The Exorcist Boy: The Book of Conviction

Chapter 75 The Rise and Past of Little People
Art Yorton, he is a small person that can be seen everywhere in the world, and he is also an ordinary poor person everywhere.

Ninety-nine percent of the Rhine Kingdom is made up of people like him.

Because he is a single-parent family, he was forced to make ends meet and had to work in the fields with his mother when he was six years old.

The only lucky thing is that his mother is a smart woman, and when he was ten years old, she took him to remarry into a nice family.

In the newly formed family, the male host is a teacher.

Although it is not a big fortune, but at least there is no need to worry about food and clothing.

But this "good life" hadn't lasted long before the border conflict between Rhine and Beto spread to the place where they lived.

On the way to escape the conflict, most of the family was killed, and Art, who was in his teens, was the only one left.

But now, he couldn't remember what kind of mood he felt when he looked at the corpses of his mother and stepfather.

Soon he was adopted by a welfare orphanage in his country, which was sponsored by a big nobleman. Although he usually needed to work, at least he could have enough food.

Until that day, when he met that man, his life changed again.

"This kid looks good, let him be!

From today you are Astor Rhine..."

"Hohohoho! There's nothing to be angry about. You, like me, are nothing but an executioner who slaughters lives, and the difference in number is not important."

Astor lay on the ground, smiling and showing his blood-stained teeth, which made him look a little more crazy.

"Whatever you think, I just hope that you can tell me what I want to know, who else do you know besides you?"

While asking slowly, Snow pressed his boot back and forth vigorously, because Astor's right hand was underneath.

"Hiss... Whoops! It hurts so much!"

Astor tilted his head to look, seeing his bloody flesh being trampled on by the opponent, and even his right hand, which was full of bones, was exposed.

After all, the ten fingers connected to the heart, and the severe pain made him frown. It turned out that the pain caused by physical torture was much crueler than he imagined.

"Although I asked like this, I really don't know too much. You call him the Earl of the Millennium, right? We are just using each other.

An equal deal, I use him to achieve my goals, and he gets my promise. "

Astor took a deep breath, and then tried hard to make an expression of indifference.

"What promise?"

"It's no big deal, introduce him when he dies, and then turn a blind eye... let's create a demon."

Seeing the other party's indifferent face, Snow couldn't help but increase the strength on the soles of his feet. His paw should have been crushed into scum.

"Do you know what it means to create a demon?"

"of course I know."

"Then you still do this, how many people have been killed, their families have been destroyed, and then they have become sad souls that cannot be freed.

Knowing these consequences, you still betrayed mankind and the country, just for your ridiculous selfish desires. "

Seeing the opponent's unrepentant appearance, Snow couldn't help raising the anger in his heart, so this time he changed his target to the opponent's other intact hand.

"I'll give it back to you as it is—whatever you want.

Betrayed humanity!That's a really big hat.

But I feel the need to correct you, I never betrayed my country. "

When he said this, Snow felt that the other party's tone seemed a little more serious.

"It's just a small price, but it's necessary. How can a country that has been rotten to the bone be rejuvenated if it doesn't completely cure the poison?

I love this country so much and I can make it better with my leadership. "

Astor Rhine bared his red-stained teeth again, looking at the black crow mask above him with a grim expression.

What holy wars, what demons, what so-called black orders.

What does this have to do with the ordinary people of the Rhineland? All they expect is to keep themselves and their families fed and clothed.

But in this sick country, they can't even do the humblest prayer.

When Astor Rein first walked into the dazzlingly luxurious palace, he didn't even dare to put his feet on the clean floor.

The exquisite food on the table is beyond the reach of his imagination.

Only then did Astor realize that humans could actually eat such things.

If it were in his village, there would probably be many people willing to sacrifice their lives for such a meal.

It seems that my luck is good, maybe I will be able to live such a good life in the future.

At this time, Astor already knew the meaning of his surname.

I don't know what kind of luck it is that he was selected by the contemporary Grand Duke as an adopted son for training.

Is this what royal life is all about?Wouldn't he be able to be happy forever in the future?

"That's a hell of a life!"

Astor stretched out his arms, placed a large character, and completely spread it on the ground.

Casually glanced at Snow who was standing above him, and seeing that the other party didn't stop him from speaking, he knew that his story should arouse the other party's interest.

It is said that Astor Rhine's achievements are due to his unique military talent and the careful training of the Grand Duke.

But who knows, that old bastard Rhine is just a pervert who likes to moleste children.

what does it look likeWhat military genius?Does anyone know what kind of life the young Astor lived in this rotten, dirty and stinking palace?

The so-called military genius is nothing more than the fact that Astor is enduring the humiliation that made him sick, while desperately borrowing the convenience of the court to learn some knowledge to make up for himself.

Later that Rhine got tired of playing with him, gave him an official position casually, threw him to the border, and left him to fend for himself.

He has never been able to rely on any talent, but the group of soldiers who were moved by his sincerity.

Because he, Astor, is just a civilian crawling out of a mud pit.

"These people are living in a very pitiful way! Just because of a word of comfort and praise from the superiors, they are willing to ruin your brains and repay you with death.

Until now, the group of dead people outside still believe that I will lead them to make this country better and better. "

Astor stared at the bloodshot eyes, and looked outside at the corridor already covered in blood and corpses.

"But you ruined it all."

Snow raised his brows and replied indifferently.

