The moment they came in, Leo and Sylvia saw the emblem on the shield at first glance. Because this emblem was so familiar to them, in order to avoid attracting attention, they did not pay too much attention to it.

It was not until the others left that they confirmed that the emblem on the shield was indeed the emblem of the Belmont family as they had expected.

The Belmont family is a very old family that existed before the establishment of the French Empire. With the changes of the first, second, and third dynasties of France, the Belmont family also rose and fell. By the time of Sylvia

This generation of the Belmont family is almost extinct.

However, now in this different world, there is another Belmont family appearing here, and judging from the appearance of the shield, this family should have had some size and power at that time, which is really surprising.

"Judging from the marks on the shield, it's either a trophy or a weapon of meritorious service." Leo took the shield off the wall, put it on the table, looked at it, and said.

I saw that this shield was made of a common iron alloy in the past. This iron alloy was the main raw material of iron tools in the New World for a long time. It was not until the emergence of steel that it replaced this iron alloy.

There are various gaps and scratches on the surface of this shield. These marks are all real and are not imitations for decoration. Therefore, this shield is a shield that has experienced a lot of battles.

Many of these signs of damage have been severely damaged, which makes it basically impossible for the shield to be used on the battlefield again. It is not difficult to see from some of the details of the shield that it has been carefully maintained, which shows that the shield is held

The protector cherished this shield very much, so Leo judged that this shield was either a trophy or a weapon of meritorious service.

However, Leo feels that the possibility of loot is smaller, because judging from the damage marks on this shield, the owner of the shield is very good at using shields. If you want to take the shield away from such a shield warrior, it will only happen if the shield is used.

Severe damage, including fatal damage, but looking at all the damage to the shield, although a large amount of damage has caused cracks in the shield structure, making the shield close to a scrap state, but this scrap state is caused by the superposition of various damages.

, but there was no real fatal damage anywhere.

In other words, until this shield leaves the battlefield, no enemy encountered by this shield can break through the shield's defense, or even cause major damage to the shield itself. That's why this shield is so carefully maintained and placed in a conspicuous place.

, more like a kind of bragging about one’s past achievements.

After hearing Renault's judgment, Sylvia just glanced at the shield twice and came to a judgment similar to Leo's. Then she checked the shield twice with great concentration and found some clues.

, said: "I may know which Belmont family this shield belongs to."

Just like most aristocratic families, when the family declines, things like family division are inevitable. As an ancient family with such a long inheritance, the number of times the Belmont family has been divided is also very impressive. It is more than fifty years old.

Second-rate.

However, most of the Belmonta branch families that were separated quickly died out, and almost none of them can survive successfully, at least not in the world of Velen.

"Are there any features on it?" Leo asked.

Sylvia pointed to the flowers inside the vine pattern on the edge of the badge on the shield, and said: "The Belmont family has a habit, that is, when they have made great achievements or completed a feat, they will put the vines on the edge of the badge. A Hell Flower was added to it. When my family came into my hands, the number of Hell Flowers on the coat of arms was seventeen, but there were only five on the shield."

After hearing this, Leo carefully recalled the history of the Belmont family he had seen, and said: "If there are only five flowers, they should be from the middle to late Shimen period of the First Dynasty. Because the Shimen period of your family ended in the year During the war, the Belmont family chief made great achievements on the battlefield. He allowed the Belmont family to enter the center of power of the First Dynasty of France. Therefore, the Belmont family at that time unanimously agreed to add a fire to the shield. Hell Flower, let the Hell Flower turn into six." As he said that, he paused and then said, "Is it Caius Belmont?"

Sylvia nodded and said, "Yes, he was the only clan member who successfully separated the family at that time."

Before the Belmont family made great achievements in the war and chaos that ended in the Stone Gate period, successfully squeezed into the elite circle of the First Dynasty of France, and reached the first peak of power, the Belmont family as a whole was at the bottom of its trough, and the family was on the verge of collapse. Fortunately, The patriarch at that time tried his best to maintain the integrity of the family, so that the Belmont family did not really collapse and successfully survived the most difficult period.

However, even so, some people in the Belmont family still chose to separate their families, and the leader of this group was Caius Belmont, the younger brother of the patriarch at the time, and this Caius Belmont was also a very famous man at the time. Warrior, and has the title of shield bearer, it can be seen that Caius Belmont has extraordinary skills in using shields, which also coincides with the information contained in the shield in front of him.

There is very little information about Caius Belmont. It is only partially mentioned in the Belmont family history. After Caius Belmont and his people separated, there is no mention of him in the family history. It has been recorded, but there is also no record of him in various historical materials of France.

Including the Belmont family, everyone who knew Caius Belmont felt that he must have encountered an accident and died somewhere in the world, because if he was still alive, then in the war and chaos not long after, , we will definitely be able to see him, after all, he is such a famous warrior.

Now it seems that Caius Belmont probably came to this world with the Belmont family members he took away for some reasons, settled down, and spread their branches.

At this time, Leo turned his head and looked at the wall where the shield was hung, and saw an obvious shield mark on the wall. It was obvious that the shield had been hanging on this wall for a long time, and it was probably before the manor was built. It has been installed since the beginning.

Leo then reminded: "Looking up the construction data of this manor may be able to find some relevant clues."

Sylvia nodded upon hearing this, and while handing the shield to Leo to hang it back, she picked up the bell on the table and shook it.

