I really can't control myself

"Radnor, where is Eke?" Linton took a look as soon as he entered the door, but did not find Eke, so he asked.

"Uncle Eck...is ill and is now at Dolano's side," Radnor said.

Linton also knew Dolano. He was the only person in the town who had medical knowledge, and he couldn't be called a doctor. After all, there was someone in such a small town who knew medical skills, and everyone thought he was a miracle doctor.

"What disease?" Linton asked, "Is it serious?"

"Uh..." Radnor hesitated, "According to my guess, Uncle Ek should be... not sick."

"Huh?" Linton was slightly stunned.

"Because you are missing, young master, Uncle Eck is probably pretending to be ill because he is afraid of being implicated." Radnor said, "But the pretense is quite similar."

Linton was a little speechless. This world is a typical feudal society. Eck is Linton's servant. If something happens to Linton, of course the servant will be held accountable. Especially when Linton is in danger, Eck doesn't even know where he is. This is not dereliction of duty. Linton also knew Ekko's character. This guy was an old scoundrel, and it was indeed possible for him to do such a thing.

"How many days have I been missing?" Linton asked.

"It's been two days, Master." Radnor said quickly.

"Two days?" Linton was stunned for a moment. He had stayed there for at least eight or nine days, and only two days had passed here. It seemed that the flow of time in the two worlds was different.

"Master, where have you been?" Radnor asked quickly.

"He was assassinated and chased into the nearby woods. He was lost for two days." Linton said simply. The town was surrounded by barren mountains and mountains, so being missing for two days could be explained.

"Are you injured?" Radnor asked after looking at the blood stains on Linton's body.

"No, this is not my blood." Linton said casually. Of course, this was all his blood, but there were no wounds on his body now.

"It's okay." Radnor breathed a sigh of relief.

Seeing Radnor's concern, Linton was a little moved. You must know that Radnor was not his servant, and the relationship with him was almost an employment relationship. I mentioned before that Radnor was a member of the Town Guard, a subordinate of Captain Chiola who Linton had defeated before. Why was he at Linton's house? That's because the town's finances are tight, and the city guard can't afford to support a total of 12 people, so the mayor also consults with Linton and sends a city guard over. In name, it's to protect Linton, but in fact it's to eat Linton. Food for the family.

"Where is the assassin?" Linton asked.

"This... After the young master was attacked, the city guard also conducted a search, but neither the young master nor the assassin was found." Radnor said, "In the past few days, the mayor also led people to look for the young master nearby. , but we couldn’t find the young master for two consecutive days. We thought the young master was..."

Linton thought about it. After all, the assassin who attacked him was a vindictive boss. There was no one in the whole town who knew how to use vindictiveness. Even if he met him, he wouldn't be able to catch him. So who assassinated him? It must have something to do with the family. I remember that when the assassin called him before, he was the fourth son of the Meloway family.

Linton didn't know much about family matters. After all, he had only been here for a month, and he got some information from Ek. If anyone knows anything about this matter, it might be the mayor, because this town is also considered the territory of the Meloway family, and the mayor is the person who governs this area, so he is naturally related to the family.

Linton decided to ask the mayor about the situation. Of course, it was too late now. Linton also gave Radnor a few words and then asked him to rest. The second floor has been completely scrapped and is still in a mess. Fortunately, Eke is not at home, and Linton slept directly on Eke's bed all night.

The next day, Linton was still sleeping, and soon someone came to the door.

"Master Linton, it's great that you're okay." The speaker was a slightly obese middle-aged man with long, curly hair, and he looked a bit greasy. This person is Tyrwin, the mayor of this town.

"Lord Tyrwin." Linton also washed his face slightly to greet Tyrwin, "This time it is too dangerous. Fortunately, the assassin is not familiar with the terrain here, so I have a chance to escape."

"Oh." Tierwin nodded, but it was a bit strange. Linton hadn't been here very long. He, the mayor who had worked here for more than ten years, didn't know much about the terrain of the nearby wild mountains and forests. To be honest, it was really a miracle that Linton could escape. Of course, although it was a bit strange, Tierwin didn't ask about this matter, but asked about the assassin's situation.

"I'm sorry, I don't have much information to provide." Linton said, "I only know that the other person is a man, with a slim build, a mask, and no age. From what he said, it can be judged that the other person is a professional assassin, or a dead man. There should be someone behind the scenes, such as a scholar."

