The Lord of Another World: All Wasted at the Beginning, and He Made His Fortune by Taking in the Fem

"So you just ran back like this after getting hit by two straight punches? Shouldn't you just stay there overnight and solve your livelihood problem for the rest of your life?"

Since Aarons was still conflicted, he was in no mood to have tea with the princess. Instead, he made up an excuse and ran back.

When Karin, with a strange expression on her face, and the royal knights took Aarons back to the Marquis's mansion, Xia Ye's sarcastic remarks flew towards him.

"Are you not satisfied with your engagement partner? If even the status and position of Her Royal Highness the Princess is not pleasing to you, then what kind of women do you like? Are you actually attracted to men?"

"No, no, no, forget about men! I just have a little...you two come to the study, I'll tell you in detail."

In front of someone who knew his secret, Aarons was not so shy about expressing his actual thoughts - by the way, Karin seemed to have known from Xia Ye a long time ago that Aarons' soul was actually from another world.

"…I have clearly told her that I am not a suitable marriage partner. But not only did she not take it seriously, she even said that we could start a new relationship."

"Master, although I am basically an all-powerful staff officer, if you need my advice even on your love life, I will ask you to pay more."

"Hey, you are taking advantage of the situation!"

However, Xia Ye was not uninterested in this topic. Although no clues could be seen from her poker face which showed almost no expression, the tone of her voice was much higher than usual.

Regardless of whether she was a demon or not, Xia Ye was still a woman after all, and she certainly liked this kind of love gossip topic very much.

"Anyway, I've understood it all - you tried to persuade Her Highness the Princess to change her marriage partner while keeping your own secret secret, but she rejected you outright and even punched you in the face."

Phew—Kalin, who was standing next to Xia Ye, couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"And you actually used such a clumsy method to gamble your secret with Her Royal Highness the Princess... If I were to describe it in a way that you would understand, it would be 'really lame'."

"This young master is just lame~"

"Just kidding, I'm so... sorry, please help me, Teacher Xia Ye!"

Aarons knew that he didn't have much experience dealing with women, so he didn't dare to say anything big at this time.

Klia's reaction at that time was indeed beyond his expectations, so he didn't have time to think about it and took out his only trump card to gamble with the other party.

Now that I think about it, I was indeed a bit reckless.

"Ah... First of all, Her Highness the Princess definitely didn't take your words seriously at all. It's obvious that she doesn't care about things like future reputation."

"But the emperor should still care, right?"

"Since it was her own decision to get engaged to you, don't you think the Emperor has not considered this?"

Although he didn't know the reason, Aarons could clearly feel that Keliya's will was actually quite firm.

"So now I can only guess that something happened between her and the young master in the past, which could even make her ignore the losses that would come with marrying you in the future."

"Actually, there is another possibility, Master. She is so powerful that she doesn't need to care about what others think."

"But I'm not really Aarons Morty anyway."

It is precisely because Aarons knows that he is just an actor in disguise that he does not want to take advantage of Claire's feelings for the unlucky young master.

"It seems that there are still some areas of your mind that have not been adjusted, so let's skip this topic for now."

Xia Ye did not dwell too much on Aarons's sense of morality and values, but decisively began to look for a breakthrough from another aspect.

"You just said that Her Royal Highness the Princess has been wearing a veil to hide some secret, right? In my opinion, Her Royal Highness the Princess is just giving you a way out."

"This……"

"I don't know if the imperial family has similar customs, but there are only two reasons for wearing something like that - one is that you don't want others to see your facial flaws, and the other is that you don't want your face to be seen by insignificant people."

The possibility of the two reasons is half and half, so Aarons is not sure what Claire is thinking.

"If I must say, Her Highness the Princess probably only sensed your mental uneasiness and followed your suggestion to reach an agreement with you. If you asked her to take off her veil, she would not refuse."

“…Maybe that’s exactly the case.”

"So now the question comes back to you. What is your own wish? What do you want in this life?"

——This is a very serious issue.

If he just wanted to eat and wait for death, then Aarons didn't need to think about these messy things. As long as he made good use of the princess's feelings, he could have no worries about food and clothing and enjoy a life of wealth and glory.

But precisely because he actually wants to do something, he will take the initiative to consider the feelings of others and refuse to give up his almost arrogant sense of morality and code of conduct.

"…From childhood to adulthood, I have lived my life in the expectations of those around me. As long as I respond to other people's expectations, I can find the purpose of life."

But Aarons in his previous life eventually lost these things.

"But after my parents died, I didn't know what to do with myself. Maybe that's why my career failed."

However, I, who had never had a goal in life, was lucky enough to get a second life after a failed life.

“I read about people in books who traveled through time and space and dared to conquer the world or save the people. But when it really came to me, I found that I was not suited to do those things.”

In his previous life, Aarons was not a vigorous and fearless young man, but a small man who was over 40 but had not achieved anything.

——His edges and corners have long been smoothed out, and there is little sharpness left.

"Maybe I'm just afraid to take the first step."

"Excuse me, but when you ran out to die last time, you probably didn't even think about being afraid, did you?"

Why wasn't I as worried about gains and losses as I am now?

"——Maybe it's because everyone else is expecting someone to stand up and protect them."

After thinking about it for a while, Aarons quickly came up with a reasonable answer.

"In that case, how about you continue to respond to other people's expectations? Mr. Raul once hoped that you would revive the Marquisate, and Els and Mary hope to learn more life experience from you. Miss Karin and I hope that you can provide us with a stable living condition, and Her Royal Highness the Princess hopes to get a husband of equal status."

These are the expectations that others have for Aarons - so he immediately understood that it was not that he did not have a goal to move forward, but that he was just afraid of failure.

"You don't have the ability to accomplish all your goals, so why not try one or two of them? Even if you fail in the end, your life won't be in vain, right?"

"...You are indeed an excellent adjutant, Miss Xia Ye."

Although the courage to move forward cannot be generated by just one or two sentences, after knowing his inner conflict, Aarons is no longer so conflicted.

"In that case, please pay the additional consultation fee in a few days. I will ask Miss Karin to help collect the debt."

"I thought you weren't going to mention it anymore!"

"I am a demon who lives faithfully to my desires. I won't be as hesitant as you."

——Perhaps this last sentence is the answer that Xia Ye really wants to tell Aarons.