I Won't Accept Your Regrets

Chapter 130

"At the meeting today, it was decided to review the case. The nobles were already peeping suspiciously in the direction of Sios, so that the marquis had nowhere to run. His Majesty has done his part well."

"What a relief."

"Today the bailiffs chosen by Paren will visit Sios."

My father spoke confidently.

But I was not firmly convinced that the investigators would find a clue.

Freud Drua is dead, that mansion is already in the coals.

We must be prepared if Sios sneaks away this time too.

If nothing turns out, I'll have to step into the game myself and get to Lisa.

And this time I will not play fair.

Of course, this was just my idea, and I was not going to ask an innocent father to do the dirty work.

Hiding what was in my heart, I raised my cup.

"It would be great if that worked."

"I see you've already given the go-ahead for the prince's training."

"It looks like Baroness Bastein is better than I previously thought. She'll do a good job with Carlisle."

"Oh, I look forward to seeing him do the first prince at the banquet."

"Me too."

My father and I laughed at the thought of Carlisle.

"There is something that I want from you. It's about Carlisle."

"And what does it consist of?"

"Does my father know about the decision not to marry His Majesty this time?"

"Yes, I heard. He said that instead of a magnificent wedding, he would spend money on the poor. The banquet will thunder for nine days in a row."

"I came to this: it would be better to invest in Carlisle, and not just throw money at the banquet."

"Invest, but how?"

"I'm thinking of organizing an academy for the common people. And do it on behalf of the second prince."

Thinking about what else can be done to benefit Carlisle, I came up with this idea.

The Imperial people have had their first prince, Edmund, for six years.

It took a bold decision to push out the first prince, whom everyone had long loved.

Philanthropy and volunteering is something the first prince has already been seen for a fair number of times.

The people needed to slip something more, something truly solid.

For example, as an institution for the poor, which has never been heard of in the entire history of the country.

In utter surprise, my father goggled at me.

"Commoners... yes to academics... are you serious now?"

"Oh yeah. The empire had never before had an institution where commoners could receive even a primary education. If the institute is built under the name of the second prince, Carlisle's popularity among the rabble will skyrocket."

Although the empire has an academy, it was a place where tuition fees were too high for the common people.

Commoners who were eager to learn could only turn around and leave. Therefore, the creation of an academy would guarantee us strong support from the lower class.