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658 Being a patriarch is hard work

After visiting the magnificent Thunder Castle of the Linland family with the two beauties, Wutong was led to the castle garden for lunch. As soon as he sat down, Aeslafashi, who had left the maid, breathed a big sigh, and Yolana couldn't help laughing, making Wutong mist.

"It must be very hard to pretend to be that way, right?" Yolana said with a giggle.

Aeslafashi frowned with his slender light brown eyebrows and muttered, "What can I do? The old antiques in the family have been too strict with me! If they don't do as they say, they will be verbose to death..."

As he was talking, Aislafashi, dressed in a lady, suddenly saw Wutong staring at her with his eyes wide open. He immediately sat down with a little carefree smile and smiled shyly and apologized to Wutong in a soft voice: "Ah! It's so rude! Your Excellency Obsidian Viscount, please forgive my rude behavior..."

Wutong twitched the corner of her mouth, her eyes were dull for a long time before she came to her senses. She pulled out a stiff smile and said that she didn't mind. She gritted the bullet and flattered her: "How could it be, the frankness of the Grandpa Linlander is sincere..."

This should have been a dialogue between young men and women, with the identities of both sides, the patriarch of a huge family and the lord of a real power territory, and it seems strange no matter how you look at it.

Yolana next to her was amused and stiff, and the flowers were trembling with awkward and stiff atmosphere. She covered her lower abdomen with one hand and wiped the tears from her laughter with the other hand, and joked: "Old Viscount Obsidian. This is really not like your style! Your teacher will be very angry when you see you so serious, right? Your Excellency Zemuer hates aristocratic etiquette and hypocritical social engagements the most. I think you should learn about your teacher's heroic style...for example, gnawing lamb legs at a banquet!"

Wutong sweated heavily. The last time she met this Baron Yolana Di Cannis, she went to her house at Fairhaven's castle to attend the Cannis family banquet. Old man Zemuer pulled him to eat lamb legs at someone's banquet. Look! It's embarrassing!?

He looked at Yolana resentfully. Wutong was so depressed by her behavior of revealing her shortcomings. Ace Lafashi looked at him curiously. Yolana smiled for a while, finally stopped her laughter and said cheerfully: "Okay! Since everyone is not as hypocritical as it seems on the surface, why don't we throw away that disguise and have a frank conversation with friends? Your Majesty Obsidian... Uh. If you don't mind, can you allow me to call you: Mu? Rafa, Viscount Mu has a very easy-going personality! I think everyone can be friends!"

When Aeslafashi heard this, he immediately relaxed and stretched out his crystal white little hand to Wutong with a hearty look: "So let's get to know each other formally? Mu, I am Aeslafashi, a member of the Linland family. You can call me 'Rafa'!"

"Hello! Hello!"

Wutong shook the other person's little hand blankly, then she reacted with a smile and said carefully: "You seem to be very familiar with each other?"

"Yes! There is no conflict of interest between our Cannes family and the Linland family of Rafa and their Linland family. In addition, there is a cooperative relationship between them, so the relationship is relatively close. As the heirs of both families, Rafa and I met a long time ago, and we are very good friends."

Yolana explained with a giggle, while Eslafashi shrugged innocently: "Just you see, my personality is not suitable for being an elegant lady. My dream is to become a ranger, but unfortunately..."

She pulled the puffy skirt helplessly: "My dream is imprisoned by the puffy skirt. Only when Luna comes can I leave the disguise and relax for a while. Lord Mu must not report me."

Wutong quickly shook her hand and said relievedly: "Actually, I can't hold it in anymore... I have only been a noble for a few months. I have to remember those etiquette carefully. It is even more painful than asking me to recite spells and spells." The two beautiful girls from the Dragon Pattern Family laughed deeply with a deep feeling.

After such a small episode, the atmosphere suddenly became much more relaxed. Wutong could also chat with the two leaders of the Dragon Pattern Family in a relatively relaxed tone and a closer attitude. She looked at Yolana curiously and said, "Baron Yolana, why are you from the Linland family too? I originally planned to contact you and discuss the recent cooperation issues."

"Just call me 'Luna', it's too serious to call the Baron."

Yolana shrugged playfully: "As you know, some unpleasant things have happened in our Cannis family recently, and my branch seems to be suppressed by the other two branches, so I'll contact Rafa and bring in reinforcements by the way."

Eslafashi blinked his green starry eyes and said with a smile: "Luna, ask me to tell me that the inside of you Cannes has been divided for so long. Why don't you just stand alone like the Feoran and Solani families who control the shadow dragon pattern? It's so exhausting to destroy each other like now, but you still maintain the superficial unity!"

"It is precisely because I don't want to split like the elves of the Feoran family and the Solani family that I have maintained such a long superficial peace!"