"..." Tyrwin fell silent for a moment after hearing this.

"What's wrong?" Seeing that Tierwin seemed to have thought of something, Linton also asked quickly.

"You may not know, but I wanted to talk to you about a few things before, but ended up meeting an assassin," Tierwin said.

Linton also remembered it. Before, Ek said that the mayor had something to do with him, but he was attacked that night. He still didn't know what it was. "Mayor Tierwin, what is it?"

"One of the things...your second brother passed away a few days ago." Tierwin said.

"My second brother?" Linton was stunned for a moment, then suddenly remembered his second brother's name, "Landner? How did you die?"

"I heard... that he was assassinated." Tyrwin lowered his voice and said.

"Assassination?" Linton was stunned. He was not assassinated. He didn't expect that his cheap second brother had been killed. He was the second one. If you look at it this way, someone is definitely targeting their family, even a marginal figure like him is not being spared.

"Yes, I suspect that the assassin who assassinated you and the assassin who assassinated your second brother were assigned by the same person." Tierwin also said a very natural reasoning.

"Does that mean someone is targeting our Meloway family?" Linton said, "Where is my eldest brother? Did he say anything?"

"This... I haven't heard of it. I am not qualified to know about this matter. I still heard rumors about Lord Landner." Tierwin said.

"Hmm..." Linton nodded slightly. He might have been a little panicked before, but now he has spent a lot of points to strengthen himself. His current strength has increased dramatically, and he even wants to find someone to train with him. Practicing.

Tierwen next to him was also observing Linton and found that this guy seemed much more stable than before. When Tierwin first met Linton, he seemed to be a somewhat autistic child, but suddenly he has become more stable recently. Now that he thinks about it, Tierwin thinks he has really awakened his fighting spirit. , after all, he had heard about Linton's defeat of Kiora before.

Not having awakened his fighting spirit was Linton's biggest problem, at least that's what Tillwin thought. Now that he has awakened his fighting spirit, it's normal to have some changes in his personality, so Tillwin didn't doubt Linton's changes.

"Then you said this is the first thing, what else?" Linton asked.

"There is another very important thing. Lord Baron wants you to go back." Tierwin said.

"Oh?" Linton was slightly stunned. The Baron here refers to his eldest brother, Jorab Meloway. Linton's Mellowe family has a hereditary baronage. The previous baron was naturally Linton's father. However, at the beginning of the year, this old father died. The person who inherited the family business was naturally the eldest son Jorab. Linton Dun's eldest brother.

Because of the primogeniture law, Jorab inherited all the family property, while the other brothers could be said to have no money at all. If this eldest brother cares about family affection, he can give you something, but the problem is... Linton is a shame to the family, and no one takes it seriously.

Yes, he is 19 years old this year and has not yet awakened his fighting spirit. It would be fine if he were an ordinary civilian. But in the aristocratic circle, such people are called trash. The relationship between Linton and several brothers before was not good, and of course they would not give him anything. In short, Linton was sent to a border town like this as if he was exiled. Of course, that was Linton before. When Linton took over now, he had already come here.

So in fact, Linton now only knows the names of several brothers, and has never met them at all. When it comes to the death of his second brother, he has no reaction at all. After all, he has never seen it before.

By the way, the only thing this eldest brother left to Linton was a leather-making workshop, which was the property of the Mellow family. Of course, this kind of border town cannot be that kind of big factory. The entire workshop only has 5 workers. , the output is barely enough to keep Linton alive. But now that the mayor has sent someone over to eat food, and he is being blackmailed, Linton's life can no longer go on.

So the question is, why does this elder brother who looks down on him want to make a living for himself? Of course Linton couldn't understand it before, but now Linton has clearly guessed that... he is still useful after all. The purpose of this is... bloodline.

Yes, although he is a waste, he is a member of the Meloway family after all, so it is still okay to use him for marriage. Of course, I thought and knew that it couldn't be a good marriage partner. It might be an elderly widow from someone's family, it might be some ugly weirdo that no one wants, or it might even be mentally retarded.

Linton is currently 19 years old, and has long passed the marriageable age (you can get married at the age of 15 here). The reason why he has never been married...isn't it because no one wants him? Who wants this trash? When his father was around, he could help Linton think about it, but when the eldest brother took over, he became a real marriage tool. So when he heard that he was asked to go back this time, Linton was first nervous about this issue.