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Evelyn looked surprised upon hearing this. "Is this true? But as far as I know, there are very few people in the entire Northern Continent who possess Caesar's bloodline..."

"Logically, I should be the last bloodline inheritor of Caesar the Great... Could it be that someone is impersonating me?"

She couldn't help but doubt it.

Xu Nan was also a little doubtful. "The last successor of Caesar the Great? Is he really that powerful? Could it be that he's lying to me? Is Caesar a rare surname in your world?"

Evelyn bit her lip and nodded. She looked at Xu Nan with some interest, feeling that although she had never met this man before, his manner of speaking and behavior seemed familiar.

"It's alright, I'll just ask him. Maybe you two are even related!"

Xu Nan chuckled, quickly wrote "What's your name?!" in a message in a bottle, and then stuffed it into the portal.

Evelyn's expression changed drastically!

Thump!

The bottle that Xu Nan had just stuffed into the portal suddenly fell from mid-air and hit Xu Nan on the forehead!

At first, he was stunned by the impact, and then he casually stuffed it into the portal, wondering as he did so:

"Is Bald Caesar's portal broken?"

Thump!

The bottle came crashing down again, but this time it didn't hit Xu Nan on the head. Evelyn caught it with gritted teeth. She skillfully popped the bottle stopper and threw the note inside out the window.

Xu Nan suddenly realized.

"Are you that Prince Caesar?"

"You're City Lord Xu? Why do you think I'm bald?"

The two spoke almost in unison.

The atmosphere in the carriage suddenly became strangely awkward.

Xu Nan rubbed his hands together and coughed. "... Perhaps we both have some misunderstandings about each other."

"It's fate that we've met, so we should be more open and honest with each other."

"Look, they didn't seem to mind that you're a Cross-dressing Master, did they? Besides, your clothes are quite nice, and you look exactly like a girl."

Evelyn was a little puzzled:

What is Cross-dressing Master?

Xu Nan cheerfully explained it to her, but Evelyn's expression grew increasingly grim. Finally, Xu Nan pointed to the scarf around her neck and said:

"There are quite a few people on our planet who share similar interests with you, and learning how to distinguish between real girls and Cross-dressing Master has become a required course."

Do you know how I found out?

"Because you're wearing a scarf. Usually, people wear scarves or chokers to hide their Adam's apples..."

Evelyn gently pulled off the silk scarf.

Xu Nan remained silent for a while before saying in a hoarse voice:

Is it interesting for a woman to dress up as a man?

Evelyn was speechless. She looked at the thick clouds outside, a hint of sadness in her eyes.

"I'm sorry for deceiving you, but I hope you can understand. I just don't want to be misunderstood or discriminated against."

"The name Caesar means a lot on this continent. But for you Earthlings, it's just a name, isn't it?"

"My name is Evelyn, Caesar is just my surname."

Xu Nan expressed her understanding.

If the girl in front of them is Caesar, then things are much simpler. These griffins are coming for her, and their purpose is, of course, to clear the way for a certain nobleman to inherit the throne of the Eastern Kingdom.

"Caesar..." Xu Nan suddenly said.

He could sense the complex emotions Evelyn conveyed when she mentioned that surname—a mixture of helplessness, honor, heaviness, and other feelings.

He's doing well.

Evelyn listened to the cold wind howling high above and fell into deep thought.

Several griffins took turns controlling the balance and weight of the carriage, seemingly trying to escort them somewhere.

Perhaps the end of their journey will be their death.

But for some reason, she felt no nervousness or joy.

"Caesar... is the royal surname of the last empire in the Northern Continent."

Evelyn's face showed a look of reminiscence. "And my mother was the last of Caesar the Great's blood... Now, it's me. And I'm all that's left."

The story itself is not complicated and is even a bit simple and cliché.

Unlike the long-standing unified empires of China history, the Northern Continent of the Pro World does not have the same advantages as other races.

But precisely because of this, Caesar Empire on the eve of the Holy War six hundred years ago became a source of human glory for poets.

As the only empire in history to unify the Northern Continent, the Caesar royal family has always been considered to have the noblest bloodline. Unfortunately, empires cannot last forever. Under the temptation of the devil, the Caesar royal family fell into depravity... After the Blood Night Holy War six hundred years ago, the Caesar Empire disintegrated, and the Caesar royal family was hunted down by many enemies, almost completely declining.

By Evelyn's mother's generation, the Caesar surname had almost been completely lost to the dustbin of history. If it weren't for some fortuitous events, she might have even chosen to seal away her ancestors' surname forever.

Unfortunately, things weren't that simple.

Evelyn's mother, seeking protection, married the aging Old King. Although the Rhine Kingdom was a remote and isolated place, its people were known for their fierce spirit and its national strength was considerable. Furthermore, the Old King treated Evelyn's mother very well, which allowed Caesar's lineage to continue.

