"You have too many questions, so I can't answer them one by one. Next, I want to talk to Lucien about some private matters. Can I ask the Countess to avoid it?" Victor opened the door and made a 'please' gesture.

Selene turned to look at Lucien: "What are the secrets you can't let me listen?"

"It's said it's a secret, how can you tell me?" Victor answered for him when he knew that Lucien was inconvenient to explain.

Although I felt the atmosphere was a bit weird, Selin left.

"You seem to like this little girl very much."

The words of the lich made Lucien frown. After spending time together, he had already figured out Victor's general habits, and such conversations usually mean disagreement.

"It can be considered a childhood sweetheart..."

"Don't blame me for not reminding you that this fiancée cannot ask for it."

"Her life is fine." Sure enough... Lucien waited for Victor's strong opposition. Not only did he show a high degree of interest in the half-brother's reasons for opposition. Putting aside the possibility of whether Selene can become a couple, just from the background, it would not be possible for Victor to say such a decisive negative word, right?

My father also made careful consideration when he was selecting people. The Tidis Royal Family has the nickname of the Notting Queen. The queens and concubines of all dynasties all came from this island country. The Esselin was interested in her as the niece of the prince.

"Is it a reason? It is because of her origin. Your grandfather Alberrecht hates illegitimate children, and it is known to everyone in the world. But you don't know that your grandfather also hates something. The chants, he hates everything that is related to it, especially his bloodline, and even to the point of hating him."

"Why..." Lucien didn't believe in Victor. He knew that this brother was knowledgeable and knew many royal secrets that he didn't even know. But this time the reason was... untenable.

"Only your grandfather can answer the specific reason, but I can guarantee that he hates the chants without question." As for the reason, Victor certainly would not tell Lucien: "I wonder if my father mentioned to you that the miscarriage of the imperial concubine was actually done by Alberrecht himself?"

"How could it be... Even if my grandfather doesn't like Muta, he is his great-grandson..." Although Lucien had heard of this accident in the empire during his holy See, he didn't know that Naya's miscarriage was related to his idol's grandfather.

"You forgot Nata's identity. Although she is not a nobleman of Tidis, her grandmother is a Tidis native, and she was also a famous beauty back then. Originally, Alberrecht only hated Muta, who had an illegitimate child, but this unpleasant grandson married a woman of Tidis's blood. This is why none of Muta's children have lived to this day."

Victor's explanation made Lucien's back chill.

If this is true, wouldn’t Perel also follow Muta’s footsteps? His wife is the only daughter of the current prince. Is this also the reason why they have never had any children?

No, it's too ridiculous...

Lucien was still hesitating, and Victor threw out another fact, completely cutting off his last trace of expectation.

"Although Tidis appears to be the post-parent of Notting, in fact, it is a branch of the hymns, one in the same place."

"This... is impossible? I have never heard of it, even in the Holy See there is no record of this." As a knight of the apology and owner of the holy relics, Lucien has never seen any similar rumors in any classics or secret history.

Although Pearl Island where the chants live is located in Tidis, they have always implemented the Chinese policy. Apart from political intersections, there is no other connection. The custom of never intermarriage has made the world never think of these two forces together... etc., intermarriage...

A word jumped into Lucien's brain and brought his rebuttal to abrupt end.

"Don't you find it strange? The Psalm and Tidis are so close, but there is no record of intermarriage that has been recorded in history. Especially before Notting was incorporated into the territory, there were dozens of island countries of different sizes in Qiandao Bay. In such an environment, there were not even intermarriage, which was too unreasonable."

After Victor's reminder, Lucien also realized the possibility that he had never thought of before. But at the same time, he was also skeptical of what Victor said.

If this cherry and the Tidis royal family are really the same, why do you pretend to have nothing to do with it at all? There is no even intermarriage? The cherry has the custom of intermarriage within the clan. Can intermarriage continue their bloodline better?

"The chants are the priests and the mortals who have blessings, but these so-called blessings are not available in every chants. From ancient times to the present, those who have been selected and can be called the word "God's favor" have only a few people in each generation. Those who lack the ability and fail to intermarry will naturally be expelled from the tribe. These people gather together, which is the current Principality of Tidis, which means rootless people. The secular ones refer to their identity as the island country, but in fact... Hum..." Victor expressed his views in his last cold snorkeling.

"This... this surprised me so much. I have to sort out the relationship." Lucien casually found a chair and sat down, and began to sort out the information he had learned in this short period of time.

