Xia Lin's expression remained impassive, but only he knew what he was feeling. With a trembling hand, he erased the memories of five people. At this moment, there were only a few hours left before he left this world. Xia Lin watched as the memory eraser dissipated in his hand, fell silent for a few seconds, then left expressionlessly.
Using his light - body technique, no maids or servants could catch up with him. Xia Lin ran ceaselessly using this technique. When he was too exhausted to continue, he quietly lay down under a tree, slowly feeling the passage of time... Goodbye, my family and... my lover!
"Master, are you awake?" An old male voice came from outside the room. Xia Lin's mind hadn't fully absorbed the memories of his new body yet, but he knew that the person outside was an old man who was extremely kind to him and doted on him like a grandson.
"I'm up. I'll be out soon." Xia Lin shouted to the outside. The old man asked, "Master, do you need a servant to come in and help you dress?"
"No! I'll be ready soon. I'll go downstairs for breakfast right away. Hubert, you go do your own things first!"
After "dismissing" the butler, Xia Lin dressed and washed up at the same time. Thanks to his experience as a queen in the first world, he could dress himself in these medieval - style noble clothes. After tidying himself up, Xia Lin had also sorted out his memories of this world. In this world, he was also a young master, and the only one in the family. He also had a younger sister, a half - sister.
Although he was a young master in this world, he couldn't be compared to his highly - favored self in the previous world. Here, he was the only son of a count. But in a rather cliché way, his late mother had been forced on his father by his grandfather. His parents had little affection for each other.
Eleven years ago, his mother died early. Immediately after that, his father married his mistress. His father was a philanderer, and the current countess, who was once his mistress, was no longer the apple of his father's eye.
Although his father indulged in a dissolute life and had physical relationships with many women, he only had Xia Lin as his son, along with a daughter, one year younger than Xia Lin, from his current wife.
Originally, although his father had little affection for him, and he was constantly targeted by his step - mother and step - sister, his life was still quite comfortable in terms of material possessions, as he was the only heir to the count's title.
However, just yesterday, the countess announced that she was pregnant, about two months along. The marquis had left for the capital twenty days ago and wouldn't be back for at least another month. Since there were no telephones in this era and letters were too slow, the countess and her daughter decided to tell the count this good news in person when he returned.
The count was almost forty years old this year. At this age, having a new child would surely earn it a great deal of love. Xia Lin thought to himself that he was about to fall out of favor.
But in a way, Xia Lin was quite relieved. The people closest to him by blood in this world didn't have a deep emotional bond with him. Since they didn't care much about him, he wouldn't have to invest much emotion in them apart from the villainous big shot. Oh, and the butler grandpa was also very kind to him. It was a pity that the over - fifty butler's health was deteriorating. To put it bluntly, he didn't have many years to live.
As Xia Lin thought about these things, he went downstairs for breakfast. The castle was really huge, but it was a bit damp, and the interior decoration wasn't very nice.