A few days later, early in the morning.
Walking in the attic, at the end, there was a large hall.
There were guards all around, all clad in armor. Their gazes were very sharp, and they seemed to be elites.
Silent, Adil's gaze did not change. He only looked at the hall at the end, where someone was waiting for him.
After a period of buffer time, the owner of this castle, Count Poria, finally summoned Adil and asked him to come here personally to meet him.
"Please come with me. My lord is waiting for you inside."
A young man in black formal attire, who looked like an attendant, had a smile on his face as he spoke to Adil respectfully and politely, personally leading the way for him.
Adil nodded, his expression unchanged as he followed the young man in front of him.
After walking for quite a distance, they finally reached their destination.
When they reached an intersection, the young man looked at Adil apologetically and said, "Please go in by yourself, my lord. Lord Poria is inside!"
"Thank you." A smile appeared on Adil's face as he walked forward.
Inside, there was a tall middle-aged man standing there, waiting for him in Silence.
"My lord!" Without much hesitation, Adil half-knelt towards the man.
"Rise." A dignified voice sounded in front of him.
Sensing Adil's arrival, the middle-aged man opposite him turned around and spoke.
Only then did Adil stand up and raise his head to see the other party's appearance.
This was a tall, dignified middle-aged man. From his appearance, he looked to be in his thirties. His entire body was muscular, and he looked very strong. His wide face was full of dignity.
He wore a long black robe, and his expression was gentle as he looked at Adil in Silence.
This was the first time that Adil had such close contact with and observed this Count Poria. Although in Adil's memories, this Count Poria would often patrol everywhere, he would always be accompanied by many guards. This was the first time that he had spoken to Adil alone.
After seeing this Count's appearance, Adil's body suddenly froze. The A.I. Chip's robotic voice sounded in his mind.
[Name: Poria, Farcus. Strength: 5.7. Agility: 5.4. Constitution: 5.8.]
[Beep! Target's life is in great danger. Distance is advised.]
In that instant, Count Poria's data was transmitted to Adil's mind by the A.I. Chip, and his heart trembled.
'This data!' He was astonished, not daring to believe it.
It had been half a year since Adil was reincarnated into this world. The Count Polia in front of him was the strongest person he had ever seen. He was even stronger than the Paladin Prahl.
Pral was already at the pinnacle of knights. In that case, what level would Count Boria be at?
On the other side, as if sensing Adil's nervousness, Count Poria revealed a gentle smile on his face, looking like a kind elder. "Don't be so nervous, relax a little."
"Don't be so nervous, relax," he said, "We share the same surname. Your father is my cousin. You can call me Uncle."
Adil was stunned, but he quickly reacted. He smiled warmly and shyly, "Yes, Uncle Poria."
"That's right."
Seemingly satisfied with Adil's attitude, Count Poria smiled and nodded. He said to Adil, "Time really passes quickly. Even now, I still remember how you were like when your father sent you here three years ago. So cute and shy. I didn't expect you to become a Knight so quickly."
As he spoke, he walked behind him and took out a box, placing it on the table in front of Adil.
The box was very large. It looked pitch-black on the outside, but it was very clean. It was unknown what was inside.
He looked at Adil and said gently, "Open it. It's a gift for you. Treat it as a celebration for your advancement to a Knight." He looked at Adil and said gently, like an elder concerned about a junior.
Adil walked to the front and opened the box under Count Poria's gaze, revealing the item inside.
Inside the box was a black longsword. It looked clean and transparent, reflecting a faint radiance under the light.
"This is … a weapon forged from Black Rui Steel?"
Looking at the weapon, Adil gently stroked it. The ice-cold sensation made him freeze for a moment, and he said with some uncertainty.
Black Rui Steel was a special metal in this world. The production was very low, and it was only produced in very few mysterious places.
Weapons made from this kind of Black Rui Steel were not only light and convenient, but also strong and sharp. Therefore, it was very precious.
Like the longsword in front of Adil, if it was really forged from Black Rui Steel, then it would be worth at least five or six thousand gold coins, which was equivalent to the total income of a baron for five or six years.
"That's right."
Facing Adil's question, Count Poria maintained the smile on his face, nodded and confirmed, "This is indeed a weapon forged from Black Rui Steel. I accidentally obtained it on the battlefield when I was young, and I have kept it until now."
"Come, pick it up and try it, see if it's convenient for you." He said to Adil encouragingly.
Without any hesitation, Adil stretched out his right hand and picked up the Black Rui Steel Longsword from the wooden box.
The black longsword was lighter than Adil had imagined, as if it had no weight at all. Even a child would be able to pick it up.
And holding this sword, Adil faintly felt that the conduction of life energy in his body seemed to have become easier.
