Chapter 483 Little Andre
"Oh? Yang asked you to go to Creek City?"
The west annex of Innadri City Hall is the dormitory for civil servants.
In the room on the third floor, Charlie Rex, who had just returned from a field trip to the countryside, turned his head in surprise while wiping the dust off his neck with a hot towel.
"Yes, I just packed my luggage and will go to the dock to catch a boat soon." Little Prince Andre said with all his strength, "Now that you are back, I just want to tell you that I am not a deserter after all."
Rex said with amusement: "Why have you been holding a grudge for so long? I was just telling the truth at the time. I had no ill intentions and it was not directed at you."
Little Andre snorted, rolled his eyes and turned his face away.
After Yang Qiu brought the fourth prince back...he was initially given to Rex for education.
This so-called education - to put it nicely, it is to let little Prince Andrei fully learn about local government affairs; to put it bluntly, it is to be a temporary worker doing odd jobs...
Yang Qiu didn't have much hope for this prince. It was obvious that he didn't inherit his parents' intelligence (the old king was a very capable man when he was not confused). Not only did he have a lot of character flaws, he also had little understanding of his own talents. It was impossible for him to have the opportunity to do anything bad.
As for whether there is anything wrong with using a prince as a temporary worker... Yang Qiu thinks it's fine.
Rex has a good temper and patience, and can tolerate the bad habits of His Royal Highness the Prince. Yang Qiu believes that he will never be easily angered by little Andre and beat him up. If Hal or Tuttle were to do this job, little Andre might get beaten up in three days.
But... although Rex has a good temper, his character is indeed too straightforward and not tactful enough (after all, he is the one who can persuade the undead not to play the warrior in person); after only a few days of taking care of the prince, he bluntly pointed out various problems of little Andre, which made little Andre so angry that he became autistic.
If Envy had not already left the Rhine with Lowell, and if little Andre had not dared not return to the capital alone to disappoint the princess, the Fourth Prince would have packed up and fled long ago.
Therefore, the responsibility of educating the prince was transferred to Ji Tang.
Ji Tang was also good-tempered and patient, but not as straightforward and kind as Rex. At least he helped little Prince Andre come out of his psychological trauma.
Of course, no matter how considerate and caring Ji Tang is, his hands are never soft - the clerical and miscellaneous work that little Andre was very resistant to when he was with Rex, he still did a lot of it while he was with Ji Tang.
Not only do I have to do clerical work, but I also have to be influenced by the people around me to do my best...
Because the workload of civil administration in the Earldom of Nader was more than ten times that of other earldoms (excluding the Earldom of Adler), the staff and clerks in each office (municipal government, town government) and each department were constantly increasing in number and were often too busy to work day and night; even the half-grown children in the upper grades of the juvenile school had to be loaned out to the various departments to help out on weekends.
It was hard for Andrei, who was unexpectedly thrust into such an environment, not to be affected by it...
Not to mention a young man like him who has no willpower, is sensitive, fragile and easily shaken, and would be complacent even if he was flattered by a villain like Hal; even if it were an old hand who has seen the world and has rich experience, there are not many who can truly "keep themselves out" from the influence of the environment.
In short... in less than half a year, the character of His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince, who initially felt aggrieved even to prepare his own dinner and make his own bed, has been trimmed into the shape of Inadeli's fighting spirit... This is cause for celebration.
Although he was always complaining and had a very bad attitude, this guy still did the tasks assigned to little Andre seriously - after Ji Tang went to the Principality of Shiga, he handed him over to Rex, and Rex never said anything wrong to him again.
Rex didn't mind Andre's attitude at all. He rubbed the towel in his hands, smiled, and said half-jokingly: "From what I know about Yang, Yang never lets people go in vain... Your Highness, I think you may not be able to come back this time, and you will be left in Tachia by Yang."
Little Andre snorted again, not trying to hide the smugness on his face.
On the way back from the bar area, His Royal Highness the Prince thought about it himself. When Yang Gang conquered the Territory of Tachia, he didn't call anyone but him specifically. He must have been asked to be the lord of Tachia!
That's an earldom! Even more respectable than the original Innadri!
Rex looked at the smug look on Andre's face, smiled and shook his head. Since he was so excited at the moment, he didn't rush to pour cold water on Andre and tell him how . Instead, he started to nag and instruct him:
"If you go to Creek City, you have to spend the night on the boat. The weather has just warmed up, but it's still a bit cold at night. Did you bring the blanket I gave you last time? And, Your Highness, when you see Yang there, you must control your temper. Yang is indeed a very casual person, but he is also very scary when he is angry. Not only will he make you more troublesome, but he will also make it impossible for you to refuse..."
Little Andre listened to Rex's nagging with an impatient look on his face, but he didn't say anything to stop him... He just had a bad temper, and he could still tell who really cared about him and considered him.
Rex washed the towel he had used to wipe his sweat and hung it on the washbasin rack, took a coat from behind the door and put it on, then naturally... took the suitcase from little Andre's hand and picked it up, took out the car keys and opened the door, ready to take him to the pier.
