I'm also trying to survive today [Western Fantasy]

Old Hud took Julian to meet the Duke, and Julian was very disturbed. He was fine before, but now he has to pretend to be his grandson in front of an old man who has been tested on the battlefield. His pressure is not ordinary.

The Duke was very ill, Old Harder sent Julian to him, then drove everyone out of the room, and guarded the door by himself.

Julian pinched his fingers nervously, looked at the old man on the hospital bed, and was speechless for a while.

"Come here, let me take a good look at you." The Duke was so ill that he could barely get out of bed. His once robust body had become scrawny, and his skin hung loose, like a skeleton wearing an inappropriate suit. Human skin, it feels very bad.

Julian suppressed the discomfort in his heart, and stepped forward for the Duke to look at it carefully.

"Like, it's so similar..." The old prince's cloudy eyes tried to widen, trying to see more clearly, he stretched out his haggard hands, trying to caress Julian's cheek.

Julian quickly lowered his head, and the old man's cold and rough fingers stroked his radiant skin, causing a slight tingling pain.

"Okay, that's great..." The old duke's vague voice fell into Julian's ears, and there was an inexplicable feeling that the duke was praising him?Why doesn't it feel right?

"Are you... my grandfather?" Julian suppressed his emotions, deliberately pretending to be expecting and nervous.

The old prince's eyes flashed, and he touched Julian's hair kindly: "Yes, I am your grandfather, son, I have worked hard for you all these years, I once wanted to bring your mother and son back, but your mother firmly disagreed." .”

Julian lowered his head and said in a sad tone, "Mother...maybe she has other ideas."

The old duke sighed: "Perhaps, your mother insisted on refusing to come back, and I was sorry for your mother and son."

Julian stopped talking and put on an obedient look.

The old Duke seemed to like Julian very much, and his attitude towards him was very kind, which made Julian a little inexplicable.

He felt that if it was the original young master, he might be moved by seeing the old duke's behavior like this, but for Julian, you can say that he is too suspicious, anyway, he instinctively thinks that this The old prince's attitude towards Julian was not quite right.

It is said that people's feelings come from the place. How can a grandson whom he hasn't seen in more than ten years be so spoiled by him?Even if his father used to be the Duke's favorite son, it's still the same sentence. People have been dead for so long, and their feelings will become weak. At least Julian will never believe that the old Duke treats him so well. Because of his father.

This point can be seen from the attitude of old Hader, who is the old duke's confidant, and from his attitude towards Julian's father, it can be seen that the duke didn't love his son that much back then.

Julian temporarily suppressed these thoughts in his heart. What he is showing now is that he is a child who has admiration for the old duke. He listens to the old duke talking about some things in the past, and he is not at all impatient. .

It's a pity that the old duke was in poor health and tired after chatting with him for a while, Julian bid him farewell with a wink, and he followed old Hud after the doctors and maids came in.

Old Harder sighed for a while. He and the old Duke had a life-threatening friendship. The companions who fought together on the battlefield could only lie on the bed and wait to die, which made him feel powerless.

Probably seeing the old Duke's attitude towards Julian, Old Harder seemed to regard him as one of his own, and talked a lot about it, which also made Julian understand the old Duke better.

From Old Harder's mouth, he learned that there are quite a few competitors, including men and women, and none of them are easy to match.

He didn't want to be too noticeable when he first came to the king. Although this goal was shattered when Old Harder ushered him in, he didn't want to confront those people so soon either.

So, he used the excuse that he was not acclimatized to the capital when he first came to the capital, and stayed at home to recover from his illness, which made many people who were ready to trouble him grit their teeth.

"What a slippery boy!" Some people hid in the dark and cast aside Julian's actions.

But Julian doesn't care what they think, don't others know that they don't know?He is a Xibei guy, and his current status is very eye-catching. If he goes out to jump around again, he is looking for death... Even if Luke said that these nobles will abide by some unspoken rules and try not to cause lives. , but he doesn't want to put his own life in the hands of others, so it's better to be inconspicuous or inconspicuous, at least it's good to delay for a while.

As long as the old duke dies and the title is settled, his mission will be considered complete!

He hid like this for half a month, but in the end, Old Harder couldn't stand it anymore. He felt that he couldn't let the 'shy' Julian stay outside the circle of nobles, which would be bad for his future development.

(Sidney: ??? Have you misunderstood the word shy?)

So Julian, who had been making up lessons with Sidney, had to come out and attend several parties. At these dinner parties, he met a lot of nobles, and under Sidney's reminder, he learned what he had learned these days. Learned etiquette communication and so on.

The effect obtained is pretty good, it would be even better if there weren't so many ladies who enthusiastically gave hints of "let's have a shot"... Julian thought silently.

This day is another dinner party day, and Julian is quite impatient with such a dinner party. After all, he really doesn't like to be tempted back and forth. According to Sidney's guess, his competitors basically come to test After reading it again, the vast majority of people stay put, but there are always one or two who are more irritable and will jump out to die.

For example, this one in front of me...

