Chapter Two
1740, Kingdom of Wisteria
The village of Sambucus, which is located next to the Temple of the Sun God, was quite large. Count Ambroise Beneseto, whose dilapidated castle was located near Sambucus, rarely visited his ancestral home.
His financial affairs turned for the worse nearly twenty years ago when he had three lean years. The wine, which was produced in a small distillery adjacent to the castle, was of poor quality. For this reason, it was not in demand in the metropolitan Dianthus, but was used only in the provincial cities of Amaranthus and Geranium. The Count barely made ends meet. The family castle urgently needed to be repaired and was crumbling before his eyes, but the money was barely enough to maintain the town house in Geranium.
On his arrival in Sambucus, Cou
