Leaning on the table and watching the ships coming and going in the harbor from the window on the second floor of the cafe, Lawrence began to recall things from his childhood. He had been living with his adoptive father in a small town called Fir Town since he could remember.
This small town is named after the large and beautiful fir forest surrounding it. At first, this small town was just a simple water filling station on the railway, replenishing boiler water for passing steam trains. But later the local environment attracted many people
.Including the father of Laurence's playmate Saphire Coburg.
The Coburg family is the ruler of the Grand Duchy of Coburg in the Old World, but such a large family often has many branches. Some of the non-direct branches will choose to leave their homeland and go out to explore. And Saphire Coburg's
My father came from a branch of this family that left Emden very early and came to the New World.
As the second son, Mr. Coburg took a sponsorship from his family and headed west to look for opportunities along the transcontinental railway that had just been built for less than ten years. As a result, he met Lawrence's adoptive father on the railway who was preparing to serve as a missionary.
Mr. August. The two of them chatted more and more in the car, and finally chose to settle down in Fir Town.
More than 20 years have passed, and the town of Cold Mountain has grown from a small town of 400 people to a large town of 1,200 people. Lawrence's adoptive father and Mr. Coburg also own their own churches and farms respectively.
Later, Mr. August adopted Lawrence, who was a premature baby at the train station, and Mr. Coburg also had his own wife and children. Because they were similar in age, and both his adoptive father and Mr. Coburg were busy when Lawrence was young, so he
I often read and play games with Saphire in church or on the farm, so the two have a very good relationship.
In Lawrence's impression, Saphire was a tomboy. When he was a child, he not only habitually wore boy's clothes such as suspender jeans and plaid shirts, but also acted like a lively boy. What Lawrence especially didn't want to admit was that
, whether she is riding a horse, fighting or shooting with a gun, she is better than him.
"I wonder what happened to that crazy girl now. I heard that the girls' school over there in the Old World is a place to cultivate ladies." Lawrence thought of this and shook his head. He really couldn't imagine how a girl like Saifei could grow up from
The kind that graduated from an aristocratic girls' school.
While he was drinking tea and recalling things from his childhood, a whistle sounded in the distance. A three-masted steamship, as noble and elegant as a white swan, sailed out of the thin rain and fog, and then followed other people.
The gap exposed in the ship opened towards the trestle in front of the customs building.
This boat has an obvious magical aura. There is also a circle of golden decorations on the side of the boat. A beautifully carved gilded mermaid bow is placed at the root of the bow mast. The entire boat exudes elegance from the inside out.
and gorgeous.
"It seems that the Mermaid Princess has arrived." Looking at the name written on the side of the ship, Lawrence drank the last sip of tea in the teacup. Then he hurried downstairs.
When he got downstairs, he threw a two-cent coin and asked the waiter in the cafe to give him a piece of cardboard and a pen. Then he leaned against the bar of the cafe and wrote in bold letters on both sides of the cardboard.
There are words on it that read "Saphire Coburg".
After all, Lawrence knew that his appearance had changed greatly after awakening his bloodline, and he and Saphiel hadn't seen each other for four full years. So in order to prevent the other party from finding him, Lawrence thought it would be better to prepare a pick-up sign.
.
When he finished all preparations and hurried to the waiting hall of the customs building, the place was already crowded. The passengers on the Mermaid Princess had already disembarked at this time, and many people who had passed customs inspection were walking out of several channels.
The relatives and friends who came forward to greet them made the entire customs waiting hall seem a little chaotic and crowded.
Lawrence looked at the messy situation in front of him and simply found a place to hold up the pick-up sign he had just made, and then stared at the main exit. However, he didn't know it until the tourists on the Mermaid Princess were almost finished leaving.
No sign of Saphiel was seen.
"Where are the people?" Seeing that the number of people coming in from the entrance gradually became sparse, Lawrence became a little anxious. He couldn't pick up someone and lose the person.
"Ha, nerd." Just when Lawrence started to look around, a petite figure quietly ran to him and looked at his face. Then he stretched out his white little hand and patted Lawrence on the shoulder, and at the same time he was surprised.
Greeting Lawrence, "How did you become like this?"
"Safir," Lawrence shuddered when he heard this unfamiliar nickname. Then he turned his head and looked towards the place where the sound came from, only to see a girl standing in front of him dragging a large black leather suitcase.
The person behind him looked at him with smiling eyes.
Saifei's appearance has not changed much compared to Lawrence's impression. Even if she wears a pair of very high heels, her height is now only the tip of Lawrence's nose, which has grown to about 1.78 meters after awakening Bai Ze's bloodline.
Height. He has short, slightly disheveled hair on his head. The gray hair is slightly upturned at the ends. His blue eyes under the slanted bangs are full of smiles.
Just like four years ago, Saifei's face still looked as small and delicate as a doll's, and it looked as if her facial features hadn't grown yet, as if she was full of youthfulness.
What surprised Lawrence was that Saphire was now wearing a recently popular skirt and a large-brimmed straw hat decorated with silk flowers.
"I just had a little adventure recently and awakened a certain bloodline in my body." Lawrence shrugged lightly. In his impression, Uncle Coburg himself was a super warrior, so Saphiel could understand him.
What it means.
While explaining, Lawrence kept looking at Saphire, because he had never seen Saphire dressed in such a feminine way in such a long time.
"You - why do you keep looking at me like that?" Maybe it's because Lawrence's eyes have been on Saifei's face, so Saifei looked a little nervous, "Is there something wrong with my dress?"
"No, no. Your outfit is very fashionable and suits you very well." Lawrence smiled and praised, "It's just... I've never seen you dressed like this before, so I'm a little surprised."
"You think this outfit is beautiful?" Saphiel put his hands behind his back and stretched out the toes of his right foot to tap the ground gently. "I, I actually don't like to wear this kind of clothes. It's just that I came here.
I was traveling in first class at that time, and it would have looked very disgraceful if I didn’t wear this outfit.”
"It's okay. You should always wear what you like. As long as it's not a formal occasion, it doesn't matter what you wear. After all, this is the New World and there aren't as many rules as the Old World." At this point, Lawrence quickly changed the subject. "By the way.
, what are you going to do next after you come back now?"
"I plan to find a job in Eagle Castle." Saifei thought for a while and said. "Like you, I have had some special adventures in the past four years, so now I plan to be a detective."
"Detective?" Lawrence felt a little strange. "Why do you have such an idea?"
"Well, because I found that not only men, but many women also have a need for detectives. Now the detectives outside are mainly male detectives, which is inconvenient for many things."
"Sounds good," Lawrence nodded and helped Saphire lift her suitcase. In this era, the city was developing rapidly but the number of police officers was seriously insufficient. Therefore, this also gave the detectives a lot of room for survival. "By the way.
, have you contacted the place where you live now, do you need my help?"
"Already contacted." Saifei smiled. "I will temporarily live in my grandfather's house. I will move out after a while after deciding the location of the detective office."