Karun opened his mouth to speak, but couldn't make a sound. He took a deep breath and blinked several times to prevent tears from pooling in his eyes.

"Hello, this is the Inmoleis Funeral Home," Uncle Mason repeated on the phone.

Karun's gaze wandered over the portrait hanging on the study wall. He felt a sense of homesickness and shyness. If he were only writing a letter, there would be no problem. But after hearing the voice on the other end of the phone, the person's face, his entire being, the people around him, the living room, the yard, the kitchen on the second floor, the bedroom on the third floor, and all the emotions and scenes flashed before his eyes in an instant.

Before this, Karun never thought of himself as a sentimental person. He liked to solve and organize his life calmly and even avoided letting his emotions affect his rationality. But the reality told him that he was not the only one like this.

At this moment, Uncle Mason, who had not received a reply from Karun, seemed to sense something. He lowered his voice and asked with excitement, "Karun, is that you?"

Karun gritted his teeth and finally spoke, "Uncle."

"Oh, Karun, you're okay, you're okay, hahaha, you're okay, you're okay!" Uncle Mason almost shouted on the phone, and the sound of his shoes bouncing on the floor could be heard from this end of the receiver.

"Uncle, I'm fine, I'm good," Karun said.

"Karun, are you in Wien now? Oh, look at me, of course, you must be in Wien, you..."

"Hello, Karun?" Aunt Mary's voice came from the phone.

"Karun, is it really you?"

"Yes, Aunt Mary, is your health okay?"

"You heartless animal, why did you only think of calling home now, you thing with a worm-eaten conscience!!!"

Aunt Mary cursed directly on the phone, and Karun smiled while listening to the sound of her voice.

"Okay, okay, that's enough," Uncle Mason's voice came, "ask how the child is doing in Wien."

"Karun, how are you doing in Wien now?"

"Uncle, Aunt Mary, there was an accident on the ferry before, and we were rescued ashore and encountered some things, so I couldn't contact home. But now I'm settled down, and my life is back on track. I plan to go see the house in a few days."

Karun omitted a lot of details.

Uncle and Aunt Mary on the other end of the phone didn't ask about the process anymore because they could "imagine" it themselves.

Poor child, he must not have been treated well at his "fiancée's" house and must have been looked down upon and bullied, so he planned to buy a house to live in by himself.

Uncle and Aunt Mary didn't deliberately ask about Karun's "scars" anymore.

"Deal with the house earlier. Oh, by the way, you said there was an accident on the ferry. Your documents and everything weren't lost, were they?"

"No, they're all well-preserved with me. The loan contract is here, and the passbook and cash are also here."

"Phew, that's good, that's good. You have money in your hands, so you don't have to be afraid of anything. I'll have your uncle transfer some money to your account tomorrow."

"Aunt Mary, I have enough money on me."

"Of course it's not enough, how could it be enough? You're a child who cares about face, I know."

"Is everything okay at home? How are you guys doing?""Grandpa is still unconscious, but his breathing has been steady." Aunt Mary said, "Your Aunt Winnie went to the nursing home to discuss cooperation, and Mina and the others aren't home, so I couldn't talk to you on the phone."

"It's okay. I'll call back once I've settled in and installed the phone." Karun said.

"Okay, when you do, give us your address. We can write letters, send some pictures and packages."

"And canned sardines, Karun!" Uncle Mason shouted.

"Okay, Aunt."

"Anything else you want to say?" Aunt Mary asked Uncle Mason.

Uncle Mason took the phone and said, "Karun."

"Uncle."

"Believe in yourself, have confidence in yourself."

Karun was stunned for a moment, then realized that Uncle Mason was comforting him, who was kicked out by his fiancée's family, and could only smile and say, "Okay, Uncle."

On the other end of the phone, Uncle Mason courageously shouted, "Remember, the men of our Inmolei's family may lack money, may lack career, but they will never lack women! Ouch!!"

Uncle must have been pinched hard by Aunt Mary.

"Karun." Aunt Mary took the phone.

"Aunt."

"Your uncle is right."

"Ouch…" Aunt Mary said Uncle was right while pinching his soft waist.

"I'm not urging you to come back now. You must want to make a name for yourself in Vienna. I support you, and you must believe that you will find the one who understands and appreciates you."

"I've always believed that." Karun said.

"Okay, take care of yourself there and stay safe."

"You too, Aunt Mary."

The phone hung up.

Alfred delivered a hot towel, and Karun took it and wiped his face.

"Young master, when I went to the door to pick up the towel that Leto prepared, I saw Mr. Bede outside."

"Well, let him in."

"Yes, young master."

Alfred walked to the door of the study, opened it, and ushered Mr. Bede in. Alfred hesitated for a moment, but did not leave the study, instead leaned against the door.

"Young master Karun." Mr. Bede called out and sat down on a chair very consciously.

