??Chapter 96: Chapter 95: Dandelion Bug
Chapter 96: Chapter 95: Dandelion Bug
At night, Russell couldn’t wait for the Little Dream Dragon, a blast of Dragonfla spewed forth, and the Little Dream Dragon would need at least three nights of rest to recover.
Without the suppression from Gloomy Dreamland, that night, dreams beca a colourful ss.
Russell dreamt of the female celebrity he had a crush on in his previous life, the object of his affection during his teenage years, and even of Malena from this place, continuing the scene from his interrupted spring dream in the Snowfield, and throwing himself into it.
But soon the scene shifted, Malena disappeared without a trace, leaving only a pair of round, upturned buttocks that delivered a strong impact to him.
He recognized whom these pert buttocks belonged to; they were Head Maid Leona’s.
“Phew!”
The drizzle outside had stopped, but the sky was still grey. It wasn’t even seven o’clock when Russell woke up from the wonderful dream.
“This is serious, this body has matured too much, it can even elicit strong admiration for Leona from .” Russell shook his head to clear the jumble of thoughts, but so lingering delightful sensations refused to fade.
After a while, when he had cald down, he pulled the bell rope by the bed.
The maids promptly knocked and entered, swiftly tidying up the entire room while Russell also got up to change into clean clothes.
“Sir, you always look so dashing.” Head Maid Leona complinted with a smile. Among the maids, she had the sweetest tongue, praising Russell’s handsoness every day, though her admiration for his good looks was purely platonic.
She had no intentions of fawning over or seducing Russell.
In this world, in this era, there was an insurmountable chasm between nobles and servants, that without a revolution, no one could bridge the divide.
“I owe it to my mother.” Russell smiled.
Then, he casually looked over Leona; tall in stature, pretty in face, while not quite as exceptional as Malena, she was still a solid seventy out of a hundred. And as she turned and bent over to pick up the dirty clothes on the floor, her round buttocks added at least ten points to her score.
Russell squinted his eyes, watching the maids leave, his respect enduring and unwavering.
Until Personal Servant Ram ca over to assist him with dressing.
“No wonder noble households only hire male attendants for n, and female attendants for won… This effectively prevents any untoward incidents.” Dressed in his fitting noble attire, Russell walked downstairs to have breakfast at leisure.
He had barely finished breakfast when Knight Attendant John hurried over, “Sir, Sir, the Spirit Insects have hatched!”
“Is that so.” Russell was not surprised, after all, this was the effect of using Dragonfla to quicken the process.
Still, he imdiately took his jade box and jade powder and rushed to the location of the irrigation channel embanknt near Lentil Hamlet.
The Cordyceps Guard Squad, ford just yesterday, had encircled the cordyceps and Spirit Insects, barring peasants from approaching them privately.
The ground was damp, but there was grass on the embanknt, so it was not muddy to step on.
“Sir.”
“Sir.”
mbers of the temporary guard squad, mostly peasants from Lentil Hamlet, especially those who had cultivated the Qi Seed, bowed and greeted him in turn.
“Hmm.” Russell tread on the grass, approached the dandelion cordyceps, and imdiately noticed the largest bud on the plant had blood, with a plump Spirit Insect, slightly longer than a finger, crawling about on the leaves.
Its body was round and shiny, not white, but a light yellow, the sa color as the blooming dandelion flowers.
No matter how you looked, it lacked the ugliness of an insect and only seed adorable.
“Congratulations, Sir, praise be to you. The Great Dragon of the noble family has been watching over you, that’s why beautiful Spirit Insects could grow in the manor grounds,” a peasant from the guard squad boldly flattered Russell.
Thus, the other peasants followed suit in flattery, not wanting to be outdone.
“Praise be to you, Sir, you are so kind and good-hearted that the Great Dragon looks after you, bringing you Spirit Insects!”
“This Spirit Insect is so pretty, only you, Sir, deserve to have it.”
“The more Spirit Insects you, Sir, have, the better the manor will do, and the better life will be for all of us!”
The peasants, whether sincere or sycophantic in their praise, did not distract Russell. He took out the prepared jade powder, pinched it between his fingers and sprinkled it on the leaves of the dandelion cordyceps, attracting the spirit insects to co and nibble at the jade powder incessantly.
When they nibbled to the end of a leaf, Russell stretched out his finger just in ti, and with a plop, the fine teeth on the mouthpart of the dandelion elf bug bit through his finger, swallowing the resulting bead of blood along with the jade powder.
Russell’s battle qi was also mixed into the blood bead, and then through the bead as a dium, the battle qi fused with the magic power of the elf bug.
A spirit contract was thus naturally ford.
It was a kind of bond, mysterious beyond words, indescribable through language, but at this mont, Russell could clearly feel that there was a vague psychic connection between him and the dandelion elf bug; he could now simply command the bug.
“Co, little one, over here.” Russell extended his hand, and the dandelion bug crawled sluggishly onto his palm.
It was then that Russell placed it inside the jade box.
Having done all this, Russell finally felt completely at ease; the dandelion bug was now entirely his.
He said to Ram, his personal servant who accompanied him, “Take out so money. The Cordyceps Guard Squad has loyally protected the spirit insects for , so each mber will be rewarded with ten copper coins… As long as one serves
with loyalty, I am never stingy with rewards.”
No sooner had he spoken than a massive cheer erupted from the peasant guards.
“Praise Sir!”
“May the Great Dragon watch over you, may the radiant light protect you, Flynn prays for Sir to ride a dragon soon!”
“Sir is generous, sob, Sir is generous, sob…”
Watching the gleeful and grateful peasants, Russell couldn’t help but smile as well; he enjoyed the thrill of doling out money.
It felt quite like “Tonight’s expenses are all on Young Master Zhao.”
Moreover, it was a cost-effective generosity; there were only about twenty mbers on the temporary Cordyceps Guard Squad. Ten copper coins per person sumd up to just two hundred copper coins, equivalent to two silver coins. The ingredients for one of his breakfasts might exceed this sum.
Then, with the blessings of the peasants, Russell returned to the estate’s annex with the dandelion bug.
After contemplating,
He said to Butler Morris, “Bring
all my spirit insects.”
“Right away, Sir.”
With the new addition of the dandelion bug, Russell now had seven spirit insects—the mushroom bug was a branch of the spirit insects, only differing slightly in its evolutionary direction. Spirit insects evolved into little sprites, while mushroom bugs evolved into mushroom birds.
Little sprites resembled tiny, cartoon-like figures, while mushroom birds looked like small birds.
Moreover, the evolutionary ceiling for mushroom bugs was the mushroom bird, but after evolving into little sprites, spirit insects could further evolve into greater elves.
As for the amber worms, they were fundantally different creatures compared to spirit insects.
Russell packed the seven spirit insects into a large jade box, sprinkled a bit more jade powder inside, sealed the box tightly, and carefully strapped it to the horse’s back—so jostling was of no consequence, as spirit insects were quite resilient to being shaken up.
At this ti, his guard knight Eric approached.
Russell promptly hailed him, “Eric, make yourself comfortable. Let Kevin follow ; I’m heading to Fluorescent Castle.”
“Understood,” Eric responded in a muffled voice.
Although Kevin was his contracted fantasy beast, nowadays, Kevin seed more like Russell’s knight commander, always accompanying Russell to ensure his safety.
Mounting his horse, Russell set off.
“Woof woof.” Kevin followed closely behind.
Two hours later, man and dog arrived at Fluorescent Castle, just in ti for an eleven o’clock lunch.
(Head Maid Leona)
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