Chapter 192: The Coexistence of Two Marks

Chapter 192: Chapter 192: The Coexistence of Two Marks

Information related to Mialans was gradually released to the public starting the day after Jeremy’s group was summoned. One month later, it had completely become a truth known by everyone.

This matter involved the survival of the continent. Excluding the evil cult and the Demon race, more than half of the living beings on Sylvanor decided to join hands and cooperate to jointly overcome this crisis.

And the five-person group that brought the documents back also became those with the greatest contribution in saving the continent. Whether inside or outside the academy, their existence became known to everyone, accompanied by a series of titles and medals.

However, to the five insiders themselves, this was nothing worth celebrating.

Originally, they had already drawn attention in school due to their achievements. Now they attracted even more gazes, almost to the point of having to take detours to avoid other people.

In the second month after the documents were published, a few upheavals also occurred internally within the empire.

Crown Prince Amber was dethroned. Externally, it was stated as exile, but in reality, it was house arrest. On the second day after being dethroned, he "committed suicide" and died.

That same month, the empire recovered a princess who had been wandering outside.

Rumor had it she was the firstborn daughter of a dancer, sharing the same mother as the currently out-of-favor second princess—who suffered from idiocy in both body and mind. But this princess was one year older than the second princess.

In the past, Imperial Consort Silur, born a dancer, brought this princess to the Divine Temple to receive blessings and was ambushed. The Eldest Princess, only a few days old, was kidnapped by the exiled evil cult during the chaos.

Afterward, there was no news of her. Because she was only recently born and hadn’t even had time to bind with a life stone, it was unclear whether she was dead or alive.

As the years passed, everyone assumed she had died.

This time, being suddenly recovered by the Emperor himself left the entire empire astounded.

Adding this newly returned princess, the empire currently had three princesses. Calculating by age, she was the true Eldest Princess. Asaro ranked second. The remaining one was the youngest.

Currently, the heir position was vacant. Initially, the majority of people didn’t believe the appearance of this Eldest Princess could alter any circumstances.

Until it was exposed that she was exactly a member of the Eclipse Team, studying in the same class as the Valmont Ducal family’s son, and one of the five people who brought back the Mialans documents—Evelyn Vael.

After getting lost, she was saved by a beastman. Later, this beastman married into a minor noble family at the border, so Evelyn took the surname Vael, and thanks to that, she smoothly enrolled in the Empire’s Primary Academy.

Because the time had been too long, that couple completely didn’t know this was the lost princess from back then, so upon hearing the news, they were just as astonished as anyone else.

But because of their merit in raising her, not only were they not punished, but they were ultimately granted territory. Coupled with Evelyn’s influence, the status of this couple also climbed a notch—from a Baron family so poor they were almost worse off than commoners, they now became a Viscount family with their own territory. The debt left over from the previous generation was also wiped out thanks to this.

Due to the publication of the Mialans documents, the identities of all five Eclipse Team members were exposed. After all, this was an event that would be recorded in the history books, tied to titles and privileges, so it couldn’t be faked.

Although it wasn’t publicized grandly, the relevant members had already clearly grasped the backgrounds of these five people.

Jeremy Noan Valmont, the eldest young master of one of the four largest Ducal families in the empire.

Leon Vance, the heir to the Magic Tower.

Phoenix Noir, the young master of the Eastern Ducal family. For health reasons, he was raised at his maternal grandparents’ home since childhood and bore his mother’s surname.

Lucius D’Arsy... no, speaking accurately, it should be Cyril Clivein.

Because his mother was not only a princess of the Lunaris clan but also the designated heir, his father, who was inherently the heir to the Northern Duke, had proactively renounced his title to marry into the Lunaris clan.

After getting married, they birthed two sons.

The eldest son was the heir to the Divine Temple personally chosen by the gods. The youngest son—Lucius—was exactly the next king of the Lunaris clan.

Also because Lucius’s father had proactively yielded the Duke title, there was no power struggle whatsoever between him and his younger brother; their relationship was extremely harmonious.

Later on, his younger brother also married the second princess of the Lunaris clan, making the relationship even more tightly knit to the point of being unbreakable.

Having Lucius’s support was also equivalent to having the entire Lunaris clan. And the Northern Territory also accounted for a half.

Rumor had it that the relationship within the Eclipse Team was extremely good. This newly returned Eldest Princess Evelyn obtained the backing of the top four factions almost simultaneously.

Furthermore, the trip to bring back the Mialans documents could entirely be counted as a meritorious deed. The goodwill of the commoners naturally went without saying.

Precisely because of this point, the majority of the nobles who hadn’t chosen a faction began to waver.

Ultimately, deciding who to assist in ascending the throne would also affect their own families; it required comprehensive consideration.

Everyone had their own calculations, but everything still continued on.

Evelyn was officially recorded into the royal genealogy before this semester ended, becoming a rightful imperial princess.

Let alone outsiders, even Jeremy and his three teammates had never thought there was a princess right beside them.

But... regardless of how their identities changed, they were still a team.

Therefore, this matter didn’t affect the group’s relationship at all, nor did it change anything. Everything still proceeded as usual.

After this incident, Evelyn—who inherently disliked bringing up the past—also proactively recounted a few matters from her past.

The mutual understanding between them also deepened a notch.

After grasping the circumstances of that Baron family, Jeremy’s group finally understood why, back in the Wasteland sea region, she had brought along rye bread that even commoners disdained.

The debt that Baron family shouldered made even Jeremy astonished. Evelyn’s tuition fee to enroll was even borrowed money. The spatial ring was also the sole family heirloom, the most valuable thing on her person on the day of enrollment.

As for the exact time the Emperor recognized her, it was exactly as Jeremy had predicted—at the Magic Tower.

According to Evelyn’s account, the moment the two crossed paths, thanks to the power of their bloodline, they recognized each other.

After all, the ancestors of the current royal family bore the blessing of the White Tiger God.

The connection between bloodlines naturally couldn’t be blocked by external forces.

But what was most worth mentioning was that the awakening of the royal Mark would be accompanied by the White Tiger God’s blessing.

After Evelyn acknowledged her ancestors and returned to her roots, the innate seal within her body was also removed. Under the guidance of her bloodline power, her Mark underwent an unprecedented mutation.

It wasn’t simply ascending from a low-tier Spirit Covenant to a high-tier one, but rather... the rebirth of a Mark.

The original Spirit Covenant 302 did not change at all. After her bloodline awakened, she gained an additional Holy Covenant 07—a blessing from the White Tiger God.

This also meant Evelyn was an existence truly acknowledged by that deity.

After the matter was announced, a portion of the originally neutral nobles also determined to support Evelyn in ascending the throne.

What a Mark ranked in the top ten represented, there was no need to say much.

Let alone the fact that Evelyn currently possessed both simultaneously. Looking at her development momentum now, her future was definitely boundless.

Perhaps... she could even become a miracle.

This Mark issue was more absolute than any other reason, enough for them to gamble the prospects of their entire families.

When those events concluded, the first semester of the second year also officially ended.