The Bastard Who Rewrote The Empire

Synopsis

An ordinary man from Hong Kong dies and wakes up as Lucian, the king's bastard son, in an unfamiliar medieval kingdom. Before he can even get his bearings, the royal court has assembled for his trial: he stands accused of poisoning the crown prince, and the sentence is death.

With almost everyone already convinced of his guilt, Lucian must find the contradictions and hidden truths buried in each witness's testimony. Four abilities let him read beneath the dialogue: Inner Voice reveals unspoken thoughts, Sincerity shows how much of a line is a lie and how the speaker feels about him, Appraisal exposes a person's background or an item's true nature, and X-Ray Vision lets him glimpse what others keep hidden: secrets, concealed items he can pocket and sell, and even what lies beneath their clothes. Amid a hostile queen, an influential Church and a fragile balance of power, he has one goal: to overturn his own death sentence.