Toma: Reincarnated as the Knight's Adopted Son

Chapter 4



Chapter 4

Chapter 4: Scumbags Are Everywhere

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A fist struck my left cheek. I fell to the ground after being punched.

“Hahaha! You’re weak, scum!”

The one who hit me was a six-year-old boy named Jaiz.

I’m about one year and three months old, and I can barely walk on my own. There’s no way I can beat a six-year-old.

However, no one watching bothered to scold Jaiz.

Jaiz is the legitimate grandson of the Lord (the legitimate son of the legitimate son). To put it simply, he’s a child from a bloodline destined to inherit the title of Marquis of the Lightstar family in the future.

If someone like me, a concubine’s child, were killed, no one would blame Jaiz.

A few months had passed since my living environment had changed, and I’d learned a lot.

As I mentioned before, this house belongs to the Lightstar Marquisate. The head of the family (the Lord) is Elgard Bard Lightstar, 62 years old.

His legitimate son, Jaiz’s father, is Badras Bard Lightstar, who currently manages most of the affairs within the territory.

The Lightstar Marquisate is part of the Kingdom of Kuldia. The Bald territory, which the Lightstar family governs, is located in the southern part of the kingdom and is famous for producing the largest amount of wheat in the country.

Technically, Jaiz is my nephew, but he doesn’t see me as a blood relative.

“You’re just a slave’s child! You shouldn’t even be allowed to exist in my presence!”

This "I’m the best" type of person... There were quite a few of them. My father in my previous life, and that classmate, also used to say “I’m the best.” There are more of these types than you’d expect.

Besides, this is the annex where I live, not the main house where Jaiz resides. He’s the one who comes here; I’m not going to the main house.

In other words, Jaiz comes here just to beat up me and the other concubines' children.

He probably doesn’t even know my name. Nor does he know the names of the other children. He just enjoys hitting whichever child catches his eye.

“Toma!”

“Was it Jaiz again?”

“I’m fine.”

“Toma...”

Louise handed me over to my mother’s arms.

“I’m so sorry, Toma. I’m so, so sorry...”

My mother cried as she apologized to me.

In my previous life, I was abused by my mother, but in this life, I’d been blessed with a good mother. That made me very happy.

Alone in my room, I used my skill as always.

I transformed walnuts into soybeans and chewed on them. Soybeans are highly nutritious. I’m eating them to build up my body.

And once I run out of mana, all I can do is sleep.

[You have leveled up.]

As I continued using my skill, my level increased. Not just the skill level—my actual level went up.

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Name: Toma

Race: Demigod (Human-God hybrid)

Information: Male, 1 year old, healthy

Title: Apostle of ×××

Rank: G

Attribute: Divine

Blessing: God of Transformation (Unawakened)

Level: 3

Skill: Transformation, Level 1

Life: 5 (25)

Stamina: 6 (31)

Mana: 7 (37)

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The numbers in parentheses show what my stats should be at this level.

It seems that since I’m still a toddler, my stats are limited.

Although my mana has only increased a little, the amount I can transform has also grown, even if only by a bit.

My mother, now a concubine, and I live in this annex, but our environment is still not safe.

Believing I need to raise my level as quickly as possible, I continued to pass out from mana exhaustion.


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