Chapter 3329: King's Prophecy, Good Luck Charm

Back then, the Seer of the Moonshadow Family had already brought the family to the level of an Upper Family; advancing any further was nearly impossible unless high-level Mages appeared in succession in the next generation of the family.

But the reality was that the only publicly recorded offspring of that Seer was a daughter, and in fact, he was not without a son; according to unofficial history, before that Seer rose to prominence, he did have a son, only the boy died at the hands of a rival family.

Regarding this, Xia Duo speculated not without malice that it might have been the punishment from some true power-broker for the Seer's refusal.

And after the Seer's daughter was abducted by his Apprentice, the main line of the Moonshadow Family was effectively dead in all but name; of course, this was the public record.

If one were to follow the unofficial history, the Seer later chose to fake his death to protect the family, and these rumors even mentioned the contemporary Yierlan Crown King, Helien.

In the era of the Moonshadow Seer, Helien was not yet Crown King, and had not even been born; public history records that Helien was born bearing the King's Prophecy, and his performance thereafter had always been excellent.

Although not the most outstanding, because of the existence of the prophecy, the previous Crown King—that is, Helien's father—ultimately chose Helien as his successor.

And in unofficial history, the Seer who made the prophecy that Helien would become king, which public history did not mention, was the one from the Moonshadow Family!

The reasons for this were very complex, and Xia Duo only sorted them out after reading many unofficial historical records; it was roughly that the Yierlan Crown King at the time had already lost the hearts of the people, and the Upper Families held a public council and decided to hand the crown to another family.

Although the Crown King of the Elf nation was not as centralized as the emperors of Xia Shao's hometown in ancient times, but rather elected by the public council of Upper Families, the benefits were also very obvious.

Although it was strange that a member of the Silver Moon Family, and a member of a branch that did not often come to Helien-sa, would suddenly appear in Linna Nie'ersi, but no matter how strange, they were still an Elf, which was far more reasonable than a human suddenly appearing here!

Perhaps with the support of the Crown King, the Moonshadow Family, which had ostensibly lost its Seer, instead gained an excellent opportunity for development, and within less than a thousand years, rapidly grew to the middle tier.

From the main city area to the Linna Nie'ersi city area, Xia Shao had anticipated that he might encounter inspections, but he did not expect there to be none at all; only after arriving in Linna Nie'ersi did he discover that this place was still in a state of being loose on the outside but tight on the inside.

And the Seer Dafuni is selling them!

The Upper Families of Taiweiman certainly did not want Taiweiman to become like that; after all, the power of the Crown King was still very great, and it was for life, so it could not be easily changed; if one chose someone too outstanding, that was actually a kind of torture.

From this perspective, the Yierlan Crown King indeed had no small suspicion; if it were ultimately confirmed that the Helien Crown King was also a member of the Darkness Society, Xia Shao estimated he would not be very surprised.

Only then did it begin to go downhill, but until it was investigated, it still had not fallen out of the middle tier, ranking even higher than the Moonhorn Family where Xierdalanna was.

Although this possibility was not great, after all, Yierlan was already the legitimate ruler, so why go to the trouble of creating a new world that might not even have a place for him, but the necessary suspicion still could not be lacking.

Under these circumstances, the previous Crown King and the Moonshadow Seer almost hit it off immediately; the former needed to keep the crown, and the latter needed to ensure the continuation of the family.

If Yierlan were too outstanding, then other Upper Families might worry about the Keman story repeating itself; Yilisaier's reign alone lasted for a thousand years, almost turning Keman into a world belonging to one family.

Thinking of this, the steps Xia Shao was taking in the Linna Nie'ersi city area subconsciously slowed down; if the Helien Crown King was truly a member of the Darkness Society, then his subsequent actions might be a bit troublesome.

But in reality, now that this Seer Dafuni was very likely a member of the Darkness Society, under these circumstances, how much autonomy could Yierlan actually retain?

Because of the previous Taiweiman Crown King's poor performance in the war, the public was dissatisfied, and under these circumstances, some families in the middle tier stood out to push for the crown to be transferred to another family in the next term.

The top-tier power-brokers did not look at it because they had to bear the responsibility; the weakest batch looked at it but were not qualified. Only those in the middle tier had both the desire and the qualifications.

This was also the only reason one could come to Linna Nie'ersi without arousing suspicion under the current state of martial law!

If the Moonshadow Family also received news and prepared to flee, then at least it meant that either Helien or Dafuni must have a problem, and at this point in time, whoever went to the Moonshadow Family was a member of the Darkness Society!

Almost any Elf who wanted to get involved with the other party would come here to buy a Good Luck Charm, which counted as a necessary stepping stone to request an audience with Dafuni.

Of course, before that, Xia Shao needed to take control of the situation.

And the reason he had prepared to deal with inspections was that he had come here to purchase a special kind of Good Luck Charm; whether it could really bring good luck was unknown, but it was true that only the Linna Nie'ersi city area of Helien-sa in all of Taiweiman had them for sale.

Perhaps they had long been mired deep and unable to extricate themselves!

So Xia Shao immediately sent a Sending to Ambassador Fema'ai, asking the other party to wait for his signal to help arrange a meeting with Yierlan, and then reveal to Yierlan that he had followed the Moonshadow Family to Helien-sa, and ask Yierlan to provide assistance.

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Helien was born bearing a prophecy, much like "A golden scale is no creature of the pond; once it meets the wind and clouds, it turns into a dragon," and Dafuni continued the prophecy; although the specific content of the prophecy was still unknown, just by relying on one prophecy to go from a mere newcomer to Chief Prophecy Consultant, it was likely not an ordinary prophecy, and very possibly a prophecy for the Crown King to eliminate the risk of "the wind and clouds meeting in shallow water."

That was that as long as one did not mess around, one basically did not need to worry about the crown being transferred; it could be said to be the best inheritance insurance for an Upper Family, and generally speaking, it was what all Upper Families in the middle tier desired most.

Even the almost independent Mythallar did not even hide its Scrying on him, but fortunately, the identity provided by Aosi was real; unless one traced it all the way here from the Library line, it was impossible to discover his true identity.

So in the rumors, the Moonshadow Seer used his own life as the price to make a prophecy; he prophesied that a King who could lead Taiweiman to unprecedented glory was about to be born, and would be born into the then-Crown King Family.

Xia Shao, who saw this news at the time, had an inexplicable sense of déjà vu—

Previously, when checking data in the Netheril Embassy, he saw an unverified rumor about the Seer Dafuni, saying that it was because Dafuni had continued the previous King's Prophecy that he had gained Yierlan's appreciation and become the Chief Prophecy Consultant.

Then it was Yierlan being born with an omen, causing quite a sensation; although later in the process of growing up, Helien did not show Wisdom and talent far exceeding his peers, perhaps that was the main reason he was able to inherit the throne from a father who had already lost the hearts of the people.

And through this kind of subtle threat, it was possible for Dafuni to better control the Crown King; of course, this was from the perspective of conspiracy theory.