"Radnor, where is Eck?" Linton took a look as soon as he entered the door, but did not find Eck's figure, so he asked.
"Uncle Eck...is ill and is now at Dolano's side," Radnor said.
Linton also knew Dolano. He was the only person in the town who had medical knowledge, and he couldn't be called a doctor. After all, there was someone in such a small town who knew medical skills, and everyone thought he was a miracle doctor.
"What disease?" Linton asked, "Is it serious?"
"Uh..." Radnor hesitated, "According to my guess, Uncle Eck should be... not sick."
"Huh?" Linton was slightly stunned.
"Because you disappeared, young master, Uncle Eck probably pretended to be ill because he was afraid of being implicated." Radnor said, "But the pretense is quite similar."
Linton was a little speechless. This world is a typical feudal society. Ek is Linton's servant. If something happens to Linton, of course the servant will be held accountable, especially when Linton is in danger.
I don’t know where, but this isn’t malfeasance. Linton also knows Ekko’s character. This guy is an old scoundrel, and it is indeed possible for him to do such a thing.
"How many days have I been missing?" Linton asked.
"It's been two days, Master." Radnor said quickly.
"Two days?" Linton was stunned for a moment. He had stayed there for at least eight or nine days, and only two days had passed here. It seems that the flow of time in the two worlds is different.
"Master, where have you been?" Radnor asked quickly.
"He was assassinated, and he fled into the nearby woods after being chased. He was lost for two days." Linton said simply. The town was surrounded by barren mountains and mountains, so being missing for two days can be easily explained.
"Are you injured?" Radnor asked after looking at the blood stains on Linton's body.
"No, this is not my blood." Linton said casually. Of course, this was all his blood, but there were no wounds on his body now.
"It's okay." Radnor breathed a sigh of relief.
Seeing Radnor's concern, Linton was a little moved. You must know that Radnor is not his servant, and the relationship with him is almost an employment relationship. As mentioned before, Radnor is a member of the town guard, and
Why was Captain Chiora's subordinate who Linton had crippled before been in Linton's house? That was because the town was financially tight and the city guard couldn't afford to support a total of 12 people, so the mayor also consulted with Linton.
, sent a man from the city guard over, nominally to protect Linton, but in fact they were just eating the Linton family's food.
"Where is the assassin?" Linton asked.
"This... After the young master was attacked, the city guard also conducted a search, but neither the young master nor the assassin was found." Radnor said, "In the past few days, the mayor also led people to look for the young master nearby during the day.
, but we couldn’t find the young master for two consecutive days. We thought the young master was..."
Linton thought about it. After all, the assassin who attacked him was a vindictive boss. There was no one in the whole town who knew how to use vindictiveness. Even if he met him, he would not be able to catch him. So who was the assassin?
Himself? It should be related to the family. I remember that when the assassin called him before, he called him the fourth son of the Merlot family.
Linton didn't know much about the family affairs. After all, he had only been here for a month, and he got some information from Ek. If anyone knows anything about this matter, it might be
Mayor, because this town is also considered the territory of the Mellow family, and the mayor is the one who governs this area, so he is naturally related to the family.
Linton decided to ask the mayor about the situation. Of course, it was too late now. Linton also gave Radnor a few words and then asked him to rest. The second floor has been completely scrapped and is still in a mess.
Fortunately, Eck was not at home, and Linton slept directly on Eck's bed all night.
The next day, while Linton was still sleeping, someone came to the door soon.
"Master Linton, it's great that you're okay." The person who spoke was a slightly fat middle-aged man with long, curly hair who looked a little greasy. This man was from this town.
Mayor Tyrwin.
"Lord Tyrwin." Linton also washed his face slightly to greet Tyrwin, "This time it is too dangerous. Fortunately, the assassin is not familiar with the terrain here, so I have a chance to escape."
"Oh." Tierwin nodded, but it was a bit strange. Linton hadn't been here very long. He, the mayor who had worked here for more than ten years, didn't know much about the terrain of the nearby wild mountains and forests.
To be honest, it was really a miracle that Linton could escape. Of course, although it was a bit strange, Tierwin did not ask about this matter, but asked about the assassin's situation.
"I'm sorry, I don't have much information to provide." Linton said, "I only know that the other party is a man, with a slim build, a mask, and no age. From what he said, I can tell that the other party should be a professional assassin, or a dead man.
Scholars and the like, there must be someone behind the scenes."
