Monro pushed open the old door and fumbled in the darkness to light the candle on the table. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

He slowly sat down on the chair with some paint peeling, and his decadent appearance was like that of an old man in the twilight.

The wind in the hall made the door of the room, which was not tightly closed, "squeak-squeak-" rat, like a mouse locked into the bellows, which was noisy and annoying.

Tugging at the hem of his clothes, Monro curled up.

He had to do this, because the temperature outside was already -13 Jacques (-24 degrees Celsius), so even if the attic he lived in was close to the geothermal spring, the temperature inside had only risen to the point of freezing to death.

Yes, there was a fireplace in the house, and it was the main way for the nobles of the frozen coast to heat their homes.

However, as the concubine of the Moult family, it is not bad to live in a small attic near the geothermal spring. Didn't his father arrange him here just to save some "precious" charcoal?

Thinking of this, Monroe couldn't help but laugh.

In the eyes of outsiders, he was the second son of the Earl of Bronque and deserved to live a life of luxury. But who knew that in his father's eyes, his concubine was better than some subordinates and some commoners, and even inferior to those merchants in Silver Gray City.

At least when he met them, the Earl would not be stingy with his smile. Even if it was just for the sake of the face of the gold coin, it was not something that Monroe could want.

For the nobles, the difference between the concubine and the concubine does not matter, as long as he has his own blood flowing in his body.

In some aristocratic families with a sparse population, it also happens from time to time that women recruit husbands after inheriting the title.

According to the Code, any son of a nobleman is eligible to inherit his title, as long as the son has not been removed from the genealogy by his father.

In such an atmosphere, Monlo should have enjoyed the luxurious life of a noble young master as outsiders guessed, but unfortunately, his father was Bronk.

On April 25, 1727, during the harvest festival, a major event occurred in the "Morte Domain", when Taylor, the half-brother of Bronck and the eldest son of the old Earl of Morte, launched a rebellion that lasted for three months, intending to seize his brother's title by force.

It was not until the end of July that the war came to an end. Taylor lost the battle, and he lost his life and was sent to the gallows by his brother.

On the day of Taylor's hanging, the excited Earl Bronque had sex with a young cook. And Monroe is the end product of that absurdity.

Before Monroe, the life of the concubine was no different from that of the so-called concubine, at least in terms of the father's generation.

The difference between them is only reflected in the mother's side of the family's ability to help itself. After all, the mother of one party is a noble lady, and the mother of the other party is just a cook, so there is naturally a big difference in the extra resources that can be given to her children.

Not to mention that Monroe's mother died of illness shortly after he was born.

In fact, almost every concubine of an aristocratic family has experienced such a thing, and few mothers can live to remember their children.

Especially in the case of their extremely low status, death seems to be their only way out. It is not known how many of them actually died of illness and how many of them were died of illness.

Taylor's rebellion was supposed to have nothing to do with Monroe, but it ironically became a turning point in Monroe's fate.

Bronk believes that the reason why Taylor was able to start a rebellion was because his father was so superior to him that he had accumulated a lot of power and almost overthrew the orthodoxy of the entire "Morte Lord".

As a result, the "wise" Count Bronque did not treat his concubine from an early age, in case such a thing happened to his heir.

As for whether the Earl of Bronque considered letting Monroe inherit the title, no one but himself knew it. However, judging by his attitude towards this child, the possibility of coming to Monroe to become the next master of the "Morte Collar" is very small.

For as long as Monroe can remember, there have been rumors outside that Master Monroe, who was conceived on the day of Lord Taylor's death, was the reincarnation of Lord Taylor.

The origin of this rumor is not verifiable, and there is not enough logical support for it, but it makes Blanc even less regard Monroe as his own son.

The so-called "soul reincarnation" does exist in the material continent, but the resources and strength required to achieve this will definitely make people desperate.

No sane person would believe this nonsense, and neither would Bronc.

It's just that reason and emotion are never the same thing. For example, although the father-son relationship of a certain two people is confirmed on the bloodline certificate, looking at the slightly god-like faces of the child and the neighbor's male host, it may be difficult for this husband not to ponder his wife's spare time.

As a result, Bronke not only deprived Monro of the opportunity to receive an aristocratic education, but also cut his living expenses to the extent that they were inferior to some of his subordinates.

Monroe had no way to resist, he could only endure it silently, silently accumulating the anger in his heart.

He knew that he had been miserable by Uncle Taylor in his life, and the only chance to turn around was to become the next master of the "Moult Collar".

Therefore, he has never felt self-pity, but has always shown an optimistic and cheerful appearance, and attaches great importance to buying people's hearts.

He had only one garment made of silk, which the Earl of Bronque had given him to wear outside.

Although the Earl of Bronque hated his son, he did not want to give him a reputation for mistreating his son. Thanks to this incident, Monroe, who was dressed in coarse linen, was fortunate enough to obtain a dress made of silk.

However, Monroe was very arrogant to tear off the corner of his clothes and bandage the wound by a butler who had scratched his hand, even if he would be confined to the house without decent clothes.

And the reason why Monro was able to move from the leaky woodhouse to this small attic near the geothermal spring was the persuasion of the old butler to the Earl of Bronck.

It's just a small thing, but it's not hard to get a glimpse of Monroe's ambition.

Even the biting cold wind could not extinguish the longing for the earl title and the high life in his heart.

As the night wore on, the temperature in the house was much cooler.

Monro sighed as he rubbed his palms together to regain his body temperature.

Yesterday the rain leaked in the house, and the only piece of wool blanket he had stained was stained, and now that the blanket is not dry, he can only stay up all night.

"Are you cold? I thought your heart was on fire. ”

The flat voice sounded in Monroe's ears, and he broke out in a cold sweat in such a cold environment......