Walk on the road of Thorn Ridge.

Liszt was still very satisfied, when he first came, people were panicked about this road, and they were always worried that there would be a demonic beast coming out. Now the open field of vision makes people not worry about the invasion of Warcraft at all. The original dirt road has also been renovated and has become a gravel road, although it is still bumpy.

Marcus rode a pregnant yellow-grey horse, half a position behind Liszt's Lisaurus.

He was fully armed, fearless of the weather that had begun to get hot, and carefully examined every move around him, he was not only the tutor who taught Liszt's knightly lessons, but also the knight who the count ordered to protect Liszt—in some countries, this kind of knight was called the chief knight, and the Grand Duchy did not practice such a system.

Behind Liszt and Marcus was Carl Hammer, the town's defense officer.

He didn't need to come, but he still volunteered to protect Liszt - maybe he was just taking the opportunity to see the sights of Coral City and show his loyalty?

Scattered alongside Karl were Philip Wool and Xavier Cow Dung, two young knights with good talent and the first in the squad to cultivate their fighting spirit.

Behind him was Rom Barrel, and just the day before yesterday, he had also successfully cultivated his fighting spirit. As one of the first four to serve as Liszt's subordinate, Rohm worked hard and finally made progress. Liszt immediately appointed him as the leader of the patrol to assist Karl in mastering the patrol.

It's a pity that the other two of the four servants earlier, Gray Scythe and Auden Shoe Shop, still haven't cultivated their fighting spirit.

Marcus has given up on teaching the two, his talent is too poor, and he has missed his teenage years, and there is no hope. Liszt had them serve as assistants to the officials, one to assist the legal officer Blair and the other to assist the financial officer Isaiah.

For his own people, Liszt still talks about feelings and gives them a good identity.

At the end of the team, there were four young knights, who were members of the knight squad who had cultivated their fighting spirit after Philip and Xavier, and they were also transferred to Liszt's side as subordinate knights. As for the other members of the knight squad, they are still practicing hard in the town.

Plus the valet Thomas.

The whole team, a total of eleven people, eleven horses, and horses' hooves galloped, kicking up bursts of dust.

Since there were many pregnant mares in the team, they didn't travel too fast, but they still arrived at Tulip Castle surrounded by tulips at about half past ten in the morning.

"Oh, my dear brother, you have finally arrived, I have been waiting for you here for a long time. Levi was dressed in a festive attire, Flac Abière, with a noble smile on his face.

With open arms, he greeted Liszt.

Very warm welcome.

Liszt turned over and dismounted, also opened his arms, and hugged Levi: "Dear brother, I wish you a happy birthday." ”

"Thank you for your blessings. ”

Liszt beckoned to Thomas and the knights behind him: "Send me the gift I prepared." ”

The gift was presented and handed to Silva, the assistant butler who was following Levi's.

"What's it, it's a big pack, it seems that you broke a lot of money. Levi asked the valet to open it—the custom here is that gifts are to be opened in person.

Gift in a bag, beautifully wrapped.

First of all, a coconut the size of a sea bowl, wrapped with strips of cloth, looks very classy, and the faint fragrance of coconut milk comes to the face.

"This is fragrant coconut fruit, the coconut milk in it is very sweet, open it, take a sip, you know how sweet and delicious it is. Liszt exaggerated, in fact, it tasted slightly better than ordinary coconut water on earth.

However, the fruit that can be drunk directly from the juice is unique.

Levi really began to be curious: "Coconut milk?

"Yes. ”

"It's amazing, I can't wait to taste it. Levi turned to look at the other side of the bag, which was all wrapped in small bags, "What are these?"

"It's seafood. ”

"Seafood?"

"Brother, don't think they're ordinary, these seafood are the most precious seafood caught by fishermen. Especially the old oysters......" said Liszt, leaning into Levi's ear, "it allows you to do what you want to do without sleeping all night." ”

Levi's eyes lit up: "Yes, this is too precious, thank you, Liszt, my dear brother, this is the best gift I have received for my birthday." ”

He is not married, but who decrees that unmarried nobles cannot have a bunch of mistresses.

After collecting the gifts, the two brothers walked into the castle side by side.

The halls of the castle were already crowded with nobles of all sizes.

Except for the two viscounts who sent their sons, the other barons, lords and knights were all present in person. After all, Levi is the heir of Coral Island, the future Earl of Coral Island, and their next successor.

"It was lively. ”

Liszt had to greet the nobles who came to the birthday party with a standard aristocratic smile, and he did not like this kind of communication with a mask. However, as a member of the aristocracy, if you want to maintain the dignity of the nobility, this kind of occasion is indispensable.

Wait for a round to say hello.

He was about to go to see the Count.

But after asking Levi, he learned that the earl had already left Coral Island: "The messenger of the Grand Duke has brought an order, and all the direct lords will go to Blue Dragon Island to discuss this year's development order." In fact, I am already training the Knights, ready to follow my father to the mainland. ”

The Pioneer Order was one of the most popular orders of the nobles of the Grand Duchy of Sapphire.

The order was simple, to answer the call of the King of Steel Ridge to go to the mainland and plunder the wealth, especially the mines—gold, silver, copper, iron, aluminum, and all kinds of precious stones, were all targets for grabbing.

The Iron Ridge Kingdom and the Eagle Kingdom are feuds, and both have slaughtered each other's dragons. Therefore, almost every year, a large-scale war breaks out to rob each other of minerals. The Grand Duchy of Sapphire is a vassal state of the Iron Ridge Kingdom, and its strength is not strong, but it is very threatening to harass from the sea.

In that year, the earl went deep into the hinterland of the Eagle Kingdom, snatched the next iron mine in one fell swoop, and plundered at least 200,000 tons of iron ore.

It is said that at that time, the sea ships that pulled iron ore were densely packed, just like ants moving.

With such a heavy loss, the king of the Eagle Kingdom was furious and sent a dragon knight to intercept the fleet, but was stopped by the dragon knights of the Steel Ridge Kingdom. It was also in that battle that the Marquis of Merlin Changtar, who was the captain of the palace fleet, took a fancy to William Lee's potential and married his daughter Melissa to him.

Liszt grew up hearing this story - every time at a banquet, the nobles would always mention this story and pat the count's ass.

It's a pity that since that battle, the Eagle Kingdom has attached great importance to the protection of the coastline, and has never had the opportunity to achieve such a brilliant result.

Throwing the blood of a batch of knights every year can only exchange a small amount of metal ore and gem ore back.

"Brother is going to war too?" Liszt was a little surprised.

"Yes, I'm twenty-three years old, and although I'm not married, I'm old enough to go to war again, and it will be a stain on me. ”

Liszt shook his head and pretended to be a pity: "I don't have a qualified knight squad, I don't even have the opportunity to go to the battlefield, I really want to fight side by side with my brother and seize the glory of knights." ”

In fact, he didn't want to go to war.

How good it is to farm at home in peace, there are so many desert islands overseas, if you don't develop them, you have to go to the mainland to spill your blood.