Golden Carnation

Chapter 2: Exploring The March

A week had passed ever since my first wake in this world. During the previous days, I had to learn noble etiquette and also had to take academic lessons from a tutor. It was troublesome, the lectures bombarded me with assignments and topics to review every single day. This was not the form of stimulation that I was looking for.

Thankfully, I was quick to adapt and easily got used to the norms of my new environment. But when it comes to what I've observed from the people who work here… they appear to act peculiar towards this young master.

Numerous workers go around the manor, yet whenever I take a stroll, not even a strand of their hair could be seen. It's like they're keeping their distance and avoiding any contact with me. One would assume that it's a normal interaction between a servant and a noble; something I doubt very much.

After seeing how my 'father' exchanges words with servants, I've become convinced that Coulin was someone that they feared. If I remember correctly, the only servant I ever had a conversation with was the butler who first knocked on my door.

Nevertheless, my current life feels a lot more peaceful. Though it does make me feel lonely since everyone is basically a stranger to me, I would rather make do with this than go back to being stalked by a bunch of paparazzi everywhere, I'd be lying if I deny not missing my phone though. My life mainly revolved on the internet whenever I had time for leisure.

I attempted doing physical tasks in order to somehow keep me entertained, but my doctor prohibited me from doing so. He said that it'll strain me and I had to rest for a few more days before inflicting physical stress on my body.

Then again, it's already been a week. I'm supposed to be discharged by now. I also need to do something about my current level shown by the system. And what better training could a noble do in his free time for an exercise? It's none other than swordsmanship.

'Now all I need is to locate the training area.'

During my private lessons, I was obliged to memorize all the significant servants' names, appearance, and occupations. At first I deemed it unessential since I could just go around asking them directly, being ignorant of how Coulin was treated in the march. I later realized that it's beneficial to learn them myself for various reasons, such as enabling me to recognize potential teachers in the way of the sword.

Upon looking through the documents containing their background profiles, a certain knight caught my attention.

'Jasper Ferluna'

A member of the march's knights. In the novel, he was known for serving the household for over 8 years with skills far more advanced than of a grandmaster. It further explains his exceptional abilities in terms of swordsmanship, which is pretty impressive as he achieved all those titles at 23 years old.

He apparently has a sleeping build and you wouldn't guess that he's a knight with one look. His appearance isn't that bad either, having natural brunette locks and tanned skin, scars all over his arms.

I also noticed in the current date that he's only 17. The novel did mention that he was suffering from a block around that age, although he was already more skilled in comparison to the other knights. I need to get him to teach me.

It might be peculiar for a noble to personally seek out their own teacher or even request for a course, but the problem is, my father purposely left out swordsmanship lessons thinking that I'd be too sickly to go through it.

Hence my first obstacle arrived. Right now, I'm staring at the scenery of a mountain range from a distance, located in the deserted area of the estate.

'I'm lost...'