Evil dragon has a warm heart-Chapter 137 - 136 Twelve Days

Chapter 137: Chapter 136 Twelve Days

Chapter 137 -136 Twelve Days

Nobility is not only a matter of blood relations but also of interests.

So when Russell suggested using the output of the 1,500-acre magical medicine field as a return to attract investment, Fluorescent Castle agreed without hesitation.

The family invested 1,000 gold coins, and over the next few years, half the output of these 1,500 acres of magical medicine fields would be sold to Fluorescent Castle at 80 percent of the market price, until the investment of 1,000 gold coins was exhausted.

“Actually, the family can invest even more gold coins. You might want to consider that,” Roland said with some regret after the contract was signed.

If possible, he would even want to buy out the entire output of Russell’s 1,500-acre magical medicine field, and for as many years as possible.

After all, to Fluorescent Castle, gold coins were nothing. A few more trips hunting on the snowfield could easily earn them back. The indispensable magic potions were hard to obtain simply by spending money. Russell’s initiative to attract investment was exactly what they desired.

If the contract could be longer and for a larger amount, Fluorescent Mushroom Bird Luo Xi, though nominally belonging to Russell, would actually be serving Fluorescent Castle.

It would mean that Russell’s mushroom birds were effectively his own.

“When I need money, I’ll seek further investment. We can talk about that then,” Russell declined Roland’s request for additional investment.

Fluorescent Castle needs to train knights, and he certainly needs to train knights as well.

Wuyao Snake Manor was just his starting point; he wanted a larger domain and a higher title in the future, which he needed to earn through real combat on the snowfield. And ordinary Snow Ghosts didn’t count as military achievements, only hunting Snow Demons did.

Only the Ice Soul Pearls extracted from Snow Demons served as the sole proof of military achievements.

There was also a very important point.

To raise Little Dream Dragon, the demand for Ice Soul Pearls would undoubtedly be immense. Relying on his own power was far from enough; he needed a large contingent of knights to follow him into battle to continue acquiring Ice Soul Pearls.

So no matter what, he needed to reserve some of the magic potions to cultivate his own knights.

That night, Russell stayed at the castle.

Regrettably, Little Dream Dragon still didn’t appear.

“Twelve days now, and two Ice Soul Pearls require twelve days to be digested… and I don’t even know if Ice Cream will continue to sleep tonight,” Russell mused as he got up early. After a sumptuous buffet breakfast, he left Fluorescent Castle.

The Baron and his wife had decided that in three days, on September 2nd, the whole family would visit Count Merlin Rain-Longflower, their maternal grandfather, at Tributary River Mouth.

In these three days, Russell needed to take care of the manor’s affairs because he would be staying at Bluebird Castle for a month.

Adding the ten days of travel, he would be away from home for nearly forty days.

Two hours of riding brought him back to the familiar Wuyao Snake Manor and its manor house.

Butler Morris, along with the male and female servants, stood on both sides of the gate, warmly welcoming Russell’s return.

Russell had always found this ceremony quite stiff, but now, he felt a sense of achievement from it.

There was a triumphant atmosphere.

“Sir, welcome home,” Butler Morris bowed and greeted.

“Yes, I’m home,” Russell entered the gate, then signaled Knight Attendant Tom to bring over the gold coins and the Ice Pellet Pearls.

Smiling, he said, “As usual, I won’t distribute the Ice Pellet Pearls to you, I’ll just convert them to gold coins to distribute… Eric’s reward is eleven gold coins…”

“Thank you, Sir!” Eric took the gold coins and put them away securely.

After distributing the gold coins, Russell turned to James and said seriously, “James, you advanced three gold coins from me for this trip to the snowfield, so your reward is only two gold coins… You’re not yet married, you need to save some money.”

James chuckled, “What Sir says is true; I’ll start saving these two gold coins when I get back.”

Russell leaned back in his chair, lazily waving his hand, “Alright, the rewards have been distributed. You all go home and get some good rest.”

“Sir, then we will take our leave first.”

After everyone had left, Russell instructed Butler Morris to collect the remaining gold coins, nearly a thousand in total—not a small sum by any means.

“Master, what is this… Why so much money?” Butler Morris asked with some surprise.

“Fluorescent Castle’s investment in me, don’t worry about anything. It’s just the proceeds from my fifteen hundred-acre Magical Medicine Field, exchanged in advance.”

“I see.”

Only then did Morris calmly accept the money and deposited the gold coins into the manor’s wing treasury, keeping the key close to his person.

By the time the news of Russell’s return had spread, Charles had arrived before noon.

“Mr. Charles, I won’t keep you for lunch today, I want to be alone for the day,” Russell waved his hand, “Tomorrow gather all the officials, we will have a meeting to discuss the official affairs for the upcoming month or so.”

Charles cautiously asked, “Sir, are you too tired?”

“Not too tired. Just came down from the snowfields, and I’m about to travel the trade routes again soon, so I need to relax properly.”

“You’re going to fight in the snowfields again?”

“No, I’m going to Tributary River Mouth to visit my grandfather.”

“Oh, I see, haha, that’s appropriate,” Charles laughed, tipping his hat, “Then I won’t disturb your rest. Relax and enjoy the warm and inviting sunshine outside, Sir.”

The entire afternoon, Russell didn’t leave the manor’s wing. He just sat by the sunny window, quietly reading.

Enjoying the rare leisure of relaxation.

Occasionally, he would lift his hand to look at the imprint on his palm and then summon the Amber Thorn Bug to let the thorn whip dance in his palm.

“A thorn seed that has become an Amber Worm, can it still nurture a complete thorn? Can it still bloom and bear fruit?” Russell asked himself.

The only answer he received was the Amber Thorn Bug’s endless murmuring.

“Sunshine sunshine,” “Comfortable comfortable,” “Grow grow”…

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“You can grow just by basking in the sunlight?” Russell placed the thorn whip under the sunlight to bask, but after an afternoon passed, he felt no change, “Obviously, you’re no longer a thorn; you’ve become an ‘insect’ that cannot grow with just sunshine.”

“Sunshine sunshine… comfortable comfortable… grow grow…”

“Sigh, maybe this is what a plant form Amber Worm is like, impossible to communicate with.” Russell collected the thorn whip back in disappointment.

That night, Russell washed up and went to bed early.

Waiting for the Little Dream Dragon whose return was uncertain.

After a long while, amidst a dazed state, a “squawk” sounded, and Russell startled awake, finding himself already in Gloomy Dreamland.

“Twelve days, a whole twelve days!” Russell, turned into a short-limbed cartoonish figure, waved at the slowly approaching Little Dream Dragon, “Ice Cream, do you know I’ve been waiting for you for a whole twelve days? I missed you terribly!”

“Squawk?” The Little Dream Dragon flew over, tilting its head at Russell, puzzled.

“Still as clueless as before… that’s good.” Russell patted the head of the Little Dream Dragon, not in a hurry to ride it, but instead taking a close look at the creature.

He wanted to see if there were any changes in the Little Dream Dragon after the power of the two Ice Soul Pearls had been digested.