Traveling to another world, inheriting a mess at the beginning

"Hahaha, please don't be offended, Princess. Mr. Mud is just a scholar, and he is not very familiar with the etiquette of the nobility and the rules of the empire."

After Duke Booker smoothed things over, Claire's vigilance was slightly relaxed.

After all, Karin and Zhu Ying stared at each other for a long time and didn't find anything unusual. Maybe she was really a little too nervous.

"Well, if Your Highness is not the person we are looking for... then maybe [Son of the Star] is not a human."

"There are many people of the same age as me in the empire. Are you going to test them one by one?"

"Your Highness, you don't know that the members of the Star-Seeking Brigade have been searching for relevant clues all over the continent since five years ago. Because we happened to detect an abnormal energy reaction in the Armand Empire not long ago, my colleagues and I came here to investigate."

Speaking of abnormal energy reactions, Claire felt a little guilty.

After all, Aarons has indeed made a lot of strange things recently, and what these people detected might be the psychic fluctuations generated by the carbon-uranium explosion.

But if this kind of thing is said out loud, it might cause unnecessary trouble.

"According to the information provided by the Duke, Your Highness is the only qualified human in the empire... But unfortunately, you are not the one we are looking for."

"Since I have nothing to do with this matter, can we talk about business, Your Highness?"

"I am really sorry to delay the Duke and His Highness' time, I will take my leave first."

The elegant scholar bowed to Keliya and the Duke again, and then took the initiative to leave the reception room.

And until he left the room, Karin and Zhu Ying did not find any suspicious points on him - but they still felt that this person was not right.

They could only check it later.

"Humph, since there are no outsiders now, can I talk to Your Highness about other things now?"

"Haha, Your Highness, why do you think I let such an unknown person meet you?"

Just when Keliya was about to test the attitude of Duke Booker again, the fat old Duke suddenly changed into a shrewd businessman.

"Do you know what's special about the crystal he just took out? You are an excellent magician, and you must have better eyesight than me."

Recalling the scene when she was infusing magic power just now, Claire immediately noticed a key point that was almost overlooked-after her magic power entered the crystal, it was completely retained in it.

Could it be that the crystal can store magic power? !

"Looking at your expression, you should have understood it, right? Although I have the title of a noble, I am just a businessman."

"... Can that kind of thing be mass-produced?"

"The Covenant Alliance has the technology to extract that kind of crystal from the magic source stone. Although the output is not very high, you should be very clear about the value of this thing."

The reason why magic props cannot be popularized now is actually because there is no suitable energy source.

The size of the psychic energy conversion array is too exaggerated, and the magic core of the magic beast is quite expensive, so most of the portable magic props can only be used by magicians themselves.

If there is really a small magic source that can store energy in advance and reuse it, then human life may change.

"Your Excellency, what do you mean by saying this to me?"

"Your Highness is a smart person and should know what is right."

The look of a devout believer just now has completely disappeared. Now Duke Buck seems to be a shrewd businessman - and such an obvious change finally makes Claire nervous.

The old guy in front of her is not a fat fool.

"I am a businessman and know that most people and things in this world have a specific price - and William's value is obviously not equal to yours, so although I am a little sad, I will not hate you."

"You mean, my marriage is also a business?"

"Your Highness has experienced what happened in the past, of course I know it well. And I can probably guess what you want to achieve most in your heart."

Although she really wanted to kill Duke Buck, Claire still held back after weighing the pros and cons.

And such a trade-off may also be in the hands of the other party.

"You want His Royal Highness the Third Prince to become the emperor, and I can certainly help you realize your wish. Now I support His Royal Highness the Second Prince only to ensure the stability of the empire."

The Second Prince and the Border Guard Corps fighting against the Sunset Kingdom on the southern front were actually sponsored by the Duke of Booker..

If there is a problem with the Duke of Booker's family, then the Dusk Kingdom might take advantage of it - it is precisely because of this that Claire did not let her emotions control her actions.

"I maintain the operation of the empire in order to allow my family to continue. Of course, I know that I am just a borer, but if the big tree falls, no matter how strong the borer is, it will not be able to survive independently."

Duke Booker's statement is quite straightforward - but this is the capital that the nobles rely on.

Without these nobles, the basic order of the empire will collapse. As long as there is a basic sense of morality, it is difficult to make the choice of ignoring all consequences and eliminating them.

"And you must have a price in your heart that cannot be made public, right? The reason why you chose Aarons Moti now is just because no one has offered a suitable price."

"...Are you insulting me?"

"Oh, Your Highness, please calm down. I just said some unpleasant truths. But even if you don't want to admit it, you must have your own answer in your heart, right?"

This disgusting and heart-piercing remark made Claire silent.

Although she never doubted her feelings, she still subconsciously simulated the scene of choice - if one day she had to choose one from several options, then could she give up everything else and follow her heart?

"Hehe, Your Highness, you are still young and may not have thought about these things. So I will simply make a price here. You can go back and think about it for a while, and it is not too late to make a decision."

As if he really understood the weakness of people's hearts, the obese but extremely shrewd Duke Booker finally threw out an irresistible bait-

"I will give you the refining technology of the magic storage crystal, and I can also fully fund the succession of His Highness the Third Prince, and even... I can give the Marquis a piece of territory, so that he can live a stable and prosperous life without having to think about so many things in the future."

"Is this... the price you offered?"

"If you think this is not enough, you can continue to bargain with me-after all, this is the rule of doing business."