Elliot knew that the nobles sacrificed other people, but he had never heard how exactly they went about it.
His predecessor seemed to have detested it so much that everyone around Elliot now took great care not to mention anything related to it. That made things rather troublesome.
"Still, it's strange. I'm clearly the heir, yet they tacitly allowed me not to advance my supernatural rank?"
Elliot could not quite make sense of this.
The Old Duke had raised him as his heir, but had never forced him to perform sacrifices. If the original Elliot did not want to sacrifice anyone, then he did not have to. That attitude was somewhat strange.
Even the Old Butler, who frequently admonished him, had never tried to persuade him on this matter.
This time, when Elliot specifically asked about the Theresia Festival, the Old Butler had only alluded to it briefly before saying no more. Elliot thought it over and did not press further.
After all, making sacrifices to anyone else was probably rather inconvenient for him now. He might as well maintain his persona of refusing to perform sacrifices.
He had synchronized with Vanessa's supernatural power and already reached the second rank. If he stepped onto an altar, he would definitely be discovered.
That would be difficult to explain.
And there was no telling how the Great Being who accepted his offering would react...
So the task of investigating the Theresia Festival ultimately fell to Vanessa as well. She alone could go to the library to consult its materials.
At that thought, Elliot could not help sighing.
He himself was at the center of the storm, and the entire Sterling Family was under considerable pressure. They could not act rashly.
The Night Watch Bureau had taken full control of the Imperial Capital,