Speaking of family conflicts, Yolana also looked distressed. Eslafashi comforted her best friend: "It's okay. With the help of Lord Obsidian, who is the most 'promising' of Andel and I, you will definitely not be defeated by those two bad boys."

From the conversation between the two girls, Wutong keenly realized that his speculation was correct. The major dragon pattern families were indeed facing the period of replacement of new and old rulers, but they didn't understand why the major dragon pattern families chose to hand over their rights at the same period.

When Wutong's question was about the two girls, they looked at each other and laughed. Yolana explained: "Since you are a new noble, you may not be very clear about the mutual restraint relationship between our Dragon Pattern family. Unlike the traditional hereditary aristocratic family, the highest leader of our Dragon Pattern family is not hereditary, and even the previous generation of patriarchs and the next generation of heirs do not even have blood relationships. In order to ensure the prosperity and continuation of the family, each generation of patriarchs selects the best members of the family. The patriarch does not necessarily need very powerful dragon pattern abilities. But he must have extraordinary management abilities..."

After listening to Yolana's explanation and combining her understanding of the Dragon Pattern Family, Wutong couldn't help but sigh. It is much more complicated and difficult to manage a huge Dragon Pattern Family composed of countless people of different identities, status, race, and nationality.

“…As the decision-maker of the family, it is not appropriate to be too young or too old. Too young will lead to insufficient experience, while too old will lead to insufficient energy.”

Yolana smiled and explained: "Once other families change decision makers, in order to avoid the gap in experience and energy with other families, the period of patriarch change will usually be maintained in each major family, and it will usually change once every 15 years to 20 years."

Wutong looked at her in surprise: "Every term in 15 to 20 years? As far as I know, the major dragon pattern families belong to different races, and their lifespans will be different, right? Why is the term of the clan leader so short?"

"This is done to maintain the balance of strength among the major dragon pattern families and prevent conflicts and good competitive relationships from arriving with each other. This is how to continue the family."

Yolana smiled: "Second... Being a patriarch is not a relaxed and happy thing. If there is a choice, I think no one would be willing to become a patriarch, right? Rafa?"

"Who would have been willing to spend twenty years in his life, without friends, without freedom, great pressure, heavy work, the responsibility to maintain family prosperity, and every day of his shaming?"

Aislafashi's pretty pretty face was full of sorrow: "It's all because of his ignorance when he was young. He accidentally became an heir because he was too outstanding. When he thought that I still had twenty years of dark life, I felt painfully trying to end my life ahead of time!"

Being a clan leader is actually a chore, so what else is there to say?

Wutong looked at them incomprehensible. Wasn’t it that fighting for the sake of becoming the patriarch?

To find their opinions, becoming the head of the Dragon Pattern Family will mean dedicating twenty years of youth in their lives, but often not many people can hold on to their full responsibility. The huge pressure will lead to the head of power to step down early.

The shortest term patriarch in the history of the Dragon Wire family is said to be the halfling of the Garland family who hosts the Dragon Wire. Their former patriarch was ordered to take over the decision-making power because the family was in a low period. However, in just three months, he collapsed due to the great pressure, which means he went crazy.

"As for the cultivation of heirs, our Dragon Pattern Family has a complete system, but as Mu said, different races have different lifespans. Like us humans, we can hold a coming-of-age ceremony at the age of 16, but few people can live to over 100 years old."

Yolana looked at Eslafa's poem: "Hallings can usually live to about 150 years old when they are 20 years old when they are 20 years old when they are 20 years old when they are 20 years old when they are 20 years old. Dwarfs can usually live to about 350 years old when they are 40 years old. Dwarfs can usually live to about 400 years old when they are 100 years old when they are 700 years old. This causes the length of time for heirs to be trained for each race to be different."

"Yes! In order to become the patriarch, I started to receive education at the age of five, and it took me 15 years!"

Eslafashi looked at Yolana enviously: "And Luna started to receive education since she was 10 years old, but it only took five years to finish it. She is much happier than me!"

"It's happier than your close relatives, elves?"

Yolana smiled and said, "It took 80 years of education since she was 20 years old, but the elves are often the ones in power who can persist in office for the longest time!"

Wutong sweated, and she spent the entire life of human beings studying. Wouldn't that be very awesome?

"Those things that need to be learned with long ears are so strange. Why do the patriarchs learn literature, poetry, dance, singing, fencing, spell casting, art appreciation and jewelry carving? And they also have to learn the language of all races..."

Aeslafashi shrugged playfully: "Don't they know that after becoming the patriarch, there will be a large group of guys who serve you? It shouldn't be difficult to find an interpreter, right? Or you have a round ear... Well, I mean you humans are good. You have such outstanding learning ability and strong ability to accept any knowledge!"

