BXBX NOVEL Chapter 349 Clue To The Vesala's Grudge
"A genealogy?" Everyone looked at Governor Fidel and Grandmaster Andi in confusion.
" Let's hear it." Emperor Valentin nodded as he allowed his brother to continue his report.
Governor Fidel nodded and continued his report;
"We knew that the genealogy records of each clan in the Seirende Empire were maintained by both the Imperial Registry and the clans themselves.
However, the Genealogy records of the Vesala clan varied differently with what was declared in the Imperial Registry." He then controlled the projection stone to show two images of the copies of the registry.
"Take a look at these two records which show the declared origin of the Vesalas…"
"No!"
"It can't be!"
The High Priest and the Grandmasters almost stood in their seats the moment they saw what was written in the genealogy records. Filled with disbelief as to Governor Fidel's discovery.
"I couldn't believe it as well. It was a known fact in history that the founding family of the Vesala came from only one lineage. However, the genealogy of the Vesalas had two heirs, active heirs. There was no record of his demise or descendants. He was just mentioned and disappeared like a bubble." Governor Fidel continued explaining.
"This the Grandmaster and I dug deeper into the matter, doing our best to verify the history from our founding fathers before we deem the information reliable.
With the Emperor's permission, we were able to retrieve information from the royal archives about the events that happened before the founding of the Empire.
That led us to search for the memoirs of the First Victor. To tell you this, I felt like I was doing something useless by digging into his memoirs when everything has already been properly narrated by our history who had decades of years in analyzing the First Victor's records.
But then, we managed to stumble into a statement that seemed to be irrelevant to his memoirs -" After the lengthy explanation, Governor Fidel then flashed a snippet of the First Victor's memoirs during his reign.
"Every time there would be a tribute made of the amethyst gemstone… I pondered what caused our deep enmity with each other…
In my heart, I could find no reason to wipe out his existence on the earth, even though he had done such an abominable thing.
But I had no choice but to end his life for it is the right thing to do to protect the people. I feel bad for his children… I heard that he had two sons, but too bad, I could only find one after the war had ended. Most probably the other one didn't manage to survive."
"The Vesalas already had a deep grudge against the Seirende Family even before the Empire's founding. It was a shame that we do not have any records on who were the families that went against the First Victor' for us to verify if it was the Vesalas whom he was pertaining to." Governor Fidel theorized.
"What this means for all of us is the possibility that the Vesala family residing in the Empire was a branch of the main family who disappeared somewhere…" Grandmaster Andi concluded.
"But the Vesalas have been a loyal subject in the Empire. This was the main reason why they grew to be powerful and prosperous alongside the Imperial Family." Antoine furrowed in disbelief. How could a long-standing ally to the Empire stay silent for centuries without even attempting revenge?
"Indeed, we cannot also reconcile the fact that the Vesalas never moved to threaten the Empire until the war broke out.'' The others voiced their doubts too.
"Well if you look into the chronological event of what has happened, it seems that the Vesalas only started to move after the late duke's execution due to Carolina's offense back then… From here we could think of two possible reasons why they stayed silent.
First was that the preceding heirs of the clan were no longer interested in the Seirende grudge which was only reignited by the late duke's execution.
Or that they were still uncertain of their victory that is why they patiently waited for generations after generations to ensure that they could get the revenge they wanted." Governor Fidel looked at the others as they contemplated deeply.
"There's another possible reason…." Leon raised his hands and shared his thoughts, "It may also be that they were waiting for someone who was strong enough to understand and wield the power of the curse that they believed would lead their family to victory."
"..." Upon hearing Leon's hypothesis, the men in the room remained silent but they surely had a conclusion in their hearts.
Especially the elders who were present during the time that Vesalas started to 'change'.
What was more convincing was that all the misfortune happened the moment Carolina came back from her self exile in the Temple.
"Have we found any trace of this so-called branch of the Vesala Family?" Emperor Valentin asked as he rubbed his temples in distress.
"Unfortunately no… The information we have was not enough to bring us a clue. But I suspect that it had something to do with the Spectre. We may need to either interrogate the captives in order to extract information or to personally go outside the Empire and fish for some intel." Governor Fidel replied.
"That is also why we invited His Eminence, High Priest, to ask for permission in interrogating the captives." Grandmaster Andi looked at the High Priest as he waited for his response.
"I could allow it but with the supervision of the Temple… However, you may not have enough time until the envoys come to the Empire in a few months." High Priest Enoch did not make it hard for them to open the interrogations.
"Sigh… indeed. Aside from this one, we have to prepare for the security of the Empire for the upcoming major events. With the matter of the curse still vaguely understood, I am not sure if we could host the event without experiencing any mishaps." Emperor Valentin sighed.
"The Imperial Family, Council, the Temple, and even the Institute could no longer afford to take matters into their own hands as we will have to force ourselves to start preparing for the events," Kazimir commented.
"Indeed." The men sighed in chorus.
"Your Majesty, I have a suggestion… Why not recommend someone as our respective representative in order to establish an Anti-Curse Committee?
This council will be composed of the most talented, loyal, and reliable individuals who would work to study everything about the curse, how to detect it, how to counter it, and even how to prevent it from harming people." Grandmaster Reuben suggested.
"I have no objection to this idea. What concerns me is that the matter of the curse might be leaked haphazardly if the representative we chose betrayed us." Surprisingly, it was Kazimir who was worried about someone betraying the empire like his mother and maternal family did.
"Hmm… it is actually a good idea. We can take the representatives to the temple and have them swear an oath governed by the guardians in order to ensure their loyalty. What do you say?" High Priest Enoch brushed his beard as he swept a glance to the men in the room.
"We have already taken one step forward by finding out how to cure the curses inflicted on the victims. If establishing the council would also lead us to discover a way to fully detect and prevent it from ever harming people, then it would be a worthwhile investment." Grandpa Reuben also supported.
The rest also nodded their heads in agreement as they looked at each other thinking of what to do.
"Alright then. Tomorrow in the morning council, I will announce the establishment of the Anti-Curse Committee. Please also think of who to recommend to be a part of this endeavor. If this would be well received by the council then we will commission these people immediately." Emperor Valentin concluded.
It was not that they needed the noble's consent to formally establish the council. It is just that the Emperor believed that for the Anti-Curse Committee to be successful, they have to have real authority in the Empire.
Both the common people and the nobility have to recognize them and support them in whatever activities they have to do in order to deal with the matters of the curse.
After discussing the other matters for the empire, the men finally proceeded to eat the feast that was prepared for them.
Soon, these people who had unilaterally supported the creation and selection of the members of the Anti-Curse Committee would praise the heavens for allowing them to conceptualize this team.
That is because, in the near future, the works and studies published by the Anti-Curse Committee will remain in history and would even be passed down from generation to generation.
What's more, the Anti-Curse Committee itself would be dubbed as the 'Curse to the Curse' for they will move to render the curse users helpless with their works!