In the eastern plains of the Tyranid Empire, Dusk Castle outside the city of Deppshire is the only place above four hundred meters above sea level, that is, standing here, you can overlook almost the entire provincial capital.

In the castle's vast dining room, a young child with black hair, rare in the Empire, holds a knife and fork and waits quietly for the food to arrive. A lonely ant gradually crawled along the table to the plate, turned around but didn't find even a grain of bread crumbs, so he had to pout his belly that was not full in the same kind and continue to circle with fate. The child watched for a while, holding the fork and gently touching the poor creature that was so small compared to humans, and when the ant climbed on the fork, he waved his hand, and the little creature was immediately thrown onto the table, and the ant, which had been still for a while, followed the original footprints and crawled humbly towards the plate. It seems that the more humble the life, the greater the forgetfulness, and the family rooted in this castle also seems to confirm this theory, in just three years, the people of the entire empire seem to have forgotten this glorious family that has defended the country and protected the people with the lives of its clansmen countless times, and there are so many medals that it can fill a table up to twelve meters long.

Just because this family was convicted of treason three years ago.

"I'm sorry, Master Arthur, but today there is only potato soup and toast. The old butler, who had just entered the sequence of old age, wore silver hair, guiltily served a pot of rich herb potato soup and a few slices of sushi, and the whitish but still neat tuxedo on his body smelled of kitchen smoke.

"It doesn't matter. The old butler, who was proficient in various aristocratic etiquette, did not accept the kindness of the little master, and his whole life was to follow the duty of a noble butler, but in a refusal, the child said "If this piece of toast can be shared by relatives, how good it would be" made the loyal old butler reach out and take the thin slice of bread with tears in his eyes.

Three years ago, the imperial glory of Deppshire, the "judge" of the aristocracy, and all the descendants of the Golden Spear family, Raonis, were guillotined in St. Nucchi, the capital of the empire, on that day, which historians consider to be a symbol of the decline of the traditional old-school aristocracy. There are more than 20 heads hanging in the square, each of them is a legion general with a medal on his chest or a high-level magician of the Magic Association, and the emperor's edict may not make them stand still, but the current head of the Golden Spear family who is ready to die generously only said that whoever wants to betray the empire should first send the family badge back, and immediately let a group of noble elites gather from all over the empire and accept the butcher's knife of fate calmly.

After lunch, little Arthur jumped out of his chair, three years ago, he was just a child less than a month and less than four years old, and now he is the sole owner of this lonely castle.

"Lawrence, is there hatred in this world for no reason?" the child who was playing with his fingers looked at the busy figure of the old butler, blinked a pair of round innocent eyes, and asked casually.

"As far as I know, no, Master Arthur. The old butler narrowed his eyes and thought for a moment, then shook his head slowly.

"But there's always love for no reason, right?"

"I think so, Master Arthur. The old butler bowed, smiled and turned away, he thought to himself that it was necessary to set aside a part of the meagre finances to hire a tutor for his little master, and always read the romance novels left by his wife, would it delay the re-emergence of this family?

"Eh, how do I get home?" The child looked at the empty and deserted castle, his eyes were full of maturity and sorrow that did not match his age, little Arthur who crossed from the earth was named Li Fengshuo, and after a series of bland but bitter betrayals, he was unexpectedly pulled to the infant little Arthur. As soon as I opened my eyes and saw the beautiful mother, the unruly father of the head of the family and this magnificent but exquisite castle, I thought it should be a luxurious and expensive second-generation trip, who knew that before I had time to enjoy it, I watched the family members who had just cultivated feelings being cut off one by one, and a famous painter who did good things in the capital also painted the scene of the bloody incident in the square that day and mailed it to the castle. Under the oil painting, a not without ridicule was written: Noble Young Master Arthur, from today onwards, the cloak of power will be taken off from you, are you ready to meet the world?

Qiu Fu was everywhere, but in just three days, the famous painter of the capital lay on the dirty floor of Tavern Street, and the loyal side family of the Golden Spear family made this painter and people as ignorant as him completely shut up, and no one dared to question that the little child who was said to run barefoot in the castle would be abandoned by power, after all, it was a glorious family that had been passed down for hundreds of years, and even if the coat was taken off, at least there was a pair of pants to cover the shame.

The endless towns and farmlands of the eastern plains were originally undefendable, and were originally the first choice for the Kapila Empire in the north and the ice orcs in the west to attack in a straight line, but the reticulated thorn fortresses on the eastern edge made up for this innate shortcoming. Because of the climate in the eastern plains, there are too many imperial nobles, and no one wants the enemy's horseshoe to step on their faces, so the Thorn Fortress was built into an unprecedented artificial fortress by these nobles, powerful and dangerous.

The afternoon is mostly boring and idle, the old butler teaches the little master aristocratic etiquette in the morning, and has to squeeze out time in the afternoon to take care of the dismal business in the territory. In addition to the old butler, there is only one bloated and tall laundry renale and a grave keeper who can't see his face all year round when he lowers his head and can't see his face clearly. The strapped finances could not support so many people, and Arthur, who was only five years old at the time, asked the old butler to dismiss all his subordinates and give them the status of free men.

