"Remains of the Faloro Bourbons Royal Family?"
Sitting in the private room of the bar, Dorothy's expression showed a hint of surprise after listening to Adele. She had guessed that Adele was a Faloro native, but she hadn't expected her to have a more advanced identity on top of being a Faloro native.
For a moment, Dorothy began to recall the memories of the Faloro Bourbons Dynasty in her impression.
In the secular history known to Dorothy, the Bourbons Dynasty, also known as the Feast Wine Dynasty, was the last dynasty in Faloro's history, representing the peak and end of Faloro's monarchical system. It was established over six hundred years ago, and its rule lasted until the Cold Moon Revolution over a hundred years ago, when it was overthrown by countless resistance forces from all over the country. It is also one of the few great nations currently existing on the Main Continent whose royal family was completely overthrown. Present-day Faloro is also one of the few countries on the Main Continent that does not have a monarchy or a ruling royal family.
"As far as I know, during the Cold Moon Revolution over a hundred years ago, almost the entire Bourbons Royal Family was convicted. Countless royal family members, from King Robert downwards, were executed, and the remaining members fled overseas. All the royal wealth was confiscated by the new government after the revolution. Where would there be any royal legacy waiting to be inherited? Even if there were, the current Faloro government would not acknowledge it, right?"
With a serious expression, Dorothy looked at Adele and said. The other party also slowly took a sip of the fine wine before putting down the cup and speaking leisurely.
"That's right~ In the late period of the Bourbons Dynasty, the Bourbons Royal Family, led by the Greed King, disregarded everything and levied exorbitant taxes, frantically accumulating and squeezing the wealth of the entire country, offending almost everyone. As a result, after he was executed following the success of the revolution, the entire Bourbons family was burdened with guilt. Regardless of their closeness to the Royal Family, their property was looted due to the immense damage the king had caused to the country. Theoretically, there should be no Bourbons legacy, and even if there were, it wouldn't fall to us remnants of criminals to inherit. The Faloro government would have already swallowed it up."
Adele said, waving her hand. After hearing her words, Dorothy replied in a deep voice.
"So... the letter you received is likely a prank?"
"Honestly, it doesn't seem like a simple prank. In the eyes of the general public, few people know my identity as a Faloro native, let alone being a Bourbons descendant. Since the Cold Moon Revolution, my ancestors have been living in anonymity, drawing a clear line with all forces in Faloro, and since then, there has been no contact whatsoever. There should be very few people in this world who know about my connection to the Bourbons."
"Furthermore, along with those letters, there were some small items similar to jewelry and ornaments. I specifically had them appraised, and I found that they were basically items popular in the Faloro court over a hundred years ago. These things are not cheap. If it were just a simple prank, the cost would be a bit high."
Adele answered Dorothy as such. After hearing Adele's words, Dorothy slightly furrowed her brows and then continued to speak.
"Can I see those letters?"
"No problem." Saying this, Adele opened her Madam's handbag and took out three envelopes with broken seals, placing them on the table.
"I have checked these letters from multiple sources and confirmed that there are no Extraordinary traces attached to them. Similarly, the content inside has no Spirit Sight, so they are completely safe to view."
Listening to Adele's words, Dorothy picked up the envelopes on the table. After examining them herself, she took out the letter paper inside, unfolded it in front of her, carefully observed it, and read the content carefully.
Based on the handwriting, all three letters were written by the same person. The other party wrote in beautiful Faloro script, and the entire letter was sincere in tone, with appropriate wording, adopting a posture of agreement and flattery towards Adele.
The sender called himself "Mr. F", claiming that his ancestor was a court attendant who served the Bourbons Royal Family, loyal to the Bourbons Royal Family, and had long been dissatisfied with the Royal Family being overthrown by the so-called "mob". Therefore, he had always wanted to do something for the injured Bourbons Royal Family.
This Mr. F claimed that their family had been secretly collecting intelligence in various aspects for a hundred years, searching for the existence of Bourbons Royal Family descendants living in anonymity, and secretly providing them with help. Recently, they discovered clues to a secret treasure left behind by the last Bourbons King, the Greed King Robert.
According to their estimation, this treasure is very rich. They want to select a few people among the existing remnants of the Bourbons Royal Family who are of the purest bloodline and most qualified to jointly search for this treasure and share and inherit it after it is found.
