This was a good time to announce a secret. In the capital of Invervig, in the palace where the royal family lived, the sun was setting and everything was shining with gold. Even Lorenzo, wearing his ridiculous pajamas, looked sacred at this moment.
Unfortunately, this brilliant light cannot warm anyone's body. They still seem to be swallowed by the cold wind, their fingertips cannot help but tremble, and it cannot illuminate those dim hearts, which contain one conspiracy and trick after another, and those unspeakable secrets.
"The Golden Dawn... It originated from a small group called the Rosicrucian Order, led by an alchemist named Rosen Cruz.
They started out as a group of only a few people, but as the group grew, it officially became the Golden Dawn. However, the reason I say this is largely because our Victorian family only knows about the Golden Dawn. As for its predecessor, the Rosicrucian Order, there is basically no record of it, and no one knows whether it really existed. "
Queen Victoria spoke slowly, unveiling the past for the two.
"The Golden Dawn is the earliest alchemy group with clear records, and the Victoria family was one of its earliest members. However, with the discovery of the Truth, a conflict occurred within the Golden Dawn a long time ago that we are still unaware of. But the result is clear to us. The Golden Dawn split, and the alchemists no longer trusted each other, and entered an era of fighting each other."
“The Victoria family returned to their former homeland, which is now Yngveg. We used alchemy to gain wealth and power, and gradually took root in Yngveg until we became the rulers of Yngveg.
But everything has a price, and in exchange for this power, we are blessed... and cursed."
Lorenzo gazed at Queen Victoria in the light, and he was only one step away from the secrets of this country.
"Wang Zhu, right?"
The Queen shook her head and said to Lorenzo.
"The King's Curse is only a part of it. It is the price, and the blessing is everything you see now."
"What do you mean?"
“What else could there be… In the middle of the Glorious War, when Old Dunling was about to fall, at this very moment, as if blessed by God, we innovated the steam engine. The furnaces ran day and night, and the factories worked day and night. Under the torrent of steel, we did everything we could to win this desperate war.
Don't you think it's a coincidence? In this time of crisis, we have the power to turn the situation around."
The sound was still so calm, but to Lorenzo's ears it was like thunder on a clear day.
"This... is a blessing."
Lorenzo whispered.
At the end of the long table, the Queen nodded slightly.
"That's right, there are no miracles. Or rather, all miracles require a price."
"What on earth is going on?"
Lorenzo began to feel a little confused. He thought he knew this world well enough, but now it seemed that everything was so weird and twisted, as if the world was being manipulated by the hand of God. Normal humans were trying hard to adapt to this crazy world, thus revealing a hideous and weird appearance.