When Evelyn was young, her mother died in a violent incident. The entire court remained silent about it, and the Old King, in a fit of rage, had sixteen palace maids beaten to death, yet he never gave his former beloved wife a proper wedding.

Evelyn buried her mother's body herself when she was young.

Although she did not describe the whole process in detail, or even just mentioned it briefly, Xu Nan could still imagine the scene of a six-year-old girl digging a grave for her mother to rest in peace with her bare hands on a miserable rainy night.

His nostrils twitched slightly, suggesting a somewhat poignant story.

After that night, Evelyn matured a lot. People in the court also began to distance themselves from her.

The bloodline of Caesar is a burden, and also a curse.

At her coming-of-age ceremony, she did not choose to inherit the Old King's surname, but instead chose to inherit her mother's surname. Out of respect for the Caesar Empire, even the most demanding court etiquette officials remained silent about this.

The Old King seemed to have forgotten about his daughter after that night, and it wasn't until he decided to choose an heir from among his children that he sent Evelyn to the most difficult Icewind Territory.

No one knew what the increasingly incompetent Old King meant by this move, but very few people chose to support Evelyn.

After all, most people in the kingdom did not want the Rhine Kingdom to be labeled as a remnant of the Caesar Empire.

Although they fear no one, this surname has always been a problem.

"It's not that bad, really. This surname means the glory of nothingness."

Evelyn blushed deeply, and it wasn't until she finished telling the whole story that she suddenly realized she was in a hijacked carriage, thousands of feet above the ground.

For some reason, once Xu Nan opened her mouth, she couldn't refuse to answer her questions.

She seemed to have entered into the other person's rhythm as well.

Wake up, Evelyn! She secretly pinched her thigh, trying to break free from the extraordinary charm of the man in front of her.

Then she heard a chilling sigh:

"You must have been very tired all these years on your own, right?"

Xu Nan looked at her with some pity.

"Bearing the name Caesar... wanting to do so many things, it must be very hard for a girl, right?"

Evelyn's eyes were blurry, her heart was racing, and her mind started racing: Was he showing concern for me? Following the typical trope of the domineering CEO stories Elder Sister Song Ying recommended to me, was he going to force a kiss on me? And when he did, should I play hard to get, or shyly scold him...?

Then she saw Xu Nan pull out a strange prop from who-knows-where and wave it in front of her with lightning speed—

"How about we consider Name Change Card?"

"Change your name instantly, freeing you from the pressure and worries brought by your bloodline and surname, and allowing you to live a carefree and unrestrained life from now on!"

Xu Nan's sudden change of expression left Evelyn completely dumbfounded, and she blankly accepted the prop from Xu Nan.

[Name Change Card (Trial)]

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"City Lord Xu, are you serious?"

Evelyn's heart grew cold, and her tone became somewhat hesitant.

Xu Nan, observing Evelyn's expression, quickly snatched the Name Change Card back from her hand and laughed it off, saying, "Of course I wasn't serious! I just thought the atmosphere was a bit cold, so I decided to make a joke to lighten the mood."

"Is that so?" Evelyn was a little suspicious, but then she remembered Changfeng Tuo's assessment of Xu Nan. It seemed that this person really loved to joke!

You have to think deeply about his every move. Wasn't there a deeper meaning behind his selling his Hair Growth Serum before?

The possibility of a name Name Change Card implies something deeper!

With this thought in mind, Evelyn fell into deep thought.

"That's right!"

"City Lord Xu, do you have any way to escape? I do have a Magic Stone here, but it can only allow one person to escape at a time!"

The Fourth Princess suddenly remembered that she and Xu Nan were still in danger!

Xu Nan gave her a strange look. "A way to get away? Of course there is."

Evelyn asked with some suspicion, "Hmm? Then why... haven't you taken any action?"

Xu Nan looked at the griffins outside, a look of deep longing on his face:

"I've been taking action all along! I've been thinking about how to capture a ferocious griffin!"

What a joke! Me, a dignified Ron Sorcerer, would not have a way to escape?

If they really wanted to run away, even if Xu Nan was driving the Magic Carpet on the Fifth Ring Road, these griffins could only eat exhaust fumes outside the Thirty-Sixth Ring Road!

He had taken a break from his busy schedule to post on the Lost Paradise forum, asking how to capture a ferocious griffin that had already been trained. He even tagged his friend Sean.

Unfortunately, although there are many replies now, they are all of little value. It seems that honest people are not many these days. This makes Xu Nan cherish his friendship with Sean even more.

As for why griffins were captured...

Hmm. Country folks aren't very knowledgeable; they've never seen anything like it before, but they want to try it. Is this answer okay?

...!