"I don't know much. I only roughly know that Bourbon was founded by Lord Bourbon after he defeated his domestic competitors and Pritchard's army during the War of the Successors of Farano more than a hundred years ago. The church was behind it.
“It is said that the Pritt Screaming Spear Dynasty took advantage of the civil strife in Farano, and its king William at the time relied on the claim brought by the marriage relationship to claim that he was the orthodox successor to the throne of Farano, and led his army across the sea to invade Farano.
"Just when the local kings of Farano were unable to resist, Lord Bourbon's troops won several miraculous victories. Lord Bourbon claimed that the three saints gave him revelations and helped him win the battles. Afterwards, the Holy See of the Church personally recognized this and used this as an opportunity to officially enter the battlefield and fully support Bourbon in dealing with the Howling Spears who had always been against them. In the end, Bourbon won the war, unified Farano and expelled the Pritts. Since then, the Church has firmly established its foundation in Farano."
While recalling, Adele whispered to Dorothy and spoke. After listening to her words, Dorothy continued to speak with a slight frown.
"So, the establishment of the Banquet Dynasty was supported by the church from the very beginning? Then during the Frost Moon Revolution, didn't the church help Bourbon survive the crisis?"
"Well... it seems that there isn't. As far as I know, during the Frost Moon Revolution, the Church almost watched the fall of Bourbon and showed no signs of involvement. The revolutionaries did not burn the fire of revolution on the Church. Instead, after the establishment of the Chinese government, the Church decisively recognized it. The Chinese government after the revolution also maintained the Church's special status in Farano. Therefore, it is difficult to say what role the Church played in the Frost Moon Revolution?"
Adele continued, sniffing Dorothy, and Dorothy couldn't help but stroke her chin and ponder for a while after hearing her words.
As far as she knew, the scale of the Frost Moon Revolution was not too large. It was a short-term revolution confined to the Farano capital of Flots, and it did not develop into a nationwide civil war like the Padus Revolution. This kind of revolutionary event was possible in Dorothy's original world, but it was a bit strange to see it happen in this extraordinary world. The Bourbon royal family had the highest combat power in a country, the Red Cheng-level extraordinary people. If the revolutionary party did not have the corresponding extraordinary power to participate, it should not be easy to overthrow it. Therefore, the true situation of the Frost Moon Revolution must not be simple.
At the time of the revolution, how many members of the Bourbon dynasty were corrupt? How many members of the revolutionaries were corrupt? What degree of intervention did the church make? These are unknown facts hidden in the secret history. The Bourbon dynasty was greedy and tyrannical, but if they firmly controlled the country's high-level Beyonders and the church's support remained unchanged, then what would it matter if they were greedy?
Judging from the current situation, the original Bourbon royal family may have lost the support of the church to a certain extent, causing the church to do nothing in the subsequent revolutionary events or even secretly assist the revolutionary party. Why this happened is still a mystery.
"From the current situation, Mr. F who wrote to you is very suspicious. Although Farano has the tradition of royalists, he cannot prove that he is as loyal as he said in the letter. Everything we have heard so far is just his one-sided statement. The risk and benefit of you getting involved in this muddy water are not proportional, Adele. You should not be in a hurry to use the money, right?"
Putting the letter back on the table, Dorothy looked at Adele and said seriously. Her tone did not suggest Adele to respond to the letter to Farano, and Adele responded slowly after hearing it.
"Yes, I am not short of money, but there may be something in that treasure that attracts me more than money."
"What is the thing that attracts you more than money?"
"Clues to the faith of the goddess of abundance..." Adele said solemnly, and then she looked at Dorothy, who showed a hint of confusion, and continued.
"You should know that my inheritance of the Path of Desire comes from my teacher Darlene's exploration of the faith she has believed in since childhood. She was once a remnant of the Faith of Plenty in this era. The Shrine of Plenty that she once guarded is located in the territory of the Bourbon Lordship of Farano. In her research, it was shown that Farano should have been a prosperous area for the Faith of Plenty.
"According to my research on my teacher's information over the past few months, and the sorting out of the memories she left me, I found that there are many organizations in Farano that study the remnants of the Faith of Plenty. The largest one was the former Bourbon Royal Family. They seem to have been secretly working to uncover the secrets buried under the land of Farano for a long time, and have achieved considerable results..."
"Your guess is that the Bourbon royal family once secretly studied the rich faith hidden in Farano?" Dorothy said to Adele, and the other party answered directly.
"It's not speculation, it's fact, look at this."
As Adele spoke, she opened her bag again and took out a small silver fork. She showed Dorothy the end of the handle, where a simple pattern of a seven-petaled flower was printed.
"This pattern is called the Seven-Step Lotus Blossom. It's called a pattern, but it's also a dance step. This dance step uses seven steps as a round to make the whole body jump out of the image of a lotus flower, and then jumps out seven lotus flowers in succession. This Lotus Blossom Dance is one of the sacrificial dances that my teacher learned and has been passed down since ancient times. The target of the sacrifice is the Goddess of Fertility. The Lotus Blossom Dance is also a step for practicing the Dance of Desire. It can be said that this symbol has a very high symbolic effect on the entire path of desire.
"This fork is one of the relics of the Bourbon Palace that the so-called Mr. F sent to me. He said that these were some scattered treasures that they had found first. If this is true, and the treasures left by the Bourbon contain important symbols of the Path of Desire and Sin, then it proves that the Bourbon may have grasped some key clues to the Faith of Abundance and the Path of Desire and Sin. If I can get those treasures, it may be helpful for my path to promotion.
"I've been stuck in Chalk for quite some time... Now I need a way to get further."
Holding the fork in her hand, Adele solemnly looked at Dorothy and continued. Listening to her words, Dorothy roughly understood why Adele valued these letters so much.
"You... do you think that these so-called Bourbon treasures may contain the method of advancing to the Red Stage of the Path of Desire and Sin?"
"Yes, although the possibility is not high, I still want to give it a try. After all, my attempts in other areas have not made any progress so far. I can only try my luck here." Adele continued, and then she changed the subject and looked at Dorothy to speak.
"By the way, little detective, haven't you been looking for clues about the First Dynasty and the Star Book Society? The First Dynasty once flourished in Beiwu. The Star Book Society is the continuation of the First Dynasty and has also had a lot of activities in Beiwu. And the colonial power with the most colonies in Beiwu, the greatest influence on Beiwu, and the one that has plundered the most goods in Beiwu is Farano. If you follow me to Farano, maybe you can find what you want there~"
Adele said to Dorothy in a seductive tone. Listening to her words, Dorothy couldn't help but touch her chin and began to think deeply.
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