To be honest, Rebecca was really not good at this kind of thing. Even though Gwen had explained it to her, she only understood half of it. But there was one thing she understood, and that was that her ancestor did not seem to have a good impression of the current King Francis II.
"Not exactly hostile, but vigilance is absolutely necessary," Gwen answered casually when he heard Rebecca's question. He glanced at Amber who was standing next to him, but still said generously, "The Second Dynasty. Don't forget that this is the 'Second Dynasty' now. For a royal family that is not very legitimate, the Cecil family can be said to be the descendants of the founding heroes, but also the people of the previous dynasty. Even if we don't have this intention, Francis II, as the king, has to have this concern, and his concern determines my vigilance. "
"So you want to trouble His Majesty?" Rebecca asked, blinking her eyes.
"No, I don't want to trouble him," Gwen shrugged. "I'm just making trouble."
Rebecca: "Eh?!"
Gwen did not know how to explain this to Rebecca, so he changed the topic. "Forget it, this is not important. Let's continue the topic. Amber... "
Without waiting for orders, Amber took the initiative to raise her hands to show that she understood. "I know, I know. Go outside and wait, right? Sigh, it's a busy life..."
"No," Gwen raised his eyebrows. "I mean you can stay here. Of course, if you feel bored, you can go back to the room and rest. You should be tired after tonight's ordeal, right?"
Amber looked at Gwen in disbelief. "Hey, are you suddenly being kind?"
Then she shook her head and moved to the side of the desk. "I'm not going back. I want to see what you two are going to do... Don't tell me you're really going to divide the inheritance?"
Gwen shook his head and ignored the half-elf. Instead, he put the platinum disc on the desk again.
"You just said that this is a key." Rebecca still remembered what Gwen did not finish his words. "Is it our family's secret treasure?"
Amber immediately perked up her ears, but she still deliberately looked around. It was as fake as it could be.
Gwen smiled. "It is indeed a treasure. It is a hidden treasure trove located at the southern border. But it was originally prepared for the Ansu Kingdom. Of course, for today's kingdom, it is not a huge fortune. But for the pioneers who had just fled to this land, it was half of the expeditionary army's property. "
Rebecca's eyes widened.
"It was originally a layer of insurance for the Ansu Kingdom. After all, in that era, no one knew what would happen the next day," Gawain said with a smile, revealing the real purpose of the trip to the royal city. "Back then, the expedition team fled all the way from the wasteland of Gondor to the north. As we moved, we incorporated and gathered the survivors of the wasteland, and at the same time, we collected all kinds of resources. So the team grew larger, bloated, and eye-catching. As a result, when we crossed the Gloom Mountains, an army of monsters wandering out of the wasteland found us. The army covered the civilians as they moved in the mountains. Of course, they could not keep up with the restless monsters. So a fierce battle broke out. The losses in that battle were huge. When we were counting the losses after the battle, Charlie and I realized one thing: those monsters would not give up. If we continued to cross the mountains with all the supplies, the whole team would probably die on the way. So, the two of us made a decision …
"We left behind a portion of the supplies that would seriously slow down the team's speed and hid them in the depths of an abandoned border fortress. At the same time, we applied a powerful seal to the treasure vault. Then, the team continued to move north with light carriages.
"You know the rest of the history as well. The pioneering team gained a foothold in the north and built a new center of the kingdom between the Holy Spirit Plains and the mountains in the north. Charles the First built a city in the Sunil region, but the batch of resources in the south … is still there."
"Why didn't you take them back?" Rebecca asked curiously.
"At first, it was because the situation was unstable and the cost was too high," Gwen explained. "At that time, the corruption was still spreading. The monsters even spread the corruption zone to the north of the Gloom Mountains. So, the place where we left the supplies became a corrupted area. It was not wise to send a team to that place to retrieve the supplies. More importantly, we found abundant resources in the mountains to the north of the kingdom, and the Holy Spirit Plains began to produce an endless stream of wealth. It wouldn't take long for this new wealth to surpass the resources left in the south. With these two major factors, the treasure trove in the mountains to the south was slowly forgotten. "
Rebecca looked at the platinum disc in Gwen's hand. "But it doesn't seem to be completely forgotten …"
"Yes, of course, the pioneers remembered where they hid the treasures. Although the wealth will become more and more insignificant in the foreseeable future, it is still a 'memorial' of that epic pioneering. At that time, we thought that the demonic tide would eventually fade, and our descendants would be able to safely retrieve those things one day. So, back then, Charlie and I made an agreement. Our two families would each keep this secret, and we would pass down the story of the treasures in the south from generation to generation. The heirs of the Cecil family and the Moen family would know everything. If the demonic tide faded one day, and the kingdom needed this treasure, we would take it out. Think about it, ancient secrets that have been passed down for hundreds of years, the treasure trove of the royal family and the founding nobles, the heritage hidden in the mountains, still need a token to open it. Anyway, that chuunibyou Charlie thought it would be cool. "
Amber looked at Gwen up and down and said, "You two made this decision after drinking too much, right?"
