Chapter 329: 328 ‘Cough, let’s eat.

After all the commotion, everyone was up and had gathered in the room’s main hall, enjoying the breakfast Lasha had prepared.

“Why are we eating a breakfast prepared by our maid at an inn?”

Shane really wanted to pose this question, but he felt that asking it would mean he objected.

So, Shane didn’t bother anymore.

Come to think of it, could the inn’s food even compare to what this amazing maid could whip up?

Even Ai Yi relished her meal, and Jade, who had just woken up, looked on curiously until Lasha began feeding her. She then blinked her eyes and obediently opened her little mouth like a small animal, and started to eat joyfully, clearly conquered by Lasha’s culinary skills.

Shane was also enjoying the breakfast Lasha had prepared but felt it was quite noisy outside.

“What’s with all the noise?” Shane asked casually.

Ai Yi, naturally, couldn’t answer this question.

She either didn’t know or wasn’t interested.

Instead, Lasha spoke up as if reporting.

“It’s all because people are flocking here due to the presence of Lord You Lin.”

Hearing Lasha’s words, Shane nodded.

True, after a day of news spreading, everyone in Jeliteli must know there’s a Noble in this inn with a dragon.

And in any world, there would always be busybodies who, upon hearing the news, would certainly come to gawk.

Not to mention…

“Since checking in yesterday, twelve Magic Potion Workshop heads, eight Magic Artifact Workshop heads, and six Magic Weapon Workshop heads have come to the inn, asking for Mr. Xi’en. Together with various merchants and nobles, even more people came this morning. They all want to buy materials from the dragon’s body, so the noise outside may partly be due to these people,” Lasha explained in a tranquil tone, leaving Shane stupefied.

“People were looking for me yesterday?” Shane exclaimed, “Why didn’t I know?”

To this question, Lasha responded.

“I figured Mr. Xi’en wouldn’t want to meet those people to do business here.” Lasha stated calmly, “So, I tactfully sent them away.”

…Well, you’re incredible.

Shane had no idea how many things his maid had been doing behind his back.

And ironically, every single thing the maid had done was exactly what Shane wanted to see and was convenient for him, making it impossible for him to find any fault.

How on earth did Laischa manage to create and train such a powerful maid?

She probably didn’t even have such capabilities herself.

Shane could only commend her.

Of course, while it felt somewhat frightening, Shane couldn’t deny that this maid was truly competent, perhaps even unparalleled.

Shane kept feeling that if this continued, he would develop a severe dependency on this maid, so much so that he wouldn’t want to return her to Laischa.

…Should he just find a way to make it a done deal and keep her by his side forever?

Shane began seriously contemplating this.

However, Lasha suddenly said,

“Even if Mr. Xi’en took me for himself, I wouldn’t stay by your side forever.”

Her calm remarks almost made Shane spit out his soup.

“…Are you only capable of thinking about such things?”

Ai Yi looked at Shane with a look full of dissatisfaction.

“?”

Jade, who had been obediently fed, cocked her head as if bearing a question mark, seemingly clueless about what Shane and the others were discussing.

“Cough cough, let’s eat.”

Embarrassingly, Shane could only bury his head in his meal and dared not say anything else, thinking to himself,

(This incredible maid, has she finally learned to read minds too?)

Damn, that’s terrifying…

…

After finishing breakfast, Shane and his companions prepared to leave and walked out the front door of the inn.

Jade was led by Lasha, still calm and quiet, obediently following everyone, occasionally looking around curiously, seemingly fascinated by everything in this world.

“Take care, everyone.”

Behind them, the innkeeper was enthusiastically seeing Shane and his group off, continuously nodding and bowing.

Outside the inn, people crowded densely.

“Look! That’s the Noble from the Royal Capital!”

“Is the dragon that Noble’s Ride Beast?”

“So handsome and amazing!”

“I heard he’s a Viscount.”

“He’s so young yet already a Viscount?”

“So handsome and amazing!”

Onlookers suddenly began chattering, a noisy cacophony of voices filling the air.

Among the crowd, there were several nobles or businessmen dressed figures shouting.

“Please wait a moment, Viscount sir!”

“Please, we must have some dragon blood and dragon tears for our Magic Potion Workshop!”

“We… we need some dragon scales!”

“Please do sell it to us!”

“Viscount sir!”

Their voices were louder than anyone else’s, and if it weren’t for the patrolling Knight Order maintaining order and blocking them, they might have rushed over.

Shane simply ignored their shouts, just as Lasha had said, showing no interest in such trades.

