Vol 2 Chapter 1208: Self-doubt

Cedric Lesser Yanor. The crown prince of the Ereponia Empire-is the eldest son of the current emperor Ukent III, and his twin sisters are known as "the jewel of the empire" and "the jewel of the empire", so they are widely loved among the people. In the eyes of many people, since the emperor's early years of romantic debt-the son of Olibate, has already declared that he has given up his plan to fight for the throne, it seems that Cedric will become the next emperor.
For people like Cedric, there is no shortage of flattery and flattery around him. Even when the emperor Ukent seemed to have anticipated something, in most cases the nobles with ulterior motives were not allowed to contact the young crown princes, but instead insisted that Cedric stay in the palace and listen carefully to the teachers' lectures. Still so. However, unlike ordinary children who are well-fed and pampered, Cedric does not seem to have any thoughts of pride or complacency after listening to these flatteries, but is plunged into deep self-doubt.
The professors from Imperial College taught themselves politics and economics knowledge that many 17- or 18-year-old children would learn. Fortunately, Cedric is quite talented. With massive educational resources and his own efforts, in most cases he can achieve results that satisfy both the teacher and his father.
However, behind those subtle and accurate reforms, Cedric always compares the high-spirited reformers in history with his elder brother—Olibate is his half-brother; his father is the emperor. He often has to deal with all kinds of entertainment, and often has no free time to talk about his own affairs. In the process, Olibate became an agent of his father's role. Cedric found that his elder brother was humorous and well-informed, and had quite unique and insightful insights into many issues; sometimes he relayed his views and opinions on certain things from his elder brother to the lecturer. When he teaches, the latter will obviously show a surprised expression—obviously, these views are quite valuable even for the professors of the highest institution of the imperial capital. In addition, from time to time, my elder brother would help himself at banquets where the nobles participated, who was unable to cope with the ridicule of the noble ladies; he would tell himself some anecdotes about Tolz during the holidays; Cedric was right. Olibate developed considerable admiration and admiration. The royal family of Ereponia should do that, right—with such determination, Cedric felt that he was studying harder.
However, after encouraging himself, Cedric felt more restless and apprehensive: such an excellent brother was often slandered by some nobles without respect, especially when they talked about Austria. Libat’s so-called civilian ancestry; sometimes Cedric even felt that the nobles deliberately discussed it because they knew that he was there, in order to win over himself, the emperor’s son-in their eyes, it seemed that Cedric and Olibate Like many moments in the history of the empire, it gradually turned from a close brother to a political enemy.
It was at this time that Cedric learned from the gossips of the nobles that Olibate, his brother had the chance to become the crown prince — that was not long before his birth, the father had seriously considered However, do you want to make Olibate the crown prince? Although it seemed that it was due to the opposition of the nobles and other factors that eventually fell through, Cedric couldn't help but imagine the picture of his brother becoming the emperor-without a doubt, he must be much better than himself.
When I took this question to ask Olibat, the latter gave him a sincere answer that didn't seem to be false. Olibate told Cedric that he was not afraid of attacks from the nobles, but he understood that he was half of the civilian blood, and it was still difficult to accept the stodgy nobles. Even if you really take over the authority and kill the nobles to establish a stable political power, what's the point? It's not that Olibate doesn't love power, but if this power comes at the expense of a lot of happiness and happiness, then he will be insensitive. Even though Olibart made such an open-minded statement, Cedric believed that this was a violation of his brother's words-he was in fact the one who had taken the possibility of his brother's succession.
After having such thoughts, Cedric began to alienate Olibat, consciously or unconsciously. Although he was still a young child, he was full of pessimistic thoughts, but Cedric was so obsessed with the power of the empire. Ability, or Olibat did not find much clues. Of course, this is also due to Olibat gradually becoming busy because of some things. In short, because of feelings such as guilt, Cedric put his spirit down from Olibat, and the newcomer to fill this vacancy is the ambitious and powerful minister-in The nobles are simply the "iron-blooded prime minister" of evil incarnation, Gillies Osborne.
To be honest, Cedric hardly needs a lot of thinking to understand that this radical reformer, who was born as a civilian soldier but was inexplicably trusted by his father, stood at the center of the storm like the prime minister of the empire. He was under pressure and criticized. And the danger is far stronger than oneself. However, Cedric was surprised to find that the prime minister could almost be said to be able to solve various problems one by one in an orderly manner: from cleaning up the nobles in the Imperial City Hall with the civilians, to resisting public opinion, making a decision in the fearful eyes of the nobles. Build railways to connect the major noble territories with the imperial capital; then use diplomatic means to expand the territory of the empire, expand the sphere of influence, and defeat the Republic of Kalvard to avoid three places-the tall back of Prime Minister Osborne, in Cedric It is also becoming clearer.
What do I have to do to catch up with these tall and stalwart figures, and even walk side by side with them, or even surpass them? The better the prime minister and elder brother are, the more they are at a loss for Cedric. He doesn't know what it means to keep working hard? Is the father really, as the outside world said, a puppet emperor who was deceived by the prime minister and coerced and lured? If this is the case, what can one's superiors change? Isn't it because your elder brother is in a high position to be able to fight with Prime Minister Osborne?
At this time, even Kurt looked enviable. The Vandel family members have a very clear and clear mission-Kurt, who is struggling with this goal, is much stronger than himself in confusion. Sooner or later they will become quite dazzling, and Cedric understands this. Even recently, it seems that even her carefree sister has already had her own ideas.
Maybe... is it a good way to ask Alfin some questions? Cedric thought about it every time. He also recently heard that Alfin seems to be planning to drop out of the women's college; and what is even more shocking is that his father seems to have agreed after a long conversation with her. In any case, Alfin is now much more proactive and assertive than himself; and it does not seem to be a particularly embarrassing thing for a younger brother to ask her sister for help, and it is better to temporarily abandon his reserve of being a royal family.
However, just before he was about to ask, someone had knocked on the door closed by the nurses.