Gwen said, "... You could say so."
Rebecca looked at her ancestor in a daze. After a long time, she said, "But I, the heir of Cecil, have never heard of this story."
"This way of passing down the legacy is always prone to problems." Gwen sighed. "His death was sudden, and he did not have time to explain it to his descendants."
Rebecca was speechless.
"But Charlie seems to have passed down the secret to his descendants." Gwen coughed twice to break the awkwardness. At the same time, he waved the platinum disc in his hand. "I'm here to confirm if this key is still there. Since it is still there, it means that in the past 700 years, the Ansu royal family has not taken the treasure. Charlie knows this secret, his descendants also know it, but — the illegitimate son does not know. "
In the 635-636 years of Ansu, a civil strife destroyed the order of the royal family. The king did not have time to leave an heir, and the king's brothers and sisters all died in the civil war. In the end, only the Grand Duke of the Northern Region supported an illegitimate son found among the common people, and no one knew whether the illegitimate son was real or not.
Even if the illegitimate son was real, he could not know the secret of the southern treasure trove.
"Those things..." Rebecca looked at the "key" with bright eyes, but then she frowned. "But can we really use them? That's... "
Gwen glanced at his great-granddaughter on the N + 1 floor and said, "Of course you can. You're a descendant of the Cecil family. Show some confidence. Charlie and I buried those things together. Other than Charlie himself, who else in the world is more suitable to inherit the treasure than me? I don't believe Charlie can jump out of the coffin like I did... "
Rebecca thought for a moment, and suddenly turned her head and grabbed Amber's arm. "Don't dig up the royal tomb!"
Amber: "... What?"
Immediately after, the half-elf lady shuddered and stared at Gawain anxiously, "Wait! I... I've heard such a secret... You're not going to take this opportunity to kill me, are you? "
Gwen really wanted to hit her on the wall. "If I wanted to kill you, do I have to wait until now?"
The nervousness on Hu Po's face didn't disappear at all. "Then if an outsider like me heard what you two said, wouldn't it be …"
"First, I still trust you. Second, I know you're actually a smart person." Gwen raised the disc in his hand. "The only bold idea you can come up with is to steal this disc, but this disc can only be activated by the blood of the Moen family or the Cecil family. And it's hard to say whether the blood of the Moen family really exists in the world. So obviously, if you want to get some benefits, you can only..."
Amber took a step forward, puffed out his chest, raised his head, and said sternly, "It is a great honor to serve the founding heroes of our country. I, Amber, will do my best to fulfill my duty. What's the point of talking about money for something so epic?"
"Then I really don't want to talk about money with you..."
"Of course, if you want to talk about money with me, then I can't help it."
It was the first time Gwen met someone who could be so shameless and righteous at the same time...
In the latter half of the night, there were no more visitors to disturb them.
The row of rat-traps and nails that Gwen had placed on the windowsill of the study were not put to use.
Although these things weren't of much use to the Shadow Stalkers who didn't care about science ….
The next day, Gwen and his party arrived at the Silver Fort after they had rested and honed their strength.
It was still the same internal court official from yesterday who was in charge of the reception, and Francis II also replicated the grand reception scene of yesterday. It could be said that he had done a good job of keeping up appearances.
And this time, there were two teams of messengers from the Silver Fort, who went along the two main roads on the periphery of the Royal District to patrol and clear the road. They also used magic to broadcast the news that "the Grand Duke of Ansu, Gwen Cecil, is about to enter the Silver Fort."
It seemed that Prince Edmund had conveyed Gwen's wishes to his father very well. Francis II had done a good job of keeping up appearances in front of outsiders.
She wondered how the Shadow Guard would report back after he returned. It would be easy to judge after seeing Francis II's expression.
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