Evil dragon has a warm heart
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Chapter 391: Chapter 390 Focus Chapter 391: Chapter 390 Focus “Baron Thunderflame, this title is quite good,” Baron Roman nodded to himself as he looked over the March manor report in his hands.

This issue of the manor report was primarily about Baron Davis’s demise and the subsequent policy adjustment of the Demon Subduing Order, which changed to Flying Dragon Knight squadrons setting out for the Snowfield, and the continuous organization of Knight Regiments to advance into the depths of the Snowfield.

The other half of the report was about the ennoblement of Russel as Baron Thunderflame, elaborating on the significant meaning of his promotion to Lord of the Dragon Domain and the opening of Leize Warm Land for the Grand Duchy.

Baron Roman, who had already adjusted the family’s way of survival to development, was very satisfied with the content praising Russell in the manor report.

The Fluorescent Fungi Family, no longer needed to keep a low profile.

“My dear, stop looking at the manor report. Could you tell me if this outfit is suitable? Is it too gaudy?” Lady Meryl, assisted by her maid, was trying on dresses in front of a mirror, “I’m not young anymore, and it’s my son who is being ennobled…”

“It looks wonderful. To me, you’re still eighteen, just like when we first met, and you haven’t changed a bit,” Baron Roman said without looking up.

Lady Meryl immediately frowned, turned her head, and glared at Baron Roman, “We first met when I was seventeen!”

“Ah,” Baron Roman quickly put down the manor report, “What I meant was that you looked the most beautiful when we danced together at eighteen. Since then, the way you appear in my eyes hasn’t changed.”

Upon hearing this, Lady Meryl’s expression softened instantly.

She turned her attention back to choosing her dress, “What a silver-tongued liar you are, not a single word you say is true.”

“Madam, the master is quite right about one thing, you are as beautiful now as you were at eighteen,” Meggin, her personal maid, flattered her with a very sincere tone, “Look, your skin is still so delicate, without a single crow’s-foot.”

“Thanks to Russell,” smiled Lady Meryl, “The golden pearl bracelet he gave me works wonders for the skin. I already had crow’s-feet, but after wearing it for a few months, they miraculously disappeared.”

“It’s not just the effect of the golden pearl bracelet, it’s also Mr. Russel’s love for you,” said Meggin.

“Yes, the boy does have his mother in his heart,” Lady Meryl smiled even more brightly, lifting her wrist and admiring the golden pearl necklace incessantly, “Pearls are so scarce, and Russell went through a lot of trouble to complete this bracelet for me.”

Baron Roman sneaked a glance at his wife.

And felt a pang of guilt.

Just a few days ago, he had taken a golden pearl bracelet from Russell and given it to his mistress, Mitchell, in You Guang Ji.

However, he soon despised Russell, “That kid is also full of nonsense. Although golden pearls are scarce, his oyster farming is expanding, and it’s not difficult to assemble a few bracelets.”

But when he saw the golden pearl necklace in Lady Meryl’s hands with its round and full golden pearls, he knew he had wronged Russell.

Russell had given the best golden pearls to his mother.

So much so that the golden pearl bracelet he gave to Mitchell, was made up of substandard pearls that weren’t quite round enough.

“Huh, this kid, could he actually be better in character than I, his father?” Baron Roman thought to himself.

But he quickly dismissed the thought, “Still, Roland is more like me.”

…

Time flew by.

March 20th of Dragon Calendar year 5583 arrived in a flash.

The ennoblement ceremony of Baron Thunderflame, Russel Fluorescent Fungus, formally took place in the administrative hall of Grand Duke Yingyan’s Palace.

The hall was filled with guests.

Regent Lady Anxia Sunfire personally presided over the ennoblement ceremony.

Princess Kunlaya Shadowflame, Chosen Marquis Arno Sunfire, Count Merlin Rain-Longflower, and the three Chosen Sons Kunsley Xiangrikui, Mel Yujiuhua, and Augustus Water Willow were all in attendance, one by one.

Count Shard Osclo Willow did not come; having been humiliated by Russell previously, nearly becoming the laughingstock of the Grand Duchy, how could he come to congratulate Russell.

Baron Swan Kunbifu Flame-shadow, Baron Gold Dyson Golden Top Mushroom, Baron Roman Youguangxun, Baron Gavidas of the Bull Horns, and Baron Curis Tian Zi Cao of Blackgarden—all five barons arrived.

Lords Kunbei, Kunqiao, and Welchi of the Council of Elders, were also seated one by one.

More than three hundred lords of the Grand Duchy, with only a few who had to guard the borders and could only send their heirs, arrived in person.

