Chapter 4185: Family Treasury

"Mr. Bernhardt, speaking of which, after the destruction of Delin-Or, the royal family at that time was not exterminated, right?"

Xia De thought of this question again. The vampire viscount shook his head:

"Of course not. After all, the Battle of Arcadia ended with the surrender of the defending side. Yes, it was the surrender advocated by Duke Astley. I was very interested in this period of history when I was studying. After the war, the last king committed suicide for the country, and the survivors of the Burgundy family moved to Willandale to live. The king's only child, the original heir to the throne, was granted the title of Marquis, but had no fief, but he soon died of illness."

Xia De nodded. According to the information he learned before, that child who died of illness should be Duke Astley's real child. Someone swapped him with the original king's child.

"Then does the Burgundy family that moved to Willandale still exist? Although the heir died, such a big family should have other side bloodlines, right? Even to appease the nobles of the Delin-Or Kingdom era, the Anjou royal family would not let them perish so easily."

Mr. Bernhardt shook his head:

"It doesn't exist anymore. The Burgundy family continued for a few generations after that, and finally disappeared for various reasons. But it is likely not because of the Anjou family's conspiracy. Even the most powerful noble surnames always have a day of extinction, not to mention that the situation of the Burgundy family is so special.

Now it is said that the Astley family, which has a blood relationship with the Burgundy family, is the orthodox successor of Delin-Or, but I heard in Willandale that the Astley family is also sparsely populated."

He knew Xia De's relationship with the witch:

"The head of the Astley family of this generation seems to have no political ambition. Even if there are activities of restorationists, Delin-Or cannot be revived."

Xia De and Mr. Bernhardt talked about many things until 4:00 PM when he said goodbye and left.

After returning home with the crystal shoes, he came to the Blue Ink Library through the basement, and then appeared in Fragrant Mansion by carriage in the rain.

The information about the Burgundy family provided by the 【Apuna Library】 was very valuable. This value not only pointed out the possible origin of the "New Human" technology and the significance for the investigation of ancient vampire species, but also provided Xia De with a new way of thinking.

When he saw Miss Feilian in Fragrant Mansion this evening, Miss Feilian guessed that he had found important clues when she saw Xia De's expression.

After the two returned to the familiar study, Miss Feilian coughed a few times and sighed:

"Information about mother?"

"Yes."

He explained in detail what happened in the afternoon. While Miss Feilian was shocked, Xia De didn't give her time to think about the truth of her parents' love, but asked:

"When we were dating yesterday morning, the Delin-Or princess from 600 years ago said she wanted to give you a pendant. Did the sect send it to you?"

"Sent, it was sent not long after you left this afternoon."

Miss Feilian answered, and then asked Xia De:

"Do you mean that the pendant is a clue?"

Xia De nodded:

"I think your mother likely also knows the legend of the Burgundy family. Maybe she had already studied the particularity of this bloodline from herself. Your sister Aurora was born because of this.

Since this is the case, in the process of guiding you step by step to find your sister, she might hide clues in those secrets related to your family, letting you discover those past stories yourself."

Miss Feilian didn't understand:

"I just need to find my sister. Why does mother want me to know the truth? The more I think, isn't it more likely that I will resist mother's arrangement?"

"She must have her own ideas, but don't you think this is a coincidence? When we were at the 【Skin Workshop】 yesterday, we happened to meet that Delin-Or princess from 600 years ago. Although I rescued her out of my own ideas, the arrangement for her and another girl to appear after we experienced a series of disgusting things was the arrangement of the skinners."

"You mean, the skinners deliberately let that princess appear?"

"On the premise of suspecting that the stranger at the time was your mother, even without me, that girl might have been saved, or rather, a part of her was saved. We don't know if your mother had other arrangements when she entered the workshop and reached an agreement with the skinners back then."

Xia De made a lot of sense, so Miss Feilian ordered Miss Rolin to take the pendant that had been repeatedly checked by the sect from her bedroom.

Although that Miss Burgundy was not a very popular princess, her personal belongings could not be very ordinary jewelry. The main body of the pendant was a pearl wrapped in rose gold edges, the overall outline was a soft water-drop oval, and the edges were classic scroll patterns.

The center of the pendant was not only inlaid with a round light pink pearl, but the pearl was also surrounded by a circle of fine rice-white small pearls. The lower half of the water-drop shape was dotted with two light cyan agates the size of rice grains. The top of the pendant was designed with a small rosebud metal buckle, connecting to a delicate gold chain. Even now, this was jewelry that could be worn directly to attend formal banquets.

