Chapter 433: Collecting Folk Songs
Regarding the love story between Cousin Mel and Anne of Adelaide, even with Russell playing the drums, it still failed to get the approval of Earl Merlin.
"Grandpa is too stubborn!" After Earl Merlin left, Mel sat on the stool and said angrily.
"A bit." Russell nodded.
Mel said: "My grandfather has been the chief consul for too long and has long been accustomed to telling the truth. No one can stop the things he is sure about! I understand now. If he is really willing to be reasonable, how can that kid Kunstein do it? Making pornographic rumors!”
"Ahem." Russell patted Mel's shoulder, "Some things have passed, so don't mention them again."
"Alas." Mel sighed.
"What are you going to do?" Russell asked, "If grandpa doesn't nod, I'm afraid you won't have the chance to marry Anne. After all, you are the chosen son and the heir to the Yujiuhua family. It is difficult for you to make the decision on the marriage."
Mel scratched his hair and sighed: "What's very difficult for me now is that I don't know when the selection of the prince will end. No one has given me a time limit. If ten years doesn't end, I will have to be stuck in the position of selecting the prince and viscount for ten years." In terms of identity?”
This nondescript system of choosing a young master.
It is completely the product of a compromise between the Torrent Dragon and the Shadow Flame Dragon. Russell, who is allied with the Shadow Flame Dragon, knows this.
The Torrent Dragon does not want the Shadow Flame Grand Duchy to elect a new Grand Duke so quickly and integrate it into a monolithic monolith, preventing the Blazing Torrent Kingdom from annexing the Shadow Flame Grand Duchy step by step; the Shadow Flame Dragon is also stalling for time to allow Russell and Little Menglong to develop. , waiting for the moment of counterattack.
It can be said.
The dragons didn't pay attention to who among the three candidates would win. They were all holding back their ultimate moves, waiting to seal the victory.
After the victory, whether the three choose the prince or others, all it takes is a word from the dragon to decide the candidate for the grand duke.
Of course, from Russell's perspective, the Shadow Flame Dragon must win.
Who made the shadow flame dragon stand behind him and Xiao Menglong? These are the future dragon knights - unless King Ares comes in person, otherwise a torrent dragon will take away hope. , and building scale towers, actually can't cause much trouble.
"Choosing the title of son is not a dilemma. At least it will help you learn how to govern the country." Russell comforted Mel. "After you win the election, as grandpa said, it will be more reassuring to leave this country to you to govern."
"But can I really win? I feel that Queenslai has a better chance than me." Mel said frankly, "The more powerful and stubborn my grandfather is, the more outstanding Queenslai's success will be... No one wants this The powerful archduke.”
This is the truth.
But Russell just waved his hand: "Don't think too much. It may not be the nobles of the Shadow Flame Grand Duchy who can decide who will be the Grand Duke. In short, what you have to do, cousin, is to learn how to govern the country, and leave the rest to time to decide."
"This is natural...no, Russell, what we are discussing now is how to let me marry Anne smoothly!"
"By the way, how old is Annie?"
"Seventeen." Mel smiled naively, "I'm only twenty-one. Annie and I look like a perfect match, right?"
"Seventeen." Russell pondered for a moment, "Cousin, if you can convince grandpa, you can marry Anne smoothly. If you can't convince grandpa, I suggest you write to Anne and ask Anne to wait for you for a few years."
"How many years do you want Anne to wait for me?" Mel frowned.
"Yes, if there is a true love between you two, a few years will fly by. By then, cousin, after you win the election of the Grand Duke, everything will be solved; even if cousin, you fail, you will still be the heir of the Yujiuhua family, and you will not be humiliated. Anne.”
After a pause, Russell said: "Give her a time limit, maybe four or five years. If time dilutes feelings..."
"No, it won't!" Mel said firmly, "Anne and I fell in love at first sight. Although we didn't get along for a short time, she and I both firmly believe that our love will last forever... I will write to her right now to make sure Next five years, forget it, let’s make it four years!”
