Chapter 888: Royal Secrets
"The Belmont family?" the people in the living room all looked surprised after listening to Pipero's story, and even Leo also had a surprised expression on his face, they couldn't have imagined that they would return to Sylvia.
It's just that, in addition to the surprise, the look of surprise on Sylvia's face also disappeared quickly, and then she fell into deep thought.
And Leo also recalled about the Belmont family at this time.
For the vast majority of the French people, the Belmont family refers to the Sylvia, the family that lives in the Belmont estate, but in fact, like the noble families of the French Empire, the Belmont family is also a large family with many branches and intertwined internal roots like a large tree.
Up to now, in addition to the Sylvia branch, there are three branches of the Belmont family, and these three branches are also named after Belmont, so when Count Pipero said that the person who sold him the alien cells was the Belmont family, Sylvia's mind immediately appeared the names of those three families.
"Tiriface, Gerio, or Claire?" Sylvia asked, calling the names of the three families
Unlike Sylvia, the other three branch families did not defect from the Fran Empire, although they were also more or less influenced by Sylvia and were examined by the Empire, but they did not find any signs of defection, and there was no contact between them and Sylvia, so they were spared.
"Neither, it's your Belmont family. Count Pipero shook his head, then said in the affirmative.
Sylvia's face immediately became gloomy, and then she suddenly thought of something, and asked in a deep voice, "When did you buy this alien cell?"
"Two months ago. Count Pipero said the time for a while, and then felt that it was not accurate enough, and said: "Two months ago, on the third day after the Golden Sunflower Festival. ”
After hearing this, Sylvia's face became a little more gloomy, and she also showed obvious anger, she should have guessed who this person who wanted Count Pipero to sell the alien cells was.
Sylvia didn't just ask for confirmation, but continued to ask, "Did that person speak with a strong nasal voice and a strong smell of tobacco?"
Count Pipero nodded, and said, "It does have a strong tobacco smell, and it is a very fine tobacco from Bran. ”
"Damn, it's really him. Sylvia had no doubts, and was already sure in her mind who Count Pipero was talking about.
"Do you know who that man is?" asked Leo.
Sylvia nodded and said, "He should be my uncle, Baron Lorde." ”
Later, Sylvia told Leo about Baron Lorde.
It turned out that Sylvia's mother came from a down-and-out aristocratic family, and there were only two people in the whole family, her mother and uncle, so after marrying into Belmont Manor, her uncle has been living in Belmont Manor, and when he grew up, he worked in the factory under the name of the Belmont family.
Although the two are considered blood relatives, the relationship between Sylvia and Baron Lord is not very close, it is very ordinary, and when Sylvia was preparing to defect from the French Empire, she did not think that Baron Lord would join the United Kingdom of France with her, so at that time she only planned to give Baron Lord a sum of money, or share a part of the property that had not yet been sold.
But what surprised her was that when the rest of the family was still hesitating, Baron Lord took the initiative to stand up and express his willingness to join the United Kingdom of France with her, and while he was joining, he used some of the relationships he had established over the years to get several precious drawings of imperial weapons, and it was for this reason that he was quickly reused in the United Kingdom, holding important positions, mainly responsible for a very important kingdom arsenal.
"How could he have an alien cell in his hands?" Tessa Mocha asked.
"I'd love to know, too. Sylvia already had several answers in her mind, but she couldn't be sure, and this incident made her reacquaint herself with the uncle she had never paid attention to.
In Sylvia's memory, this uncle was just a man who was good at drilling, always able to seize the opportunity and get the benefits he wanted, and he was able to mix so well in the government of the United Kingdom of France because of his ability to keep things right.
However, now Sylvia needs to reacquaint herself with her blood relative, to be able to get the Xenomorph Cells as a trade item, to be able to silently infiltrate Count Pipero's home, and to trade with Count Pipero, who is closely monitored by the Empire, this ability is obviously not something that a person who relies on selling his tongue and obtaining profits can do.
"What am I going to do with you now?" Sylvia said in a deep voice, looking at Count Pipero.
"I should have something to use for you. The Count of Pipero did not appear too flustered, and said: "I know some secrets of the French royal family, these secrets ......"
Sylvia couldn't help but smile, interrupted the other party's words, and said, "What royal secrets can you know as a puppet under house arrest?"
Count Pipero said calmly: "The Pipero family is called the glorious nobles, and they have been the nobles of France since the beginning of the First Dynasty, when the knight king signed a contract with the Black Forest, my ancestors were also beside him, do you know why Louis X wanted to master the Pipero family at all costs?"
As Count Pipero spoke, Leo felt the imprint left by the white deer on his body suddenly produce a wave of energy.
"Promise him, but the secrets of his royal family will be told now. Leo suddenly said to Sylvia.
Sylvia was stunned, didn't think much about it, and didn't ask Leo why, but said to Count Pipero: "I can send you to the United Kingdom safely, as for the conditions, you also heard." ”
At this time, Count Pipero looked at Leo with some surprise, although through the conversation between Leo and Sylvia just now, he could feel that the relationship between the two was not ordinary, but now it seems that the relationship between the two is a little beyond his expectations, Sylvia was able to hear Leo's words, and accepted the other party's proposal without hesitation, which all shows Sylvia's absolute trust in Leo, which makes him feel incredible.
You know, in the French Empire, Sylvia was said by the then Emperor of France to be a wild horse that no man could tame, and there were a large number of people who pursued her back then, and these people finally fled without exception with a blue nose and swollen face, but now Sylvia has obviously found his other half, which makes him curious about Leo's identity, what kind of man can tame this wild horse.
