"Count Angelet, do you know that Midella Saint Hilde had a serious illness when she was fourteen?"
Colin shook his head.
Bachelor Yaruger smiled slightly and said:
"This matter is very easy to verify. You can just ask the elders of the St. Hilde family, and they can tell you the specific situation."
Colin nodded and said, "I will. So, what's wrong with her?"
"White plague."
"White plague?" Colin dug out the description of the disease from his previous life's memory, and immediately understood that it should be tuberculosis.
In this era without antibiotics, this severe infectious disease can be called terminally ill, and the mortality rate is extremely high.
Bachelor Yaruge continued: "I believe you are familiar with this infectious disease, and it must be treated in isolation. This serious illness has plagued Midella for three years. During these three years, she lived alone and was taken care of by a special person. No outsiders were seen. It was not until three years later that she recovered from her illness and went out.
But in fact, the real Midella St. Hilde died of illness a long time ago, and what appeared three years later was actually my younger sister—Yelif! "
Ke Lin leaned on the balcony and asked lightly:
"Then, why did the St. Hilde family hide the news of Midella's death? And why did they find your sister as a substitute?"
"Because of the marriage."
"Marriage?"
"Yes, as early as when Midara was ten years old, she had already made a marriage contract with Emperor Reinhardt. If she died, the marriage between the St. Hilde family and the royal family would not be able to continue.
After all, in that generation of St. Hilde's direct lineage, there was only Midella who was of the right age, and the emperor couldn't marry a woman from the collateral line of St. Hilde's family.
Therefore, after Midara's death, the St. Hilde family used the excuse of isolation and treatment to conceal her death until a suitable substitute was found. "
Ke Lin didn't hide the suspicious look in his eyes, and asked:
"If this is your story, to be honest, it's hard for me to believe it. The St. Hilde family will choose a daughter of a commoner from the countryside to replace their own family's first daughter and marry the royal family... It sounds like a fantasy."
But Bachelor Yaruge said calmly:
"Count Angelet, you don't understand the situation of the St. Hilde family at that time. At that time, Marquis Garcia had just turned 18 years old and had not yet established the Black Cavalry Army. Assistance, this marriage is extremely important to them..."
"Then it's impossible for them to choose your sister..." Colin interrupted, "Please forgive my offense, but I don't believe that the St. Hilde family will choose a commoner's daughter to marry the royal family."
"Then what if we're not actually civilians?" Yeruge suddenly laughed.
Colin took a deep look at him and said:
"Really? So, which family are you descended from?"
"Saint Chapman."
"The guardian family of the empire?" Colin questioned, "Haven't they been exterminated by the church?"
Bachelor Yaruger smiled sadly and said:
"Yes. But when the Duke of St. Chapman of that generation decided to start promoting the "Glorious Book" within the empire, he expected that it might provoke a thunderous blow from the church.
Therefore, he suspended the death of a legitimate son in advance, and secretly went to the north to join the St. Hilde family. This left the blood inheritance to the St. Chapman family.
Later, the St. Chapman family was exterminated by the church, but this only bloodline has been carefully protected by the St. Hilde family, and it was secretly placed in Blackthorn Village... "
Hearing this, Colin had no doubts.
The St. Hilde family, the St. Chapman family, and the royal San Lorenzo family have always been the three Paladin families that have been the most staunch against the church.
It is also reasonable for them to cover each other.
"... So after Midella died of illness, the St. Hilde family urgently needed to find a substitute, so they set their sights on my younger sister Yellif St. Chapman.
First of all, she has a noble blood, even if the royal family finds out, she will not be furious. After all, the descendants of the St. Chapman family are worthy of the emperor, and the royal family has always felt guilty about the St. Chapman family.
Ye Lifu and Midara are similar in age, even though there are some differences in appearance, but the fourteen-year-old girl is at the time of great changes, and the three-year isolation time is enough to blur the world's memory of the real Midara's appearance.
In addition, although Ye Lifu's surname is St. Chapman, this family has long since lost its glory and can only rely on the St. Hilde family. After she marries into the royal family, she will also safeguard the interests of the St. Hilde family, and the real Midella was not much different.
So, my younger sister was finally chosen by the St. Hilde family to marry into the royal family instead of the real Midella. "
Colin looked deeply, and said noncommittally:
"It's a reasonable story indeed, and it doesn't sound flawless. But what does that have to do with your warning me?"
"Of course there is. All those who oppose the church are allies of the St. Chapman family! Of course I have an obligation to prevent you from falling into the trap of the church. And..." Bachelor Yaruge's eyes suddenly brightened, "Don't you have any doubts? Have you ever had a problem with your own blood? To be promoted to the Sanctuary, you must be a descendant of the Paladin family!"
Colin blinked.
I secretly thought that this is because the blood clan link is enabled...
"You don't want to say that I'm also a descendant of your St. Chapman family?" Colin said with a smile.
Unexpectedly, Bachelor Yaruge nodded seriously and said:
"That's right. You are indeed my family!"
Without waiting for Colin to ask, Bachelor Yaruge continued:
"After fleeing to the north, the ancestors of the St. Chapman family specially let a bloodline escape from the sight of the St. Hilde family just in case. It's not that we don't trust the St. Hilde family, but that we have experienced After the disaster of destroying the family once, the ancestors were full of sense of crisis, so they specially saved a hand... "
"So this bloodline became the Angelet family?"
"Yes."
"Do you have any evidence, or means of verification?"
Bachelor Yaruge shook his head and said:
"How could this kind of secret bloodline leave evidence, but your father should know his identity, but he died in the front line, maybe he didn't have time to tell you. But you can ask the elders in the family, maybe someone will know Know… "
Colin rubbed his chin, lost in thought.
The story of Bachelor Yaruger sounds flawless, but such baseless words can only be listened to. If you really want to win Colin's words, you still need tangible evidence.
However, if what he said is true, it can indeed explain some of Colin's previous doubts.
For example, why Queen Midella has been developing secret forces, and why is she targeting the church like crazy? Even if Marquis Garcia wants to die, she will use it to provoke the northern border to fight against the church.
Colin always thought that this was a natural contradiction between members of the aristocratic class and the church, but Queen Midella's various behaviors clearly went beyond ordinary hostility and confrontation.
It all makes sense if she's really a St. Chapman descendant.
Seeing that Colin no longer asked any more questions, Bachelor Yaruge knelt down on one knee respectfully and said:
"Master, the Saint Chapman family has been silent for more than three hundred years, and finally a paladin like you appeared! This is the grace of the Supreme Lord!
I believe that you can lead us to avenge the church! "
Colin looked at the agitated Bachelor Yaruger, and didn't raise any doubts. Instead, he hid all kinds of doubts in his heart, put on a serious face on the surface, and nodded solemnly:
"Don't worry, those hypocrites who blasphemed the glory of our Lord will be judged as they deserve!"
(end of this chapter)