Noble Emblem

Beta followed the two brothers and sisters to a small manor, a very small manor. It's smaller than Kyle's old house. But even if they don't look good, their lives should be much better than ordinary people, of course, assuming they don't have debts.

Entering the house, Beta found that there was very little furniture in the room, not even a few chairs, let alone other home decorations.

The girl searched around the room and found only two chairs, but there were only three people here.

The young mercenary Rooney was a little embarrassed on the spot: "I'm sorry, my father has sold almost all the things in the house."

Based on the previous quarrel between them and the little fat noble, and what he saw now, Beta had already deduced the family's situation in his mind.

It must be the father of these two people who owes a large amount of money, definitely a loan shark, and it's probably because of his gambling addiction. What can make a small wealthy family become like this is only gambling and drugs, and there are no drugs in this world, so it can only be gambling.

Beta waved his hands to show that he didn't care, and then asked: "You want to talk to me?"

Rooney asked Beta to sit down first, while the girl ran to the kitchen, seemingly to get something for the guests.

When there were only two people in the living room, Rooney took a deep breath, and then asked solemnly: "Do you recognize, or do you know, a person named Beta?"

Beta was a little confused: "Have you seen me?"

"Are you really Mr. Beta?"

It was a completely unexpected reaction from Beta. Rooney suddenly jumped up. The expression on his face was very intriguing. There was disbelief, joy, but also some fear.

Yes, it's fear.

Beta raised his head, looked into the other person's eyes, and asked: "Your reaction is strange, why?"

"I...I...I."

Rooney opened his mouth and couldn't even speak coherently. He seemed to be in a state of emotional control.

Beta was not in a hurry and sat calmly, waiting for the other person to calm down.

Rooney took several deep breaths and gradually calmed down. After all, he is a professional close to the elite level, so he still has some control ability.

He sat back on the chair and asked with an expression of fear and expectation: "Is your Excellency really Beta?

"My name is Beta-Leon. Any questions?"

Beta was not too surprised by Rooney's gaffe. He was now the Pope of the Cult of Wealth. To a certain extent, he was on the same level as the king. If the other party knew his identity, it would not be surprising to behave like this.

But in fact, Rooney seemed not to know the identity of Pope Beta. He hesitated for a while and said: "I know what I say next may be a bit bizarre, but I can guarantee that what I say is true, but it is not true." I know whether you want to believe it or not.”

Beta raised her eyebrows curiously.

At this time, the younger sister came in with two cups of warm water and a plate of bitter vegetables, placed them on the table, glanced at Beta pretending to be casual, and then left with a blushing face.

Kuluocai is actually a pickled vegetable that is somewhat similar to radish. Using this kind of food to entertain guests shows that this family is really poor.

Rooney no longer paid attention to the things on the table. He was silent for a while, and then said slowly: "My ancestors were once very powerful, about three hundred years ago..."

Beta's eyelids twitched. The word 'three hundred years ago' had a certain special meaning to him. He looked at the slightly familiar face of the other party and vaguely understood something, and then his mind became foggy. They all dispersed, and he already had the answer in his heart.

"He suddenly became a professional from an ordinary person, and gained such a great reputation that he directly turned himself into a noble. Then we, the descendants, also got some glory. It's just that we didn't live up to expectations. The more you mess around, the worse it gets.”

"My ancestor's name was..."

"Ash-Toli."

Beta spoke out before him, and then continued: "I finally know why I feel familiar when I look at you. You look a bit similar to your ancestors."

"Are you really the Lord Beta mentioned in my ancestor's book? You have actually lived for more than three hundred years?" Rooney's face was full of disbelief.

"It's not strange to live longer if you have the blood of the immortal species." Beta said in a calm tone: "Ash left a book recording me?"

Rooney nodded.

Beta asked: "Can I take a look?"

"Okay, no problem." Rooney stood up, took Beta to the storage room on the first floor, and then opened a wooden board on the ground to reveal the basement passage below.

"I grew up reading that book. Sir Beta, you are one of the people I admire the most."

Rooney walked in front and said: "I thought you had become a historical figure like your ancestors, but I didn't expect that you are still alive and have come out of the dream. But my ancestors also said in the book Said that it may not be a dream, but a strange and exotic place similar to a spiritual world. "

Beta sighed in his heart and said nothing.

When the two of them reached the ground floor, a musty smell hit their faces. Rooney lit the candle in his hand, and a slightly dim yellow light filled the entire space.

The basement is full of bookshelves filled with books, all kinds of books, even entertainment books such as knight novels. Beta estimated that there are more than three thousand books here.

It doesn't sound like much, but in this dark age when the inheritance of civilization is easily cut off, having so many books is a very exaggerated thing.

Most of the books here looked very old. Rooney walked to the oldest bookshelf and looked at it. This bookshelf already had a rotten smell. He took out a crumpled book from a slate box and said, "This is the diary written by our ancestors. That is, starting from the generation of Ash's ancestors, our family has collected books. This is the greatest wealth of our family. Even though my father, a gambler, was forced to run around due to debts, he never had the idea of ​​selling books here. "

"If any of the books in this book are sold, he can pay off his gambling debts and still make a slight profit, but even so, he has never thought about it. So I think my father still has a bottom line, but he is really I can’t stop gambling.”

"Why not sell one of the less important books?" Beta didn't understand.

Rooney placed the old book in front of Beta, as if on a pilgrimage: "This is your teaching to Ash's ancestors, and it has always been the ancestral motto of our family."

"Force and body will eventually perish, only the knowledge passed down can last forever."