Firstly, Shane was no longer short of money and did not need to go out of his way to engage in trade with others.

Secondly, Shane couldn’t possibly sell the materials provided by You Lin indiscriminately. It was fine to part with the innocuous parts, but he couldn’t just shear You Lin like a sheep and drain it of all its scales and blood, right?

Thirdly, such trades were best conducted in the Royal Capital, where the rich and foolish congregated. Why bother with other places that couldn’t offer enough money?

So, instead of peddling goods in such a place, it was way better to be sought after by the heads of the well-known Advanced Workshops in the Royal Capital. That was truly delightful!

Lasha seemed to understand this reasoning too. Perhaps that’s why she discerned that Shane did not want to meet these people and had turned them all away.

Well, it’s got to be said, nicely done.

Seeing that Shane and his group were indifferent and heading towards the Riding Beast Shed, someone among those men became desperate.

So…

“I’m a messenger from Ferso’s Count Family in Nearby City! If you ignore the Earl’s family, you’re as good as dead!”

When such a sentence was shouted out by a frantic man, the entire venue fell suddenly silent.

Shane’s group also abruptly stopped and looked over.

The man claiming to be from the Earl’s family had a rigid face, with a hint of fear flashing in his eyes.

But at this point, he had no choice but to stiffen his resolve and continue.

“Even if you are a Viscount from the Royal Capital, you are still just a Viscount. You wouldn’t want to offend an Earl whose rank is higher than yours, right?”

The man spoke as if it was a threat or defiance.

Indeed, before the disparity in rank, no noble could ignore these truths.

Not to mention, the difference between a Viscount and an Earl was not just one rank; it was a completely different class.

Normally, only an Earl or above could claim to be among the Upper Level Nobles and Great Nobles, whereas Viscounts and Barons were considered small nobility, not comparable at all.

Viscounts and Barons were usually just rewarded generously and without hesitation as a way to reward and woo those who had performed great deeds for the kingdom, but it was different for Earls and Marquises. Only those whose families had served the kingdom diligently for hundreds of years were awarded such ranks.

As for Dukes, they were only conferred to direct descendants of the Royal Family who were not yet kings, practically unattainable for ordinary people.

Thus, theoretically, Marquis was the highest rank one could achieve, and only Marquises and Earls could be called Great Nobles, having numerous Viscounts and Barons as vassals.

Although it seemed there was only a single rank difference between Viscount and Earl, the distance between them was quite vast.

In such a scenario, it’s no wonder this man dared to speak such words.

But…

“Earl’s family, is it?”

Shane looked at the man with a somewhat playful tone.

“That’s rather formidable. I’ve never had any Earl’s family speak to me like that, almost made me think someone from the Royal Family ran over here.”

No, in the Royal Capital, even the Royals were now respectful and careful with their words around Shane.

Now, a servant sent by an Earl’s family was threatening him, amusing indeed.

“So you want things like dragon scales or dragon blood?”

Shane promptly agreed quite cheerfully.

“Alright.”

Saying this, Shane snapped his fingers.

“ROAR–!!!”

A giant dragon shadow suddenly darted out from the distance in the Riding Beast Shed. With a flap of Dragon Wings, its massive body soared directly above Shane, letting out a thunderous roar at the audience.

The roar turned into a seismic wave of sound, stirring up countless dust clouds, blowing the crowd around the inn into disarray, with shouts and screams echoing continuously.

“Here, the dragon is right here. Take as much as you dare, no problem at all.”

Shane then spoke with a grin, letting You Lin descend from the sky, and it thunderously landed in front of the man.

Instantly, the ground shook violently, causing numerous people to scream in fear and run away in panic.

“Yipe!”

The man from the Earl’s family was also knocked to the ground, letting out a dreadful scream.

But after the scream, he found You Lin’s massive head looming before him, giant dragon eyes fixated on him like he was a piece of mobile meat, even the hot breath from its nostrils washing over him.

Poor man, just a normal Civil Servant sent to run errands, got so frightened that his face went pale, his eyes rolled back, and his whole body convulsed as he collapsed on the ground, fainting.

“Let’s go.”

Shane then felt a bit bored and turned to Ai Yi and Lasha.

Ai Yi and Lasha, of course, didn’t take it seriously.

Even Jade only stared at You Lin’s massive body, surprisingly unafraid and curious.

The group then mounted You Lin and, carried by it, left the place.

And this incident was spread widely, becoming a humorous topic relished by many.