"And the 'Imperial Blood' itself is one in ten thousand, truly one in ten thousand," Uesugi Etsu emphasized.
"For quite a long time, it was difficult for even a single 'Imperial Blood' to be born out of ten thousand people in the family," Uesugi Etsu said. "My old man was named Minamoto Hideo, and he belonged to the Uesugi Family. In my old man's generation, no 'Imperial Blood' appeared. By that time, the number of people in the Upper Three Families was already dwindling. My old man should be considered the last White King descendant possessing the pure bloodline of the Upper Three Families, even though his bloodline was still far from reaching the level of 'Imperial Blood.' Still, he was pushed by the family elders to the position of Clan Leader of the Shieki Eight Families."
"Because of the bloodline?" Minamoto Wakasei asked. "Because your father was the last descendant of the Upper Three Families capable of producing offspring with Imperial Blood?"
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