1 Chapter 1 - Felix Williams

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T/N: Am still a novice in translating novel, No group, No team, No partner, just me for fun…

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T/N: The original novel does not have a title for each chapter, so I will be giving it a title.

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Felix Williams, the young Lord Earl, was hunting with the knights in the forests of Sardinia County.

This is not a noble entertainment, but his first task after inheriting the earl title-to drive away wild beasts for the leaders of the territory.

Of course, under normal circumstances, the lords will not personally participate. They will only assign their knights to do these things.

But Felix is ​​different because last month, he was a young knight. Hunting is not only his daily training and hobby but also one of his sources of income.

Felix never thought that he could inherit the title of his father. As the second son, he always knew that the position of earl belonged to his brother Eric.

Everyone will not doubt this, not only because of where the eldest son's inheritance law is placed but also by looking at their names can clearly understand the attitude of the previous Earl of Williams.

His elder brother, who is only one year older than him, is called Eric (the leader), and he is Felix (happy or lucky). His father's expectations for his two children were already doomed when they were born.

As a result, Felix became the lucky man, just like the name the former earl gave to his second son.

Because of the accidental death of the previous earl and the original heir, his second son, who is the closest in blood, has naturally become the new earl. Who said this didn't mean that he was a lucky kid?

But Felix didn't think it was any luck at all.

Although he had to fight on his own because he was born a year late, Felix had a lot of affection for his father and elder brother. His father was a wise man who loved his sons because he knew that the second son could not get his inheritance after his death. So he used his reputation before sending the seven-year-old Felix to the home of the chief knight of the empire. Felix was awarded the honor and officially became a knight with a benefice.

Whether to ask the chief knight to teach him or let the king award the honor, his father has made great efforts in it, and Felix, who became a knight, only needs to work hard. With the help of the family and his excellence, he will have a great future with the probability of earning himself a noble title.

Even if it's just a baron, it means that he still belongs to the aristocratic class, has his own territory and income, and doesn't have to worry about being unable to live.

As a father, the former earl is already very competent.

Although his elder brother Eric is not very close to him, their relationship is not bad, and the daily greetings are never broken. Even his elder brother once revealed that if his father passes away, he can be more than prescribed. A lot of inheritance, just this, makes Eric better than many people.

But now, everything is called a bubble.

While Felix was fighting in the arena of the royal capital to earn prestige and wealth for himself, his elder brother, Eric Williams, suddenly fell ill and died. His father, Earl Williams, was heartbroken and died a few days after his eldest son.

In just a few days, Felix lost his two closest relatives. When he received the news and rushed back, he only had time to send them one last time at the funeral.

Then Knight Felix became the new Earl of Williams, inheriting the family's domain and title.

He doesn't even have much time to mourn the passing of his relatives. He has never received education as an heir and knows nothing about the affairs of the territory. He needs a lot of time to learn and take over.

Today is the first time he has stepped out of the castle since he took office, and the hunting activities that should only be carried out by sending a team of knights have become his rare opportunity to relax.

The horse's hooves stepped on in the forest, and Felix dismounted to check the clues hidden in the bushes to determine the direction.

A farmer reported to the castle this morning that he had seen traces of wild boars in this forest.

Wild boars have always appeared in groups, causing great harm to farmland and people. They were the main target of expulsion. After receiving the news, Felix couldn't wait to drop the sheepskin roll in his hand and led the team to hunt.

He soon found the footprints of wild boars in the bushes.

The knight behind him also saw the footprints.

The knight, eager to compete in front of the new earl, replied: "Footprints are still fresh. It should have been just a short time ago."

"There are a lot of them, three big ones and nine small ones. It's a big family."

Felix Knowing this, stood up and patted the mud from his body.

The farmer's intelligence is very accurate. There are indeed a lot of wild boars in this group. Fortunately, most of them should be young cubs just born. If they can be caught, they can sell for a lot of money.

