Chapter 141 Cigar
Merlin Yujiuhua was handsome and suave when he was young, and with his status as an earl, he was the dream lover of nearly half of the women in the entire Grand Duchy of Shadow Flame.
Even though he lost his wife in middle age, there are still many noble ladies who are obsessed with Earl Merlin.
Of course, Mrs. Meryl knew her father's character and would never easily hook up with a noble lady with a rotten crotch.
However, hearing Roland's ridicule, she still diluted a lot of her nervousness - maybe her father didn't have a hard time these years, maybe she didn't need to worry about her old father... Besides, her old father had a scandal with Princess Anxia.
"Let's eat!" She rolled her eyes at Roland.
But soon she started to mutter again: "Russell, are you ready for your grandfather's birthday gift? Reading glasses won't work. Your grandfather is a dragon knight and will never have presbyopia in his life... It's best to prepare a thoughtful gift."
"Uh, mother, it's hard for me to choose a thoughtful gift... Grandpa has everything." Russell actually had a headache.
"It's not the value of the gift that matters, but your intentions." Mrs. Meryl said.
Russell turned to look at his elder brother Roland: "Brother, what gift did you prepare?"
"A notebook, the original notebook of the author of "Snowflake Rhapsody", which I found in Windfury City." Roland said proudly, "Grandpa likes to listen to musicals the most, and "Snowflake Rhapsody" is his favorite!"
Mrs. Meryl praised: "This gift will definitely make your grandfather happy, especially since you prepared this gift for him half a year in advance."
Baron Roman twisted his mouth, somewhat disapproving, and seemed a little jealous.
On his birthday, Roland just sent a hand-carved seal, which was not even made by a master craftsman.
Russell sighed: "Brother, you are going to drive me to death."
Roland said briskly: "It's just a thought, Russell, no matter what gift you give, Grandpa will not blame you."
Having said that, Russell must not be perfunctory, otherwise Earl Merlin will not care, and Mrs. Meryl will be angry.
So he patted his forehead and asked, "Grandpa smokes, right? And he smokes frequently, right?"
"Your grandpa has been a smoker all his life." Baron Roman said, "All the pipes collected in Bluebird Castle are thrown into the stove as fuel, which can bake bread for ten days and ten nights, or even make a set of armor."
"Dear, what kind of adjective is this?" Lady Meryl looked at the baron.
The baron shrugged his shoulders: "It's just stating the old earl's love for smoking, an exaggerated rhetorical device."
Mrs. Meryl rolled her eyes at the baron, turned to Russell and said, "Your father is exaggerating, but your grandpa does like to smoke. He knows all the tobacco from all over the country, and even made tobacco by himself."
"Then I'm relieved." Russell breathed a sigh of relief and smiled.
"Well, Russell, you are not going to give Grandpa a bag of tobacco, are you?" Roland said with great joy, "As far as I know, when Grandpa was in power in the Red Castle, his office was almost full of tobacco sent by others."
"Yes, Russell, giving tobacco is not a good choice. It does not show your feelings for Grandpa." Lady Meryl said.
"No, I won't give tobacco." Russell grinned, "Since Grandpa likes smoking so much, I will put my mind at ease. I believe that even if Grandpa doesn't like my gift, he won't feel that it is not thoughtful."
Baron Roman asked curiously: "What is the gift?"
"Cigar."
"Cigar? What is that?"
"Well, how should I put it, a new way of smoking... Maybe Grandpa will scold me and think that cigars are not as good as his pipes all over the house, but at least it is a very novel gift, and it may lead the trend."
Russell only revealed a name, and did not take out the cigar, preparing to show it to Grandpa when celebrating his birthday.
He definitely can't take out a good gift, a valuable gift.
I can only rely on some tricks from time travelers to do big things with a small amount of money. Maybe cigars can really win the prize and be liked by Earl Merlin.
"I don't know which is better, smoking a pipe or a cigar... But if you package a story with cigars and make some gimmicks, the status will be instantly improved... Aristocrats, don't they like this? This is a luxury!"
