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There were no white clouds that could be seen in the endless sky, making it seem like a borderless blue gem.
Several black-colored birds flew across the sky; a large forest underneath them looked verdant and thriving. There were many twisted small paths between the trees. A carriage with golden straws was moving forwards in a slow pace, and you could even hear the rhythmic echoes of the hooves stomping on the ground.
There was a teenager lying over the golden straws on the carriage. Judging by his appearance, he was about thirteen- or fourteen-years old. The teenager had short brown hair, and he had an average-looking appearance.
The teenager’s eyes were closed as though he was sleeping. The coachman at the front was driving carefully with his old horse. It seemed that the coachman was trying not to interrupt the teenager’s dream as he tried to steer the carriage skillfully.
BANG!!!
With a loud noise, the wheels of the carriage toppled over a sharp stone on the road. The whole carriage stopped after the collision.
Ye Song was woken up by the commotion. He opened his eyes slowly, and his scrunched face was of a yellow hue just like wax.
"Where am I?" The teenager asked; his voice was very faint and it sounded weak.
He inhaled once; he could smell the fragrance of lush green grass. The teenager looked at his surroundings in confusion.
"I apologize for disrupting your sweet dream, Second Young Master Angele. The carriage collided on a stone." The coachman turned back and apologized after he saw Ye Song was woken up by the accident. He took out his tools and started to check if the wheels were damaged by the stone.
The coachman was past his prime, yet he still looked strong and full of vigor in his grey linen outfit.
"Second Young Master Angele?" Ye Song was confused; he looked around, thinking the coachman was talking to someone else, but he was the only one there.
"That’s me?" He pointed his finger towards his nose.
"Yes, Second Young Master." The coachman nodded while checking the wheels.
"You just fell off the horse and got hurt pretty badly. You need more rest. I was the only one left in the city, and I could not find a decent carriage for you. I am sorry you have to lie on this." The middle-aged man smiled at Ye; his skin looked well-tanned by the sun.
It seemed like Ye Song realized something as his facial expression changed.
"No way…" Ye whispered to himself and looked at his body.
The hunting suit he was wearing fitted him very well, and he also had a red belt around his waist. There was a black leather whip tied to his belt.
His body was weak, and his palm white. He could also feel the pain coming from his knees and the back of his head.
Suddenly, bunch of memories flashed in Ye Song’s mind after a strong pain hit his head. Ye Song fell straight down to the straws as he lost his consciousness; he could hear the coachman yelling in panic.
Ye Song finally woke up slowly after some time passed. His brain was filled with memories from someone else’s. The second son of some random countryside noble family was named Angele Rio, and apparently the guy was just an average noble child from the family.
Angele was riding on his horse with his gang during his free time before falling off it. Ye Song took over his body at that moment. Ye Song also gained some of Angele’s memories, and he had a basic understanding of the current situation.
The world was identical to the Medieval Europe he knew. Right now, he was in a country called the Rudin Empire. It was a huge country, and Rio Family was actually a relatively rich noble family at the countryside, but it still cannot be compared to those in the inner parts of the country.
Rio Family’s territory was at the edge of a large forest in the Yala Province. According to Angele’s memory, the only thing Ye Song knew was that his father Baron Rio’s territory included three knights’ lands and five towns. There were about five thousand people living there, and it would take some time to go from one side to the other with a horse, which is about an hour. It was a huge territory.
Angele Rio was the second son of Baron Rio, and his standing was the highest among the younger generation in the Rio Family. The eldest son left the family and joined the army; if he does not come back, it is very likely that Angele would be the one to take over the family after.
"A child from a noble family… I can’t believe I reincarnated…" Ye Song scratched his head, and realized he was lying down on a small bed. His clothes had been changed to a white robe, and was covered by a thin layer of white blanket.
The bedroom was bright and spacious. There were two high chairs, one bed, and a writing desk painted white in the room. The window facing the bed was opened, and Ye Song could hear some noise coming from the streets.
