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Chapter 384 - 384 383 The Choice of the Peat Dragon

Chapter 384: Chapter 383: The Choice of the Peat Dragon Chapter 384: Chapter 383: The Choice of the Peat Dragon The Glowing Mushrooms family arrived at Golden Top Castle in early February.

Due to the need for the women to travel by carriage and the lack of direct commercial roads, they had to transfer through the Volcanic Oasis, which took them over a week.

“My poor Robi!” Lady Ingrid exclaimed as she stepped out of the carriage and embraced Lady Robi.

During this time, the usually strong Lady Robi, having thrown herself into her mother’s arms, could not help but burst into tears.

Diana was also held in Lady Meryl’s arms.

The scene was very touching.

After a good bout of crying and comforting, the guests attending the funeral came forward to pay their respects, and then everyone proceeded to the castle’s hall.

Baron Roman glanced at Russell in the crowd. The father and son exchanged a look, an unspoken understanding between them.

Previously, before the family caravan had arrived at the Golden Prairie, Russell had already flown over to share everything that had happened here with his parents, including the conflict with Earl Osclo.

Of course.

He particularly described how he had slain three dragons with a single sword, stunning the members of the Willow Clan and the Golden Cap Family.

Thus, the well-informed Baron Roman quickly held discussions with Earl Osclo, Lord Dyson, and some members of the tertiary branch of the Golden Cap Family, and they reluctantly reached a common consensus.

To respect Lady Robi’s choice and recognize the heir she had chosen.

Lady Ingrid and Lady Meryl, taking Lady Robi by the hand, also began discussing private matters in their room.

“Robi, you need to make the right choice,” Lady Ingrid said. “Now that you’ve lost Davis, but you still have Diana, you must take good care of Diana and arrange her future well.”

“Mother…” Lady Robi struggled, “Diana is still too young. It will be many years before she can marry and have children…”

Lady Meryl said, “That’s why you need to be cautious, choosing Diana means everything will get better after a few tough years. But if you choose Dyson and he becomes the Baron, you and Diana will have to leave Golden Top Castle.”

“Cough, cough…” Lady Robi coughed lightly, her complexion somewhat pale, “Leave Golden Top Castle? I had never considered that.”

Ever since she married, she had spent almost all her time at Golden Top Castle, and after giving birth to Diana, her health had always been poor, avoiding even limited socializing. She had long considered Golden Top Castle a part of her life.

Hearing suddenly that she had to leave, she was deeply shocked.

Lady Ingrid looked at her daughter’s haggard appearance.

She wept softly, “My poor Robi, I should never have agreed to let you have children. Having a child, you gave half your life to the Golden Cap Family. Now, does anyone in the Golden Cap Family remember your kindness? They just want to drive out you and your daughter!”

“Mother, this is my willing choice,” Lady Robi comforted, forcing a smile, “I wanted to have children for Davis, and Diana is also very well-behaved and sensible; I have never regretted giving birth to her.”

What else could Lady Ingrid say? She could only bitterly complain, “That Davis!”

A moment later.

Lady Meryl asked, “Robi, have you made your decision?”

Lady Robi nodded, “I have made my decision; I am the Baroness of the Golden Cap Family, and I need to bear this responsibility… Dyson might not treat us mother and daughter well, but he is the heir Davis chose.”

“My foolish Robi!” Lady Ingrid sighed.

At that moment, the door was knocked, and Russell entered with Diana: “Grandmother, mother, aunt, perhaps we should first hear Diana’s thoughts.”

“Diana?” the three women were puzzled.

In their eyes, Diana was just an eleven-year-old girl, ignorant of everything; it was better for the adults to make this decision.

But Russell insisted, “I think we really should hear her thoughts.”

He then patted his cousin’s shoulder, “Go ahead, express your thoughts loudly; we will all respect your decision.”

Diana looked at Russell, saw the encouragement in his eyes, and nodded firmly.

Facing her mother, she spoke softly, “Mother, I know your decision, you loved father deeply so you do not wish to change his choice before his death. But I think, perhaps Lord Howard, might truly represent father’s actual choice.”

Lord Howard was Peat Dragon Howard.

