After I became a real young master, I became famous for my bad behavior

Snapped!

Sheen covered his face:

"Thinking back on it, Arthur has really worked hard these years - the Duke didn't even give the 5,000 gold coins for guardianship...

Arthur is literally paying me to support me..."

Xien sighed helplessly:

“No wonder Arthur said something like this early on (see below).”

(Arthur: It's okay. I've already raised you as my own.)

The system sat on the coffee table, arms crossed, with a helpless look on its face:

He already knew who Atole in The Game of Mediation was.

It flew beside Sheen and sighed:

"Fortunately, the host and I didn't have any expectations for this biological father, otherwise we would have died of despair long ago."

(They should be thankful that they clung to their uncle's golden thigh early on)

The system and Xien both guessed the reason why the living expenses were wasted -

The lord and his people must be trying every means to increase the family budget, and then deduct some of it to supplement the household expenses of the lord's mansion.

Then Xi Lun tried to show off in social circles in various ways (good or bad, black and red are still red), so his expenses naturally increased.

Then the Duke could not see any benefit in Sheen's further study.

As time went by, the Duke naturally could not afford to pay for Sheen's support...

Sheen looked at the "10 gold coins" on the display again.

"Oh, enough to keep me going for two years."

His hand pressed the "Confirm" button:

"Okay, I must take these 10 gold coins (I want to save some for Arthur)!"

......

Student Union. Everett's Private Office.

Didn't expect it? Everett became the student union president...

Sheen (who entered the office with the president's privileges) sat opposite Everett and crossed his arms over his chest.

This is the umpteenth time that Everett has invited me.

Sheen's mind recalled Everett's description of Impes during this period, and he could only say that the Impes now was completely different from the Impes in the book.

"After James became the Duke, the Imperce family defended the signboards of 'force' and 'wealth' -

Under his governance, the people in the territory are all happy and healthy, and their wallets are fatter.

The people lived a good life, and the young and middle-aged men in the territory responded to the call for conscription by the Impes family and became members of the Impes family's private knight order.

The knights' salaries are not bad, and their pensions are also quite high.

It also stipulates that "those who gain military merit during their service will receive additional living rewards. Even the knights' families will be given living allowances."

In this way, the people of the entire territory can live a good life.

After several years of development, the Knights of Impess were brave and skilled in fighting. They fought with the Duke with all their might to defend the territory on the northern border.

We no longer have to worry about demons from the northern border causing trouble."

"But as time went by, the power of the Knights became equal to that of the Royal Knights."

In other words, if the Duke of Impasse suddenly had the idea of ​​rebellion one day, he could give an order to blow up the royal family within three days.

The Emperor knew that Impes was also a family blessed by the oracle:

"(crying) I can't move!"

The royal family wanted to win over the two ducal families, and of course Haines had succeeded in doing so (as mentioned earlier, Haines’ grandmother was the emperor’s sister at the time).

Only Impes——

Jason had originally married the emperor's cousin, but he didn't expect the Duke of Impess to change his wife.

The current Duchess has no blood relationship with the royal family.

The attempt to win over failed.

It can be said that the royal family is actually very afraid of Impes's power.

Sheen sighed:

"Everyone would be wary of someone who holds military power..."

In summary...

Sheen took a sip of tea.

"These are the reasons why Everett repeatedly stressed to me, 'Be careful of Eric.' There are almost no reliable nobles who are close to the current Duke of Imperth."

Sheen added in his head,

"After Duke Impess succeeded in seizing the throne, he didn't even show up at the nobles' meeting."

(Rejection reason 1: The road is long and the mountains are high. When I arrived, your meeting was over.

Reason for rejection 2: These are all trivial matters. I would rather spend this time on vacation with my wife.

Pfft...

When Xien thought of this, he suddenly felt:

"It seems that the Duke of Imperius is quite cute."

Everett couldn't sit still when he saw that Sheen could still laugh:

"Don't laugh, Sheen. As the heir of Haines, don't you think this is a dangerous signal?"

Sheen was stunned for a moment.

The answer to Everett was a shake of the head.

Although it would be presumptuous to deny the Crown Prince's opinion.

But...

Sheen sneered and waved his hand at Everett:

"I think Senior Everett has said enough. Stop for a moment and listen to my thoughts."

(For my mission, Everett, I think I have to put you in a difficult position first...)

Everett pouted, but still sat obediently opposite Sheen, clasping his hands together on the table.

This look is just like a kitten that has been scolded and its fur is standing on end.

Seeing Everett's aggrieved look, Sheen covered his mouth with his left hand and lowered his head, trying not to laugh:

He is not as "inhuman" as described in the original work~

Sean breathed a sigh of relief.

Then he crossed his arms over his chest and explained calmly:

"Everett, you are the crown prince of the Portia Empire. Both Haines, who is blessed by the oracle, and Impes, who is powerful, are just subjects of the Portia royal family. You don't need to be so resentful towards Impes."

Sheen's heart was beating like a drum -

"If Everleigh hurts or kills Eric, won't he be chopped into pieces by the Duke of Imperius?"

This is not possible!

Sheen continued to explain:

"As the future emperor of the empire, you must act like a strong man and maintain the demeanor of a royal family. Your every word and action represents the dignity of the royal family."

Everett sat opposite Sheen, seemingly absorbed in what he was saying.

"Does that make me look generous?"

A flash of "longing" appeared in Everett's eyes.

Of course, he wanted to "solve" a tough case like Impes for the royal family, but unfortunately, the prevailing opinion within the royal family was Li Luxiu's opinion:

"The royal family should take the initiative and beat Imperius before they become completely powerful."

But Everett thought otherwise:

Considering the overall situation, "harmony" should be the main focus.

"Aha?"

Sheen was confused by Everett's childish remarks, but he still replied:

"I think it should be possible. As long as we can establish a good relationship with Impers, I think we can get along well with them without using force."

Sheen stood up, walked to the window, then turned to look at Everett, squinting his eyes and smiling at him:

"Otherwise we would be the ones in the wrong, wouldn't we?"

Everett put his hands on his knees, secretly feeling that there was some truth in what Sheen said.

From then on, Everett never said anything like "Imperts is very powerful" in front of Sheen, nor did he talk to Eric alone.

It seems that I am really trying to find a better way...