"Should I give her a gift in return?"

When handing the jewelry box to Xia De, Miss Feilian sighed and asked. Xia De checked the pendant:

"Of course you should. The sect doesn't seem to forbid her from having contact with the outside world. You can consider giving a piece of jewelry as a return gift."

Before this pendant was sent out, it had been checked many times by the sect. Since the sect had checked it carefully and found no problems with it, Xia De certainly couldn't find any. He just found a very small Burgundy family emblem engraved on the edge of the pendant during the subsequent inspection, which greatly increased the value of this jewelry as an antique.

"This pendant is likely just an ordinary item. If this is a clue left by your mother, it should be the same as the previous situation, one of the synthetic props needed for the alchemical ritual."

Xia De finally reached such a conclusion, and Miss Feilian also agreed:

"That princess from the past didn't have many personal belongings when she left the 【Skin Workshop】. I think besides herself, it can only be this. But the problem now is, if this is one of the props for the alchemy ritual, where is the ritual base?"

"This item points to your bloodline, Miss Feilian. Think about it, did your parents leave anything related to the former royal family? Even though so many years have passed since the glory of the past, the Astley family should still retain some collections from the Delin-Or Kingdom era, right?"

Xia De asked, and Miss Feilian nodded immediately:

"Yes, because Duke Astley took the initiative to surrender, the family did not suffer too much loss in terms of property after the Battle of Arcadia. Although some collections were lost due to various reasons over the past few hundred years, the most precious ones are still there. However, due to political reasons, our family has always said that we have nothing to do with Delin-Or anymore.

Speaking of which, after father married mother, he should have taken her to see those family collections. Mother likely came into contact with them."

Xia De showed a smile, and the clue appeared:

"Where are those collections? The collection room in the basement of your ancestral home?"

Miss Feilian shook her head:

"Of course not. Even a thief could think that our family's treasures would be there. The collection room is in the underground of the Gray Rock Pass fortress. The way to enter is very complicated. If you don't want to stay for dinner tonight, I'm afraid you will have to wait until tomorrow to find it with me."

Xia De was very regretful:

"I have a very important thing to go to St. Byrons Comprehensive Academy tonight. I have already made an appointment with Danister. Then tomorrow morning, Friday, let's go together, of course, if you have time."

"No problem, then let's go together on Friday."

Miss Feilian nodded and took the pendant handed by Xia De:

"Even if our guess is correct, I don't think the alchemy ritual will directly give the remaining part of Aurora. It is likely that there will still be a clear clue pointing to a target, just hope it won't be as troublesome as the 【Skin Workshop】 this time."

"It doesn't matter, no matter how troublesome it is, I will help you find your sister back."

"Yes, yes, you always say such things, how can I bear to let you go?"

Miss Feilian leaned close to Xia De on the sofa and kissed his lips lightly:

"Then see you tomorrow, Xia De, remember to think of me in your dreams."

(Little Mia is running...)

When he said goodbye to Miss Feilian and returned home, Xia De found that there were many people at home tonight.

Luweiya had just finished work, and although Miss Jia Lin Na did not appear, Danister, Emilia, and Ai Li were actually here. Danister and Luweiya were sitting on the sofa talking about something, while Emilia was sitting at the dining table with her head down writing a course report. Her schoolwork seemed to be a bit heavy recently.

Ai Li had originally been watching Winnie cook in the kitchen with Little Mia on her head. Hearing Xia De's footsteps, or rather hearing Little Mia's reminder, the unicorn girl ran to the door, just in time to meet Xia De walking down from upstairs.

"Meow!"

"Xia De!"

Xia De touched the cat and then touched the unicorn, and then asked Danister who stood up with a smile:

"Are you worried that I would forget about tonight, so you specifically ran over to catch me?"

Luweiya on the side laughed, and the manager lady was a little embarrassed:

"There was nothing to do this afternoon, and I thought I hadn't had dinner here for a long time, so I came over."

"Xia De, good evening!"

The elf girl with pointed ears writing homework in the restaurant greeted Xia De, and Xia De responded with a smile, then handed his coat to Luweiya who walked over:

"Danister, then what time tonight will the stars reach the right position?"

"7:58 PM, but the time lock is very loose, from 7:00 PM tonight to 1:00 AM tomorrow morning."

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