After Diana finished speaking, she nervously awaited Lady Robi’s decision, too young to control her own destiny.

But she believed that with the invincible Russell’s support, she still had hope.

At that moment, Russell also waited calmly for Lady Robi’s decision. He was disappointed with Aunt Robi’s indecisiveness, and thought it was ridiculous to say she still loved Baron Davis, as Davis had shown too much mercy in the Grand Duchy.

Aunt Robi wasn’t in love, she was being foolish.

But it didn’t matter anymore. His main purpose here was to support Aunt Robi, not to vie for the inheritance of Golden Prairie. Whether she chose to have Lord Dyson succeed or to pass it to Diana’s future son, it was all up to Aunt Robi’s choice.

But just before.

The usually quiet cousin Diana suddenly approached him, asking him a few questions, prompting him to decide to help.

“Cousin, why can’t I inherit the baronetcy?”

“Well, it might be because the laws of the Shadowflame Duchy do not support female inheritance,” Russell replied.

“So everything from Father must go to Brother Dyson, and I get nothing?”

“Not necessarily; your father’s title can actually pass to your son through you…after all, the Flamecrest Dragonblood Family are planning to do the same. If the Golden Cap Family mimics it, there probably won’t be anyone making much fuss.”

“The Flamecrest Dragonblood Family doing this won’t violate the laws of the Grand Duchy?”

“Well, how to say, the laws of the Shadowflame Duchy are dictated by the Shadowflame Dragon. As long as Shadowflame Dragon agrees, outdated laws can simply be amended,” Russell said, “Ultimately, the rules are made by the powerful.”

Diana then thoughtfully said, “So for our Golden Prairie, does that mean Lord Howard has the final say?”

Thus.

With Russell’s support, she boldly expressed her idea to her mother— to let Lord Howard decide the heir.

Surprised, she looked at Diana and then at her distinguished nephew.

The nephew was even willing to offend an earl of the Grand Duchy for him, which sincerely made Lady Robi feel guilty.

In the end, she sighed and nodded, “Okay, everything will be up to Lord Howard to decide.”

…

The Peat Dragon spent the past few days guarding Davis’s graveside.

Following Lady Robi’s announcement that the Peat Dragon would choose the successor for Baron Golden, all guests hurried over.

Currently, only two nobles remained.

One was Earl Osclo, who still lingered at Golden Top Castle, and the other was Baron Roman—Earl Merlin had already left, and other nobles sent representatives or heirs to offer condolences; they were not relatives, so they didn’t need to personally attend.

The guests divided into three groups.

One group, led by Baron Roman, clustered around Diana; another group, led by Earl Osclo, clustered around Lord Dyson; and a third group, mainly there for the spectacle, sided with neither.

“Lord Howard,” Lady Robi approached.

The Peat Dragon, which had been lying with its eyes closed, conserving energy on the ground, opened its eyes and looked at Lady Robi with sadness.

“Davis has left us forever; now, we need to select his successor,” Lady Robi said through her grief, “Currently, there are two candidates, my and Davis’s daughter Diana and Davis’s nephew Dyson.”

After pausing,

Lady Robi said, “Please make the decision.”

After Lady Robi finished speaking, Peat Dragon Howard sank into deep thought, glanced at the petite Diana, then at the young and strong Lord Dyson.

Dyson clenched his fists, nervously meeting Peat Dragon Howard’s gaze, while Diana also tensed her little face, quietly watching Peat Dragon Howard.

Peat Dragon Howard didn’t immediately choose the successor.

Instead, it turned to look at the tombstone, whined mournfully, then stood up from the ground, stretching its wings.

The wounds from the Snow Giant Da had mostly healed.

Under the keen and tense gaze of the crowd, Peat Dragon Howard slowly approached Diana and Dyson, finally stopping between them. It looked deeply at Diana as if seeing Davis’s shadow on her face.

In its narrow vertical pupils, a tumult of emotions like sadness, struggle, and resolution flashed, and finally, it slowly shook its head at Diana.

Then, it turned to Dyson and breathed a warm Dragon Breath toward him.

This wasn’t the Origin Dragon’s Breath nor a deadly one, but simply a breath signifying its acknowledgment of his status as the heir.