"On paper, I'm already Sherlock, and it's hard to change

However, my original name was Charlotte. You are all people I trust and close to, and it is okay to call me by that name in private. ”

Although it is an understatement, Luo Ming knows that she undoubtedly wants to be called Charlotte.

"Then how about I usually call you Charlotte?" Luo Ming asked with a smile.

Granty nodded as well.

"Charlotte, yes!" said Charlotte, looking very happy.

Charlotte is an abbreviation of the name, a nickname, and if you only say Charlotte, there is no problem with understanding it as Sherlock or Charlotte.

Outsiders won't feel strange when they hear it, and she knows that someone is willing to call her real name after listening to it, which is really a thing to be happy about.

Not long after changing her clothes, Charlotte heard Luo Ming say this again, and she was in a good mood, so she said many more things.

"Originally, I had a twin brother, his name was Sherlock, and although everyone praised me for being smart, he was better than me, but he didn't deliberately show off, but my uncle saw it.

My uncle didn't have an heir, so he wanted his brother to inherit the family business, and he put a lot of effort into nurturing his brother, and at that time I also believed that my brother would definitely become the next baron, and I just needed to be my brother's help, and I just needed to be my brother's help, and I just needed to be by my side. ”

Speaking of which, Luo Ming already had a vague premonition that the next words might not be so cheerful - but since Charlotte had already opened the conversation with emotional agitation, she would not stop abruptly in the middle of speaking.

No matter how sad things are, in fact, it is much better to say them than to bury them in your heart.

Although it is said that joyful things can be told to others, they can generally be turned into two joys. But there is also the possibility that two joyful things will coincide and become great sadness.

In the same way, telling others about sad things is not just spreading negative emotions, the other party will not be so empathetic, will not be overly sad, and you can be more relaxed.

Luo Ming will not stop her because of the broken reason that "it will only be more sad if she continues", it is just weakness and evasion. He will silently be a listener, make her vomit quickly, and comfort her after that, so that her psychological pressure will be reduced.

"When I was twelve years old, my elder brother was seriously injured when he encountered a monster during a hunting exercise, and eventually died...... My uncle said there was something suspicious about it, but he couldn't find out.

But it wasn't my cousins who did it, and I know that very well - if they had plotted to kill my brother, then my later impersonation of my brother would have been easily exposed, and it would not have been my turn to inherit the title of baron. ”

As she spoke, Charlotte's hand unconsciously rubbed the necklace.

"I found the necklace among my brother's belongings, and a password letter that I couldn't read at all.

This necklace seemed to be a very high-level magic item, and it was able to work on its own without relying on my magic when my magical talents were not yet revealed—for example, disguised as my brother.

Hit by the news of his brother's death, his uncle almost fell seriously ill, and he no longer had the energy to raise a perfect heir from scratch. But fortunately, I have done a lot of things for my brother, and I have already heard half of those courses.

So my uncle and I kept alive the lie that Sherlock was only seriously injured and was healed by a god after being sent to a foreign country, and he used his last energy to instill as much knowledge and experience as he could in me, bearing my uncle's expectations and his brother's regrets...... That's why I refuse to give up and absolutely compromise with the incompetent people who want to usurp the property. ”

Speaking of those "incompetents", Charlotte gritted her teeth a little again - if those guys were allowed to succeed, the Barony of Miana would be brutally ravaged by the cultists, if not broken. The glory of the Valentine family would be completely gone.

She paused for a moment, after all, she always had to take a little breather when she said so many words in one breath.

Originally, her eyes seemed to be fixed on the distant void, and she must have imagined the voices and smiles of her brother and uncle, and imagined that they could live happily ever after in heaven...... But at this moment, she suddenly turned her gaze to Grant and Luo Ming, and wandered between the two of them for a long time, and finally met Luo Ming's eyes.

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing, I just thought it was nice to meet you. ”

Charlotte smiled sweetly, making Luo Ming a little unresponsive.

"The old man of the Mercenary Guild told me that there are no masters in that place in Bijin City—even if I wanted to hire a large group of second-rate mercenaries, I wouldn't be able to hire them. ”

At that time, it happened that because of the incident caused by the necromancer, a large number of mercenaries in Bijin City died, and even if they were alive, they were basically seriously injured and needed to recuperate for a period of time.

Only Grant recovered the strength of the sword master, and his injuries recovered quickly, while Luo Ming relied on Cang Yan to recover from his injuries immediately, and he was the only master in the entire Bijin City who could take on the escort mission.

"At that time, I was almost desperate...... Although I went to beg the city lord of Bijin City, maybe I could borrow a group of guards, but I was intervened by a foreign nobleman, what kind of shameful treaty should I sign, and how much land should I cede!

And the Grand Duke is so far away from me, and before my request is answered, those few conspirators who conspire to usurp the throne may have already created a fait accompli, and it will be difficult for the Grand Duke to intervene at that time.

Thanks to the help of the two of you, otherwise I would have been a corpse sinking to the bottom of the river today, whether it is my uncle's expectations or my brother's regrets, no one will ever know. ”

Speaking in a somewhat trembling tone, she bowed her head to the two of them.

Later, she said a lot of things in bits and pieces, some of which Luo Ming didn't understand at all, and she didn't need to understand, she was simply venting her emotions and finding someone to listen to, so that she could feel a little better - Luo Ming played the role of this listener.

There is also one thing that makes him very concerned.

Although the Principality does not explicitly discriminate against women, and women are legally entitled to inheritance, this inheritance is generally a little lower than that of male heirs.

In order to stabilize his position, Charlotte's uncle, the former baron, had already planned that he personally took Charlotte to the royal capital Brandon to register, as long as she was recognized by the Grand Duke, she could basically let other competitors out.

As a result, before this, the baron was already critically ill, and even Charlotte did not have time to see him for the last time.

By the time he was dying, Charlotte was less than a day's way from his sickbed.