When Maffeo had calmed down, he began to look at the brooch. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info It is inherently designed in the form of an olive branch, as if it were promoting the idea of the Graff family praying for peace. The brooch is set with a ruby in the middle, and if the brooch is not a fake, then Maffeo is actually taking advantage. Of course, that's limited to monetary gain.

The old man really didn't understand the true value of the brooch, and he only offered a price that he could satisfy within his ideal range. However, Maffeo also didn't know anything about these things, so this led him to think how unaffordable it was to spend 5,000 gold coins on such a brooch. Unfortunately, if it were those who were connoisseurs, they would almost not hesitate to buy it for 5,000 gold coins.

Graf ...... Looks like some family. Maffeo muttered as he looked at the dazzling light of the sun-illuminated ruby. "Since this was found from the body of the guy killed by the redhead, finding out his identity might reveal much more. Maybe...... "Maffeo once again felt that he had the key to solving the mystery, but he prayed that this time it would not be an illusion of nothingness.

Maffeo once again stood in front of the neatly lined shelves of books from the Delos Empire in the library, and that was indeed the most straightforward way to do it. It's just that his investigation always falls into a strange circle, and every time he gets close to the truth, he always encounters obstacles, which makes him feel distraught. Skimming through the thick books was a huge undertaking, so he basically only looked at the index of each book. In this regard, the people who recorded it did a really good job, and they indexed all the names of people, places, and events that would appear in the book, which greatly facilitated the reader to quickly find the content they were interested in. Maffeo appreciated this approach, and he really didn't know where to start without the dedicated chroniclers, but fortunately they weren't perfunctory people.

He had already found at least a dozen nobles of the Delos Empire, and then he found a very interesting feature, that is, these dozen nobles of high reputation basically supported Heinrich's conquest of the entire continent. As militant aristocrats, they were appreciated by Heinrich to a certain extent. Of course, the Graffs are not among them. Maffeo even began to wonder if the family had any records, but he immediately dismissed his own idea, because the people who recorded them were never official people, they only sought the facts.

Although the rights to publish these books are still in the hands of the Empire, and no matter how Orsente is the territory of the Delos Empire, their biggest bottom line is that they will not allow any unfavorable remarks to appear in the books. Other than that, they don't interfere with the content of the book. As for the books written by the official historians of the Delos Empire, it is estimated that eight out of ten lines cannot be trusted, and the remaining two lines depend on how much water is mixed in.

Graf ...... Graff...... Where are you?" Maffeo's patience wore out as the books dwindled. Just when he was feeling hopeless, the Graff family suddenly appeared in his sight—a book written by a bard who had traveled all over the continent. This was somewhat surprising to Maffeo, who in some places were actually unpopular, but he saw in the gazetteer such words as Dark City, Neupera, Snowland, and Void Ancestor. He certainly knew what that meant, which meant that the bard had basically traveled everywhere on the continent.

However, Maffeo was only interested in the Graff family at this time, and he turned to the page that showed the details of the Graf family and began to read.

"Graf - A family of Rustru in the territory of the Delos Empire, one of the Empire's peace-seeking families. There is a good reputation in Rustru, but the family has never been able to find a place in the imperial system. Although the neutrality of the Meyer family is different, the relationship between the two families has always been very harmonious. In fact, the Graf family contributed greatly to the development of the region, but in 984 Arad, the family was purged by the empire on charges of rebellion, and it has not been confirmed whether the Meyers were involved in the purge. Since then, the Graffs have been permanently removed from the Empire. ”

There are only half pages of the Graff family's record, and such statements are in fact an infringement on the interests of the Empire, and they could have erased half of the less than half of the words. But maybe the censors were careless, or maybe the book was so extensive that he neglected to miss such a small piece of insignificance.

Maffeo thought about it in conjunction with that short passage, he did not believe that a family that advocated peace and at the same time had no power in the imperial system would have the strength to rebel, no one would be so stupid, as impossible as a sheep trying to tear a jackal apart. He pulled out the brooch again, and in an instant his thoughts were connected.

There's a good chance that the guy killed by the redhead was a member of the Graf family, and if he was really a member of the Revolutionary Army, then given his identity, he might have something to do with the top-secret experiment. Because Maffeo knew that Fett, Vera, Natalia and others had joined the Revolutionary Army because of the hatred generated by the inhuman experiments in the past, even if the Graff family had nothing to do with that experiment, they might join the Revolutionary Army on the opposite side of the Delos Empire because of trumped-up charges. In any case, the current information can prove that the purges of the Delos Empire in those years were actually not very successful, because someone survived. But if the Graffs are really involved in the experiment, then the purge is just a cover to divert attention.

Maffeo thought his explanation made sense, though he was now unable to identify the body that held the brooch. There is another possibility, which is that the brooch is indeed a symbol of the Graff family, but the holder is just another bastard of good fortune who picked up the brooch. Maffeo knew that it was impossible to prove everything without evidence, but it was basically impossible to find evidence now, and sometimes a more direct approach would be more effective.

But it immediately occurred to him that the revolutionary army had been trying to reach a friendly agreement with the local Meyer family, and that it was after the robbery of the Ruava that their attitude changed dramatically. Perhaps the brawl that broke out in the harbor that night was the crux of the whole thing, and given the good relationship between the Graffs and the Meyer family, it was all the more likely that the corpse holding the brooch was part of the Graff family.

Maffeo rearranged the information and then designated his next target, Elias. He didn't know what the consequences would be, as there was a good chance that he would be caught by the nervous guards and sent to prison before he could see Elias, but he thought that maybe Elias was the only one who could help him at the moment.

He stepped out of the library and onto the road to the inner city. In desperation, he could only hope that the guards had the patience to listen to his explanation, otherwise there would be no room for maneuver in the whole matter. The guys lurking in the shadows could start their own operations almost at any moment, and he knew there wasn't much time left. He also believed that Elias was struggling with a big deal, and that he had information that Elias might not know.