WTYTIAAN Chapter 68

Chapter 68

Ignoring Joker’s wanted order, Yan Yunqing traveled all the way towards the Sigreat Academy, rescuing a small merchant caravan from a monster attack along the way.

The leader of the small caravan was a handsome young man. Compared to most people around him with deep-set eyes and features, his features were very delicate, more like the people from Yan Yunqing’s former hometown. He had black hair and black eyes, which inexplicably made Yan Yunqing feel a sense of familiarity.

“Esteemed mage, thank you very much for your help.” The young man was courteous and humble. “I am Lin Nuo, from the Lambert Family of Romunike.”

Lambert Family?

Never heard of them. However, Yan Yunqing’s gaze swept over Lin Nuo’s seemingly ordinary robe, which was actually full of hidden mysteries. He determined that this Lin Nuo was also a minor noble.

“I am Xavier Aldrich.” Yan Yunqing also gave his name.

This name was not randomly chosen by Yan Yunqing, but rather he had found the identity of a corpse in a remote wilderness.

There were also several incomplete corpses of guards nearby, which also appeared to have been attacked by monsters. It was a pity that they were not as lucky as this Lin Nuo, who had met a kind-hearted person on the road.

Meeting each other was fate, so Yan Yunqing collected their corpses and conveniently borrowed the identity for his own use.

Later, he also inquired in the nearby city. This Xavier was also a person with a tragic background. His father was a minor baron of Romunike with a small fief. Two years ago, the fief was attacked by monsters, and both of his parents died, leaving him alone.

Because his parents died too suddenly and there was no one above to take care of him, Xavier had not inherited the title of baron even two years after his father’s death, and even the fief was about to be taken back.

However, Xavier had been tested for magical talent as a child, so he brought the few remaining guards and wanted to try his luck at the Sigreat Academy. If he could successfully enter the academy and then propose to the Romunike Royal Family to inherit his father’s title, the probability of success would be much greater.

After all, this was a famous evergreen school in another world, like Tsinghua University and Peking University.

Unfortunately, before he even reached the Sigreat Academy, he was attacked by monsters on the road, and even his corpse could not be completely preserved, requiring a passerby to help collect it.

“Aldrich…?” A trace of surprise flashed in Lin Nuo’s eyes, and he discreetly sized up Yan Yunqing. “So you are the son of Baron Aldrich?”

Yan Yunqing was even more surprised, and at the same time, he became slightly wary. Could it be that he had just borrowed Xavier’s identity and was already recognized? Should he just kill him to silence him? It was a pity to have such a useful identity that was exposed as soon as he started using it.

“You know me?” Yan Yunqing asked. “But my father is already dead, and the title has been taken back. I am no longer the son of a baron.”

As he said these words, a trace of resentment appeared on his face, and his performance was impeccable.

Yan Yunqing decided to take a gamble. What if he was just someone who had heard of the name Aldrich but had never seen Xavier?

Lin Nuo put on an apologetic expression. “I’m sorry… I didn’t mean to. But I have heard rumors related to you…”

Lin Nuo had a strange expression on his face. The Lambert Family was considered a small family in Romunike, and since they were in business, they were very well-informed about the news circulating in noble circles. He had indeed heard of the son of the former Baron Aldrich.

Rumor had it that he had been tested for magical talent since he was a child, and it was said to be outstanding. Therefore, Baron Aldrich had been the focus of attention by many nobles for a period of time. Several noble families who did not pay much attention to family status included Aldrich in their marriage considerations. After all, the probability of a mage appearing in the offspring of a mage was greater, especially a mage with outstanding talent.

As a result, he heard that his son was useless, spending his days idly, was particularly lecherous, and kept countless singers at home. He didn’t seem to have any magical talent at all.

He was completely like a playboy.

The families who had originally included Aldrich in their marriage considerations immediately abandoned the idea. They were originally going for the title of a mage with outstanding talent, but they couldn’t see any magical talent and he was lecherous. What good could come of this marriage?

