After a conversation with Earl Merlin, Russell was ready to go back to his room to rest with the thoughts of the Snow Demon invasion.
Pass by the elf room in the castle.
The two maids guarding the door quickly saluted him and said hello: “Master Russell.”
At this time, the elf room was very noisy, and there were countless elves making trouble in it. There is no doubt that when nobles hold large gatherings, they often bring elves and elf bugs with them and hold an elf gathering by the way.
Russell’s three elves and eight elf bugs also socialized in the elf room.
Russell could even hear the cry of Nico, the tobacco elf. Among his three elves, Nico was the boldest and the loudest. The fluorescent mushroom bird Rosie and the wheat elf Whit both look weak and shy.
As if sensing Russell’s presence, Nicole, Rosie and Whit flew out of the opening in the elf room door together.
“Hey!” Nicole stood on Russell’s head without hesitation. She was a tobacco elf who fought for Russell’s daily income.
Rosie landed on Russell’s left shoulder, and Whit on his right shoulder.
The three elves chattered for a long time, but no one knew what they were talking about. Even if there was a spiritual contract, Russell couldn’t figure out what they were thinking, so he could only guess and communicate.
Tease for a while.
Russell waved his hand: “Okay, let’s all go back to the elf room and continue playing music and dancing.”
“Goooo, goooo!” Nicole, who had the style of taking the lead, said hello, then flew back into the elf room with Rosie and Whit, and continued to participate in the noisy elf gathering, shouting loudly.
“What a pity.” Russell looked inside from the window, “I can’t see the big elf.”
There were so many little elves, dozens of them gathered together, and countless fairy bugs, but there was no big one.
The reason is simple.
The Great Elf has reached the end of its elf evolution. Elf gatherings are almost useless to the Great Elf. The same goes for the Mushroom Bird. The nobles never take the Mushroom Bird out – only Russell likes to take Rosie with him to see the world.
Shaking his head, Russell quietly left under the admiring eyes of the two maids.
“Master Russell is really becoming more and more dignified.” A maid praised, “Unfortunately, Master Russell rarely stays at the Fluorescent Castle anymore. If Master Russell also lived in the castle, I would be able to see Master Russell every day. “
“Don’t think foolishly. Master Russell didn’t look down on maids before. Now that Master Russell has become a flying dragon knight, he doesn’t look down on maids anymore.”
“I don’t expect Master Russell to like me. I’m just an ordinary maid… But don’t you think Master Russell is more gentle and refined than before?”
“That’s true.”
“In the past, Young Master Russell always had a gloomy face. Although he was handsome, he was very cold. Now Young Master Russell is really warm.”
“Of course the Dragon Knight is warm, and the master is also very warm.” Another maid said, her eyes full of longing, “Every time the master passes by, I stand next to him, and I can’t help but feel a warm current flowing through my body…”
“Ah!” the maid exclaimed in a low voice, “You don’t have that idea about the master, do you?”
Another maid immediately said shyly: “Why, can’t you? You are allowed to be infatuated with Master Russell, but I am not allowed to be infatuated with Master?”
“Haha…” the maid covered her mouth and laughed, “naturally, different people like radishes and vegetables. I understand.”
“Anyway, just thinking about it.”
“Yeah, just thinking about it anyway.”
The two maids each looked at each other and saw a strong sense of inferiority in each other’s eyes. The gap between their status and that of the nobles was too big.
It’s so big that even fantasy is a little pale and feeble.
……
In the small castle of Gale Manor, Marcus was playing cards with several principal lords, including his in-law Lord Minor.
“Marcus, how is your relationship with Lord Russell?” asked a principality lord.
Marcus narrowed his eyes and responded calmly: “I grew up watching Mr. Russell. What do you think the relationship between me and Mr. Russell will be like?”
Lord Duchy immediately smiled and said: “That’s great!”
“Huh?” Marcus wondered.
Several principal lords nearby immediately winked at Lord Minor, and Lord Minor could only cough lightly: “Marcus… you have such a good relationship with Mr. Russell, I wonder if you can order a batch for us through Mr. Russell. Cigars to take away?”
