The Jasiński Family had always been a prominent name in Galicia. On top of that, Wichli Jasiński had once been one of the Polish Restoration Army's biggest patrons, so the Polish Restorationists were familiar with the surname.
Celestina Jasiński's beauty had left an even deeper impression. It took the Polish Restorationists little effort to confirm that she was the surviving orphan of the Jasiński Family.
"We sympathize with what happened to you and your family, but we'd like to know how you survived that catastrophe."
For the Polish Restorationists, 1847 was a painful memory. The actions of Russia, Prussia, and Austria had inflicted unprecedented losses on them.
The Jasiński Family massacre in the Drohobych region had even led to the Polish restoration forces there being uprooted. The so-called public trial had ended with more than three thousand people executed on the spot.
Afterward, those "mobs" had taken full revenge on their former masters. Many families caught up in the reprisals had not a single blood relative left alive.
As the woman at the very heart of the storm, Celestina Jasiński should, in theory, have had no chance of surviving.
"I became an Austrian's mistress."
Celestina spoke without reservation. As she spoke, the light in her bright eyes gradually dimmed, turning deep and misty. Before long, a trace of moisture glimmered at the corners of her eyes. Paired with her alluring beauty, it made her especially hard to resist pitying.
Even with such a tragic past, people were still more captivated by this natural-born beauty.
A woman like her could set a man's imagination racing just by standing there, let alone if he had the chance to possess her.
Some men began imagining themselves as high-ranking officials of the Austrian Empire. If they had encountered a woman like Celestina in a