The legend of the Crimson Demon clan started from Suqing.

Chapter 235: The King's Selection Begins, Test-taker Felt
——It’s morning.

The warm sunshine poured down on Firut's face. She wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes and stretched lazily.

What follows is that Zun Zun and Reinhard will open the door unreasonably, get up amidst a barrage of mocking jokes, and then start their day's activities.

Before she knew it, she had gotten into the habit of getting up at this time every day.

“It’s really cozy.”

Although I was very free when I was a thief, I had to run around outside every day, and sometimes I even went hungry. It was nothing like now, when I have someone to serve me every day and I don’t have to worry about food and clothing.

Firut only felt that he had transformed from an unwanted wild cat into a docile house cat, and his sharp claws gradually lost their edge.

This was just a false illusion that Reinhardt used to protect himself.

She was fully aware of this, but with the influence of her grandpa and grandma, the twin maids, Grandpa Rom, Reinhard, and Zun Zun, she gradually accepted them and didn't even want to think about how to escape anymore.

I have become as corrupt as the nobles.

“…Although it’s not nice to interrupt you when you’re feeling sentimental, it’s almost time for you to get up, Master Felt.”

"How disgusting! Such a quiet sigh, how could you hear it from outside the door!?"

Felt stared out the door.

"Because Reinhard is an unreasonable wall-hanger."

The door of the room was opened somewhat roughly, and a handsome young man with red face and black hair strode in with a beautiful smile on his face.

"Good morning! Good morning! Sword Saint Family TV Station, I'm the one reporting for you today! Your neighbor Zun Zun! What a refreshing morning! It's the most appropriate to start a day like this with this song! Please listen! Ah...ah!"

Just when Zun Zun was about to show off his singing skills, a pillow with the scent of a young girl fell on his face.

Felt yelled in dissatisfaction.

"Why are you singing right away? Is your brain broken?!"

"Don't throw the pillow, are you a child?"

"Are you saying I'm the size of a toddler? Are you looking for trouble? Well, let's have a fight!"

The girl rolled up her sleeves and fought with Zun Zun.

I don't know who he learned this from, but he explodes when provoked and has become a pure militant.

Seeing the two rolling back and forth on the bed, Reinhard did not stop the indecent play. Instead, he smiled and said, "It's great that Master Felt is so energetic so early in the morning. It seems that I don't need to worry about your condition today."

“…Reinhard, is your brain broken too?”

"Why do you say that?"

"Because every time this happens you always jump out to stop me, saying something like it's against the etiquette of a young lady... Or are you going to let me go!?"

Firut’s eyes lit up.

The imprisoned canary longed for the sky, but at the same time she felt a little regretful in her heart, thinking that she would probably never see her grandparents and the twin maids again.

"Master Felt, you misunderstood. I am really glad that you are in good condition today."

"Really?"

"real."

"Nothing else?"

"No."

Firut looked at him suspiciously, but Reinhardt still smiled as warmly as ever without revealing a single flaw, making her unable to figure out his true intentions.

"never mind."

She chose not to think about it, and instead said to the two of them, "How long are you going to stand here? I need to get dressed! I have to get up at this time, don't I?"

“I am deeply touched that Felt-sama remembered this. But today is not just about that…”

Reinhard smiled with relief, then turned to the door and said, "You two can come in now."

Then a pair of maids walked in from outside.

Having seen their faces many times, they were very familiar, but the gorgeous dresses they held in their hands surprised Firut.

The bright yellow evening dress did not have any luxurious accessories on it, and she had not touched it herself, but she could tell by the look of it that it must be a high-end product.

Reinhard bowed slightly and said in a serious and formal tone, "Please put on this dress, Master Felt."

"this is?"

Felt felt a little uneasy.

"New clothes." Zun Zun said with a smile: "I chose this for you because it is too difficult to find a suitable dress for Firut's toddler body. After all, you can't support your chest like that big sister...ah, it hurts! Don't bite, don't bite, let go!"

Before he could finish his words, someone turned into a little wild cat and came up to bite him with bared fangs.

“Master Felt, please pay attention to your image.”

"Humph!"

After Reinhard’s persuasion, Felt uncomfortably opened her mouth.

Zun Zun rubbed his arm with teeth marks and said unhappily, "These are new clothes for you. You have been here for such a long time, and you don't have any new clothes except the one you wore when you first came here, so I chose this one for you. Change quickly. I promised to take you out to play today, did you forget?"

"……real?"

"Really, you have to believe me."

He looked sincere.

Firut felt that something was wrong, but in this situation, she could either wear this ridiculously gorgeous dress or run around the Sword Master Family’s residence in just her underwear.

If she was the carefree girl before, she would definitely not care about it. But now, the homeless girl who received the education of shame is like Eve who ate the fruit of wisdom and could not do such a thing. So she had to put on the clothes reluctantly with the help of the twin maids.

