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Chapter 257 - 257 256 Encounter with the Big Brother
Chapter 257 - 257 256 Encounter with the Big Brother
?Chapter 257: Chapter 256: Encounter with the Big Brother Chapter 257: Chapter 256: Encounter with the Big Brother Having finished reading the edict for the election of the next heir issued by the new Council of Elders of Red Castle, Russell was quite speechless. It was essentially the “Electoral Prince” system of Dragon Sleep Continent.
In Russell’s ancient European homeland on Earth, the Holy Roman Empire, it initially was the seven Prince-Electors who contested for the position of Emperor.
Of course, the nature of the Prince-Electors in the Holy Roman Empire was the result of the decline of royal power and the rise of territorial lords.
It was somewhat similar to the Spring and Autumn and the Warring States periods, only without a unifying figure like Emperor Qin to consolidate all under heaven, and with the interference of religious factors, it was essentially one word — chaos. That’s why Voltaire mocked the Holy Roman Empire as being neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire.
After getting over his initial shock,
Russell quickly understood the difference between “Electoral Princes” and Prince-Electors — the Shadowflame Dragonblood Family had merely run out of direct heirs, not lost their influence.
Because fundamentally, the Shadowflame Dragonblood Family was not a concept based on bloodline, but on the foundation of the Shadowflame Dragon; as long as the Shadowflame Dragon stood, the power of the Shadowflame Dragonblood Family would not wane.
It was only because Grand Duke Kunstan of the Shadowflame Dragonblood Family, the direct and sole heir, had died without a successor, that three Electoral Princes had been put forward.
“Kunsley Xiangrikui…” Russell squinted his eyes, recalling the background of this Electoral Prince.
He was the eldest grandson of Baron Swan Quinbylf Flame-shadow, and Baron Quinbylf was a cousin of Quentin III Shadowflame, blood related to each other, making him the most suitable candidate from the collateral bloodlines of the Shadowflame Dragonblood Family to inherit the position of Grand Duke.
But the reason Kunsley Xiangrikui was not directly chosen to inherit the position of Grand Duke was simple.
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