Chapter-14

A method that would grant me strength at a constant pace while at the same time, it will make my strength stable.

I call that method,

Project- Mana Generator.

Transforming my own heart into a mana generator that would constantly generate mana and increase my Physical Strength, but that will be a long-term project and I would need a large amount of Mana Stones and some experimental rats to check whether this method will work on humans or not. And, the generator, will work the old function of the human body too, pumping of blood. The generator will use Blood as a medium to transfer Mana to my body.

And I need to think of the future of Little Lady. It was around this time that Little Lady got engaged to the First Prince, who unfortunately died due to illness making the Second Prince, the son of the second wife of the King.

Every time the First Prince was talked about in the game, he was shown to be a righteous person even as a kid, and he cared for everyone important to him but alas, fate was cruel to him.

But he would be the best character for Little Lady as he could take care of her.

Huh...I am not going to force their relationship, I will create opportunities for both of them. If it worked, then good, but if it didn't, then Little Lady could select someone else.

A little bit of brainwashing can't affect anything at all, right?

A smile appeared on my face as I thought about that. I want Little Lady to have a better future waiting ahead for her, not the one filled with only darkness.

But I will focus on making the relationship between Little Lady and First Prince, and seeing Little Lady as Empress would be quite cool.

It will be my First Project- Relationship Goal.

And, I need to look over the Duchess, I can't let her die at all else everything I planned would go down the hill...

But, why did both Duke and Duchess' eyes show such deep guilt and pain whenever Little Lady mentioned me as her First Friend?

It seemed like it was their fault that it happened but why?

...there were many things that confused me.

And, Evangeline, she was someone I can't look into, no matter how. What was she thinking or anything...her eyes just showed calmness the whole time we stayed there.

Duchess too, but I could somewhat read her emotions while Duke was like an open book.

What would I expect from a muscle-head? He had some political knowledge but on the bright side, he was focused on the battle methods that used fists more than the brain.

I just hope that he made some improvements in the Dukedom and Little Lady wasn't forced to do it herself.

And me second project that I need to work on was,

Second Project- Gaining Trust.

I need to gain the trust of Duke and Duchess to allow me to monitor or diagnose the Duchess. Without trust, I can't do anything at all.

My Third Project would be,

Third Project- Making Money.

With money, I could get many of my things done. Mana Stones were costly depending on the Floor you get them and I will be needing a large amount of them to transform my heart.

But gathering money will not be that much difficult. All I need to do was just putting the huge amount of knowledge in my head to good use and create a company.

There were many products that this time period would need, like toilets, accessories, and other stuff.

Those three were my main projects for now. Only with money could I start my fourth project.

I then turned my head and looked out of the window. Branches filled with green leaves creeping on the glass while two moons shone in the sky. One Red, and the other Blue. The scene looked fascinating like it was out of fantasy which was cause the moonlight was normal, not colored.

A beautiful face of a girl smiling in my direction appeared in my mind. The smile was the same, as fascinating as the moons hovering in the space.

...I wonder, what would she say if she saw my face becoming similar to Kyle Ainsworth from the game.

Well, It would definitely be interesting to see that.

*Yawn*

A yawn escaped my mouth. Right, I had gone through too much in a single day, more than my little body could handle.

I closed my eyes and fell asleep while thinking of the future.

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During midnight,

Duke stared at the documents in front of his eyes with a tired face.

'Haa...accepting my Father's position was the worst decision I ever made...'

He was tired from the work as he had been constantly going over the documents and signing them. He hadn't even gone to sleep while at the same time, he was waiting for Sebastian to be back.

Duke then picked up the letters that were sitting on the corner of the table in front of him. There were many letters coming from other nobles, merchants, and today was even a letter from the Royalty.

Duke selected the letter with the stamp of Royalty, having a crown and scepter on it made of gold.

He opened the letter and was hit with a strong aroma of flowers which he ignored and started reading the letter.

After reading the first line, he started skipping through as many things were just about the greetings and other stuff. He focused on the main part, which made fury rise in his heart.

'Are not they taking me way too lightly?'

Duke thought furiously. He was being taken lightly by the people he served.

The Royal Family send a letter for the engagement of the First Prince with the daughter of Duke Avarice, Lilliana D. Avarice.

"Hahahaha..."

Duke released a dry laugh after seeing that the Royal Family wanted his permission for the engagement so that they could announce that.

Duke crumbled the letter in his hand in anger and leaned on his chair while massaging his temples.

"Damn it.....I need to ask Lilli about this, but I know that girl is definitely going to agree, without even thinking of her condition at all...but how could I let my little girl marry the first prince when his condition is unknown for most of the time, he is just a sick prince with no way of knowing whether he will survive or not..."

Duke muttered under his breath.

From the time when his Father was the Duke, he had planted spies all over the kingdom. The spies in the Royal Family were not much by now but they were enough to inform Duke of the minor and sometimes major details. This was the reason why he could operate his Dukedom with snakes lurking on every border.

The news about the First Prince, The Crown Prince was simple. He had been continuously ill since he turned 5 years old. But not many people knew about his condition as it was kept under the covers for most of the time.

But Duke knew. And this made him angry more, how could he let his daughter that was suffering already as a kid suffer even more by entering the ranks of royalty.

'Even though I am not proficient in Politics, but accepting this engagement is just sending my daughter to a den of hungry wolves...the royalty is called royalty for a reason...'

Duke thought silently. No matter how much positive thoughts were in the public for the Royalty, inside, it was rotten to the core.

Royalty was a term that could be used to refer to some people fighting for a throne, which would grant them the authority to control the masses and gain fame. They would have a large number of people royal to them.

The throne ignites a war in which there was no brother, no sister, no father, no mother. It was a cold truth. To get it, brothers kill each other. Sisters were forced to be torn apart to choose between her brothers or being sold to some noble or another kingdom royalty to gain support for the brothers.

Mother was forced to watch her children going to a war between themselves. Father will sit on his throne, looking at everything with a helpless expression or with excitement.

'Survival of the Fittest. Only the one who won will sit on that throne. A Crown will be placed on his head. A scepter and a sword will be granted to him.'

That was the truth of Royalty. A happy royal family was nothing more than fiction.

Power and Authority will change everyone, no matter how pure a soul was.