In one fell swoop, Mel wrote a long letter.
Finish the letter.
Thinking of something else, he said to Russell: "Every year, the two countries send envoys to each other. Russell, you have to help recommend and confirm that I will be the envoy to the Kingdom of Blazing Torrent... Only in this way can I have a chance to meet Anne."
"good."
After everything was done, Mel finally breathed a sigh of relief. At this moment, he remembered something and said, "Velim went to find you. Have you seen him?"
"I saw him and accepted him as a student." Russell said.
"Tsk, tsk, with you, the flying dragon knight and dragon domain lord, as a teacher, this child might really be able to restore the glory of the Jinnari family."
"That's not necessarily the case. If the dragon domain lord can be promoted by relying on the experience of the professor, then the kingdom and our Grand Duchy will not only give birth to two dragon domain lords, West Jinnari and me, in the past hundred years." Russell responded to this Not optimistic.
Instead, he said: "Instead of dreaming about being promoted to Dragon Domain Lord, it is better to be down-to-earth and strive to ride a dragon."
"Yes, riding a dragon is the most practical." Mel nodded.
Have a drink, unravel Mel, and compete with Mel in swordsmanship for a while - ever since Russell understood the secret of Thunder Sword, it has set off a trend among knights, causing knights to start Crazy practice of swordsmanship.
"I'll send someone a copy of "Three Sword Style Ultimate Moves" that hasn't been revised later. Cousin, your swordsmanship is too weak." After the swordsmanship test, Russell said with disgust.
Mel blinked his eyes, but was not discouraged: "Is there a possibility that it is not that my swordsmanship is too weak, but that your swordsmanship is too strong? Last time at Roland's wedding, I competed with Roland in private. He used the double sword style you taught him, but he only tied with me."
"It's a different time now. If you are still at the same level as before, you will lose miserably when you compete with my eldest brother again."
"Roland's swordsmanship has improved so fast?"
"What do you think? My eldest brother will ask me for swordsmanship whenever he has something to do. His swordsmanship attainments are almost catching up with grandpa."
"Really?" Mel was anxious.
"In short, practice hard, cousin. I always think that women will affect your speed of drawing the sword." Russell gave Mel a small blow to his impetuous mentality in practice, and then rejected Mel's invitation to him to attend a dance.
Quietly left the Red Castle.
Then he used the unicorn Polly to transform into a set of civilian clothes and walked around Windfury City for a while. The popularity of "Dragon Thunder" has not passed. Many opera houses are not only showing this play, but also re-screening "The Dragon Rider".
It can be said that Russell's limelight still shrouds the entire Windrage City and even the entire Shadowflame Grand Duchy.
As the villain in the play, Count Locksoo is notorious.
In reality, it is said that Count Osklo Shuiliu, the chief judge of the Senate, has returned to his fiefdom, the Stone Territory.
And he threatened to kill the playwright Nicholas who slandered him.
However, as a famous playwright, Nicholas has become a guest of honor of the nobles of the Red Castle, and countless nobles and ladies are willing to protect Nicholas. Marquis Arno Lieyang even said that Nicholas can live in the Never-Night Castle for the rest of his life.
Whether it is the Red Castle or Windrage City.
Nicholas dare not stay for the time being. When the play was released, he followed the caravan to the Valley of the Glow to avoid the limelight.
Now he is walking on the land of Blackfire, collecting folk songs at various opening points.
Firstly, he enjoyed Russell's protection, and secondly, he was planning to create a new play with the theme of opening up a warm enclave.
Of course.
Deep down, Nicholas was looking forward to the Shadow Flame Dragon choosing a knight, just like many nobles.
On the charcoal trail, Nicholas brought an old servant and watched the serfs arrive at various farms in carriages, and he sighed with emotion: "If the Shadow Flame Dragon chooses Mr. Russell, my current collection of folk songs will be the material for the new play in the future!"