"Young Master Levi and Young Master Lytton are at the Knight Academy, and Miss Livera is accompanying the old lady to watch a burlesque show in Coral City, and I didn't know that you would come today, and they will probably come back at noon. ”

Louis led Liszt to the upper floor of the Tulip Castle.

Because the celebration banquet is not held today, all the members of the Knights will return to their territories first to settle the affairs of their respective territories, and the day after tomorrow, that is, December 23, is the time for the celebration banquet. So at this time, the Tulip Fort was not very lively, only a few hundred servants in the castle were busy.

Rondo, Lasse, and Paris were not nobles and could not go upstairs, so they could only wait downstairs.

"Master Liszt. ”

"Master Liszt. ”

The servants in the tulip castle, when they saw him, saluted.

Soon passing by the living room, I saw Mrs. Mary drinking tea, and while she was drinking tea, she listened to the report of the assistant butler Silva, presumably dealing with the property of the Tulip Castle.

"Greetings, ma'am. Liszt greeted politely, revealing a hint of rustiness.

Mrs. Mary responded kindly: "Liszt, why did you arrive today, your brother, sister and brother have not returned, you should inform me as soon as possible, I can prepare." "The hostess is full of fan, of course, she is now the hostess of the Tulip Castle.

"I don't need to prepare deliberately, I will stay at the Tulip Fort for a few days, but I just miss my father and brother too much today, so I came early. ”

"Oh, yes, you must have a lot to say to your father, go ahead, he's in the study. ”

"Yes. ”

Bidding farewell to Madame Mary, when they came to the study, they were already open, and a servant had already informed the Count of Liszt's arrival. There were not only the Earl in the study, but also several strangers, and judging by their clothing and the way they stood in the study, it could be judged that they were officials of Coral Island.

These officials were all petty nobles.

The Earl looked at Liszt from behind his desk, and said to the group of officials: "Go back first, I will not leave you to eat at noon, I will hold a family feast." ”

"Yes, sir. Officials took their leave.

At the same time, they also greeted Liszt: "Master Liszt, I haven't seen you for a long time." ”

"Hello. Liszt replied with a smile, he didn't know any of these people, he spent most of his adult life in the Knight Academy, and he really didn't know who these officials were.

When the officials left, the servants followed and closed the door.

Goodbye to the Earl, Liszt's feelings are different - it is difficult to really establish the relationship between father and son, the body is related by blood, but the soul has no connection before. However, it does not prevent reconsideration of how to position the relationship between the earl and himself from the perspective of interests and family affection.

To put it simply, it was Liszt who increased his sense of identity with the tulip family.

The predecessor was cowardly and liked to escape, so he felt like a little transparent and not taken seriously by anyone. However, Liszt only had a few encounters and found some details that had been overlooked.

Mrs. Penelope, who is not waiting to see her, actually cares about this grandson very much; the sister of the second secondary school has been bullying Liszt, but she has not acted excessively; the brother who is greedy for money has pointed the finger more at Mrs. Mary and Lytton than at Liszt.

Although Madame Mary and Lytton did not look down on Liszt, the apparent harmony continued.

Just now, a brief conversation with Madame Marie made Liszt feel that Madame Marie had become more cordial—probably because she understood that Liszt would not be mediocre in the future, and had to face up to it again, how to deal with Liszt's relationship - even if she couldn't be friendly, she had to be as close as possible.

And what surprised Liszt the most was actually the Count.

This powerful Sky Knight, the Sword Saint of the Waves, William Tulip, is not as indifferent to his second son as he was in the "memory" of his predecessor.

With a smile on his face, he looked at Liszt, who was becoming more and more jade-wooded.

Stretching out his hand, he motioned for him to sit down and speak.

......

The predecessor had always felt that the earl was very disappointed in himself, after all, at the coming-of-age ceremony, the baron who divided him to the most remote town, and the elves only gave four elf worms.

Compared with Li Weila's sealing ceremony, the gap is 108,000 miles.

This once affected the feeling of Liszt the traverser.

I feel that the fact is that the earl does not attach importance to the second son, but after he digests the memory imprint of his predecessor and the rational analysis of adults, he feels that it may not be simply not a matter of not paying attention to it - if he really does not pay attention to it, he can make Liszt a quasi-nobleman who does not even have a title.

This is the case with the second sons of many nobles, who have no fiefdom and no title.

But the earl gave him the title of baron, and the fief of the town, but the position was a little worse, and the material compensation was less. It's far from not paying attention to it, more than many aristocratic second sons.

Even, on the first sea festival after the separation, the earl also brought his family to the town of flowers for the festival.

"I'm afraid there will be disappointment, after all, there are high hopes...... The remote fiefdom and the baronial title hope to let the predecessor live like this...... After all, with a knighthood, you don't have to work hard to go to the battlefield to charge. The town can sustain food and drink, but it can't form a knight squad, let alone go to the battlefield. ”

The thoughts quickly crossed Liszt's mind, but he wasn't sure.

He is not good at family affection.

"Father, when I received the news of your safe return, the stone in my heart was quickly thrown away, and I was deeply glad to see that you were doing as usual. ”

"Worries you. The Earl smiled, "This time the opening order ended in a hurry, and the results of the battle were relatively cold, fortunately, your brother has experienced a transformation of a war and has matured a lot. ”

"Is everything okay with my brother?"

"Yes, he is more sophisticated and calm than he used to be, and most importantly, he has built up his prestige. There's nothing more comforting to a father than to see his heir mature," said a father who heard from you as soon as I returned to Coral Island. ”

Liszt smiled.

The Count took out the fine red wine from the cupboard and poured himself and the second son a glass each: "News worth celebrating, so, what about your Zyra?"

"My servant is watching. ”

The Earl shook the rattle bell and called for the servant, and Liszt immediately said, "Please tell my manservant and let them send Zyra over." ”

The servant commanded.

The Earl said, "Do you want to hear the story of the battlefield first, or do you want to talk about the development of Flower Town first?"

"I want to hear the story of the battlefield first. Liszt said without hesitation.

Surprised for a moment, the earl muttered, "Sure enough, a warm castle is a shackle of people's ambitions, and what the fledgling needs is to keep trying to fly...... Battlefield story, Levi is afraid that he will pull you to talk about it for a day and a night, I won't talk about it, let's play a game of battle deduction. ”

The game of battle deduction is a kind of primitive war chess, which is used for military situation deduction.

Thick paper with a map of the coastal area of the Eagle Kingdom is spread out, and crystal carvings symbolizing castles, knights, and knights of the sky are displayed one by one.

The game is ready to begin. 8)