Chapter 503: No initiative, no rejection, no responsibility

Chapter 503: No initiative, no rejection, no responsibility

That night.

The Nightless Fortress is as bright as day.

In the study room of the castle, cigar smoke filled the air, and Swan Baron Quimbiph Shadowflame was still smoking his pipe.

He knocked on the table with his pipe and asked angrily: "Sir Arnold, how did His Majesty the King consider it? Isn't it the best choice to support my Sunflower Family and replace the Shadow Flame Dragon Blood Family as the main branch? "

Behind the smoke, Marquis Arnold was lying comfortably on the rocking chair.

He responded nonchalantly: "Your Majesty has His Majesty's considerations, so how can I guess His Majesty's thoughtfulness. However, there is no need to worry about the Sunflower Family. The Lieyang Royal Family is very willing to be friendly with the Sunflower Family for generations."

"How can I not be anxious? If we don't take measures quickly, the dragon will hook up with Russell and go to bed!"

"Haha, what you said is interesting, but it is a bit disrespectful to the dragon." Marquis Arnold laughed.

"If my grandson becomes a Grand Duke, I would be willing to kneel down and kowtow before the dragon statue every day. I am so pious that no one can say anything." Baron Quimbeef said angrily, "If Mr. Russell becomes a Grand Duke, I will not be able to do anything for the rest of my life." Will take half a step into the Red Keep!”

"Calm down, calm down."

"It can't be eliminated. Lord Arnold, please give me an answer as soon as possible! Your country has formulated a system for selecting young masters. Do you want to watch it disappear in name only?"

"Everything is changing. The current situation is different, so of course we must make corresponding changes."

"What changes have I not noticed? On the contrary, Lord Arnold, you have changed day and night!" Baron Quimbieff glanced at Marquis Arnold's increasingly swollen belly, "Arnold, please give me a clear answer, Your Majesty the King What did you think?"

"What's your Majesty's idea..." Marquis Arnold said calmly.

Baron Quimbieff interrupted directly: "Has His Majesty the King already determined that Russell will become a dragon knight?"

"Well..."

"Is it possible that His Majesty the King just watched the plan that had been planned for many years abort and did not try to prevent this result?"

"It may not happen, right..."

Wow!

Baron Quimbieff sat up directly from his chair, and then pulled out his sword: "Arnaud, I want to duel with you, let's duel now, fight to the death, only one person can walk out of the study alive!"

The aura of the Flying Dragon Knight was wide open, and he kept pressing on Marquis Arnold.

Marquis Arnold is also a flying dragon knight, but the two-legged flying dragon is not around, and his body has gained weight.

Faced with the suppressed aura of Baron Quimbieff, he was somewhat frightened and said quickly: "Calm down, don't be impatient, Sir Quimbieff, you are quite old, why bother to get angry, just say what you have to say." ”

"You have been perfunctory me!"

"Okay, okay, let's sit down and have a sincere chat for a while." After appeasing Baron Quimbieff, Marquis Arnold calmly said, "Before you talk, tell me how the discussion between the Elder Council and the dragon went. ?”

"How else can it be, it's ambiguous!"

"How to say?"

"The giant dragon neither admits nor denies, neither takes the initiative nor refuses. No one can figure out its true thoughts now." Baron Quimbeef said angrily, "Welch, the white-eyed wolf, insists that the giant dragon Long just took care of the Shadow Flame Dragon Blood Family and didn’t immediately change the contract.”

Marquis Arnold nodded: "It makes sense."

"However, I and Earl Osclos feel that the dragon may not necessarily recognize Russell. Russell is just a retreat as a last resort. After all, the dragon has suffered several blows and has long lost its former vigor. It is normal to leave a retreat, but this Doesn’t mean it has to be Russell!”

"That makes sense."

"Okay, I've finished talking. Now it's your turn. What do you think of His Majesty the King?"

Faced with Baron Quimbieff's questioning, Marquis Arnold pondered for a moment before replying thoughtfully: "Your Majesty's thoughts have not been revealed to me, but as a messenger between the two countries, I can feel some changes."

"What changes?"

"His Majesty has softened his approach and put your country on an equal footing to deal with it. This is obviously an acknowledgment that the dragon is about to have a knight."

"How could this happen!" Baron Quimbieff felt like he was struck by lightning.

He thought of the image of King Ares walking side by side with Russell when he came to congratulate him that day...

