Struggle in the Steam Age

Chapter 291: Meet the emperor

Although in his previous life or in this life, Lawrence has always claimed to be a man who is indifferent to fame and fortune and disregards the powerful. But in fact, it's just a quick talk. After all, he hadn't met any distinguished person before, so he could just brag about it.

Therefore, after meeting Emperor Joseph I and wishing to have an interview with him. Lawrence suddenly seemed a little nervous. After all, the previous strong mouth is strong, but the actual situation may not be the case.

"Relax, relax." As an old man who had been an emperor for decades, Joseph naturally saw Lawrence's inner tension. So he pressed his hands falsely to signal Lawrence to relax, and said, "Don't worry, I am not a dragon who will eat you in one bite. I just want to talk to you about something. You think of me as one of your elders. Just talk."

"Okay, I'm fine, what do you need to find me?" Lawrence took a deep breath and calmed down. After all, he has already experienced interplanetary travel and close contact with gods, so Just now because I hadn't seen a high-powered person, I felt a little uncomfortable for a while. Just a simple adjustment can return to normal.

"I remember you were the adopted son of the August family?" Emperor Joseph I asked. "I heard that your father picked it up from the train station."

"Yes, it should be like this." Lawrence nodded and said, he was very sure about this. After all, according to the situation he asked before, he was abandoned to the train station when he was discovered by a group of people, and then he was very emotional at the time. The bad Mr. Lambert took the initiative to adopt, and nothing abnormal happened during this.

As for abandoned babies in this era, it is not uncommon for many reasons. One of the common reasons is that the child cannot be raised at home, the child is found to be too weak or sick after birth, or even because the child’s birth is illegal and the child’s parents do not want to raise it.

According to Mr. Lambert's analysis, Lawrence is most likely to be the first type, because according to his memories, Lawrence, who was a baby at the time, was crying from the cold, but the whole person was very healthy. The tattered coat sewn together by a large pile of rags was wrapped in a prominent place in 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 the distress of the native family can be seen from the tattered clothes and the fact that Lawrence did not find anything as a souvenir.

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 hope that one day in the future they can recognize the child or even leave a thought. Only the poorest or severe difficulties. People who abandon their children will not let go, indicating that they will never see their children again in this life.

One advantage of this means that the connection between the abandoned baby and the original family is completely severed. For some people, the adoption of this kind of child can make people feel more at ease.

"I think you are not afraid to discuss this matter?" When Lawrence was thinking about this issue, Emperor Joseph I asked curiously. "I have seen several people from your background before, but they all seem to be more taboo to talk about their past."

"Of course not taboo, because I grew up only as an ordinary person." Lawrence smiled. The type of people Joseph I said were basically adopted children of nobles. There are some nobles who really have no children, and don't want to extinct their heirs or let those in the family who they don't like inherit the title. So he will adopt a child with a background similar to Lawrence and inherit the family from the baby.

And these adopted heirs are habitually taboo about their origin. On the one hand, if the nobles have their own children, their status will naturally plummet, and they will even be given a sum of money to let them leave home. On the other hand, even if they succeed in succeeding to the title, their blood will be criticized privately by the nobles. This makes them always very sensitive on this issue.

But Lawrence is different from those who were raised as heirs to nobles since he was a child. He was raised as an ordinary person. At the same time, everything I have now comes from my own efforts. Therefore, he is not so sensitive to such things. Not to mention that for him now, the title of a court earl is not very attractive to him.

"Some things may be different from 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 brand? Some things need to be checked with you."

Having said that, the emperor felt that what he might say would cause misunderstanding. So he explained: "Don't worry, this thing will not detect any privacy of you, I just want to use this thing to determine certain things."

"--Okay." Lawrence said and took the brand. He didn't worry about any traps, after all, his identity was not worth the emperor's own hands to do something. Besides, the Baize bloodline didn't feel any malicious in it.

After only inputting 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 was shot on the sign.

"Huh?" Doubt appeared in Lawrence's eyes. Just now, when he injected magic, he could feel that there was a power on this brand touching his soul, but this kind of contact was a very slight contact with the soul in an instant. At the same time, there was no malice, so he didn't make any reaction before.

"What was the 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 scanned from my soul~lightnovelpub.net~that is this magic. The effect of the props." The emperor said with a smile, "Don't worry, and now you can see the effect of what I did just now."

"Effect?" Lawrence lowered his head in doubt, and saw that the blue light emitted from the brand just now slowly gathered into a fist-sized ball of light above the brand, and then changed. It was like a slime trying to become something else there.

After a few seconds, the deformation is over. A vaguely composed image of light appeared on the sign. What surprised Lawrence was that the image on the light turned into Bai Ze's appearance.

Of course, this image is also very vague. It seems that only the single horn, four legs and long tail in the middle of Bai Ze's forehead can be seen. If it weren't for Lawrence to feel the familiar breath of the beast from here, he felt that he would never be able to associate this thing with the beast Baize.

Joseph I, who was sitting across from Lawrence, naturally saw what the ball of light had turned into. He opened his eyes suddenly and looked at Bai Ze’s long horns on the heads of herbivores, and then he was slightly puzzled. Looking at the four-legged animal composed of blue rays, it was obviously the paws of a carnivore.

Finally, he closed his eyes and stretched his hand into the blue light until all the light was gone. However, His Majesty the Emperor seemed to have felt something from the light, and his face was filled with a satisfying smile.

"Well, boy, I think I already know the information I want." The emperor smiled and took the metal plate from Lawrence's hand, then patted him on the shoulder. "I wish you a good time tonight. By the way, you should receive my gift in two days. Don't be too surprised by that time."