Steven was a person without any morality or virtue.
As for Cadfan, although he was also an unscrupulous person without any morality or virtue, at the very least, he would always scheme and plan carefully before taking action.
This kind of person would generally act like a benevolent person that was full of morality, but they would often be the dregs of society.
However, the main point was that no one would be able to tell that they were the dregs of society. 4
Lord Schulz had been scheming throughout his lifetime, and he had done many vicious and wicked things in this life, but the only time that he had truly gotten caught was when his plan to deal with Rosalie had gotten completely exposed.
In most cases, Lord Schulz was very good at putting o n an act.
At this time, Lord Schulz already regarded Steven as his future successor. So, he earnestly said, "Steven, you have to understand the rules of survival and what you should or should not do in the upper-class society. In short, you have to do something with good reason and cause."
"Do something with good reason and cause?" Steven hurriedly said, "Dad, can you explain things to me more specifically, then?" 5
Lord Schulz explained, "This means that you must have a good and reasonable explanation and cause for every action that you take."
"If we do not have any just or reasonable explanations when we come forward to create trouble and start a fight with the other party, this would mean that we are not behaving conventionally according to implicit social customs. A person without any sense of morality or justice will have to fend for himself, then."
"Just look at it. In a war between countries throughout the ages, even if the aggressor wants to invade a country, under any normal circumstances, they would have to come up with a justifiable reason for their actions."
"Take the July 7th incident at the Lugou Bridge in Oskia as an example. The Japanese also came up with a lie saying that one of their soldiers was missing so that they could take advantage of that opportunity to start a war." 3
This was the first time that Steven had heard his father talking about this kind of strategy throughout his whole life.
In truth, Lord Schulz was a very scheming and calculative person, and he always had countless strategies and plans. What he had brought up today was just a very simple point and could not be considered a sophisticated strategy at all.
However, since Steven was the second child, he had never had the opportunity to learn this kind of strategy in the past.
This kind of strategy was similar to the special art or techniques that kings in ancient times would only pass on to the crown prince who would inherit the right to rule the country in the future. The other princes would not be qualified to listen to or have the opportunity to learn these strategies at all. s
The reason why the king would be unwilling to teach his ruling methods and strategies to the other princes was because he would be afraid that the other princes would threaten the crown prince’s safety in the future. 9
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