After he distributed the Phoenix eggs to the maids, Watson had half of the initial total left.
He decided to keep 30 eggs for emergencies. He took ten Phoenix eggs and walked to Edward and his family at the castle entrance.
“Father, these 10 Phoenix eggs are for you. After you eat them, you will be able to protect yourself if you’re in danger.”
“You are very thoughtful, Watson.”
Edward nodded. He did not take the Phoenix eggs. Instead, his eyes flashed. “Well, I don’t want to eat raw food, even if they’re Phoenix eggs. Your mother will cook them for me before I eat them. Oh, right! Don’t forget to send some to Fifth Brother and Sixth Sister after they’re cooked. Your fifth brother, Peter, has always been in poor health. I believe that he will recover after eating that egg.
“Also, when you take it to your sixth sister, you must enter her room and place the Phoenix Egg in her hands. This is very important.”
Watson had seven other siblings in his family. He was the youngest. When his eldest brother, Vincent, and his second sister, Nindy, were away, his third brother, fourth brother, and seventh sister often walked around the house.
His fifth brother, Peter, had been in poor health since he was young. He had always been bedridden. Their family had been poor previously, and Peter had lived in a thatched cottage. Catherine would always send him dinner after she cooked them.
As for his sixth sister, Margaret, she stayed in her room all year round and did not venture outside. One would call that squatting at home. They said that she suffered from social anxiety and she did not want to see anyone. Every time Catherine sent food to her room, she would leave it at the door and wait for Margaret to fetch it herself. Watson did not even remember much about that sister.
“If you say so, Father, alright.”
Watson felt that Edward’s words had another meaning. He did not know the reason, but he still nodded subconsciously.
He was also quite curious about his other brother and sister that he had never met, so he took that opportunity to interact with them.
After he made up his mind, he turned around to look at Allen, who stood at the side with a respectful expression. “Allen, Emperor Cluck has evolved to a hybrid Phoenix, so it could only lay a limited number of eggs. It means that I can’t distribute any to you at the moment. As compensation, you may bring me all the Rainbow Phoenix Chicken eggs we have at the farm, and I’ll fuse and distribute them to you and the other knights.”
Emperor Cluck had laid a thousand eggs a day before it became a hybrid Phoenix, so they had a few months’ worth of eggs. Even if he had to consume them, he still accumulated tens of thousands of eggs.
Those eggs would have cost hundreds of thousands of gold coins, but he needed them to increase the strength of Blackmoon Castle’s residents. He did not want anyone around him to die.
“Young Master Watson, are you serious?”
Allen was a little skeptical. He knew the value of those Rainbow Phoenix Chicken eggs. Hundreds of thousands of gold coins were the total assets of some great nobles, and Watson would give them up for the knights.
Who else in the world would do that for their subordinates?
“Yes, I am serious. Why are you still here? If you’re late, then you won’t get a share,” Watson said; he pretended to be serious.
Allen’s body trembled, and he quickly agreed. “Yes, Young Master Watson, I’ll go now!” Then he turned and ran off.
It was a day of celebration in Blackmoon Castle. Watson had fused two powerful magical beasts, and he had also distributed all the Rainbow Phoenix Chicken eggs that were stored at the farm. Everyone in Blackmoon Castle, from guards to maids to ordinary civilians, everyone had a few.
Everyone praised Watson’s generosity. No one even cared that the Mage Guild was on their way to attack Blackmoon Castle.
If they had to fight them, then so be it. Even if they were to die there, none of them would leave the castle.
..
“Before the Mage Guild gets here, I’ve already done all the preparations necessary. There shouldn’t be any mistakes.”
Ten minutes later, Watson arrived in front of his sixth sister Margaret’s room. He was deep in thought.
Blackmoon Castle was quite different than it had been in the past. They had only a few dozen people then; if they could not defeat their enemy, they could just abandon everything and run to another place. However, they had more than ten manors of various sizes after their progression, and they had thousands of people who lived there. It would be too slow to move everyone.
That was the disadvantage of having a large group.
After he retracted his thoughts, Watson looked at the basket in his right hand—two Phoenix eggs burned with a faint flame. They had a strong fragrance—those were cooked by his mother, Catherine. He was supposed to give them to his fifth brother and sixth sister, respectively.
Catherine had cooked more than ten Phoenix eggs. Other than cooking them for her family, the rest were given to the mages in the manor. There were only twenty-five phoenix eggs left, and Watson kept them carefully.
Bang!
Bang!
He knocked on the gorgeous door in front of him and asked, “Sister Margaret, I’ve brought you some food. Are you there?”
There was no response for a long time. Watson was a little puzzled; he thought that his sister was really strange.
He had renovated the Blackmoon Castle several times. Still, during the process, Margaret did not seem to feel any changes in the room, nor did she take any initiative to investigate it. If an ordinary person knew about any changes that had happened outside, they would probably take a look. Watson wondered if his sister would leave the room if there were an earthquake.
As he thought about Edward’s instructions, Watson knocked on the door again. “Sister Margaret, I’m coming in if you don’t say anything.”
Crack!
The door opened with a soft sound, but it was only a tiny crack. A chubby finger stretched from the crack and pointed outside the room. With a pleasant voice, the person said, “Just leave the things at the door. You don’t have to come in here.”
“Sister Margaret, Father told me to give you the Phoenix Egg after I am in the room.”
“I don’t care what Father said. You’re not allowed in here.”
“But—”
“There are no buts. Are you going or not? If you’re not, then I’m closing the door.”
Watson stared at the crack in the door. It was pitch-black inside the room, and he could not see anything clearly. It was as if the curtains were drawn. He did not know if Margaret had not woken up or if she was used to the darkness. He could have teleported into the room, or he could have pulled the door to open it.
After he thought about it for a while, he decided not to do that. After all, the person in front of him was his sister. He had to respect her.
“I have not completed the mission that Father had given me. I shall go and apologize to him later.”
Watson sighed before he took a Phoenix egg from the basket. Then, he turned around to walk to his fifth brother’s room.
Not long after he left, the gap between Margaret’s door suddenly widened. A chubby little hand stretched out from the crack and pulled the basket that only had one Phoenix egg into the room. Then, the door closed rightly with a sound.
In the room.
Margaret placed the basket on the desk by the bedside and looked at the Phoenix Egg that had a faint luster. The fiery red light shone onto her cheeks and caused them to darken.
“Has our family gotten so rich recently that they can afford Phoenix eggs?” Margaret muttered in surprise.
She walked to the window and pulled the curtain open slightly to allow a ray of light to shine into the room. It illuminated the pile of manuscripts on the ground that looked like a small mountain. There were many words scribbled on them, but they were scattered all over the floor.
The light also illuminated Margaret’s face. It was a cute face that had a little baby fat. Her brown curly hair and azure blue eyes were very similar to Watson’s. Since she was not exposed to sunlight all year round, her skin was almost transparent.
“There seems to be a lot of changes in the house recently. Not only has the food gotten better, but the house seems bigger as well. I can often hear people and magical beasts from outside. The noise is making my nerves weak! Especially that morning when I heard a dragon’s roar. Was it my imagination?”
