Adrian Casanova had Medici blood flowing through his veins.
However, under the joint suppression of the Austrians and the Holy See, his father's lineage had never been recognized. His father had not received so much as a penny of the Medici Family's inheritance.
Yet the Medici Family had been the true masters of Florence—the very heart of Tuscany!
Half a century earlier, Anna Maria's younger brother, Gian Gastone, had died, leaving the Medici Family without an heir.
Relying on its immense influence in Italy and with the Holy See's cooperation, Austria had forcibly denied Anna's right to inherit the Tuscan throne and seized Tuscany for the Habsburg Family.
Now, Casanova and his grandson were the last bloodline of the Medici Family left in this world.
Mr. Hahn was a captain in the French Intelligence Bureau, and his mission was to bring Casanova back to Tuscany.
After Hahn gave him a brief explanation, Casanova was too shocked to say a word.
After a long while, he glanced at his frail grandson and finally nodded. "All right. I'm willing to go with you."
Then he remembered something else and hesitated. "If you could bring me the paintings in my house, I would be grateful to you for the rest of my life."
"Paintings?"
"They were birthday gifts from my grandmother when I was young," the old man said. "Works by masters such as Botticelli, Canaletto, and Boucher. Though they are not their most famous pieces, they still possess considerable artistic value."
Those names made Hahn swallow hard—take any of those paintings to Paris, and they could easily fetch more than a hundred thousand francs.
Anna Maria had been Europe's most renowned art collector. She had invested more than half of the Medici Family's wealth into purchasing artworks. Yet nearly all of her