"Hey, isn't this our dear young master Julian? What's the matter? Will you finally crawl out of your den?" The man who spoke was about 20 years old, and he was the grandson of the Duke's younger brother. Can be regarded as a powerful heir to the title.

He looked at Julian maliciously, and said with a sneer, "Tch, you really are an ignorant country bumpkin, as cowardly as a mouse, dare not even meet people?"

Julian twitched the corner of his mouth, and said calmly: "Cousin is joking, I am just not acclimatized, grandpa said to let me rest more, does cousin have something important to tell me?"

The implication is that grandpa asked me to rest more, what kind of onion are you, you have to be interviewed by labor and management?

"You!" Corey was furious, but Julian put on the name of the Duke, and he dared not say anything wrong about the Duke no matter what.

"Heh, lip service is good. I hope you can keep it. Don't forget, our Clifford family never judges victory or defeat by lip service." Corey sneered and walked away, obviously hating Julian. up.

Julian felt that he was quite innocent and had been provoked before his eyes. If he endured any longer, he would not come to compete for the title, but to become the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

But what Corey said is also reasonable. The Clifford family is a typical family based on merit. The old duke made a great reputation with his army back then. Become a leader among the nobility.

Why did Sirius II want the dukedom?It's not that the Duke's power is too great, those nobles surround the Duke, making His Majesty constrained in everything. The education His Majesty has received since childhood made him unable to bear such a situation, so he tried to change the status quo.

So far, all those who have the right to inherit have gathered in the capital. Judging from the old duke's situation, he doesn't have much time left, which means that the final choice is about to begin, but I don't know What method will the Duke use to choose an heir, but there is no doubt that no matter what method is used, it will definitely fall on the value of force in the end. After all, this is the foundation of the Radcliffe family.

Dang-

A crisp sound awakened Julian who was in deep thought. He followed the sound, and the figure that had been hidden in his heart seemed to jump out all of a sudden.

"Ou..." Suddenly realizing his current identity, he pursed his lips and showed a gentle smile to the other party.

Owen looked at the familiar figure on the opposite side in shock, feeling as if he was dreaming.

Julian?He turned out to be that Julian? ? ?

No, how is this possible...

As a great knight, he accidentally broke the cup at the ball, which shows the shock in his heart at this time.

The person opposite didn't seem to know him, seeing his gaffe, he showed a polite and distant smile.

Owen couldn't hide the panic in his heart. Ivans, who had been by his side all the time, sensed something was wrong, and asked in a low voice, "Master Owen?"

"It's okay..." Owen waved his hands, forcing a calm expression on his face.

It stands to reason that he just met someone he didn't expect, so it wouldn't make him lose his temper like this, but... the last time the two separated, he put him to sleep.

Owen wanted to cover his face in annoyance. He was emotionally unstable when he was stimulated by Niya. Under the influence of some unspeakable emotions, he impulsively put Julian to sleep, and then threw him directly out of guilt. On the deserted island, although he thought he was not a good person, seeing the 'victim' appearing in front of him with his own eyes, he was still very uneasy.

Hmm... not only not calm, but also very guilty... _(:з」∠)_, although even he himself doesn't know why he has a guilty conscience.

Fortunately, his strong self-control prevented him from doing any inappropriate actions. Even though he felt like being scratched by a kitten, he wanted to rush to Julian to ask what was going on, but in the end he restrained himself and waited until When everyone's attention was no longer focused on him, he found an opportunity to block Julian in a corner.

"Why are you here?" Owen put his hands on the wall, imprisoning Julian inside.

Julian blinked: "This gentleman... what are you talking about? Do we know each other?"

Owen was stunned for a moment, then came back to his senses and sneered, "Do you think it's enough for you to pretend that you don't know me?"

Julian smiled bitterly: "Sir, I really don't know what you are talking about? I don't even know who you are."

Owen frowned, looking at Julian in surprise, did he guess wrong?But... so similar, even the name is the same, I can't guess wrong!

He narrowed his eyes dangerously, and Julian looked at him with burning eyes without any fear.

Owen suddenly bent his mouth and pulled Julian's neckline open. His rough fingers gently stroked the upper part of the left chest, and a ring-shaped birthmark was clearly visible...

"Still pretending not to know me?"

Julian: ...you are fouling!

Owen Diary:

I... no, I don't know what to say, my mind is so messed up that I can't think at all.

How did that person appear?He turned into a member of the Radcliffe family?

Could it be that what he said at the beginning was lying to me?

Yes, it must be so, he is a liar!

Well, he must have been thinking about my jokes, maybe... maybe he even knew about that night!

No, I need to ask him to clarify!

No one can come away unscathed from deceiving a great knight!

……

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God!

what did I do? ? ?

How could I... No, my mind must have been confused!

God, how could I have done such an incredible thing?Luckily no one saw it...

But the relationship between me and Julian became more complicated, so complicated that even I felt a headache.

It was a mistake for me to go to him today, and it was a big mistake to keep my eyes on the time at night!

Don't let me find that bastard who played [beep...], I will definitely cut him into pieces!