"Have you moved out yet?"

Looking at the vaguely familiar manor in front of him, Artimus fell into deep thought.

He was a little surprised by this situation, but he didn't think there was anything too strange.

The distance between the Nock family's location and the Drowsy Academy's location was too far, and it often took a year or so to receive a letter from one side to the other.

With such a long distance, it is normal for the message to be distorted sometimes.

It's possible that someone from the Nock family sent a message to the predecessor, but the predecessor didn't receive it at all.

It's normal for a letter to have an accident during delivery.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that the original personality is indifferent and does not pay much attention to family affairs.

He was not even ten years old when he left the family, he was just a child, and he had only come back once in so many years, so he naturally didn't care about everything in the family.

Because for him, this place is not called home, but a completely foreign place.

The Drowsy Academy is more like home.

Moving on, Yadimu pondered for a moment, then looked up: "Please help me make an appointment with the owner of this house."

In any case, the Nock family is also a baronial family, and even if it is a local nobleman, it also has some reputation.

If Yadimu wants to find out the news, it shouldn't be too difficult.

It's up to you

Time flies slowly.

The next day, Artimus went to another place.

"This is it?"

Looking at the vaguely dilapidated and narrow manor in front of him, Yadimu was a little surprised.

Compared to what he remembered, this place was quite lonely.

In the few memories of the predecessor's family, I vaguely remember the prosperity of the Nock family, although it is not the largest family in the local area, it is also considered to be strong, and life is quite comfortable.

As a result, it has become this?

Although they were all manors, they were previously located in the center of the city and occupied a considerable area.

And what is in front of you is not only located outside the city, but also looks so bleak.

It's true

Walking directly along the road, I met someone at the door and began to interrogate.

"This is the private territory of the Nok family, no outsiders are allowed to enter, please leave sir."

In front of the gate, the squire in charge of the guard spoke, his eyes fixed on Artimu, as if trying to see him through.

Meeting his eyes, Artimu looked up.

Even if it was just a casual glance, a terrifying sense of oppression emerged.

The dive in front of him weakened his legs and almost collapsed to the ground.

This is the result of Yadimu's hand being spared, otherwise he would not have collapsed to the ground, but would have fallen into a coma or even died violently.

"I don't want to talk nonsense, now please let Miss Hani come out and meet me."

Yadimu looked at the other attendants in front of him, and a faint spiritual power appeared on his body, forming a terrifying sense of oppression to everyone in front of him: "My time is limited, I don't want to waste too much here, please cooperate." ”

A faint spiritual oppression emerged, causing a huge impact on the bodies of these people in front of them.

The person in front of him looked at Yadimu nervously, as if he had seen a terrifying wild beast.

But when they heard Hani's name, their faces became a little strange.

Yadimu was keenly aware of this.

He frowned, "If Miss Hani is not there, ask Mr. Karlo to come out and meet with me." ”

Both of them were relatively familiar to him in the Nock family.

Among them, Hani is his sister, and Carlo is the elder brother.

Of course, it's all the half-brother kind.

Despite being half-sibling, these two people are already the ones he knows the most well compared to others.

So at such times, he was the first to think of them.

"You"

Several guards in front of him looked at each other, and the strange meaning on their faces became even heavier.

One of them was about to speak, but was interrupted by another voice.

"Do you know my father?"

A childish voice came from behind him.

Yadimu turned to look and saw that it was a child.

It was a little girl who looked to be about seven or eight years old, wearing a long white dress, and was standing there looking at Artim crisply.

"You are?"

Looking at the girl's vaguely familiar face, Yadimu's heart moved: "Carlo's child? ”

The girl hesitated for a moment before nodding.

"Is that so?"

Yadimu slowly squatted down and looked at the girl in front of him, with a smile on his face: "My name is Roland."

"Are you Uncle Roland?"

Hearing the name, the girl's face suddenly showed a look of surprise.

This reaction made Artimu feel a little strange.

He wasn't here for many years, and no one in the family knew anyone at all, and he thought that few people knew him after such a long time.

Unexpectedly, this niece, who had never met before, knew his name clearly.

Looking like this, it should be that his cheap brother often whispered in his ear.

Thoughts flashed through Artimu's mind.

"Take me to see your father."

