Duke's wife

Chapter 96

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Chapter 96
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"...... Someone else?"

"[The conditions of the offerings are as follows: First, a descendant of accursed blood, and second, a person who has defied God's law like the damned...... Well, brother-in-law. I can't read this part because the words are difficult."

"Really? Can you only read the parts that you can read?"

"Yes, I see."

Grace pouted her lower lip to soothe Leon's grudge. At her behest, Leon finally pursed his lower lip and read it down.

"[The one who is suitable as a sacrifice to break the curse of the first god, that is, 'he who died once and rose again.'"

"...... What?"

"[Pierce the heart of the sacrifice, so that the accursed one may be covered with its blood. At that moment, the blood of the sacrifice will cover the eyes of the god who watches over the damned, and the cursed will regain the life that God has given them. The sacrifice will die with both the karma of the damned and the punishment for daring to disturb the order of death. This is......]."

"Leh, Leon! That's enough! You can stop reading!"

Grace screamed at the horrific descriptions that followed, desperately trying to stop Leon from acting.

Afterwards, she furrowed her eyebrows and tried to combine the hidden secrets of the records she had just heard with the facts she had uncovered so far.

'...... Chill out. Let's sort it out.'

Grace took a long breath and sorted out the things that were running through her mind and the facts she had discovered.

First, there is cursed blood in the imperial family. The thicker the blood, the stronger the curse of the gods, and the more difficult it is to obtain offspring, and the short-lived offspring obtained. Second, in order to avoid the curse, an offering, the blood of the dead and the risen, is necessary.

Grace has identified those who are now involved in all of this conspiracy.

'A hard-won descendant of the Imperial Family. This is probably the Prince, right? In fact, His Majesty the Emperor did not see the Crown Prince until he was over forty. Also, the one who died and came back to life seems to refer to me. ...... Why was the Felix family swept up in this?'

Grace, who had been stammering with her thoughts, soon understood. To them, the sacrifice didn't have to be themselves.

Because.

'...... Duke Felix has the power to bring someone back to life.'

As her thoughts reached that point, Grace felt like she had a picture of it all. She bit her bottom lip.

'...... The crown prince inherited the cursed blood of the first god. That's why he called me a monster.'

The more I thought about it, the more I felt the pieces of the puzzle floating around in my head fall together.

'If you explain it that way, I can understand the contents of the diary in which the Duke of Alberton wrote that he had a weakness in the Imperial Court, for the only descendants of His Majesty the Emperor are the Crown Prince. So he would have wanted to keep his only heir alive at all costs. And the Duke of Alberton, in his quest to break the curse, has discovered the 'secret' behind the deaths of Duke Felix and Princess Eileen!'

Now everything was explained.

The ancestor Duke Felix, who climbed the tower with his moribund wife as soon as Arthur was born, and his wife, who miraculously came back alive three days later.