The ancient thousand-year-old empire, the immortal Dragon Soul Emperor, the baby girl brought out of a lava pit... Every single thing was shrouded in mystery. Even in the already enigmatic La Rian World, putting all these matters together still aroused Hao Ren's intense curiosity.
This ancient empire truly concealed countless secrets.
But Hao Ren had merely grown curious; for the time being, he had no intention of investigating these secrets in depth. He had come here to search for traces of Lord of Madness's contamination from the previous cosmic cycle and the reason this world had survived—in other words, to find Lord of Madness's "vaccine." The royal secrets of a mortal kingdom did not seem all that important in the face of this goal. Unless they were related to the "vaccine," they were not worth spending time on.
Of course, since they were merely chatting and casually gathering information, Hao Ren did not mind continuing the topic. "This Princess Constance seems to be deeply trusted by the emperor. The Broken Sword Knights' Order probably isn't something just anyone can command, right?"
"So it's no wonder some people suspect Princess Constance is His Majesty Blundin's illegitimate daughter. That Dragon Soul Emperor was willing to hand the empire's most powerful army to his adopted daughter, which says a great deal," Charlemagne said. "Of course, Her Highness the Princess is indeed exceptionally powerful. She probably really does possess dragon soul as well. They say she had already surpassed all the palace tutors in childhood, and after taking over the Broken Sword Knights' Order, she made that army even stronger than before."
"All right, I know about that now, but it seems we've gotten a little off track." Hao Ren rubbed his chin, suddenly recalling that the three of them had originally not been