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“Whaaat?!”
Siegfried nearly jumped at those words.
Another person with the imperial bloodline was still alive?
That couldn’t be possible!
When Emperor Stuttgart ascended the throne, he butchered every last member of the Posteriore bloodline.
His own brothers, sisters, cousins, and even maternal relatives—all were slaughtered without mercy.
All except Princess Irene and her mother. Yet someone had actually survived the purge? This was absolutely shocking.
“Who is it? Is it another bastard of the late emperor? Or a distant relative of Emperor Stuttgart?”
Ninetail shook her head and replied, “No, that is not the case. It says here that the late emperor and empress had a youngest son.”
“What? If he were the empress’ son, then wouldn't that make him the real deal in terms of legitimacy?”
“Exactly. His bloodline is far nobler than Stuttgart’s.”
While Stuttgart had ascended the throne and became the emperor of the Marchioni Empire, he wasn't a legitimate heir.
His mother was not the empress nor even a concubine. He was just the child of some woman in a rural province fortunate enough to catch the emperor’s eye. In terms of succession, he was dead last among every single one of the Posteriore bloodline.
However, the empress’ youngest son was a different story. His claim...
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