People who hear this story may be very confused. Does it matter if the old emperor does this? Although the First Firmament World is a society ruled by wizards, it is different from the Second Firmament World established by necromancers. Not to mention civilians, even among the nobility and royal family, there are more ordinary people who are not wizards than wizards. They are not all Are you all living well? Not to mention the debauchery, cockfighting, and horse racing, there are also many people who work in other professions and reach high positions. As for why they have to drive their children to the Academy of the Dead just to learn witchcraft!
In fact, if his son was born into a prince's family, having a wizard wife would be enough, but if he was to be a ruler in the future, this would naturally not be enough. This is like, among ordinary rich people, there are all illiterates, and there may also be some illiterates among generals and scholars, but how can you be illiterate when you are an emperor! Of course, there is no illusion. Ninety percent of the people are illiterate, so the emperor who is illiterate can gain their support... An emperor without magic power will not only not make the people feel close to him, but will also make them Loss of security.
So, were all the heirs of the previous royal family without magic power sent to the Academy of the Dead?
After Hualin's investigation, it seemed that such a situation did not exist - this does not mean that the Morsefa royal family had a unique secret method in the blood inheritance of elemental wizards or a special bloodline that could ensure that wizards would be born from generation to generation - although Hualin I thought so at first - they are very similar to the method used by other elemental royal families, trying to marry someone with wizard blood. What if the child born does not have wizard qualifications? That will be carefully hidden until they have an older brother with wizard qualifications - yes, when other children do not have wizard qualifications, the child with wizard qualifications will automatically acquire the status of the eldest son/daughter, that is, the heir. It had nothing to do with their ages - Hualin discovered only a long time later that the actual ages of the old emperor and his younger brother were opposite, with the old emperor being the younger one.
If unfortunately, after exhausting all methods, no "real heir" has been born, then the hidden children will be sent to distant places with other surnames, and their real parents will try their best to give them some Magic items and help them marry wizards, this is all they can do. The surname, throne and country will be passed on to their nearest relatives with wizard qualifications. Just like in many societies, no matter how many daughters they have, they are considered As "outsiders", the children of relatives can inherit the same family.
Those children who have lost their surnames and family ties may resent their parents' ruthlessness, but they should really be glad that they are not the children of this generation of emperors - the old emperor undoubtedly believed that real power was more important to his sons than arms and legs. too much.
Therefore, from a secular perspective, it is hard to say which of the fathers of Luther Morsefa and Edward Astarte was more of a bastard.
What if it’s from a mundane level?
Undoubtedly, the old emperor was a bit more clumsy. Edward's father simply wanted him dead, but the old emperor wanted more. His son must not only learn witchcraft, but also the most difficult necromancy witchcraft among all witchcrafts. This inheritance has always been famous for its extremely high apprentice loss rate, otherwise it would not be regarded as a waste house by the elemental nobles. A good place to fight for victims - according to the information Hualin found, the poor population of the elemental nobles is not even enough for an academy. In order to pay for the fresh apprentices required by the academy every year, they have to deceive and abduct, looking for targets everywhere. , which adds to the terrifying reputation of the School of the Dead. Even Luther's two most important friends and partners entered the Academy of the Dead in this way. One named Robert was pulled from the prison cell of a death row prisoner, and the other girl named Tara turned out to be a slave entrusted by a certain noble. The dealers "directed imports" from overseas.
There was a thick stack of extraordinary information about Tara, all written by Edward Astarte himself. When Hualin saw it for the first time, he thought he had other interests in this student that went beyond the master-disciple relationship—— But even so, it wasn't enough - and then he discovered something strange.
Except for the beginning of those records, which should be copied from the files of college students, the rest of the records simply don't look like something written by an adult, but more like the ramblings of a madman!
Even Hualin, who has received professional training as a thief and spy, was overwhelmed when he checked and understood this information, because the things recorded in it were so bizarre!
Edward Astarte believes that his destiny has been maliciously manipulated!
Tara was not supposed to be in his life!
There is no doubt that Tara disrupted part of his plan, but Tara herself is a bit strange. After all, she is just an ordinary little girl with wizard qualifications. She does not have a powerful family background, and she has no close relatives with monsters. relationship, and she didn't have any random items with her. When Edward wrote "She shouldn't have appeared", she was just an apprentice who had just learned the healing arts. How could she interfere with a person who was being treated? A high-level necromancer that the top necromancers are optimistic about and who is already qualified for the position of dean of the academy?
Moreover, according to Edward Astarte's records, he was convinced that the rewrite of his fate did not occur when Tara arrived, but many years ago, even long before the death of his mother, Duchess Astarte! Tara's arrival is just a sign on one of the countless branches on the wrong path he has already taken!
"Crazy!" The word was written in bright red ink and took up an entire page.
Any child who has just learned to write would not be able to write like this, but this was not as shocking as the second page that followed Hualin.
The second page had no words at all, but a colorful lollipop.
Don't mention it, Edward Astarte's painting skills are pretty good.
