Coincidence would have it, on the other side in the study, Ryan and the others were also discussing this topic.
“Your Highness, I suggest you bring Miss Haggia.”
Fart suggested, “Whether it’s Miss Haggia’s judgment, her ability to act, or her personality, she would undoubtedly be a great asset to Your Highness in expanding your network.”
“Your Highness Ryan, I also think you should at least take Miss Haggia with you. She will definitely not disappoint you.”
Moritz echoed, even though his words sounded like they were based purely on intuition.
But even Ryan himself knew that this was an incredibly correct judgment.
After all, he didn’t like to talk, and he didn’t know how to say words that wouldn’t anger others.
Indeed, Ryan’s behavior was much better towards his subordinates whom he regarded as family.
His words couldn’t be described as gentle, but occasionally there was some meaning of consolation and consideration in them.
But that was when facing his own people. When facing outsiders, Ryan really couldn’t do it.
His first reaction was still vigilance and wariness, and he would wonder if this person had ulterior motives… This was very detrimental to making friends.
But if it was Flora… Just seeing her cute and beautiful appearance, and her sunny smile, people would probably let down their guard and naturally become close to her, right?
However
“No, I’ll just go alone.”
Although he was unwilling to admit it, that had also been influenced.
But when Ryan thought of Arnos and the Blue Lion family’s daughter being at the Royal Academy, he didn’t want to bring Flora there.
In fact, he had the evil thought of simply keeping Flora locked up in the mansion like a canary.
This wasn’t to say that he didn’t trust Flora.
But he didn’t have much confidence in himself right now.
As the master, whether compared to Arnos or to Flora’s feelings for the Blue Lion family, he seemed so powerless.
All along, he had been the one receiving Flora’s help and kindness.
Even if Flora left him, she would definitely be able to shine brightly anywhere.
On the contrary, if he hadn’t met Flora two months ago, he might have lost his life in Baron Fart’s matter.
He was too dependent on Flora.
His pride didn’t allow him to keep not making any progress, and he didn’t allow himself to put all the burden on Flora.
Even if Flora’s plan was very impressive.
Could others be impressive while he did nothing, living comfortably and waiting for others to help him do everything?
At least Ryan didn’t approve of this kind of lying flat behavior.
Plus, he had already accepted this time that even if he didn’t care for campus life, he needed to put down his airs and strive to make one or two allies.
Combining the previous two reasons, Ryan really didn’t want to rely on Flora.
At least at the beginning
He also had to learn to be independent first, and then use Flora to speed up the efficiency.
Fart, who knew Ryan’s temperament well, immediately didn’t say anything.
But…
Moritz still wanted to persuade him, but he was immediately interrupted by Ryan:
“I’ve decided. Let’s just do it this way.”
Ryan had already thought of a reliable reason.
“You don’t have to take this matter too seriously. I’m just not bringing Flora there.
I’ll still discuss things with her afterward. It’s not like I’m going to some faraway place.”
The Royal Academy was not far from the west gate of Star City.
Ryan didn’t even need to. He could go out every morning and return normally in the afternoon…
There was no difference from his previous trips to the administrative office to handle official business.
As for why he wasn’t bringing Flora there?
It was very simple. That old guy had only removed Ryan’s authority to handle official business, but he hadn’t fired him and his staff, including Moritz.
On the contrary, they had all been promoted by one level and had taken up positions with greater authority, where they could continue to gather information from the court.
Well, what the old guy was playing was the same game that Ryan had played before…
On the surface, he was weakening Ryan’s authority, but secretly, he was letting his subordinates start to make up for it.
In reality, the only thing Ryan had lost was the work of handling official business, which he shouldn’t have been responsible for in the first place.
The purpose was to prevent Ryan from feeling too suppressed or panicked, while also giving the various nobles an explanation and paralyzing the Renaissance organization… How boring.
That old guy simply didn’t understand why Ryan was doing this.
\Ryan just wanted to bury his head and move forward… In any case, the entire Sky Law was feeling sorry for him all day long.
As for letting Ryan and his subordinates, such as Moritz and his staff, be much less efficient than Flora and Moritz, it would also affect the work in the mansion.
Ryan didn’t want to lose sleep because of this and pick up sesame seeds while losing watermelons.
He had to prevent the mansion, which had become less boring and somewhat comfortable, from going back to its original state.
The matter was settled like this.
After completing the other discussions, the two of them left.
Ryan also handled a few things and then came to the restaurant to prepare for lunch after being notified by Heidi.
“What’s wrong?”
Flora was in charge of lunch. Seeing that she was different from before, with a somewhat worried and distressed look, Ryan couldn’t help but ask.
“I’m just a little worried about Your Highness’s life at the Royal Academy.”
“Don’t worry, I will try my best to do well.”
Ryan used the words that Flora often said to reply.
But the other party didn’t buy it.
“Your Highness, the beginning of everything is difficult, and the most important thing to brainstorm and take seriously is precisely the foundation-laying stage.”
Or rather, Ryan’s pretense was too obvious, and combined with his past way of doing things, Flora saw through him at once.
Ryan actually understood that the first impression and the beginning were the most important.
If he didn’t do well in this stage, he was afraid that Flora would have to help him clean up the mess in the end… That would be embarrassing.
But as for this person…
He wasn’t very afraid of trouble.
He was afraid of troubling them.
Ryan felt worried, or rather, after so many incidents, Ryan had figured out that the other party would mix in a little bit of what she wanted to achieve in a situation that was beneficial to him.
Yes.
Flora admitted it frankly.
“I was planning to do this in the first place. Moritz is not free, and Charlton and Heidi are not suitable to put down the work at the mansion and follow me there…”
Ryan squeezed out a bunch of reasons.
Because he didn’t know if it was his imagination,
He always felt that the other party was very uncomfortable.
It was as if persuading him not to do good things was a bad thing,
He wanted to at least not let the other party feel that it was his fault.
Looking back, he realized that he really didn’t understand the other party very well.
He was only receiving help from the other party.
He was only amazed by the other party’s outstanding performance.
So, in addition to asking the other party’s purpose, was there no way to understand the other party better?
The answer was yes.
“Your Highness, please rest assured that I will balance the work at the mansion and complete it well.”
“Yeah, I believe you can do well.”
It would just take more time to get in touch with the other party.
Now, Ryan really wanted to go to school with Flora.
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