Wizard Earl

Chapter 1 Transmigrated

"Holy crap, it itches so much!"

Regaining consciousness from the darkness, Zhang Tongming felt waves of itching washing over him in the area of ​​his heart on the left side of his chest.

"What time is it now? I promised to add an extra chapter for 1,000 subscribers today! I can't go back on my word!" As a Level 1 writer in a certain literary group, Zhang Tongming has failed in various genres such as fantasy, xianxia, ​​and urban fiction. He finally managed to reach 1,000 subscribers in the fantasy genre, so he values ​​it very much!

Fighting off the waves of itching in his chest, Zhang Tongming struggled to get out of bed and groggily opened his eyes. But the next second, Zhang Tongming was completely stunned.

This is no longer his humble rented room.

The spacious hall, the burning fireplace, the exquisite thick carpet, the soft leather sofa, the gas lamps emitting a dim glow... the room was decorated in a classic European style, and everything seemed so incredible.

Swallowing hard, Zhang Tongming seemed to realize something and hurriedly looked around the room. After a while, his gaze settled on the mirror.

"Blonde hair, fair skin, black eyes, a high-bridged nose, handsome features, strong limbs, and gorgeous clothes..."

Looking at himself in the mirror, Zhang Tongming had a strange expression on his face and muttered to himself, "Did I time travel?"

As an online writer, Zhang Tongming has written countless time-travel beginnings, but this is the first time he has actually experienced time travel himself.

Just as Zhang Tongming was still hesitating about whether he had really transmigrated, a bunch of fragmented memories he had never heard of appeared in his mind.

Connor Ferguson, a nobleman of the Kaman Empire and heir to the Ferguson family, is a sophomore history student at Green University. After the death of his mother, Catherine Francis, he had a big argument with his father, the head of the Ferguson family, and left the family in anger to study history at Green University in Rune, a commercial port city in the western part of the empire.

The father, Earl Ferguson the Elder, a typical nobleman of a declining empire, did not hesitate to mortgage and sell the lands and estates that had been passed down through generations of the Ferguson family in order to maintain the "respectability" of his earldom.

Her mother, Catherine Francis, was the daughter of the Francis family. Her marriage to Sir Alex Ferguson was a marriage between a declining hereditary noble family and a conglomerate that had rapidly accumulated wealth during the Industrial Revolution. The noble family wanted the huge dowry, while the conglomerate wanted to use the noble family's power to improve its own social status and influence.

However, from the perspective of marriage, Catherine and Sir Alex Ferguson's marriage was a complete tragedy. Not long after their marriage, Sir Alex Ferguson continued to indulge in the glitz and glamour of aristocratic life.

In Connor's memory, old Ferguson never fulfilled his responsibilities as a father. Even something as important as learning the Knight Breathing Technique, a family tradition passed down through generations of the Ferguson family, was taught by the Ferguson family's over-seventy-year-old butler in place of old Ferguson.

The death of his mother, Catherine, was a devastating blow to Connor. Zhang Tongming, who was merging fragments of Connor's memories, could clearly sense Connor's longing and grief for his mother.

In an effort to force Connor to admit his mistakes and submit to his authority, Ferguson closed all of Connor's bank accounts. However, despite this, Connor did not live in poverty at Green University.

His mother, Catherine, bought an education fund for Connor when he was very young. From the day Connor was accepted into Greene University, he received thirty pounds a month for living expenses until he graduated.

Zhang Tongming originally wanted to learn more about Connor's life, but unfortunately, the itching in his chest had become unbearable for him.

As Zhang Tongming unbuttoned his fancy shirt, he was about to scratch to relieve the itching in his chest, but before he could even move, he was stunned by his reflection in the mirror.

In the dressing mirror, Zhang Tongming, who was shirtless, had a fist-sized hole in his left chest, where his heart was. Not a drop of blood could be seen at the edge of the flesh, and his pale ribs were exposed to the air!

"Clang!"

The terrifying scene caused Zhang Tongming to collapse to the ground, his back drenched in cold sweat.

"Holy crap, what the hell? He's still alive with injuries like that?"

Taking a deep breath, Zhang Tongming gradually calmed down and began to carefully examine the wound on his heart.

Through the wounds and ribs, Zhang Tongming could clearly see his bright red heart pounding in the center of the hole. At the same time, at the edge of the hole, layers of pink granulation tissue were visibly growing and repairing the wound on his heart. At this rate, it wouldn't be long before the wound on his chest near his heart was completely healed.

Feeling all this, Zhang Tongming finally breathed a sigh of relief and fell into deep thought.

The fact that a heart can be exposed, still beating, and then heal itself suggests that the information Connor remembers about supernatural abilities might not be false. In this world, wizards with powerful supernatural abilities might not just exist as little-known legends.

According to Zhang Tongming's understanding, this world has already completed the first industrial revolution and is developing towards the second industrial revolution. Textile machines, steam trains, and hot air balloons have already appeared. If this development continues, in a few hundred years, this world will have developed to the same level of technology as Earth today.

Connor Ferguson, a hereditary nobleman, didn't have much information about the seemingly omnipotent, powerful, and mysterious wizards. His limited knowledge of them came from documents in the family's secret library.

Those treasures, passed down through generations of the Ferguson family and seemingly so ancient that they could crumble at the slightest breeze, reveal a shocking secret: not only do wizards truly exist in this world, but the main force driving the world's productivity development now seems to be wizards, possessing all sorts of magical abilities, rather than scientists!

"Beep! The unknown energy within the main body has been completely eliminated, and the main body has returned to a healthy state!"

Just as Zhang Tongming was reeling from the shock of this huge secret, a clear, cold female voice appeared in his mind. At the same time, the itching sensation caused by the repair of the granulation tissue in the hole in his chest also stopped.

(End of this chapter)