Oh, he is no longer a little knight who needs to hunt and make money for his livelihood. The family's wealth is enough for him to spend his entire life without doing anything.

Thinking of self-deprecating, Felix turned his horse to the traces of the footprints.

Soon they found the wild boars foraging under the fallen leaves in an oak forest.

As expected, there are three adult wild boars and nine little piglets. This is a group of three female wild boars. Although they do not have fangs, they are also fierce, but they are better to deal with than male wild boars. In the harsh winter, the female boars who gave birth were thinner and weaker. Felix turned out the largest one by himself. The other knights killed the remaining two adult wild boars and captured all the piglets alive.

The yelling Piggy was tied up in a sack and hung on a horse, while three dead adult wild boars were carried by the entourage and followed behind the team.

On the way back, Felix wants to walk slowly. The later he goes back, it means he can touch those headaches later. God knows why there are so many things that need to be calculated. He who is not very proficient in arithmetic, it hurts just looking at it.

The knight and his entourage followed their lord quietly, and no one would disturb him at this time.

Sardinia is the place where Felix was born, but he left here at the age of seven. Now he is 24 years old and only has one month to go home to visit relatives each year. Except for the family castle, the woods in the territory are the place he is most familiar with.

He still remembered that this was the place where his father used to bring him. The oak tree over there was the tallest and largest tree in the forest and also Sardinia County. It was said that it had been there before their family lived here.

When he was young, he and his brother liked coming here to climb trees.

Felix, who was missing his relatives, looked at the giant tree.

A cyan bark dropped from the tree and moved with the wind.

Felix tightened the horse rope subconsciously, and the horse stepped on the spot, gently flicking his hair and let out a neigh.

The people behind him naturally stopped.

"Master Earl, what's the matter?"

Felix raised his hand and pointed: "Is there someone on it?"

The knights have all trained their eyesight. They followed Master Earl's fingers and saw the tree swaying in the wind at first sight. Looking up along the stem, there seems to be a figure on the oak tree.

A sharp-eyed knight asked: "Master Earl, that seems to be a young lady?" The person on the tree turned her back to them, unable to see her appearance. Still, the other person was petite, and her light cyan clothes looked light and fluttering, with black hair, the hair is half-wrapped and half-draped, and it is dotted with headdresses that seem to be made with due diligence. No matter how you look at it, it will not be a man.

Felix naturally did not miss this message, but why is there a woman here?

Someone speculated: "Maybe they went into the woods to pick berries? Unfortunately, I met a wild boar, so I hid in a tree."

It is possible that they found the wild boar not far from here.

"Let's take a look."

If they are the victims, as knights, they should come forward.

The road to the oak tree was not smooth. Felix dismounted his horse without having to ride it. He took his horse and walked forward.

As they approached, the person on the tree became clearer.

Felix found that the appearance of the tree lady was bizarre and suspicious.

He had never seen that weird dress, but he knew the material of the fabric. It was silk from the Far East.

Even in the royal capital, owning a handkerchief made of silk is something that the nobles can show off. Few people are extravagant enough to make clothes out of silk, but now he sees it in the rural part of Sardinia.

The hair accessories on the other party's Ufa are not popular among nobles today, and the texture of pure gold is not something ordinary people can wear.

This should be a girl with very high status, but besides his sister, is there a noble lady with a more noble status in Sardinia County?

If so, how could it appear here?

With all kinds of doubts, Felix came to the big oak tree and asked the girl on the tree who didn't seem to find their group until now: "Miss on the tree, do you need help?"

The person on the tree was taken aback by his voice, and the movement caused at that moment made him worry that the other party would fall from the tree.

Fortunately, this situation did not happen.

The distinctively dressed girl turned her head, and her teary black eyes met with the blue eyes of the young earl under the tree unexpectedly.

At that moment, Felix felt a blank in his mind, and the only thing left was the charming face of the angel girl on the tree, but also with the exquisite exotic face.

Beautiful!!!