Burns Residence, reception room.
Unlike the castle's mysterious, dark exterior, this reception room was filled with a classical, elegant atmosphere. Soft lighting spilled across every exquisite arrangement in the spacious room, creating a tranquil and comfortable ambiance.
The carefully selected paintings on the surrounding walls were like traces of history, telling of past glory and old tales. One portrait in particular was especially eye-catching, occupying the center of an entire wall as though it were the focal point of the room.
The portrait's background was this very castle. The middle-aged man in the painting wore magnificent pure-black attire, and beneath his handsome features seemed to lurk a hint of mystery and darkness. His right hand rested on a scepter decorated with black-and-gold patterns as he gazed into the distance.
Li Si studied the portrait before him with interest, his fingers lightly tracing the bronze frame.
He soon found what he was looking for. The inscription on the frame recorded the portrait's artist, the time it had been painted, and its subject.
This was a portrait commissioned more than two hundred and fifty years ago when the First Burns Duke received his title from the Bolin Kingdom.
More than two hundred and fifty years ago, the First Burns Duke?
Li Si thought for a moment. He had learned from Marion that Burns, the Legendary-level Blood Clan known as the Frost Blood Prince, was the great figure who had sent Marion to find Angela.
Marion had also said that if Li Si wished to find Angela, he could go to the Burns Dukedom in the Bolin Kingdom.
Moreover, Marion had made it clear that this Frost Blood Prince possessed an exceptionally long lifespan and had once walked the Gaia World as a follower of Cain, progenitor of the Blood Clan.
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