"Mr. Bernhardt, speaking of which, after the fall of the Delinore Kingdom, the royal family from back then wasn't wiped out, was it?"
Shade thought of that question again. The Bloodkin Viscount shook his head.
"Of course not. After all, the Battle of Arcadia ended with the defenders surrendering. Yes, it was the surrender advocated by Duke Astley. I was very interested in this period of history when I was studying. After the war ended, the last king committed suicide in martyrdom to his country, while the surviving members of the Burgundy Family moved to Wilundell. The king's only child, originally the heir to the throne, was granted the title of Marquis but no land. He soon died of illness as well."
Shade nodded. Based on what he had learned before, the child who died of illness should have been Duke Astley's true child. Someone had swapped him with the original king's son.
"Then does the Burgundy Family that moved to Wilundell still exist? Although the heir died, a great family like that should have had other collateral bloodlines, shouldn't it? Even to placate the nobles from the era of the Delinore Kingdom, the Anjou Royal Family wouldn't have let them disappear so easily."
Mr. Bernhardt shook his head.
"They no longer exist. The Burgundy Family continued for several more generations after that, but ultimately disappeared for various reasons. However, it was most likely not due to some conspiracy by the Anjou Family. Even the most powerful noble surname will someday perish, much less one in as unusual a situation as the Burgundy Family.
The Astley Family, which is said to be blood-related to the Burgundy Family, is now considered the legitimate successor of the Delinore Kingdom. But when I was in Wilundell, I heard that the Astley Family was