Elliot frowned.
He had wanted to ask exactly how the nobles had fallen into depravity.
But he soon realized that Victoria had already given him the answer.
-When she had brought up the Blood Feast just now, Victoria had said he could go and see how those people had degenerated.
Now he had no choice but to go.
It was probably another event like the Theresia Festival, where nobles offered commoners as sacrifices.
Moreover, the Royal Family needed to abide by Justice, but the nobles did not necessarily have to. Remembering that this banquet was called the "Blood Feast," Elliot had a bad feeling.
No wonder the Old Butler had wanted to decline on his behalf outright, and no wonder the Sterling Family was unpopular among the Old Nobility.
After finishing, Victoria paid him no more attention and began unwrapping the beautifully packaged parcel in her hands. It was the very parcel Elliot had brought.
Soon, she held two books.
Victoria gently stroked their covers, her eyes curving with delight. At last, she no longer looked so bitter and resentful.
"You really like these books?"
"Of course. These are all [Secret Histories]. Their very existence is power and mystery itself. As long as I collect enough [Secret Histories], I won't need to do anything else for this Grand Library to ascend into an Abode."
She raised a book and tilted her head back to look at it, swinging her legs in her chair.
"You've heard of the Overflowing Garden, haven't you? Legend has it that knowledge forever overflows there. Some spills into dreams, becoming chants on the wind, while some projects into the Present World, becoming empty bookshops."
"Knowledge takes physical form there."
Victoria glanced at Elliot.
"Have you heard of diffusion? If you went to the Overflowing Garden, you