Ember Gun

  Chapter 156 The Forgotten Dispute

   "The Stuarts rose in the Glorious War, but in more detail, it is the handover of illegitimate children."

  Yawei opened the heavy book. This unnamed book records the history of the Stuart family. The paper is yellowed and the handwriting is different. It seems to be composed by different narrators from different eras.

   "At that time, the Galunaro people fought undeclaredly, attacked the south and surrounded the Stuart Castle, where Michel Stuart was guarded at the time."

  The legend of the Stuart family began at that moment.

"The old count is very old, and died in the castle after many battles, but before his death he handed over the title to his son, Naves Stuart... The next story is like everyone As I know it, the Stuarts are advancing all the way, defeating powerful enemies one after another."

   seems to be the dust gushing out of history, Yawei coughed a few times, and continued to tell the dusty story in this somewhat quiet atmosphere.

  The cold wind was rustling outside the window, and the flame in the fireplace was burning quietly, and the fire light reflected the audience. This is an atmosphere suitable for storytelling.

  "Like many stories, it will never be so smooth sailing. In fact, after Navis succeeded as Earl of Stuart, the Stuart family ushered in an enemy."

   "Baskerville?"

  Lorenzo leaned on the sofa, he suddenly remembered this family, which was also a nobleman in the south, but was spent in the history of the Glorious War, and only appeared in the history books.

  What animosity still exists between Baskerville and Stuart?

   "Yes, this is a very distant story. Even those library books will not record this. Of course, I hope you don't reveal anything to the outside world."

   Yawei warned that the history of the big family is usually inconsistent with that of the outside world. If you turn out all their books, you will find many untold secrets and scandals.

"It starts with the Earl Michel. The Stuart family is not thriving. In Earl Michel's generation, he was the only Stuart, and he was still unmarried. Without descendants, most of his assets will be handed over to his only nephew, Mardel Baskerville, after his death according to the "Inheritance Law."

   "I guess that distant nephew would treat the old earl as his biological father."

Lorenzo said and laughed, as if mocking this hypocritical system of nobility. Marriage is the best way to form an alliance. Therefore, the nobles of Inervig are more or less related to each other. Once the old earl dies Then, the Stuart family will die in history, and he will become the biggest beneficiary.

"It is true. He has been with the old Count before his death, but there have been some accidents. According to the record, when Galunaro was besieging the castle, he led the knights to escape and abandoned the people in the territory. There is the old earl."

   Yawei’s muddy eyes reflected the historical text, scolding Madel for his behavior.

   "He thought that the old earl would get everything if he died, but the old earl inherited the title to his son, Navis before he died."

   "Wait, isn't he unmarried all his life?"

  Lorenzo interrupted. With that said, who is this heir who suddenly popped out?

   "Please be patient, please?"

   Yawei was very upset when Lorenzo interrupted him.

"This is indeed a suspicious point, but the Count of Navis has an inheritance letter and a will signed by the old Count. His name is on the genealogy. There are many other proofs. For this reason, the old Count also wrote about the origin of Navis. letter."

  That is really a casual and serious letter.

  "The letter stated that Navis Stuart was the child born to him and his maid."

   "Is this an illegitimate child?"

  Lorenzo remembers that illegitimate children have no inheritance rights.

   "Not to mention, he married the maid at the end of his life to rectify her name... Although their marriage lasted less than a day."

  Yawei can’t help feeling that the old earl is a ruthless man every time he sees it. It’s not the ruthless man who can calculate everything, but the ruthless one who doesn’t care about anything, and doesn’t care about his post-mortem comments.

   "So Earl Naves became the legal heir, and he kicked Madel off the heir of the original property."

  "He would not give up so well. After learning the reason, Madel said that Donas was a fake. He was not the child of the old earl at all, or even an illegitimate child."

   Yawei talked about the long-standing dispute.

   "He said that he had seen Naves in the territory. He was just a ridiculous attendant. His father was an ordinary farmer."

