Riding Unicorn Polly back to his own territory, Wuyou Snake Manor, Russell had truly borrowed the mare's prestige and cut a dashing figure.
The snow-white unicorn raced through the air, wind beneath her hooves, her grandeur soaring to the utmost. Probably only a Wyvern Knight could overshadow Russell's current presence as a unicorn knight.
Of course.
He was certainly handsome enough, but his imposing aura was slightly diminished.
Mainly because Polly was too beautiful and Russell too handsome. Rider and mount looked overly graceful, lacking the ferocity and dominance a knight ought to possess.
There was nothing to be done about that. You could not have both fish and bear's paw—unless you rode a dragon.
"My lord, congratulations on gaining another Phantom Beast! The Grand Duke's dragon must be watching over you at every moment!" Charles hurried over and showered Russell with flattery, seven parts sincere and three parts obsequious.
Unicorn Polly was not particularly enthusiastic about her surroundings. Instead, she quickly fell in love with the bamboo grove near Cigar Courtyard.
After growing over the past half month, the bamboo Worm Grass had expanded more than threefold. It was now truly a grove formed from a single plant.
Russell turned and looked at Polly leisurely strolling through the bamboo grove, then smiled faintly. "Praise the dragon. Thank the dragon."
Charles followed with a prayer of his own. "Praise the dragon. Thank the dragon."
"Teacher Charles, have all the serfs delivered last night been settled in?" Russell asked. On this Serf Trade trip, he had purchased a full twelve hundred serfs.
Five hundred were male serfs and five hundred were female serfs. Of the remaining two hundred, some were children, while others were skilled serf craftsmen.
There were also more than a hundred freemen recruited around Cave Tunic by Horace