If Aldrich was an earl or a marquis, then some people might consider it, but Aldrich was just a baron, and his fief was in a remote corner, so there was no need to marry him.

Xavier’s reputation as a useless person also spread in the small circle of nobles. However, Baron Aldrich was ill-informed, and both he and his wife doted on this only son. Even if Xavier was unruly, they spoiled him, and his reputation became even worse.

This led to the situation where Xavier didn’t even have the chance to inherit the title of baron after Baron Aldrich died, and the title of baron was directly taken back by the Royal Family.

For Lin Nuo, the name Aldrich was like thunder in his ears. He had grown up listening to this negative example since he was a child. How could he not be familiar with it? Of course, hearing about it didn’t mean he had seen him. Lin Nuo didn’t recognize Xavier’s face.

After Yan Yunqing said the name, Lin Nuo immediately believed that he was the son of the former baron.

But…

Lin Nuo discreetly sized up Yan Yunqing, and a few doubts arose in his heart: Is this the playboy in the rumors? He doesn’t look like it, and the way he used magic to repel the monsters that attacked them just now doesn’t seem like someone who is useless.

If this is considered useless, then what are those who are not as good as Xavier? Are they considered dregs? The person who spread this rumor wouldn’t be jealous of Baron Aldrich, would they?

“Oh? Rumors about me?” Yan Yunqing raised his eyebrows imperceptibly, wanting to get more information about Xavier from Lin Nuo.

“It’s just, um, that you were tested for extraordinary magical talent since you were a child, something like that.” Lin Nuo picked the good things to say. “My talent is average, so I heard a lot about you when I was a child, and I remembered it.”

Yan Yunqing was certain that he had never met him. It seemed that he didn’t need to kill him to silence him.

But this Xavier was tested for magical talent as a child? Then this identity was even more suitable for him. Was there anything more suitable for him now than the title of a magical genius?

It just so happened that Xavier’s initial destination was also the Sigreat Academy, so he would help him. He would enter the Sigreat Academy in the name of Aldrich and inherit the title of baron, as a way to let the dead rest in peace.

“I see.” Yan Yunqing said shamelessly, “I was indeed tested for very strong magical talent. It seems you know me very well.”

Lin Nuo: …

Lin Nuo’s ears turned a little red. Lin Nuo, who ran many industries in his family, could be considered half a merchant. He was also able to talk to people like people and talk to ghosts like ghosts. He never thought that one day he would be choked until he couldn’t speak.

This person… um, is he too confident?

Lin Nuo hesitated for a moment, then decisively threw the speechless feeling in his heart to the back of his mind, and then said to Yan Yunqing cordially, “Thank you again for your help just now. I wonder where your next destination is? Maybe we can travel together for a while.”

Lin Nuo pointed to the guards behind him. “Although my guards are not as high-level as you, we are best at dealing with people. Looking at you, you are still… uh, still driving your own carriage?”

Lin Nuo was stunned when he said this.

How could a noble drive a carriage for a long distance by himself? Even if Aldrich didn’t have a title now, he shouldn’t have a coachman?

It was said that a skinny camel was bigger than a horse. The Aldrich family had been passed down for several generations. Did they not have any money left? Did they not even have a guard when they went out?

Yan Yunqing looked at him with clear eyes, as if asking what was wrong with that?

“Cough cough…” Lin Nuo coughed a few times to cover up his embarrassment. “It’s like this. If we’re going the same way, Mr. Aldrich can ride in our carriage. We have a few empty carriages here, and there are coachmen driving them. It will be easier than walking alone.”

Yan Yunqing blinked, about to say that they weren’t going the same way. He still had Lillian with him, so it was inconvenient to travel with others. However, before he could speak, Lillian’s private chat had already arrived.

[Lillian (Private)]: Promise him.

Yan Yunqing:?

Yan Yunqing felt a little strange and used private chat to reply.

