Knight Reymond started laughing and messing with his little feet .

“You have an idea you say huh? Come on now little lord, you shouldn’t bother yourself with those fat bastards and focus on sword training “

“Stop teasing me uncle Rey, I really think my Idea is worth hearing “

Nobody thought that a 5 year old could actually think more than they did , but lord Geld’s interest was actually peaked.

Probably this genius son if his could think of something they hadn’t thought of .

“Correct me if I’m wrong , but father wants to get rid of the corrupt officials since they are greedy and he fears they will sell information about the city’s defences to our enemies. Probably the houses of Horus and Osiris . But he cant get rid of them since he needs them to manage the city “

Reymond and the other knights nodded at his words, but lord Geld didn’t.

“You’re only partly correct, child . It’s highly unlikely for Wyvern’s reach to be conquered, but still the corrupt officials can cause us a lot of damage “

“Why is it unlikely? Are the Horus and Osiris forces that weak ? “

“Their military might is roughly similar to ours, but the problem is the Wyvern Mountains . This city used to be part of the fallen noble house of “Ao Kuang” , their founder could control Dragons and similar creatures. Because his curse still remains, the moment the city is attacked they will fly from their nests and burn enemy forces to a crisp “

That’s why it took Lord Geld 10 whole years to conquer that city, there were more than 5000 Wyverns there. They can easily wipe out an army as large as 100 000 men .

“Woow, I always knew you were amazing father. Did you defeat all those wyverns alone with your mighty spear and force them into submission? “

His mother and everybody else got awkward at his question, even they knew that their lord couldn’t accomplish such a feat .

He had to pay the royal household of Zeus 1000 gold pieces just so they could rent Hera’s zither artifact that could put the wyverns to sleep for 24 hours .

“Khem, that aside ... You are correct about us needing the officials to govern the city, so we can’t kill them .

What’s on your mind ? “

“We obviously have proof that they are corrupted. Its true that we cannot act on them... but they dont know that , do they”

“So? “

“Can’t we just send butler James to go there and tell them he is aware of their misdeeds. And tell them he won’t tell lord Geld only if they give him 50% of all profits .

That way you will get back 50% of the money they’re stealing, still have them in charge to govern the city and also ...they will make James aware of their every move since they will think he is one of them.

Meanwhile you can open a... hmm? Whats wrong with you guys ? Why are you looking at me like that ? “

They were all staring at him shocked, frozen with food stuffed in their mouths .

One of the knight’s wife couldn’t hold it, she dropped her spoon and let out the following words .

“What a monster, he is only five . ONLY FIVEE “

Slapping sounds were heard, the knight slapped his wife continuously until her nose started bleeding. He then removed his sword from his waist and presented him to lord Geld together with his head .

“Here’s is my head lord, please do not punish my wife and children. Let me bear the responsibility “

Lord Geld gave him a serious look, but chose to ignore him. He was so happy at that moment .

“James? What do you think of Rhaegar’s solution? “ he proudly asked the butler.

“The young lord is splendid as always sire, he clearly takes that from you “

That, was clearly a lie but Geld was too happy to catch that, or perhaps he indeed believed that Rhaegar took after him .

“Young lord, if you may continue what you were saying? “

“Yes, what I meant was that you could open an academy. Mother tells me there are many orphans in our territory, people even younger than me managing to survive on their own. That’s a talent in itself. Also...This way you wouldn’t offend the teachers that came here to teach me, you will have them nurture and educate those children in subjects similar to governing and politics.

I am not sure how they will turn out but they’ll definitely be better than our corrupt officials, at least they will have a sense of loyalty “

Rhaegar’s plan was put to action at the very same night, and while everyone at the table started discussing their next action, lady Clara who had not said a single world the entire time looked at her son and discovered within him something that no noble had . Her son didn’t hate commoners, didn’t think of them as lesser.

He saw potential on them, he thought of a way to use them to benefit the family .

The answer had been so obvious but their noble pride had never allowed them to take that decision. No matter what happened , she understood something that night.

Her son would definitely grow up to be a splendid man and an amazing lord .