The wind brought the aroma of pancakes into the room. Ye Song felt really hungry after getting a whiff of such redolence in.
"Is anyone here?" Ye Song knew this was the family’s only house in the town according to Angele’s memory.
The door was opened with a squeaky sound. A middle-aged man in a red noble suit with a serious face walked in quickly. He was holding a small silver bowl and there was an appetizing smell of meat coming from it.
"Angele, do you feel better?" The man walked to the bed while knitting his eyebrows. He put the small bowl on the bedside cabinet, and touched Ye Song’s forehead with his large palm.
"Not hot anymore. Drink the meat soup, you are way too weak right now." The man said.
Ye Song quickly found out who the man was through Angele’s memory.
Karl Rio, the current leader in the Rio Family and the baron of the territory. Though he was just a great father in the memories of Angele.
"I think I told you before," Baron Karl lowered his voice, "stay away from those punks from the city, even if you are classmates in the knight’s courses. Don’t even play with them." The baron said.
"It is all my fault, father." Ye Song said with a faint voice, and he lowered his head. It was not out of Ye Song’s intention to do this. It was more like a reflex from the body’s original owner.
"You were lucky you didn’t break any bone after falling off from a horse that went berserk." The baron said, and he seemed to have relaxed a bit. He saw his son lowering his own head and could feel his son’s sadness.
"Your elder brother left the family and joined the army, I am not even sure if he will come back. You are the hope of Rio family. I can’t imagine what will happen if you get hurt again…" The baron sighed, and stopped talking.
Ye Song knew the baron’s personality from Angele’s memory. He was a strong baron when facing others; he was also cold-blooded and strict. Many people in the family had been ordered to be executed due to some small mistakes they committed. The baron also took many beautiful women into the family from his territory, and he has had many kids.
More importantly, he made a series of plans last year, and he used his army to take over a large land. His territory size now became twice the original.
Outsiders often gossiped about how cruel and strong the baron was. They gossiped about his insidiousness and his cold-blooded heart. However, the baron was treating Angele very well because he loved Angele’s mother so much before she passed away. He held special feelings for her. Thus, Angele’s standing was the highest among his brothers and sisters. The baron would try to give Angele whatever he wanted.
"Remember, Angele. No matter what, as the future leader of the Rio Family, you should think twice before doing anything." Baron Karl advised Ye Song with a deep voice.
"I will, father." Ye Song nodded seriously.
"Well, not Catherine though, that other girl you wanted before. I have sent her to your room. You can play with her, but you are still very young, if I find out you are addicted to this…" The baron stopped for a second, and Ye Song could see the coldness from his eyes, "you know what’s going to happen."
"I understand." Ye Song nodded quickly; he felt scared for a second. Though the baron loved him so much, this time he had done something unacceptable.
"Alright, get some rest after you finish the soup. I still have some things that I have to deal with. Old Wade will send someone to bring you back to the castle. I have to leave now." The baron said as left right away.
Before the door of the bedroom was closed, Ye Song took a peek at the fully armored knight outside. He knew the knight; the best warrior the baron had, Knight Audis. Knight Audis loved to stomp on the enemy’s heads and smash them into pulp like watermelons. People in the territory called him "Devil Knight".
The door of the bedroom was forcefully closed. Ye Song could hear the baron and the knight whispering while walking in the yard. The sounds of whispering disappeared after they went farther. Ye Song looked at the meat soup on his bedside cabinet. He knew the soup was special when he saw the baron bringing it in. If it was just some ordinary soup, it would’ve been brought by someone else.
The meat inside the soup was from a fish called Round Snapper. The legend said, "A wizard turned the children that became lost into this kind of fish", Angele had it even before when he was hurt. Ye Song took the silver bowl and looked at its inside. A finger-long silver fish was floating in the milky soup, and the head of the fish looked exactly like a human’s face.
