Chapter 1: Idiot

  In fact, when Du Wei?Rollin was just born, no one dared to call him an idiot, and he was even once considered likely to be the genius of the Rollin family.

  Three years ago, when Du Wei came out of the belly of the Countess to this world, he had scared the female servants who were in charge of receiving him at that time.

  Because he neither cries nor shouts, and doesn't even need adults to coax him. His daily routine is more regular than an adult's, waking up on time every day, opening his mouth to eat on time, and sleeping on time. However, apart from opening his mouth to eat, this child's mouth almost never makes any sound, and the only thing he does every day is stare blankly... staring with a pair of eyes.

  He even had a rare record of wetting the bed. Because he learned to gently shake the bell beside his cradle, every time when Mr. Duvie's cradle rang, the maid would immediately go to bring him a chamber pot. Such actions made the whole family praise this young master for being so clever since childhood and would definitely be the genius of the Luo Lin family in the future.

  Unfortunately, the two words "genius" had lost their luster on his head in less than half a year... because he couldn't speak.

  At his age, children of the same age as him can already babble and make simple sounds with their mouths, such as "daddy, mommy, pee pee". But it seems that Master Duwei's mouth has been sealed by a super powerful magician, no matter how hard Countess teaches him to speak, not even a single sound can come out of his mouth.

  Even if he was born mute, at least he could hum a couple of notes, but this young master was as silent as a stone. When he was cold, hot, hungry or needed to use the restroom, all he would do was ring the bell.

  When he was three years old, the young master's golden mouth had not been opened yet. The countess invited countless brilliant doctors and even several famous magicians to see if her son was under some kind of magical curse, but all in vain. In the end, even the most optimistic countess couldn't help but sigh with sorrow, it seemed that this son of hers was an idiot.

  Fortunately, three-year-old Little Duwei has learned to walk. Although he is still a bit unsteady, in this regard, there isn't much difference compared to children of the same age.

  He's just a little kid who doesn't cry, doesn't laugh and can't speak. He just stares blankly all day long. Apart from being an idiot, there really isn't any other explanation for him.

  Just over a month ago, a sudden stormy rainstorm, the sky thundering and flashing, the rain was like a pouring, even the Grand Canal outside the Imperial City heard that it almost burst its banks, while in the Earl's mansion, something big happened.

  This young master Du Wei took advantage of his maid's inattention and actually crawled out of the house, standing foolishly in the courtyard under the rain, looking up at the sky. The thunderstorm with flashes of lightning and the rumbling sound of thunder, yet this child seemed to have not a hint of fear - perhaps an idiot simply doesn't understand what it means to be afraid.

  He clenched his two small fists and suddenly let out a loud cry towards the sky!

  The young master, who had not spoken in three years, stood in the rain, shouting wildly at the thunder and lightning, letting the rain wash over his small body. By the time the servants found him, he was shivering from head to toe, as if he had been pulled out of the water, his face deathly pale, his lips bitten purple.

  The countess, who had rushed to the scene upon hearing the news, immediately fainted at the sight. The servants of the mansion quickly carried both the young master and the countess into the house. The countess soon came to, and embracing her son, who had also fainted, she burst into tears. The doctor who was summoned was in a flurry as he worked tirelessly for half a day, administering various medicines, and two magicians were also called in to cast healing spells on the young master for a long time.

  As the child's body gradually cooled down, the countess immediately ran to the Temple of the Goddess of Light in the imperial capital, inviting a black-robed priest to personally cast the goddess' blessing spell on the child. Meanwhile, the countess knelt before the statue of the goddess in the temple for an entire night, ceaselessly praying for her son.

  It wasn't until the second day that the child's body finally warmed up, and one small life was saved. However, he fell into a coma again for another day and night. During this time, the Countess hardly ate or slept as she held her son in her arms. By the second day, the Countess's beautiful face had become greatly haggard. Suddenly, young Master Duwei, who was asleep, began to speak. With his eyes closed, he seemed to be talking in his sleep, and a few words escaped from his mouth, but everyone listened for half a day without understanding what they meant. It seemed that this foolish young master had not yet learned to speak, and all he said were the meaningless babblings of an infant.

  The countess, however, was overjoyed and wept, kneeling beside the child and listening for a while before finally making out some sense. Turning to look at the group of servants who were as silent as cicadas in winter, she said softly, "Among the servants who usually take care of the young master, is there one named Madeleine?"

  The crowd was stunned for half a day, and finally one of the bold ones stepped forward, bowing his head and saying: "Madam, it seems that among the people responsible for young master's daily life, there isn't anyone named Made..."

  Then a thorough search was made of the Earl's house, but it was not until they came to the stables that they found a groom named Madeleine, who was immediately summoned before Madame.

  "My son was calling out your name in his sleep... Madeleine... I don't know why he's calling out to you, but it seems like a divine revelation from the Goddess of Light. The goddess blesses you, from today on, you won't have to feed the horses anymore, go serve by the young master's side instead."

  Ma De was overjoyed, he suddenly jumped from a lowly groom to the side of the young master in the earl's mansion, and it seemed that a bright future was beckoning him!

  But Du Wei himself didn't know that in his sleep, he was just momentarily enraged and ran outside to yell at the sky, got rained on, and almost lost his life. He also didn't know that because of two curses he muttered while unconscious, "Damn it", someone else benefited greatly from it.

  Du Wei's illness lasted for a whole month, and his originally weak body as a child became even weaker. It wasn't until after a full month had passed that some color finally returned to his pale face.

  However, as always, the young master still didn't speak, and since he woke up, not a single sound had come out of his mouth. Even to the servant named "Made" who was summoned by him in his sleep, the young master didn't give him a good face, every day was just daze after daze. The only difference was that when the female servant occasionally mentioned her serious illness, Countess had stayed awake for two days and two nights, holding herself, and even knelt in front of the goddess statue for a whole night...

  Afterwards, when the countess came to visit her son every day, she found that the child's originally dull eyes had a hint of warmth when turned towards her.