623 Sealed Memories?
'I'm not sure if it counts as interesting since you should already be aware of some of them. But since the Supreme Leader asked, I will mention them,' Verun replied via mental transmission.
'Queen Henrietta had recently finished stabilizing her power at the middle stage of the Transcendent Witch rank, demon activity had been increasingly sighted near the mouth of Gehenna's Gateway, and a group of spatial-attribute witches belonging to the Great House of Caelestis appeared in Blackthorn City on the same day you left, Supreme Leader.'
'Based on our observation of their interaction, there also seems to be some relationship between Queen Henrietta and the one leading the group,' Verun added.
'The Great House of Caelestis...' Vaan's mind blanked for a moment before he started frowning.
He had long suspected he had some blood relations with the Great House of Caelestis when he first learned about them. However, he never bothered getting to the bottom of it. After all, even if he was related to the Great House of Caelestis, it had nothing to do with the current him.
It was the original owner of the body that was possibly blood-related to the Great House of Caelestis. He was just a soul that took possession of the body—or at the very least, that was what Vaan believed.
However, Vaan couldn't be certain.
There was something strange about his reincarnation – something that even he, with his genius mind, couldn't completely figure out due to a lack of clues.
From a logical perspective, he should have inherited the memories of the original owner. After all, the memories were supposed to be stored in the brain. For the higher-level existences, their memories could be bound to their souls.
However, the original owner was very unlikely to be a higher-level existence. He was just a mere mortal. That was why he could die in the slums of Blackmoon City.
As such, he should have inherited all of the original host's memories when his soul took possession of the body. Unfortunately, not only did he not inherit the memories, he didn't even receive a fragment.
It was like his soul took possession of a doll that had never been alive to begin with.
'Arrange a group of suitable dragons to investigate the Great House of Caelestis. I want to know where their ancestral home is, what they have been up to in the past twenty years, and why their members have suddenly appeared in Blackthorn City.'
'Understood, Supreme Leader.'
Shortly after Verun complied, Vaan no longer sensed her nearby presence. Thus, he had to inquire about the situation in the Holy Knight Empire from another nearby dragon hiding in stealth mode.
He soon learned Astoria was still doing well developing the Holy Knight Empire, according to the notes he left behind. At the same time, the Shadow Witch Order under Eniwse was rapidly expanding its branches throughout the empire.
Supposedly, the Shadow Witch Order had also commenced extending its network to some small kingdoms and city-states south of the empire and encountered minor resistance from the local powers.
Nevertheless, everything was on the right track, and his women all had something to do.
Vaan also listened to the Red Dragon Tribe's progress.
The dragon lords had finished designing their space helmets and building their space gate to the sea of stars. Furthermore, they had already started sending dragons into the sea of stars with the new space helmets to commence the first stage of the space station construction.
'The Great Ratholos Empire has many Perilous Lands, possibly filled with precious resources and hidden opportunities. Don't just focus on intel-gathering. Go and explore some Perilous Lands. Seek out your lucky chances and plunder everything of value. The Thousand Fog Mountains' resources will never be enough to develop the Red Dragon Tribe to greater heights.'
'Yes, Supreme Leader!'
Within moments, Vaan no longer felt the presence of the other dragon elites in the area. They had all left in different directions in search of opportunities and treasures.
As such, Vaan meditated in silence and tempered his meridians.
However, there was a limit to how much he could temper his meridians in a session. Thus, after that was completed, Vaan researched the potential of applying his unique tempering method to other parts of his body.
He decided his next focus would be his bones.