Seeing me gulp down the tea, Roland looked somewhat worried. She said softly, "Be careful, it could be poisoned."
I smiled and shook my head at her. "It's fine. I don't think he'd resort to such a low-level trick." The reason I dared drink the tea was that I simply wasn't afraid of poison.
Hearing the exchange between Roland and me, the man smiled as well and looked at Roland. "Don't worry. He's a smart man. Besides, if I could truly poison him, he wouldn't have made it this far."
I gave a light cough. "Even now, I still don't know what to call you."
"My name is Lu Zhao."
"You said you were a Boundary Keeper?"
"Yes."
"But I can see that you're half Pompeii people."
"That's right. My father was Pompeii people, and my mother was from Great Xia. I was born after my mother returned to Great Xia. I studied under my Master from childhood for eighteen years, then became a Boundary Keeper."
Having said that, he refilled his cup. "After the realm I guarded disappeared, I left Great Xia. Actually, I'd wanted to come to Pompeii City long ago, to seek out my roots."
"How did the realm you guarded disappear?"
"That realm did belong to Great Xia before, but it later split away and was no longer a territory of Great Xia."
A place suddenly came to mind. "Outer Mongolia?"
He nodded. "Yes. You should know that every Boundary Keeper only guards the territory of Great Xia. Even a generated realm must belong to Great Xia. So once that realm no longer belonged to Great Xia, my duties as a Boundary Keeper naturally came to an end."
I nodded slightly. I did know about that.
"Then how did you enter Pompeii City?" In my view,