"Firedemon...... Disaster? ”

Charlotte's heart moved.

She recalled it seriously, but she couldn't recall why.

Charlotte's memories after the crossing are not very complete, especially when she was a child, and the memories of ten years ago are like a dividing line.

This is also something that cannot be helped, people are not machines, memories will gradually fade over time, and only some deep impressions will be retained for experiences that are too long.

This was the case in the previous life, as I grew older, the memories of my childhood faded more and more, and by the time it was time for Charlotte to start a family, the only memories of my childhood were the old willow tree in my grandmother's yard and the warm quilt that my mother had sun-dried with the smell of the sun.

It's pretty much the same after the crossing.

In Charlotte's inherited memories, the only memories of her childhood are the fragmentary experiences of following her mother and father to visit Aunt Catherine at the Duke's Palace.

Other than that, I ran and laughed in the woods with my childhood friends.

Well?

Playmate?

At one point, a new fragment of memory flashed through Charlotte's mind.

It seemed to be a memory buried in the deepest part of the original body, and as she reminisced deeply, it gradually surfaced in front of her.

It was as if she had seen a familiar wood, a beautiful garden and a beautiful manor, and a young Charlotte running happily in the sun with two beautiful maidens, playing hide-and-seek together.

But in the next second, the beautiful manor turned into a sea of fire.

She heard someone crying, someone screaming, someone shouting......

She seemed to see the whole sky turn red, and saw her father and mother touch Charlotte's little head, and gently told her to hide and not run around, and then drew her staff, joined hands, and rushed to the red majestic figure in the distance......

Well?

Crying yourself?

In a trance, Charlotte suddenly found that her eyes were blurry.

It wasn't her tears.

That's Charlotte's.

It was the natural instinctive reaction of this delicate body when painful memories that it didn't want to recall came back......

"Looks like you've remembered."

"Think about it, after experiencing such a painful thing, even if you deliberately forget, how can you really forget?"

Looking at the tearful girl, Quasimodo sighed softly.

Charlotte: ......

No, I didn't think about it, it was just a natural reaction of this body!

She was tempted to say that.

Fortunately, it seems that memories are also evoked, and Quasimodo quickly mutters to himself:

"Ten years ago, the Count of Broglie, the court mage of the Duchy of Boulder, invited nobles and nobles to attend the coming-of-age ceremony of his twin daughters, including his former master, who was a friend and colleague."

"The former master, Madame, and you, a friend of Miss Countess Broglie, were all in attendance."

"What everyone didn't expect, however, was that the coming-of-age ceremony was just a façade......"

"The real purpose of Count Broglie is to communicate with the Grand Duke of the Blood Demon, using his daughter's body as a container to summon the most terrifying dark family under the Grand Duke of the Blood Demon-the Fire Demon Valaroca!"

"He wants to break through to the legend, he wants to gain the power of demons!"

"And he succeeded...... The incarnation of the legendary demon has brought endless disasters, and almost all the nobles who participated in the rite of passage have died, including your ......"

Quasimodo's voice was a little choked, and he looked at the girl sadly, and did not say any more.

Charlotte knew that he was talking about the original parents.

Perhaps inheriting the memory of the original body, inexplicably, a touch of sadness also emerged in her heart.

Charlotte quickly suppressed the sorrow.

The past is the past, and if the original body has any regrets, then as the successor, she is also willing to smooth it out for the other party.

But what needs to be solved now is the present, and what is in the future.

Count of Broglie......

Why does this name feel a little familiar, as if you've heard it somewhere?

Charlotte frowned slightly.

She quickly remembered that it was the name of the owner of the abandoned manor she had been kidnapped to last night.

It's just that other than that, she always feels as if she has seen this surname somewhere else after crossing over......

But for a while, I couldn't remember it.

"But...... What does this have to do with yesterday's assassins? ”

The girl suppressed the doubts in her heart and continued to ask.

"This involves the secrets of the year, although in order to reduce the bad impact, the Duke's Palace has been blocking the news, but there are still many people who know the inside story, including me."

Quasimodo sighed softly, and continued:

"Count Broglie's summoning of the fire demon is carried out through a ritual called the 'Sacrifice of Purity'."

"It was an evil sacrifice that required the blood of a minor virgin."

To this end, he secretly abducted or kidnapped in the principality, and for several years secretly abducted a large number of underage girls, said to be more than a thousand, including the daughters of some nobles...... Some girls are even four or five years old. ”

"Brute!"