The roar of dragons echoed above Red Castle.

The Grand Duchy’s twelve Flying Dragon Knights had all gathered at the same time within the walls of Red Castle to partake in the ennoblement ceremony of Baron Thunderflame.

“Encountering dragons on the Snowfield, pioneering the Blackflame Plains; enlightenment in life and death, founding the Leize Warm Land. Born to nobility, learned and talented. Young and renowned, a luminary of national prestige… Today, we have Russell Fluorescent Fungus, who has contributed greatly to the nation, who has shown immense loyalty to the Flamecrest Dragonblood Family; he shall be ennobled as Baron Thunderflame, his fortune bound with the nation’s!”

Anxia Sunfire, with a smile on her face, read aloud the golden seal edict that was ennobling Russell, with each word glowing like pearls and jade, luminously listing Russell’s merits.

The only imperfection was that the edict bore the seal of the Council of Elders rather than the Grand Duke’s golden seal.

This was, in terms of noble etiquette, a flaw.

But given that the Shadowflame Grand Duchy had fallen to such a state that it had to rely on the selection of a Chosen Son, no one cared about this flaw, least of all Russell himself.

Not having a sovereign to pledge his loyalty to even better suited his inclinations, otherwise getting down on one knee to accept the ennoblement would indeed have seemed somewhat reluctant.

After all.

He was to become a future Dragon Knight!

After waiting for the golden seal edict to be fully read,

Russell, who was still one month shy of eighteen, had long since donned his ornate baronial attire with black and gold patterns, slowly walking out from amongst the crowd. Attracting the gaze of countless people, he approached the Regent Lady and firmly thumped his left chest.

This was the Knight’s courtesy.

After performing the Knight’s courtesy, Princess Anxia, with a smile, handed the golden seal edict to Russell.

Russell, holding the golden seal edict with both hands, turned around to face the many nobilities attending the ennoblement ceremony and declared loudly, “I, Russell Fluorescent Fungus, shall protect the Shadowflame Grand Duchy with my blood, guard the Shadowflame Dragon, guard the Flamecrest Dragonblood Family!”

On his handsomely youthful face, there was an exuberance of life, and in his deep, engaging eyes, was written a maturity and world-weariness that belied his age.

Looking at this young baron, Princess Anxia seemed to see the hope of the Shadowflame Grand Duchy.

“The Shadowflame Dragon chose you, indeed it was not mistaken… The future of this nation, as well as mine and Kunlaya’s future… are all entrusted to you, Russell Fluorescent Fungus. Please, ascend to even greater heights!”

Princess Anxia prayed inwardly.

She had witnessed how Russell went from an ordinary Phantom Beast Knight to soaring rapidly, creating unimaginable glory in just a short time.

Her belief grew stronger that Russell was the hope to save her and Kunlaya.

“To become strong, to become even stronger… The weak cannot save themselves. Kunlaya and I can only hope that you become the strongest, and then save our sorrowful fates of mother and daughter,” Princess Anxia thought and felt somewhat distracted.

She even felt that Russell’s silhouette bore some resemblance to that of her cold and ruthless Dragon Knight father from her memories.

It was a similarity of aura.

The last time she had this feeling was when she was with her father-in-law, Quentin III Shadowflame, whom she had rarely seen.

“This feeling… Is it… that of a Dragon Knight?” Princess Anxia shook her head silently, feeling that she was perhaps thinking too much.

The current Russell, though spirited, was still far from being compared to a Dragon Knight.

Nobody knew what Princess Anxia was thinking.

After a passionate oath, the ceremony moved on to the next stage.

Surrounded by nobles, Russell stepped out of the council hall and arrived in front of the statue of the first Shadowflame Dragon Knight and also the first Duke Quentin Shadowflame. He knelt down on one knee before the statue, swearing loyalty to the Flamecrest Dragonblood Family.

The statue was silent; Quentin Shadowflame rode on the back of a dragon, holding aloft a great flame sword.

As if to pierce the heavens and cleave the earth.

Looking at this statue, Russell was filled with lofty aspirations and silently murmured in his heart, “I’ve received the protection of the Shadowflame Dragon, and when I ascend to a Dragon Knight, I shall protect the Flamecrest Dragonblood Family, so the Shadowflame Grand Duchy can overcome its crises!”

Afterward.

He would, like his predecessor Quentin Shadowflame, forge a nation of his own. Of course, he also had greater ambitions.

One day, he wanted to reach the homeland of the Snow Demon, to witness the exotic charms of foreign realms!