In the afternoon, the Count of Schalke came to the castle of Long Taro to inquire about going out to sea to destroy pirates and ghost ships. The three Liszt siblings need to provide him with some clues so that they can confirm the ghost ship.

"I don't like Schalke. ”

Mei Opal, who came to call Liszt, whispered: "Actually, I don't like the two counts on Red Crab Island, especially Schalke. ”

Liszt, who had just woken up, asked curiously, "Why?"

"They lack reverence for the fort of taro. ”

Liszt nodded.

He understood, to put it bluntly, Uncle Messiro's strength was not enough to establish enough prestige, and as the next Marquis of Red Crab Island, he lacked the temperament to convince his followers.

Mei Opal continued: "This year, my grandfather's health is not good, Red Crab Island did not respond to the Grand Duke's opening order, there are some murmurs below, I know, Schalke is the source of the murmur. ”

A moment later.

Liszt met the Earl of Schalke, whose full name was Schalke Broccoli and whose surname was derived from the broccoli elves he owned.

He is tall and powerful, and he speaks very loudly.

After Mayopal's prompting, during the questioning, Liszt paid special attention to the attitude of the Count of Schalke, and found that he was still in awe of the Marquis of Merlin. But for Messiro and Mei Opal, there is some contempt, or it can't be said to be contempt, it should be a very flat status.

There is no rudeness in talking between him and Messiro, but it is also impossible to feel that Messiro will be his future lord.

Put the positions of the two on the same line.

And then to May Opal, it's pure elder-style condescension. No wonder Mei Opal is unhappy with him, no one likes his followers and puts on an elder stand for himself, even though Mei Opal is not yet the Marquis of Red Crab Island, just the heir of an heir.

But in the knightly system, May Opal is the master, Schalke is the slave, and the master-slave relationship is clear.

"No wonder when I came to Red Crab Island, Mei Opal came to woo me, the pattern of Red Crab Island is obviously the master is weak and the servant is strong...... Once Merlin's grandfather dies, Uncle Messiro may not be able to control the overall situation of Red Crab Island. ”

As a lord, you can't control your followers.

Then the ending will be very embarrassing, and it is inevitable that the followers will break away from the lord. The lord, who will break away even from his followers, is definitely the biggest joke among the nobles.

Liszt suddenly understood why his cousin knew that the eldest duke's youngest daughter had a bad reputation, but he still chased after him.

It's not that he wants to take advantage of the princess's power to suppress this group of followers on Red Crab Island.

The lack of people is not a good thing for the aristocratic family.

"Then do I want to come to Red Crab Island to develop? With my current development attitude, a viscount can't run. In the future, if I show my strength, my uncle and cousin will probably rely on me even more, and it will be easy for me to become an earl. Liszt's mind was shaking and he wanted to take some shortcuts.

Instead of going to the battlefield to exchange your life for a title, how can it be easy to learn to drill camps.

Although this is the case, he can give up his business on Black Horse Island and switch to Red Crab Island, which he can't do for the time being. And the icing on the cake effect is far less than sending charcoal in the snow.

An image suddenly occurred to him.

If you have become a Sky Knight and have been given the title of Viscount, but your father is still an Earl. So how can he get past his father and become an earl?

When the time comes, he will either become a direct sub-earl of the Grand Duke, or he will follow a marquis who can bestow the title of earl. At that time, the uncle's family, who were struggling to support Red Crab Island, would beg him to come to Red Crab Island - the treatment of the earl at that time was definitely many times better than going to Red Crab Island now.

I'm a little sorry for my family affection.

But the family affection between the nobles always has to give way to interests. Liszt also knew that if he couldn't show his worth, the taro family would definitely not do anything for him.

"Of course, I'm thinking a little too much now, this trip, the Long Taro family hasn't started to woo me yet......"

Between thoughts.

The Earl of Schalke already knew the cause and effect of the ghost ship, and immediately saluted the Marquis of Merlin: "Please rest assured, as soon as the New Year is over, I will immediately lead the fleet and the knights to bulldoze the sea around Red Crab Island, and let all those who have gossip about Red Crab Island shut their mouths!"

"Good, I'm looking forward to your performance. ”

Schalke saluted again, nodded to Messiro and May Opal, and strode away.

......

The New Year's Day is the first day of the year, January 1.

All people in all countries will choose this day to put down their work and celebrate the arrival of the new year.

In the morning, I wake up when it is still dark.

Lying on the bed, Liszt called out the long-lost smoke mission: "Task: After a year of hard work, even the lord needs to relax and enjoy the upcoming New Year, think about the development path of next year, broaden his interpersonal network, or do nothing and wait for the end of the New Year." Reward: Unknown reward. ”

The reward is unknown, the quest is still not completed, and it will probably take time to finish today.

It was about half past ten in the morning.

Liszt was teasing the thick-leaved elf who liked to spit, and Anna, the maid who had helped him wipe his face, kept secretly sending him a sneak peek.

At this time, the servants of the Taro Fort came to inform him that a new guest had arrived.

The New Year's Festival is a family festival, and today I came to visit the Fort of Long Taro, and I didn't need to ask to know that it was Liszt's aunt's family who arrived.

Sure enough, at the gate of the castle, Liszt, along with his brother and sister, met his mother's sister, Melinda Changtaro, the marquis's second daughter. and her husband, Roland Soncone, Viscount of Longtail City, and her two sons, Russell Soncone and Raleigh Pinecone.

and Russell's wife, and his daughter, who had just turned one year old and wrapped in a cotton ball,

Russell and Raleigh were both Liszt's cousins.

The age order among the cousins is about 25-year-old Mayopal Long Taro, 24-year-old Levi Tulip, 22-year-old Russell Pinecone, 20-year-old Livira Tulip, 19-year-old Raleigh Pinecone, and 17-year-old Liszt Tulip - it's a year older.

Russell's daughter was Liszt's only junior.

"Auntie, uncle, Liszt greets you and happy New Year. Liszt stepped forward to salute, and the memory of these two relatives, the predecessors, was not deep.

Since Melissa's death, William Li has become less and less socially connected with Red Crab Island, so the three siblings have come to visit the Marquis of Merlin at most, and rarely visit their aunt.

"Happy New Year, Liszt, you have grown so big, you are so tall. "Melinda is a chubby lady, but unfortunately she has not inherited the physiognomic advantages of the taro family.

And it seems that luck is not good, like Melissa, their sisters are married to viscounts.

But William Lee was promoted to earl early, and Roland Songuo was still viscount. Even in the impression of the predecessor, the two sons of the aunt are wastes that are more wastewood than "themselves".

Quietly cast the Eye of Magic.

Liszt observed that, sure enough, the total amount of fighting energy of the two cousins was about the same as that of Li Vera, and it did not reach the level of an elite earth knight.