Chapter 12

It has been four years since the king, who was blinded by love, tried to make the child he had with his beloved wife the crown prince, and this came to light.

I, who was six years old, am now ten, and I am supposed to attend the Royal Academy in three years.

In this world, the basic education that one would receive until elementary school in the previous life is usually learned from a governess or a tutor, and from there, one studies more specialized subjects at the academy.

The Royal Academy has four departments.

First is the Land Management Department, which is a course for heirs and heiresses.

Next is the Lady Department, which is a course for heiresses who will eventually marry into other families.

The third is the Civil Servant Department, which is a course for heirs and heiresses who aim to become administrators for the royal palace or high-ranking nobles with territories.

The fourth is the Knight Department, which is, of course, a course for those aiming to become military officers.

In addition to these four departments, there is a course for those who wish to become magicians, but this is not at the Royal Academy; it is at a specialized school or organization called the Magic Tower. In any case, one goes there.

Most of the children of the nobility in the Kingdom of Laave choose one of the four departments at the Royal Academy and attend from the age of thirteen to eighteen.

Since I have the memories of my previous life, I can already do arithmetic, and I learned to read and write the language of this country from Silt and Lanz before I learned it from a governess or tutor.

Also, the history of the Kingdom of Laave. You know, I memorized it because I heard it so many times as a bedtime story, and I remember it all.

I had already completed my basic education before the governess or tutor arrived, so there was no need to learn it again. Therefore, I am currently learning things a step beyond the basics.

Like the languages, history, and specialties of neighboring countries, and things about the Furfalbar territory.

Is it necessary to go to the Royal Academy?

The course I will take is the Land Management Department, but isn't what I will learn there something I have already been taught before attending?

When I thought about this, the twin servants who serve me told me that the main purpose of attending the Royal Academy is social interaction, to get to know other nobles of the same age.

Ah, yeah, that makes sense. That's it. Then I have no choice but to go.

Just because I am a high-ranking noble, it doesn't mean I can do everything on my own. Sometimes I need the cooperation of neighboring territories, and if I deepen friendships, it will be easier to advance such matters.

In other words, I need to make many friends and deepen those friendships. At the same time, I should acquire capable people who are not heirs.

Well, I'll leave this to my future self in three years. I hope you do a good job, future me.

After the side queen left the palace and the first prince was removed from the royal family, as a result of the struggle between the prime minister and my grandfather, I began to study imperial studies, which are for the royal family.

Imperial studies for the royal family are essentially the education for the head of a noble family.

I will leave the royal family when I come of age and inherit the Marquess Furfalbar and the House of Marcosius. In other words, I am my grandfather's successor.

In any case, I will receive that kind of education. I don't know how different the education for the head of a high-ranking noble family is from imperial studies for the royal family, but I thought it wouldn't hurt to receive it, so I agreed on certain conditions.

Up to this point, everything was fine. Up to this point.

I thought the prime minister would arrange the teachers for these imperial studies.

But then, the king, who had ignored and neglected the side queen and the first prince all this time, did something unnecessary.

What do you think he did?

He sent the royal family's education staff to me without permission.

I can kind of understand why he did that. It was probably an apology for the past and a way to make amends for his mistakes.

The staff didn't say anything, but they probably thought I would be happy to have the royal family's education staff arranged by a father who had never paid attention to me before.

The education staff that was sent included a governess to teach basic education, a manners instructor for the royal family, and the captain of the royal guard.

I had already finished basic education! I was already learning more advanced things! And the captain of the royal guard, why was he sent? To teach swordsmanship? Are you kidding me? How can you teach that to a child whose body hasn't fully developed yet? First, you should build a foundation of physical strength. Moreover, that's not something the captain of the royal guard should do. Don't make him neglect his duties.

I immediately filed a complaint with the prime minister and the king.

When the governess and the captain of the royal guard arrived at my palace, I contacted the prime minister, who quickly came and questioned them. They immediately confessed that it was a request from the king.

When I explained to the governess and the captain of the royal guard that my education was decided by my guardian, my grandfather, and the prime minister, and that the king had no say in it, they looked unconvinced.

So, I took them with the prime minister to the king's office.

The moment the king saw me, he tensed up, but when he noticed the governess and the captain of the royal guard were with me, he probably thought I had come to thank him.

He looked happy, as if to say, "You must be happy, right? It's an apology for the past, so don't worry about it." He didn't say it out loud, but I could clearly tell from his attitude, expression, and atmosphere.

The prime minister was the one who poured cold water on the king's satisfaction.

"Your Majesty, the only thing you can do for Prince... Prince Albert is to approve what my lord Marcosius and I have decided and to sign the completed documents. You are not to interfere in any other way. It is not necessary for you to do anything else."

Oh, the look on the king's face when the prime minister lectured him with a contemptuous gaze was something to see.

King, did you not understand what my grandfather and the prime minister were saying at that time? If you didn't understand, why don't you ask the people around you? And while you're at it, why don't you check your answers with the prime minister? Can you do it? Can you? Even if you can't, you should try.

I told you that the only thing you can do for me is to nod and sign the documents that have been decided. Don't do anything extra.

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