"—Rasputin never leaks secrets."

This is the motto of the Rasputin family.

And that's what they do.

This ancient family, which has existed since the Tertiary Age and has elven blood, has never had a member take the initiative to divulge any secrets.

It's not just the spells of others and the secrets of the gods...... Even any joke of "I need you to keep this matter a secret" during a fight between friends will be remembered by them, never forgotten, and never leaked.

It's not so much a family motto as a curse that runs through the blood.

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

In the Duchy of Winter alone, the Rasputins control more than one-fifth of the Transcendental Curses...... When the transcendents can't find a trustworthy "Keeper of Secrets", they prioritize looking for Rasputin. There are even foreign transcendents who come to the Duchy of Winter to keep Rasputin a secret for them.

The secrecy continued until either of them died.

In return for keeping the secret, Rasputin would ask for an additional secret that was "confirmed to be correct" in return.

As a direct result, Rasputin became the most powerful family of ceremonies in the Duchy of Winter.

Every Rasputin, before he dies, stores the secrets he holds that he needs to tell others into his secret rings. After Rasputin's death, as long as he gets the password of the other party, he can extract the secret from it.

And the password of this ring, even the holder himself does not know - the three elders of the Rasputin family, each holding a password table. Depending on their date of birth, male or female, and the number of children in the family, a password can be obtained from the table.

Piece together the three ciphers to unlock their rings.

"I've confirmed it, Annan. The ring you are holding is actually a Rasputin Secret Ring. ”

Grand Duke Ivan said to Annan.

“…… Ring? ”

Annan was stunned for a moment: "What ring?" ”

"It's a relic left by Don Juan Geraine's mother. It should be on you right now. ”

Ivan reminded.

But what he said made Annan a little confused.

He frowned and thought for a moment: "Don Juan Geraine's mother...... It must be someone from the Melvin family, right? ”

"It was supposed to be like this. Or rather, that's what we all think. ”

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

“…… Exchange of identities? ”

Annan muttered, "But I remember, Rasputin's surname ......"

"Yes, it's your mother, Anya Rasputin's family. And the owner of this ring is Anya's own sister...... In the year suddenly disappeared Lily Rasputin. ”

Grand Duke Ivan said slowly.

"Who was supposed to marry into the Jaylant's family?"

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

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

“…… Euphemia is also gone? ”

"Of course. However, according to what we said before, we all thought that she married Noah and married the crow's family...... Because of the special status of the crow family, it is understandable that we can't contact her. ”

Otherwise, we wouldn't have been unaware of this until now.

Ivan said.

"Well, let me think about ......"

The amount of information in this statement 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've got someone to ask for Lily's password...... As for what to do with it, it's up to you to open it first, or give it to the Rasputins, or give it to the old ravens of the Geraint family.

“…… After all, when you come back this time, you will succeed the Grand Duke. ”

- So, I can't give you ideas anymore.

Although Ivan didn't say this sentence directly, his eyes said so to Annan.

It was a steady, gentle, hopeful look.

“…… I understand. ”

Annan was silent for a moment and nodded slightly.

Unlike the Melvins, who remained neutral, the Rasputins were one of the very few core families that were closer to the Archduke Winter. They also reside in the Frost Province.

In other words, the Rasputins can be co-opted. Annan also had to take into account their feelings...... So it is impossible to hand it over to the Geraint family.

But why hasn't Lily reacted to her for so many years?

Judging by the ring she left for Don Juan, she seems to have deep feelings for Don Juan. And she is not disgusted with the Geraint family - she even engraved the mark of the flying feather on the ring.

The Crow's Feather is a mark unique to the Jaylant's family.

It is precisely because of this that Annan thought that this was a ring made by the Geraint family. But until he was a guest at Geraint's house, he never saw anyone else wearing such a 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 hesitated and took out the ring.

It was an opulent silver ring encrusted with sapphires.

The outer ring of the ring was engraved with a feather-like pattern. But if you look closely, it does seem that there are subtle runes on the inside.

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

【Navy Guardian】

[Type: Ring (purple) / Seal]

[Description: A relic left for him by Don Juan Geraine's mother, containing cold magic and curses]

[Description: A Sealer's Secret Ring, with "Lily Rasputin" engraved in Elven language on the inner ring.]

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

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

The transparent ring on her left ring finger was undoubtedly very different from what this ring looked like.

What is the similarity......

Annan held the ring with some hesitation, looked up at Ivan and asked again: "Leave this to me to deal with, is it really okay?" ”

"It's Lily's ring, after all...... She has no other relatives, and you and Mary are her closest relatives. It is lawful and reasonable for you to dispose of it. ”

Ivan seems to know the man named "Lily", his own ...... Youngest maternal aunt?

"Where's Euphemia?"

"Melvin is not the same as Rasputin. I'm not going to give it to their family to investigate. ”

Ivan replied.

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

It makes sense.

“…… So, give me the password. ”

"The code to break the seal is - the brown calf's shoulder fur, stained with three drops of snake tears, wiping the surface as the flame burns the ring until it is slightly hot but not red."

Ivan said, looking at his desk, "Zoya has prepared it for you."

"Do we need to get out of the way?"

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