[Yan Yunqing (Private)]: Why? If we go with them, it won’t be convenient for you to come out.

[Yan Yunqing (Private)]: By the way, are you awake? You seem to be sleeping longer these days.

A few seconds later, Lillian’s reply came again.

[Lillian (Private)]: I’ll tell you the reason later.

Alright, since Lillian had said so, Yan Yunqing didn’t refute. He looked at Lin Nuo. “I’m planning to go to Sigreat Academy. What about you?”

Another surprised expression appeared on Lin Nuo’s face. “This… when I first saw the direction you were going, I guessed that we might be going the same way. I didn’t expect that our destinations were the same.”

Yan Yunqing was also a little surprised. “You’re also going to Sigreat Academy?”

Was it such a coincidence? But weren’t these people a merchant caravan? What were they going to Sigreat Academy for?

Seeming to see Yan Yunqing’s doubts, Lin Nuo smiled and replied, “I forgot to introduce myself. I am now a second-year student at Sigreat Academy. This time, something suddenly happened at home, so I applied to go home for a while. The merchant caravan is also from our family. It just so happened that half of the journey was on the way, so they sent me back to the academy.”

“But… Mr. Aldrich, are you also a student at Sigreat Academy?” Lin Nuo asked curiously. He had never heard of someone called Xavier Aldrich at school.

“No, I’m going there to take the entrance exam,” Yan Yunqing said.

“Huh?” Lin Nuo asked in confusion. “But this year’s entrance exam ended in August, and the freshmen entered the academy in September…?”

Which entrance exam was this Xavier Aldrich taking?

Yan Yunqing was able to say this because he had a way. He had originally planned to ‘encounter’ a school teacher and make the other party think that he was a natural talent and develop a love for talent and accept him exceptionally.

However, when collecting Xavier’s body, Yan Yunqing found two letters in the other party’s luggage. One letter was from Xavier’s uncle.

The general meaning was that the Royal Family had once again rejected your request to inherit the title of baron, but it doesn’t matter. Uncle has already taken care of it for you and helped you get a letter of recommendation. You can take this letter to participate in the special entrance examination of Sigreat Academy. If you pass, there will be a great hope to apply for the inheritance of the title of baron. Uncle believes you can do it!

The other letter was the letter of recommendation that the uncle said, a few short words of recommendation, signed by Tobias Dewitt, a name Yan Yunqing had never heard of.

Since Xavier Aldrich dared to take these two letters to Sigreat Academy, it showed that this letter of recommendation was somewhat useful. Yan Yunqing made the decision in an instant to use this letter of recommendation to enter the school in place of Xavier’s identity.

This also saved him the effort of finding a college teacher to create an opportunity to meet.

Yan Yunqing smiled without saying anything, not intending to say anything more. Seeing him not speaking, Lin Nuo thought that he had asked about the other party’s sad past, so he also became silent.

They looked at each other, speechless.

Lin Nuo still handed him the steps to smooth things over. “In that case, Mr. Aldrich, shall we travel together?”

Yan Yunqing nodded and said, “You don’t have to call me Mr. anymore, just call me Xavier.”

Lin Nuo thought that he couldn’t inherit the title of baron, so he would be sad when he heard Aldrich, so he very intimately changed his way of calling him directly. “Okay, Xavier, you can also call me Lin Nuo. Of course, if you want, it’s no problem to call me senior.”

Lin Nuo made a joke. Consistent with his gentle appearance, this person also gave people the feeling of being warm and gentle, as if he was bathed in the spring breeze when he spoke. Perhaps this was because people’s appearances were born from their hearts.

Yan Yunqing also smiled and followed suit. “Senior.”

Lin Nuo looked at least twenty years old, of course older than him, and he was still a second-year student at the academy, so Yan Yunqing’s call to senior was not a loss.

Lin Nuo invited Yan Yunqing to get into his carriage, but Yan Yunqing refused. He still had to ask Lillian why she wanted him to agree to the other party, and it was really inconvenient to ride in the same carriage with others.

