Chapter 22

Before Liszt was able to give the order to search for dragon-bred horses, Goltai, who had been growing clovers in the Cow Farm, came to the castle in the early morning.

“Liszt, great news! Our new clovers are growing quite well. Most importantly, a wild horse has been attracted to them. The horse looks even more remarkable than your Fire Dragon!”

“Tell Mr. Marcus to check the wild horse in the Cow Farm. He has to pay for the food, doesn’t he?”

“That’s right. He will pay for the food with himself, haha.”

Everything in a dominion belonged to the lord. The wild horse undoubtedly was Liszt’s private property.

They came to the Cow Farm and saw a black wild horse enjoying the sprouting clovers on the meadow that belonged to the cows. The horse was tall and had shiny hair. Its muscles were obvious.

“Mr. Marcus, you are a great horse examiner. How do you think of it?”

The wild horse had already noticed Liszt and his lot, but it seemed very bold and simply eating having the grass.

His eyes glittering, Marcus said in excitement, “My lord, what a great horse! It has nice bones and muscles. Its limbs are long. The neck is long and straight. The hindquarters are square. Most important of all, its eyes are very sharp!”

“How is it compared to the Blue Blood Horses?”

“Forgive me, my lord. I’ve never seen a Blue Blood Horse before. The best horse I know is the earl’s White Leopard Horse, but it is not nearly as impressive as the wild horse here.”

The White Leopard Horse was the Earl of Coral Island’s mount. Naturally, Liszt was no stranger to it.

The black wild horse before them was much more intimidating than the White Leopard Horse. After all, the dragon-bred horses were kings among horses.

“How can we catch it?”

Marcus said, “I can knock it over barehanded. It’s a horse after all. However, if you want to mount it, my lord, you have to tame it personally. Wild horses only obey those who bend them.”

Liszt did not intend to mount the dragon-bred horse; he wanted it to create a group of dragon-bred horses as a stud.

However, it was interesting to tame a dragon-bred horse. Liszt did not ask Marcus to do it for him.

He approached the wild horse personally.

The horse grew wary the moment he drew near. It turned around and glared at Liszt, warning him to stay back.

As Liszt got closer and closer, the horse finally ran out of patience and charged at Liszt.

Dodging agilely, Liszt got on the back of the horse. The horse, feeling humiliated, hopped and shook crazily, trying to throw Liszt off. However, Liszt simply grabbed its neck, not moving at all.

An earth knight could fight a real monster, much less a horse.

Half an hour later, the horse finally came to a halt in exhaustion, simply allowing Liszt to ride and command it.

Wiping away his sweat, Liszt laughed. “What a stubborn fellow. Your coat is purely black. Let’s call you Black Dragon.”

It was an appropriate name for its meager dragon bloodline.

“Carl, bring some wheat bran pies.” Liszt got off the horse. It was not difficult to tame a wild horse, but it was certainly tiresome. He was sweating hard.

Fire Dragon leaned over at this moment. It was a young mare.

While rubbing Liszt’s shoulder, it looked at the tall Black Dragon Horse. However, the Black Dragon Horse did not look back at all or please Liszt. It still had its pride.

Even though Liszt fed it with wheat bran, it did not show any fondness for him.

“My lord, this is an adult horse. If it’s to be kept as a warhorse, you’d better castrate it in case of rut,” said Marcus.

“Castrate it?” Liszt shook his hands. “No, I’ve decided to use it as a stud to create a group of horses for Flower Town. It will be a huge loss if such a stallion does not have offspring.”

“A stud?” Marcus nodded and approved of the decision.

He did not know the background of the horse, but he could still see its extraordinariness. It was indeed a shame to castrate it.

Having no idea that it survived a disaster, the Black Dragon Horse enjoyed the wheat bran as casually as before.

Now and then, it ate the clovers on the ground.

Goltai intended to touch it, only to be scared away by the horse’s sniff. He had to change the topic. “Where is it from? Thorn Hill?”

“There may be more horses on Thorn Hill… Come to think of it, it’s strange that there are wild horses on an island,” Marcus speculated.

Horses generally lived on prairies.

Coral Island was not spacious enough for wild horses.

“It probably wandered from other places. Or maybe, the horses that the residents raised became wild. All in all, it couldn’t have emerged out of thin air. Also, Liszt, I think that more similar horses will come from Thorn Hill. We will have a horde of Black Dragon Horses by then.”

“That would be best.”

Liszt had doubts, too.

He wondered whether the horse had lived on this land before, or a certain being behind the misty missions created a Black Dragon Horse by force. He preferred to believe that the horse had lived here earlier, and the misty missions were only a trigger mechanism instead of the work of a creator.

As for what the misty missions were exactly, he did not know yet.

He could only wait until the answer was revealed in the future.

Looking at the beautiful meadow of fresh clovers, he suddenly remembered the desolate land outside of the castle. “Mr. Goltai, what do you say we plant clovers outside of the castle? We can build a horse field for the Black Dragon Horses.”

“Well, it’s possible. Why don’t we give it a shot?”

“I’ll entrust the mission to Mr. Goltai then.”

…

Liszt returned to the castle on the Black Dragon Horse.

Goltai and Marcus also went back. On the way, Goltai suddenly asked, “Marcus, you’ve changed your attitude toward Liszt, haven’t you?”

“Yes.”

“Normally you wouldn’t make a decision so quickly.”

“I don’t have many choices, Mr. Goltai.” Marcus looked at the horizon where the small castle was glittering under the sunlight. “Also, didn’t you often say that he reminded you of the earl? I don’t think he will stay in Flower Town forever.”

“Maybe.” Goltai did not give an answer.