The father did not tell him many things on the grounds that he did not affect his will. Lucien did not pay much attention to this. He knew that all ancient families and kingdoms with some history had some dirty and bloody pasts, but... if his grandfather killed his great-grandson just because he hated hymns, this truth would be unacceptable to him.

For him, my grandfather was not only a cold portrait hanging in the sect hall, nor was he just a cruel conqueror in history books. I still remember the years spent with Perel and Selene in the City of Glow when he was a child. At that time, Alberrecht was kind and kind, no different from ordinary old people. Why did they become another person after they grew up one by one? In the mouths of his father or brother, he was just a harsh and resolute cold king.

"Because what you see is not real." The whisper beside him surprised Lucien, who was immersed in meditation.

"As a grandson, you should have heard of... Alberrecht had a half-brother in his early years. Although history books and royal family history did not record the exact identity of this person, there was still some of the rumors circulating among the nobles of the empire."

Nodded, Lucien knew about this. But it was limited to knowing that there was such a person. Even his mother, Princess Lantia, who was rumored to be favored by the Emperor, did not disclose any more relevant information.

"This mysterious illegitimate son has cherry blood, and this is the source of everything." Victor did not explain anything before. Some words, if they were too plain, would have no effect.

The hands that were shaking with each other turned white due to the force, Lucien lowered his head and spoke for a long time.

"Why did you tell me this?"

"Because I really can't stand your inexplicable admiration for that person, and that kind of fanaticism is very annoying. I want to completely break Alberrecht's status as a god in your heart, and let you know how iron-blooded this great emperor is. In some ways, he is even more evil and ruthless than the so-called dark clan."

I wanted to continue to suppress Alberrecht's position in Lucien's heart, but the magic ring that had used the sound transmission technique lit up at this moment.

Victor was about to ask Klein about the reason for contacting him again, but he heard his voice and the unique sound of the waves slamming against the reefs.

"I really didn't expect that the pirate's nest was in such a place."

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With the passage opened by the magical technique, Klein finally walked to the end of the sea path with the priest Tim who was completely determined by his willpower.

In the early morning light, he saw an island surrounded by reefs, which showed no signs of life, black rocks and a small exposed crater made it impossible to imagine that it would be the pirate's nest.

"Catch up..." Tim breathed a sigh of relief after looking at the white sky.

"I didn't see the entrance~" Even at this moment, Klein still shouldn't have had his casual attitude.

"The entrance is there, help me up." Pointing to the smoke-filled crater, Tim told an amazing fact.

Despite some doubts, Klein still did it.

Sure enough, after climbing to land, there were vaguely traces of artificial excavation on the rocks formed after the magma cooled down. The less obvious steps extend step by step and extend to the crater.

After reaching the top of the mountain, Klein was stunned.

It turns out that seeing thick smoke in the distance is not emitted by active volcanoes, but is produced by burning with flames in a giant lighting.

The huge mountain is completely hollow, and countless stone chambers are dug out. The pirates and their families live here. Just calculate, there are at least thousands of people.

They thought that they actually lived in the burrow of the volcano. Even if the navy passed by here, they would not think that there were people living on the island. No wonder Tidis couldn't find the pirate's nest. There were many reefs near the island. They chose the landing site on a deserted island where large ships could be docked. They used the priest to open the star road at night. As long as there were no traitors to inform, it was basically impossible to find the real residence of this group of people.

Klein couldn't help but admire the people who came up with this idea, but... it's not safe to live in the crater, maybe when it erupts...

"That's an extinct volcano..." Looking at Klein's expression, Tim knew what he was thinking. Almost everyone who came here would think of this question.

However, Klein thought about not only the problem of volcano. He also thought of Star Road.

This kind of special magic that relies entirely on the priest can be used in any camp, but at least two priests are required to connect, that is, there is a priest on the island. According to his observation of Tim, this person has not yet reached the point of relying entirely on himself, and the one who stays on the island must be a high-level priest.

It seems not very good. The high-level priest must have noticed his demonic power. Even if he has the appearance of a dark elf as a cover-up, it is useless. Moreover, he knew that once he entered the pirate's nest, he would be monitored all the time and would not have the chance to contact the outside world in a short period of time. Now, it is his only chance.

When Tim was not paying attention, Klein took off the ring he wore on his index finger, activated the magic message, and spoke before Victor spoke.

"I really didn't expect that the pirate's nest was in such a place."

"During the day, the sea water will flood the place outside the top of the mountain. If you don't want to turn into a fish food, go quickly and don't be too slow." Tim, who could not wait to see the big leader, urging him, did not notice that Klein threw the ring he had been wearing in his hand into the cracks of the rock.
Chapter completed!