Lillian Akeman was an extremely complicated and contradictory girl, which originated from her family.
Family was often a paradise for underage girls, but for Lillian, who was part of the royal family of the Austin Empire, family was the source of torture.
Everyone knew about the current situation of the Austin Empire. It had been more than ten years since Lillian's two brothers graduated from St. Freya Academy, but the two had not made any breakthroughs in their extraordinary powers. The fierce internal strife had been going on for a long time, and it had only intensified in recent years as Lillian grew up.
There was no kinship in the royal family. This sentence could not be more appropriate to describe the royal family of the Austin Empire. Insidious schemes and vicious traps were the most gifts the girl received from her two blood relatives. As for her parents, Lillian was just a tool in their eyes. One was a tool for inheritance, and the other was a tool for maintaining their own prosperity and wealth. She was not replaced because she was the best.
The ugliness of human nature was exposed to Lillian early on, causing the girl to give up on her family, which was just a facade. However, this was also the reason why Lillian was conflicted.
Just like how the more you lacked something, the more you yearned for it. Deep in Lillian Akeman's heart, she was extremely eager to have a real family.
To love and care for each other, to have a deep, unchangeable, and inseparable relationship, this was the real family in Lillian's heart. In the past, this could only be an unachievable dream for the girl, but today, Lillian found that she had a chance. It was just that it was not a family by blood, but a family by blood.
Blood and bloodline were two completely different concepts in Xi Ya. Blood was brought to the child by the parents from birth, while bloodline was awakened by oneself. The two seemed similar, but in fact, they were completely different.
Take Luo Ya for example. Luo Ya's relative by blood was his father, Ka Diya. His relatives by blood were the previous generation of Awakened, Roy Akeman, and the previous generation's Vincent Akeman.
Luo Ya and Vincent's era were more than 800 years apart. From the perspective of bloodline, there was not much difference between them after dozens of generations of dilution. However, if Vincent met Luo Ya, he would definitely accept him because the two of them had the same bloodline, which meant that they must have come from the same source. This was an indelible objective fact.
In Xi Ya, this kind of unique bloodline connection was considered noble and unique to Extraordinaires. Most of the time, it was only found in clans that possessed exclusive Source Substances. However, in rare cases, two people who were completely unrelated to each other could find each other due to their similar bloodlines. The method was resonance.
In other words, it was very likely that there was a blood relative of Lilian in the Academy after the resonance.
Stroking her chest, the black-haired girl's heart was in turmoil, but she had no idea what to do.
The Source Substance [Kingdom] was the Source Substance that the Austin Empire's royal family possessed. However, in reality, it was not a bloodline exclusive Source Substance. Instead, it was a product that most people could accept like [Mercy]. However, the Austin Empire's royal family had monopolized it since ancient times, and as the ruling clan, they were very adaptable to [Kingdom].
Because of this, even among the Akemen who used [Kingdom] Source Substance, there was no commonality between Awakened bloodlines. In other words, the reason Lilian was so powerful was because the bloodline she had awakened was more powerful than others, making it stand out among all the other bloodlines.
In fact, Lilian had always felt that her bloodline might have an exclusive Source Substance, but as a core member of the Austin Empire, her identity as the Imperial Princess meant that she had to accept [Kingdom] Source Substance. Otherwise, she would become a political target for others to use against her.
From an objective point of view, [Kingdom] was indeed one of Xi Ya's best Source Substances. Although exclusive Source Substances were closer to one's bloodline, they might not be as powerful as [Kingdom]. In fact, in the long history of the Austin Empire, there were precedents of the Austin Empire's royal family choosing exclusive Source Substances, but the results were not satisfactory.
Lilian's bloodline and Source Substance did not come from the same source, so there were two possibilities for the resonance that had appeared in her body.
"Resonance. Judging from the direction of the school gate, it should be a new student … If we're talking about the Source Substance resonance, it should be that Paul Akeman."
The young girl, who was talking to herself, frowned slightly. Indeed, in terms of bloodline, Paul Achman was her brother and sister, and they both had [Kingdom] Origin Substance. It was most likely that the two of them would resonate with each other. However, Paul's identity made Lillian somewhat sensitive.
An illegitimate child. In Lilian's eyes, who had been educated as a noble since she was young, this was a scandal of the Austin Empire's royal family. To be honest, Lilian did not want to have anything to do with this person. If the resonance was really him, Lilian would probably be very conflicted.
Of course, there was another possibility, which was that it was not a Source Substance, but a more fundamental bloodline resonance. However, when she thought about this possibility, Lilian's eyes dimmed.
Bloodline users were one in a million. Someone who had awakened the same extraordinary bloodline as Lilian, entered the same school in the same era, and happened to have a resonance. The probability of such a thing happening was probably so low that it could not be calculated.
"That's true. How could there be such a fate in this world …"
The black-haired girl who had calmed down sighed at her own extravagant hope. She slowly walked back to the table, and then her gaze sank slightly.
At this moment, there was an exquisite letter in the middle of the table. The familiar double eagle symbol on the wax represented the Austin Empire's royal family. However, unlike the past, this letter was not written by someone else. It was written by the Austin Empire's emperor, Lucas.
The meaning of the handwritten letter was self-evident. The contents of the letter were undoubtedly important. The black-haired girl naturally knew this. Therefore, after carefully opening the letter, she carefully read it. However, the contents of the letter left her rather confused.
There were roughly two points in the letter. The first point was to ask Lilian not to let Paul Akeman, who had entered the school this year, have a hard time. Lilian had already guessed this request. After all, no matter what, Paul now carried the name of the Akeman family. However, the second point was completely unexpected to Lilian.
Don't get close to the Akat family.
That was the content of the second paragraph, and Lilian also sensed that this was the true purpose of Lucas' letter.
The Akat family was a great noble family in the St. Maester Theocracy. As the empress, Lilian had naturally heard of it. However, she was not allowed to get close to this family. What was the reason behind this obviously hostile order?
The black-haired girl pondered for a long time but still could not figure it out. She could only pick up the student file placed on the side and flip through it again.
"Luo Ya Akat …"
Looking at the name on the file, Lilian began to ponder in the empty room.
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