The night was dark.

In the slightly cramped room, the young man lying on the bed was sweating profusely, his eyes were rolling endlessly under his closed eyelids, and even his face was a little distorted, but he could not wake up.

Apparently his dreams tonight weren't pretty, or more appropriately called them nightmares.

"Hoo ——!"

Suddenly sitting up from the bed, the young man who had just gotten rid of the nightmare had a very bad face, and his chest rose and fell like a bellows and gasped violently. Silently holding his head with both hands, it took a while to recover from the horrors of the day.

Not wanting to sleep again, Evan got up and got out of bed in his linen pajamas, poured himself a glass of water that had already been cold, and stood in front of the window with a dark look in his eyes.

"It's that nightmare again. ”

Evan Galiot, whose identity is after the decline of the aristocracy, more precisely after the former decline of the nobility. Since that night of blood and fire three years ago, the former honor, wealth and even family have been far away from this teenager.

As the traditional fiefdom nobles of the island nation of the Kingdom of Ilija, the Galiot family, who held the title of baron, was also prominent back then.

As one of the pioneers of the Age of Discovery, the civilian explorer Gallot piloted his own expedition ship to overcome reefs, storms, and ferocious sea beasts across the Treasure Sea, and was the first to explore a new route to the southern continent in the shortest possible time.

The opening of new shipping routes allowed the rich precious metals, spices, agricultural products, and raw materials in the southern continent to enrich the kingdom endlessly, so that Elijah, who was at the bottom of the Tulip Alliance at that time, gained a lot of benefits and became a regional power.

With this achievement, the explorer Galliot was canonized as a fief baron by the royal family of Ilia, and he became a fiefdom nobleman from a penniless commoner, and also added a new member to the noble lineage of the Kingdom of Ilia called the "House of Galiot".

Unfortunately, this great explorer and navigator's ability to manage his territory is far from his ability to sail and explore. Under his leadership, the Gallott family not only failed to shine more in the kingdom of Ilia, but has been going downhill.

And since him, all the Barons of Galiot are worthy of his descendants, all of them adventurers at heart, thinking all day long about grabbing profits in the Age of Discovery, which has just begun, but none of them want to manage their own territory well.

How can this kind of activity be affordable for ordinary people, huge benefits naturally come with huge risks. The family's wealth and even land have gradually filled the bottomless pit of ocean exploration!

Ocean exploration is not only about ideals and persistence, but also about strength and luck. It was as if the family had exhausted all its luck in the battle of its rise, and no expedition had ever brought the family glory and wealth enough to turn around.

After only more than 100 years and eight generations of Baron Galott, the fief that was originally equivalent to at least forty knightly realms was left with only one remote town, Blackstone Town. If it weren't for the fact that Ilya didn't have the restriction of fiefdoms and titles, it would be difficult to keep even the title of this empty baron.

In this generation, there is only one father in the entire Gallott family who bears the name of a baron, and he lives with his two siblings who lost their mother at a young age. The only aristocratic pomp and circumstance is probably the only one left, even if he is down, he still takes care of himself meticulously.

Perhaps the gods in the sky couldn't stand it, and when they were about to run out of water, things took a turn for the better.

A huge iron-rich mine has been discovered beneath Blackstone! One can imagine how ecstatic they were at the time.

It's just that it's too early to rejoice.

Even the king could not legally deny the ownership of the iron mine by the Galliot family, but the extremely weakened Galiot family simply did not have enough force and help to keep the wealth that fell from the sky.

As long as you are willing to use your brain, there will always be loopholes in the rules set by human beings, not to mention that the price paid is negligible.

At this time, in the Kingdom of Iliya, the emerging merchant aristocracy had risen strongly, the personal liberation movement was intensifying, and the power of the traditional fiefdom nobles and even the king was much less powerful than before.

A new revolution is brewing. Who is an ally and who is an enemy in this storm is difficult for even the most veterans politicians to say.

A large herd of hungry hyenas has their eyes on the lonely Galiot, including the new nobles, but also the "old friends" of the former family.

The ferocious predators are waiting for an opportunity, one that will not break the nerves of their opponents.

So, after the father who was the head of the family, Furman Gallott, died suddenly due to old injuries and stress during his early adventures.

Taking advantage of the young age of Evan and his sister, the title was temporarily vacant. The town of Blackstone, which had lost its legal protection, was breached by a group of well-armed "bandits" like lightning.

The last foundation of the family was destroyed!

The change that followed was so natural that the "bandits" who dared to attack the nobles' territories were exterminated by the zealous nobles. I don't know what kind of transaction went behind the scenes, and the iron ore fell into the hands of this "good Samaritan", and it was called the custody of the Gariot family.

As for the search for the two legitimate heirs of the Garott family who disappeared in this incident: Anita Galiott and Evan Gariot, there is no tacit understanding that there is no mention of it again.

In fact, by this time, the overall situation has been decided, and no one cares about their lives or deaths anymore.

Ai Wen drank the water in his cup in one gulp, suppressing the thoughts that were surging in his heart. In fact, even ten times the family's fortune could not make Evan linger, and he had nightmares that he escaped, but his sister Anita, who was three years older than him, disappeared in that turmoil.

The old butler, who didn't dare to expose himself to find the eldest lady, fled from Elijah with the only remaining Aven, and came to Leopold, a small seaside town in the kingdom of Faletis, which also belonged to the Tulip Alliance.

The old butler Leo threw away most of the items on the two of them that might reveal themselves, and used the wealth he brought out at the end and the knowledge of herbs in his youth to open a pharmacy, and settled down in the small town to live an ordinary life until today.

But just the day before yesterday, the old butler, who was seriously injured on the night of the escape and left the root of the disease, could no longer hold on, and grabbed Aiwen's hand and slowly closed his eyes.

The last loved one died, and the over-hearted Evan was overwhelmed with grief and fainted directly from crying.

When he woke up again, the consciousness of the traverser, who had been silent in the boy's body for thirteen years, revived, and he merged with the superficial personality of Aven and reunited.

Unlike other soul piercers who get on the bus halfway and lack a sense of substitution for the experience of their predecessors, Evan is a traverser, and the traverser is Evan and Evan is actually his own experience.

It's just because the body was too weak in the past to withstand the huge souls and memories of adults, that there is a difference between the superficial personality Ai Wen and the silent consciousness body traverser.

The two will not be as weak as the teenager he once was, no longer afraid of loneliness, no longer confused about the future. With a strong heart and broad experience, he has a clear understanding of what he wants and where his path is.

"I'll live well!"

The handsome young man with brown hair and black eyes and fair skin looked at his own shadow in the window and said softly to himself.

At this time, the night sky outside the window is still full of stars, and the small seaside town called Leopold has awakened and is getting busy.

The Victorian port city is full of Victorian port city prosperity with its black tones lined with warm yellow lights and steam wafting through the streets.

Two hundred years into the Age of Discovery, the seafaring industry and maritime trade have become an important part of the country's assets. The invention of the steam engine seems to have added a powerful engine to the world, and everything is speeding towards a better future.

Well, at least on the surface, isn't it?