“Yes, you may not know that cigars in Stormrage City are hard to find nowadays, and we all like to smoke. After smoking Yulong cigars, and then smoking a pipe, I don’t have the same feeling at all. So I just happened to come to the original place. I want to take some of it back to the place of origin.”
“Is that so…” Marcus was a little embarrassed.
The little feud between him and Russell had long since disappeared as Russell rode the dragon, but to say that the relationship was good, it really wasn’t.
In particular, Marcus has always supported Roland and doesn’t care about Russell, who is the second son.
This also led to a very weak relationship between Russell and him, and the incident with Malena happened in the middle, and it became even colder.
“Marcus, just help the brothers.” The Lords of the Principality begged, “Without cigars to smoke, life would really be meaningless. You have such a good relationship with Mr. Russell, you will definitely be able to get the goods in advance.”
Face was saved, and Marcus couldn’t stand it.
Then I thought about it, it was just a few boxes of cigars. This small matter could be solved without going through Russell.
Then he nodded and agreed: “Okay, leave it to me. I’ll say hello to Mr. Russell.”
Everyone hurriedly flattered Marcus and praised the enviable friendship between Marcus and the Dragon Knight.
Marcus is a serious person, but this does not prevent him from being somewhat vain.
Now Russell riding the dragon is the unparalleled glory of all the knights in the entire Youguang Valley.
But Marcus quickly asked one more question: “How many boxes of cigars do you want?”
Minor quickly gave his request: “We hired a thunder beast to pull a cart and prepared to fill a thunder beast cart with cigars.”
“Pfft!” Marcus spit out a mouthful of tea soup, “How much?”
Seeing this, Minor said hesitantly: “Is it too much? Otherwise, how about half a Thunder Beast pulling the cart?”
Marcus looked resentful.
If the Thunder Beast cart is fully loaded, it can pull thousands of boxes of Yulong cigars. Even if it is half loaded, it will take thousands of boxes of cigars.
It might not be difficult for him to find connections and jump in line to buy a few boxes of cigars, but he doesn’t have such a big face to jump in line and buy so many cigars.
Minor saw Marcus’s dilemma, so he lowered his demand again: “How about a quarter of the thunder beasts pulling the cart, uh, rounding up, five hundred boxes of Yulong cigars? We five Lords of the Principality, one person One hundred boxes?”
“Yes, one hundred boxes per person. Considering your relationship with Mr. Russell, Marcus, it’s not difficult to do this to save face, right?”
“If it doesn’t work, forget it. Don’t make it difficult for Marcus.”
“Yeah, playing cards and playing cards.”
The lords of the principality only had the attitude of giving it a try and were not embarrassed to really embarrass Marcus. But the more this attitude became, the more uncomfortable it made Marcus feel – he didn’t want to show off in front of his colleagues.
Essentially everyone is a Lord.
However, the status of the principality lords who are loyal to the Red Castle is more or less higher than that of the lords who are loyal to the great nobles.
Marcus did not want to lose face and confidence in front of the Lord of the Principality.
So he took a deep breath and said calmly: “It’s hard to say if there are too many, but it’s not a big deal if one person has one hundred boxes and five hundred boxes. Don’t worry, I will say hello to Mr. Russell tomorrow.”
As soon as these words came out, the scene became lively again.
The lords of the principality lamented Marcus’s luck and followed the right lord, and said that in the future, when the Black Fire Land is developed, Marcus will definitely be able to get a share of the pie, and his son will definitely be able to win a title of Lord and continue the family.
This was very useful to Marcus.
Especially his in-law Lord Minor, who also flattered Marcus and praised Malena’s sensibleness. Now Minor is very satisfied with his marriage to Marcus, and Malena will be more comfortable at her husband’s house in the future.
So Marcus was in a good mood, at least while playing cards.
But when the card game ended in the middle of the night, Marcus looked sad and said: “Where can I get five hundred boxes of cigars?”
(End of chapter)