Clam ponds, the Wuyou Snake Brick Kiln Factory, fifteen hundred mu of Fluorite Mushroom Potion fields, the Governor's Office, the courthouse and dormitories, and Cave Tunic's trading market...
Russell went over every detail in his instructions. He would be leaving Wuyou Snake Manor for more than a month, and there was much he could not bear to leave behind.
This land held too many of his hopes for the future.
Of course.
It was only a brief separation, not a departure from which he would not return for years. So after giving his instructions, Russell shook off that trace of reluctance.
"Charles, Eric, Old Hans, I'm leaving the manor in your hands."
"My lord," Eric said in a muffled voice, "do you truly not need me to guard you?"
Although he was the Security Chief of Wuyou Snake Manor, his primary identity was Russell's Knight Captain bodyguard, responsible for protecting Russell at all times.
"No need. Red-eye will be with me." Russell smiled. "And I'll be traveling with the family. What danger could we possibly encounter?"
"But Baron Lord and the others will return first. When you come back, you'll be alone."
"Don't worry. Bluebird Castle will send someone to escort me back. Besides, even if I'm alone, I can return safely by traveling with a merchant caravan." Russell was not worried about safety. Several battles on the snowfield had given him great confidence.
Before, he had been quite afraid of Snow Ghosts and Snow Demons, terrified that he might lose his life on the snowfield.
But now.
Snow Ghosts and Snow Demons were Gold Coins in his eyes, and Little Dream Dragon's food supply.
Charles added, "My lord, in my opinion, if Bluebird Castle does not send anyone to escort you back, you must not travel with a merchant