CH 496

“What? Gotham’s Dragon?”

The surrounding people were all shocked when they heard Gerrard. Even Mina who was holding a cup of water stiffened and dropped the cup, shattering it on the ground.

The water spilled all over the ground and wet Mina’s legs, some even splashed on Elena and ShenDai Ying.

Mina should have quickly helped them wipe it dry and then clean up the broken pieces off the ground, but she was just looking into the crowd in a daze.

Noticing the dead silence around him, Lin Xiao scratched his head and didn’t know what Gerrard was talking about…

That Claire didn’t trick me, right? She clearly said that as long as he used this plate anyone would obediently help him, so why is everyone just standing with their mouths open like they’ve seen a ghost?

With Lin Xiao’s knowledge, he wouldn’t know how shocking Gotham’s dragon was, but everyone there knew of it. The hero who protected all the citizens of Gotham when the demons invaded! The hero who exposed the schemes and vanquished the traitors! And so on… everyone’s heard numerous legends of those heroes but it’s the first time they’ve seen a living Gotham’s dragon!

That title represented glory and honorable standing, if he really received this title, then not just Gerrard, even Bacon would have to lower his head to him! A baron was nothing to Gotham’s dragon, even his duke of a father would also have to respectfully lower his head!

Now the question was… was it real?

“My god! How could it be? Hey Gerrard, are my eyes going bad?”

When they recovered from the initial shock, they didn’t believe a stinking kid could get that title, so they all doubted it.

“Cough… don’t rush, l-let me take another look.”

Gerrard also panicked a bit since it was his first time encountering something like this, he found someone to get his thick glasses and then bent over and scrutinized it like a researcher.

“It’s old, the decorations are intricate and hard to forge, it should be made by a royal craftsman, as for the golden dragon in the middle… it’s lifelike, if I remember correctly, this is the George family’s crest!”

My goodness… this seems genuine!

The more Gerrard studied it, the more startled he became and he couldn’t help but want to touch it, but he remembered the warning from earlier so he stopped his hands in midair and then retracted it.

“Um… I heard that the badge was made with a special metal called luminous gold, so in order to verify its authenticity, c-can you please let me touch it?”

Gerrard has never been so respectful to such a youngster before, he didn’t dare raise his voice as he polity asked him.

“Luminous gold? What’s that?”

“It’s an extremely rare metal that looks similar to normal gold, but it has special characteristics that can nourish the body and warm the heart and soul, so I can tell by touching it.”

“No wonder it feels comfortable when I’m touching it… okay, since you’re well informed, then feel free to take a look.”

Saying that, Lin Xiao didn’t just let him touch it, but also handed it to him.

“My goodness, the work is so intricate, it can’t be an imitation, but… wait, what’s going on?”

Gerrard thought it was genuine for sure, but he suddenly realized that he couldn’t feel the luminous gold’s signature warmth! Purely based on the craftsmanship, it was for sure authentic, but without the signature characteristics… this contrast made Gerrard fall into thought.

“Hey Gerrard, is it genuine or not? Tell us!”

“Yeah, yeah! If he’s actually Gotham’s dragon, we can’t neglect him! If it’s fake, you can’t let him scam us!”

“Shut up! If you think you can do it, then come and take a look!”

“Uh… t-then forget it, we’ll listen to you.”

Gerrard yelled at them and they all obediently shut up since none of them were able to determine whether it was real or fake. They’ve all heard of it but have never actually seen it before. But Gerrard has personally seen it once so he was able to know it better, but at that time he was but a kid and couldn’t remember the details well.

What should he do?

Gerrard was also anxious.

It would have been good if Deborah were here… she was knowledgeable and often met with the royal family, so she surely would be able to tell. Also, Deborah also went to the war meeting, and though she wasn’t qualified to attend, she could still spectate so she surely must have personally seen Lin Xiao.

Damn, why did you have to come when Deborah was gone, did you do it on purpose… sigh, who knows what Grand Marshall Barrett wanted that was so urgent that needed Deborah to personally go.

Gerrard was thinking about all kinds of things but still couldn’t resolve the problem in front of him. He shook his head painfully and returned it to Lin Xiao and helplessly sighed and was forced to make a decision.