"You did a good job." Karun praised, "Actually, Mr. Bede, you have always been very capable."

Mr. Bede smiled and said, "Thank you for your praise, but my ability is indeed limited, especially for this family, oh no, I mean for the previous family, there is really not much I can do."

Karun nodded. The previous Allen family could no longer solve the family crisis by just changing a wise patriarch.

Whether it was the constant pressure from the Raphael family or the "Black Seed" plan calculated by the Gloria family, what was needed was absolute and powerful combat power. Mr. Bede could do everything else, but he could not fight.

The Raphael patriarch was killed by Dis, and Gloria IX was solved by Count Rekall. Although there was a suspicion of using a sledgehammer to kill a mosquito, unfortunately, Mr. Bede was completely powerless against these two mosquitoes.

And on the basis of powerlessness, there may be some predictive ability, so the only choice is to be passive.

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"I'm moving to York City in a few days."

Since he was leaving, he had to say goodbye to the host family beforehand."Yes, the list of properties owned by the family in York City will be prepared and sent to you for personal selection if you want to live in the city," said Mr. Bede.

"No need, before coming to Vienna, my uncle and aunt had prepared a mortgage contract from the Vienna National Bank for me to buy a house with a loan," Karun replied confidently.

Mr. Bede didn't know how to respond to this, especially when he saw Karun still smiling confidently.

But he quickly understood the key point and said with a smile, "I understand. I sincerely wish that Karun can choose the highest cost-effective house that satisfies himself, and the Allen Consortium will not interfere."

"Thank you for taking care of me during my stay at the Allen Estate."

"No, it is the Allen Estate that thanks you for your care," Mr. Bede stood up and said seriously.

"Well, there's no need to be so polite between our two families."

"The warning you gave me last time, Karun, I need to catch the breath of the earth. Now, after hearing your arrangement, I seem to have gained new insights into this sentence."

"What insights?" Karun asked curiously.

As his "prospective father-in-law," someone who could sit down and chat face-to-face with Dis, he had many obvious shortcomings, but his strengths were undoubtedly excellent.

Not to mention anything else, just the painting he drew for himself, he was able to understand his inner thoughts and draw them out visually with just a few words. One couldn't help but marvel at his talent in this area.

"The Wall God Church has always been obsessed with painting murals for the gods, believing that this is the highest pursuit of art."

"Um."

"I now begin to doubt this pursuit. Karun, you must have considered this when you chose to leave the Allen Estate and go to the city to observe people, right?"

"I am a god servant...oh no, I am a god initiate. I think at this stage, what I need to do is to think more and observe more. The Allen Estate is very comfortable to live in, but it is not a good observation window. Or, I haven't reached the level of observation yet, or rather, I haven't reached the stage of observation yet."

"Karun wants to observe city life?"

"Yes, with a focus on observing people."

"I understand. This is also a question that I am currently weighing repeatedly in my heart. I vaguely feel that constantly pursuing the aesthetics and heights of murals may be a kind of extreme deviation."

"Not a deviation."

"Not a deviation?" Mr. Bede was surprised that Karun had given a negative answer.

"I have some understanding of the doctrine of the Wall God Church. In my opinion, the pursuit of the Wall God Church is to use murals to record and pass down the history of the previous era, even the era before that, or even more distant history.

You are contemporary artists, but at the same time, you are also observers and recorders of history."

"Yes, that's right. Your description, young master, is very accurate."

"So I think your approach is not wrong."

"The approach is not wrong?" Mr. Bede sensed the implicit meaning in Karun's words. "Then what is wrong?"

"I think it may be because of the suppression of Ruiruisa by the Order God, which has brought the Wall God Church years of paranoia and extreme emotions. You mistakenly believe that this is the true beauty.

A loyalty and dedication to art that is unafraid of power and must depict the picture. But it may be precisely because of this kind of paranoia that you have become narrow-minded in your pursuit of art."

"Narrow-minded?""You are too obsessed with using the 'Divine Mural' to record history."

"But, if not using 'God' as the theme to record, what should we use?"

"Human."

"Human?"

"Only human, is the driving force behind creating history."

...

Two days have passed. During these two days, Karun gave Yunis two foot massages, once when she wore black stockings, and once when she wore white stockings.

Perhaps because she knew her boyfriend was about to leave, Yunis became more active.

In addition, Karun had a formal farewell dinner with the Allen family. During the dinner, he explained why he wanted to temporarily leave the Allen estate. He said he wanted to go to the city and walk around the crowded streets and see more.

However, perhaps because this reason was too true, so true that everyone present except Mr. Bede was thoughtful, everyone else thought it was fake.

They preferred to believe that Karun had other reasons to leave, or that the Inmoleis family had other arrangements.

Regarding this, Karun was too lazy to explain too much. During the dinner, he agreed to Mr. Anderson's request to keep in touch with the Allen estate and promised to visit the estate often.