But this is just the beginning——

The Sword Master's mansion was the same as usual, and the scenery had not changed much, but she just felt that something was wrong and felt very uncomfortable.

Maybe it was because she was wearing a gorgeous dress.

When she walked out of the room and saw the huge Master Rom in the courtyard, her face lit up with joy and she ran over quickly, wanting to tell him about her confusion.

"Mr. Rom, what are you doing here?" "Feirut, run slower. If you fall... cough cough, just run slower!"

As if afraid that she would fall, Uncle Rom took two quick steps to greet her.

This is not the Master Rom she knew!

Although they are as close as a family, Uncle Rom rarely says such caring words!
"Lord Rom, is your penis soft?"

"You're the one who's gone soft!"

Seeing Rom-sama’s dark face turning red and angry, Felt nodded in relief. Yes, it’s Rom-sama as usual.

After saying hello, the two walked towards the restaurant.

"Good morning, Master Felt."

"Good morning, grandma!"

Seeing the old lady smiling gently, Firut walked towards her happily. During this time, the taciturn old grandfather also smiled and nodded at her.

This is normal daily life!
Those must be my own illusions. Just like what the teacher said before, I feel uncomfortable wearing clothes that don’t fit me, so I start to have wild thoughts.

Everything will be back to normal after you eat the delicious breakfast and desserts made by grandma!
That's right!

Delicious breakfast and desserts...?
Firut sat on a chair. What was placed in front of her was not the usual rich and delicious food, but only a long strip and two eggs. It looked so shabby that she asked herself a soul-searching question.

"——The Reinhardt family went bankrupt?"

She couldn't think of any other reason.

But the Reinhard family said bluntly that the whole kingdom had to treat them like ancestors, and if they said they were out of money, there would be many nobles rushing to send money. Even if the three meals a day were not as luxurious as those of the nobles, it was more than that.

She looked at her grandmother with inquiring eyes.

"Master Feruto, this is the breakfast that Master Zun made for you."

"Zun Zun, you did it on purpose!"

"No, stupid—"

Zun Zun, who was stared at, became subconsciously angry and pretended to slap her, but in the end he endured it.

Take a deep breath.

"That's not the case, Firut. This is the custom in my hometown."

"custom?"

"That's right. On such fateful days, the elders in the family would prepare such food, which represents their earnest expectations for their descendants."

"Isn't this superstition?"

"Did you hear me say I was looking forward to it?"

Zun Zun rolled his eyes in annoyance.

Besides, this is a different world of swords, magic, even blessings and powers. How could she tell me it was superstition?
Felt looked troubled.

"But I don't want to eat."

"Why, have the good times during this period made you a picky eater? It's really hard to go from luxury to simplicity, but easy to go from simplicity to luxury."

"No! I don't dare to eat anything you make. I always feel like you have bad intentions!"

she yelled at the sneering Zun Zun.

But now it seems that she has to eat it. Not only Zun Zun, but also Grandpa and Grandma, and even Grandpa Rom are looking forward to watching her eat it.

"Okay, okay, I'll eat it. It won't kill me anyway."

It's just complaints.

Don't look at Firut like this, she is actually quite stubborn. If she doesn't want something, no matter who begs her, it will be useless.

Pick up an egg.

"and many more."

"what?"

"Eat this first."

"You have so many demands."

Firut glared at Zun Zun unhappily, then took the dough stick handed to him and said disdainfully: "Anyway, it must be unpalatable, so I'll eat it quickly... Delicious!!!"

He bit down with a fearless attitude, and the next second his eyes widened.

"Delicious! What is this? It's delicious! Zun Zun, how did you make it? Why is it so delicious? It's just ordinary fried noodles, why is it so delicious!?"

"Yeah, why? It's just a few fried dough sticks..."

The person who was praised, on the contrary, looked up to the sky and sighed with a melancholy look on his face, as if he was thinking about some world-class problem and could not get the answer at all.

Although Firut didn't want to admit it, he had to say that the fried dough sticks and eggs made by Zun Zun were really delicious.

It's just too little.

Usually, when Firut asked for a snack, grandma would agree with a smile on her face. However, Zun Zun refused on the grounds that the snack wouldn't work if he added more food, which made her feel a little dissatisfied.

After breakfast.

After being seen off by their grandparents, Firut, Reinhard, Grandpa Rom, Zun Zun, and the twin maids driving the carriage got on the dragon carriage.

She was very happy.

This was the second time she had gone out to play since she moved into the Sword Saint's mansion, so excited that she forgot to ask where they were going. By the time she realized what was going on and asked, the carriage had already arrived at the destination.

Got off the carriage.

Felt’s eyes widened involuntarily at the sight that came into view.

"——Isn't this the royal city!?"

(End of this chapter)