[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-notes-on-kraft-anomalous-studies":3,"chapter-notes-on-kraft-anomalous-studies-notes-on-kraft-anomalous-studies-chapter-250":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Notes on Kraft Anomalous Studies",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2283728,4467,"Chapter 250: The Fault","notes-on-kraft-anomalous-studies-chapter-250",250,"\u003Cp>“I imagine someone who makes a living by compiling family genealogies would know this well.” Green pulled out a chair for the monk, then brought over an empty wooden crate, turned it upside down, and sat beside the table.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Tell me in detail.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If you wish to hear it, of course there’s no problem—but please wait a moment.” Monk Marke carefully lowered himself onto the chair, as if iron spikes had suddenly sprouted from its surface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He rummaged through the pile of books on the table, selecting two large, old-fashioned volumes with less dust, coughed a few times, then, covering his mouth and nose, picked out several seemingly worthless private collections, stacking them together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After inspecting his preparations, he steadied his breathing and opened the topmost book.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dazzling patterns flashed before his eyes, arranged and layered in ways incomprehensible to laymen, dividing the space within the shield-shaped borders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You understand: a family that has endured long enough may have more members than leaves on a tree, and many leaves may grow and wither without ever knowing their origin.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But to those who can interpret and are willing to spend the time, every leaf can be traced back to a clear trunk—and the further back you go, the easier it becomes.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Green nodded repeatedly, recalling the feeling of sitting in class, even the drowsiness brought by the afternoon sun feeling strangely familiar. “That’s precisely why I came here.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My job is essentially this: gathering fallen leaves and reattaching them to their proper branches. And within this, coats of arms serve as guiding markers and the best evidence.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Theoretically, every valid coat of arms can pinpoint the branch’s position within the entire genealogy, reflecting the bearer’s bloodline, legal authority, and territory—and thus allowing us to infer events from that era.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“One could even say that coats of arms are history itself.” With this smooth opening, the monk regained his confidence. “For instance, this four-part shield: the upper-left and lower-right quarters are blue with four-pointed stars; the upper-right and lower-left are swordfish.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This indicates the bearer descended from two families of equal status. The paternal family’s emblem is the four-pointed star; the maternal family’s is the swordfish. The horizontal serrated bar above distinguishes him as a non-heir, separating him from the family’s legitimate line.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is merely one of the simpler rules in the basic system—not all coats of arms follow this, nor can everyone afford a professional herald to advise them—but overall, we can still determine the sequence of several generations.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So if you’re given a coat of arms, you can identify its owner?” Green recalled the pattern he’d discerned from the armor—perhaps its usefulness would exceed his expectations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“As I said before, theoretically, yes.” In other words, practical difficulties exist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“In families that strictly follow the rules, verification is never hard—but the family you’re asking about isn’t an ordinary one. The royal house has always occupied an awkward position in heraldry.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The kingdom’s rulers should adhere most strictly to inheritance rules—that’s the legal foundation of their rule.” For the largest noble house to have such a flaw in its genealogy was unthinkable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The problem lies in the royal family’s own origins—they are not a simple, historically documented noble lineage.” The monk picked up the holy text resting in the corner and placed it in the center. “The first King Nos was still a legendary figure.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“As a legendary figure ranked alongside the Saints, who spread the Light of the Heavenly Father throughout the kingdom, accounts of his deeds are plentiful—from being chosen by the sword to unifying the kingdom. I assume you’re already familiar with them.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But as a family member—son of a father, father of children, husband to a wife—that becomes… less specific.” Observing the Inquisitor’s reaction, Monk Marke was pleased to see no clear disapproval—on the contrary, the man listened intently, encouraging him further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Discussing content barely brushing against heresy with an Inquisitor? Not everyone had such an experience.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And for someone deeply immersed in a specialized field with little social interaction, few people would listen so attentively to such ancient, dry, and tedious facts compared to legendary tales.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So what’s the reality?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“In reality, the royal genealogy is unclear. Our first king, Arthur Pendral, was the youngest child. Saint Yeger had already seen his seven older brothers before choosing him under the Lord’s guidance.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Suppose—just suppose—a noble family raised at least eight children. Wouldn’t someone inevitably inherit?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Correct,” Green nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Excluding that one exception, we might now have at most seven individuals to carry forward the coat of arms, preserving it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then what was that coat of arms?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Exactly—what was that coat of arms? No one knows. The holy text does not record the names or deeds of the chosen one’s relatives unless they directly relate to the story.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This holy text bore a strong personal style, with special annotations for characters—even those merely serving as background.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Additionally, certain passages concerning environment and upbringing were marked, confirming this was a family of modest standing, yet still possessing lineage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He closed the now-useless holy text and opened the first few pages of another large volume. Unlike other books with tree-like genealogical structures, the simplest, purest Sword-in-the-Stone emblem was listed alongside several modified variants.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Moreover, after King Arthur Pendral, the royal succession remained unclear. We’ve found multiple Sword-in-the-Stone-related coats of arms with two or more modifications, yet no corresponding ancestral emblems upstream.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The sun’s light obscures the stars and moon; the authority of the holy text seems to have entirely eclipsed records of the royal family’s divisions, alliances, and marriages during that period.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Every scholar attempting to trace the royal lineage hits a glaring gap here. One step is still within the realm of heraldic history; the next step treads into the realm of revelation.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We can’t even verify the meaning of the added symbols—whether they stem from branch divisions, marital alliances, or inherited elements from the original coat. Some of these were never passed down and vanished entirely.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Turning further pages, the coats of arms gradually developed tree-like connecting lines, linking individuals—but none belonged to the time period Green sought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is there no clue at all?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Perhaps we simply lack the wisdom to decipher the revelations given by the holy text,” Marke replied with the classic all-purpose excuse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To Green, this well-worn evasion carried another layer of meaning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No trace was the greatest trace—some force had deliberately erased a section that should never have been missing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet it hadn’t vanished completely; it had survived, twisted, preserved openly before everyone’s eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>",1091,"2026-06-20T02:15:56.940Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","7d82ab30851820c92eb68e3d582864e222566a7f69a44b6045fdd7d06e277c7c","notes-on-kraft-anomalous-studies-chapter-251","notes-on-kraft-anomalous-studies-chapter-249",406,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fnotes-on-kraft-anomalous-studies-cover.jpg"]