"The Council of Elders was originally composed of elders of the Holy Clan, and the function of the Council of Elders was to reconcile conflicts between the Holy Clans and find homes for the Holy Clan. ”

"Less than 10 years after the establishment of the Council of Elders, the Council of Elders has completely become a place where a few families of the Holy Family play with power. ”

However, the long-term oppression will eventually provoke the people to revolt. More than 100 years after those people ruled the Holy Clan, the Midsummer Rebellion broke out......"

"The name of the Midsummer Protest comes from the fact that it takes place in the rainy solar term of summer, Midsummer. ”

"The cause of the midsummer protests was that a Holy Commoner was maliciously injured and disabled by the grandson of a Holy Elder, and finally died on the street because the healer was threatened by the abuser and could not get timely treatment. ”

"In this vicious practice, the Council of Elders has clearly failed to fulfill its promise to protect all the Holy Clans. ”

"The elders in the Council of Elders are shouting 'Civilians' lives are not their lives, and they have acquitted the perpetrators!"

"So, in the homeland, those ordinary saints who had been oppressed by the Council of Elders for a long time, with the support of the new nobles of the saint clan, launched a midsummer protest that lasted for more than two months. ”

"It was war, the first time it was in the homeland. Angry clansmen fought in the streets, and the guards who had followed the Council of Elders eventually reversed their stance and stood firmly on the side of the civilians. ”

However, the good times didn't last long, and just when this struggle was about to be won, reinforcements from the Council of Elders arrived—the only remaining hero-level powerhouse of the Holy Clan, Lin Ye. ”

After Lin Ye returned home, the Elder Council had been greatly damaged, and those who participated in the Midsummer struggle were no better. So, in order to stop the internal friction within the clan, but also with a long-term dissatisfaction with the Council of Elders. Lin Ye made the decision to mediate. ”

"The Council of Elders was forced to accept this mediation under the pressure of heroic powerhouses. At the same time, he realized that he could no longer rule his people by force. The Council of Elders began to resort to gentle measures in order to restore the trust that the people had lost in the midsummer protests. ”

"The elders in the Council of Elders ostensibly agreed to Lin Ye's mediation, and proposed that in the future, as long as the Holy Clan had a strong enough bloodline, they could enter the Council of Elders. The clansmen who had participated in the Midsummer Rebellion happily agreed, and even the new nobles thought it was a good ending...... Because the bloodline, among the Holy Family, is a very important tradition......"

And this is what became the infamous bloody ritual. ”

"During the ceremony, the selected boys and girls need to cut their wrists and bleed at the same time, until the elders confirm whether their bloodline is pure and whether they are orthodox holy ......."

"Most of the poor children who attended the ceremony often didn't make it to the end. Because those who test whether their blood is "rich" and "pure" tend to look at them coldly, blind to their feeble wails. ”

"Those who pass the test and are ultimately chosen are still the descendants of the elders. ”

"Of course, in order to ensure the 'authenticity' of the ritual, or to convince ordinary saints of the 'authenticity' of the ritual, the Council of Elders will occasionally 'mercifully' select a few talented descendants of commoners to enter the Council of Elders to prove the 'justice' of the ceremony, while those children who do not pass the test are simply because their 'bloodline is not pure enough'......"

"In addition, in order to protect some descendants who have been targeted by the Council of Elders and are forced to participate in the ceremony, and have a certain amount of talent, as long as they have a certain amount of wealth, they will be given a little caution on the night before the ceremony starts at the 'suggestion' of an elder. ”

"And the elder, on the other hand, will deprive this descendant of the qualification to participate in the blood ceremony on the grounds of 'the list is wrong' or 'his blood is not pure' at the ceremony the next day......"

......

In the territory of the Kingdom Alliance, Richard, who was supposed to be in the capital of the Roman Empire, Rome, appeared in a city surrounded by desert.

This is the home of the Holy Family.

At this moment, Richard is sitting in his old house, with his eyes closed, listening to a little girl's immature reading.

The little girl held a scroll with no wrinkles in both hands and read it aloud.

A slight smile tugged at the corners of Richard's mouth.

If such a scroll spreads, it should be able to wake up many compatriots......

If this history is not mentioned by itself, I am afraid, it will be forgotten......

Waving his hand to signal the little girl to stop reading, Richard stood up and doted on the little girl in his arms.

"Vera, I am very relieved that you have not slackened during this time. ”

“...... Haha, Dad, your beard is too prickly!"

