"The other royal families in the late Bourbon period did not enjoy the wealth accumulated by Robert. Instead, they were also the targets of Robert's wealth plunder. It has always been a mystery where the wealth that Robert collected from all over the country in a few years ended up. No one knows where all the money ended up."
"No one knows where Robert's wealth ended up? This... this is impossible. Could it be that Robert only collected money but didn't give it away? If he didn't give money, why did he collect so much wealth? Was he just a miser? What's the point of him collecting so much money?" Adele said with a puzzled look on her face as she listened to Samson's words, and Samson once again answered slowly while smoking a cigar.
"So this is the puzzle. Robert collected so much wealth, but he didn't enjoy it extravagantly. He didn't build a lot of buildings. He didn't engage in war...
"On the eve of the Frost Moon Revolution, Robert had demonstrated a powerful ability to suppress the earlier rebels, even surpassing the level he was supposed to be in before. However, the revolutionaries thought that Robert had collected so much money, whether he was secretly planning some major plan or preparing some powerful secret weapon. This secret enhanced Robert's power and reached a height that his father had never reached.
"The revolutionaries became extremely vigilant because of these speculations. They used the items supported by the church to explore Robert's Palace, which had been moved out of Flotz, but they were also hindered by the powerful extraordinary power of "Shadow". This further confirmed their previous speculations and made them more cautious in their own plans.
"But what no one expected was that when the revolutionaries finally got everything ready and officially launched the revolution and attacked Robert's palace, they encountered almost no resistance. Robert's palace was easily breached and occupied, and Robert's body was found on the throne in the palace. He had died there before the revolutionaries launched the attack, and the cause of death was poisoning.
"The victory over 'Greedy King' Robert in the Frost Moon Revolution was easier than most people thought. On the contrary, it took a lot of effort to deal with other Bourbon lords. The biggest question is that after the victory of the revolution, the revolutionaries conducted a thorough search of Robert's palace, but found almost no treasure. Later, the revolutionary government counted the accounts of the Bourbon and found that King Robert's treasury was almost always inflows and no large-scale expenditures occurred.
"The king's treasury and palace were empty, and there was no record of any large-scale expenditure. The huge amount of wealth that Robert had plundered during his reign disappeared without a trace. At the same time, Robert's most trusted favorite, Prime Minister Dubois, also disappeared. However, almost everyone linked the sudden disappearance of the country's wealth to Dubois.
"But unfortunately, after the establishment of the revolutionary government, the construction of the extraordinary system was not perfect for quite a period of time, and there was no extra capacity to hunt down Dubois. After the revolutionary government was stabilized, it was too late to hunt down Dubois..."
With a very serious look, Samson listened to Adele and slowly told the story. After listening to his statement, Adele also frowned and spoke solemnly.
"So... that string of Maria's light was also among the wealth that was consumed during Robert's time? Was it the Prime Minister Dubois who took it away?"
"This possibility is very high. After all, this is the largest theft in the history of Faraday. The whereabouts of the Light of Maria has been unknown since the Frost Moon Revolution, and this should be related to the Robert theft.
"If you really want to find those crystals, I'm afraid I'm powerless. After all, it's been a hundred years since the Robert theft, and there's still no answer. I can't help you."
After taking another puff of the cigar, Samson looked at Adele and spoke slowly. After hearing what he said, Adele couldn't help but be silent for a while. Just when she wanted to continue saying something, she heard the voice from her heart again. After Adele was slightly startled, she looked at Samson and spoke again.
"I know the general situation. Let's not talk about those stolen crystals for now. Your Excellency the current Archon, I wonder if you can lend me this golden base for a while?"
"Heh... borrow? I thought you would just ask me to give it to you. It seems I made a mistake in my judgment.
"This golden base, with the crystal on it, doesn't have much value in itself. Leaving it here will just gather dust. If the followers of the Judge of Heaven find it useful, just take it. In a sense, it belongs to them." Samson said this. Adele was a little surprised to hear Samson agree so readily, and at this moment the other party continued to speak.
"But... I also have a small condition, that is, you need to leave me a reliable and hidden contact channel so that I can contact you smoothly anytime and anywhere. Also, if you find any valuable clues in your final investigation of Duboiseau, you need to inform me. I also want to know where such a large amount of wealth belonging to Farajo ended up?"
Samson said this to Adele as he made the request, and Adele paused slightly before nodding and speaking.
"I understand. I agree to your conditions, Your Excellency the Archon."
As she spoke, Adele picked up the golden base on the table.
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Just as Adele and Samson finished their conversation, on the balcony of a suite in a high-end hotel somewhere in Florence, Dorothy, wearing a plaid quilted dress, slippers, with her long red hair draped behind her, stood up from her chair, looked up at the sky in the distance, stretched lazily, and yawned loudly.
“Aaaaaah~ It hurts…”
After yawning, Dorothy rubbed her eyes, wiped the corners of her eyes, and then murmured to herself.
"I thought I had finally found a clue... but it turned out to be only half of a clue... and the other half was stolen. How boring! It seems that gold-level information... is not so easy to use..."
Dorothy said this, and then she began to rub her shoulders and began to think about the latest information she had just received from Samson.
'Armand Dubois... a clever speculator, a greedy leech sucking blood from the corrupt dynasty? A real thief, interesting... What is his identity? Does this person from a hundred years ago still exist today? What on earth does he want to do by collecting such a huge amount of wealth?'
As Dorothy was thinking this, many fantasies began to arise in her mind.
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