Blood Holy Scripture: True Ancestor Charlotte de Castel
Chapter 280: -50- A little trouble

Chapter 280: -50- A little trouble

"Nisi, did the Holy Royal Court also get involved in the Lilac War? And how much do you know about this war?"

Chewing over the Falling Star civil war mentioned by the Black Cat Nisi, Charlotte pondered and asked.

"Hey, I happened to see the information at the New Moon Diocese from the cardinal. Speaking of which... this also has to do with the New Moon Kingdom."

"After the Star Moon War ended, the then Foolish Henry Roman, King of Falling Star, was overthrown by the Nobles of the Falling Star Kingdom. Since ’Foolish’ Henry died childless, two branches of the Roman family started a civil war to fight for the throne. The conflict is known as the Lilac War because both branches of the family had Lilac emblems."

"Among them, the most powerful Roman branch bore the Red Lilac as their emblem, while the slightly less influential branch had the Purple Lilac. At the beginning of the war, the Red Lilac Family had the upper hand, but later the Purple Lilac Family received support from the Holy Royal Court and the New Moon Kingdom. Eventually, they turned the tides and defeated the Red Lilac Family..."

"Seeing the tide had turned, the Red Lilac Family ultimately conceded defeat and swore fealty to the Purple Lilac Family. The families reconciled, and Edward Roman, head of the Purple Lilac Family, took the throne of Falling Star, becoming the current King Edward III."

"Lord Charlotte, if the Holy Royal Court did anything to Falling Star Kingdom, it was probably just this."

Nisi scratched his head as he spoke.

"That means the Church has also been doing well in spreading their faith in Falling Star Kingdom over the years?"

Charlotte thought for a moment and then asked.

Nisi nodded:

"Hey, of course. Having successfully helped the Purple Lilac Family defeat the Red Lilac Family, the Purple Lilac Family naturally needed to show their gratitude. Not just the Church, even the New Moon Kingdom got a lot of benefits out of it."

"What about the Red Lilac Family then? Did they face a purge afterward?"

"Hey, that didn’t happen. Although they were once fighting each other to the death, they are, after all, one family. Both belong to the Roman family. Rather than saying there was a clear winner, it was more of a mutual compromise. You should know, after the war, King Edward IV married the daughter of Duke Lansite, the head of the Red Lilac Family!"

Charlotte looked at Nisi in surprise:

"You seem to know quite a lot about this."

"Heh heh heh, a little, a little. The romantic affairs of the Falling Star Royal Family are quite widely spread, especially those concerning King Edward IV and the daughter of Duke Lansite. Some people even wrote books about it."

Nisi chuckled.

Charlotte: ...

After seeing Nisi’s expression, she knew it wasn’t any sort of proper book.

"However, although King Edward IV did not purge the Red Lilac Family, he did purge many other Nobles, and for this, he was named ’Tyrant Edward.’"

Nisi pondered for a moment and then added.

Purged many Nobles, huh...

Charlotte nodded slightly, lost in thought.

From the limited information she understood, the Holy Royal Court, with its lofty status, tended to refrain from getting involved in the secular strife, which made their intervention in a secular kingdom’s civil war quite unusual.

Considering the standing of the Nais Clan among the Nobles of Falling Star Kingdom and combining it with the history Nisi had mentioned, Charlotte soon had a bold conjecture:

Could it be... during the Falling Star civil war, the Nais Clan was supporting the Red Lilac Family?

Originally, it was a struggle between two Lilac families for the throne, but in reality, could it have been a battle for control of Falling Star Kingdom between the Nais Clan and the Holy Royal Court?

Were the two Lilac families merely their proxies?

And in the end, the Nais Clan lost?

This supposition caused Charlotte’s eyelids to twitch wildly.

However, when she connected everything into a coherent picture, she felt it was very likely to be true...

With the defeat of the Red Lilac Family supported by the Nais Clan, the influence of the Holy Royal Court’s Faith in Falling Star Kingdom was bolstered, and the living space for the Nais Clan was naturally squeezed.

Charlotte wasn’t certain of the fate that befell the Nais Clan after the Lilac War, but if it was really as she suspected, judging by Lachlan Count’s angry demeanor, the losses of the Nais Clan were probably not minor.

The Nais Clan seemed to be preparing for war, and if analyzed from this angle, could it be that they hadn’t given up and intended to initiate a second civil war in Falling Star Kingdom?

That’s why they were reaching into Castel?

At this thought, Charlotte’s heart skipped a beat.

It was very possible because if the Nais Clan intended to stir war in Falling Star Kingdom, they would need a stable rear base, and the Northern Territory Lowlands, which lay across the sea from Falling Star Kingdom, couldn’t be more suitable.

Furthermore, there was the Romany Duchy...

It was likely that the Duke of Nais was stationed in Romany Duchy, and like Castel, if everything was as Charlotte surmised, Romany Duchy could also be the springboard for the Nais Clan’s counterattack.

Of course, this was all speculation.

But Charlotte felt that it was probably not far from the truth.

Even the hatred of Lachlan Count towards the Roman family could be explained.

Whether it was Red Lilac or Purple Lilac, they were all Romans, and in the Lilac War, both Roman factions ultimately made peace.

If the Nais Clan really were the supporters of the Red Lilac, this was almost tantamount to being tricked by the Roman family...

However, what puzzled Charlotte was why the Nais Clan would extend their fury towards the Roman family to her, the Castel Family Master, as well as... why Lachlan would call her mother "Your Highness."