"Thank you very much, Lord Land."
Amos smiled slightly, then took a breath and spoke slowly:
"My real name is not Amos, but Yakus Mien."
"Mien?"
"Yes, Mien, the surname of a marquis in the Laine Kingdom.
As for me, I was originally a member of that clan."
"It seems what you want to say is a sad story."
"Yes, indeed very sad, leaving me unable to move past it."
Amos, or rather Yakus, began to tell his story.
He, Yakus Mien, was once a scion of the Mien Clan.
His mother was the third wife of the then Marquis Mien.
Life was originally quite happy and fulfilling, but no one expected that the healthy Marquis Mien would suddenly die suddenly.
The entire clan fell into chaos during that time.
Mien Clan's tradition was different from the usual nobility's, not favoring primogeniture for noble titles, but rather worshipping the strong, only the most outstanding child could inherit the title.