"Fish with a child’s face…" Ye Song talked to himself, and he felt nauseated after looking at the pained expression of the face.
"It is not the world I used to know anymore…" Ye Song thought.
Ye Song sat on the bed, and it took him a long time to decide to drink the soup. He held his breath and drank all the soup in one go with the exception of the head of the fish. He took it apart and left it in the bowl; it was way too horrifying for him to eat.
He lied down on the bed for a while after finishing the soup. He decided to organize the memories in his brain. The teenager named Angele was loved by his father. Though he had trouble making decisions and his personality was submissive, he was good at finding ways to entertain himself. He was actually much better than others when it came to playing.
The baron would get him anything he wanted such as gears, pets, money, and even people. It made Angele fearless, and this made him have the desire to take anything he found charming. In other words, he was just a rich playboy.
As a Baron-level territory, the size of the land was about a county-level city at where Ye Song came from. Though the population was much smaller, the baron was the god in the territory and he could do anything he wanted. Angele shared a part of the baron’s rights.
In this chaotic age, the Rudin Empire was not stable at all. Nobility had always been the symbol of wealth and power. However, no matter how strong Baron Karl was, his beloved son, Angele, still did something unacceptable. Angele found an attractive noble girl in his knight course class, and the girl was named Catherine Candia. She was the most beloved child of Viscount Candia, and Viscount Candia was of a status higher than Baron Karl.
Angele tried to show off his riding skills and decided to accept the challenge against another male classmate of his. Angele’s saddle had been modified by his competitor before the race. As a result, Angele disappeared from this world permanently when he fell off the horse.
"It was just for a girl…" Ye Song felt speechless when he was scrounging the memories in his mind. "This world makes me speechless. A fourteen-year-old teenager would actually fight against others just for a girl…"
First, I would like to thank everyone who spends their time reading this book. Second, I just want to say that this is not a WMW copy. TWW finished two years before WMW started.
After lying on the bed for about half a day, Ye Song decided to get up. He could hear noises from the people outside the wall of their yard. It seemed like someone was gathering the boisterous crowd. Ye Song knew that his father was chasing the wanted criminals with the guards.
A group of criminals that came from nowhere was robbing random people around, and they’ve already murdered ten whole families. People in the territory were extremely terrified because of this. Knight Audis took the order, and was searching around the city with his guards.
Outside the bedroom, Ye Song saw a small grey yard with a small pond located in the middle. The yard was definitely not well-maintained; there were weeds growing everywhere. Two conversing middle-aged guards were standing by the pond, and they saluted Ye Song right after they saw him. They were under the direct order of the baron, and they looked tall and strong.
"Young Master Angele, how was your rest?" The guard with whisker asked in a light tone. He wore a heavy golden leather armor, and a huge axe was being carried on his back. He looked extremely intimidating with those gear.
The other guard looked thinner, and he only wore a half-length leather armor. There was a crossguard sword hanging from his waist; he did not look very strong but the light gear made him seem agile, and Ye Song could feel the steadiness in his eyes.
Ye Song took a glance at the edge of the crossguard sword that still had dark-colored blood smeared on it. Ye Song decided not to look at it anymore.
"Did Uncle Audis send you here?" Ye asked.
"Yes, we will take you back to the castle, and we still have to go back to our duty after. Let’s be on our way, we don’t have much spare time." The thinner guard answered with a deep voice.
"It seems that you have already acquired the information about those wanted criminals?" Ye Song nodded and asked.
"Yes, we found their temporary hideout this morning, and leader has brought the army there and surrounded them." The thinner guard answered as he nodded.
"Okay, I am going to change right now." Ye Song said. He went back to the bedroom and took off his robe. He wore an appropriate suit and stepped out of the room. Ye Song looked for the two guards and left the place with them.
