"Young Master Russell, you may use Training Ground No. 1. If you need knights for sparring practice, we have ten Armored Knights of varying cultivation levels and three Great Knights for you to choose from," the person in charge of the training grounds introduced enthusiastically.
It was not only because Russell was Count Merlin's grandson.
It was also because word had spread that Russell possessed two sprites.
When a young landed knight possessed two sprites,
his hard work and struggle might earn him a higher rank of nobility. If one generation's efforts were not enough, there would still be the next generation.
Having sprites meant having hope.
As for whether the Grand Duchy would gain another baron several decades from now, no one could say. But that did not stop the training ground's manager from thinking highly of Russell.
"Thank you."
"This way, please. If you need anything, just give the word."
For the rest of the time, no one disturbed Russell.
Baron and Madam Roman, along with Viscount Meijie and his wife, took Laura to a nearby hot spring bathhouse to enjoy the warmth bestowed by the dragon.
His elder brother Roland had said he would return in the morning, but he had clearly become lost in a tender embrace and was nowhere to be seen.
Rowena and the Cooper Couple had gone to visit relatives and had yet to return.
So, aside from Count Merlin, only the two brothers, Mel and Russell, remained in all of Bluebird Castle. Mel was also someone who could never sit still. After parting from Russell, he vanished off somewhere, perhaps to find Count Merlin.
The grandfather and grandson would certainly discuss Lord Medicarren's situation with each other.
But that no longer had anything to do with Russell.
He devoted himself wholeheartedly to