   "This is a fraud. A ridiculous commoner usurped the identity of the nobleman."

  Turning another page, the old books are telling the past through Yahweh's mouth. Lorenzo and Seleuc both kept silent and listened quietly.

"This incident has caused a great impact. If it is true, Naves will be hanged, but people who come out of the territory say that he is the child of the earl, and even the pastor came out to testify. He said that he presided over the rush. Wedding."

  This is an unsolvable problem. At that time, Madel was no longer in the castle. Only those who were granted knew what had happened, but obviously they would not have goodwill towards Madel who fled.

   "So who is lying?"

   Seleuc said suddenly, as Stuart’s heir, she had heard this story many times, and she knew all the doubts.

   "Who knows? That was more than a hundred years ago."

Yawei shook his head. The person involved was dead and couldn't die anymore, and even the cemetery could not be found.

   "Anyway, among the commoners... to be precise, they were nobles. They were all promoted by the Earl of Navis. Under their testimony, this matter was not resolved."

"But Madel did not give up so easily. The two struggled for a long time. After all, once the war ended and the territory was reclaimed, it was a considerable wealth. At that time, Earl Navis had the illusory name of the Earl and the armor left by the old Earl. There is nothing outside, the only territory is in the occupied area, let alone wealth."

   "Faced with the forces of Baskerville, he was unable to resist, so he joined the army smartly, rushed to the southern theater, and then accumulated a little bit of strength in the war."

  It was a really difficult time. Just by hearing it, you would be aware of the smell of gunpowder smoke.

"At that time, the promotion of so many civilians by Naves in one fell swoop also caused a lot of controversy. Although it was only the smallest nobleman, it was also a leap in class. In order to boost morale, the queen acquiesced in all this and then repaired the law. ."

   "No one cares about those people, they are the same as Naves, except for the noble name, they have nothing."

Yawei couldn't help but glanced at Seleu. The girl didn't look at him, but quietly stared at the flame in the fireplace. The light reflected in her eyes, beautiful and magnificent.

  He said awkwardly.

  "But sometimes...people need a kind of recognition, even if it is a false name."

  People are eager to be recognized by others.

Use the affirmation of others to counteract self-doubt, seek this thing greedily, affirm your own existence through others, and convince yourself through others, so the impossible will become possible, even if it is Farmers can also be red knights on the battlefield, and beggars can be the duchess of Stuart.

  No matter what it is, as long as there is another person who recognizes your existence, it may be a great motivation, just like a beam of light in the dark night, making you stretch out an indomitable hand.

   is just recognition.

"The next thing is what everyone often says. A group of nobles who had nothing got everything they wanted in the battle. Because of the war award, they were closely linked together, and the scale even attracted the attention of the queen. In order to consolidate the rule, the queen broke up the group and sent it to different battlefields. As everyone knows, this has caused the Stuart group to get a viral expansion, covering all the territories and industries of Inervig. "

  People who didn't care about walked onto the center of the stage. Yawei's voice was very soft, but the people who were talking about it were full of enthusiasm.

"Expansion brings about conflicts of interest, such as Baskerville, because they are all located in the south, coupled with the old grievances, the disputes between the two have always existed, and finally turned into irreconcilable hatred, and all this Let Stuart's rise and defeat Baskerville completely."

   "So they died, we survived, and continue to this day."

  The book turned to a new page, and Yawei's voice then became heavy.

  "The next one is about curses. At first, this was what some Baskerville remnants said. They cursed everyone in the Stuart group, and the hounds will never stop chasing them."

   "Then the so-called hound really came?"

  Finally stepped onto the subject, Lorenzo asked.

"I don't know, but the only thing I know is that the Stuart family has always been sparsely populated, and the members of the group have been dying in recent years, and one family after another has died... In fact, this is still normal. After all, there is no People can exist for a long time until the arrival of these letters."

Yawei spoke and looked at the letter on the low table.