"In summary, we are very certain that the wealth collected by King Robert back then was not all found by that group of rioters. There are still some stragglers who are buried deep underground in Flotz, waiting for Robert's descendants, the true masters of Farano, to arrive, and we also look forward to it with them..."
Looking at the last few sentences on the letter, Dorothy couldn't help but fall silent. After a moment, she looked at Adele and asked.
"Loyal supporters still exist after the overthrow of the Bourbons Dynasty... How likely do you think this is?"
"It's still possible. After all, the Bourbons ruled Farano for several hundred years and had a considerable deep influence in the country. In the political arena of Farano after the Bourbons' demise, the royalists who attempted to restore the dynasty were once an important political force, even capable of competing for the position of the Five Governors, and initiated several important events, causing the political situation in Farano to be turbulent for a period."
"Although the power of the Farano royalists is now weak and almost completely withdrawn from the Farano political arena due to several suppressions, it doesn't mean they have completely disappeared. It is possible that there are still remnants of royalists active today," Adele continued to say to Dorothy. Due to her background, she has always paid close attention to various information about Farano and knows much more about the situation in Farano than Dorothy.
After listening to Adele's words, Dorothy also began to recall some of the current political systems of Farano. The system currently implemented in Farano is called the Five Governors system, where the main power of the country is concentrated in the hands of five main Governors. The five Governors are elected by the parliament, with one Chief Governor and four Deputy Governors. The Chief Governor is the head of state of Faloro, and the four Deputy Governors are responsible for various important functions of the country. If the former Farano royalists had the ability to be Governors, then their influence was indeed considerable.
"How much more do you know about the Bourbons Dynasty? Especially regarding its hidden history?" Dorothy continued to ask Adele. Listening to Dorothy's words, Adele took another sip of red wine before answering.
"I don't know much. I only roughly know that the Bourbons were established over six hundred years ago during the Faloro War of Succession, when the Bourbons Duke defeated domestic competitors and the Prit intervention army and became king, with the support of the Church behind them."
"It is said that at that time, the Prit Screaming Gun Dynasty took advantage of the civil unrest in Faloro, and their then King William, relying on the claim brought by intermarriage, claimed to be the legitimate heir to the Faloro throne and led an army across the sea to invade Faloro."
"Just as the local princes of Faloro were unable to resist, the troops of the Bourbons Duke won several miraculous victories. The Bourbons Duke claimed that the Three Saints had given him enlightenment and that he had won the battles. Afterwards, the Holy See of the Church personally recognized this, and took this as an opportunity to officially enter the scene and fully support the Bourbons against the Screaming Gun who had always been at odds with them. Eventually, the Bourbons won the war, unified Faloro, and expelled the Prit people. Since then, the Church has firmly established its foundation in Faloro."
While recalling, Adele spoke to Dorothy. After hearing her words, Dorothy continued to frown slightly and spoke.
"So, the establishment of the Feast Wine Dynasty was supported by the Church from the beginning? Then during the Cold Moon Revolution, did the Church not help the Bourbons through the difficulties?"
"Ah, that... it seems not. As far as I know, the Church almost watched the Bourbons fall during the Cold Moon Revolution, with no signs of participation throughout the entire process, and the revolutionaries did not turn the fire of revolution towards the Church. However, after the new government was established, the Church very decisively recognized it, and the new government after the revolution also maintained the special status of the Church in Faloro. Therefore, it is difficult to say what role the Church played in the Cold Moon Revolution."
Adele continued to say to Dorothy. Listening to her words, Dorothy couldn't help but stroke her chin and ponder.
As far as she knew, the scale of the Cold Moon Revolution was not very large. It was a short-term revolution confined to the capital of Faloro, Flotz, and did not develop to the extent of a nationwide civil war like the Adus Revolution. This kind of revolutionary event is possible in Dorothy's original world, but it is somewhat strange for it to occur in this Extraordinary world. After all, the Bourbons Royal Family possessed the highest combat power in a country, the Scarlet Tier Extraordinary. If the revolutionary side did not have corresponding Extraordinary power participating, it should have been impossible to overthrow them easily. Therefore, the true situation of the Cold Moon Revolution back then must not have been simple.
How many Scarlet were there in the Bourbons Dynasty during the revolution? How many Scarlet were there among the revolutionaries? To what extent did the Church intervene? These are all unknowns hidden in the hidden history. The Bourbons perished from insatiable greed and exorbitant taxes, but if they firmly controlled the high-level Extraordinary of the country and the Church's support remained unchanged, what would it matter how insatiable they were?
