Chapter 277: Telling others is often about yourself
Chapter 277: When you tell others, you are often talking about yourself
Looking at William, who was standing in front of him with his hands behind his back, a determined light flashing in his black and white eyes, and seriously expressing his intention to overthrow the royal family, a thousand horses suddenly galloped through the fat prime minister's mind.
Did I hear something wrong? The Duke of Lionheart is about to marry the princess, but his brother said he was ready to overthrow the royal family and become king himself?!
After being silent for a few seconds, the fat prime minister, with his facial muscles somewhat stiff, raised his head in disbelief and looked at Leon who was covering his face with his hands in embarrassment. His lips twitched as he confirmed:
"Your brother...your brother just said...what does he plan to do in the future?"
"I plan to overthrow the royal family, become king myself, and then fight all the way from west to east to unify the world."
After repeating his dream, William took out a folded exercise book from his arms, opened it and handed it to the fat prime minister who was confused. Then, with a stern face, he seriously sold his great plan to unify the world.
"Father-in-law, after we overthrow the royal family and unify the kingdom, we can make friends with the great nobles in the coal-producing areas of the Kingdom of Hessen and cut off their coal supply to the Kingdom of the North...ambush...use the compensation to buy seafood from the Kingdom of Seio, form an alliance with the Thousand Sails Sea Kingdom...capture the mining areas of the Kingdom of Thunderstorm...exchange the technology of the Kingdom of Korok...subdue the Kingdom of Morna...tie up the chariot...join forces to destroy the Kingdom of Alesund...annex the grain-producing areas..."
"..."
Am I still asleep?
Looking at the "Pan-Continental Unification Plan" written in childish handwriting on the curled exercise book, countless question marks and exclamation marks rushed into the fat prime minister's forehead, stirring up the positive and negative madly like a tornado, almost mixing his brain together.
To be honest, it's stupid... This plan doesn't seem like something a child could come up with. Although the knowledge in it is just common sense, it's amazing that he could think of using these things.
But as for being smart... the fact that he could come up with such an outrageous plan and even invited me, the Prime Minister, to accompany him to overthrow the royal family right in front of him, shows that he is not smart at all!
This kid...how does he manage to be both smart and stupid?
……
"This...children tend to fantasize about irrelevant things. You can't take it seriously."
Noticing that the fat Prime Minister was feeling very uncomfortable, the muscles on both sides of his round face began to twitch unconsciously. Leon quickly pulled back his brother who was about to say something, and said awkwardly:
"And William... um... he's usually very lively and likes to make jokes, hehe."
“So…so that’s how it is…haha.”
The two hypocritical adults chuckled to each other, then sat opposite each other in silence for a while. The fat prime minister raised his arm stiffly, glanced at the watch on his wrist, and then hurriedly said:
"It's already this time. Sorry, I have an appointment with the Royal Capital Chamber of Commerce later..."
"Oh, please."
Leon heaved a sigh of relief upon hearing that, and quickly stood up and moved to the side, making room for departure. The fat Prime Minister also pulled his wife and daughter, and hurriedly left through the vacated aisle as if avoiding the plague, forgetting even to say hello.
"William, look at what you have done!"
Seeing that the Prime Minister's family had already left, Anna, who had been patient for a long time, immediately reached out and grabbed her brother's ear, gritting her teeth and said:
"You...you really piss me off! Today I must..."
"Forget it, forget it, let's talk about it when we get back."
Seeing the strange blush on his sister’s fair face and her rapid breathing, Leon, who was worried about her health, immediately pulled her back and persuaded her in a gentle voice:
"Don't worry, these are just words spoken by little kids, no one will take them seriously."
"Yeah!"
Melanie on the side quickly chimed in:
"We are children, so... children's words should not be taken lightly! Sister Anna, you can't hit us just because we said something stupid. If you want to hit someone, you have to hit the right person, not me!" "Your fault is not small either!"
Unable to help but reach out and pinch Melanie's egg-blue face, Leon comforted the angry Anna while saying with a stern face:
"Tell me, the last time you guys made trouble was because of a bad teacher. Now the unqualified teacher has been replaced. Why don't you study hard and copy other people's papers in the exam?"
"Well... I can't help it..."
Seeing that her eldest brother, who was always protective of her, was unusually challenging her, Melanie's eyes couldn't help but roll around, and she instinctively wanted to be cunning and fool him.
But she noticed that Leon looked very serious. Although he didn't seem to be blaming her, he looked strangely serious. After hesitating for a moment, she finally gave up on playing tricks and confessed honestly:
"William and I entered school later than others, and we had to memorize so much more. It was really hard for us to learn it all. Moreover, I really didn't understand subjects like religion, history, and geography. If my scores were too low, I was worried that Sister Anna would be disappointed... I... I was wrong..."
Strange, he didn't play tricks this time?
Leon, who had been planning to wait for Melanie to continue her trickery so as to expose her lies in a sharp way and teach her a lesson that it was okay to be naughty but absolutely not to not study hard, was startled.
However, even if she honestly admitted her mistake, there are some things that need to be said.
“It’s not important to know you’re wrong. What’s important is not to make the same mistake again next time.”
After rubbing her little head, Leon said:
“You can be lazy and play tricks, but you can’t be completely clueless. If you can’t stand up at the critical moment and can only watch everything develop into the worst, you will regret it for the rest of your life if you encounter it once.
When your sister Anna was hospitalized, I almost lost her, and even lost you all. I hope you will never experience that feeling of being surrounded by despair in your life."
"And you, William."
When he said this, Leon turned his head and looked at his brother who was rubbing his ears, and said in a gentle tone:
"Brother, I won't laugh at your dream. No matter who you are, there are things in your heart that others think are unrealistic. There is nothing funny about it. What's more, you have worked hard for this dream, so you should be praised.
But remember, before you have the ability to realize your dream, don't talk about it casually, and don't let others know easily. If you can't do it for the time being, accumulate strength first, and when you are able to do it, before those who oppose you react, put things on the right track in one go. Only people like this can really get things done.
So if what you want is to truly realize your dream, rather than just some listeners who listen to you talk about your dream, then don’t tell your dream to irrelevant people anymore, just do it quietly, right? "
"I remember."
After listening carefully to Leon's long speech, William nodded his head in understanding, and then asked curiously:
"So what is your dream? Has it come true now?"
"My dream?"
After hearing this, Leon thought for a moment, then replied with a smile:
“I have two dreams. One is to let you all live a better life. I think I have barely achieved it!
As for the other dream... it's a little too early to mention it now. If I really want to realize it, I'm afraid I have to continue to accumulate strength until I'm stronger than everyone else!"
(End of this chapter)