It was snowing on Black Horse Island, and winter was coming. Unlike the previous winter, when there was still a big battle atmosphere, Black Horse Island was now gradually depopulated.
A large number of plantations were abandoned, and several small towns were almost uninhabited.
Many workshops had also disappeared, leaving only a few places that still had a lively scene. One was the Kelp Town near the sea, which was an important magic potion production site. Many Knight and serfs lived in the Kelp Forest. The other was Kelp City, a seaport city on Black Horse Island that was open to the outside world.
Near Kelp City was Thorn Castle. Thomas, as usual, took the keys to each room and patrolled all the rooms up and down the castle.
He patrolled all the way to the castle's study.
Several young servants were cleaning the study, and when they saw Thomas, they greeted him, "Mr. Thomas."
Thomas, with his meticulously combed hair and the same serious expression, just nodded lightly and personally joined in the work of arranging the books, "Master's most precious books are on the shelf. You must be careful when cleaning. Master said that knowledge is the most precious wealth!"
After teaching the young servants a few words, he also tidied up the books on the shelf.
Then he pushed open the balcony door of the study and came to the snow-covered balcony, from which he could see Needle Grass Hill behind the castle.
He looked at the hillside, and the familiar huge body had disappeared, which made him feel very lost, "Master has ridden the Grey-mouthed Iron Dragon Orne to Flame Island, and the elves have been sent to Firewood Castle. Now Black Horse Island and Thorn Castle have become very quiet."
What he once hoped for the most was to become the butler of Thorn Castle. Now that his wish was fulfilled, he was not as proud as he imagined.
Because the butler of Thorn Castle was now only in charge of a few servants.
The servants he was familiar with, Butler Carter, Mrs. Morrison, Mrs. Abby, the sexy little Lily, Irene who liked the kitchen, the stupid Tom, and the silly Jesse, all went to Firewood Castle and continued to follow his master. As for him, he, the former master's valet, was left behind in Thorn Castle.
However, Thomas did not have much jealousy in his heart, because he had not been liked by Liszt from the beginning. The young master did not like to be served by a manservant.
Moreover, as Liszt spent more time away from home than in the castle, his position as a valet only existed in name.
Now that he had become the butler of Bramble Castle, he was more than satisfied — — as a servingman, his greatest goal in life was to become a butler.
As long as Old Carter did not die, he would not be able to covet the position of Chief Butler of Firewood Castle and even the future Royal Palace.
"It's snowing again, and the New Year is almost here. I wonder how Master is going to celebrate the New Year in Firewood Castle." He shook his head and returned to the study. He closed the door carefully and continued to inspect the next room with the key in his hand.
…
Compared to the desolate Thorn Castle, Firewood Castle was bustling.
The servants were busy, and the elves were playing and quarreling in the castle. In the past few days, the noise had reached its peak. There was no other reason. The thorn plantation had been built near Firewood City. Ella and her worm stalks had been moved here and lived in Firewood Castle.
At this moment, Ella had her hands on her waist and pointed at a naughty elf. "Wow, you bastard elf, you dare to throw jade powder? You're asking for a beating!"
"Calabash elf, don't be afraid of it. If it dares to hit you, I will hit it!" The one who spoke was the man-eating tree dragon elf, Carly. She was wearing a flack and holding a knife and fork as she tasted a fruit salad.
"Ella, you can teach the calabash elf a lesson. I support you." Sitting at the same table with Carly was the buckwheat elf, Yati, who had the intention to provoke a fight between Ella and Carly.
Because of Ella's bad temper, she did not like this elf very much. As for Carly, she did not like the elf at all.
Ella turned the muzzle and yelled at the two dragon elves, "Shut up! I'm educating the elf, it's none of your business! Wow! "
"Hehe." Carly sneered.
"Hehe." Yati smiled gently.
"Liszt, they're quarreling again." A big elf with a strange flower on his head quietly climbed to the shoulder of Liszt, who was reading a book, and told him.
Liszt put down the book in his hand and smiled at the big elf. "I know, Carl."
Carl, the giant konjac elf, was one of the elves Liszt, who was familiar with the Bird King's ability. When he passed by the Holy Tribe on his way back, the Holy Tribe's Listener Su offered him a gift. With the help of the Knight and Magician sent by Liszt, Su subdued many Moonslayer tribes in one fell swoop and collected many elves.
The only big sprite was the giant konjac big sprite that he named "Karl".
Giant konjac was a plant unique to Flame Island. It was known as "corpse flower" by the Moonslayer. Liszt disliked corpse flower and forcibly changed it to giant konjac. In fact, he also wanted to change the name of the cannibal tree, but Carly liked the name cannibal tree and was unwilling to change it.
There were magic ingredients in the giant konjac, so Carl was very valuable. It had an interesting personality and liked to snitch.
Of course, from another perspective, it was called loyalty.
Therefore, Liszt liked Carl very much. He always felt that Carl was also an unusual elf. Basically, he liked elves with strange personalities and felt that they were full of vitality. Those with dull personalities always felt that they were not energetic enough. But in the Guild of Magic's research, there was no clear link between personality and the evolution of elves.
"Aren't you going to stop them?" Carl asked curiously.
"It's okay. They're still in the breaking stage. I believe they will like each other soon."
"I don't think so."
While they were chatting, the butler Carter knocked on the door and came in. "Master, the Marquis is back."
"Oh, I'll go over and have a chat with Father." Liszt gestured for Carl to play at the side. He walked over and knocked on Carly and Yady's table. "Don't fan the flames, you two. Be united!"
"Don't worry, Liszt. With me around, there won't be any chaos!" Carly said with her head held high.
Yady pursed her lips and did not say a word.
When they came to the living room, Marquis Oxtail had just changed into his home clothes.
The father and son talked about government affairs in the living room. The main thing was that Liszt was more concerned about the territory's college entrance examination that had just ended. Marquis Oxtail took out a document. "Just summarized the data. The schools in every town have completed the assessment. This is the list of outstanding students recommended by each school."
Liszt took it and casually flipped through a few pages. He did not see too many outstanding young students.
He had each school specifically indicate the age and training time of the students. Any student who could become an Earth Knight within three years was a genius worth nurturing.
"I don't see a single talented student."
"There are still quite a few. Look at the schools in Fireforge City. There are already fourteen-year-old Earth Knights, and there's more than one. These two students are definitely geniuses." Leewilliam took out a list and pointed at a student named Durotan Red Apricot and a student named Kuster Fengche.
"Still not talented enough. I have an impression of these two students. Durotan is Earl Durotan's son, while Kuster is Viscount Delier's son."
Durotan Red Apricot was a veteran Sword Saint, Earl; Delier Fengche was a Sky Knight, Viscount.
Their sons had been nurtured from a young age. They advanced to an Earth Knight at the age of fourteen. Their talent was similar to Liszt's brothers, Levis and Lytton.
There was hope for a Sky Knight, but it was nearly impossible for a Dragon Knight.
"They're already outstanding enough, Liszt. You can't expect everyone to be as talented as you and Emily," Leewilliam said, speechless. "Even Yevich, who was selected for the Eagle Kingdom's Dragon Knight Candidate Program, was only a thirteen-year-old Earth Knight."
"Then I'll leave the arrangements for them to you, Father. Quickly establish the Royal School and nurture them … When there are seedlings for the Dragon Knight Candidate Program, I'll pay attention to them."
To Liszt, only the Dragon Knight was worthy of his attention. He could nurture them into the foundation of the Fire Kingdom. Sky Knights were just a bunch of higher-level production materials.
However, with the arrival of this list, the smoke mission was completed. "Mission completed. Reward: Black Ring."
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