Lin Nuo didn’t force him either, and directly let Yan Yunqing get into another carriage in their caravan. The exterior didn’t look very gorgeous, but the interior was extremely comfortable. Even the seats in the carriage were covered with three layers of thick cushions to ensure that sitting or lying down for a long time wouldn’t be uncomfortable.

With a comfortable carriage to sit in, Yan Yunqing was too lazy to return to his simple corner horse carriage. What’s more, Lin Nuo’s carriage also had a special coachman to drive it.

Yan Yunqing took out his luggage from his carriage, mainly to smuggle Lillian, who was still in the carriage, down. Most of his luggage was packed in his backpack, and these were just to cover people’s eyes.

Taking Lillian and getting into the spacious and comfortable new carriage, Yan Yunqing was not in a hurry to communicate with Lillian immediately, but waited for a while. Sure enough, it wasn’t long before someone knocked on the side of the carriage. After Yan Yunqing opened the door, he saw a person next to Lin Nuo holding a crystal basket filled with all kinds of fruits.

The person smiled and said, “These are what our young master brought to relieve boredom on the road. The young master asked me to send some over for you to enjoy.”

After speaking, he pushed the crystal basket into the carriage. Yan Yunqing took it and thanked him.

“No need, no need.” The man waved his hand repeatedly. “If we want to say thank you, we have to say thank you. If it weren’t for your help, even if we could survive, we would suffer heavy losses. These things are not even a thank you gift. The young master said that when we arrive, our Lambert family will also send you a thank you gift.”

Yan Yunqing only listened to it and let it pass.

After the carriage started moving, Yan Yunqing used private chat to send a message to Lillian.

[Yan Yunqing (Private)]: So what were you going to say just now?

Lillian didn’t respond. Yan Yunqing opened his briefcase and saw that Lillian was asleep again.

He was a little worried. Was Lillian’s condition a little too weak? He had seen those elves in their growth period in the elven territory before, and they weren’t this weak?

He poked Lillian’s up and down undulating little belly, poked it down, and released it back, Q-Q bouncy.

Lillian seemed to be disturbed by his actions and turned over twice, opening her eyes dimly. When she saw that it was Yan Yunqing, she closed her eyes again in peace.

Seeing this, Yan Yunqing could only let her continue to sleep.

Near the evening, Lin Nuo’s caravan stopped and found a flat terrain to camp. Some people went out to pick up firewood, and others took up weapons and patrolled not far away.

Soon, the people who collected dry branches and firewood came back. They also brought back some small animals that they had caught along the way to add to the dinner for today.

The person in charge of cooking began to skin and clean the small animals, and after tidying them up, he put them on the fire and roasted them until they sizzled with oil.

Another fire was set up with a large pot, and they began to boil water for soup.

As a guest, Yan Yunqing and their young master Lin Nuo enjoyed the same treatment. After the soup started to boil, the two of them each got a bowl of hot and fragrant thick soup.

Yan Yunqing lowered his head, scooped up a spoonful with a spoon, blew on it, and felt much warmer after taking a sip.

The vicinity of Bato Vita’s capital was like spring all year round. The further out they went, the more obvious the cold of November became. In this place they were traveling to, the people they occasionally met had already put on thick clothes to resist the cold wind.

Yan Yunqing didn’t have many thick clothes. He could only pick and choose from the fashions he had bought before and find a white coat with a fluffy collar.

However, the inner lining of this fashion was a hollow gold wire fishnet shirt. Yan Yunqing couldn’t figure out how he would spend money to buy such a fashion at that time.

There was no way. He could only dismantle other fashions to make a mix-and-match style, but the warmth retention effect inherent in the fashion attributes was weakened a lot. After sitting in the carriage for so long, even if there was wind protection in the carriage and there was a heating stove, Yan Yunqing also felt that he was going to freeze.

After this bowl of thick soup, he felt much warmer all over.

