Evan was one of Elliot's own, and he had always been tight-lipped. Elliot trusted him, too.
Besides, Elliot had refused the sacrifice himself, so he ought not to know much about the supernatural. It was reasonable for him not to know about this.
Yet Evan silently shook his head. "I can't say."
Elliot raised an eyebrow.
As though afraid Elliot would misunderstand, Evan raised his hand.
His red robe slid aside, revealing his Iron Prostheses.
He pointed to his head, half of which had been replaced by machinery. "Under the encryption protocol, I cannot offer any explanation, description, or hint regarding this, nor can I express it in any language I know."
"Are those restrictions your family imposed on you?" Elliot asked casually.
"Some of them are. The others... belong to [Secret History]."
That rather surprised Elliot.
Secret History was the scarring left behind after the world had been altered.
Elliot had originally thought Evan had undergone certain surgical modifications, perhaps with a few rituals and sacrifices that could not be openly discussed thrown in at most.
How was Secret History involved, too?
"Young master, my surname is now Sterling, and I am also of Sterling blood. This is already a fact recorded in history."
Elliot rubbed his chin in puzzlement, then suddenly widened his eyes.
"Could it be..."
Evan nodded slowly.
What Evan had undergone must have been more than surgery. History had also been tampered with through some means, making him a true member of the Sterling Family, one of the Seven Holy Bloodlines!
This nearly overturned Elliot's entire understanding of the world.
He had always thought that tampering with history affected history alone, changing only records and people's memories.
Yet by tampering with history, Evan had deceived the world and gained the supernatural powers possessed by the