The Mighty Dragons Are Dead-Chapter 973 - 0970 Doing As One Pleases (Third Update

Chapter 973: Chapter 0970: Doing As One Pleases (Third Update, Alliance Hierarch Additional Update 30/147)

Chapter 973: Chapter 0970: Doing As One Pleases (Third Update, Alliance Hierarch Additional Update 30/147)

A large sand table was constructed in the hall of Flame Castle, created by Acherloides in half a day. It was a detailed topographical map of Flame Island, representing even the smallest rivers and towns on the sand table.

However, there were some discrepancies between the sand table and the actual terrain—it contained an additional fifteen crisscross rock pathways. These were the future main traffic routes of Flame Island that Liszt envisioned while studying the sand table, alongside some reservoirs and canals connecting rivers, and so on.

On the day of the festival, knights from all over Flame Island, nobles with ranks of viscount and above, including Yevich who had returned from a voyage, as well as the chief listener from the Moon Slayer Tribe, had all gathered at Flame Castle to attend the banquet held there.

Due to the turnout, the dining hall couldn’t accommodate more than a hundred people,

so it was changed to an outdoor buffet.

At this moment, everyone was gathered in the hall, marveling at the sand model of Flame Island. They had all seen the maps of the Flame Archipelago released by the Magic Guild, but the maps were far less clear than the sand table.

“So we live here.”

“Here is Flame Mountain, and Jade Mountain is here, where I work in Jade City!”

“Dragon Valley City is here, haha, and you can even see the lead mines, which I’m in charge of.”

“So, we from Xia Tribe live here, but I’ve already led a team of experts to work in King’s Castle. Why did it feel like so many days’ travel, yet seem so close?”

“It’s a sand table, just like a map, it looks close but is actually far.”

“This sand table is truly miraculous, only Lord Acherloides could create such a masterful treasure.”

“I wonder if Lord Acherloides could one day create a sand table of the Legendary Continent. I can’t wait to find out how far Flame Island is from the Legendary Continent.”

“It should be as far as from here to the castle gate.”

“Are these supposed to be roads?”

“They must be roads, your highness. Are we building more roads? Don’t we already have several main roads?”

Marquis of Bull Tail quickly joined the group, greeting everyone, then on behalf of Liszt explained to the nobles: “Though the developed area of Flame Island is not extensive, His Lordship already has plans for the overall development. These fifteen crisscrossing roads will be the main traffic arteries of Flame Island in the future…”

While his father handled the nobles who came for the castle’s banquet, Liszt hid in his study, chatting with Acherloides, Chris, Emily, Dimaria, and Sasumit (Holy Tribe Listener).

“At today’s banquet, I plan to announce a plan regarding the issue of title imbalances among the ancient mages. Magicians must be strictly prohibited from obtaining noble titles, but some concessions can be made for ancient mages,” he said leisurely while savoring top-quality green tea.

The Development Committee faced a dilemma—the ancient mages were dissatisfied with the current system of nobility; they wanted to integrate into the knightly title system.

However, the knight system had excluded magicians from the start, with no country bestowing nobility on magicians.

Nobles could support magicians, granting them a good social status, but they strictly forbade magicians from touching the underlying element of governances—the nobility system.

The ancient mages among the Moon Slayers did not understand the knight system well and were unaware of the adversarial relationship between magicians and knights.

During several battles for titles, the ancient mages received only physical rewards and rewards for their children, but nothing concerning titles. This caused the group of ancient mages trying to integrate into the Flame Kingdom to harbor deep resentment, often leading to passive resistance.

It is better to channel than to block.

Liszt decided to differentiate magicians from ancient mages: “Ancient mages can also be granted noble titles, but their offspring must cultivate Dou Qi and become knights before they can inherit the titles. Furthermore, once ancient mages start a family, they must change their lifestyle and fully integrate into the knight system.”

Sasumit, also known as Sasumit (Holy Tribe Listener), upon hearing this, inquired, “Seki…”

“Don’t call me Seki anymore; just address me as ‘Your Highness’ like the other nobles do.”

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“Yes, Your Highness,” Su quickly changed his form of address. “I don’t know what changing my lifestyle means? Most of the Ancient Mages have adapted to castle life, but the cultivation system cannot be changed.”

“It’s not about cultivation, nor simply adapting to castle life, but a full integration. For example, taking a suitable surname, embracing the glory of knighthood, abandoning tribal concepts, participating in noble social interactions, etc. Su, you must understand that the lives of the Moon Slayers in the forests are very backward; the knighthood system is the bright future.”

“I understand, Your Highness. I will try to change my lifestyle, fully integrate into the kingdom, and become a loyal follower of yours.”

Su was a qualified bootlicker. Having witnessed Seki’s and Biggleswade’s power, he obeyed Liszt unquestioningly.

Seeing this, Liszt smiled, “Three generations from now, I hope there will be no more calls for Moon Slayers, Flame People, Eagle People, or Iron People. All who live under the protection of the Flame Family will be known by one common title—the citizens of the Flame Kingdom.”

This was pure nonsense.

Skin color was an undeniable factor; the Moon Slayers were doomed to be discriminated against and relegated to the bottom stratum.

Hearing this, Dimaria chimed in with agreement, “Your Highness is ambitious. The Flame Kingdom will surely gather strong centripetal force, and everyone will dedicate their loyalty to the kingdom, to the Flame Family.”

…

The noon banquet concluded amidst the cheers of the Listeners from the original tribes of the Moon Slayers.

The first batch of noble Moon Slayers was about to emerge, enjoying the same treatment as the knight nobles, except their children needed to master Dou Qi to inherit the titles.

After these knights and Ancient Mages left the Flame Castle and returned to their respective castles.

Only Liszt’s family, along with Acherloides, Emily, Chris, Paris, and the twins, Lucy and Ruth, remained in the Flame Castle.

This slightly saddened Emily; she had thought Lord had invited her alone, not expecting Paris to be there—she cared little for Chris, the president of the Magic Guild, nor dared to care about Acherloides, the Archmage. However, Paris, once rumored to be the Lord’s lover, she cared about deeply.

Emily’s look towards Paris carried a hint of hostility.

However, Paris treated Emily with her usual demeanor. She had spent multiple holidays by Liszt’s side and, as his power and status grew, had long buried her romantic feelings, seeing herself as a loyal follower—of course, ready to sacrifice herself if the Lord Landlord needed.

As for Chris, she might also harbor some affection for Liszt, but her thoughts were mostly immersed in Truth.

Lucy and Ruth were brought by Acherloides. He admired the twins and considered taking them as disciples to teach seriously. Of course, for now, the twins more resembled Acherloides’s two servants, handling some mundane tasks he disliked.

Originally, Liszt had also invited Kenley, the vice president of the Magic Guild, but Kenley was unavailable. Most magicians in the Magic Guild were single and hence lacked a concept of family or holiday spirit, continuing experiments even on holidays, hence she and Chris had to remain for management.

Since Chris had gone to the Flame Castle, she stayed to cover for her.

“How enviable,” Levis, closely supervised by Loria, couldn’t help but admire as he watched the women in the living room chatting with Liszt.

Each of the women here, without exception, held a prestigious position in the Flame Kingdom, admired by countless knights for both their looks and capabilities, yet they were all spending New Year’s Eve in Flame Castle.

They laughed heartily at Liszt’s few cold jokes, savoring them as sweet.

As for him.

Outside, he had to sneak around to keep a lover, for fear Loria would discover.

Feeling embarrassed to enter the living room, he quietly left, muttering to himself as he turned around, “Does having a dragon mean you can do whatever you want?”