Chapter 4: And so the story begins

"At the end of the same month, the First Doomsday War broke out, with countless casualties. In a study in a medieval castle, a crisp child's voice reads a thick history book that doesn't fit his age. In this era when books can only be transmitted by hand, history books are one of the few books that will be firmly handed down, and whether it is for the sake of so-called historical correctness and other things is not something that a child can speculate about.

"This statement is too brief, the cause of the outbreak of the war, how long it lasted, where the main battle broke out, what is the difference between the so-called countless casualties in terms of the strength and number of personnel, can the death of ten legendary magicians be the same as the death of ten soldiers. The child said with a headache, but he also knew that the most important thing in history books was political correctness for those who watched later. It depends on the situation to say that the loss is big to show its tragedy, and to say that the loss is small to show its shrewdness. Of course, there is no need to talk about the basic skill of demonizing the enemy's behavior, and the loser is actually the same thing as smearing oil and mud on his face.

"It's been ten years...", the age of the time crossing is the same as the actual age, and the proudest thing is that I have completely integrated a foreign language with ten years, and at least I can read on my own in terms of the history I want to study secondly. You know, history actually includes geography, national strength, religion, humanities and most importantly, politics and other things, which will become history when they are fused together, and now I can barely be regarded as having a half-claw understanding of the world. As for what I want to know the most...

"That damn auditor did cheat me. The child complained in a crisp childlike voice.

That's right, this child is a carrier that has been crossed by a fish, and it seems that this body is for other use, so there should be no so-called problem of seizing other people's bodies. His name is Alan, and his father is Andrei, who seems to have died in battle, in the first Doomsday War in the book.

It stands to reason that he shouldn't remember this person, after all, he only met him once when he was born. However, with his adult consciousness, he did contact this man who was connected by his own blood with the hazy eyes and immature hands of a child, and he really felt the man's loving care for him, as well as his reluctance...

But even so, forget about the so-called revenge, there is no such thing as war, there is no such thing as justice, and of course there is no evil. If one day you go to war, you will kill everyone who tries to kill you, and the meaning of war to yourself is only that. Everything that extends beyond this is meaningless, because war is just a bunch of garbage produced by accidents and interests entangled, which is equivalent to forcibly tearing apart a ball of thread. Personally, I don't think it's necessary to have feelings other than disgust for this kind of thing. It's the same as turning over the manure with a fork, you won't get anything other than the smell of manure.

Living well is my goal, and it is also the greatest reward for Andrei's father. Although it is a bit strange to say this sentence by yourself.

So, after I was reborn, I didn't ask for a library, I didn't have extraordinary physical fitness, I didn't have superb wisdom, and I didn't have an artifact grandfather or anything, did I meet my minimum requirements?

Born to say, his father Andre is a baron, and he is barely a nobleman, because he has not set strict conditions, so he can barely meet it. So now that my father is dead, am I a baron? The answer is no, I'm the son of a baron, and then I'm not even a fart.

Because of the magic and knights in this world, the combat ability is far beyond ordinary people. Because of this, this world has evolved into a world where the strong are respected, and the so-called nobility is basically equivalent to the strong, or in other words, status comes from combat ability. Towns, on the other hand, are basically built by the strong, with the inhabitants providing taxes and the strong providing protection, and the stronger the stronger, the more people will gather. And the knighthood, as long as a letter passes, it can naturally be awarded after being certified by the visitor, and it does not even need to be tapped on the shoulder dangerously by the king with a sword. As for castles and towns, or need to be robbed? No, not at all, because this continent is vast and sparsely populated, and for some reason there are many castles that are not protected by powerful people with titles at all, as long as you move in, you will immediately get castles and lords. In this case, unless there is a vendetta, it is very difficult to rob the castle, and after the strong fight, there is nothing left of the basic town and the castle, and there seems to be no value in robbing.

Therefore, he can still be inhabited in the castle, not because he is the son of a baron, but purely because there is no one to rob him. And the reason why the lords continue to pay taxes and provide us with tax is not only because of the reduced ability to protect us, but also because my aunt Anna is a second-order magician. Although the second-order cannot be awarded a knighthood, it is not too big or too small to have a bit of resistance, not to mention that it is still a magician, and in terms of large-scale battles, it is not much weaker than Andre of the third-order knight. Of course, a head-to-head fight is certainly a matter of a few rounds.

So after recognizing the line, I really realized that the reason why I have a fairly prosperous life now is purely because of the protection of Anna's mother, and because there are fewer strong people on the continent after the war, no one can look down on the shit luck of this land. There seems to be little more to be done about it than to hope that damn auditor sees it to the middle finger of the sky.

As for learning magic, the main god is above, and I didn't have any magic-related things at all before the age of five, which once made me think that the magic of this world had to spend a lot of money to go to the magic tower to open the spiritual root or go to the mountain to retreat for a few months to feel the water spirit or something. As a result, I saw a book in my house at Dogleg Mouse's house, and the only one that made me break down right away, and that book was called Introduction to the Basics of Magic.

That's right, the only universal education in this world is the foundation of magic, and it seems to have been a decision made by a certain legendary sorcerer's council president who suddenly had a brain twitch. Of course, this decision is wise, no matter what kind of genius it is, it has to be unearthed to count, whether it is a strong or smart person, the most important thing that a large number of people want to dig is a large population base as a foundation. Therefore, universal education is always the first and most important thing that a civilized society should do, and if Einstein was born into a family of illiterate miners, he would still have time to develop the theory of relativity every day for life.

But it is a pity that the wise decision of the Speaker of the Council has forgotten one thing, first to teach them to read, and then to give them books. As a result, countless low-level magicians worked overtime overnight to copy books, and I don't know how many ended up at the foot of the table or into the furnace. The so-called moving mouth at the top and breaking the leg at the bottom is probably like this.

