The Truth of the World

Earl Grant's voice wasn't loud, but it was loud enough for everyone around him to hear. →

Saine was no exception.

Saine's feelings toward this father are somewhat complicated.

He resented Grant for not finding him over the years, and also resented that Grant had immediately remarried after his Mother Catherine's death.

Saine's half-brother looks to be around eighteen years old this year.

(P. S.: There was a mistake in the previous text, which has been corrected. Thanks to the readers who pointed it out in the book review section.)

The fact that he was six or seven years older than Saine marked that less than a year or two after Saine's abduction and disappearance, and the death of his Mother, Lady Catherine, Earl Grant immediately remarried and soon had a son.

Yes, with a new wife and son, why would he bother to look for me?

Saine harbored a deep resentment, which hadn't been fully expressed before. He had even planned to leave the Earl's Castle without a care in the world.

But upon seeing Earl Grant in person, this resentment quietly resurfaced.

When asked by the count on the Black Warhorse, Saine, who had once again covered his hair with the hood of his black robe, replied, "Back to my home."

"This is your home," Earl Grant said, frowning as he rode his warhorse.

"No, this isn't it. I only saw a stepmother who was making things difficult for me, a younger brother who was hostile towards me, and a portrait of my Mother."

"My home is elsewhere," Saine replied.

Saine's answer chilled the atmosphere around Earl Grant.

It's unclear whether he was angry at Saine's words or at Lady Diya's actions.

He slapped the ground with his riding whip, and with the infusion of his Battle Qi qi, the whip even created a noticeable gash in the stone bridge.

This performance alone signifies that the Earl's strength surpasses that of the Red Armor Knight from the Sifa Kingdom by many times.

"I believe Tiya will apologize to you, today!"

"Including your younger brother Solon... he will apologize to you and acknowledge you as his older brother."

"I promise!" said Earl Grant.

Earl Grant seems to have genuine feelings for Saine, otherwise he wouldn't have said those words.

Unfortunately, if his Mother were still alive, perhaps Saine would have happily accepted this family he had been separated from for nineteen years.

But now, no matter how close the count seems, Saine feels like an outsider.

"No, this place doesn't belong to me."

"I want to pursue what I should be pursuing, rather than getting lost in false aristocratic kinship," Saine said, shaking his head.

"False?" Earl Grant frowned upon hearing this.

In fact, in the Wizard World, noble Knight place even greater importance on the inheritance of Bloodline than Mage.

Many Mage spend their entire lives engrossed in exploring magic and Element Power, neglecting the matter of procreation, and therefore place more emphasis on the inheritance of knowledge and their lineage.

Indeed, there are quite a few ridiculous and absurd things that happen in aristocratic families.

Some backstabbing and infighting also occurred.

However, when it comes to the succession of direct Bloodline, no nobleman will be ambiguous, especially those family heads and heirs with considerable power.

It's understandable that Lady Diya was upset about Saine's return.

But the stupidest thing she did was try to drive Saine out of Grant Territory, and even try to arrest and harm him.

Faced with this situation, if it weren't for the strength of Lady Diya, which was no less than that of the Grant Family, they would be in a similar position.

Earl Grant might even kick this woman away or divorce her.

Many noble families viewed women merely as tools for procreation.

The marriage between Earl Grant and Lady Diya was largely driven by the interests of Lady Diya's family and the prospect of producing a child of good lineage.

Even in recent years, Earl Grant and Lady Diya have rarely shared a bed.

The reason why Saine's half-brother was able to be born a year after his marriage was because Earl Grant used a rare potion from within the family.

The higher the rank of Knight, the lower the chance of having offspring.

This is a result of biological evolution and a manifestation of the law of balance.

Of course, Knight below level one are not considered particularly advanced beings.

Given the power of the Grant Family, finding some drugs that could help improve fertility would not be difficult.

In fact, this type of drug

Potion has always been sought after by the major Knight Family in the Wizard World.

The Grant Family was relatively good; they did not excessively pursue the expansion of their family branches.

The number of core family members and collateral family members has always been maintained within a reasonable range.

In order to obtain as many high-quality Bloodline as possible, it is not uncommon for some noble families to have a dozen or even dozens of offspring in one generation.

This situation has its advantages, but it also has many disadvantages.

It mainly depends on the size of a family and their specific circumstances.

The Grant Family does indeed have Knight of the first rank or higher, but their Old Ancestor left the Wizard World more than forty years ago, seemingly to participate in Plane War in another Alien Plane.

It wasn't just the Grant Family; in fact, most of the Knight of the first rank and above from the Lisia Alliance, the Sifa Kingdom, and the Ok Empire had left their home countries and the Wizard World.

The hundreds of millions of ordinary people living in the three major human kingdoms probably never imagined that while there are constant wars at the lower levels of the three kingdoms, those at the highest levels, namely those above level one, are almost all powerful figures from the same faction and the Knights' Hall.

The so-called war is nothing more than training troops and selecting true Knight.

This is a project being carried out by most Knights' Hall in the Wizard World, with the aim of training qualified Knight of level one or above.

Only by reaching a Life Level One or higher can one adapt to the harsh environment of the Star Realm universe and truly represent the Wizard Civilization in waging war and plundering Alien Plane.

The reputation that the Wizard Civilization has made in the Surrounding Starfield and the universe is something that those weak and low-level creatures can never imagine.

This is a powerful Top-Level Civilization with the strength to dominate over 90% of the planes of the Star Realm.

This is the truth of the world!

If Saine stays and becomes the first in line to the Grant Family, Earl Grant will naturally tell him this information.

But now, it's clear that Saine hasn't wavered at all because of the other party's promise.

Get that woman to apologize to him? Get his half-brother to accept him?

Saine isn't that boring.

Saine continued walking steadily and calmly towards the castle gates; his mind was made up.

Seeing this, Earl Grant sighed softly.

"Tie him up!" the count ordered.