Shepherd Tantra

Chapter 1086: Julia Hercules
Seeing Aiwass and Isabel hugging each other, the people in the audience applauded.

The old duke also clapped hard, and even with his lips pursed, one could still see his unconcealed smile, as well as a rare warmth in his deep eyes.

The next step was to cut the cake - this was not a gift or a present from any god, but a dessert made by the elves of the Theocracy.

It was a huge cake that was three meters high and had nine layers. Aiwass hugged Isabel from behind and cut it open with a crystal sword that shone with light and coldness and was specially made for cutting cakes. This process itself was a blessing.

The misty fairies, whose bodies were hazy and translucent and shimmering with light, stepped forward and cut the cake into portions. In front of each guest were two portions, one of which was the food that had been cut and arranged on a plate, and the other was a gift that had been packaged and had time temporarily frozen in it using the preservation technique.

As Pope Gray raised his scepter forward and pressed it down slightly, he signaled people to sit down.

The guests sat down one after another, and many of them were looking forward to the cake - they had already deeply realized what a great ceremony they had witnessed. If nothing unexpected happened, this might be the most glorious moment of their lives.

As the old duke sat down, he grabbed Albert, who was sitting at the table, and placed him on his lap.

"How is it? Everything is fine, right? Your daughter and my grandson... they are both good kids."

The old duke whispered, slapping Albert's heavy, powerful hand on his butt with a rather solid sound - although he looked thin, there was surprisingly meat in his fur.

"——At least, they are much better than their father. Don't you think so?"

Hearing this, Albert, who was originally struggling to escape, immediately shrank back into the old man's legs and dared not move.

"Humph……"

Seeing Albert lying down obediently, the old Duke snorted.

He stroked the cat on his lap and said with a half smile: "It's better to be like this. Why didn't you become a cat earlier? Then you wouldn't have caused so much trouble. For you, for me... for Avalon, for Iris, and for these children."

Even though they were relatives now, he still had a prejudice against Albert - after all, the mistakes Prince Albert had made had a huge impact. It could even be said that his one thought at the time changed the current situation in the world.

Albert also felt a little guilty. He lowered his head and lay quietly without saying a word.

Seeing him lying down and accepting the scolding, the old duke had no choice.

If Albert appeared in front of him, the old duke would definitely punch him - but Albert's new body was too fragile now, so he didn't even dare to shoot him too hard, for fear that something would happen and it would be embarrassing.

The old man hummed, his tone low: "Hmph. Never mind. Without that past, there might not be such a present...

"Do you eat cake? I mean... can cats eat cake?"

"……I don't know either."

Albert spoke, also hesitantly: “Ask someone?”

While the old man and the cat looked at each other.

There was a new movement on the stage——

For some reason, Yulia suddenly walked onto the stage.

Isabel and Aiwass looked at each other.

After Aiwass nodded slightly, she reached out and pulled Yulia to her side.

Seeing this, the guests who had just started eating and drinking were stunned for a moment, realizing that something seemed to be going on, and turned around to look.

"In addition to the wedding and the coronation," Isabel said word by word, "there is another important thing I want to tell you today." Julia was originally a little nervous, but at this moment she inexplicably felt calm.

"Her name is Julia Moriarty, and she is the younger sister of my husband, Aiwass Moriarty. Both of them are orphans adopted by their adoptive fathers, just as Aiwass's family line comes from the Vendôme family of Iris..."

Having said this, Isabelle nodded to the Duke of Vendome.

Hearing her words, the old duke couldn't help but smile and nodded, while Anne couldn't help but cover her face and tears fell.

The other guests were also stunned.

Even those Avalonians who were familiar with Aiwass did not know this secret.

...After all, even the person involved had only known about it for less than two days.

However, the Duke of Vendôme did not expect that Isabelle would admit this matter in front of everyone - she was obviously not the kind of person who would make decisions for Aiwass. If she could admit it, it meant that Aiwass had already admitted it.

After all, Anne is not technically Aiwass' biological mother...although she and Aiwass' biological mother are the same person.

However, she would definitely not marry again. She personally did not want to, and the old Duke could not force her. So now, in the eyes of outsiders, Aiwass was Anne de Vendome's child... In this way, they could truly become a family.

But Isabel's next words frightened the old duke so much that his eyes widened:

"——Yulia's real name is Julia Hercules.

"She is the direct descendant of the royal family during the Helasar Empire."

After a brief delay, the guests burst into an uproar.

Those who were invited here, even if they were not big shots, were mostly from the upper class. At least they all had a certain degree of political literacy and could understand what this sentence meant.

Whether it is Star Antimony, Narcissus, Black Eagle, Iris... these four countries all originated from the land-splitting war caused by the extinction of the royal family after the death of Herasl. Each of them claimed that they were the most orthodox successor, and the others were just traitors who forged the claim.

Iris has the Art Guild and more than one-third of the great nobles from the Helasar era, accounting for 80% of the total proportion of all surviving nobles, so it is very normal for them to establish their own kingdom; the Narcissus Principality was originally a semi-independent principality, and there is also the real Grand Duke Narcissus - the younger sister of the Duke of the Moon is the former queen; and the Black Eagle Principality represents military power and local small nobles... The former Marshal of the Helasar Empire forged a declaration and a will, proclaimed himself a duke, and together with the scattered country knights who did not go to Avalon, they occupied the most fertile plains and forests.

Star Antimony is the most civilian force among them... and because of this, the supporters of the first generation of Valentine include the Alchemy Association, the Spirit Tower, the Red Castle and the Demon Academy. In addition to the personal charm of the first generation of Valentine, a large part of the reason is that they hold the idea of ​​"adding icing on the cake is not as good as helping in times of trouble", so they support the Star Antimony Kingdom, which is the least likely to have a claim.

Therefore, the Xingtan people firmly stated that the former Herasil royal family had long been extinct. The accident happened too suddenly, and there was no bloodline left, and there could be no "will". They are the most traditional heirs - Xingtan language is basically the same as Herasil language except for the dialect, which comes from the dialect of Valentine's hometown.

The laws, customs and traditions were almost all copied, unlike other countries where a lot of revisions were made. If Xingtan represented anything, then they represented the common people of the Herasl Empire.

This makes Xingti have the strongest assimilation power in the Helasar cultural circle...but also has a biggest weakness.

Only the Xingtan Kingdom had no claims at all, not even a forged claim - they were able to establish a country purely because there were enough high-level extraordinary people who forcibly occupied a territory, and there was no explanation at all about where Xingtan came from and why it was established.

The foundation of their founding was purely "sheltered some civilians during the Rift War". The excuse for the subsequent annexation of Black Hawk was "to fight against the false monarchy that forged claims and wills"; the annexation of Narcissus was because "the wizards stole the political power of Narcissus" - they still "governed on his behalf".

Unless the descendants of Narcissus Duke come forward and publicly declare their intention to inherit the Narcissus Duchy, Xingti will have temporary but unlimited management rights.

It is probably equivalent to what parents say when taking away their children’s Chinese New Year red envelopes: “I’m just saving it for you and will return it to you when you grow up.”

——Maybe, maybe not.

But now the appearance of Yulia has changed this situation——

(End of this chapter)