Chapter 4: The Mysterious Battle Aura

Time passed like flowing water, and a week went by in the blink of an eye.

Xu Feng had already emerged from his low point and adjusted his mindset. After all, one must face reality. Since he had transmigrated, complaining about fate was useless; wallowing in despair was the choice of a coward. The road ahead was still long, and Xu Feng quietly began planning his path in life.

In fact, after calming down and thinking carefully, transmigrating... wasn't so bad. Over these seven days, Xu Feng had gained a basic understanding of Sea Blue Star. It was a beautiful world of magic, inhabited by various intelligent beings. The most powerful among them were humans, beastmen, and elves, and besides them, there were also dwarves, dragons, and many others...

The social structure was roughly equivalent to Earth's Middle Ages. Here, the greatest allure for men was that, as long as one had the capability, the law permitted and protected polygamy.

Of course, "capability" was a broad term, encompassing wealth, power, strength, and so on. Nobles typically married many wives. On Sea Blue Star, lineage was highly valued. Another privileged class was the mages. Although there was a highly developed magical civilization here, not many had the talent to become mages.

What choice should he make for his future?

Despite thinking a lot, Xu Feng was still very confused. In novels, the protagonist always had miraculous encounters and could effortlessly obtain wealth and beautiful women, but... reality wasn't that easy. Pies don't fall from the sky; one still needs to work hard to stand out.

But what could he do? In university, Xu Feng studied programming and design, but here... there weren't even computers. A hero had no place to use his skills, and he hadn't exactly mastered his major that well either.

For this week, Xu Feng had been staying at the Baron's estate, thanks to Catherine's hospitality. The servants were very curious about the Baroness's decision. Catherine was an Intermediate Knight, known in Ruhl City as the "Thorny Rose." She had never shown interest in men, yet this time she had taken in that young man. Could it be that she was interested in him...

Gossip was human nature. Although the servants didn't dare say it openly, they all secretly speculated. However, Xu Feng knew that wasn't the case!

In this world, how could there be so much love at first sight? Especially given his current down-and-out appearance, which was worlds apart from the image of a prince charming. It would be strange if Catherine liked him. The reason she took him in was mostly out of curiosity. After all, Xu Feng, coming from Earth, behaved and acted quite differently from the people of Sea Blue Star.

Curiosity could kill a cat. Precisely because Xu Feng always seemed shrouded in mystery in Catherine's eyes, she kept him at the estate.

But Xu Feng didn't like his current situation. A real man doesn't mooch off others. Since he had transmigrated, he wanted to live a splendid life and carve out a future. Although he didn't have a solid plan yet, he didn't want to stay idle at the Baron's estate.

To stand out, he had to strike out on his own. The world was vast, and Ruhl City was too small. Although beautiful, there was no future for development here.

But saying it was easy; leaving required travel expenses. As the saying goes, "Money makes the man." Leaving penniless and destitute, not to mention a bright future, he'd probably be begging for food within a few days. That would be too embarrassing for a Transmigrant... Xu Feng didn't want to end up that miserable!

What to do? Whenever he thought about this problem, Xu Feng felt utterly frustrated. In novels, the protagonist could always use Earthly knowledge to make money easily, but reality wasn't that simple. Thinking carefully, he did have a wealth of knowledge in physics, chemistry, astronomy, geography, and so on compared to the people of Sea Blue Star, but what use was it? At least for now, Xu Feng still hadn't figured out a way to turn that knowledge into money.

Unconsciously, he walked into the garden, where a beautiful young girl came into view—Baroness Catherine. The girl was practicing martial arts, her lovely body enveloped in a fiery red Battle Aura.

Boom!

A rock weighing several hundred pounds was shattered by her. From an Earth perspective, this was simply impossible. Such delicate and pretty hands, yet possessing such terrifying power. But on Sea Blue Star, it was nothing unusual. This was Battle Aura!

Miraculous Battle Aura!

On this beautiful planet, although knights' status was not as high as mages'—after all, the threshold for cultivation was lower—it was undeniable that a knight with outstanding Martial Arts was also highly respected. Moreover, Battle Aura wasn't easy to master. In fact, among warriors, low-level knights made up the majority. The line between low-level and intermediate-level was a watershed. Only by becoming an Intermediate Knight could one possess Battle Aura. Each rank was further divided into upper, middle, and lower grades. For Catherine to become a lower-grade Intermediate Knight before the age of twenty was already quite remarkable.

Xu Feng watched with some envy, his eyes even turning a bit red. But don't misunderstand—it wasn't because he coveted the beauty before him, but rather her outstanding Martial Arts!

"Is there something you need?"

"Miss Catherine."

Xu Feng nodded. Regarding the young man's attitude, the Baroness had been very curious at first. After all, Sea Blue Star was in a medieval era with strict social hierarchies. According to imperial law, commoners must show respect and maintain proper etiquette when facing nobles. But this young man seemed... not to care at all.

His attitude was always neither subservient nor arrogant. Although he was very polite when with her, Catherine could tell it was because she had saved him. Towards nobles, this young man exuded a deep-seated disdain from his very bones.

It wasn't an act. From Xu Feng's eyes, Catherine saw that this young man truly refused to bow to anyone. Could it be... his identity was very noble, perhaps a fallen noble or even royalty?

This speculation was quickly dismissed. Although over these days, Xu Feng's behavior and manners had been very polite and refined, quite different from ordinary commoners—it was clear he had received a good education—he was obviously completely ignorant of noble etiquette.

Just who was he? The young man remained shrouded in mystery...