It was a weapon against the cold!

Before dinner was ready, Lin Nuo simply sat down next to Yan Yunqing and chatted with him casually.

Basically, Lin Nuo was talking and Yan Yunqing was listening. There was no way, he didn’t know anything about the noble circle of Romunike. Even if he wanted to say something, he didn’t know what to say.

Perhaps Lin Nuo would hear something wrong. It would be better to listen attentively and collect some information.

Lin Nuo didn’t care about this. The reason he wanted to chat with Yan Yunqing was also because he felt that it was too embarrassing to remain silent all the time. Having someone talking would prevent the scene from completely cooling down.

So Lin Nuo said whatever he thought of. However, he only talked about things that everyone knew about and stopped at the obvious points for some secret gossip.

But these were just the news that Yan Yunqing didn’t know, so he was happy to filter the information.

He even learned from Lin Nuo that, like the Bato Vita Royal Family, the Romunike Royal Family also had princes and princesses entering Sigreat Academy to study, even two, who were twins.

People who didn’t know would think that Sigreat Academy’s entrance examination also played a balancing game. The royal families of the two empires recruited two princes and princesses to come in, evenly matched, and no one was biased.

However, there were still differences between the princes and princesses selected by the two empires. The Bato King was promiscuous by nature, and the living children could be ranked up to twenty-three. Alice and William, who entered the academy, were not valued by the royal family and were even raised among the people since they were young. They did not receive much attention even after entering Sigreat Academy.

Romunike was different. The Romu King had only had three queens and one concubine, and there were not many children. There were only four living now, and each of them had received elite education and could even meet the standards for entering Sigreat Academy.

It was just that the eldest one had a disability in his legs due to an accident and spent most of his time in a wheelchair, not wanting to go out much. The remaining one was too young, only a little over seven years old this year, and was not suitable for studying at the academy.

So only the twin in the middle entered the academy.

Among them, the older brother, Turs Romunike, was the next heir chosen by the Romu King.

Keeping all this information in his heart, Yan Yunqing’s attitude towards Lin Nuo became more kind. How rare was it to have such a little partner who was willing to share information? His previous information was collected by running to small taverns and smelling smelly feet!

If there were more people like Lin Nuo around him, where would he need to work so hard!

While they were chatting, dinner was finally ready.

A meat pie with a bowl of thick soup, Yan Yunqing and Lin Nuo had half a roast rabbit each.

There was even a pot of stir-fried vegetables in the middle. This dinner was a bit too rich, and it didn’t look like it was made in the wild at all.

Yan Yunqing took a bite of the roast rabbit, which was crispy and delicious. With one bite, the crispy and roasted grease exploded on his tongue, sweeping away all his senses. The special sauce was smeared on it, which well relieved the greasiness and added a special flavor.

Delicious——

Sure enough, humans can’t refuse the taste of grease!

Yan Yunqing was moved. It was so happy to be able to eat such a delicious roast rabbit in the wild!

Oh no, tears of happiness were about to flow from the corners of his mouth, slurping.

Lillian also seemed to be awakened by this scent and began to send private chats to Yan Yunqing like crazy.

[Lillian (Private)]: What what! I want to eat too!!!

[Lillian (Private)]: Woo woo woo woo you are eating alone without me QAQ

[Lillian (Private)]: It’s only been a few days, do you not love me anymore?

Yan Yunqing almost choked to death when he saw the text on the chat system, covered his mouth, and began to cough desperately.

Lin Nuo hurriedly poured him another bowl of thick soup. “Eat slowly, there’s more over there if it’s not enough!”

He had never seen a child from a noble family eat so anxiously, and these things were so common, but it was just a roast rabbit. It shouldn’t be like he had never eaten it before, right? Could it be that after Baron Aldrich passed away, he couldn’t even eat a bite of meat?

Yan Yunqing drank a few mouthfuls of thick soup before suppressing the itchiness in his throat.