Looking at the girl in front of him, he smiled and said, asking her to take him directly to find someone.

It's just that at this time, the guards on the side expressed something unusual.

Seeing that Yadimu blew up his identity, he wanted to find his brother, but the first reaction of these guards was not to apologize respectfully, but to subconsciously stop it.

Thump!

Several sounds came out at the same time, and it was the sound of several figures landing at the same time.

The powerful spiritual power was released, directly pressing them tightly, making them lose their ability to resist, and at the same time, the whole brain buzzed, as if it was about to explode.

The pain was so intense that they rolled on the ground, almost going crazy.

After a few moments, the feeling subsided.

But before they could rejoice, they saw Yadimu in front of them with a cold face.

"Now get up for me at once, and follow me."

"Think about what you're doing, and if I'm not satisfied, I don't think you'll want to know the outcome."

Several people in front of him looked at each other, and in the end, without exception, they all walked in front of Yadimu.

Bang!

A crisp sound sounded, and then the body of one of them exploded directly, and the minced flesh fell to the ground, and the scene looked extremely bloody.

"I forgot to remind you."

Yadimu held the little girl in his arms and blindfolded her to prevent her from seeing the bloody scene in front of her: "I can know what is going on in your hearts, so if you have any extra thoughts, see if you can bear it." ”

"That's all I have to say, please lead the way now."

The people around looked at the broken corpse in front of them, and then looked at Yadimu, who was standing in front of him, obviously a young man, but like a devil, and his serious fear became more and more intense, and finally he didn't dare to move at all, and he didn't even dare to have superfluous thoughts.

They slowly stepped forward.

To the surprise of Adimu, apart from the guards in front of the gate, Adimu did not see a few guards in other places.

It seems that all the forces in the entire manor are concentrated in front of the gate.

But it doesn't seem strange to think about it.

After all, judging from the current situation, the Nock family has been dilapidated like this, and there is no extra manpower in the future.

After all, it costs a lot of money to maintain a guard.

Artimus walked all the way to a corner.

Looking at this, he couldn't help but look.

The overall feel of the whole manor is not as good as the previous manor.

But that's not to say the estate is all dilapidated.

In fact, the architecture in the core area is quite intact, with well-decorated rooms, stables and other equipment, and it seems to be very well maintained.

On the other hand, it is not here, and it looks dilapidated, and it is not obvious that it is a place where nobles live.

Atemu found a middle-aged man inside.

said to be middle-aged, but in fact, he is only in his early thirties, but he looks quite old.

However, considering the general situation in this era, his situation is actually not surprising.

When Adimu looked at the other party, the other saw him as well.

At first glance, he was stunned at first, and didn't seem to recognize it.

But after all, they are brothers, and they have met a few times, and there is still a vague sense of familiarity.

Soon, he guessed the identity of Yadimu, and his face suddenly showed surprise.

"Roland, is that you?"

With a look of surprise on his face, he hurriedly stepped forward and looked at Yadimu with some strangeness and apprehension.

His face was full of excitement, and it was not false, but the most real expression of emotion.

"Brother Carlo, long time no see."

Looking at each other's appearances, Yadimu smiled and finally said hello.

Moments later, inside Carlo's room.

On a wooden table was a tablecloth with a few plates of side dishes.

The woman on the side was busy there, trying to add a few acceptable dishes to the table.

Artimu looked at the table.

There were a lot of things on the table at the moment, but if you looked closely, there was nothing good at all, the meat was only a piece of air-dried meat without taste, fresh fruit could not be seen, and even the wine that could represent the dignity of the nobility was inferior and pungent, like a crude fruit wine sold outside.

Yatimu can even see a few dishes made from wild herbs on the table.

From these things, it can be seen that his brother is already in a rather difficult situation.

"I'm sorry."

Facing Ardimu's gaze, Carlo sighed, and seemed to be a little embarrassed: "It's rare for you to come back, but I can only use these things to entertain you, this is really true"

"It doesn't matter."

Yadimu smiled: "When I was in the academy, the things there were not much better than those here, so I just had to deal with them casually." ”

"Dana."

He looked at the little girl who looked at the food timidly, and then smiled: "You can come too." ”

The girl did not immediately step forward, but timidly turned her head to look at Carlo, as if to get his permission.

(End of chapter)