Chapter 199 Case File 3: The Mysterious Dinner Party at Rose Villa (3)
"I see, that makes sense." Winston quickly understood the logic and added, "It seems that everyone at this gathering has their own goals. What is yours?"
Valentine smiled evilly and winked at Winston again: "You..."
The hairs on Winston's neck stood on end. Valentine drawled, enjoying his embarrassment for a moment before continuing, "...What do you say?"
Winston: “…”
On the other hand, Vivian, who was standing beside them, looked at the two of them with her chin in her hand and suddenly said, "Huh?" "Why do I feel like your eyebrows and eyes look a bit similar?"
She hadn't noticed it when they were apart before, but now that they were so close, Vivian could sense some similarities.
"Oh?" Valentine didn't seem to mind at all. He glanced at Winston and Vivian and said deliberately, "Maybe we look like a couple~"
Winston jumped up like a cat with its fur standing on end. He pulled Vivian along with him and said to Valentine, "We have something else to do. Let's go first."
"Oh, this is really funny~" Valentine clapped his hands and laughed. He was very happy to see Winston running away as if he was avoiding the plague, as if he didn't feel offended at all.
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Winston hurriedly pulled Vivian away from the living room and ran into Andre and Jiang You who had just returned from outside.
It seemed as if the man and the skeleton had gone somewhere to play. Their clothes and hair were stained with golden pollen and rose petals. Their faces were full of energy, and their whole bodies were filled with joy.
Winston looked them up and down, his face filled with disbelief: "..." That's outrageous. We're trying to gather information. Did you go on a date in the sea of flowers?!
However, no matter how outrageous it was, the information that needed to be shared still had to be shared. So a moment later, several people sat in a row at the kitchen island table, watching Takuya mix drinks while they shared all the information they had gathered.
"So, both Madame Butterfly and that descendant, whose gender is unknown, dead or alive, have the right to inherit this villa, but Madame Butterfly's order of succession comes after that descendant." Andrei rested his chin on his hand and concluded, "This explains how Madame Butterfly found the real Rose Villa... If she's a relative of the Queen, her family must have some relevant clues or records."
"I suspect that Madame Butterfly was initially unaware of the princess's existence and her descendants. Perhaps she believed she was the sole heir to the manor, so she spent a fortune renovating it," Winston said. "Only after the manor was renovated did she discover the princess and her descendants from the historical records left there. This aligns with Madame Butterfly's earlier account."
"However, if this happens, there might be someone else who could inherit the manor. But Madame Butterfly has already invested so much manpower, material resources, and energy in it that she can't just give up easily. The best solution is to find that descendant. Of course, I don't think clarifying the ownership of this manor is Madame Butterfly's only goal."
"Indeed," Andrei said with understanding, "The reappearance of a direct descendant of the German royal family will affect more than just the ownership of a villa...it may even affect His Majesty the King's royal power."
King Huntington ascended to the throne precisely because the Delman royal family had no successor and the throne was vacant. Furthermore, the King's drastic reforms in recent years had affected the interests of many of the old nobility, leaving tensions high between the two sides. If a direct descendant of the royal family suddenly emerged at this time, it would undoubtedly affect the entire political situation.
Madame Butterfly has intricate ties to the old royal family. She might be using the inheritance rights to Rose Hill as a pretext, but in reality, she's seeking to find this royal bloodline and support it. Hand-in-hand with rescuing and nurturing a fallen emperor... what riches this would bring her! Not to mention the immense power the new emperor would possess upon ascending the throne!
"Here are three cups of lemon tea!" Jiang You pushed the three glasses in front of them one by one. "Each cup has a whole lemon in it. Want to try it?"
Madame Butterfly was very rich and was not stingy when it came to preparing ingredients. There was a large amount of sugar stored in the kitchen and storage room, and Jiangyou used it generously, feeling quite proud.
——As expected, as long as people have money and don’t consider the cost, they can live a good life and eat whatever they want even in the resource-scarce Middle Ages.
Vivian took her cup of lemon tea, gulped down most of it, and exhaled a sigh of relief: "Wow, so refreshing! This sour and sweet taste is so delicious!"
"Right, right, right. And lemon tea contains a lot of vitamin C, which can not only prevent scurvy, but also has auxiliary whitening effects such as inhibiting melanin production and anti-oxidation. It's very good for girls!" Jiangyou said happily.
——But citric acid isn't very friendly to someone with a skeleton like her. Fortunately, if she only consumes soul fire, it doesn't seem to cause a chemical reaction...
"So, are we going to investigate the mystery of the princess's descendants as Madame Butterfly wishes?" Vivian asked, holding her glass.
"Investigate," said Winston. "I don't intend to play Madame Butterfly's trading game, but for the sake of His Majesty and the future of this country, we must also find out the identity of that descendant."
"So where do we start?" Vivian asked.
"I asked Is to investigate the documents and records in the mansion. He's very good at collecting this kind of information. But I doubt the documents left in this villa will contain many clues." Winston said, "If Madame Butterfly could find the whereabouts of her descendants based solely on the documents in the villa, she wouldn't have to organize this gathering.
"The guests invited this time may hold the clues she's really looking for. There's the insane former maid Samantha, the wealthy former jester Peter, the Queen's close friend the Countess of Canberra, Baron Chand, the owner of a mysterious notebook left by a former member of the King's Guard, and Daskus, a scholar who has dedicated his life to studying this period of history..."
Winston counted off their names. "We have to find out what clues these people hold."
"I'm afraid this task isn't that easy." Andrei sighed. "These people all need Madame Butterfly's help. In their eyes, we're all competitors. Unless we can offer a higher price than Madame Butterfly..."
The poor knight glanced at his sworn brother and said, "But I don't think our financial resources can compare to the wealthy Madame Butterfly."
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