He cleared his throat and explained, “I accidentally inhaled a gust of cold wind just now, which is why I choked. The wind is too strong here. I’ll take some food and eat it in the carriage.”

Lin Nuo: “Ah?”

He looked confusedly at the tents that had been set up and had a few warm pots placed inside, and then looked at the dark carriage that had long since stopped supplying warm pots.

Um… was the carriage warmer than the tent?

He didn’t quite understand, so he looked again.

Yan Yunqing then took a whole roast rabbit, five meat pies, and a large bowl of thick soup, and got into the carriage he was sitting in today, leaving the Lambert family’s servant in charge of cooking dumbfounded.

Looking at the few remaining foods, and then looking at Yan Yunqing’s back, he muttered to himself: “Mages generally don’t eat much, do they?”

How could this person have such a big appetite? He also considered that there was one more mouth to feed today, so he made some more, but the result was that he had almost eaten it all.

He was even a little hungry…

It was really strange.

As soon as Yan Yunqing climbed into the carriage, he saw Lillian’s eyes glowing green with hunger. She looked at the food Yan Yunqing was holding and was a little disappointed. “Is that all?”

Yan Yunqing: “…That’s enough. If I take any more, others will not have enough to eat.”

He didn’t have such a thick skin!

Yan Yunqing comforted Lillian: “It’s okay, I still have some food I packed from the hotel in my backpack, enough for you to eat.”

Before he left, he had considered the possibility of staying in the wild on the road, and every time he replenished supplies, he would order a pile of the same food and stack them in the backpack grid.

It was just that after eating so many days, he was slightly tired of it.

That’s why Yan Yunqing cherished this roast rabbit so much. In the future, when he went out, he would also see if he could hunt some rabbits to eat. He hadn’t thought of it before purely because the education of not eating wild animals in the Blue Star Huaguo for decades had influenced him, and he subconsciously felt that these were all wild animals.

Now that he thought about it, what wasn’t a wild animal in this other world except for artificially raised cuckoo chickens?

Even Lu Lu pigs were wild, and Yan Yunqing had killed a lot before.

This was the difference between the two worlds.

“Um, okay.” Lillian didn’t complain when she had something to eat. She took a bite of the rabbit meat, and her eyes lit up. “These people cook pretty well.”

Yan Yunqing nodded in agreement with Lillian and remembered the previous things. “So why did you want me to go with these people?”

Lillian paused her quick eating and glanced at Yan Yunqing, then took two more bites and swallowed before slowly opening her mouth. “Um… that is…”

“I may have to leave for a while.” Lillian’s tone of voice revealed a bit of guilt. “I can’t accompany you to Sigreat, but if you go with these people, it will be safer on the road.”

Yan Yunqing was surprised, but he quickly understood. “Are you going back to the elf forest? Because of the growth period?”

Lillian hesitated for a moment and nodded. “Um.”

Yan Yunqing remembered that the growth period of elves was particularly weak. In the past, there had been cases where elves ran outside during their growth period and were affected by the war, directly returning their souls to the Mother Tree. Therefore, Sylph required all elves not to leave the elven territory during their growth period.

Elves were not afraid of death, but they also didn’t want to sacrifice in vain.

Later, considering that elf cubs might not obediently return to the forest during their growth period, Sylph ordered again that all elves could only leave the forest and go out to experience after entering adulthood.

Before, Yan Yunqing had known that Lillian had entered the growth period, and he had been very worried, especially since the state Lillian showed was not the same as the growth period of elves he had seen before, so he was even more worried.

Now hearing that Lillian was going back, Yan Yunqing breathed a sigh of relief.

At least Lillian would not encounter any danger in the elven territory.

After spending so much time together, Yan Yunqing had developed some feelings for Lillian. They were all good friends worth entrusting their backs to, and Yan Yunqing didn’t want Lillian to suddenly disappear one day.

Death didn’t mean anything to elves, but the one who was left behind would always feel sad.