Everyone knew that the Xifah Family had actually originated from the Empire, and that the Cruzian blood within its members far outweighed that of Eluin's natives.
Its origins could be traced back to the Empire's ancient past. As Miss Tata and Lute had said, the ancestors of Former Lord Eck, the forefather of the Xifah Family, might have been the chief knight who followed Gilt, King of Flames.
For the small kingdom of Eluin, this history could be considered glorious, but it was probably also the Xifah Family's most splendid—and only noteworthy—history.
But that was nothing special.
After the War of the Saints, families descended from heroes like these were scattered across the continent like stars, too numerous to count.
Most of them had vanished into history without leaving the slightest trace. Although the Xifah Family had luckily survived through that era, it actually lacked the confidence to compare itself with those true ancient nobles who possessed deep foundations.
It was just like how the kingdom's nobles could not be mentioned in the same breath as the Empire's nobles.
In terms of heritage, how could the Xifah Family compare with the royal family of the Cruzian people or the royal family of Fanzan today? They were descendants of two Sages, yet even their descendants could not possess the treasure that the Xifah Family somehow had a connection with.
The more Brando thought about it, the more suspicious it seemed. Let alone the Xifah Family—even Eluin would have struggled to possess a treasure like this. What secrets could this family have? Its greatest secret could at most be connected to the era of the War of the Saints, and that era was no more than a drop in the ocean compared with the history of the Vonder Continent.
He lifted the