At the end of the Holy Light Calendar 3470, the Earl of Truk
In a bedroom of the Earl's Castle
"well..."
The black-haired boy sitting at his desk closed his yellowed notebook and let out a heavy sigh.
The boy then slumped into the soft chair back, the crystal chandelier on the table quietly emitting a soft light.
"This is troublesome..."
The boy scratched his somewhat messy hair with a blank expression.
The boy's real name is Lin De. He is a native of this other world, but due to a series of unexpected events, he was seriously injured and awakened his memories of his past life.
To be precise, it is the memories of his past life that he has only now awakened after transmigrating.
In his past life, he was born into an apocalyptic world and grew up in an orphanage on Earth.
Driven by a strong will, he studied hard and eventually landed a good job as an art student.
As life continued to improve, Linde enjoyed a period of great happiness.
So, on an ordinary day on his way home, a meteorite emitting a mysterious purple light fell from the sky and struck him squarely as he drove home, just like lightning.
The previous life ended abruptly.
To be precise, because of this meteorite, his soul traveled to a fantastical world, and it wasn't until a major event recently that Linde awakened his memories.
Linde straightened up from the soft back of the chair and began to recall the events of the past year since his awakening memories.
When he first woke up, Linde was lying in a hospital bed. Due to the misalignment of his memories from his past and present lives, Linde did not understand what the people around him were saying.
At this moment, Linde was covered in bandages and smeared with all sorts of strange potions, lying on the large bed.
The experiences of the two lives are slowly merging, like loading a file. Gradually, Lind is able to understand what the people around him are saying.
From the servants around him, Lin De realized that he had transmigrated into the body of the second son of an earl's family.
During a hunting trip, Linde was struck by a bolt of purple lightning, which severely injured him. However, this misfortune turned into a blessing, as he regained his memories from his previous life.
The accompanying knights hurriedly took the seriously injured Lind back to the castle for emergency treatment. Fortunately, the treatment was timely, which saved Lind's life.
Linde has the same face in both his past and present lives, as if they were carved from the same mold.
Apart from those striking purple eyes.
Through conversation with his servants, Linde learned that the pupils were originally a normal color, but changed after being struck by lightning. The superstitious servants said it was a blessing from the Holy Spirit.
After gradually digesting his memories of this life, Lind was surprised to find that he had transmigrated to a vast continent called Tyre, inhabited by a wide variety of races.
Humans are not the only ones who rule this world; there are also dwarves, elves, all kinds of orcs, and even legendary lord-level magical beasts and dragons.
This greatly excited Lind, who had loved Western fantasy works and hardcore games like Mount & Blade in his previous life. He could only experience it in games before, but now he could be there in person.
However, after Linde recovered from his injury, he found himself in a somewhat awkward situation.
His Kree Empire had just finished a war with the neighboring Sass Empire and was still in a state where war could break out at any moment.
As the dominant party, the Cree Empire acquired vast tracts of fertile southern lands, and many meritorious nobles received new territories, including the Earl's family to which Lind belonged.
Lind's father, Earl, was named Bruce Truk. He was a fierce general in the Kree Empire, holding real power in the Second Legion, and had helped the King achieve great victories against the Sass Legion on several occasions.
In the decisive Battle of Fortified Walls, the Earl fought valiantly and rendered outstanding service, earning a reward from the Duke of Crete.
After the war, the count resigned from his position as legion commander, which was taken over by his trusted deputy, while he returned to his own territory to manage the situation behind the scenes.
The count has three children: his eldest son, Karl Truk, who currently serves in the Knights of the Kree Empire; his second son, Lind Truk; and a young daughter, Nad Truk, who is still a minor.
Linde searched through his memories of this life and found that he didn't have a particularly good impression of the people in his family: his hot-tempered and violent count father, his lecherous older brother, his greedy younger sister, and himself, well, he was the more normal one.
According to the succession system, the eldest son, Karl, would inherit the old count's title, while he would be granted a separate territory and become independent.
Thinking of this, Linde became worried. Half a year ago, he officially came of age, and the old count officially granted him the land he had been awarded for his previous wars, making him the baron of the new territory.
Although it is a minor baronial title, the actual area of the fiefdom granted to him is the size of a viscount's domain.
He was to arrive at his territory within six months of being granted the fief, and now, taking into account travel time, he had to set off within a week.
Linde turned off the crystal chandelier, lay back on the bed, and was lost in thought.
In the past few months, he has been using his status as the second son of the count to recruit useful people throughout the territory.
Blacksmiths, carpenters, and masons have all been recruited, and the 2,000 serfs he painstakingly acquired in the territory over the past few months have also arrived and are stationed outside the Earl's castle. Supplies and equipment are also ready, and they are just waiting for his order.
The old count also specially prepared a 50-man bronze guard for him. These were bronze warriors selected from the count's elite soldiers, all of whom were brave men loyal to the count's family.
The leader of this group was none other than the young knight who had saved Lind earlier, named Astaire.
This man was extremely loyal to the Earl's family, which left a very good impression on Lind. After Lind was injured, he visited Lind every day, which also left a very good impression on Lind.
Thinking to himself, Linde touched his chest, where a shocking scar lay.
The lightning strike left huge scars on Lind's body, which gradually disappeared after Lind awoke, until it became what it is now.
From his left shoulder to his heart, there was a scar that looked as if lightning from the sky had been etched onto his body.
As Lind's fingers traced across the scar, it glowed with a faint purple light before fading away.
Lind was helpless. In the 11 months since he woke up, he had tried to uncover the secrets about the purple meteorite and the scar.
At first, I thought this scar would bring me mutation and give me superpowers or other special abilities, but nothing came of it.
He spent countless nights searching through the Earl's collection of books, hoping to find clues about the meteorite that took him through time, but he was always disappointed.
Just when Linde was completely despondent, a week ago, a mysterious feeling arose in his mind. This feeling told him that something would happen a week from now.
As the premonition in his mind grew stronger, Linde closed his eyes, and his mind entered a new realm.
It's a strange feeling, like you've jumped into a tide of bubbles and are drifting along with it until the surrounding tides calm down.
Linde opened his eyes, and the world before him was as silent as darkness, yet filled with vibrant colors. These colors were full of life, yet utterly serene.
"Where am I? What have I been brought here to?"
Linde knew that the premonition in his mind had come true, so he began to search for the culprit.
Then they discovered the stone that resembled the meteorite that had killed them, floating quietly in the air, silently emitting a purple light.
The stone emitted a strange, resonant sound, a sound that was not like words, yet Lind could understand its meaning.
"The halo system has been activated."
Linde: "?"
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