"Elizabeth Bathory is a legend, compared to her, I consider myself fortunate." Joan sighed after reading this notebook.
Unlike Elizabeth who was stigmatized hundreds of years after her death, Joan's unjust trial was overturned, and her reputation among the common folk only grew, until she finally even became a symbol of the spirit of France.
Comparatively, Elizabeth Bathory's situation was worse. In the eyes of ordinary people, she was seen as the evil one who used human blood to maintain her youth.
Through reading this notebook, Leonard and the others found out, as they had guessed, that Elizabeth Bathory's trial was part of a power struggle between the Holy Roman Emperor and the local lords.
For the Holy Roman Emperor, it was necessary to eliminate the powers in various places due to the specific situation of the Holy Roman Empire.
