Chapter 600

Indeed, Capeline wanted to cry.

Even though she was known as the Valkyrie, Capeline could not take it anymore after being "humiliated" by Shien.

The main thing was that the current situation was not right.

Thinking of everything that she had been through recently, and how the hope of getting out of this predicament was on the person that she did not want to see the most, it would be strange if Capeline, a seventeen-year-old girl, did not want to cry.

Of course, Capeline did not really cry.

Even though her eyes were already red, she forced herself not to cry. She even stared stubbornly at Shien. Her unyielding look made her look like a little wild cat that had been bullied badly.

Being stared at by Capeline, Shien shrugged and finally pulled out the holy sword at his waist.

Clang!

The sound of metal clashing rang out instantly.

Shien slashed at the handcuffs on Capeline's limbs and ankles, as well as the collar around her neck. The sword flashed across the dim cell and cut through those restraints.

Only then did Capeline regain her freedom. However, because she did not have the time to react, her body went limp and she collapsed on the ground.

Seeing the pale princess collapse weakly in front of him, Shien could not help but laugh and shake his head. In the end, he tore off the cloak on his body and threw it to Capeline.

Capeline immediately reached out, grabbed the cloak, and covered her naked body.

Obviously, this princess was not without shame.

"What is this place?" Shien asked Capeline, "Is it just a cell used to imprison people?"

It did not look like it at all.

Apart from this basement, there were also many patrolling knights and slave servants working outside.

"They seem to be digging something. Do you know what they are preparing to do?"

Shien began to gather the information he wanted.

Capeline raised her eyes and looked at Shien, who was staring at her. After a moment of silence, she spoke.

"I don't know where this place is, and I don't know what this place is used for. I only know that after I woke up, my female knights and I were imprisoned here and interrogated by the Poison Concubine."

Capeline said softly.

"During the time we were here, apart from the Poison Concubine, I did not see anyone else come in to look for us, until today."

In other words, Capeline did not know anything about this place.

Shien was a little disappointed.

However, he did not express anything.

Since he was already here, he did not expect to achieve his goal so easily.

While no one had discovered what was going on here, he planned to investigate this place again to see what secrets were hidden here.

As for Capeline, Sean would still rescue her for the time being.

No matter what, he had already entered into a cooperative state with Harvey, and the intelligence of this place was also provided to him by Harvey. In that case, bringing his sister out of this place was already the most benevolent thing he could do.

"—" The sky is obscured by darkness, the earth is turned into a crimson hell, and the Lustrous Branch will be awakened from its slumber and descend upon this universe. "

This was a poem. "The sky is obscured by darkness, the earth is turned into a crimson hell, and the Lustrous Branch will be awakened from its slumber and descend upon this universe."

This was a poem.

It was a poem that sounded very pleasing to the ear and made people feel a little mysterious.

Capeline suddenly sang such a poem, leaving Shien stunned.

Seeing this, Capeline did not wait for Shien to react and gave a straightforward explanation.

"This is a legend that has been circulating in the Ragnar Empire," Capeline said. "It is said that under the land of the Ragnar Empire, there is a treasure called the Lustrous Branch sleeping."

"Treasure?" Shien raised his eyebrows and said in surprise, "Under the land of the Empire?"

"That's right." Capeline nodded and said, "I also heard about such a legend from my mother."

According to Capeline, this legend had been passed down in this land for a very, very long time. It had been so long that not many people knew about it.

The royal family of the empire had studied this legend.

This was because it was rumored that the Hero who founded the Ragnar Empire had come to this land in search of the treasure called the Lustrous Branch.

The Hero had spent many years searching for that treasure, but he had never been able to find it.

Thus, he had just established a country on this piece of land and stayed here for a long time, hoping that one day in the future, he would be able to find that treasure.

But he spent his whole life, but in the end, he still did not succeed.

Then, the Hero, who was the founding emperor, was targeted by the Demons because he lived here for a long time and did not change his location. In the end, he died at the hands of the Demonic Dragons.

"My mother once said that this legend was quite famous at that time."

It was as if Capeline was searching for her own memory. She recalled and spoke at the same time.

"At that time, the reason why the empire was persecuted by countries and foreign races from all over the world after the death of the founding Hero, I heard that it was also because of this legend in the beginning."

