Chapter 1 (2/2)

Elves were more common than dragons, but they had a strict hierarchy.

Leewilliam Tulip, Liszt’s father, boasted a tulip big elf. It helped the family grow tulips, and the family changed their last name to Tulip after its rise. Big elves could live for two hundred years. If everything went well, the Tulips would still prosper for 150 years.

Below big elves were little elves that could live a hundred years.

The Tulips had twelve little elves. They helped the family grow all kinds of crops.

Below the little elves were elvish insects. They were spirits born inside plants, and they could influence the growth of these plants. With any luck, they could evolve into little elves in ten years before they died. However, elvish insects were extremely rare, too.

The Tulips had farmed on Coral Island for more than twenty years and harvested more than 150 elvish insects in total, including the dead ones. Only twelve of them evolved into little elves.

Elves… It’s a pity that the earl truly disliked my former self. Even Lvera got one little elf, but I only have four elvish insects!

In the ceremony of Liszt’s adulthood, the Earl of Coral Island proclaimed him Baron of Flower Town and offered him four elvish insects. Nothing more.

“My lord, it’s dinnertime. Shall we start?” Carter, the butler, knocked on the door and came in.

“Already? Okay. Please invite my teachers to join us.” Liszt stretched. He had been quite lonely while he rested and recovered.

Soon, his teachers gathered together.

The person with blond hair and a tailcoat was Goltai, his family teacher. The man was 45 years old and an unappreciated knight attached to the Tulips. He was mainly responsible for Liszt’s academics. Of course, his main job was to help Liszt manage Flower Town as the administrative officer of the town.

“Liszt, you look much better. Thank god that you are running healthily again,” said Goltai cheerfully and casually.

The other person, who was grim and solemn, was Marcus, Liszt’s knight teacher.

He was already an earth knight, but he did not have any title yet. His family had been serving the Tulips as squires for generations until he emerged as an earth knight.

Liszt smiled. “My teachers are here. Mr. Carter, please serve the food.”

“As you wish, my lord.” Carter left the dinner room gracefully and informed the kitchen.

“Mr. Marcus, my body has mostly recovered. I’d like to resume my knightly training tomorrow,” said Liszt.

Marcus was expressionless. “Sure.”

Liszt smiled. He knew that the earth knight would rather fight in battlefields, earn titles, and find his way into the upper class, than be stranded in a desolate place like Flower Town as Liszt’s knight teacher.

Liszt was famous for his lack of talent, which meant that it was almost impossible for him to become a noble by serving Liszt.

Very soon, the footmen and maids served the dishes.

There was not much food. Quality of life in Flower Town was below average. As an unfavored son, Liszt did not own enough assets to support an extravagant lifestyle.

Liszt, however, ate carefully.

Transmigration could be tricky. It was already extremely lucky for him to turn into a noble. In this world, most civilians were just two-legged lambs at the nobles’ mercy.

Even his teachers were actually his servants, and he could decide their fates easily.