Super Righteous Player
Chapter 619 - 160 Lily Rasputin’s Ring_1

Chapter 619: Chapter 160 Lily Rasputin’s Ring_1

"The Rasputins never reveal secrets."

This was the family maxim of the Rasputin lineage.

And they abided by it.

This ancient family, with elven blood in their veins and existing since the Third Era, had never had a single member who voluntarily disclosed any secrets.

They remembered firmly not just others’ Curse Bindings and the secrets between gods, but even any jokes among friends saying, "I need you to keep this a secret," and they would never forget, never reveal.

It was less of a family maxim than a curse that flowed in their blood.

But it was precisely because of their loyalty to this vow.

In the Winter Duchy alone, the Rasputins controlled more than one-fifth of the Transcendents’ Curse Bindings... When Transcendents lacked a trustworthy "keeper of secrets," they would look to the Rasputins first. Some foreign Transcendents even made special trips to the Winter Duchy just to have the Rasputins keep their secrets.

The secrecy lasted until either of the two parties died.

As a price for keeping secrets, the Rasputins would ask for one more "verified and accurate" secret as compensation.

This directly led to the Rasputins becoming the most powerful family of Ritualists in the Winter Duchy.

Every Rasputin, before death, would store the secrets that they needed to pass on to others in their secret ring. After a Rasputin died, one could extract the secrets within if they had the correct password.

Even the owner of the ring didn’t know the password to their ring——three Elders of the Rasputin family each held a part of the password table. Depending on their birth date, gender and the order of their birth, one could get a password from the table.

Only by piecing together the three parts of the password could they unlock their secret ring.

"I’ve confirmed it, Annan. The ring you have is indeed a Rasputin secret ring."

Duke Ivan said to Annan.

"...Ring?"

Annan was briefly puzzled, "What ring?"

"The one that was left by Tan Juan Geraint’s mother. It should be on you now."

Ivan reminded.

But this statement only served to confuse Annan further.

He furrowed his brow and contemplated for a moment, "Tan Juan Geraint’s mother... she should be from the Melvin family, right?"

"That’s what should have been, or more precisely, what all of us thought."

Ivan shook his head, "But that indeed is a ring of the Rasputin household. You should understand what that means."

"...An exchange of identity?"

Annan murmured to himself, "But I remember, the surname Rasputin..."

"Right, it’s the family your mother, Anya Rasputin, belonged to. And the owner of that ring was Anya’s own sister... Lily Rasputin, who disappeared suddenly years ago," Duke Ivan said slowly.

"Then who was originally supposed to marry into the Geraint family?"

"It was Euphemia Melvin, the third daughter of the Melvin family."

That is to say, she was the sister of Professor Frederick Melvin, also known as the wolf, and the late Eugene Melvin who died in the White Tower.

"...Euphemia is missing too?"

"Of course. However, according to what we previously thought, we all believed she had married into the Noah, into the Crow family... Given the Crows’ special position, it was understandable that we couldn’t contact her."

Otherwise, we wouldn’t have remained unaware of this matter until now.

Ivan said so.

"All right, let me think..."

The amount of information in this conversation was quite substantial.

Annan couldn’t help but frown in thought.

Meanwhile, Ivan continued speaking in a soft voice, "You should also be aware of the significance of the Rasputin family. I’ve already obtained Lily’s password... As for what to do with it, whether you want to open it and see for yourself, hand it over to the Rasputin family, or to the old Crow of the Geraint family, it’s up to you to decide.

"...After all, you’re about to assume the title of Duke upon your return."

——So, I cannot advise you any longer.

Although Ivan didn’t say it outright, his eyes conveyed this message to Annan.

It was a calm and gentle gaze, filled with hope.

"...I understand."

Annan was silent for a moment and then nodded lightly.

Unlike the Melvin family, which remained neutral, the Rasputin family was one of the very few core families that were closer to the Duke of Winter. They resided in Frost Speech province as well.

In other words, the Rasputin family could be persuaded. Annan also had to consider their feelings...so it was impossible to hand it over to the Geraint family.

However, why hadn’t Lily had any reaction all these years?

From the ring she left for Tan Juan, it seemed she had deep feelings for him. And she was not averse to the Geraint family——she even engraved the ring with the mark of flying feathers.

The feather of the crow was a unique sigil of the Geraint family.

That was why Annan had thought the ring was a product of the Geraint family. Yet, during his visit to the Geraint household, he never saw anyone else wearing such a ring...

At that time, Annan didn’t think much of it.

Turns out, this was a secret ring of the Rasputin family?

"...Fortunately, I really brought it with me."

Annan hesitated for a moment before taking out the ring.

It was an ornate silver ring adorned with a sapphire.

The outer band of the ring was engraved with feather-like patterns. However, upon closer inspection, it seemed that there were indeed subtle runes on the inside.

After obtaining intel from Ivan’s side, the ring’s attributes had quietly changed:

[Deep Blue Protection]

[Type: Ring (Purple)/Seal]

[Description: An heirloom left by Tan Juan Geraint’s mother, containing cold magic power and Curse Binding]

[Description: A ring sealed with secrets, engraved with "Lily Rasputin" in the language of the Elves on the inner band]

[Description: This ring has been specially crafted twice, and it seems somewhat similar to the "Hand of Winter" signet ring]

Upon reading this, Annan subconsciously looked up at the woman with deep blue hair, the Hand of Winter.

The transparent ring on her ring finger had a completely different appearance from this one.

Where exactly are they similar...

Annan hesitated as he held the ring and looked up to Ivan, asking again, "Are you sure it’s okay for me to deal with this?"

"After all, this is Lily’s ring...She has no other relatives left, and you and Maria are her closest kin now. It’s legal and reasonable for you to handle it."

Ivan appeared to know this person called "Lily," his own...aunt?

"What about Yufimia?"

"The Melvins are different from the Rasputins. I’m not planning to let their family investigate this matter."

Ivan replied in this way.

The implication was that Annan should personally investigate the matter.

This made sense.

"...Then, give me the password."

"The password to unlock the seal is——the shoulder fur of a brown calf, moistened with three drops of a snake’s tears, and while heating the ring until it’s slightly warm but not red, wipe the surface."

While speaking, Ivan cast a glance towards his desk: "Zoya has prepared it for you.

"Do we need to step out for a while?"

The Duke seemed to have a vague understanding of the secret.

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