From the current situation, it seems that the original Bourbons Royal Family may have lost the support of the Church to a certain extent, causing the Church to be inactive in the subsequent revolutionary events or even secretly assist the revolutionary side. Why this situation occurred is still a mystery.
"From the current situation, this Mr. F who wrote to you is very suspicious. Although Faloro has a tradition of royalists, he cannot prove that he is as loyal as he claims in his letter. Everything at the moment is just his side of the story. The risk and reward of you wading into this muddy water are not proportional, Adele. You shouldn't be in urgent need of money, right?"
Putting the letters back on the table, Dorothy looked at Adele and said quite seriously. Her tone suggested that she did not recommend Adele responding to this letter and going to Faloro, and Adele also slowly replied after hearing this.
"That's right, I'm not short of money, but in that treasure, there might be something that attracts me more than money."
"Something that attracts you more than money... What is it?"
"Clues about the Fertility Goddess faith..." Adele said solemnly, then she looked at Dorothy, who showed a hint of confusion in her expression, and continued to speak.
"You should know that the inheritance of my The Path of Depravity comes from my teacher Dalena's exploration of the faith she believed in since childhood. She was a remnant of the Fertility faith in this era, and the Fertility Sanctuary she once guarded was within the Bourbons Duke's territory in Faloro. In her research, she indicated that Faloro should have been a region where the Fertility faith flourished."
"Based on my research of the newly found teacher's materials in the past few months and the sorting of the memories she left me, I found that there were many organizations researching the remnants of the Fertility faith in Faloro, and the largest one was the former Bourbons Royal Family. They seemed to have been secretly dedicated to excavating the secrets buried beneath the land of Faloro for a long time, and they had considerable results..."
"Your speculation is that the Bourbons Royal Family once secretly researched the Fertility faith hidden within Faloro?" Dorothy said this to Adele, and the other party answered directly.
"Not a speculation, but a fact. Look at this."
As Adele said this, she opened her handbag again and took out a small silver fork from it, showing the end of its handle to Dorothy. There was a simplified pattern of a seven-petaled flower blooming on it.
"This pattern is called the Seven-Step Blooming Lotus. It's a pattern, but it's also a diagram of a dance step. This dance step takes seven steps as a cycle to make the whole body dance out the image of a lotus flower, and then continuously dance out seven lotus flowers. This Blooming Lotus Dance was learned by my teacher, and it is one of the ancient ritual dances passed down, and the target of the ritual is the Fertility Goddess. The Blooming Lotus Dance is also a practice dance for the Depravity Dance Method. It can be said that this symbol has a high symbolic meaning for the entire The Path of Depravity."
"This fork is one of the Bourbons court relics sent to me by that so-called Mr. F. He said that these are some scattered items from the treasure they found first. If this is true, and the Bourbons' legacy treasure contains an important symbol of The Path of Depravity, then it proves that the Bourbons may indeed have mastered some key clues about the Fertility faith and The Path of Depravity. If I can obtain those treasures, it might be helpful for my path to advancement."
"I have been stuck in Chalk for quite some time... What I need now is a way to go further."
Holding the fork in her hand, Adele continued to say to Dorothy solemnly. Listening to her words, Dorothy also roughly understood why Adele valued these letters so much.
"You... think that these so-called Bourbons treasures might contain the method for advancing to the Scarlet Tier of The Path of Depravity?"
"That's right. Although the possibility is not high, I still want to give it a try. After all, my attempts in other areas have made no progress so far, so I can only try my luck here." Adele continued to say, then she changed the subject and looked at Dorothy and spoke.
"Speaking of which, Little Detective, haven't you also been looking for clues about the First Dynasty and the Xing Shu Xiu Shu Hui (Star Numerology Scripture Society)? The First Dynasty once flourished in North Wu, and the Xing Shu Xiu Shu Hui (Star Numerology Scripture Society) is a continuation of the First Dynasty, and also had a lot of activities in North Wu. And the colonial power with the most colonies in North Wu, the deepest influence on North Wu, and the most cultural relics plundered from North Wu is Faloro. If you go to Faloro with me, you might be able to find what you want there too~"
Adele said to Dorothy in a seductive tone. Listening to her words, Dorothy couldn't help but stroke her chin and ponder deeply.