"..." Tierwin fell silent for a moment after hearing this.
"What's wrong?" Seeing that Tierwin seemed to have thought of something, Linton also asked quickly.
"You may not know, but I wanted to talk to you about a few things before, but ended up meeting an assassin," Tierwin said.
Linton also remembered it. Before, Ek said that the mayor had something to do with him, but he was attacked that night. He still didn't know what it was: "Mayor Tierwin, what is it?"
"One of the things...your second brother passed away a few days ago." Tierwin said.
"My second brother?" Linton was stunned for a moment, then suddenly remembered his second brother's name, "Landner? How did you die?"
"I heard... that he was assassinated." Tyrwin lowered his voice and said.
"Assassination?" Linton was stunned. He had been assassinated. He didn't expect that his cheap second brother had been killed. He was the second one. If you look at it this way, someone was definitely targeting their family.
Ah, even a marginal figure like him is not spared.
"Yes, I suspect that the assassin who assassinated you and the assassin who assassinated your second brother were assigned by the same person." Tierwin also said a very natural reasoning.
"Does that mean someone is targeting our Meloway family?" Linton said, "Where is my eldest brother? Did he say anything?"
"This... I haven't heard of it. I am not qualified to know about this matter. I still heard rumors about Lord Landner," Tierwin said.
"Hmm..." Linton nodded slightly. He might have been a little panicked before, but now he has spent a lot of points to strengthen himself. His current strength has increased dramatically, and he even wants to find someone to train with him.
Practicing.
Tierwin next to him was also observing Linton and found that this guy seemed much more stable than before. When Tierwin saw Linton for the first time before, he felt that he seemed to be a somewhat autistic child, but suddenly recently.
He became more stable. Now that he thought about it, Tierwin felt that he had really awakened his fighting spirit. After all, he had heard about Linton's defeat of Kiora before.
Not having awakened his fighting spirit was Linton's biggest problem, at least that's what Tillwin thought. Now that after awakening his fighting spirit, some changes in his personality are normal, so Tillwin had no doubts about Linton's changes.
"Then you said this is the first thing, what else?" Linton asked.
"There is another very important thing. The Baron wants you to go back." Tierwin said.
"Oh?" Linton was stunned for a moment. The baron here refers to his eldest brother, Jorab Meloway. The Meloway family where Linton belongs has the hereditary title of baron. Naturally, the previous baron was Linton.
However, at the beginning of the year, this old father died, and the person who inherited the family business was naturally the eldest son Jorab, Linton's eldest brother.
Because of the primogeniture inheritance law, Jorab inherited all the family property. The other brothers can be said to have nothing. If this eldest brother cares about family affection, he can still give you something, but the problem is...
...Linton is a family shame, and no one takes it seriously.
Yes, he is 19 years old this year and has not yet awakened his fighting spirit. It would be fine if he were an ordinary civilian. But in the aristocratic circle, such a person is called a waste. The relationship between Linton and several brothers before was not good, of course.
They wouldn't give him anything, but they sent Linton to a border town like this just like being exiled. Of course, that was the previous Linton, and when the current Linton took over, he had already come here.
So in fact, now Linton has only heard the names of his brothers, and has never met them at all. When it comes to the death of his second brother, he is completely unfazed, after all, he has never met them.
By the way, the only thing this eldest brother left to Linton was a leather-making workshop, which was the property of the Mellow family. Of course, this kind of border town cannot be a big factory. The entire workshop only has 5 workers.
, the output is barely enough to keep Linton alive. But now that the mayor has sent someone over to feed him, and he is being blackmailed, Linton's life cannot go on anymore.
So the question is, why does this eldest brother who looks down on him want to make a living for himself? Of course Linton couldn't figure it out before, but now Linton has clearly guessed that...
After all, I still have some use. This use is... bloodline.
Yes, although he is a waste, he is a member of the Mellowe family after all, so it is still possible to marry him. Of course, I also know that it cannot be a good marriage partner. It may be an elderly widow from someone's family, or some ugly person.
They may be unwanted freaks, or even mentally retarded.
Linton is currently 19 years old, and has long passed the marriageable age (you can get married at the age of 15 here). The reason why he has never been married...isn't it because no one wants him? Who wants this waste? When his father was still here, he still didn't get married.
I can help Linton think about it, but when the eldest brother takes over, he will become a real marriage tool. So when he heard that he was asked to go back this time, Linton was first nervous about this issue.