In fact, many times Charles simply can't understand what is the point of people running to death one after another for the sake of that illusory ideal and pursuit.

The only thing he could know was that the damned northerners had murdered his father, his mother, and his poor brother, leaving him alone in the world.

Because Charles was only twelve years old at the time, not sixteen years old as required by the Imperial Succession Law, he could not inherit his father's inheritance at all.

A month after the burial of his mother and brother, a man in chain mail arrived at Sebanra on a traveling horse.

Charles still remembers the look on the face that the man looked at him when he heard that he was the heir to the fiefdom, and there was nothing else in his eyes, even the young Charles could see it, and there was infinite sadness and sympathy in his eyes.

In the days that followed, he moved into Sebloa's castle and stayed in Charles' father's former room, much to Charles' discomfort. The servants still called him young master, but more and more people began to call the man master.

But soon, that didn't hurt to go away.

The new neighbor was a very nice guy to get along with, and Charles would always pester him to tell him stories about the war, and men had been through a lot, so Charles liked his stories immensely, more than the old butler's stories. He would sometimes show Charles his scars, and Charles would be startled when he first saw them, but the man laughed and said that it was a man's medal.

Charles didn't quite understand the meaning of this sentence at that time, according to him, wouldn't the one-eyed thief in the village be covered with medals? But he didn't say these words in the end.

Slowly, Spotted regained his former appearance, and everyone said that the new master was a wonderful master, who was kind, wise, and the best man in the world. Charles didn't know if what they said was true or not, all he knew was that he could eat meat again.

One night, while Charles was sitting in the castle hall eating, his new neighbor walked in and touched Charles' head.

Ever since the death of Charles' mother, he has been extremely resistant to being treated so affectionately, and the butler has told him that Charles is the only man in the family, and that he should try to be an adult rather than a child. This time, though, he didn't refuse his kindness.

The man smiled and picked up the wine on the side, which was actually secretly poured by Charles to himself, and the butler never let Charles touch it, but Charles felt that as a man, he had to learn to drink.

The man said to him, "Do you want to learn swordsmanship?" ”

Charles was stunned by his question.

While Charles' mother was still alive, she would never allow Charles to touch them, saying that he was her sweetheart and that she didn't want to see him hurt by this. Although Charles's father and Charles hoped that his mother would change her mind, her mother, who had always been gentle, never budged on the matter, so they gave in. His father would only secretly take Charles to the woods behind the village to learn swords when his mother was resting, and that was the happiest time he had besides playing with Hami and the others.

Charles suddenly remembered the old butler's words, he was the only man in the family, and he wanted to try to bear the glory of the whole family, although Charles did not understand what this glory meant to him, but he still had to listen to the old butler's words.

Thinking of this, Charles nodded without hesitation. So, while learning the culture, he began to learn swordsmanship, fighting, and horsemanship.

A lot of people think it's fun, but if you have to practice it every day, you won't say it anymore. But as the old butler had said, he was the only man in the family, and he had to learn to take on the things he didn't want to do.

Even now, Charles has to praise his neighbor for being a good at this, and under his tutelage Charles has become more and more proficient in these skills. Equally, Charles seems to be becoming more and more dependent on him.

But Charles's old butler didn't see it that way, and he always wrinkled his face and sternly warned Charles to stay away from this man, who could not be trusted.

Charles always looked confused, and he told the old butler that he didn't understand why he was so hostile and prejudiced against his new neighbor, and that everyone in the village was praising the man, and everyone liked him, including Charles himself. But he was also very fond of his old butler, who had been in the castle since Charles began to remember, and with whom he was the closest of all the servants.

The Charr has tried many times to ease relations with his neighbors, but in vain. At the end of each conversation, the old butler would look at Charles with his sad eyes, shake his finger and say, "That man can't be trusted."

After many failures, Charles finally gave up. He thought that the reason why they were so tense might be providence, just like he and Hami, providence.

Soon, though, he no longer had to worry about Charles' neighbors.

It was in the middle of autumn, and the news of the man's engagement had spread throughout Sebala, and everyone except the old butler was sincerely happy for him, and Charles felt that he was also very happy. When the man asked him if he would like to be his flower girl, Charles said yes without hesitation.

But that day the old butler was very angry, he smashed everything in his room, and yelled at the crowd of people who were happy with him. People said that the old butler was crazy, and they never thought that the old butler, who had always been kind, would treat them like this.

The old butler cursed all the people in the castle except the Charles in the most coarse terms, and swear words such as liars, villains, and ingratitude kept pouring out of his mouth, and every time they heard his words, they would be agitated and duck backwards, as if they were not swear words but a whip drawn at them.

Charles was very sorry for what had happened, he liked his old butler very much, and he knew that he was doing it for his own good. In the same way, Charles is well aware that his neighbor is not as good as people think, and his motives are not so simple.

He's an adult, he's the only man in the family, and sometimes he just has to endure things he doesn't want to do.

Charles gave the order to the servants to lock the old butler back into his room, and the old butler looked incredulous, and he was pushed back to his room by the servants around him before he could even defend himself. Soon after, there was a heart-rending cry in his room, and Charles was so sad that he almost cried, but he had to do it anyway.

A day later, the man rode to the next village to pick up his relatives, and the girl, Charles had heard, was the most beautiful girl they had ever had. Her father was a small landowner there, and Charles felt that he was a good match for the man.

Before he left, Charles hugged him hard, telling him with a serious face that he was his best friend and that he would never forget him.

The man smiled and waved his hand, and rode out on the traveling horse that Charles had taken care of for him, and took his delightful servants on his way.

A day later, the weeping servants knelt before Charles and told him what had happened: the man's horse was suddenly frightened in the middle of the way, and dragged the man who had fallen from the horse for a long distance, and by the time the servants stopped the horse, the man was already a blur of flesh and blood.