Reading Trinity Blood

Halfway through ROM 2, The Iblis (Japanese title is "The Angel of the Sands", though isn't Iblis a demon? Err I'm sure all discrepancies will be sorted in time). The scene moves to Tunis Carthago Carthage. My thoughts on these chapters are as follows:

OH NO NOT THE MIDICHLORIANS AGAIN.

...Other than that, wow, weird Catholic-ized recounting of the Elissa myth. Hopefully no Berber tribes will decide Esther is the second coming of Dido of Carthage, that would just be cheesy. And nice that the Imperial vampires have a cultural emphasis on partnership trust-bonds, gives them an extra touch of humanity. ^^;