"Hmph! It is true that we are not justice enforcers!
But you are not a tragic hero, as the saying goes, 30 dead souls are waiting for you below, and none of the corpses in this building is innocent. "

There is nothing wrong with paying the price for doing something wrong.

The aristocratic class of the Rhine was brutally slaughtered because of this, but what happened to the civilians of Gumberto.

Astor's lofty ideals, but he wants to use other people's lives to pave the way for himself, and build his own achievements and dreams on the pain of others. Is this approach no different from those rotten nobles who played him to death.

Snow let go of his feet, then stepped aside and sat down again.

But what the other party said was indeed correct.

For the nobles in this world, if you don't walk into their lives, you can't imagine how extravagant, decadent... and dark the life of this group of nobles is.

After all, Snow almost experienced a similar tragic experience back then. When Kuros left him, he had to suffer a lot on the way back to the church alone.

The group of human traffickers specially selected cute children, and the biggest buyers were the nobles that Astor mentioned in this world.

In fact, Astor didn't think about it that much at first, after leaving the palace that looked magnificent but was actually dirty and disgusting.

He thought that he could take it slowly and just live like this.

But then Astor discovered that none of these guys with the same surname as the country really cared about it, and they just watched it slowly rot.

In the land of the Rhine, every commoner lives the same bad life, but such a country has always existed firmly.

This is why?

"Do you know how this kingdom was established?"

Astor looked at the cross on Snow's collar with disgusted eyes.

The first Archduke of the Rhine was just a speculator in this chaotic land, and he kissed the pope's boots like a dog.

Then he got such a piece of land recognized by the other party, and got the title of "king", but such a bastard actually still has that so-called ridiculous legitimacy.

Although in this piece of land, these fragmented small principalities all have almost the same family history.

But those "founding fathers" still have some real skills, but they are the first ones as shameless as "Rhein".

"The people here are living a life worse than death, how do you think the abandoned villages and empty towns come from one after another?

There is no peace, no hope, and the oppression continues layer by layer. The lackeys of the nobles are law enforcement officers during the day and bandits who plunder everywhere at night. "

Astor's face became more and more red, and the more he spoke, the more angry he became.

During that time, all he could do was to manage his small army well, and by the way, let the surrounding radiated residents live a little better.

In fact, he originally wanted to live like this, after all, his life... as of now, it's not bad.

There is a small piece of his own territory, a noble title that has been handed down, and a girl... he can have a crush on.

It's a pity that he will never get that person in his life, because she is the wife of the first prince of the Rhineland, the princess of the Rhineland, and his sister-in-law in name.

But for Astor, who was born as a commoner, he didn't ask for much. It was enough to catch a glimpse of the other party every once in a while. For him, he was the only good person in the court.

For that kind of court, the vast majority of people knew Astor's origin more or less, but the only one who really looked at him with equal eyes was that woman.

But after hearing that the woman had died, Astor felt deep in his heart that the last trace of belonging had completely collapsed.

It was heard that she died due to dystocia. After hearing the news, Astor lived in a daze for a while.

It wasn't until later that he heard the rumor that he regained his composure.

Because some people say that the woman didn't actually die of dystocia at all, because when she died, Adele was already a month old.

So it took him a whole year and countless money to figure out what happened.

The woman who was like a treasure in his heart was actually killed by his nominal brother with a sword just because of a drunken quarrel.

For the nobles, this can be regarded as a big scandal, so the Archduke Rhine took a lot of effort to cover up this matter.

From that day on, Astor felt as if a piece of his heart was completely missing, and then he made up his mind to take revenge on the other party.

He carefully cultivated his own army, using the border to continuously create small-scale conflicts, in order to achieve the purpose of military training, and cultivate his loyal subordinates as assassins, in case of the last contingency.

After almost ten years like this, his hard work has paid off, and he has become a genius commander in the aristocratic circle's propaganda.

I don't know when it started, his goal changed from a single revenge to changing the whole country. For this reason, he secretly recruited more people.

Until that day, the Earl of Millennium found him.

"and many more……"

Si Nuo, who stood aside and listened accidentally and was fascinated, stretched out his hand to stop him, and then asked tentatively with a strange expression.

"That woman Uh, that's your sister-in-law. Are you on a good relationship?"

Hearing this question, Astor's face turned a little ashamed.

"This is the regret of my life. If I had been bolder...but we still had a few words between us."

"Wocao!!! How many words did you say???"

Snow was shocked at the time, he almost stared out the eyeballs under the mask, this horse-riding man is the ultimate dog licking.

It turned out that the root cause of all this was the death of the goddess in Astor's heart nearly ten years ago.

However, the first prince of the Rhine is not a good thing either. He drunk and killed his wife madly. In the other party's narrative, he is also a five-poison monster who eats, drinks, prostitutes, gambles and smokes.

"Then why did you choose Beto? With 30 people, don't you feel even a trace of guilt?"

Astor grinned, and then his eyes looked a little erratic.

"Everyone knows they are innocent, but so what, do you know why I chose Beto's first prince as a breakthrough?"

"why?"

"He was three years older than me, and in the first border conflict where my mother and adoptive father were killed, he was responsible for everything on his own.

Just because our young prince, His Royal Highness, wanted to see what the war was like. "

Then there were not many living people in Astor's village, and he was also sent to the children's welfare home for nobles to play.

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