The focus of Fluorite Castle's celebration banquet was undoubtedly the newly evolved Fluorite Mushroom Bird Rosie, and Russell became the center of attention along with her.
Once the somewhat invisible second son of the Fluorite Mushroom Family, he had truly made a spectacular showing at this banquet.
Or rather,
ever since Russell had been granted his fief, his former "invisibility" had been swiftly overturned. In just over three months, he had repeatedly stolen the spotlight.
"Russell, cheers!" His uncle, Rosen Fluorite Mushroom, looked at Russell with eyes full of envy and even jealousy.
He had thought they shared the same birth and would have the same future: becoming sociable family lords and living out their lives that way. Who could have expected Russell to produce a Mushroom Bird? With that Mushroom Bird, who knew how many knights he could raise?
With knights, one could earn merit on the Snowfield.
The Shadowflame Grand Duchy had languished for twenty years. The young Grand Duke had only recently ascended the throne and was bound to restore Red Castle's former glory.
This was precisely the perfect time for knights to earn merit and receive titles.
With the endless Magic Potions provided by Mushroom Bird Rosie, Russell might well seize the chance to win illustrious military achievements and perhaps even obtain a hereditary barony.
Even if he could not win one in his own generation, with Mushroom Bird Rosie's support, Russell's descendants could continue striving forward and fight for a barony. As long as their luck was not too poor, if Mushroom Bird Rosie raised another Mushroom Bird before dying of old age, then Russell's descendants could strive onward generation after generation.
If the efforts of three generations were not enough, then they could strive through six generations...
At that thought, Uncle Rosen drained the