Chapter 160 Lily Rasputin's Ring

"—Rasputin never leaks."

This is the family motto of the Rasputin family.

And they did so.

This ancient family with elven blood that has existed since the third era, so far, no member has ever leaked any secrets.

It's not just the bondage of others and the secrets between the gods...even any joke "I need you to keep this a secret" when sparring among friends will be firmly remembered by them and will never be forgotten. Forget, never leak.

It's not so much a family motto, it's a curse that flows through the blood.

But it is precisely because of their loyalty to this oath.

In the Principality of Winter alone, the Rasputins control more than one-fifth of the supernatural beings cursed... When the supernatural beings cannot find a "secret-keeper" who is not trustworthy, they will give priority to looking for Rasputin. Sputin. There are even foreign supernatural beings who will make a special trip to the Principality of Winter, just to let Rasputin keep secrets for them.

The secrecy continued until either of the two died.

As the price of keeping the secret, Rasputin will ask for an additional "confirmed correct" secret as a reward.

This directly led to Rasputin becoming the most powerful ritualist family in the Duchy of Winter.

Every Rasputin will store the secrets he holds and need to tell others in his secret ring before he dies. After Rasputin's death, as long as the other party's password is obtained, the secret can be extracted.

And the password of this ring, even the holder himself does not know - the three elders of the Rasputin family each hold a password table. According to their date of birth, gender, and the number of children in the family, a password can be obtained from the table.

Piece together the three codes to unlock their secret ring.

"I've confirmed it, Annan. The ring you're holding is actually a Rasputin secret ring."

Archduke Ivan said to Annan.

"……ring?"

Annan was startled: "What ring?"

"The relic left by Don Juan Geraint's mother. It should be on you now."

Ivan reminded.

But what he said made Annan a little confused.

He frowned and thought for a while: "Don Juan Geraint's mother... should be from the Melvin family?"

"It should have been like this. Or, we all thought so."

Ivan shook his head: "But, that is indeed the Rasputin family ring. You should understand what it means."

"... an exchange of identities?"

Annan murmured: "But I remember the surname Rasputin..."

"Yes, it's the family of your mother Anya Rasputin. And the owner of this ring is Anya's sister... Lily Rasputin who suddenly disappeared back then."

Archduke Ivan said slowly.

"Then who should have married into the Geraint family?"

"It's Euphemia Melvin, the third daughter of the Melvin family."

In other words, it was the older sister of Wolf Professor Frederick Melvin and the younger sister of Eugene Melvin who died in the White Tower.

"... Euphemia is gone too?"

"Of course. But according to the previous statement, we all thought that she married Noah, married to the crow family... Because of the special status of the crow family, we can't be forgiven for not being able to contact her."

Otherwise, we wouldn't have discovered this until now.

Ivan said so.

"Okay, let me think about it..."

The amount of information in these words can be said to be quite large.

Annan couldn't help frowning and thinking.

On the side, Ivan still whispered: "You should also know the meaning of the Rasputin family. I have already asked someone for Lily's password... As for how to deal with it, should you open it first, or put it It's up to you to give it to the Rasputin family, or to the old crow of the Geraint family.

"...After all, when you come back this time, you will succeed the Grand Duke."

- So, I can't give you any more ideas.

Although Ivan did not say this sentence directly, his eyes said this to Annan.

It was a steady, gentle, hopeful look.

"……I see."

Annan was silent for a while, then nodded lightly.

Unlike the Melvins, who remained neutral, the Rasputins were one of the few nuclear families that were closer to Archduke Winter. They also live in Frostwhisper.

In other words, the Rasputin family can be drawn. Annan must also take into account their feelings... so it is impossible to hand over to the Geraint family.

However, why has Lily been unresponsive for so many years?

Judging by the ring she left to Don Juan, she seems to have a deep affection for Don Juan. And she's not disgusted by the Geraint family - she even has the flag of the flying feathers engraved on the ring.

The Crow's Feather is the unique mark of the Geraint family.

It is precisely because of this that Annan thought it was a ring produced by the Geraint family. But until he was a guest from Geraint's house, he never saw anyone else wearing this kind of ring...

At that time, Annan didn't think much about it.

As a result, is this actually the secret ring of the Rasputin family?

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

Annan took out the ring with some hesitation.

It was a luxuriously shaped silver ring set with sapphires.

The outer ring of the ring was engraved with a feather-like pattern. But if you look closely, there does seem to be a subtle rune on the inside.

After getting the information from Ivan, the attributes on the ring have quietly changed:

【Dark Blue Guardian】

[Type: Ring (Purple) / Sealed Artifact]

[Description: The relic left by Don Juan Geraint's mother for him, which contains cold magic and curse]

[Description: A sealer's secret ring, the inner ring is engraved with "Lily Rasputin" in the language of the elf]

[Description: This ring has undergone secondary processing by a special process, and it seems to be somewhat similar to the signet ring of "Hand of Winter"]

Seeing this, Annan raised his head subconsciously and looked at the hand of the woman with dark blue long hair.

The transparent ring on the ring finger of her left hand is undoubtedly very different from this ring.

Where are the similarities...

Annan held the ring hesitantly, raised his head and asked Ivan again: "Let me handle this, is it really okay?"

"After all, this is Lily's ring... She has no other relatives. You and Maria are already her closest relatives. It is legal and reasonable for you to deal with it."

Ivan seems to know this person named "Lily", his own... aunt?

"Where's Euphemia?"

"Melvin and Rasputin are different. I'm not going to leave this matter to their family for investigation."

Ivan replied.

The implication is that this matter will be investigated by Annan himself.

This is reasonable.

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

"The code to unlock the seal is—the shoulder fur of the brown calf, stained with three drops of snake tears, and wipe the surface while the flame scorches the ring until it is slightly hot but not red."

Ivan said, turning his eyes to his desk: "Zuoya has prepared it for you.

"Do you need us to avoid it?"

The Grand Duke seemed to have a vague understanding of that secret.