The house was just a place for Ye Song’s family to stay when they are in the town. The place was not that good for Ye Song to rest and heal. Outside the house was the street, many people were walking around. They were all wearing dull grey linen clothes, and the whole street looked filthy.
Some merchants were selling various things by the streetside, and they were advertising their products with loud voices. There were people selling fruits, wooden toys, and even vegetables. Some women were checking the goods while holding baskets.
Ye Song quickly noticed the differences between him and the people walking by right after he left the house. His clothes had a different color than anyone else on the street. He was wearing black, and the others were wearing grey. The reason was that only nobles were allowed to wear clothes of other colors, and common people were restricted to only grey-colored clothes in this world. It was one of the special rights of nobility; if anyone tried to violate the rule, they might be sentenced to death right away. It was, after all, a serious offense. But even then, there were still color restrictions between the nobles, and the colors they could wear were determined by their status.
Ye Song talked with the two guards along the way. He noticed that people would salute to him every time they saw him, and their faces always showed an expression of fear. He felt like he was a lion walking among a flock of sheeps.
"You are still not used to that, Young Master Angele?" The thinner guard laughed.
From their conversations, Ye Song learnt the two guards’ name. The thinner guard was called Carter, and he was an adventurer that lived around here. He was recruited into the army, and he was actually lucky. Adventurers were pretty much just people with no actual jobs. They were very low in terms of social standing, and being a guard in the army was like being a policeman in a police station on Earth. His standing became much higher than common people, and he gained a lot of benefits from his job.
The strong guard was called Miro, and he grew up in the Baron Rio’s territory. Miro was talented, and he was immensely powerful.
"Yea… The Candia City is much larger than this little town." Carter said and laughed, he did not even wait for Ye Song to respond. Carter grabbed a tomato from a vendor they passed by and took a large bite off it; the owner did not seem to be happy about it. Ye Song knitted his eyebrows a little bit, but he did not say anything.
Ye Song thought those family guards were used to taking things from the vendors without paying. They probably had an awful reputation in the territory. But it reminded Ye Song of his old self.
Ye Song talked with the guards about random things on their way out, and it did not take an ample amount of time for them to get out of the town. They could see a black carriage waiting outside the fences of the town. The coachman got off the carriage quickly when he saw Ye Song and two guards coming. The coachman greeted them and waited at the side.
The group of three got on the carriage, and they let Carter drive it. The carriage got to the main road at full speed quickly.
It took them about twenty minutes to reach their destination, which was the main base for the Rio Family, the Karl Castle.
Ye Song got out of the carriage carefully, and raised his head to get a view of the castle in front of him. The castle was built within a green forest, and it looked like a manor from ancient times to him.
The whole Karl Castle is surrounded by the moat. It would be more precise to describe it as a city surrounded by high walls than a castle.
The grey castle did not look so former to Ye Song, and it did not fit Ye Song’s imagination about castles at all. It was about the height of a five-storey building. There were two guards with iron swords on their back in front the main entrance, the bridge was lowered over the moat, and the guards were staring at the group of three confusedly.
It was right before sunset, and the castle looked red with the huge sun in the back. Ye Song did not know where it came from, but he could smell the scent of flowers.
Ye Song took a deep breath. The sun almost went down, and it was getting cold.
"Is Old Wade here?" Ye Song asked in a faint tone.
"He is here, we brought you here safely, and we need to get back to work now." Carter nodded and said.
Ye Song agreed, and he saw the two guards go back to the carriage. It did not take a long time for them disappear from Ye Song’s sight.
Ye Song started walking towards the castle, and there was an old man wearing a black coat walking out of the castle. The old man’s hair was completely white, and he was walking towards Ye Song with several female guards following behind him.
"Old Wade, I am back!" Ye Song yelled, and he started to walk faster.
Wade was a butler that works for Baron Karl, he was in charge of general inquires within the territory, and he has been working here for about 30 years. He knew Baron Karl since the baron was very young.
