If you ask Charles about his memories of his hometown, his answer would be Spotra. It's an exotic name, but at the end of the day, it's pretty much the same.

That was before the unification of the Karadan Empire, and the plains of Rezk were once home to the Roniers, a tribe of the Roniers, meaning the brave mountain leopard.

These were all things that he later ordered the scholars of the empire to learn after careful investigation, but in his childhood, he had never seen a mountain leopard in Sebanla, so he would probably never know the origin of the name of this place for the rest of his life.

For as long as Charles can remember, their family has been the lord here, and every time he goes out to play, those who see him on the side of the road will respectfully salute him, and then affectionately call him young master.

Charles didn't understand what this meant, and simply thought he was more liked than the other children in the village.

Because of this, he used to happily wander around the village for three weeks in a row, just to hear them call him young master.

At that time, his best playmate was not his sister or his younger brother, who had only been born for a long time, but Hami, the son of the blacksmith in the village, and the children in the village were a little afraid of Charles's identity and did not dare to play with him, only Hammy would bring some strange gadgets to Charles when he was fine, and the two of them were very good.

If you had come to Sebara at that time, you might have seen two children running around the mountains and making trouble. It was the most lively time for Charles, he could follow Hami to the blacksmith shop to watch his father blacksmith, Hami's father was a very good man, and every time Charles went to them, he would bring out some small snacks that the children liked to entertain him, even if Charles didn't really like those things, but he still liked to run to Hami's house when he had nothing to do.

At that time, they also liked to play hide-and-seek and war games in the village, and make the village a chicken, fly and jump.

Because Charles is the son of the lord, the people in the village dare not reprimand Charles, so Hami becomes their punching bag, but Hami is really good, and after every beating, he will continue to play with Charles with other children without care.

Charles and Hami's friendship lasted until he was eleven years old, and Hamy's father, let's call him Old Hami, was tied to the largest tree in the village by Charles's father, who had no idea what he had done. It was the day of the village market, and almost everyone saw old Hammy being whipped by Charles's father. Hammy cried and fell to his knees, begging Charles' father to forgive poor old Hami.

Charles had almost never seen his father do such a thing to him in his memory, and that day he was really frightened by his father's appearance, and he only dared to watch what happened from afar and did not dare to step forward. Hami had clearly seen him, too, and he looked at Charles with his big eyes pleadingly, hoping that Charles, the son of the lord and his best friend, would say a few kind words for his father.

But Charles was so frightened that he fled back to the castle without looking at him. Charles's mother was seriously ill at that time, and his father did not allow anyone to disturb her rest, so Charles naturally did not dare to disobey his father's wishes, but fled back to his room as quickly as possible, as if something was chasing him from behind.

He covered his head under the quilt and wept profusely in the bed, not knowing whether it was for Hami or his poor father, or for his own cowardice.

Anyway, from that day on, Hami ignored him again, and even the children in the village began to avoid him, and Charles finally tasted loneliness again.

Many times he wanted to apologize to them, but for some psychological reason he was never able to act.

Until the day of Charles's sister's wedding. The husband his father had chosen for his sister was a baron from Mika, who had his own fiefdom but no castle, but was a good match for his sister in the neighborhood.

As a child in Charles's father's fiefdom, Hami naturally came to the castle to help, and that day Charles secretly stole a whole roast chicken and a smoked sausage from the kitchen, and he quietly found Hami at night.

To his surprise, Hami refused to accept his gifts, which he had loved before.

Charles then asks him if he hasn't forgiven himself yet, and Hami looks at him in surprise and asks Charles why he blames him.

Charles was very happy to hear this, Hammy is still the same Hammy as before, and they are still good friends. So he hurriedly said, yes, yes, we are good friends. Then Hami looked at Charles with another strange look, a look he could not forget, and Hami said, "Young Master, how can someone like us be your friend?" ”

He finally knew that he had lost Hami's friendship with him.

My sister got married that day, and on the day she got married, she hugged Charle and cried hoarsely, Charle didn't know why she was so sad, didn't everyone say that her marriage was a good thing, so why was she unhappy?

He finally didn't say this, and the atmosphere in the room made Charles feel a little embarrassed, so he made a casual excuse to go out and wander around the courtyard. Suddenly, he saw the boy who played the lute best in the village, named Huban or something, staring at his sister's room with a pale face, and his expression made Charles feel a little frightened for no reason.

Charles's father had told him that as a man, he had to be brave enough to protect his family, so he emboldened himself and went up to the boy and said, "What do you want to do, if you dare to stare at my sister's room like this, I will call the guards." “

Hearing this, the boy's face suddenly showed an extremely painful look, he looked at Charles deeply, then cast one last glance at Charles' sister's room, turned away, and Charles never saw him again.

Soon after his sister's marriage, the Yankees began to riot, and Charles's father, despite his mother's resistance, resolutely put on the heraldic armor that his grandfather had passed on to him when he was dying, and he took all the thirteen private soldiers in his fiefdom, along with more than half of the money and food in the castle.

As he went, Charles had sent him all the way to the far end of the village, the furthest he had been in years.

Wearing the armor that the king had given him and which his father had passed down to him, and the red cloth on the outside of the armor was embroidered with a blooming tulip, which his mother said was their family crest, Charles thought that his father might be the most handsome and powerful man in the world.

His father touched Charles' head and told him that he was going to answer the king's call to be loyal to his country. He also told him to listen to his mother obediently at home, and not to forget to learn horsemanship and swordsmanship.

In fact, Charles wanted to tell him that his mother's exact words were that he was not allowed to touch them. But when he heard his father say that he would check on him when he returned, he kept his mouth shut.

But he finally broke his promise, and he didn't make it back alive to check if Charles had practiced well.

Her mother's already poor health was even worse when she heard the bad news, and a month later, she and her brother were buried in the family cemetery in the castle.

Charles was finally alone.