   "First, one person saw the weird hound, and then someone dreamed of it in a dream, and then more people had the same reaction."

   "Everyone thought of the ancient curse in unison, so they asked us for help."

  Lorenzo silently picked up the letter, which was from different families. The only thing in common was that they all originated from the territory of Stuart and were a member of the group.

  "Hound..."

  According to the content of the letter, all the descriptions of the hounds are surprisingly consistent, exuding unknown hounds, hidden in the dark, and can only hear the low growl eager for flesh and blood.

  They wander in the shadows, unable to get rid of them, and go with them like a shadow.

   "Are any of them actually exposed?"

  Lorenzo judged that this is not an illusion, there is no absolute illusion, let alone applying illusions in different places at the same time.

  "Not for the time being. The only clearer case is when he patrolled the garden at night and saw huge footprints."

Yawei replied.

  "Does it mean that there is no real situation facing this hound?"

   "No, but it does not rule out that it will not happen next."

Yawei said.

   "At first, everyone didn't care about this, thinking it was just an illusion, but in the following days, the frequency of hounds appeared more and more."

   handed Lorenzo another letter, which described the strange feeling in detail.

"He didn't see the hound directly, but he said he could feel that when a person was alone, he would have a feeling of being stared at by a wild beast, as if some kind of beast was hiding in the darkness, and it snapped him when he turned his head. Neck."

  This is a member’s report. Lorenzo frowned, without the slightest clue.

   "To be honest, I am not a good detective, I am just a cunning liar."

  Lorenzo shook his head.

   "Deception cannot deceive hallucinations..."

   "Are you going to give up?"

   Seleuc said suddenly, the detective obviously didn't know how to proceed.

   "I just don't know where to start, this kind of illusory thing..."

  Lorenzo felt a little tricky.

  "How many members are there?"

   he asked.

  Yawei turned over the book again and found the answer on the first few pages.

   "According to records, Navis was promoted to more than two hundred people at that time."

   "Two hundred? So many?"

  Lorenzo stunned, he began to understand why this matter was quite controversial at the time.

"In fact, there was no such thing. A lot of people died in the battle at that time, and there were also deaths in the subsequent Glory War. When the Stuart family officially calculated, only six people were left to survive, and now these continued families There are only thirty-two left."

   "Although there are only these thirty-two remaining, after a hundred years of accumulation, they also have a lot of power."

  Listening to Yawei’s description, Lorenzo can be regarded as having a new understanding of the Stuart group.

  Stuart’s emblem is this. Sixty-one sharp swords staggered into round shields. Although some of them have been broken, there are still thirty-two sword blades, fulfilling the pledge a hundred years ago.

   "I will check these thirty-two people one by one? This is not realistic either."

  Lorenzo directly overturned his own thoughts. These people are scattered across the land of Inervig, and it takes months for him to walk around one by one, not to mention investigating the case.

   "Actually, you don't have to think about that. There is an object to be investigated here."

   Seleuc said suddenly, and she looked at Lorenzo and pointed at herself.

  "As the master of Stuart, I am the main target of the curse, but so far, I have not seen the so-called ‘hound’."

   "If the so-called curse is true, then it will definitely appear, right."

   Seleuc asked.

  You don’t have to go anywhere. Seleu is the best target. If the hound exists, it will definitely come.

  Listening to Seleu's analysis, Lorenzo nodded in approval. Now he suspects that the tendency is to be a monster. In his opinion, it is not wrong to put the pot on the head of the monster first.

   "So please stay here for a few more days, Mr. Lorenzo Holmes."

   While Lorenzo was still pondering, Seleu said suddenly.

   "Hmm...wait, what?"

  Lorenzo was at a loss for a while.

   "Aren't you a demon hunter? If the hound really comes to me, I will bother you to kill it."

  Seleu looked at Lorenzo, then threw out a bunch of keys.

   "You can do it, right."

  (End of this chapter)