Chapter 4: Earl
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“How was it?”
“There haven’t been any reports of a lost baby.” The man replied, shaking his head.
This man was Earl Rustichel and the woman was Countess Rustchel, it was this couple that took me out of the forest last night.
From what I heard from the servants; the couple came to the capital to enjoy their honeymoon as a form to celebrate their first-year anniversary.
Last night they were just enjoying themselves by walking around the outskirt of the forest, but they unexpectedly encountered a large group of goblins, what made it worst was the two of them were completely unarmed and the goblins that they were against were all high level ones.
It may sound selfish, but I’m glad that they were driven deeper into the forest, otherwise I would have starved to death by now.
Of course, I will reward the two as soon as I learn how to use this body!
It’s so annoying!!!
Normally creatures such as ancient dragon inherit little bit of memories from their parents which allows them to instantly understand how their body works, which then allow them to know how to cast spells.
But humans!!!
They have no such abilities. If it wasn’t because of this then I would have already blasted those three old geezers into smithereens… Well maybe I would have at least let them keep their lives.
Damn I’m still embarrassed of what just happened to me, why the hell are human babies so useless?!?!
They can’t feed themselves! They can’t clean themselves! They even require the assistance with disposing their feases!!!
This is pathetic for a mighty ancient dragon such as I, myself.
“It seems the baby is abandoned then…” The woman sighed in response.
“Poor child.” The woman gently held me against her chest and patted my back.
Hey this is a bit too close! Even thou I was an ancient dragon, but I am now a human…
“We’ll be leaving the Royal Capital by today evening.”
“Alright, but…” Both my eyes and the woman’s eyes suddenly met.
“Can we take him with us... Please?”
“Alright then if that is what you wish.”
“Let’s go home, Caine.” The woman smiled warmly at me.
Right, Caine is the name they gave me.
……
After about three days of carriage journey, we finally arrived at the territory that Earl Rustichel manages.
The territory is located three days away from the Royal Capital and three days away from the empire’s border, of course that is if carriage is the mean of transport, and if the horses are continuously swapped then the time would dramatically shorten.
The capital city of this territory has a population of around ten thousand that is all safely defended by a tall stone wall. It has three more villages in this territory as well as couple of rich mines. This is naturally expected of an Earl’s territory.
How did I get all this information? Well the couple was talking about territorial management for almost the entire journey.
“Welcome back master, madam!” The maids along side with the butler quickly greeted their masters as soon as we went inside the Lord’s Mansion.
“Master, this baby…?” The butler asked.
With the butler’s question, Earl Rustichel replied, “This is Caine Von Rustichel.”
“I understand.” The butler was shocked but didn’t show it on the surface, like professional, he quickly bowed down and replied.
The maids and the servants that was present couldn’t hide their shock, but they quickly hide their emotions, hearing the butler’s word. As a servant who work for the territorial lord, they naturally understand the meaning of those words.
“Please leave it to me, master.” The butler then added.
“Mhm, I knew I can count on you Albert.”
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