Wearing the Scholar's Award Medal, Russell returned to Fluorite Castle.
Baron Roman was still fighting through the ice and snow with the Knight Order, hunting Snow Ghosts. Roland, who had returned earlier, had also joined the Knight Order.
Thus, only Madam Meryl and Laura remained at Fluorite Castle.
"It's truly hard to believe. My son is not only a powerful knight, but also a wise scholar." Turning over the Scholar's Award Medal Russell had handed her, Madam Meryl was filled with emotion.
Who could have imagined that her formerly inconspicuous second son would achieve so much?
Laura, meanwhile, stared at the Wheat Sprite Whitt, who seemed rather shy and refused to move into the sprite house or socialize with the sprites at Fluorite Castle.
Whitt looked quite ordinary. He was not as beautiful as Tobacco Elf Nicole or Rainflower Sprite Luorui, but the cluster of golden wheat atop his head was dazzling, lending him a lively air as well as a touch of nobility and refinement.
"Bujji." Whitt grabbed Russell's hair, stood on his shoulder, and secretly glanced at Laura.
Russell casually handed Whitt a piece of jade scrap to gnaw on for fun.
Then he said to Madam Meryl, "You already knew, didn't you? I invented Reading Glasses before, and I also invented cigars."
"Yes, I knew long ago. But those things seemed more like... casual little trinkets. Fermented Fertilizer Technology is different. It's a new technique that received high praise from the Grand Scholars' Round Table. Even Princess Anxia gave you a sprite to express her thanks!"
Princess Anxia held a high status in the eyes of noblewomen like Madam Meryl, given her exceptionally lofty birth.
A princess of the kingdom!
The more aristocratic one was, the more one cared about the ranks of bloodlines. Even though Princess