Boer leaned back on the sofa, its soft cushions almost enveloping him. The comfort sent the thoughts of Qin Ran's nominal attendant wandering.
What happened?
Who am I?
What am I supposed to do?
How did I go from an attendant a few days ago to a royal heir's close aide?
Wasn't all of this happening far too fast?
Boer felt he couldn't quite take it in.
Especially after learning that Qin Ran had not only become the heir to the Kingdom and the Snake School, but had also allied with the Temple of the War God and the Silent Night Secret Society. His entire worldview had been overturned.
He put himself in Qin Ran's shoes.
It was disheartening, but he had to admit that he couldn't do what Qin Ran had done.
He couldn't even achieve half of it.
Is this what the world of the big shots is like?
Boer thought in silence.
He recalled his resentment when he first met Qin Ran and now found it utterly laughable.
Because he already knew full well that, even if he hadn't suffered through everything that happened, he still wouldn't have measured up to Qin Ran.
It wasn't just strength.
There was also his intelligence and ability.
And the charisma that won everyone over.
Boer had none of those things.
Moreover, apart from his strength, which could still improve, everything else had already reached a fixed level.
Changing them would be difficult.
Thinking about it that way...
Boer grew even more dejected.
Compared with Boer, the bodyguard Ash had far fewer concerns.
With plenty of food every day and nothing to do, the bodyguard had begun training like mad.
He focused on unarmed combat.
Longswords, battle-axes, and spears supplemented it.
Occasionally, he practiced with a musket.
It wasn't that he