Knowing that there was a treasure on this land that even the Hero could not find and was willing to spend so many years looking for, other countries and races would naturally feel tempted.

With this as the source, the Ragnar Empire, which had lost the founding Hero, was gradually persecuted by outsiders, and experienced prosperity and decline in its long history until today.

And in the long period of confrontation and struggle, the original purpose was gradually replaced by other reasons and political issues, becoming unknown.

As a result, the legend also became unknown. Today, perhaps not many people in the royal family of the empire would study it.

Capeline remembered this because she accidentally heard her mother, who was ousted from the throne, mention it.

"My mother also heard it from the former emperor, my grandfather."

Capeline mentioned such a thing.

Shien noticed something.

"You said that the former emperor was your grandfather?"

Shien asked reflexively.

"That's right."

Capeline was slightly startled, but she had no intention of hiding it and admitted it directly.

In other words …

"The former emperor was your mother's biological father?" Shien said with a strange expression, "Your mother is the orthodox descendant of the Hero?"

"… Yes." Capeline seemed to understand what Shien was surprised about. After a moment of silence, she said faintly, "The current emperor was originally the elder brother of the Lefferut family's master. After having a political marriage with my mother, he married into the royal family. Under my mother's unwillingness to be a regent, he sat on the throne and became the emperor."

Well, Shien finally understood the truth of some things.

Why was the current emperor so cruel that he even dared to persecute his own children?

Why did the Lefferut family listen to Mara and become her lackey?

It was all because the emperor was bewitched by Mara. Just now, under Mara's instruction, he attacked the descendants of the Hero, and also made the Lefferut family Mara's lackey.

Otherwise, as the heir of the Hero's bloodline, he would have to consider the idea of leaving some direct bloodline for the royal family of the empire, and protect Harvis and Capeline in front of Mara, right?

But the emperor did not do so. Instead, he followed Mara's instruction and persecuted the descendants of the Hero.

Sean could imagine what reason Mara had used to persuade the emperor to be ruthless even if he thought with his knees.

"I'm afraid that your father wants to completely remove the Ragnar royal bloodline from the empire, so that the royal family of the empire will only flow with his own blood from now on, right?"

Shien was also convinced.

"Probably." Capeline's tone was cold, as if she was talking about a stranger instead of her own father. She said, "He was originally questioned by many traditional nobles because he married into the family. In addition, he has no talent. He can't even be the head of the family, let alone the emperor. That's why the Lefferut family used him as a tool for marriage, throwing him to the royal family, and then supporting him to take the throne."

The Lefferut family probably wanted to cultivate a puppet emperor and turn the empire into their own rule.

Under such circumstances, one could imagine how unwilling the emperor would be.

In this way, as long as someone like Mara appeared, not only giving him advice in secret, but also using all kinds of means to help him, then he would naturally go up to them and become an idiot at their beck and call.

Mara, on the other hand, followed the emperor's line. Firstly, he ousted the queen and took revenge on the descendants of the Hero. Secondly, he suppressed the Lefferut family and subdued the Lefferut family that controlled the emperor. In addition, the emperor obeyed him, so his power in the empire gradually grew, and finally, his power dominated the court.

"How should I put it?" Shien spread his hands and said indifferently, "No wonder your brother the prince wants to usurp the throne so much."

"Brother Harvey?" Capeline was slightly stunned, but immediately understood. She said to Shien, "Could it be that you are the help my brother asked?"

"What?" Shien was a little surprised. "You know about this?"

"More or less." Capeline relaxed her body and said in a low voice, "Brother Harvey has always wanted to go to the kingdom to ask for help. Before I went missing, he also warned me not to have too much conflict with the kingdom. That would be bad for dealing with the poison concubine later."

But Capeline obviously didn't listen.

Otherwise, when in Kosmos, she wouldn't have been so against Shien, and she wouldn't have been in a state of confrontation with the Sterling family.

Her Royal Highness had always seen the kingdom as an opponent, and the princess of the kingdom as her lifelong enemy.

When she heard that Harvey was going to cooperate with the kingdom and ask for help from the kingdom, she naturally wouldn't be willing.

Shien could imagine how much conflict this pair of siblings had over this matter.

And looking at the current situation, it was obvious that Harvey was the one with the foresight.