Chapter 10: Elisabeth Laurent
If Elisabeth Laurent were to look at her, she probably belonged to the luckiest kind of person, and everything came naturally.
The Laurent family is one of the largest hybrids in the world and is also a member of the Secret Presbyterian Church. This family is known for its beautiful descendants.
As we all know, as a half-breed, the genes of the dragon family will improve everything about them, the vast majority of half-breeds have excellent appearance, in such a group of handsome men and beautiful women per capita, Laurent's beauty can still be called a standout, Laurent's family motto seems to express their self-esteem:
"The flower of Laurent is eternal and noble; The Laurent tree, evergreen all year round. ”
Elizabeth's mother died when she was very young, and God seemed to make up for this misfortune by giving her double affection, a delicate face like a sculpture of the goddess of beauty, a stable and noble dragon blood, excellent artistic talent, and undoubtedly incomparable family wealth. Probably this is a favored angel who made a small mistake, and God had to send her to earth to take a form.
Her silver-haired father taught her sports, while her godmother, who was a visiting professor at the Royal College of Art, was in charge of literature and the arts. Elizabeth could not think of any unhappy times in her childhood, when her gentle and erudite godmother filled the void in her heart in place of her mother, who had unfortunately died.
It's just a middle-aged Georges Laurent, on the one hand, out of preference for his angelic daughter, and on the other hand, rationally speaking, the physique of a mixed-race race can fully support the birth and growth of the next generation. After Elizabeth showed a keen interest in art, she happily placed Elizabeth on the other side of the world.
Literature and art are probably the best medicine for growth in addition to reality, and as she grew older, Elizabeth gradually came into contact with more knowledge, and she read all kinds of words with pleasure, such as Sophocles and Euripides, as beautiful as the French master Anne, and as simple as Flaubert and Maupassant. These made her more beautiful, and in addition to that God-given appearance, wisdom added a dignified one.
But apparently all tranquility has stopped in the face of reality.
When Elizabeth interrupted her studies at the Royal College of Art to return to the beautiful villa where she had lived as a child, she seemed to have made an unexpected discovery.
When her father was still the master of Laurent, the gray-haired elders, whether they supported the head of the family, or dared to slap the table against their father in the family council, were like kind grandparents in front of themselves, and they really loved this angel-like junior in their hearts.
But when she walked into the conference room where she had played hide-and-seek in her youth, they were all negotiating solemnly, as if they were treating her like a homemaker. But a woman's intuition is as elusive as a cloud in the sky, and she still catches a hint of schadenfreude and contempt in their eyes.
Dragons, hybrids, and even humans all have a desire for sadism, or destruction, and the more beautiful and precious the object of this desire to be unleashed, the more the abuser will be satisfied.
Any form of greatness invites envy, and extreme beauty is also a form of greatness.
"Okay." From that moment on, she understood that Elisabeth Laurent had a premonition that her life would change completely, and while she understood that it might change, she also made a decision: to decide what path she would take in life.
A great man once said, "A man can only have one destiny." ”
Elizabeth could, after that meeting, put the power of acting head of the house and the hope of rescuing Georges Laurent to the elders of the head of the family's faction, and then return to the Royal Academy of Art like a famous girl who did not belong to the half-breed world to continue her studies, and then one day become the object of a political marriage, and perhaps enter some women's ceremonial academies to study the etiquette of marriage.
But she just sat in the position of the head of the family, watching the unrestrained backbone patriarchs of the family arguing with each other, as if the head of the family was not Laurent's acting head of the family, but a little girl. (maybe both)
Returning to her room, she did not hesitate to ring the bell and call the long-lost butler, few people knew that the butler of Laurent's house would be Georges Laurent's most trusted confidant and the godfather of Georges Laurent.
Alfred, the butler who walked into the room, was surprised to find Elizabeth's brilliant golden eyes, the golden light of the ancient world bloomed from her pupils, and the majesty was scattered, and anyone who saw this scene would not doubt the nobility of the dragon blood in the girl's body, she sat upright on the chair next to the desk, like the queen with the same name as the girl sitting in Buckingham Palace.
"Alfred," she whispered to the butler's name, "are you loyal to the Laurent family?" Are you loyal to the current head of the house, Georges Laurent? Are you loyal to .... Acting head of the house, Elisabeth Laurent? ”
The invisible spirit suddenly opened up the invisible realm, and the old housekeeper, who was already old, quickly calmed down, and when he sensed the opening of a certain realm, he even showed a slight smile of relief, he knew that this was the awakened spirit of speech.
"Miss Lisa, I have never been loyal to the Laurent family." The old man's face was almost like the expression of an ordinary elder seeing his children, "My only contact with Laurent is your father and mother, and of course now you are also included. You can trust that I will always be loyal to Miss. ”
Elizabeth closed her eyes quietly, and the realm gradually retracted to her, at this moment, as if a god had touched her mind, and then she understood that every word of the elder in front of her was not false.
"Forgive me for the offense, Alfred."
"No, miss, this is a necessary measure, and I am very satisfied with it."
"I need your help, you know that I don't know anything about the world right now, and you know that I need to understand all this in the shortest possible time."
"Yes, I know very well."
Alfred smiled calmly: "In fact, I had everything ready before you came back. ”
It was not until many years later that it was discovered that Laurent, who was born into a French aristocracy, seemed to have a temperament that was very much in line with the French people, and the records of the family history were repeatedly revised and underwent a miraculous transformation.
"The vase left by the deceased head of the family interrupted his studies and returned to Laurent."
"The beautiful mascot attended a meeting about the disappearance of the head of the house."
"Miss Elizabeth is getting into the family business."
"Lady Elizabeth set out to take control of the power of the head of the house."
"Elisabeth Laurent is ready to take over the position of acting head of the house."
"The greatest patriarch in Laurent's history began to lead the family to glory on this day."
The backbone of the French can be seen from this.