Charlotte said coldly.

Quasimodo sighed:

"Who's to say it's not...... And that includes the Assassin's daughter last night. ”

"He was no ordinary assassin, he was once a declining nobleman with no awakened powers, and his three daughters...... He was also kidnapped and eventually died from an evil sacrifice. ”

"His entire family was also wiped out by the Earl of Broglie in the process of tracking down his daughter's whereabouts more than ten years ago, and only he who happened to be out survived."

Charlotte was confused:

"But what does it have to do with him coming to me for revenge? Even if it's revenge, you should go to the Count of Broglie? ”

Quasimodo shook his head:

"The Broglie family was removed on the night of the Flame Plague."

"It's self-inflicted, the entire family, up and down, hundreds of people, all died from the summoned incarnation of the fire demon, including the earl himself and his daughter."

"As for why the Assassins came to assassinate you......"

Quasimodo paused and said with a wry smile:

"Because you are the only survivor of that disaster, and the only survivor of all the girls who were sacrificed......"

"Since that disaster, there has been a rumor in Polder City that the Counts of Castel, who are the chief and deputy heads of the Borde Mage Regiment, are actually in league with Count Broglie."

"It was they who performed the evil sacrifice together, and that's why you survived."

"Ridiculous! They are the heroes who fight against the Firedemon avatar! ”

Reflecting on some of the shattered images that came to mind, Charlotte frowned.

"yes, but so what?"

Quasimodo sighed:

"Rumors are the easiest to spread, and they are also the easiest to believe, and when everyone is spreading the same rumor, then in people's hearts, lies become the truth."

"Human nature is inherently evil...... The Castel family is rich and high, and for the public, what is more exciting than watching the depravity of a noble family and accusing a noble family of evil? ”

"In fact, if it weren't for Lady Catherine's repeated refutation of rumors, and if it weren't for the Duke's strong support and platform for the Castell family, the rumors of the past would have been circulating even now!"

Quasimodo was furious.

And listening to his words, Charlotte's heart moved:

"So...... What happened in the manor some time ago made this suppressed rumor come back again? ”

"Exactly, and there's a tendency to get worse......"

Quasimodo sighed:

"Although the nobles know that the truth is not like that, the public does not know, and neither does the assassin who was no longer a nobleman last night."

He still believes that the Castells family and the Broglie family are in the same group, and the resurgence of rumors has completely ignited his anger.

"A pathetic father who lost his daughter, lost his family, and fell into madness."

That's how Charlotte characterizes the other person.

After saying that, she rubbed her temples again and sighed:

"So...... Rumors are also spread in secret, right? ”

Quasimodo bowed:

"I think so."

As he spoke, he gritted his teeth and said:

"This is a conspiracy against you!"

"The succession to the title requires the blessing of the church, and if rumors have been rampant, plus the old lady...... What that one did, the Castel family would most likely be labeled by the Inquisition as colluding with the Blood Demon Order! ”

"And once this happens, your inheritance rights to the territory and title will be greatly weakened, or even directly deprived!"

Charlotte was silent.

Finishing the last sip of milk in the goblet, she snorted softly:

"So...... The nobles of the principality are also happy to see this rumor circulating, and they are not less behind it, right? ”

Quasimodo sighed:

"That's true...... Once your inheritance is weakened, the Castels must marry other nobles in order to retain their titles and lands, so as to strengthen their inheritance and find allies......"

"And this, for those nobles who have ambitions for our family, is the biggest opportunity."

Charlotte listened and sneered:

"Hehe, I'm familiar with this, marry me, and then let me accidentally fall off the horse in the future, right? When I was Mary of Burgundy! ”

Quasimodo didn't understand too much:

"Mary of Burgundy?"

"It's nothing, just an unlucky duchess who owns a large rich territory and ends up cheapening others."

Charlotte shook her head.

Quasimodo touched his head and thought about it for a long time, and he didn't remember where there was a Burgundian duchess, but he understood the general meaning that the master wanted to express.

To put it bluntly, it is another sense of eating out of households.

"So...... If my sole heir dies now, who will the Castel title and domain belong to? ”

Charlotte asked as she motioned for Ness to fill herself with milk.

Quasimodo hesitated for a moment, and instead of answering directly, he swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said:

"The Castel family, a branch of the Boulder family......"