Little Jean was sitting on the floor in his Big brother's office, busy trying to paint a flower as a model. His hands, clothes, and face were covered with watercolor paint as he sloppily attempted to mix the colors, just like what his Big brother showed before.

But he was so clueless that he ruined his own painting by mixing too many colors together.

When he saw the painting had been ruined, he yelled out of frustration, "Waaaa! Big brother, Jean can't do it!"

"Hm? Didn't I tell you not to mix too many colors before?" Maximillien sighed. He had many documents to do, but Little Jean continued pestering him, saying that he wanted to paint flower and Big brother.

But Little Jean was still a kid, so he was bound to make some noises or messed up stuff. Really, if it wasn't his little brother, Maximillien would just kick this kid away from his Palace because he was too noisy.

"Wuu… Big brotherrr, helpppp!" Little Jean got up and ran towards his Big brother. He hugged Maximillien's leg and begged him, "Big brotherrr, I need a teacher! Please teach me how to painttt!'

"Jean, I have a lot of things to do," Maximillien refused. He knew that little kid would throw tantrums here and there, so he had to be firm.

But when he saw the tears welling up on Little Jean's eyes, he was stunned and wiped the tears with his fingers, "Alright, alright, what do you want me to do? You know that I can't teach you right now. I have a lot of stuff to do."

"Un… Jean knows that Big brother is busy. That's why Jean wants to go to Matthew's store!" Little Jean said.

"I can't accompany you, too busy," Maximillien still refused.

"No, no, Jean is a big guy now! Jean is five years old!" Little Jean released his hands from his Big brother's leg and then stood proudly in front of him.

"Big brother, Jean will go and meet Matthew alone!" Little Jean exclaimed proudly.

…

"Wait, are you serious?" Maximillien asked.

"Of course! Big brother, don't underestimate Jean! Jean can do magic stuff as well!" Little Jean pointed up with his index finger, and from his index, a small light sphere was created.

"Jean! Stop—" Maximillien was about to stop Little Jean, but it was too late, and the light sphere exploded… with a poot.

Poot.

…

It was like mini confetti that showered Little Jean's head, "Yay! See, Big brother, Jean can do it!"

…

Maximillien felt funny because, for a moment, he was worried that Little Jean would do another dangerous magic trick. But turned out it was just a small funny trick for himself.

Maximillien sighed and called the guards outside, "Bring my little brother to that florist before. He wants to play with the son of that florist. Don't forget to bring two other carriages to guard him."

"Remember, if something happened to my little brother, then all of you will have to pay a hefty price," Maximillien intimidated the guards to make sure that they did the job correctly to guard Little Jean.

"Yes, Your Highness," the guards said in unison.

"Yay! Jean loves Big brother!"

"Be careful on your way there, Jean. Don't make a mess. Respect other people's house," Maximillien warned.

"Okay!"

**

Little Jean brought his painting set with him in the carriage, and three carriages set off to the capital city.

Pupa finally popped out inside the carriage and floated around Yunyu, "Do you really want to spend your time with Matthew?"

"Eh? What do you mean, Pupa? I see nothing wrong with spending time with him."

"Nothing much. I just think that you can use your time to increase the Fatemeter of the male leads instead. Maybe you should visit Raphael in the church instead," Pupa suggested.

"Eeehh… no need to rush that, Pupa. We haven't even seen the third and fourth male lead yet, right?"

"True. The third male lead comes from another kingdom, so you wouldn't meet him until you are in the academy. And the fourth male lead… apparently, he is a secret character, hidden under the hidden plot."

"Hn~ It's okay ah, we still have a lot of time to clear all of them. It's not that hard anyway~ This world is so smooth, like my butt cheeks, ehe~."

"Except for Matthew, right?"

…

"Pupa, you're a hundred percent sure that his magic wouldn't be dangerous, right? I just doubt that he will have holy light magic like Madeline or Raphael."

"I have no information about him, literally zero information. I asked Father Admin about this Xu Jiansheng-guy, and he said he was too lazy to look up for some bugs in the world system," Pupa complained. "I know that guy is so incompetent for his job. Who puts him as the admin of everything anyway?"

"Ehh, sounds like a really lazy guy. Who puts him in that position anyway?" Yunyu pondered for a moment. But he still had no idea, so he just shrugged it off and watched the beautiful river on the left side of the road.

Yunyu was enjoying the view for a moment until he noticed a group of people riding their horses across the river. It wasn't that weird at first, but Yunyu got suspicious when the group eyed his carriage and followed him for a while until they stopped, as if locking their next prey.

"Wait, Pupa, is it just me, or those guys across the river are following us?"

"It seems so. Maybe it's just some bandits. Although they can be dangerous, most of them are just low-leveled bandits. You have highly trained palace guards protecting you, so you don't need to worry much about it."

"Really?" Yunyu was unsure, especially when he saw the leader of that bandit group, a man with crimson-colored hair, was glaring at his carriage with such a hostile gaze.

But Yunyu couldn't see his full face because he covered his lower face with a scarf. A young boy around Raphael's age with the same hair as the bandit leader was also glaring at him, full of hostility. He was mounting a smaller horse, but he didn't seem to have any difficulty riding it.

Yunyu gulped. He was obviously scared because he was used to living comfortably in this world. To see someone hating him with that kind of gaze was very unsettling.

"Let's just hope the knights can handle them."