Because several main traffic routes within Nadelibing have undergone hardened road surface treatment, heavy trucks with a load of N tons are still unable to run on them and will damage the road surface. However, Wuling Hongguang can be on the road.
At the end of last year, Innadri's financial allocation added a batch of vans to the Transport Department for domestic logistics. Lord Rex, who was required to lead the way and inspect the conditions in each town, was "lucky" to be allocated one.
This small van, which is completely different from domestic pneumatic vehicles, is not only very capable of carrying things, but also has very low requirements for road conditions and is tough enough. Rex has fallen in love with this convenient means of transportation.
The only thing that made Rex unhappy was that every time he drove out and encountered the undead, those rude skeletons would point at his car and laugh, shouting nonsense like "Fuck, the lord is worthy of driving a Wuling", "This advertisement is flawlessly implanted", "Stupid planner is just making money, destroying the style and affecting the atmosphere of the game" and so on.
Little Andre, who was used to riding local gas-powered cars in the capital, was not particularly grateful that Ji Tang drove him there. Of course, he was not disgusted either. Although this kind of Tarantan car was quite simple and not gorgeous at all, at least it had a large interior space and was OK to sit in...
Rex drove the car all the way to the dock, helped Andre carry his suitcase on board, found him a cleaner crew room to stay in temporarily, and then went to find the ship's operator from the Transportation Department and told him to take good care of him on the way...
Little Andre silently watched Rex helping him out, and the anger that had been pent up in his heart for half a year faded a lot; however, a new, unfamiliar, and slightly sour emotion quietly grew in his heart.
Our prince's anger towards Rex is naturally not just about being forced to do clerical work... more of it is actually envy and jealousy.
On the way to Innadri, the first "follower of Yang" that little Andre met was Count Colson O'Neill; that unpresentable bumpkin who was at a loss as to what to do after suddenly rising to a high position gave His Royal Highness the illusion that "he must be the best of Yang's followers" for no reason.
Then he met Charlie Rex.
Rex is about the same age as little Prince Andre, but whether it is temperament, bearing, cultivation, character, intelligence, or even appearance, he is far superior to our prince in every aspect...
In other words...it was difficult for little Andre to get along peacefully with this peer who was excellent in every aspect, because he was angry and embarrassed.
Only now, little Prince Andre, who was convinced that he could become the lord of the earldom, could calm down a little.
And then...he felt a little reluctant to part with Rex.
To be fair, although Rex never thought of giving him some face when pointing out his problems, he did genuinely care about him.
With the exception of his mother, Princess Harriet, little Andre had never felt this kind of care without any interest from anyone else - he was just not smart enough, not really stupid, to the point where he couldn't even tell whether others were doing it for his own good or just wanted to use him to gain benefits.
Strictly speaking...Charlie Rex, who would seriously point out to Andre's face what he had not done well, his laziness, and what he had not done seriously, should be considered the first friend that little Andre had ever made in his life.
When Rex was about to get off the boat, little Prince Andre followed him out silently and escorted him out of the cabin.
"Charlie, I will write to you." His Royal Highness said awkwardly, "I hope you can reply as soon as possible."
Rex didn't think about it, but smiled and nodded: "No problem, no matter what happens, you can write to me in the letter, and I will help you think of some ideas."
Little Andre couldn't help but roll his eyes and said unhappily, "I am a prince after all. What else can I ask you? Come on, go back. I won't send you off the boat."
"Look, we were just talking nicely, but you're losing your temper again." Rex smiled helplessly and shook his head, "Okay, you don't have to really send me off the ship. Take care on your journey."
"Hmph." Little Andre snorted coldly, turned around and went into the cabin.
No conversation along the way.
After a day and a night of sailing, the cargo ship from Innadri arrived at Creek.
The staff of the Transport Department dutifully sent little Andre to the City Hall. Upon learning that Mr. Yang was waiting for news in the Lord's Mansion, they transferred him to the Lord's Mansion.
The prince, who had been full of ambition and fantasies about how to be a better lord than Rex, had no time to speak when he saw Yang Qiu, and the other party said to him lightly: "Your father is dead."
Little Andre: “……???”
"Your mother is being held hostage by someone from the royal family." Yang Qiu added bluntly.
The color quickly drained from little Prince Andre's face and he stood there in astonishment.
"The king has sent an envoy to me, offering you conditions to inherit the throne... You can understand what this means, Your Highness." The mysterious black magician said meaningfully.
Little Andre: "..."
He suddenly felt like regretting it... He really wanted to go back to Innadri. It was actually quite nice to be roommate with Rex, that annoying stubborn guy...
The will to survive made little Andrei try hard to suppress the thought of escaping. The pale-faced prince said firmly: "It's because... I am your follower, Mr. Yang."
Regardless of whether he and his mother are excluded by the royal family, he is still the king's son on the surface and is qualified to stay in the line of succession to the throne.
Having a line of succession and being able to inherit the throne are of course two different things. If things had developed normally, little Andre would have known with his knees that he would never have been able to enter the palace - his eldest brother, second sister, and third brother were not dead, and His Royal Highness the Prince was still alive!
There were a bunch of people waiting to inherit the throne, but it suddenly fell on his head... Even a fool would know that this throne is not easy to sit on.
