After a long while, Paul saw that Alan had not made any move, so he spoke carefully.
"Alan, um, this letter was received last year. I know this may be difficult for you to accept, but in fact your father is indeed..."
"I know James is not my biological father."
Paul was stunned and looked at Alan, who had a faint expression.
"That's great, I will write to Philip and tell him that I have found you, so that you can return to Roya."
"It won't work."
Paul looked at Alan in surprise, and Alan smiled back at him.
"Uncle, please sit down and listen to me."
After saying that, Alan pressed Paul on the chair and turned back to get the chair at the door. Paul blinked and looked at him blankly.
"First of all, the missing information is correct, but my 'biological father' hid the previous event."
Alan walked to the door and put his hand on the top of the chair back. The wood texture gave a rough friction feeling on his hand.
"I was assassinated when I passed the upper jaw of the red dragon."
Paul stood up with a bang.
Allen raised his chair and turned to face Paul.
"I deliberately arranged the assassination because I had already realized that I was not James' biological son. From the birthdays of my brothers and sisters, I could tell that I should not exist in the Boreas family in the capital. There was another brother who was in the same situation as me, but he died of illness when he was five years old. Until the end of last year, I secretly found a thief group to stage a show, intending to escape from the Boreas family and come to the Fitoya Territory."
Paul breathed a sigh of relief and sat down again. He was misled by Allen and subconsciously thought that this choice was to return to his biological father.
Allen walked towards Paul and narrowed his eyes.
"But the 'assassination' went wrong. The actual assassins were not the same as the number I secretly commissioned the thieves to decide. It was expected that there would be five mid-level swordsmen, who would stop there and be safe, and I would fall off a cliff and disappear. But in the end, eight skilled swordsmen appeared in front of me. If I am not mistaken, they also included two senior swordsmen of the Water God School and a magician."
". They killed me."
Paul jumped up again.
Alan had walked in front of Paul, looked at Paul, and smiled indifferently.
"So, they died."
Paul breathed a sigh of relief and sat down again.
Alan also sat down and looked at him.
"Later, I sneaked into the forest from the jaws of the red dragon, first forged my traces of going north, and then spent more than four months detouring before arriving at Buena Village. I had heard about Uncle Paul's "heroic deeds" in the capital before, and I thought you didn't have a good attitude towards the children of nobles, and Buena Village was relatively remote, suitable for hiding my whereabouts, so I came to you. However, I only learned about the subsequent news of my disappearance today. It seems that James must have thought that I had successfully escaped from the Kingdom of Asura, so he released this news."
Paul blinked.
"Heroic deeds? Oh? I didn't expect that there was a legend about me in the capital."
Allen spoke very quickly, blurting out more than a dozen words in an instant.
"Ten-year-old Tong Zhen graduated from the aristocratic school and messed around with various women, and was found by the victim and his father."
"Stop!"
Paul immediately stood up and covered Allen's mouth, and the latter smiled and pulled Paul's hand down.
"I judged that the thieves betrayed me to James, and James has always been wary of Philip, so he inferred that I would secretly go back to help him, so he took the opportunity to kill me to eliminate future troubles."
Paul's embarrassed face suddenly became serious. He realized that Allen did not call either James or Philip his father in his words. After he opened his mouth repeatedly, he thought of the scene when he left after arguing with his father, and he couldn't help but sigh.
The apparent biological father wanted to assassinate him, but the actual biological father had never met. So he didn't have a sense of family identity with both fathers...
"Then you can secretly return to Roya City and hide your identity and only recognize Philip."
"No."
"First of all, Sauros has a deep control over the Fitoya Territory. He will definitely notice it and will not agree with my behavior. It is very likely that he will send me back to James according to the tradition of Boreas. At that time, my situation in the capital will be even more dangerous."
"Secondly, James must have arranged spies in Roya City to secretly monitor Philip."
After that, Allen lowered his head and said to Paul sincerely.
"So I beg Uncle Paul to take me in. As compensation, I can promise to protect Rudy's future, because Uncle can't always be with him, but we are close in age, and I think we can become friends in the future."
Paul looked at the letter that was put back on the table, and nodded after a moment.
Allen said again.
"After two years of glory, my body and appearance will grow a little, shave my eyebrows to look more kind, and change to a gloomy hairstyle with bangs. Even if someone who has seen me before stands in front of me, they may not dare to recognize me."
Unlike the information age before the crossing, the information stagnation in this world also has its advantages, and there are very few magical accessories that can preserve the image. A fierce god like Ruijie Lude can enter the city by changing his hair color. And two years is completely enough for me to learn from Paul, at least I can stack my swordsmanship to the upper level of the third-rate school.
"Of course, James and my family in the capital who have watched me grow up should be able to recognize me, but as long as I avoid meeting them, I should be fine."
Paul glanced at Allen and sighed inwardly. He intuitively felt that Philip would definitely recognize him, but he did not refute Allen.
"That's right, and by then your strength will definitely be further improved. I'm afraid that except for a few masters of the Sword King and Sword Emperor, no one can threaten your life. And your current caliber to the outside world is just 'missing'. Even if they recognize you, they can only send people to assassinate you, and they can't turn against you on the surface. This is the noble of the Asura Kingdom."
Allen nodded.
"Yes."
At this moment, footsteps were heard outside the door. Paul and Ailu fell silent at the same time, and then the door was knocked three times.
Lilia opened the door and poked her head in. She first looked Allen up and down, and then said.
"Master, dinner is ready, come and eat."
——Sure
enough, Senis's cooking skills are proportional to her size.
Great.
Allen looked at the steaming soup and rice on the table, as well as pizza-like pasta products, with a pot of stewed soft meat in the middle emitting a rich aroma.
Rudius sat directly opposite Allen, looking at him through the steaming mist.
Allen smiled subconsciously.
Rudy immediately closed his eyes and turned his head.
Allen's mouth twitched.
At this time, Paul tapped the table with his fingers and cleared his throat.
"Okay, through the interview just now, I have confirmed that Allen has the ability to guide Rudius, so there is no need for a probation period. He will be Rudy's swordsmanship teacher in the future. Please treat him as a family member, and don't underestimate his role in the family because of my swordsmanship level."
Lilia, who was serving on the side, was the first to applaud. Although she also thought it was unnecessary to hire a swordsmanship teacher again, as the daughter of the former master of the swordsmanship dojo, she had no objection to Allen's performance in the water god style just now. With his ability, he can be a guard in the palace, and a high-level guard.
Senis put her hands together in front of her face, smiling warmly.
"Since the head of the family has made the decision, I will naturally welcome Allen. I believe Lilia will not look down on this teacher because of her age."
After saying that, her hands were not idle. She reached out to serve the rice and placed it in front of Allen.
Then Paul put his arm around his shoulders and introduced Allen to the three of them with a smile, with many flattering words.
Senis also nodded to him frequently and smiled kindly.
It was completely different from the cold daily life of the so-called relatives in the royal capital.
Allen, who had not felt the warmth of family in his two lives, was a little uncomfortable with everyone's gaze. He subconsciously lowered his head, and the smell of rice hit his face.
The hot air mixed with wisps of smoke and dust steamed on his face.
[Current stage: childhood, cumulative participation score: 40 points, you have initially integrated into Paul's family, but Rudeus himself has a different opinion of you.]
[Immediate task to be completed: gain Rudeus's favor.]
[Rudeus: Countdown: 77:38:47]