Archpriest Augsladin saw that Charlotte did not seem to understand the connection, so he patted his shoulder and said patiently, "You know the relationship between Fars and the Empire of Inglima. Many Fars nobles came from the Inglima Three Islands, such as Saroses Robin, the founding grand duke of old. Likewise, many nobles of the Empire of Inglima came from Fars. Even Duke Guillaume, the founding emperor of the Empire of Inglima, was once one of Fars's founding grand dukes, and he is now Fars's Red Dragon Duke."
"The Sumei Family is the same. Part of the family remained in Fars, while another part followed Duke Guillaume to the Inglima Three Islands and became great nobles of the Empire of Inglima."
"Fars's Minister of Foreign Affairs has always been held by successive Counts D'Artagnan, while the Empire of Inglima's Minister of Foreign Affairs has always been held by successive Counts Soumei."
"The branch of the Sumei Family in the Empire of Inglima is even more noble and illustrious than the branch in the Empire of Fars."
Charlotte was greatly surprised. He truly had not known any of this. None of it had been in his university textbooks, and he instinctively asked, "Then Miss Aurora Soumei?"
Archpriest Augsladin smiled faintly and said, "That's right. Like you, she is a diplomat!"
"However, her rank is far higher than yours. She is a nineteenth-rank associate councillor, and her administrative post is Cultural Commissioner at the Minister of Foreign Affairs' Residence!"
"Don't be discouraged, my child!"
"It's perfectly normal that you can't compare to her."
Charlotte wanted to say, "I'm not discouraged." But he suddenly remembered that Anne was also the daughter of a count. If she followed Aurora Soumei's path in life, she would most likely receive rapid promotions after graduation and soon