Although in his previous life and this life, Lawrence has always claimed that he is a person who is indifferent to fame and wealth, and looks down upon the powerful. But in fact, it is just a quick talk. After all, he has never met anyone of high status before, so naturally he can
Just bragging.
Therefore, when he met Emperor Joseph I and wanted to have an interview with him, Lawrence suddenly seemed a little nervous. After all, he was powerful through words before, but this may not be the case in reality.
"Relax, relax." As an old man who has been an emperor for decades, Joseph naturally saw Lawrence's inner tension. So he pressed his hands to signal Lawrence to relax, and at the same time said, "Don't worry, I'm not
The dragon will eat you in one bite. I just want to talk to you about some things. Just treat me as one of your elders and talk to you."
"Okay, I don't have any more questions. Do you need to talk to me about anything?" Lawrence took a deep breath and calmed down. After all, he had already experienced interdimensional travel and had close contact with gods, so
Just now, I just felt a little uncomfortable because I had never seen anyone in a high position. It only takes a few simple adjustments to return to normal.
"I remember that you are the adopted son of the August family, right?" Emperor Joseph I asked. "I heard that your father picked you up from the train station."
"Yes, it should be like this." Lawrence nodded and said, he was very sure of this. After all, according to the situation he asked before, he was found by a group of people when he was abandoned at the train station, and then he was in a very bad mood at the time.
The bad Mr. Lambert took the initiative to adopt, and nothing unusual happened in the process.
As for abandoning babies, it is not a rare situation in this era, and there are many reasons. Common reasons include that the family cannot afford to raise the child, the child is found to be too weak or sick after birth, or even because the child is not born.
It's legal, but the parents don't want to raise the child.
According to Mr. Lambert's analysis, Lawrence is most likely the first type, because according to his recollection, although Lawrence, who was still a baby at the time, was crying from the cold, he was very healthy. He was sewn up by a lot of rags.
Wrapped in a tattered coat and placed in a conspicuous place at the station.
This shows that his biological parents may have abandoned him because they were very poor and could not afford to raise a child. At least from the tattered clothes and the lack of anything used as a souvenir on Lawrence's body, it can be seen that his original origin
The family is in embarrassment.
After all, according to tradition, if you put a note or some kind of trinket on your body, it means that after abandoning the child, the parents still hope to get to know the child one day or even leave a thought. Only those who are the poorest or encounter serious difficulties
. People will leave nothing when abandoning a child, indicating that they will never see the child again in this life.
One advantage of doing this is that the connection between the abandoned baby and the original family is completely severed. For some people, adopting such a child can make people feel more at ease.
"I don't think you are taboo about discussing this matter?" Just as Lawrence was thinking about this issue, Emperor Joseph I asked curiously. "I have met several people with your background before, but they all look different.
It’s more taboo to talk about things in my past.”
"Of course it's not taboo, because I grew up just as an ordinary person." Lawrence smiled. The type of people Joseph I mentioned were basically the adopted sons of nobles. Some nobles really had no children and didn't want to
To eliminate heirs or to let those in the family whom you don't like inherit the title. Then you will adopt a child with a background similar to Lawrence's and raise him from an infant to inherit the family.
And these adopted heirs are accustomed to being very taboo about their origins. On the one hand, if those nobles have biological children, their status will naturally plummet, and they may even be given a sum of money to let them leave home. On the other hand, if those nobles have biological children, their status will plummet.
, even if they succeed in inheriting the title, their bloodline will be privately criticized by the nobles. This makes them always very sensitive on this issue.
However, Lawrence is different from those who were raised as heirs of aristocrats. He was raised as an ordinary person. At the same time, everything he has now comes from his own efforts. Therefore, he does not care about this kind of thing.
Not that sensitive. Not to mention that for him now, the title of a mere palace earl does not have much appeal to him.
"Some things may not be what you think." Joseph I smiled, then took out a palm-sized golden sign and said. "I heard that you are a warlock, so can you inject magic into this sign?
?Some things need to be verified with you."
At this point, the emperor felt that what he might say might cause misunderstanding. So he explained: "Don't worry, this thing won't detect any of your privacy. I just want to use this thing to confirm certain things."
"——Okay." Lawrence said and took the sign. He was not worried about any traps in it. After all, his identity was not worthy of the emperor's own hands. Besides, the Bai Ze bloodline did not feel that there was any trap in it.
With any malicious intent.
After inputting only the magic power equivalent to a first-level magic, Lawrence felt that the golden metal card in his hand felt full. Then a light blue light emitted from the card.
"Huh?" Lawrence's eyes showed doubts. When he was injecting magic just now, he could feel a kind of power on this brand touching his soul, but this contact was very slight in an instant.
At the same time, there was no malice, so he didn't react much before.
"What was that thing that touched my soul just now?" Lawrence asked the emperor in front of him, "When I injected the magic power just now, it felt like something was scanning through my soul."
"That's the effect of this magic prop." The emperor smiled and said, "You don't have to worry, and now you can see the effect of what I just did."
"Effect?" Lawrence lowered his head in confusion, and saw that the blue light emitted from the sign slowly gathered into a fist-sized ball of light above the sign, and then changed. It looked like a slime.
There trying to become something else.
After a few seconds, the transformation ended. A vague image made of light appeared on the sign. To Lawrence's surprise, the image on the light actually turned into Bai Ze's appearance.
Of course, this image is also very vague. At first glance, you can only see the single horn in the middle of Bai Ze's forehead, four legs and a long tail. If Lawrence hadn't felt something vaguely revealed from above,
As for the familiar aura of the mythical beast, he felt that it was absolutely impossible for him to associate this thing with the mythical beast Bai Ze.
Joseph I, who was sitting opposite Lawrence, naturally saw what the ball of light had turned into. He first opened his eyes suddenly and looked at the long horns growing out of Bai Ze's head, which was obviously a herbivore, and then looked slightly puzzled.
He looked at the four-legged animal made of blue light, which was obviously a carnivore's claws.
Finally, he closed his eyes and stretched his hand into the blue light until all the light disappeared. However, His Majesty the Emperor seemed to feel something from this light, and there was a look of satisfaction on his face.
smile.
"Okay, kid, I think I already know the information I want." The emperor smiled and took the metal plate from Lawrence's hand, and then patted him on the shoulder. "I wish you a good time tonight.
, By the way, you should receive my gift in two days, so don’t be too surprised then."