"Can you tell me who he is?" asked Count Pipero, unable to hold back his curiosity, towards Sylvia.
"Leo Dodd. Leo didn't ask Sylvia to answer, but took the initiative.
"Dodd?Inge people?" Count Pipero quickly determined the origin of Leo from the surname, but he was still puzzled about Leo's identity, because Dodd's surname was obviously not a noble surname.
Sylvia said impatiently, "Why do you ask so much, if you don't want to, if we haven't said it, after tonight, we'll send you to find your place, dead or alive, depending on your own luck." ”
Count Pipero hurriedly said: "Don't worry, I'm just a little worried that after I tell those secrets, are you willing to keep your promise?"
Leo said flatly: "You have no choice but to choose to trust us to keep our promises." ”
Count Pipero was silent for a moment, nodded, and said: "I know, I choose to believe you, after all, Sylvia's reputation outside is varied, but at least she has not broken her promises. As he spoke, he looked at Tessa Mocha and said, "Shall we talk here? ”
"No need, just say it here!" Leo said in a deep voice, "A secret that more than two people know is no longer a secret." ”
Seeing that the matter had come to this, Count Pipero no longer hid it, and after taking a sip of water, he changed to a comfortable sitting position, and then said with a serious face: "The royal family of France has long claimed to have the blood of the gods......"
Sylvia interjected: "Not only the French royal family, but also the royal family of England and the royal family of Sigmar have spread similar rumors. ”
Count Pipero didn't care about Sylvia's interjection, he continued: "Yes, the divine bloodline mentioned by the royal families of those countries is indeed an unconfirmed rumor, but I can tell you with certainty that the divine bloodline of the French royal family is not a rumor, it is true, and the French royal family does have the divine bloodline. ”
After saying this, he deliberately paused, waiting for Sylvia to react in shock, but to his disappointment, the three people in the living room all seemed very calm, and seemed to care nothing about the secret.
The expressions of several people made Count Pipero misunderstood, and he quickly explained: "Do you think I'm making up a story? What I said is true, in the notes left by the ancestors of the Pipero family, it was written that after the Knight King signed a contract with the Black Forest, he received a drop of blood from the Lord of the Black Forest and became the blood of the Lord of the Black Forest. ”
However, he found that his explanation was of no use at all, as Leo and the others still had a nonchalance on their faces.
It's no wonder that this is the case, for ordinary people, the bloodline of the gods is indeed amazing enough, but for Leo and Sylvia, it is obviously not a matter of concern, because not to mention Leo's own situation, the bloodline and strength of Sylvia and Tessa Mocha are not much worse than the gods of the Veren world, so naturally they will not be concerned with things like this kind of god bloodline.
"Speaking of the blood of the gods, isn't the alien blood cell in your body also a kind of blood of the gods?" Sylvia pointed to Count Pipero himself and said, "It's just that your bloodline is uncontrollable!"
"No, no! different, different. Count Pipero hurriedly shook his head and said, "The divine bloodline I'm talking about is not the alien god cell, it's the real divine bloodline. ”
Although Count Pipero tried his best to explain, the vocabulary he explained was very scarce, so that even if Leo and the others heard that the divine bloodline that Count Pipero was talking about was different from the divine bloodline he understood, they did not know what the difference was.
Count Pipero also realized that there was something wrong with the way he spoke, so he listened to it, thought about his words for a while, and then continued: "The Knight King did something very important to the Lord of the Black Forest, so he won the favor of the Lord of the Black Forest, and promised the Knight King a position of god, so that he could directly become a god from mortals. ”
"Impossible!" Sylvia interrupted without thinking, "No one can become a god directly from a mortal, not even a god. ”
Sylvia's words were not casual nonsense, for in the texts of the Orthodox Church there were many things about the deity of God, and among these deity there were many deity who were revered as sons of God, and who possessed all the powers bestowed by the gods, as if the gods were walking on the earth.
However, even those who have received such favor have not been able to directly obtain the gifts of the gods and become new gods, so it has almost become a consensus that mortals cannot be gods in all the true God churches certified by the Orthodox Church.
And also in theological thought, it is an iron law that the gods cannot give gifts.
There is a similar saying in the philosophical world, just as one cannot make others oneself, so a god cannot make others a god.
So, when Count Pipero told the story of the Knight King, Sylvia immediately denied it.
However, compared to Sylvia's denial, Leo agreed with Count Piperlo's statement, saying: "It's not impossible, true gods may not be able to be obtained through gifts, but gods close to gods may be obtained through certain methods." ”
Leo also made this judgment based on what he knew, in the universe, some extremely powerful omega-level advanced lifeforms can forcibly raise the life level of a creature to the level of a ninth-level psionic through some energy transmission methods, but in this way, the life level of this creature can only stay at this level forever, and there is no possibility of evolution.
"A god close to the gods?" Hearing Leo's somewhat convoluted words, Sylvia and Tessa Mocha both looked at him with some puzzlement.
"It's like a white deer. Leo made an explanation, he knew very well that the white deer was definitely not an omega-level advanced life form, but in the theology of the world of Velon, the white deer of the Black Forest was no different from a god.
Hearing Leo's words, Sylvia and Tessa Mocha understood a little, but they were still a little confused.
So Leo gave another example and said, "It's like the Ice Queen now." ”
After giving this example, Sylvia and Tessa Mocha fully understood Leo's statement.