Having the genes of a demon king, I never intended to be a kept man.

(The answer is: zero chapters, not a single word, so it can be skipped.)

In the evening, after school.

Ye Ge, Gao Shenxue, and Xia Xiyao sat in the extended black sedan that was taking them home.

Ye Ge was quietly reading a book, while Xia Xiyao, sitting opposite him, was excitedly discussing with Gao Shenxue what had happened in the simulated war.

It's just like a child who's still excited after playing a game and is eager to share with their friends what gaming achievements they've made that day.

Both girls achieved final victory within the illusion, having actually only been in the illusion for two years before defeating their enemies.

"The principal's illusion magic is really interesting."

Xia Xiyao sat on the sofa in the car seat, her two small feet in black leather shoes gently kicking and swaying: "It felt like playing a large-scale holographic reality game, so amazing... I wonder when I can play it again!"

Gao Shenxue said, "This kind of illusion technique would probably consume a lot of one's primordial spirit to cast even once. Even the principal probably can't use it often."

"Yes, that's a pity." Xia Xiyao nodded, then looked at Ye Ge sitting opposite her: "Xiao Ye, I heard you were challenged in class just now? Was it your opponent who chose you?"

Night Song: "Yes."

Xia Xiyao blinked: "So what was the final result? Did you win?"

Ye Ge yawned lazily: "Of course we won."

......

Long Ying left the academy and, escorted by two guards, got into a luxury car.

The elderly man sitting in the passenger seat glanced at the rearview mirror and noticed that Long Ying seemed a little off. He asked, "Your Highness, what's wrong? Did something unpleasant happen to you when you returned to school?"

Long Ying did not respond. She lowered her head slightly, staring blankly at her thighs, as if she had not heard the old man's voice at all.

She lost, and it was a crushing defeat.

In the illusionary world, with both armies roughly equal in strength, population, and economy, she was defeated in less than three months...

As the most talented princess in the empire, Long Ying is a renowned genius in the royal family, known as the most powerful brain in the imperial family! She has always been highly valued by her father, the emperor!

Her combat intelligence is arguably the highest in the royal family. In training sessions, when Long Ying sparred with her older siblings, even if her extraordinary level was lower than theirs, she could analyze and devise a perfect tactic based on their different extraordinary abilities to achieve victory.

From a young age, all the extraordinary teachers in the royal family praised her talent and intellect, and Long Ying was very proud to believe that these teachers did not praise her because of her status as a princess.

For Long Ying, there have only been two major setbacks in her life so far.

One time, he was not chosen by Lan Mi to become her personal student.

And then there was this one failure...

Long Ying kept reviewing the course of the war in her mind.

Where did she go wrong?

This question doesn't seem to require asking oneself.

Because she lost everywhere...

As the lord of a city, extraordinary level and personal combat power are only one aspect. The qualities of a commander, money, strategy, mentality, as well as the ability to control the hearts of subordinates and the psychology of the enemy... In this war, she suffered almost a complete defeat!

The key point is that, even though she knew she had failed in all these aspects, she still didn't know how she had lost!

"Your Highness? Your Highness?"

The old man was a little worried, so he tried calling out a few more times.

Long Ying finally came to her senses: "Huh?"

The old man asked worriedly, "What's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?"

"...I'm fine." Long Ying shook her head. "Let's drive."

The car started slowly.

After a while, she suddenly said softly, "Uncle Li."

The old man turned around in confusion: "What's wrong, Your Highness?"

Long Ying's eyes darkened, as if she had made a decision: "I want to go back to the War Academy and start my studies again."

......

A few days later.

In the past few days, Chu Wanhe had been sending people to keep an eye on Ye Ge's whereabouts. They found that Ye Ge was still the same as usual, studying at the War Academy every day, with a very regular schedule. He went back and forth between the academy and the family, and there was no sign of any change.

The Ye family made no move whatsoever, neither sending troops to attack their Wanjian City nor dispatching assassins to kill him, leaving Chu Wanhe completely baffled.

Not only was Chu Wanhe baffled, but even Ye Xiao and Ye Quan were completely confused.

Night Owl recently sent his family's experts to protect Night Song's safety, but they found that Night Song was not making any moves and no one knew what he wanted to do.

"Is Xiaoye on holiday today? He shouldn't be at the academy today?"

Night Owl asked his subordinates who had been sent out.

A subordinate knelt before him and said, "Yes, we have been protecting the young master. He did not go to the academy today."

Night Owl nodded, thinking that Night Song was, after all, Lan Mi's personal student, and it was normal that she had been busy studying at the academy and had not yet taken any action.

Night Owl: "Where did he go today?"

The subordinate hesitated for a moment before saying, "Young Master spent the whole day today... shopping, eating snacks, buying clothes, and watching movies with Miss Xia and Miss Shenxue."

Night Owl: "..."

"...Understood. You may leave now and continue to protect them secretly."

Subordinate: "Yes!"

Night Owl covered his face with one hand and said helplessly, "This kid...didn't he say he'd handle it himself? What the hell is he doing...?"

Zhou Yuqing rolled her eyes at him: "What's your rush? Don't you trust your son?"

......

the next day.

Ye Ge, Yu Li, and Gao Shenxue conduct experiments and research on magic potions in the underground laboratory of the Ye family's prop shop.

"These are the recipe and key points for making third-tier potions."

Ye Ge placed a notebook in front of Yu Li.

Then he placed a potion in front of Yu Li: "And here is a sample."

Yu Li looked at the notebook and samples in surprise.

"You...you've already refined the third-tier potion?"

"Yes."

"But didn't you say last time that you had just created a second-tier one..."

“Yes,” Ye Ge said, “I’m not lying to you, I just refined this a few days ago.”

Yu Li: "......"

"I'm...I'm so sorry, young master! I'm so useless!"

Yu Li looked sad and ashamed, and bowed deeply to Ye Ge: "You have already refined a third-tier magic potion, while I have only refined half of a second-tier magic potion. I am truly sorry that I have not met your expectations..."

Ye Ge scratched his nose.

Hearing this, he felt quite embarrassed.

Even knowing the recipe, it took him sixteen years in the illusionary world, through countless failed attempts and accumulated experience, to master the skill of refining third-tier magic potions.

Yu Li, on the other hand, only spent a little over a week to complete the second-tier potion refining process to 50%.

This talent is many times greater than his.