...

This morning, before leaving the Allen estate, Karun went to the Allen ancestral cemetery to pay his respects.

Looking at the repaired pirate ship tombstone, Karun smiled and gently touched it.

In fact, Karun had always been curious about one thing: was he able to awaken Count Rekall because his ability had really reached that level, or was it Count Rekall's personality that made his body easier to awaken?

After all, at that time, he was ready to awaken an ordinary Allen ancestor to try it out, and did not intend to choose a famous one in history because fame often meant greater strength.

So, did he awaken Count Rekall to solve the crisis of the Allen estate, or did Count Rekall's "flammable physique" also help him accumulate experience?

For example, when he awakened, the iron chain under his feet turned red.

In simpler terms, any skill requires "proficiency"; just like practicing the spell "Punishment Spear" repeatedly, you have to succeed once to reflect, summarize, and improve effectively. If you can't succeed, you will fall into a self-doubt death loop.

Therefore, did he and Count Rekall help each other achieve something?

Or, were we destined to meet?

Karun brought two bouquets of flowers today. After placing one bouquet in front of Count Rekall's tombstone, he placed the other in front of the ancestor Allen's tombstone, and did not put any under the other ancestors' tombstones.

So, don't expect everything to be over after you die. If you didn't live a decent life, you will still be treated differently after death.

After finishing the worship, when Karun was about to get into the car, he found Mrs. Jenny standing by the car door.

"Young Master Karun." Mrs. Jenny took the initiative to speak.

"Madam."

"Yunis..." Mrs. Jenny took a deep breath and continued, "Yunis, how do you plan to arrange her?"

Actually, this question should be asked by her husband, but Mrs. Jenny found that her husband had been absent-minded these days and his mental state was not very good, so she had to ask as a mother for her daughter.

"She is now awakening her bloodline. I think she will be better taken care of if she stays at home.""Afterwards, what I want to ask is what happens next. I asked Lisa, and she said that it will improve significantly in two to three months, and she won't be so sleepy anymore. At most, half a year, she will fully recover."

"I will go back to the estate every month to see her."

"Well, what's next?"

"After she fully recovers, I will take her with me and leave. She promised me, and I promised her."

"Karun, should I trust you?"

"You should trust the education of the Inmores family."

Karun bowed slightly to Mrs. Jenny, and Alfred helped him open the car door and got in.

The car stopped behind the castle, and the Allen family saw Karun off with the courtesy of welcoming royalty.

Alfred sat in the passenger seat, and the driver was from the Allen family.

Puerh jumped onto Karun's lap, just blowing in the wind outside, and her hands were a little frozen. Karun put his hands in Puerh's fur and held hands.

The Golden Retriever also leaned towards Karun, meaning that its fur was denser than a cat's and more suitable for warmth, but Karun chose to ignore it despite its wagging tail.

Karun leaned back against the leather chair:

"Let's go."

"Yes, sir."

The driver started the car and drove around the castle to the front door. Anderson and his family stood there to see him off.

Karun didn't roll down the window to say goodbye to them, but he still saw two small people standing by the window of the third-floor study through the corner of his eye.

One was Judy and the other was Borg.

Puerh's tail curled up, and Karun stroked it down.

When the car passed the theater, Alfred spoke up:

"Sir, you said that it is the most suitable place for a mourning hall."

Unfortunately, only Prince Henry's funeral was held there.

"There will be opportunities in the future." Karun said, "I think we will need it again here, but our guests can't be as low-end as Prince Henry."

After a while, Karun added:

"Most importantly, we can't pay for it ourselves anymore."

At this time, Alfred said again:

"Sir, when we get to the suburbs, we will get off the car and let the driver go back, and we will take a taxi to the hotel. I have already made an appointment with the real estate agency. I will go and see the suitable houses listed in the afternoon. You can rest at the hotel first."

"I won't rest, let's go together."

"Okay, sir."

"Remember our housing loan limit, don't exceed it."

"Of course, sir, there is an unfortunate thing I have to tell you. I brought my savings passbook to Vienna, but I don't know when I lost it, so we can only rely on your money and your family's housing loan limit to buy a house in the future."

"Hehe."

Karun smiled and said:

"Good."

The car continued to drive on the highway, and the Allen estate gradually disappeared behind them.

Alfred turned on the car radio, and after a while of tuning, the radio played a rhythmic and cheerful country song-"Girl from my hometown, wait for me to come back."

At this time, the Golden Retriever took the initiative to pat Karun's knee with its paw.

Karun lowered his head and found that the Golden Retriever was holding a playing card in its mouth. He took it over, and it was the Ace of Spades.

He rolled down the window,

Karun threw the Ace of Spades out,

The Ace of Spades quickly rotated in the air,

And finally, it was embedded in the gap in the center of the road;

This is,

A new beginning.