But it's like this, you do ten points, even if the effect is not eight or nine points, four or five points are always there, and the president of the council has undoubtedly given the stagnant class a chance to move, so the parents who want their children to become Jackie Chan and the children who are not willing to accept the status quo have been given another ladder of advancement. After that, the number of low-level magicians did not say that there was a blowout, but it did increase a lot in terms of base, and the number of high-level magicians also increased significantly, and even the number of knights also increased. It can be said that the national strength of the mainland would have been at least less than 30% if there was no decision of the speaker for a while, and there would be no need to fight the Doomsday War, and it would probably be directly pushed to the capital.

Digression, in short, after knowing the above facts, it must be a bit strange to find a book that even commoners have but can't find it in the baron's house.

So I told each of the three people in charge of the castle that I wanted to learn magic. In my original thoughts, this was not a big deal, after all, it was very reasonable for a child with a big fart to hide a book like magic in order to prevent him from getting himself into an explosion. Because of this, I didn't think about it, and I threw three straight balls directly at them. Probably because I have been a child for too long, the consequences of that decision are enough to make me carve the words "think twice" in my back with a knife.

"I want to learn magic!" I said to my Anna mother in as innocent a tone as I could.

Anna's mother was a rather elegant beauty, with brown hair and a resolute character, and although she was a woman, she was by no means weak. The most impressive thing was a goblin thief who looked at the town as if it was weak enough to be deceived into plundering it. As a result, Anna's mother did not negotiate or compromise, and directly pierced the throat of the goblin leader, who was also a second-order powerhouse, with a precise ice spine technique. Of course, I can understand that the person in charge of the other party's castle is someone like Anna's mother, and I probably only think that the other party wants to surrender, or does it want to surrender? Moreover, he took advantage of the situation to kill the gang's lair, but instead snatched back a large number of supplies, and survived the difficult days after the death of Baron Andre at the beginning. The people also settled down from their days of anxiety.

At the same time, Anna's mother is also her aunt, her father's wife, and the person who manages the family in addition to her grandmother.

Anna's mother was watering the flowers at that time, and the bright light from the window spilled in to illuminate the figure of Anna's mother, which was as beautiful as a painting. Hearing me say this, the kettle seemed to pause, but continued to pour it as if it were an illusion, and after watering the flowers on the windowsill, Anna's mother groaned for a moment, and then led herself to the study.

I was actually a little in awe of Anna's mother, because Andrei's father died very early, and Anna's mother had to discipline me as a substitute father. Of course, as an adult-minded child, I don't know how to do anything out of the ordinary, but I am still in awe of Anna's mother's solemn temperament, which I don't know if she is pretending to be or in fact.

"Tell me, Alan, why do you want to learn magic. Mother Anna said, ruffling my scratched hair.

"I want to protect Mother Anna, Mother Ves, and Grandma Emma so that you are not bullied by bad people. I replied in a milky voice, thinking inappropriately to myself whether I had learned like this or not, and that I had no experience.

"But, haven't you met bad people, or have you been bullied by someone?" said Anna's mother quietly. The calm tone made me feel a little scared, a little bit of a feeling of being seen through my heart.

"That's... The last time I went out with Mother Vess, the big black dog barked so loudly that it almost scared Mother Vess, and if I had learned magic, I would have been able to protect Mother Vess. I said nervously, this is barely finding a reason, and at the same time I can't help but feel a little regretful, as the head of this family, Anna's mother is definitely not a person who can be perfunctory.

Mother Anna looked at me with scrutinizing eyes until I felt a little restless.

"Wait until you're ten years old, a ten-year-old child can barely be trained in magic, but you are not allowed to tell anyone about it. I'll arrange it when you're ten years old. Anna hugged herself, then put her hands on her shoulders and looked me seriously in the eyes.

"Okay, I see. I replied earnestly, looking at Mother Anna with my most childish and sincere eyes.

"I want to learn magic!" I said to Mother Vess.

Mother Vess was a very beautiful woman, with snow-white hair and milk-white skin, and a slender figure, as if a strong wind could blow her down.

Such a thin beauty was looking at a book on the desk in her room at an inopportune time. The thin figure was constantly copying something in the sunlight outside the window, and I remember that the book was written by the former owner of the castle himself, describing his life in the territory, the problems he encountered, and his own solutions.

In fact, Weiss's mother did not come from a good background, but because of her beauty, Andre's father noticed that they finally fell in love. Of course, the more old-fashioned grandmother was furious, and even the kind-hearted mother of Anna could not be happy to see a woman prettier than herself steal her husband's attention. Therefore, before she was born, Weis's mother was not treated in this family, and Weis's mother's weak personality and frail body were easy for her grandmother to think that this person was too contrived and did not like her.

It was such a woman who had a serious illness after her father's death, but when everyone thought that Vissy's mother might go with Andrei's father, she miraculously got better, and she was not shy to say that it was probably because of me. After that, Weiss's mother worked hard to keep her body in good shape and help Anna's mother manage the affairs of the house, even if she stumbled, she still worked hard. It is still enough to be as close as a family today, in addition to her own birth, Weiss's mother's own efforts are also obvious to all.

And such a mother of Vess is holding herself and crying.

Well... I really don't understand women at all, even if this woman is someone I can't kiss anymore.

However, in this situation where he didn't know why Weiss's mother suddenly cried, he could only comfort Weiss's mother with a childish childish voice, and patted Weiss's mother's back with his fleshy little hands. And then, as a matter of course, another wave of tears and a tsunami ...

"I want to learn magic!"

I don't want to go into the details of what happened after that, but I say this to the oldest woman in this castle, the wise grandmother Emma, my father's mother.

In a nutshell.

I was hung up and beaten.