Mysterious Tribulation

Inside a dark, damp cave.

Senbai's candle emits a dim firelight, reflecting a dozen figures in black robes, twisting and squirming on the rock wall...

The mother of nature, the queen of the forest, the source of thousands of lives!

I sacrifice to you with fervent devotion, the blood of my enemies, the flesh of my prey, and the bones of my ancestors!

Please give me a good harvest, please give me youth, please give me strength...

...

The figure at the head prayed loudly, cut a piece of fat venison with a silver dagger in his hand, and offered it to the stone altar.

On the altar, there are also large mottled bloodstains, internal organs, intestines, and a few pieces of white bones.

Drops of dark red blood flowed down the crevices of the stone platform.

Bloody, scary, mysterious...

Everything, as if some evil god believers were offering sacrifices.

Aaron Sotos had a pious expression, and acted with the flow of the mainstream, but his heart was not disturbed, and he even wanted to laugh a little.

‘After 16 years, I am sure and certain that there is no extraordinary power in this area, including the original worship of the Sotos family – the Fan God – [Grandmother Green Banyan]. ’

'Of course, in a barbaric age where such beliefs and habits are deeply ingrained, the act of rashly revealing that one is an unbeliever is also a fool, which time in history did the religious reform not die? Even in another world! ’

'What's more, the chief priest of the Sotos family is the father of my body, an old-fashioned nobleman, and I'm only the second son, fighting against him, saying that the gods are just false... Are they courting death? ’

'In addition, I have to admit that religion is still very useful for paralyzing the common people and consolidating feudal rule. ’

Therefore, even if he was acting, Aaron Sotos had to follow the people around him and play the role of the second son of his lord well.

He has dark, slightly curly hair, light purple eyes that seem to contain infinite wisdom and mystery, his lips under the bridge of his tall nose often carry a smile, and his body is slender and straight.

Although Aaron complained about the surname of the Sotos family, he was very fortunate that he could be reincarnated in a noble family.

After all, in this ancient society where the infant mortality rate is extremely high, the literacy rate of the common people is extremely low, and it is possible to die at any time due to a rain or traumatic infection, being a nobleman will at least not starve to death, and get an education. Opportunity.

Because of the two lives, he has a more cautious personality. Although he is the second son, Aaron has a pretty good life, and he insists on exercising because he is afraid of dying and has a strong physique.

While thinking wildly, he followed a large number of people in black. In fact, it was the high-level officials of the Sotos territory who completed the ceremony and walked out of the cave one by one.

Whoops!

The fresh air rushes towards you, making you want to take a deep breath unconsciously.

Aaron looked back and saw that the original cave was sitting under a huge banyan tree. The huge canopy covered the sky and the sun. Many aerial roots fell from the branches, and thousands of roots were deeply immersed in the stone wall. A strange symbiotic state was formed.

In the distance, the sun is shining, the blue sky is cloudless, and the end of the road full of mud and gravel is a European-style building mainly built of logs. Several sprouts full of life.

The breeze was blowing, and there were pitch-black ravens circling and flying, making hoarse and unpleasant calls.

An unusually divine horse, a black raven with a cylinder tied to its legs, landed at the very center of the building, a castle tower made of huge rocks, above a certain window.

The crow's cry is an ominous omen, but in this world, the crow is only a messenger of the lord, but there is no such unfortunate saying...

The contacted raven has arrived. It seems that something happened in the castle.

Aaron thought freely.

Let's go back to the castle!

The man in black at the head, the priest who presided over the sacrifice before also took off his black robe, showing the gray wolfskin coat he was wearing, there was a long sword slashing mark on the wolf's head, and a pair of moccasin boots on his feet. His face was firm, like granite, and his dark purple eyes were also gazing in the direction of the castle.

This is Theodore Sothoth, Aaron's father, patron of the Lower Green Forest, lord of Sothoth's realm, a majestic ruler.

He gave the order in a low voice, and threw the black robe to Aaron without looking at the son, and got on the war horse.

The group quickly left, and one of them, a young man in his twenties with blond hair, looked back, seemingly comforting, but also showing off and proud.

He rode a pure white horse and followed closely behind Theodore, as if to show his status as the heir of his domain.

Aaron didn't realize it, after all, he didn't have any feelings for this half-brother Colin, and waited quietly until the end.

He could feel Colin's slight hostility towards him, but it wasn't too much, probably because he didn't have much threat.

After all, as a fetal wearer, it must be awkward to act like a spoiled child when you are a child, and any relationship needs to be invested and cultivated.

The sons of others who have been raised for more than ten years may be more kissable than the biological sons who have never been raised.

As a child, Aaron had a hard time getting close to a stranger.

Over time, Theodore's indifference and alienation towards Aaron was a matter of course.

Aaron has no regrets, though.

A menacing heir that irritates Colin even more, his third brother who broke his leg while riding a horse is a good example.

Well, this third brother was born to the third lady married to his father Theodore. One of his first two ladies died of dystocia and the other died of disease. This third lady Sonia was not only for the He gave birth to a son and a daughter.

Aaron adeptly mounted his horse and followed the group back to the castle.

At the gate of the castle, a group of people were already waiting.

Headed by Theodore's wife Sonia and sister Ginny, in addition to the butler and bachelor in the castle.

At this moment, the bachelor was holding a letterhead in his hand.

Theodore took over the hasty browsing, his expression became ugly, and he said solemnly: The Davis family in the green forest wants to cancel the sacred marriage contract signed under the banyan tree. This is a declaration of war!

Aaron immediately saw that Colin's proud face seemed to have been slashed.

'Well, after all, it was Colin who got engaged to the Davis family... It wasn't me, the transmigrator, who got divorced, this is unscientific! Although...I don't have a fiancée...'

He secretly complained in his heart, and looked at Colin with some sympathy.

Even for some traversers who are human beings, being divorced is a great shame, let alone an ordinary teenager?

Open a new book, looking for follow-up reading and collection recommendations, I hope this story can be written more excitingly!