Chapter 234 – The Tulip Family Dinner

"Master Levis and Master Lytton are at the Knights Academy. Madam Lvera is accompanying the old lady to a comic show in Coral City. They didn't know you would arrive here today, but they will probably return at noon."

Lewis led Liszt and walked upstairs inside Tulip Castle.

Today was not the celebration day yet.All the members of the knighthood order returned to their territories in advance to resolve their territorial affairs. The day after, that is, December 23, is the day for the celebration. This would explain why the Tulip Castle was not very lively at this time, and only the few hundred servants were busy.

Randy, Russell, Paris and the others were not n.o.bles and could not go upstairs and could only wait downstairs.

“Master Liszt.”

“Master Liszt.”

The servants at Tulip Castle saw him and each of them saluted at him one after another.

Soon after, he pa.s.sed the living room and saw Madame Mary who was drinking tea while listening to the deputy manager, Silva, about the tulip business.

"Madame, this one says h.e.l.lo to you." Liszt's polite greeting revealed a lack of contact between them.

Madame Mary responded kindly, “Liszt, how come you are here today ? Your brothers and sister have not returned yet. You should have informed me in advance so I can prepare..” The Madame was the hostess of Tulip Castle.

"There is no need to prepare. I will live in Tulip Castle only for a few days anyway. Today, however, I just miss my father and brother so much, so I came in early."

“Oh, really? You must have a lot to say to your father then. Go, he is in his study.”

“Yes.”

Liszt said his farewells to Madame Mary and came to the study. The doors were already open and a servant had already notified the Count of Liszt's arrival. The Count wasn't the only one  in the study, but also several strangers. Judging by their clothes and posture, they must be the officials of Coral Island.

The Count looked at Liszt from behind the desk and said to the officials, ” You can all come back at noon. Tonight, I will have a family banquet.”

“Yes, sir.” Officials said goodbye.

At the same time, they also greeted Liszt, “Master Liszt, I haven't seen you in a long time.”

 “h.e.l.lo,” Liszt responded with a smile. He didn't know any of these people. He spent most of a year at Knights Academy but he had no idea who these officials were.

 When the official left, the servant followed and closed the door.

It has been a while since Liszt last saw his father and his feelings were different again-it was hard to establish a father-son relations.h.i.+p, especially when only the body is related, but the soul has not been involved before. However, it does not prevent one from rethinking how to position yourself and the Count in terms of family interest.

 Simply put, Liszt has increased his sense of ident.i.ty with the Tulip family.

His predecessor felt like he wasn't seen and valued by anyone, he was weak and wanted to escape from his family. However, Liszt came into contact with his father only a few times and he already found some overlooked details.

Madame Penelope, who doesn't seem to care much was actually very concerned about her grandson; his sister who has been bullying Liszt his whole life wasn't really overdoing it; and his wealthy brother has pointed more at Madame Mary and Lytton, and actually has nothing against Liszt.

Madame Mary and Lytton, while not in favor of Liszt, still maintained harmony among them on the surface.

Just now, a simple conversation between them and Madame Mary made him feel that the Madame had become kinder again – she probably knew that Lister would not be mediocre in the future and she had to look again at how to deal with his relations.h.i.+p with Liszt – even if she could not be close with him , she could try to be as kind as possible.

But what surprised Liszt most was actually the Count.

This powerful sky knight, Wave Swordmaster Leewilliam Tulip, was not as indifferent as what the predecessor had in his memory.

With a smile on his face, the Count looked at Liszt.

He motioned for Liszt  to sit down and talk.

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Liszt's predecessor had always felt that the c.u.n.t was disappointed in him. After all, at his coming-of-age ceremony, the Count had exiled him to the most remote town and gave him only four sprite worms.

 Compared with Lvera's present, the gap was eighteen thousand miles.

This greatly affected the traverser Liszt.

He greatly felt that the Count never cared about his second son, but thinking about it now with a different perspective, he realized that if his father really didn't care about him at all, he could have easily made him a semi-n.o.ble with no real rank. 

This was the case for many n.o.bles with second sons, they gave their sons no lands or t.i.tle.

But the Count gave Liszt a baron's seat, a land in an exiled town, the position was a little bit worse, and the material compensation was a bit less. But it was far from being ignored. It was actually a lot more than any n.o.ble's second son ever had. 

Even after the separation, the Count even brought his family to Flower Town to celebrate the Coming-To-Sea festival. [1]

Those thoughts flashed quickly, there were many things he wasn't sure of now.

In terms of affection, Liszt was not good at expressing it.

“My father, after receiving the news of your safe return, the heavy feeling in my heart was quickly thrown away. I am glad to see you as usual.”

“You worried.” The count smiled. “This time the knights order was hurried to end the conquest and the results were relatively embarra.s.sing. Fortunately, your brother has experienced the transformation of war and has matured a lot.”

“Is everything okay with my brother?”

“Yes, he is more sophisticated and calmer now than he used to be. Most importantly, he has established his own prestige. Nothing is more comforting to a father than to see his heirs mature. When I returned to Coral Island, I had to hear from you right away. “

Liszt smiled.

The Count took out the fine wine from the cupboard and poured a gla.s.s for himself and his second son. “Now, for news worth celebrating, how's your Ella?”

“My servant is watching it.”

The Count shook the bell and called the servant. Liszt immediately said, “Tell my servant to bring Ella over.”

 The servant obliged.

The Count also said, “Do you want to hear the story of the battlefield first, or should I hear about the development of Flower Town?”

“I want to hear the story of the battlefield first.” Liszt said without hesitation.

Surprised, the Count suddenly said,  “Sure enough, a warm castle can restrain one's ambitions. The fledgelings need to be constantly tested for flight … The battlefield story, I'm afraid Levi's will pull you for a day and night of storytelling. Let's play a war deduction game instead. “

The war deduction game is a kind of primitive war chess for military deduction.

The thick paper with the map of the coast of the Eagle Kingdom was spread out . The crystal sculptures symbolized the castle, the knights, and the sky knight. Each one placed in certain points.

The game can begin.

[1] I'm getting emotional now.