Slipping out of the gate of the castle, there was a long staircase, two hundred and seventy-three steps, but it would save a lot of time if you slipped down the grassy slope below the castle, so a thin figure on the grassy slope screamed and slid down quickly in the grass, and the child had already slid to the flat ground in a few breaths, and the soft grass did not hurt him. Patting the grass clippings on his body, Arthur muttered: "I can't slip in the fall, the branches of the grass will cut through the skin, if you accidentally get up to the chrysanthemum, hehe......" was interrupted by a delicate exclamation when he was fantasizing about bad taste, and looked up, a girl in a little lady's costume was standing by the lake not far away and looking at him, it seemed that the feat of the rapid slide just now was clearly seen by her.

"Hey, what's your name?" Arthur clapped his hands, looking at the little lady opposite, in fact, he didn't have any special hobby for young girls, and he heard that some nobles in the empire liked those dirty and disgusting tricks, and he was very interested in playing for a while.

"Anna...... Anna Melenster. The little girl hesitated to say her name, her little hands grasping the hem of her skirt, and staring at him vigilantly like a fawn.

"Melenste?" Arthur tilted his head and thought for a moment, then suddenly said, "Ah, it's Bruce Merenster, the vice president of Deppshire School of Magic?"

"Well, that's my father. The little lady said shyly, and some pride welled up in her eyes. Magic is really a bit fantasy for civilians, and it is too obscure and difficult, not to mention those awkward terms, that is, the materials for releasing magic are not something that a civilian can afford. Therefore, it is normal for people born into magical families to have pride.

"And what kind of magic do you know?" Arthur ran to sit down not far from the little girl, grabbed a grass branch and put it in his mouth, he had never seen magic since he was born, and it was normal to be curious.

“...... I'm still too young, well, haven't learned magic yet. Little Anna blushed a little as she spoke, looked at the kid with a wicked smile on the other side, and couldn't help glaring at him indignantly.

"It's okay, if you lose the starry sky, you will usher in the sunrise, isn't it more fun to have a stress-free childhood?" Arthur lay on the grass, quietly looking at the clear blue sky, no one knew if he was guessing whether the sky above him was the same as the earth's.

"Where do you know that?" a beautiful, magnetic voice suddenly sounded behind them, Arthur leaped to his feet and pulled Anna behind him, there were only a few sparse cloud-leaved trees and grasses within a hundred meters, unless this was an assassin who had long been ready to attack, it was impossible to come in a flash.

I said it casually. The child looked at the tall woman in the black cloak and said with a blank expression.

"Really?" the woman looked at him with interest, the corners of her mouth curled slightly, this child gave her a little different intuition than the other children, but she couldn't tell what was different.

"Ma'am. Little Anna blushed and broke free from Arthur's hand, took two steps forward, and looked at the woman timidly. The woman, who had only visited Deppshire School of Magic yesterday, had made her father as discreet as an emperor, and she had never seen a sociable father lead the way like a humble servant the whole time. She asked curiously, but her father just said abruptly: "This is a person who my father can't look up to in his next life academically." ”

"This is an old saying in the Lost Continent, called 'Lost mulberry elm, harvested east', you correctly interpret the meaning of this sentence. ”

Lost mulberry elm, harvested east.

Arthur's pupils instantly contracted, and at the same time, he lowered his weak head to hide the shock and ecstasy that flashed on his face. How come you have never seen it in a book?

"Praise you, Madame, that your beauty is as deep and bright as a lake, and that your knowledge is as endless as a plain. Arthur looked up, a childlike and harmless smile, and the words spoken in a child's childish voice seemed to be more pleasing to the eye.

The woman looked at him deeply, the corners of her mouth curled a little wider, "Brunette Arthur, Raonis's child?"

"Yes. Arthur replied meekly and ignorantly, the Raonis motto: In the face of unknown powers, holding a gentleman's staff will have more benefits, including life, than holding a knight's spear. Black hair is not very rare in the Empire, but the vast majority of people with dark hair are only dark brown and not really black, as long as you look closely, you can always find the difference between the two, like Arthur, a pure black hair, only the bloodline from the Lost Continent will appear in the next generation, and the current Empire has not had pure black hair for fifty years.

"Reth Sibylla, a magician. The woman stretched out her right hand, the emblem ring on her ring finger was ancient and mysterious, "Would you like me to be your teacher?" ”

Oh my God, Anna covered her mouth in surprise.

"Madam, have you ever beaten the Abyss Demon?"

"I haven't hit it. ”

"Madam, have you ever beaten the Snow Mountain Dragon?"

"Didn't win. ”

"Ma'am, you can always beat the Crusader Knights of Deppshire, right?"

"I don't know. ”

"Ma'am, what can you beat?"

"Little Arthur, my hands are a little sore. ”

"Oh, I'm glad to have a lady as wise and beautiful as you as my teacher. Arthur put away his ignorant expression, ran forward and kissed the woman's hand with a sneer, and whispered, "But I don't have a lot of gold coins to pay you." ”

"Half a slice of toast will do. Reth looked down at him with interest.

"Okay. Arthur calmly held her fingers and said softly, "Deal." ”