Act 181. The Secret of the Elbiore Family (Part I)

Bang –

As soon as Reiner finished speaking, he saw a small group of men arrive at the gate.

At the head of the pack is Arimia, who is surrounded by Avena and Fina, as well as Claire and Dana.

There was also a man lying in mid-air, lifted by a mage's hand, and Edward.

Edward was lowered to the ground with a muffled thud.

He was covered in bruises, the original gorgeous dress and robe had become tattered, and Edward originally had several ornaments engraved with protective magic, but they were useless in the face of Dana's absolute strength, and the layers of protection were suddenly torn, and Edward's whole person flew into the sky, and it took a while before falling down.

He had broken three ribs, a badly broken leg, and was covered in burns from the explosion.

"Father's ......"

After all this turmoil, Edward gradually woke up, he leaned against the wall on the side of the hall, and found that everyone in the banquet hall was staring at him, and Edward found William's figure, and with the only strength he had left, he reached out to his father.

But William didn't move, and Reiner's words echoed in his head.

"But Edward. Elbiore, but not your own son. ”

William's first wife quickly stepped forward and took her servants to treat Edward, while the second wife stood in place, somewhat bewildered.

"It's all right, my Edward."

Edward's own mother lovingly caressed Edward's originally handsome but half-ruined face, and then glared at Alysmia viciously, cursing in her mouth.

"You fornicating bastard, you actually gave my Edward ......"

Claire protected Arymia behind her, and when she saw Reiner, she was relieved.

William didn't say anything, looking at Reiner.

"You say Edward isn't my biological son? Joke, he looks similar to me, and he has also awakened the blood of the Elbiore family, how can he not be my biological son!? ”

Other pure-blood families are also paying attention to this matter, not only because of the fun, but because although the genetic theory and chromosome theory that Reiner just talked about have been recognized by the high-level mages, what is presented to them in front of them is only the results of experiments on paper.

If Reiner really used the theory of heredity and proved something in front of everyone, it would be genuine and relevant.

Therefore, this is no longer a family matter of the Elbiore family, but a major matter that concerns the entire pure-blood family!

If Reiner can't prove it, or if it turns out to be wrong, then there is an obvious hole in the genetic theory, and the roots of the pure-blood sect are still there!

"Don't get excited, Mr. Elbiore, I'll explain it all."

Reiner flipped a page on the white wall, projecting statistics on two of the members of the Elbiore family in the last three hundred years.

"Actually, Mr. Elbiore, there are two evidences that you think Arymia is not biological, one is Arymia's red hair, and the other is that she has not awakened the bloodline ability of the Elbiore family, because the Elbiore family has always intermarried, so basically no foreign bloodline factors have been introduced, making the statistical results similar to self-pollinating peas, which saves a lot of trouble."

Reiner smiled, and William remained silent at his sarcasm, just looking at the contents of the manuscript on the wall.

The statistics of the white wall are the comparison between hair color and awakening ability in the Elbiore family.

"According to the genetic theory, I first verified whether these two traits are inherited with sex, and it can be seen that in the past three hundred years, there are twenty people in Elbiore's family who have not awakened ability, and the ratio of male to female of these twenty people is eleven to nine, almost half of them, so it can be considered that it is not a trait inherited with sex."

Step by step, Reiner began to prove his hypothesis.

"Of the eighty-five clansmen in the past three hundred years, twenty have not awakened, and it can be seen that the ratio of those who have awakened their bloodline ability to those who have not awakened is close to three to one, which is in line with the genetic law of dominant bloodline factors and recessive bloodline factors, and the bloodline ability of the Elbiore family is a dominant factor."

Thanks to the arguments of Pea and Moon Owl, this conjecture is much easier to accept, in fact, the existence of Squibs has always been an unanswered question in the major pure-blood families, and now, Reiner's conjecture has caused many pure-blood family heads to fall into deep thought.

"It can be simply assumed that Mr. Elbiore, your bloodline factor type here in the bloodline ability is Aa, and Lady Martha is also Aa, so it is completely possible to give birth to an aa recessive type like Arimia."

Reiner said methodically, making it impossible to find a point of rebuttal.

"But that doesn't explain her hair."

William said in a deep voice, he was thoughtful, but for the sake of the reputation of the Elbiore family, for the sake of the future of the pure-bloods, he still questioned.

At this time, Edward, who was listening from the sidelines, probably heard what Reiner was saying to his father, and he glared at Reiner, wanting to scold, but Edward's weak body made Edward accept treatment in silence.

"That's right, if the Squibs who fail to awaken their abilities are common among pure-blood families, Elemia's redhead is not so common, but in fact, in the history of the Elbiore family, there have not been red-haired people."

With a wave of his hand, Reiner flipped another page on the white wall, on which were the heads of five people.

"These five are the red-haired members of the Elbiore family, and the farthest is Weber, who was born in 291 years ago. Elbiore, and most recently Elimia. ”

William quickly began to calculate in his heart, only five of the eighty-five people were red-haired, which did not conform to the law of three to one, and even if the nine people who died in the table were counted, it was far from this ratio!

The laws of heredity are wrong!

He was a little excited in his heart, but he still didn't say anything on the surface, waiting for Reiner to contradict himself.

"If you simply follow the conclusion of dominant and recessive blood factors, you will find that the ratio of blonde hair to red hair is not satisfied with three to one, and the number of blonde hair is much larger than this number, and the genetic law seems to be problematic."

Reiner deliberately made a troubled look and waited for a moment before continuing.

"But we know that human beings are different from peas after all, they can't be black and white, and in fact, there are not only two blood factors that control hair color, at least, from my current observations, there are three hair colors in the Elbiore family."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone looked at William and the others from the Elbiore family.

Arimia was a flame-like crimson.

William is a shining bright gold.

Edward, is a soft pale gold.