This was also one of the characteristics of Black Rui Steel. It could allow a Knight to conduct life energy more easily, and use less power to perform a Knight's secret skill.
"It's very suitable."
Feeling the sword in his hand, after a while, Adil said honestly.
"Since it's suitable, then accept it."
Count Poria nodded and looked at Adil. After a while, he said casually, "I heard that you've been asking your father about your mother's situation?"
Hearing this, Adil was stunned.
In his memory, before he had transmigrated, the original owner of this body was indeed very persistent about this matter. Even after coming to Count Poria's castle, he did not give up, and often wrote letters to the father of this body to ask about it.
In this regard, Adil could only nod and pretend to be excited. "Could it be that my lord knows about my mother's situation?"
Looking at Adil's expression, Count Poria smiled. "I've heard a little about your father and mother back then."
"Your mother is, in fact, an elf from afar."
"What?!" Hearing Poria's words, Adil's face showed a 'shocked' expression, and it looked very real.
Strictly speaking, this expression was not entirely fake.
Although he was mentally prepared for such a guess, when he heard the final answer, he was still a little surprised.
The so-called elves were a species that actually existed in this world. It was said that they lived on another continent and rarely appeared here.
Looking at Adil's' shocked 'expression, Count Poria pondered for a while and slowly told a beautiful story.
The main part of the story was a love story between an elf who wandered to a foreign land and a young human liege. The story sounded very touching, and could almost be written into a romantic epic.
As Count Poria spoke, Adil's will gritted his teeth and listened attentively. His face showed an excited expression, and he listened to the entire story in Silence.
"… Unfortunately, any love that disregards the opinions of others is bound to attract opposition from certain people. When you were very young, some people who could not bear to see your father marry an elf attacked your mother and killed her. "
"You originally had a twin sister, but she also died during that time. From then on, your father was extremely sad. He started to hate people mentioning your mother, so he did not want to tell you these things. "
"Now that you've grown up, there are some things you should know. Since it's not convenient for your father to say it, I'll tell you on his behalf. "Count Poria said at the end.
Sitting opposite him, Adil's face showed a sad and touched expression. His eyes were faintly red, and he seemed to be very emotional.
Looking at him like this, Count Poria nodded in satisfaction. He kindly said a few things to Adil, and handed a badge that symbolized a knight's certificate to Adil before sending him off.
Adil slowly walked out, his face maintained a sad expression until he reached his own room.
After walking into his room, Adil closed the door, and the sadness and touched expression on his face instantly disappeared without a trace.
"Disgusting, mushy, and clichéd third-rate love story." Silence, Adil's face was expressionless as he spoke the evaluation in his heart.
Regarding the story that Count Poria had just told him, Adil did not believe a single bit.
In Adil's memory, his father had always been a tyrannical and barbaric person. Even though he treated Adil well, he was usually lustful and cruel. It was common for him to kidnap commoner girls, and when he was angry, he would even beat the girls that he had captured to death.
What kind of romantic love story would happen between such a person and an elf? Most likely, he would just take her back and force himself on her.
Count Poria was probably too embarrassed to say bad things about Adil's father, and that was why he covered it up.
As for why Adil was so sure?
Because among the books that Adil had read before, there was coincidentally an epic that sang the praises of love. If the name of the story was changed, it would be exactly the same as the story that Count Poria had told.
According to Adil's conjecture, the real truth of that year should be that his father had forcibly captured his mother and brought her to his territory. Originally, it should have been just to vent his lust, but in the end, it caused Adil's mother to become pregnant, and that was how she gave birth to Adil and his possible sister.
After a few years, perhaps because he had let his guard down, Adil's mother should have taken the opportunity to escape from this place, and before she left, she even took Adil's sister with her. In the end, it was unknown whether she was killed or successfully escaped.
Adil speculated that the probability of successfully escaping was higher, or else Adil's sister would have been more likely to be left behind.
"But if this is really the case, then the powerful talent of this body and the importance that this body's father placed on it are clear." Thinking of this, Adil mumbled to himself.
In this world, elves and humans were, in fact, separated by reproduction.
According to the records, it was very difficult for elves and humans to produce offspring, but once offspring were produced, then the elf-human hybrid would have all the advantages of the parents, and their various talents would be very powerful, and they would be natural geniuses.
Moreover, even though humans and elves were separated by reproduction, half-elves were not. Whether it was with humans or elves, they could reproduce normally, and their descendants would even inherit the powerful talents of half-elves.
In this world, Adil's father was a person with weak talent as a knight, and the knight bloodline in his body was about to disappear, and he did not have any descendants. Under such circumstances, he suddenly had a successor like Adil, so naturally, he was treated as a treasure and had high hopes.
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