Chapter Twenty-Three: The Diary of the Useless
[Training, training again...... No matter how many times I can't do it, I can't pass the selection ......]
[Why are you looking at me with that expectant gaze?] Father......]
[At this time again, in July 824 of the Holy Calendar, the third knight selection ......]
[Defeated by 27 seconds against Tiral, ...... again Are you hating me? Evina? I can understand your feelings, a useless person has robbed you of the opportunity that belongs to you......]
[If only it could be reversed, why not?] ]
[I probably shouldn't have existed in the first place......]
Time passed, and the bonfire that sprung up in the cave slowly burned out after exhausting the last shred of dry wood.
The sudden darkness broke Lynn's thoughts, and with a wave of his hand, the branches and fallen leaves piled aside floated on their own, filling the sparkling pile of wood.
The next moment the crimson flames jumped again, and Lynn flipped through the diary in her hand again.
No, in fact, the diary description may not be enough.
This is an ordinary aristocratic boy with no extraordinary talent, who records his cowardice, inferiority, resentment and pain that he can't tell outsiders on the page.
"Lott Pedrol!" Lynn pronounced the teenager's name.
There is no doubt that this is an example of being driven crazy by too many expectations.
It's just that what he sees is a little more complicated than that.
Lot's father was a baron in the Secas Empire, but he was the kind of landless aristocrat who had long since declined, the kind of empty name, and could only rely on constant squandering of savings on weekdays to barely maintain his dignity as a nobleman.
Like every parent who wants his son to be a Chan, Baron Pedrol pinned all his hopes for the revival of the family on his son.
Noble children like them, if they can pass the knightly examination before the age of twenty and have a strong faith, they are qualified to become a priest or a priest, which is undoubtedly the best way to change the family's fortunes.
Because of this, Lott received the most rigorous training from an early age, with the goal of passing the knightly examination to become a clergyman of the Holy See.
Baron Pedrol even spent a lot of money to hire official knights to hone Lot's fighting skills.
However, Lot's talent is not very good, and even hard training will not help.
There are only three priests and priests in the entire Nordland Territory every year, and there are countless people who think the same way, and many of them are harder, more talented, and even more powerful than Lot!
So since he took the assessment at the age of sixteen, he has only been disappointed again and again, and under the blow of the family's expectations and reality, Lott has gradually become wooden, silent, and introverted to the extreme.
His sister Ivina, on the other hand, is another counter-example, with a good talent, and just by repeatedly observing Lot's daily sparring with the official knights, she has mastered a good hand of swordsmanship.
But for Baron Pedrore, Ivina's talent was only a small surprise.
In the Secas Empire, it was not without precedent for women to be nobles, but that was when men were cut off as a last resort, otherwise daughters were usually used as a tool for political marriages to increase family influence.
Spending a lot of resources to cultivate is not a worthwhile thing.
After all, the continuation of the bloodline is the foundation of the aristocracy, and if a woman is chosen as the heir, all the wealth accumulated by the family is at risk of being swallowed up and disappearing.
Unable to bear the pressure and expectations, Lott probably intends to use his death to force Baron Pedrol to make a choice.
In Lynn's opinion, Lott's choice was undoubtedly a foolish move.
He also had some knowledge of the temperament of these nobles, and judging from the description of Baron Pedrol's character in his diary, after learning of Lotter's death, the other party would only consider whether he could have a second son, or a good heir from the side branch.
Ivina will always be the last option.
It is even worse for an illegitimate child like his predecessor, Carl, who will not get anything unless the family is completely destroyed......
A diary of more than 100 pages quickly turned to the last page, and Lynn was somewhat touched by the experience of this aristocratic young man, but what really made him care was a word mentioned in the diary.
"Useless?" Lynn muttered to himself, he didn't think he would hear that when he arrived in the other world.
After all, even a farmer plows the land here, and has the value of exploitation.
Lynn exhaled slowly, readjusted his messy thoughts, and turned his head to look at Lot's corpse, since he had accepted the other party's relics, it would be better to bury the person later.
"071, how much energy reserves are there now?" Lynn asked in her head.
[12.3% of the remaining energy, the energy concentration is detected to be decreasing, and it is expected to increase the energy reserve by 1% every 10 hours.] 】
Really...... Lynn glanced at the faintly bright sky and was not surprised by this.
As he had guessed, the moon would affect the level of mana activity, and after a night's rest, the stamina and mana consumed during the previous battle had almost recovered.
In Lot's diary, Lynn also obtains a very important piece of information - the harbor town of Nordland is where he is!
In other words, the hidden underground river in the castle actually flows directly to the sea of mist!
It's a pity that in order to deal with Bishop Ansuk, he has already sent Jonny and the White Dove who are in the way first.
Lynn couldn't tell where the two witches had drifted there, and if the water was good enough, they could have landed anywhere, instead of just going with the flow and learning to swim like he did.
Without communication, it is not easy to find two living people in the entire Nordland territory.
How to avoid tracking by the Holy See is also a big problem.
Lynn pondered for a long time, and a name suddenly jumped into his mind - Laud the Cripple!
Wherever Jonny and the White Dove were, as long as they were ready to head to the Wizard's Lands, they would inevitably come to Seaport Town and find a way to make contact with Laud the Cripple.
Then you only need to find this person first!
Lynn stood up and looked at the towering walls in the distance, and now there was only one question left, how to get into Harbour Town safely.
"071, bring me up information on disguise and cross-dressing techniques, preferably with simple materials!"
Lynn glanced at Lot, who was very close to her in body and hair color, and perhaps she could temporarily borrow the other party's identity to hide from the guards in Harbor Town.
If he remembers correctly, in addition to the casual disguise technique, there is also a spell in "Basic Magic General" that can deal with this situation......
(PS: I want everything for the new book.) )