Skeleton King

The night before Viscount Neumann came back, Ace didn't sleep well. He even kept his eyes open until dawn. Too many things happened this week.

A week ago, he was still on Earth, a freshman whose parents had died and managed to get into college with student loans, and then he crossed over to a world of swords and magic.However, he neither got the slightest memory of the original owner, nor did he receive any golden fingers from the traversers. He didn't even remember the names of the servants at home, and he witnessed the death of his mother in this life.

As for tomorrow, Ace will also meet Viscount Neumann, his titular father, whom the housekeeper has been talking about these days.

Ace, as an ordinary person with not particularly strong nerves, this night, he absolutely tossed and turned.

Ace didn't have much resistance to the matter of time travel, anyway, he didn't have any close relatives on earth.Even if there are some distant relatives related by blood, they would rather send him to an orphanage than adopt him when he is helpless.

Ace is just regretful, he managed to get into college, he can lead his life by himself, and he has changed back to when he was a child again, becoming involuntary.

He is not even comparable to the previous life.

In the previous life, Ace had at least a normal and legal identity, unlike this life, where he was just the illegitimate son of a noble lady.Mrs. Neumann left suddenly, and Ace only saw her once before she died, and she didn't even have time to leave Ace a loyal maid.

At least tell Ace who his real father is.

Ace closed his eyes, and recalled the information he collected in the manor these days in his mind - his mother, Mrs. Neumann, married Viscount Neumann about ten years ago, so she was pregnant with Ace. The time - it should be a few months before and after their wedding, but I don't know if it will be before or after the wedding.

Viscount Neumann, a level 3 knight, met Caroline, the youngest daughter of a baron, when he accompanied the governor of Westphalia to report to the imperial capital 10 years ago. flower.Viscount Neumann unexpectedly got Miss Caroline's heart and married her, and the two returned to Bad Soden Manor together.

After marriage, although Mrs. Neumann was extremely beautiful and soon gave birth to Viscount Neumann's son, the life of accompanying his wife and teasing his young son was not suitable for Viscount Neumann.

Although Ben Neumann is only a level 3 knight, he likes hunting, not those beasts without magic power, but monsters, those monsters that contain magic.

Viscount Neumann often goes hunting with a few friends in the Georgia province next door to the Westphalia province. There is a large area in the north of the Georgia province that borders the Warcraft Forest. There are many kinds of monsters, and the level of those monsters is not high. Even level 4 monsters only appear once or twice a year, and they are still one or two alone. If Viscount Neumann and the others meet, they will definitely swarm up , Bring back the fur or horns of Warcraft, and show off their spoils everywhere.

With a mother who attends banquets outside for more than half a month, and a father who only sees him five or six times a year, Ace is not too worried about being found out by his soul.

However, as the son of Viscount Neumann, how could Ace not go to the Knights to participate in trial training, and how could he not practice martial arts hard and set his goal as a high-level knight?

Moreover, if Ace's biological father was a knight with talent and fighting spirit as Mrs. Neumann said, then he is also a nobleman in all likelihood. Does he know that Mrs. Caroline gave birth to him a son?Will he find Butter Soden Hall?

It was just another ticking time bomb.

If Ace had a choice, he really wanted to leave Barter Soden Manor, be a carefree and free beggar, practice martial arts, hold a sword to the end of the world, and dream of becoming famous in this continent.

But Ace learned from the conversation of the servants that the Pansy Empire, where Butter Soden Manor is located, and the Finger Empire, the largest on the mainland, are constantly at odds.In this troubled world, the best destination for a vagrant without status is to find a kind noble lord, sell himself as a servant, and earn a living.

Ace sighed, he has no other choice now but to live on Viscount Neumann.

In short, after Mrs. Caroline left, Viscount Neumann would always marry a new wife, ranging from a few months to a few years.Not only will Ace not obstruct it, but he will fully support it until the new wife gives birth to Viscount Neumann's real heir, and then he will give up the position of heir.

