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Neither the sea monster nor Rose, the Seven-Colored Whale, was on Black Horse Island, so Liszt had no way to quickly rush to Flower Town, nor could he immediately head to Dodo Island to see Little Fire Dragon Rio.
So he spent the entire afternoon inspecting his Thorn Castle.
After more than a month of construction, the outer buildings and facilities of Thorn Castle were basically complete, while work had already begun on the castle's main foundation.
In front of the castle ran a canal over nine hundred meters long, connecting directly to the sea.
One of Yevich's elf bugs—the Foxtail Grass Elf Bug—had just been settled along both banks of the embankment. Foxtail grass was not particularly useful; it could serve as fodder for cattle, sheep, rabbits, geese, fish, and other animals. Its mature stalks could be woven into various grass products, and it could also stabilize the riverbanks.
The stretch of canal nearest the castle was reserved for the Apple Sprite Liszt had just acquired, where it would cultivate an even larger Apple Park within Thorn Castle.
That way, there would be no need to transplant the apple orchard at Flower Town Castle.
Beneath the Bug Grass tree in Apple Park, a round apple table would still be built and furnished with several chairs. It would become the place where Liszt held meetings with his knights in the future—his elite knight order already had a name: the Knights of the Apple Table. Perhaps it was not imposing enough, but it carried meaning.
To the left of Apple Park, a Shell Corridor had been built, paved with all kinds of shells produced in the territory. It was purely decorative.
On the right stood Fish Spring, along