With this thought, Russell fell asleep peacefully in the Fluorescent Castle.
"Ga!"
Xiao Menglong reported as scheduled.
The dark dreamland, which has expanded three times, almost wrapped up the entire Fluorescent Castle and the surrounding walls.
The magic light of the fantasy beast, the magic light of the patrol knight... Of course, what attracted Xiao Menglong the most was undoubtedly the ice soul bead hidden in the small treasury, which emitted a strange deep blue light, which was not magic but also radiated light.
"Haha!"
"You can't eat this, Ice Cream. If you steal one, the Fluorescent Castle will be in chaos." Russell hurriedly diverted Xiao Menglong's attention. The theft of the Ice Soul Orb would even alarm the Shadow Flame Dragon.
After all, these are tributes to the Shadow Flame Dragon.
Ever since Xiao Menglong ate the Ice Soul Orb and began to grow, Russell knew the purpose of the Red Castle's acquisition of the Ice Soul Orb - to feed the Shadow Flame Dragon.
Therefore, the risk of snatching food from the Shadow Flame Dragon is too great.
"Haha!"
"Be obedient, Ice Cream. You don't want the Grand Duke's Shadow Flame Dragon to really come over and beat you up. This is all light. What if he eats you directly as food... Tsk tsk, in short, we don't take other people's things!"
After hearing what Russell said was terrifying, Xiao Menglong finally gave in. His head drooped and he weakly responded: "Gah."
Without taking the Ice Soul Pearl, all the remaining magical lights around the castle would not be able to attract Little Menglong's attention.
Even Mr. Ross, who was sleeping soundly, Xiao Menglong was not interested.
"It would be great if I could teach Mr. Ross a lesson." Seeing Little Menglong dejected, Russell thought a little boredly.
Several times when he came to Phosphorus Castle, Mr. Ross either teased him or despised him. In short, he was very angry.
It's a pity that the dark dream is based on the real world, but it is also detached from the real world.
So far, the only two ways to communicate with the real world are the source of Little Menglong's breath, and the other is Little Menglong absorbing Ice Grain Beads and Ice Soul Beads. In addition, no matter how much damage is done, it cannot interfere with the outside world at all.
A wasted night.
The next day, Russell was woken up on time at 7:30. After washing and changing clothes, he went downstairs to have a buffet breakfast.
After eating, less than half past eight, a large family left the Fluorescent Castle surrounded by the servants.
There were four carriages in the team, one with Mrs. Meryl taking Laura, one with the maids, and two pulling supplies for the road. Baron Roman did not ride a horse, but also sat in the carriage with Mrs. Meryl to enjoy.
Russell and Roland were both riding horses and following the carriage.
There is also a group of escort knights around, led by Territory Patrol Knight Commander Kendall, to protect the safety of the convoy.
Silver-winged Wind Fox, Black-waisted Snake King, Nightmare Ghost Horse, Aurora Falcon, plus Russell's red-eyed rat king, and the ghostly black scorpion crawling on Roland's back, there are six fantasy beasts in the convoy, and their combat capabilities are not enough. It can be said that it is not strong.
"Brother, when did you bring the Dark Light Black Scorpion with you?" Russell asked curiously, "Are you ready to make a contract?"
"No, I'm just familiar with it." Roland shook his head, "This scorpion is more difficult to defeat than Mr. Ross. He is too brainy. Otherwise, the family would have trained a third knight commander at the level of the Phantom Beast Knight."
The reason why the Gloomy Black Scorpion has not been contracted by the knight is entirely because it is an insect-like fantasy beast with a brain problem.
None of the great knights trained by the family can synchronize their thinking with the Ghostly Light Black Scorpion, so the chain of fighting energy cannot be stabilized and the contract cannot be successful.
"To be honest." Roland came over and whispered, "I'm really afraid that during the battle, this scorpion will go crazy and even sting me!"
After saying that, he glanced at the red-eyed rat king with a sour look: "Your big rat is better. Not only is it obedient, it is also a beast king!"