Soon the butler came in, bowed and stood solemnly, and asked if he had any orders.

Sylvia ordered: "Get all the construction information about this manor, even the information related to this land."

The housekeeper immediately responded when he heard the words, and then walked out of the room. Not long after, he was seen directing the servants to carry in large boxes that were half a person tall and placed them somewhere in the room.

In the slightly empty space, fifteen boxes of similar sizes were finally neatly placed.

"So much information?" Leo and Sylvia were also a little surprised to see so many boxes.

The butler immediately explained that he had started collecting relevant information after he came here, because as a butler he needed to guide his employer's preferences, and when he was at the Beluke City Manor, he felt that Leo and Sylvia

He likes to study things around him, so he feels that collecting this information will help him be prepared, and now his guess has been confirmed.

After listening to the butler's explanation, Leo and Sylvia also looked at the butler they hired with special eyes, and also expressed that they were very satisfied with the other party's approach and hoped that he could continue to perform in the future.

After the housekeeper led the people away and closed the study door, Leo and Sylvia each opened a box and read, sorted and classified the information inside.

Although the housekeeper collected a large amount of information, because most of the servants around him were illiterate, the collected information could not be organized and categorized. It was just neatly placed in the box, and the content was still very messy.

However, whether it was Leo or Sylvia, they just sorted out the information. In less than half an hour, they had sorted out all the information in the fifteen boxes according to the time when the information appeared.

Then, Sylvia and Leo each picked a box of information and started reading.

Although there is a lot of information, the content of most of the information is repetitive. It does not take a lot of time to read it completely. Leo's reading speed is faster. It only takes one hour to read it completely, and he has read it all.

She read it once, and Sylvia spent about the same amount of time, except that she selected those materials that were not repeated and read them again.

Although there is a lot of information, it does not contain the information that Leo and Sylvia want, because most of these information are information after the religious war, not before the religious war.

According to the information, this manor existed before the religious wars. The manor was divided into two parts, and one part was donated by the owner of the manor to a spiritual church called the Gate Tower as a missionary church.

Later, during the religious wars, this place was not affected, so the buildings were well preserved. However, after the war, the Gate Tower Church was driven off the land, and the former owner of the manor also left with the church.

Later, the newly established Otter Federation Army took over the manor. They destroyed the Gate Tower Church on the other half of the manor, but the manor villa was preserved and later slightly renovated and used as a sanatorium for government officials.

, until it is traded to Leo.

Although the changes related to the manor are very simple, almost an uneventful linear process, the manor itself is not simple. Among the fifteen boxes of information, at least fourteen boxes record various things that happened in the manor.

After some of the accidents, even black-robed men from the Ministry of Education came here to investigate, but nothing was found. Therefore, the manor stopped being used as a nursing home decades ago. Only some employees responsible for cleaning would

I come here from time to time for cleaning.

The contents of these accidents are almost the same. After the people living here reach a certain period of time, some mysterious force will be triggered. Under the influence of this mysterious force, some inexplicable things will happen to the residents.

For example, when going up the stairs, there are only a dozen or so stairs, but no matter how much you walk, you can't finish them, and the same goes for going down.

There is also a door that originally looked normal. After opening the door, it turns into various places. The person who opens the door will walk in uncontrollably. If you are lucky, you may only appear in the garden of the manor.

Those who are unlucky may even appear directly in the air. According to records, at least 20 people fell to their deaths from high altitudes due to this reason.

However, what is interesting is that as long as the resident leaves the manor villa before the limited time and stays outside, even if it is just at the door for a day, then the limited time will be reset when he returns to the manor.

"Tower of Gates." After reading the information, Sylvia said the name of a god without thinking, and Leo nodded in agreement.

The God of the Gate Tower is not a particularly famous god in the New World, and there are not many believers. However, unlike other complex believers, some of the believers of the Gate Tower are very firm, and can even be said to be devout. These believers are

Those thieves, thieves.

Because of this, the Church of the Gate Tower has never been a mainstream church since the Old World, but it has always existed. It can even be said to be a church with extremely ancient heritage.

In addition, I don’t know if it is because most of the believers are thieves. The Church of the Gate Tower has rarely had a fixed church place. Most of the senior clergy of the Gate Tower walk around and find a place at random.

The place is used as a preaching place, and it is precisely for this reason that even though the Gate Tower Church has been attacked by some hostile churches, it has never suffered fatal damage.

However, one thing is certain, once the Gate Tower Church establishes a fixed church, then that church will play an unusually important role for the Gate Tower Church. It can be seen from the few data on the Gate Tower Church

, once this kind of fixed church encounters an attack from a foreign enemy, the clergy of the Gate Tower Church will fight desperately and become a berserker-like existence. They will not stop fighting. Basically, even if they take down the church of the Gate Tower Church, they will attack.

Anyone will also suffer heavy losses.

However, the problem is that the information that Leo and Sylvia had read before stated that the Gate Tower Church voluntarily abandoned this intact church. The newly established Ott Federation took over the place without any effort, and even forcibly demolished the church.

No one stopped it, and there was no retaliation afterwards. This kind of thing seemed very strange to the Ott Federation at the time. Even the men in black robes from the Ministry of Education even conducted a special investigation, but they could not find out the reason.

However, although the investigation by the men in black robes did not yield any results, one thing is certain that the various incidents in the manor villa should be related to the destroyed Gate Tower Church. As for the specific relationship, there is still no clear answer.
Chapter completed!