When Aleister heard this, his heart moved.
…The “Great” Lady Bayard?
What did Vignes do back then to be so respected by Pomponazzi?
No wonder Peng Bonazi, who has a frivolous personality, had such a formal attitude when he came to see her.
I am afraid that when the two met at Arc Moon Manor, Baroness Bayard's status was much higher than that of Pomponazzi.
Realizing that he did have a chance to get some information out of him, Aleister became more focused.
"Great..."
"Bayard" took a sip of wine, and a mocking smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "Are you serious? Or are you laughing at me?"
"——No, of course I am serious."
Peng Bonaqi gracefully touched his chest with his right hand and said seriously: "The 'Herasl' on your chest The light is the proof. It was not given to your father or mother, but to you personally, Baroness.
"The Bayard Consortium has become enough to shake in your hands. The behemoth of the empire. Even the emperor must surrender to you and show your kindness... Without you, there might not be Arc Moon Manor. That was the place that changed my life. "
Aleister was stunned for a moment.
...So this necklace is the "Light of Herasl"?
This is Aleister This is something that Wen Si knew when he was taking history class in Avalon.
Countries often perish because their national power is weak, but only the Herasl Empire perished because it was too powerful. .
At least in the textbooks of Avalon, the main reason for the disintegration of the Herasl Empire was because a large number of low-level extraordinary beings gradually escaped from control - in that era when extraordinary knowledge was not strictly controlled, As long as you have a guide, you can easily become a transcendent person.
There is no evaluation of overall quality, nor investigation of family and personal morality. An old man you meet on the street may teach you to become a transcendent person. The secrets of mages; there is true or false extraordinary knowledge everywhere on the black market, and extraordinary people are always keen to explore various ancient ruins, from which they can further enhance their own strength.
The major colleges also have it. While cultivating their own extraordinary beings as much as possible, competing with each other for students, the cost of learning extraordinary knowledge has reached an extreme limit... When the cost is the lowest, even the groom's children can learn mysterious skills by prepaying their own loans for the next twenty years. .
As a result, the number of nobles has not changed, more and more descendants of the nobles are going crazy, and social conflicts have become increasingly fierce... At the same time, the number of extraordinary people born from civilians continues to increase.
Everyone wants to go out for fun and exciting adventures. The ruins around the city are so full that they look like tourist attractions, and no one wants to find anything valuable anymore. I would rather go to sea and explore distant places. This is what Avalon was able to bring from the empire when it was founded.The reason for so many knights and population.
Ten years before the end, the proportion of extraordinary beings who were not from hereditary nobles but were above the third level had reached over 90%. At first, the nobles would recruit these extraordinary people to join the family circle... But later, even if they tried their best to recruit, the wealth they could give was limited, so more extraordinary people still flowed outside.
The gathered civilians formed various private extraordinary organizations such as chambers of commerce, financial groups, associations, and societies, constantly competing for wealth, status, and voice. The entire empire fell into an extremely intense conflict. In the midst of internal strife, people are divided into various factions to attack each other, and different factions are constantly uniting and betraying each other.
The last emperor was determined to change this situation.
He has a gentle personality, so he chose the latter between the prime minister's suggestion of "launching a war of aggression against the ancient Parthian Kingdom" and "mediating class conflicts". He still chose the latter among violent suppression and non-violent inducements. Or... Therefore, he launched the "Light of Herasl" project to commend outstanding civilian extraordinary people and grant them non-hereditary noble titles.
Originally, it was very common for the royal family to issue noble qualifications. In fact, this happened a lot in the peaceful times in previous years. It's just that those are all royal commendations to "individuals", and there are no clear rules and systems that can run automatically.
This is the first automatically-operated nobility system in the Herasl Empire besides the military merit system.
However, the conflicts at that time had already become very intense. The positions of both sides could be said to be either/or, with no middle ground at all. Therefore, the monarch who advocated mediation was considered by both parties to be partial to the other party, which further aggravated the conflict.
——In Avalon, the "Light of Hrasl" is also known as the "Light of Destruction".
They are also known as the countdown to the destruction of the Herasl Empire.
This is the decoration that Aiwass brought with her when she first transformed into Bayard through the power given by the twin mirrors. It doesn't have any special power - maybe it does, but as a mirror, it's just an accessory.
At the beginning, Shadow Demon himself did not express any desire to treasure it or preserve it carefully.
She doesn't seem to like this necklace.
"But I don't like it."
Aleister sighed, imagining that he was Bayard.
She imitated Bayard's tone during the promotion ceremony, and said half plainly, half free and easy: "This is all in the past. Whether it's power, honor...or maybe it's the memories of childhood. No matter yourself. Nothing in the world is eternal... If you really want to pursue eternity, it is the same as pursuing stagnation."
"...Your words are still so philosophical."
