Chapter 428: His Guesses
Aldrian was then brought to Baron Rosalind’s private study, where they could discuss the matter in private. Only Aldrian, Baron Rosalind, and Elena were present in the room, as Old Man York excused himself, saying he did not wish to disturb them.
After the tea was served and the maids had left, the atmosphere grew tense—at least for the baron and Elena, who were eager to learn what information Aldrian had obtained from the scarf.
Aldrian looked at both of them for a moment before finally speaking.
"I heard that the Rosalind family’s ancestor came from outside the Atria Empire, if I may ask, do you know the exact time when your ancestor arrived in this empire?"
This was information he had previously learned from Elena when she told him about the Rosalind family’s history during their first meeting at the Larson Grand Duchy.
Baron Rosalind nodded. "Yes, our ancestor came from outside the empire. According to our records, it was sometime after the great war with the devils, around three million years ago."
Hearing the baron’s answer, Aldrian sighed.
"As expected."
As he pondered the details of the vision he had seen through the scarf, he knew that the phoenix ancestor had given the scarf, the divine-grade sword, and the Spirit of the Great Path guqin to a family named Ragius. It seemed that the phoenix ancestor had made some kind of agreement with that family in exchange for granting them her artifacts and cultivation techniques.
Now he knew that the phoenix Xin Haotian had mentioned in his story about the Everlasting Silent Forest was actually the phoenix ancestor. She had come to this place in the past, seemingly wounded by something. He suspected she had been trying to escape from or hide from something, which led her to arrive here with the dragon.
Xin Haotian had told him that millions of years ago, four guardian families protected the central part of the Everlasting Silent Forest. They had formed an agreement with the dragon and the phoenix. However, these families suffered immense losses, and three of them were completely destroyed during the great war with the devils three million years ago.