"It changed just like that?" Rowena asked in shock as she looked at herself in the holographic screen before turning her head to inspect her hair better.
"Apparently," Adam replied, still surprised.
"Alright, let's try Aphrodite's hair colour," Rowena said before everyone saw her hair change to the same shade of pink Aphrodite had.
[OfficialAphrodite (Felinia 7): Damn, I gotta get me one of these.]
[LadyErkath (Deverinian Prime): Do you think Adam will sell me the product? An earring that allows a woman to change her hair colour whenever she likes? We could make a fortune of this.]
[OfficialMuriel (Aqua Primus): It's not only hair colour, remember.]
[LadyErkath (Deverinian Prime): Very true. That makes this item even more valuable.]
"I can imagine Erkath is thinking how valuable this item is right now. Let's try black," Rowena said with a smirk as her hair changed to black."
[LadyErkath (Deverinian Prime): …]
"True, however, the same issue as with the toys applies. We don't have a way to mass produce them and I'm not giving the design schematics to just anyone," Adam replied.
"Hmm, that's true," Rowena replied thoughtfully before her eyes shone and she said, "I might actually have an idea regarding that."
"Oh?" Adam replied.
[OfficialAphrodite (Felinia 7): Oh?]
"I have a friend here on Darah Five who runs a fairly successful manufacturing business, or I suppose it would just be starting out about now. She might be able to produce what we need."
"You're suggesting we provide her with the means to produce the earrings and toys eighteen years earlier?" Adam asked with a raised eyebrow before asking, "What happened to not changing the timeline.
[LadyErkath (Deverinian Prime): If it's for credits, who cares?]
[NonpareilRaphilia (Aaru): Really?]
"If it's for credits, who cares?" Rowena replied.
[LadyErkath (Deverinian Prime): 🫰]
[NonpareilRaphilia (Aaru): …]
[OracleRomy (Elysium): 🤭]
"Besides, if it's to help a friend, why not?" Rowena asked.
"Can she even produce the items since they are from eighteen years in the future?" Adam asked.
"Negative," Spector responded before continuing, "I calculate that the technology required to create the earring will not be available for another fifteen years."
"Well, there goes that plan," Adam said in disappointment.
"Not necessarily. We can still teach my friend how to manufacture the earring and then collect after we return to the present time," Rowena said with a smirk.
"How are you going to explain to your friend that you're giving her the designs for something she won't be able to make for fifteen years and that you will come collect three years' worth of products in eighteen years' time?" Adam asked.
[HackerSu (Trillion): He raises a good point.]
"We could always tell her the truth," Rowena replied with a shrug.
"The truth? That we are from the future?" Adam asked in surprise.
[DeverinianLordMalacoss (Deverinian 9): She's kidding, right?]
[OfficialAphrodite (Felinia 7): 🤷]
Rowena nodded, causing Adam to sigh before he asked, "Assuming that you can persuade her that you're telling the truth and that she doesn't think we're crazy. How exactly do we know that she won't screw us over and sell the earrings herself?"
"Because I will make her an offer she can't refuse," Rowena replied with her signature smirk.
[Noobkiller9000 (Earth): Alright, Godfather.]
[Handsome3horns (Vinox 2): Wouldn't it be godmother?]
[Prestigious3horns (Vinox 2): I thought Empress Revi was the chat's godmother?]
[Phoenixempress (Fenix Nest): … I'm only Tephe's godmother, thank you very much.]
[Viewers from Earth: …]
"I don't know what you have planned, but I'm looking forward to finding out," Adam replied before saying, "Spector, activate condition yellow, then take us towards Darah Five."
"Affirmative," Spector replied before making a ship-wide announcement.
[[Activating Condition Yellow]]
[[Weapons systems offline]]
[[Shields to minimum]]
[[Redirecting energy output]]
[[Energy output to minimum]]
[[Activating Cloak.]]
The stream switched to an external view of Spector for a few seconds, allowing everyone watching to see Spector fade away.
[SciFifanboy (Earth): I love it when the ship does that, that is so Sci-Fi.]
[RealOtaku (Earth): What the hell! His ship can cloak?]
[OracleRomy (Elysium): 😱]
[OfficialAphrodite (Felinia 7): 😱]
[NonpareilRaphilia (Aaru): Nobody said anything about his ship having cloaking tech. Why didn't anyone tell us?]
