House Alphenhauser had served as close aides to the Emperors of the Empire for generations.
Over the course of its centuries-long history, the family alone had produced dozens of chief ministers. They knew the Imperial Family’s most intimate secrets, and consequently, whenever the balance of power shifted, they had to suffer spectacular purges.
In other words, they were the ‘moon.’
Because they had to reflect the light of the sun, they remained forever in the background. Those who failed to receive that light were erased from Alphenhauser’s history.
It was through such a simple principle that the greatest prestigious family in the Empire had endured.
But not every truth could remain buried beneath the soil of passing centuries.
The archive beneath Alphenhauser Castle existed precisely for that purpose.
The amount of information stored within that tiny crystal surpassed imagination. Even after looking inside once, an ordinary person could perceive only the smallest fraction of it.
Perhaps it would be easier to understand if one compared it to searching for a pearl beneath the sea.
Searching through that vast ocean of records for a meaningful clue was that difficult.
Even the Alphenhauser Twins, famous for their intelligence, would require time.
But I was different.
Because someone had personally placed bookmarks…