Chapter 638: Poseidon: Lorenzo Blueheart (1/2)

”Welcome and my deepest apologies for not receiving you personally to Atlantis, Young Lord Raven.”

A man wearing an aqua-marine colored robes and was holding a golden trident bowed before Raven as soon as he arrived at the palace. This man had a shoulder-length brown hair, thick brows, pupils that resembles the brightest sapphires. He had a thick and long beard, a deep tanned skin filled with tribal tattoos, he was also barefooted and had a deep and unfathomable aura surrounding him.

Aside from this man, there are also a line of soldiers standing upright behind him. Each one wore an deep blue armor on top of their uniforms and held spears which were pointed at the sky.

This man is none other than the current Poseidon himself.

”It is nice to meet you again, Elder Lorenzo. Although you didn't have to personally receive. I'm just here for a little bit of sight seeing.” Raven smiled and bowed back to him.

”No, It is a customary behavior for me to do this. Especially after the horrible things you've experience in my domain. For that, I am truly sorry. You did not deserve any of those. I promise that such thing will never happen again.”

”What's done is done. And the culprit is already punished so no need for us to talk about it anymore. How have you been so far, Lord Lorenzo?” Raven asked while smiling.

”Decent, Young Lord. However compared to you, I have it easier, I truly wish I could share as much burdens as you do to contribute to our cause - oh, this way please.” Lorenzo gestured towards the red carpet leading to the entrance of the castle.

The two of them continued to talk formally to each other as they walked inside the castle. Lorenzo gave Raven a bit of a tour of the palace. He showed him all the important areas in there that supported Atlantis as a whole.

By the time they were done, two hours already passed. Lorenzo lead Raven towards his private chambers to have a meal. Once inside, the two of them sat at the opposite sides of the table and began eating, Lorenzo sent away the servants and activated the privacy seals within his room.

As soon as there's only the two of them, Lorenzo sighed and rested his back against his chair with a stressed face. Raven smiled as he continued his meal though.

”I am very sorry about that.” Lorenzo's noble air seemingly disappeared and was replaced by his true nature. He almost knocked his forehead on the table as he asked for Raven's forgiveness. ”Seriously, I took my eyes away from him just for an hour and this happened. Please excuse us.”

Raven chuckled and said: ”Lift your head up, come on. That's bad table manners.”

”Oh, right. My bad.” Lorenzo was stunned for a brief second before re-adjusting his posture. That being said, he still had this rough body language that is, for whatever reason, fits his whole image. This is Lorenzo's true colors, something that Raven was surprised by during the first time but not anymore.

All the noble air, graceful demeanor - basically the way how he acts when there's people around, is just a facade. This is what he truly is. A 'thug'-ish man with a good heart and extreme loyalty towards the sect.

”So it would seem that Elias will truly inherit your title.” Raven commented.

”Ugh, yes unfortunately.” Lorenzo rolled his eyes as he stabbed at the meat on his plate as if releasing his frustrations on it using a fork. He took an entire steak and swallowed it all in one go. He made sure to swallow everything first before continuing his words...

”I honestly don't know why he was chosen, literally anyone else would've been better.”

”You're not happy that your little brother was chosen to inherit your title? Why?” Raven was confused as he took a sip of his tea. ”Nice tea by the way.”

”Thanks, that's rather rare. I'm glad you liked it.” Lorenzo smiled, but it then disappeared the moment he started talking about the issue with his little brother. ”And yes, I doesn't really make me happy, but for a different reason entirely.”

”It's not about the fact that my brother will take my place and I'll be shunned aside, frankly if he was chosen and he's going to do a much better job than I do, then I would've gladly step down. But see that's the problem though, he's my little brother. I've been raising him for centuries now, our parents left us early. I know him much better that he does. And it's precisely due to that, that I'm not happy that he was chosen.”