[DeverinianLordMalacoss (Deverinian 9): I guess it slipped our minds.]
[NonpareilRaphilia (Aaru): Slipped your minds? Do you understand the ramifications of his ship having cloaking tech?]
[Phoenixempress (Fenix Nest): We do, but are the ramifications bigger than his ship being able to travel in time?]
[NonpareilRaphilia (Aaru): You have a point.]
[Phoenixempress (Fenix Nest): Besides. It's more fun this way since we get to see your reaction. 😹]
"On route to Darah Five," Spector announced.
"Thanks," Adam replied before asking Rowena, "Is there anywhere out of the way we can land? Or should Spector remain in orbit?"
"Landing on the planet is probably the best choice," Rowena replied before explaining. "Since the festival of blood is due to start in six hours, Darah Five's orbit is probably full of ships that couldn't get a docking bay. The planet, meanwhile, will be full of people; however, the majority of those will be stationed in the cities where the celebrations are taking place.
There is an area of land a few miles from the capital city that should suffice. Since it is surrounded by mountains on all sides, very few people travel there."
Adam nodded in understanding before saying, "Then that's the plan. We will have Spector land in that area you suggested before we go meet your friend. After we meet with her, we will sneak into the Nosferatu family estate and observe who attacks Stacey and how it is that she was healed."
"Sneaking into my own family's estate, how nostalgic, I haven't done such a thing since I was a child and snuck out to play with my friends," Rowena replied with a smile as the two of them prepared to depart once Spector landed.
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Within a clearing that was surrounded by mountains on all sides and covered in lush grass, something strange happened and it was fortunate that there was no one around to see it. Several large patches of the lush grass suddenly sank deeper into the ground for no apparent reason and shortly after that, a white light appeared out of nowhere that slowly got bigger until the inside of a ship could be seen. From within the ship, two people emerged before the ship's interior and the white light vanished.
One was a beautiful woman with long black hair and blue eyes, which would catch anyone on the planet as odd, since she also had the signature wings of a pure Brood behind her back. Everyone knew that all pure Brood had blood-red eyes and hair, well, almost all of them.
The other person appeared to be a man from his build and was wearing some kind of armour that covered his entire body, including his face.
[Gunlovergirl (Earth): I've gotta get me one of those combat armours.]
[Superior4horns (Vinox 3): I can't get over seeing Diva Rowena with black hair and blue eyes.]
[LadyErkath (Deverinian Prime): She does look great.]
"Shall we go?" Rowena asked and before Adam could even respond, she spread her bat-like wings and gave them a mighty flap, which launched her quickly into the air.
Adam shook his head in amusement before activating his armour's anti-gravity drive, causing his dragon-like wings to appear as he took to the air himself and followed after Rowena.
Rowena smiled happily as she turned and saw Adam following her before she said, "Let's see if you can keep up."
After speaking, she shot off in the direction of Darah Five's capital city at an incredible speed.
[Noobkiller9000 (Earth): That's nuts, how can she fly so fast?]
[Animefangirl (Earth): Look at her go, that's so Anime.]
Not to be outdone and happy to accept the challenge, Adam increased the output of his anti-gravity armour and shot after Rowena, who laughed happily as she noticed Adam chasing after her.
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Nyxburg was Darah Five's capital city and also the largest city in the Brood kingdom. In the very centre of the city sat a grand temple, the temple of fasting. Individuals of many different races, though mostly Brood, were starting to gather near the temple of fasting, even though the festival of blood wasn't scheduled to start for several more hours.
Deep within the temple of fasting, a lone man sat with his eyes closed upon a throne that sat at the very centre of a large pool of blood.
The man was clearly a Brood since he had the signature bat-like wings of a Brood; however, unlike regular Brood, who all had their blood-red hair, this man had jet black hair.
The man sat there for some time until he suddenly opened his eyes, which were blood-red like other Brood, although they carried a confused look in them.
The man first looked in one direction towards where the Nosferatu family estate was located, before turning and looking in another direction that led towards a group of mountains a distance away from the city.
"Why do I suddenly sense Rowena Nosferatu in two separate locations? More so, one of them just appeared out of nowhere," The man said in a confused tone before he suddenly vanished.