Wutong found silently that he had the blood of an elf? Why Mao sounded like what he learned was as complicated as an elf?

The relationship between the half-elves and the elves is not harmonious. Wutong has long heard of this, which can be seen from the name of the elves in Eslafashi. However, the half-elves' senses of the human race are not as good as that. As a mixed race, their position between humans and elves is very embarrassing.

Although they inherited the advantages of the two races, human curiosity, creativity, elves' keenness and elegance, they also inherited the shortcomings of the two races, such as human ambition and elves' arrogance, which gave them an oversensitive self-esteem. Sometimes it is not a good thing to be too strong.

"Hey! Don't say this anymore. Otherwise we will quarrel again!"

Yolana was not too happy with the uncompromising title of "round ears". Acelafashi apologized: "Sorry! Luna! You know I didn't mean it... By the way, Mu, do you know why you were invited to our Thunder Castle?"

Perhaps in order to avoid this awkward topic, Eslafashi brought the topic to Wutong.

Wutong was stunned: "Uh, I'm here to ask for cooperation, you know. The fleet under my name is trapped in the hometown of Storm..."

"This is not the main reason why our Linland family will agree to work with you!"

Aislafashi looked at Wutong with a smile and said, "Do you think that guy Aker, as a low-level member of the family, has the right to promise to cooperate with anyone for the family?"

Wutong looked at her in confusion: "Then why..."

"This is also the task of I invite you to have lunch." Eslafashi smiled and held his cute chin with his little hands, with an expression of "Guess! Guess!"

Lunch... Wutong secretly glanced at the various fruits on the tea table. Half-elves are also elves. They probably are all monkeys. Can they eat bananas, grapes and other things just to eat?

Wutong shook her head: "I can't think of why."

"Not fun!"

Aislafashi complained and poked Wutong with his slender jade finger: "As a man, can't you pretend to guess wrong a few times to make the girl happy? Well, let me tell you, let me see what this is?"

As he said that, Eslafashi suddenly pulled open his collar, leaned forward slightly, and straightened his plump breasts forward, making Wutong stunned, then his face flushed and stammered, unable to speak. He couldn't open his mouth and said: What kind of furrow is this?

Aeslafashi and Yolana were stunned and suddenly burst into laughter.

"Mu, you are so cute! But what I asked you to see!"

Although he was joking with Wutong, Aislafashi's sharp ears and snow-white chest showed a delicate pink color, which was obviously very shy. Wutong, who had originally looked away because of embarrassment, suddenly felt an extremely strong energy fluctuation gathered from the space, and it was also his somewhat familiar energy... Storm Dragon Pattern!!!

Compared with the low-level storm dragon patterns on the cheek of Master Akale, the dragon patterns appearing on the skin of Acelafs' chest are clearer, the structure is more complex, and even shines with a blue light. Against the backdrop of the snowy skin of Acelafs' chest, her mid-level storm dragon patterns seem to be separated from the skin and suspended on her chest!

As if she sensed the fluctuations of the storm dragon pattern, Yolana also heard a strong fluctuation of dragon ripples. A middle-level creative dragon pattern also appeared on her chest, echoing Rafa's storm dragon pattern, and even a silent roar was heard.

Although most of the dragon patterns are blocked by the clothes on the girls' chests, Wutong cannot see their full picture clearly, they are worthy of being the most outstanding descendants of the dragon patterns of this generation. The fluctuations in the energy of the dragon patterns are more than a hundred times stronger than those of the Aker Mage!

The power of the initial storm dragon pattern of Master Aker is already so powerful that it can resist the storm and waves of the sea in nature. It is hard for Wutong to imagine what kind of power they would be if they also released the wind creation technique!

The wind creation technique is a second-level energy-shaping spell. The first-level Storm Dragon Pattern can release the intermediate-level (second-level spell) enhanced version of the wind creation technique. The power of the wind creation technique released by the intermediate-level Storm Dragon Pattern is probably equivalent to the advanced (third-level spell) enhanced version of the wind creation technique.

In addition, as they are born descendants of the dragon pattern, the power of the dragon pattern is stronger than that of ordinary family members. Wutong roughly estimates that if Aeslafashi releases the wind creation technique, its power will not be weaker than the super-level spell (4th-level spell) released by the ** master!

No wonder the major dragon pattern families have stood on the Kovare Continent for so many years, but have not been disturbed by the war at all and are still vigorous. A young girl who has just grown up has the same combat power as a level 7**. Who dares to mess with them?

"Did you feel anything?" Aislafashi looked at Wutong's expression with some anticipation. Wutong was stunned for a moment and tried to touch the storm dragon pattern on her chest. Yolana, who was beside her, couldn't help but change her face slightly when she heard her best friend's words, and she also looked at Wutong in surprise. (To be continued...)
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