Peng Bonazi did not respond to this sentence. He just pursed his lips, then suddenly smiled and said flatteringly: "We haven't seen each other for so many years. Did you go to the East to rest?"
He had a smile on his face, but Aleister clearly felt that Peng Ponacci was a little unhappy just now. It was only because it was rare to see a "fellow countryman" that I suppressed my dissatisfaction.
"So be it," Aleister spat out fluent Taichu language, "It's a blessing in disguise."
Her Taichu language is too fluent and extremely effective. Peng Bonaqi, who was so confident that he could barely understand a general idea, had no doubts about her words.
This also explains why Lady Bayard disappeared at the end of the Earth-Splitting War - she was tired of the disputes in this land, so she fled far away. This is also a very reasonable behavior and fits her indifferent character very well.
"However," Aleister paused and asked, "You said... Arc Moon Manor changed your life?"
Obviously, Peng Bo Naqi just wanted to talk to Bayard about this topic.
He suddenly became energetic and became visibly happy.
Seeing this, Aleister also understood - obviously, Pomponazzi wanted to talk to her about Valentine I.
Although she and Peng Bonazi have never met, she also knows that the first generation of black and red ministers followed Bashir's personal charm.
The dark side may simply be the person who recognizes him and thinks Bashir is a trustworthy person. It was for this reason that he was willing to let his students marry Bashir, who was already old at the time.
But as extraordinary beings on the path of love, their emotions are all disrupted and mixed together. This means that for extraordinary people on the path of love, there is no absolute pure friendship, affection or reverence, and any emotion is "love" to them.
——In other words, Tie Nan Tong.
But then the problem arises...
The status of Huyue Manor is probably equivalent to that of the White Dove Opera House today. It is equivalent to an entertainment club and cafeteria with very high entry barriers, and only those who can be introduced can enter.
Aleister still remembers that during the promotion ceremony, Aiwass once saw a girl and a human young man chatting happily at the wine table. That human youth was Bashir in his youth.
"Bayard" crossed his fingers and said with a smile: "I really didn't expect that the child you brought to Huyue Manor would become a monarch...and you, in turn, followed a Human beings. For this reason, they would not hesitate to do that kind of thing..."
"What kind of thing... do you mean?"
Peng Bonazi's tone became sharper. : "Does it mean that I killed all the children of the Moon in Star Antimony, or... I killed all my own family?"
Have you ever done this kind of thing?
Aleister raised his eyebrows and just smiled but said nothing.
She just said leisurely: "When I was a child...when my parents were still alive, my father taught me ritual spells every day. And my mother taught me how to become a charming woman. Witch.
"I still remember that when I was a child, I looked very androgynous. At first, I disliked the trouble of long hair, so I changed it to short hair. When I grew taller, people often recognized me as ' "Master" rather than "Miss"... At that time, I asked my mother for a potion that could make people shorter."
"...Haha"
Peng. Bonazzi twitched the corner of his mouth and laughed dryly: "That was before you became an adult."
"Of course. That was the past experienced by the real Bayard, but It doesn't stop me from keeping it in mind."
Bayard asked: "What about you?"
"'Franz' is different from you. Four brothers and three sisters, we have the same father and mother...but my blood is different from theirs."
Peng Bonaqi's fingers twitched slightly and he clenched them tightly. The wine glass in his hand serves as a cover: "I am the only 'pure blood' in my family."
"When my father gave birth to his third child, he became the son of the moon. And in my case After my mother gave birth to her seventh child, she was also killed by my father... and after the eighty-day resurrection ceremony, she also became a child of the moon.
"Shortly after that, my. My father was promoted to the fifth level, and my mother was already pregnant before that...that fetus was me. Although the fertility rate at the fifth level is not non-existent, it is very low. Basically, I am the last child in the family. "
The corner of Peng Bonaqi's mouth raised slightly, and he said sarcastically: "Since you were born, your brothers and sisters who are related by blood have regarded you as an enemy and a monster... Have you ever had this experience? ? ”
Unlike Bayard, and unlike most other Moon Children whose eyes turn red when they feel excited...
Pomponacci’s pupils are always blood Red.
This is proof of his status as a "pure blood"
"The earliest memory of 'Franz' was when he was almost a year old. "
Peng Bonazi whispered: "'My' eldest sister wants to strangle me...perhaps because she thinks that her father and mother have been replaced by another person." She was terrified by this.
"But unfortunately...she failed. Because she didn't expect that I was born extraordinary. She didn't seem to understand what the Moon Child could do.
"When I regained consciousness, I found that my ashes were being reborn from the pool of blood. My mother ordered me to suck her blood... Unlike human babies who need to drink milk, I have been using 'blood bottles' since I was a child, so I quickly understood this command.
“As my sister cried, I sucked her into a corpse.
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