However, the prerequisite for all this to be realized is that he was not discovered by Viscount Neumann about his true background.

Viscount Neumann may not even find out that his son was pierced by the soul, so it is even more impossible to have much affection for this cheap son. It is self-evident how to deal with the evidence of Mrs. Neumann's derailment.

There will be no well-meaning nobles to uphold justice for Ace, they will only be happy, and the high society in Westphalia has a new joke.

Oh, look, that idiot Viscount Neumann, he raised someone else's son as his heir for almost ten years.

In the end, Ace fell into a drowsy sleep. Although he had many bizarre dreams, including being hanged on the gallows, and being shot through the heart by a knight wearing a mask, he finally woke up. , because five horses pulled a part of his body and galloped in five directions, and he was torn to death...

Ace felt as if he kicked his foot and it was empty, and then he woke up from his sleep.

That feeling of emptiness still lingered in Ace's heart, so when he woke up, his heart was still pounding, his face was pale, and his forehead was covered with sweat.

In Ace's room, there were already two girls standing there. They were both thirteen or fourteen years old. When they saw Ace wake up, they called softly, "Master."

Ace sat up, his chest was still rising and falling, he panted and asked, "Angelica, did I just talk in my sleep?"

The girl closer to Ace is called Angelika. She is a beautiful girl with brown hair. She and her younger sister Angela were born in a farmer on Bad Soden Manor. Their family has lived in the Neumann family for generations. In the fief, because there were too many children in the family to support, the twin sisters were given to Mrs. Neumann by their parents when they were seven or eight years old.

Mrs. Neumann's maid trained them for several years, and not long ago, sent them to Ace to take care of Ace's daily life.Ace learned many things about the manor from the mouths of the two sisters.

Angelica brought Ace's clothes to his side, and helped him put them on, "Master Hui, you were breathing in your sleep, and you were not talking in your sleep."

Ace relaxed a little.

Angela came over with a basin, wanting to help Ace wash up.

Ace said, "I'll do it myself."

While washing up, he listened to Angelica's words, "The butler said, Mr. Viscount may arrive at the manor an hour or two earlier today, please go down early."

Ace paused with his hand holding the towel, and said, "I see."

Ace imagined many scenes where he and Viscount Neumann would meet, but in fact, the first time they met, Viscount Neumann didn't even pay attention to him.

What Ace saw was a heartbroken man. Before he could take off the silver-gray armor, he half-kneeled in the hall next to Mrs. Caroline's coffin. Looking past Mrs. Caroline's face, it seemed that the only woman left in the world was the woman in front of him.

Even if the blush on her face was gone, even if her blood had cooled, she looked like the best creation of the gods.She doesn't seem to fall into a permanent deep sleep, as long as the person she loves comes over and calls her, she seems to sit up the next moment and walk towards him with a smile.

Viscount Neumann watched so intently that he didn't even notice that his only heir entered the hall.

Anyway, it relieved Ace a little.Ace stood at the edge of the hall, he carefully observed Viscount Neumann, this man was not what he imagined, 35 years old, black hair, black eyes, pale skin that is common to nobles, But tall and straight, with sharp facial features, he is a rare handsome man.

Viscount Neumann has been accompanying his wife, as if he wants to return to her what has been lacking in her all these years. In the hall, not to mention the servants, even Ace did not dare to disturb Viscount Neumann.

It was just that the bell rang again, the sun was setting, and the last ray of golden-red afterglow shone on Lady Caroline's face, adding a third of beauty to her face.Viscount Neumann greeted Ace suddenly, "Come on, Ace, say goodbye to your mother for the last time."

Ace thought Viscount Neumann didn't know he was here.But when he heard this, he didn't say much. He just walked towards Mrs. Neumann's coffin. Because he had been standing for too long before, his legs were a little stiff, and he walked slowly.Following the example of Viscount Neumann, he half-kneeled beside Mrs. Neumann's coffin.

The servants in the manor were so moved that they sobbed softly when they saw the big and small father and son standing beside Mrs. Neumann.