The Future Chief Knight

"You think I'm raising a Gold Dragon?!"

Lvera rolled her eyes and complained, "With the Tulip Sprite, twelve Elf Bugs, and the wealth I've accumulated since childhood, I only have a thousand gold coins! At most, I can lend you eight hundred gold coins. My Falcon Town hasn't produced a single Elf Bug in an entire year!"

Compared to the thriving Flower Town, Falcon Town—which should have been a prosperous little town—had not shown much improvement under her governance.

It was only because she had a Tulip Sprite that she had quickly planted more than eight hundred mu of Black Tulips in Falcon Town. They had only just begun to take shape and had yet to bring in much profit.

What frustrated Lvera was that Flower Town frequently nurtured Elf Bugs, while her Falcon Town had not found a single one in nearly a year.

On top of that, she had all manner of expenses and was preparing to train a squad of female knights, so her wealth had not accumulated in great quantities—if she had been a male Earth Knight, then with a Sprite at her disposal, she might have had a chance to strive for the rank of viscount. But unfortunately, she was a woman.

She did not need to go to the battlefield, so there was no use hoarding gold coins.

Eight hundred gold coins was roughly what Liszt had expected to get from selling the Red Blood Sword, so he did not press the matter. "Then lend me eight hundred gold coins."

Lvera said, "For my birthday next year, you have to prepare a grand gift for me."

"Of course."

Having smoothly borrowed eight hundred gold coins from Lvera, Liszt finally felt somewhat relieved. Sometimes, he deliberately avoided the restraints of family affection, but family