"I told the baron a long time ago, he should’ve let Audis take care of the Young Master, but he didn’t listen. Now, the Young Master is hurt; he should’ve taken my advice…" The thin old man talked while walking close to Ye Song.
Ye Song had his official smile on his face, and he followed the people welcoming him into the castle.
Wade complained for a while then suddenly stopped.
"Young Master, this time you should just stay in the castle and let Audis teach you all the necessary knowledge." Wade said.
"Did Father say that?" Ye Song asked.
"Yes, the situation outside is not good right now. We don’t think letting you live outside alone is a good idea. More importantly, you suffered a lot this time. We will get our revenge for sure, even if the opponent is Viscount Candia." Wade said. Ye Song could feel how serious the old butler was.
"I am fine with Father’s decision." Ye Song agreed.
Ye Song followed Wade into the main hall, and there were two maids together with them too.
Two young girls wearing white farthingales were waiting there, and they bowed together when they saw Wade bringing Ye Song in.
"Brother Angele." The girls said together.
"Celia and Maggie!" Ye Song searched through his memory quickly.
Celia was Angele’s young sister, and they have the same father. Maggie came from a poor relative, and she came seeking help from the Rio Family; Maggie’s family declined a long time ago. They were all younger than Ye Song so they called Angele ‘brother’.
Angele had a crucial position in the family, so relatives like Celia and Maggie must be careful when dealing with him. There were many other girls like them in the castle, but they didn’t have high status. The baron did not really care about those girls. Celia’s life in the castle was actually pretty decent; she could get a certain amount of money to spend every month, and had maids to do the housework for her. She was at the same level as the leader of the maids.
Maggie’s life was easy, though. Her parents worked for the baron in the castle, and they could easily get some money to survive. They were just like regular workers in the castle, maybe they were even treated a bit better than the ones at the lowest status. There were many poor relatives trying to seek help from the Rio Family, and Maggie’s family was just one of them.
"It has been a long time." Ye Song said, and he smiled. He played well with the two girls because they were relatively good-looking, and they had nice styles. He treated them well whenever he was around, and the two girls had thought they found someone that they could rely on so they were willing to stay with Angele.
"We heard you were injured, and we decided to wait here to welcome you back. Are you feeling better now?" Maggie asked. She was thirteen years old and her voice sounded young, but her body was developed quite well. Maggie had a nice style and a cute face. Her waist was slim, and her breasts were large. Ye Song was attracted to her, and he stared at her for a while.
It seemed like Maggie knew Ye Song was looking at her, and she started to blush. She did not act like she noticed Ye Song’s gaze, but she tried to make her breasts become more enticingly apparent to his eyes.
Celia’s body was a bit underdeveloped compared to Maggie, and she was very shy. Celia looked at Ye Song like a young deer, having a tinge of fear in her eyes. She put her hands over her stomach, seemingly showing nervousness as well. Ye Song could feel her innocence.
There were actually more people trying to welcome Ye Song back to the castle, but the two girls thought about the situation and decided to come earlier than others. People would think they were close to Ye Song if they were the first ones to welcome him. Maybe their parents asked them to do so.
"I feel much better now, don’t worry." Ye Song nodded his head, and talked a bit with the girls.
Wade left quietly to do other jobs, and Ye Song followed the two girls into the inner hall. After many people in the castle sent their greetings there, Ye finally got some time to take a rest.
He went back to his own bedroom, and he took a deep breath.
There was a writing desk inside the room beside the bed. On the desk was a piece of yellow parchment lying there. A feather ink pen was placed beside the ink bottle at the side, with three lighted candles arranged into the shape of a mountain. Ye Song could smell the special fragrance wafting off the candles.
Ye Song pulled the chair out and sat down. He started to read the paper.
First, I would like to thank everyone who spends their time reading this book. Second, I just want to say that this is not a WMW copy. TWW finished two years before WMW started.