Marquis Arnold hurriedly comforted him: "It's just my personal feeling, but in fact, the best choice now is to keep everything unchanged, so that we can calmly deal with complex changes. The dragon is like this, you, me, and even Russell should be like this. "

"this……"

"It doesn't matter if you wait, Welch needs to work hard. The Sunflower family has its own warm enclave, and you can move forward and retreat at ease, right?"

After Marquis Arnold finished speaking, he smiled and handed over a Yun Mist Series Yulong cigar: "Come, Your Excellency Quimbieff, have a taste of the cigar. The times are constantly changing, and the enjoyment of our nobles must keep up. ah!"

…

Qingqiu.

The wind howls and the grass sprouts.

The muddy hills quickly take on the colors of spring after the warm season arrives.

"It's such a great territory, but it's a pity that it's too desolate. Even if you divide it into a hundred provinces, it won't be developed in a short period of time." Merle, the chosen master, rode on the back of his fantasy beast - the Iron-feathered Gray Crane Mora. Youran sighed with emotion.

Next to him, Russell was riding the harpy Hape, accompanying him to patrol the Qingqiu territory.

Since Hape was promoted to a pseudo-dragon, his size has increased and he can now comfortably provide riding functions.

"It doesn't matter, just let it grow grass and trees, and breed fantasy beasts and elves in the future." Russell said casually.

"That's right, most of the territory in my Sanchakou is also barren and overgrown with grass." Mel nodded in agreement.

After a pause, he suddenly asked: "Why do I feel that you are not excited at all? I brought such exciting news, but you didn't show any expression? Dragon Knight, you have the opportunity to become a dragon knight, and reach the peak of your life!"

This time, Mel came to relay the showdown between the Elders and the Shadow Flame Dragon.

"Didn't the Shadow Flame Dragon give a clear answer?" Russell smiled, his tone very calm, "Not taking the initiative, not refusing, and not taking responsibility, you can see that you are an old scum dragon, even worse than Ross in our family."

Ross is a clay dragon. Baron Roman and big brother Roland licked him a lot at the beginning, but he always refused the contract because of his heart knot.

And the Shadow Flame Dragon consciously took the initiative to control the contract.

The ranks are not even on the same level.

"Old scum, what does this mean?" Mel didn't understand and didn't bother to guess, so he said directly, "I came here because I hope you can work harder and contract the Shadow Flame Dragon as soon as possible to end my miserable career as a prince."

He sighed, "Before coming here, I had a long talk with my grandfather and told him again and again that I didn't want to be a grand duke."

"What did grandpa say?"

"He scolded me." Mel shrugged and continued to sigh, "How should I put it? I feel that my grandfather seems to have changed. In my memory, my grandfather never had any selfish desires and only cared about the country... Now, it seems..."

"It seems that there is no distinction between family and country, or he wants to turn the country into family?" Russell asked.

Mel was surprised and asked, "How do you know I think so?"

"It's very simple, this is the human heart." Russell spoke with a tone of an experienced person. In fact, he has seen through the human heart very clearly after two lives. "If Grand Duke Kunstan is not dead, Grandpa will definitely be devoted to the country. But now that the opportunity has come, shouldn't he fight for it?"

When Cao Cao was young, he was also passionate about the country, and his biggest dream was to be the "Han Zhengxi General".

If Grand Duke Kunstan is not dead, Earl Merlin will definitely not have any ideas, and he just wants to become the "Han Zhengxi General" of the Grand Duchy of Shadow Flame.

But the direct line of the Shadow Flame Dragon Blood Family has been cut off.

And his grandson Mel has inherited the blood of the Shadow Flame Dragon Blood Family, and has the endorsement of the Shadow Flame Dragon. Even if he becomes a Grand Duke, it is not considered usurpation.

Russell smiled and comforted Mel: "Cousin, you don't have to worry about this. If grandpa doesn't fight for it, will he give up the Grand Duchy of Shadow Flame to Queensley or Augustus? Do you think they deserve it?"

"Yes, they don't deserve it." Mel nodded and laughed, "Haha, actually I just said it casually, and I have never blamed my grandfather."

Paused.

He suddenly laughed again: "And now it's good, I don't have to worry about it at all. When you take the throne, I don't need to worry about it all day. You are also grandpa's blood, you become the Grand Duke, we can accept it!"