinion... it was precisely because his Divine Artifact was uncontrollable and unstable that he was hated, feared, and disdained by his family, his father, and everyone else.

"You've misunderstood. I don't intend to use Gasper for anything."

Seeing that both of them had misunderstood her intentions, Miss Moonlit had to interrupt them.

She wasn't that kind of devil, needing to reincarnate him as her Servant.

"Then what do you mean, my lady?"

Upon hearing this, Valerie became even more confused. If not to use Gasper's abilities, then what else could it be? Gasper also stopped crying.

"What I want is... the Divine Artifact within you."

Miss Moonlit stared intently at Valerie. Compared to Gasper's unformed Sacred Gear, she possessed a ready-made, yet unawakened Sacred Gear within her!

Whether it was to sell to the system for a large amount of Crystals or to use it herself, it was an extremely powerful Divine Artifact. It was also the best healing-type Divine Artifact.

"The Divine Artifact within me? My lady, I have a Divine Artifact too? Why don't I know about it myself?"

Valerie was completely stunned at this. Miss Moonlit's target wasn't Gasper but herself?

But she had no idea she possessed a Divine Artifact.

"If it hasn't awakened, naturally you wouldn't feel it."

"Is that so! But... I remember that Divine Artifacts cannot be transferred, right?"

Valerie, who had been at the base, was unaware of the artifact-stealing technology developed by the Fallen Angels. In her impression, a Divine Artifact was like a part of a person's spirit, something that couldn't be transferred at all.

"There's no need to worry about that. I have a way to extract the Divine Artifact from within you, and I can guarantee it won't harm you."

If she didn't have the system's ability to extract Divine Artifacts without harm, Miss Moonlit would have felt bad about laying hands on Valerie. After all, she wasn't a bad child, and harming her life for her own purposes would be too much.

Fortunately, relying on the system's power, as long as the host's death could be avoided, the Divine Artifact could be stripped...

"Is that so? If that's the case, my lady, please take it."

After hearing the girl's words, Valerie stood up and puffed out her chest towards Miss Moonlit, allowing her to take her Divine Artifact.

"Then I'll be rude. Bear with it, it'll be over soon!"

Since Valerie had taken the initiative, Miss Moonlit naturally wouldn't be polite. This was a Sacred Gear!

Moreover, it was a Sacred Gear possessing immortality and resurrection.

Miss Moonlit believed that in her hands, she could make the power of this Divine Artifact even stronger.

The power ceiling of a Divine Artifact lay with the person using it; its own power was only a part of it. Even if a powerless person possessed a powerful Divine Artifact, they would find it difficult to unleash its true power.

In Miss Moonlit's hands, she was confident... she could turn it into the true "Holy Grail," mastering the true rules of immortality.

Chapter 26: Sephiroths Cup!

"It's starting."

Looking at the loli vampire before her, Miss Moonlit no longer hesitated and reached out her hand towards her.

Using the system's power to strip it.

The moment the stripping began, Valerie couldn't help but let out a painful scream. It was evident that stripping a Divine Artifact was an extremely painful process.

This was not surprising. Divine Artifacts were extraordinary powers created by God and lodged in specific humans. They were bound to the host's spirit and integrated into the soul...

This was also why Divine Artifacts fed on the holder's thoughts, constantly changing and evolving, thus becoming stronger and stronger.

Divine Artifacts operated according to the host's mental state; if they were in a low mental state, the Divine Artifact's effectiveness would be worse than usual. Conversely, it would increase the Divine Artifact's power.

However, the power of a Divine Artifact usually still depended on the host's basic qualities. Only when the host themselves was powerful could the Divine Artifact produce N+1 effects.

The reason why hosts died after Fallen Angels stripped their Divine Artifacts was that the Divine Artifacts were bound to the holder's soul and spirit. Forcibly extracting them naturally meant they couldn't survive!

While the system's stripping of Divine Artifacts wouldn't cause the host to die, extracting a Divine Artifact bound to the soul and spirit from within the body was still unavoidable pain.

Fortunately, such a duration did not last long. The system's power was still very fast. Before long, the Sacred Gear [Sephiroths Cup] finally emerged from Valerie's body and fell into Miss Moonlit's hand.

"Sephiroths Cup! Sephiroths Cup!!!"

Moonlit held the Divine Artifact before her, her eyes filled with excitement. This was one of the eighteen Sacred Gears, 13+5, encompassing the past, present, and future.

The reason it's called 13+5 is that this world, including parallel worlds, has only observed thirteen Sacred Gears so far. The remaining five Sacred Gears are destined to appear in the future.

Among the five newly born Sacred Gears of the future is Gasper's Evil Eye King of Time-Space Domination. This Sacred Gear doesn't actually exist yet.

This Holy Grail is definitely one of the highest caliber powers!

Why are Sacred Gears called Sacred Gears? It's because they are the most powerful Divine Artifacts, capable of killing gods and Demon Kings.

If the wielder is a genius, they can even elevate the power of a Sacred Gear to the level of a Transcender, and if they're even more exceptional... they could directly contend with beings at the Quasi-Dragon God level.

Of course, such geniuses are incredibly rare. Most wielders of Sacred Gears aren't even a match for a Demon King.

Sacred Gears are powerful, but they are also weapons. Only in the hands of someone truly capable can they be called Sacred Gears.

Perhaps due to the stripping of her Divine Artifact, Valerie immediately collapsed weakly. Moonlit, not having time to fully appreciate the Divine Artifact in her hands, quickly placed the [Sephiroths Cup] into the system's warehouse and then embraced Valerie.

The young girl didn't turn her back on Valerie after taking her Divine Artifact. She carefully carried Valerie to the bed and checked her physical condition.

She soon felt reassured. Just as Ai-chan had said, there wouldn't be any major issues from the system stripping the Sacred Gear.

Turning to Gasper, who looked on with worry, Moonlit comforted him, "Don't worry, she's fine. She's just exhausted and will be alright after a short rest."

"...Ah."

"Th-that's good then."

Hearing Moonlit's words, the tense Gasper finally relaxed a little. If possible, he didn't want the older sister before him to become an enemy.

After finally escaping that place, he would fall apart if something happened to Valerie.

After making arrangements for Valerie, Moonlit took out the [Sephiroths Cup] again and tentatively tried to sell it to the system.