Chapter 352 Marcus asks for cigarettes (Part 1)
After a conversation with Count Merlin, Russell prepared to go back to his room to rest with the snow demon invasion in mind.
Passing by the elf room of the castle.
The two maids guarding the door hurriedly saluted and greeted him: "Master Russell."
The elf room was very noisy at this time, and there were many elves making noises inside. There is no doubt that when the nobles hold a big party, they often bring elves and elf bugs with them and hold an elf party by the way.
Russell's three elves and eight elf bugs are also socializing in the elf room.
Russell can even hear the cry of the tobacco elf Neeko. Among his three elves, Neeko is the bravest and the loudest. The fluorescent mushroom bird Rosie and the wheat elf Whit all look weak and shy.
As if sensing Russell's presence, Neeko, Rosie and Whit flew out of the opening on the door of the elf room together.
"Guhey!" Neeko stood on Russell's head without hesitation. It is a tobacco elf, making a fortune for Russell every day.
Rosie landed on Russell's left shoulder, and Whit landed on his right shoulder.
The three elves chattered for a long time, but no one knew what they were talking about. Even with the spiritual contract, Russell couldn't quite understand their thoughts, and could only communicate blindly by guessing.
After teasing for a while.
Russell waved his hand: "Okay, go back to the elf room, continue playing music and dancing."
"Gu yi, gu gu!" Neeko was quite the leader. With a greeting, she took Rosie and Whit and flew back into the elf room, continuing to participate in the noisy and 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 elves, dozens of them gathered together, and there were countless elf bugs, but there was no big elf.
The reason was very simple.
The Great Elves are the end of the evolution of the elves. The elf gathering is almost useless for the Great Elves. The same is true 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 in the admiring eyes of the two maids.
"Master Russell is really getting more and more generous." A maid exclaimed, "It's a pity that Master Russell rarely stays in the Fluorescent Castle. If Master Russell also lives in the castle, I can see Master Russell every day."
"Don't be silly. Master Russell looked down on maids before. Now that Master Russell has become a flying dragon knight, he looks down on maids even more."
"I didn't expect Master Russell to look down on me. I'm just an ordinary maid... But don't you think Master Russell is more gentle and elegant than before?"
"That's right."
"Master Russell always had a gloomy face before. Although handsome, he was very cold. Now Master Russell is really warm."
"Of course the flying dragon knight is warm, and the master is also very warm." Another A maid said, her eyes full of longing, "Every time the master passed by, I stood beside him and couldn't help but feel a warm current flowing through my body..."
"Ah!" The maid exclaimed in a low voice, "You wouldn't have that idea about the master, would you?"
Another maid immediately said shyly: "Why, is it not possible? You are allowed to be crazy about Master Russell, but I am not allowed to be crazy about the master?"
"Haha..." The maid covered her mouth and laughed, "Different people like carrots and green vegetables, I understand."
"Just think about it anyway."
"Yes, just think about it anyway."
The two maids looked at each other and saw a strong inferiority in each other's eyes. The gap between their status and the nobles was too big.
So big that even fantasy was a little pale and powerless.
...
In the small castle of Dafeng Manor, Marcus was playing cards with several duchy lords, including his relative Lord Minor.
"Marcus, how is your relationship with Mr. Russell?" asked a duchy lord.
Marcus narrowed his eyes and responded calmly: "I have watched Lord Russell grow up since I was a child. What do you think of my relationship with Lord Russell?"
The dukedom lord immediately smiled and said: "That's great!"
"Hmm?" Marcus was puzzled.
Several dukedom lords on the side immediately winked at Lord Minor, and Lord Minor had to cough lightly: "Marcus... You have such a good relationship with Lord Russell. I wonder if you can help us order a batch of cigars through Lord Russell?"
"Order cigars?"
"Yes, you may not know that it is hard to get a cigar in Windfury City now. Several of us like to smoke. After smoking the Rain Dragon cigar, smoking a pipe again doesn't feel that way at all. So I just came to the place of origin and wanted to take some back."
"Is that so..." Marcus was a little embarrassed.
The little feud between him and Russell had long disappeared with Russell riding a dragon, but to say that they had a good relationship, it was really not.
Especially Marcus always supported Roland and didn't care about Russell, the second son.
This also led to a very weak relationship between Russell and him, and the incident with Malena made it even colder.
"Marcus, just help the brothers." The dukes begged, "If there is no cigar to smoke, life will be tasteless. You have such a good relationship with Mr. Russell, you will definitely get the goods in advance."
Marcus was embarrassed because of his face.
On second thought, it was just a few boxes of cigars, such a small matter, it could be solved without Russell.
He nodded and agreed: "Okay, leave it to me. I'll say hello to Mr. Russell."
Everyone rushed to flatter him, praising Marcus' friendship with the Dragon Knight, which was very enviable.
Marcus was a decent man, but that didn't stop him from being a little vain.
Now Russell riding a dragon is the honor of all the knights in the entire Valley of the Light.
But Marcus soon asked another question: "How many boxes of cigars do you want?"
Minor quickly gave the demand: "We hired a thunder beast to pull a cart, and we are going to fill a thunder beast cart with cigars."
"Puff!" Marcus spit out a mouthful of tea, "How much?"
Seeing this, Minor hesitated and said: "Is it too much? Otherwise, how about half a thunder beast cart?"
Marcus looked resentful.
If the thunder beast cart is full, it can pull thousands of boxes of Rain Dragon cigars. Even if it is half, it will take thousands of boxes of cigars.
It might not be difficult to ask him to find some connections and jump the queue to buy a few boxes of cigars, but he doesn't have the face to jump the queue to buy so many cigars.
Minor saw Marcus's embarrassment, so he lowered his demand again: "How about a quarter of a thunder beast pulling a cart, um, to make it an integer, 500 boxes of Yulong cigars? One hundred boxes for each of our five dukes?"
"Yes, one hundred boxes each. With your relationship with Mr. Russell, Marcus, this face shouldn't be difficult to do?"
"Forget it if it doesn't work. Don't make Marcus embarrassed."
"Yes, play cards."
The dukes were just trying it out, and they didn't feel comfortable to really embarrass Marcus. But the more such an attitude, the more uncomfortable Marcus felt - he wanted to show off in front of his colleagues.
In essence, everyone is a lord.
But the dukes who are loyal to the Red Castle are more or less higher in status than the lords who are loyal to the great nobles.
Marcus didn't want to lose face and confidence in front of the dukes.
So he took a deep breath and said calmly: "It's hard to say if there are more, but it's not a big deal to collect 500 boxes with 100 boxes each. Don't worry, I'll say hello to Mr. Russell tomorrow."
As soon as these words came out, the scene became lively again.
The dukes were all impressed by Marcus's luck and followed the right lord. They said that in the future, when the Black Fire Land is developed, Marcus will definitely get a share of it, and his son will definitely get a lord title and continue the family.
This made Marcus very happy.
Especially Lord Minor, his relative, also flattered Marcus and praised Malena for being sensible. Now Minor is very satisfied with the marriage with Marcus, and Malena will be more comfortable in her husband's family in the future.
So Marcus was in a good mood, at least when he was playing cards.
But when the card game ended in the middle of the night, Marcus looked worried: "Where am I going to get 500 boxes of cigars?"