"Well, I'll stab you!"

A rare happy smile appeared on Richard's face, this was his daughter with Fiona, Vera.

Vera inherited the virtues of Richard and Fiona.

Not only did she have delicate skin and delicate facial features that the Romans did not have. At the same time, it also has an amazing magical affinity that the Holy Clan does not have, and long hair that is golden and smooth like satin.

Richard loved his three children, and this time he brought his eldest son, Will, who had the "All-Seeing Eye" (Polya's Pupil), with him to escort them to their new homeland.

His current wife, Fiona, who is also his ally, took her followers and her relieved youngest son Levitch to the south to negotiate with the Grand Duke of the Seas......

Vera, the poor little one, was left behind in the Holy Clan.

To be honest, these days, Richard is very worried about the safety of his daughter, because he doesn't know if the elders of the Council of Elders will not keep their agreement with him and make a move against Vera......

Although he pretended not to care, he made them mistakenly think that his daughter was really not important to him, but ......

Richard didn't want to go any further.

He just tightened the hands that were holding his daughter and smiled softly at her.

"Dad, why did you suddenly come back today?"

"I'm here to pick you up today. ”

"Huh, where are we going?"

"Go to a new home......

"New home, isn't it good here?"

Looking at Vera's puzzled gaze, Richard patiently explained, trying to make his daughter understand what he was doing......

It's a pity that Vera's attention is not here at all.

I saw that she hesitated for a moment, and timidly asked, "Dad, is Brother Will in his new homeland? Brother Vicky, will he also go there in the future?"

Richard waited worriedly for his daughter's reaction, but when he heard Vera's doubts, the relief in his heart could no longer be hidden.

is worthy of being her own daughter, and her attention to her family is very similar to herself.

So, his tone became softer.

"Of course, we'll be able to see your brother Will when we get there, and before long, your brother Vicky will be on his way to his new homeland with his mother...... When the time comes, our family will be reunited. ”

"Oh, yes? That's great!"

"Just ......"

"Just what?"

"There are no toys, books, or dolls you like......"

“...... I'm not afraid, as long as I can see my brother and my brother!"

"Hahaha......"

Richard smiled heartily, he hadn't been so relaxed in a long time.

Suddenly, a cold voice appeared in my ears.

"Lord Richard, they're coming......"

"Hmm...... I see, you take my daughter, go outside the city first......"

"Yes!"

A tall, but thin, gloomy-eyed young man appeared, and he approached Vera, trying to make his voice as gentle as Richard's, and yet ......

His voice was still as bad as rusty steel on the ground......

"Miss, come with me. ”

"Got it, teacher......"

Vera leaves, being taken away by her teacher, one of Richard's most loyal followers.

At this time, Richard rubbed his somewhat aching skull, and he knew that it was almost time for those people to get here.

Five minutes later, a group of noisy old men, led by the attendants, came here.

They came here dressed in black robes and with a strange smell peculiar to the elderly......

They are members of the ruling families of the Council of Elders......

An old man in a black robe with a gold rim was the first to break the silence, and with a hoarse accent, he asked, "Vicky...... And what about Vera?"

"They were all taken away, honorable elder. ”

"Who took them away?"

"My child, Vicky, was taken back to Rome by his mother, because we had a fight a while ago, and then I ...... His wife's father, the Roman Emperor Caligula, also wanted to meet his grandson. ”

“...... What about Vera?"

"Vera, she wanted to see her brother Will, so she ......"

"Are you kidding us?!

The Elder's face turned red, and Richard just calmly faced his fury.

"It's understandable that you've asked your eldest son, Will, to withdraw from the Blood Ritual, after all, you've given enough gifts, and we've even allowed you to venture to the northern realm of the empire with his precious 'All-Seeing Eye'!"

The elder's fingers almost poked Richard's face, but Richard only quietly took a step back, and only after the former calmed down did he smile faintly and said, "Dear Elder, I have something I want to tell you?"

"What's the matter? don't think you can easily get away with punishment this time!"

"You are all my elders, elders, and I have no intention of deceiving you...... In a few days, my friend, Grand Duke of the Sea, will be supporting some supplies for our Holy Clan......"

“...... Oh?"

"There seem to be a few boxes of gold coins in those supplies, but as you know, we saints can hardly find a place to use gold coins, so ...... I hope you can go to the Kingdom League on my behalf to procure some supplies that are urgently needed in our clan...... Please!"