Reincarnated as a boss tyrant in the game

“Seventh Prince, Your Highness!” The head maid, hearing Soren's voice, quickly sheathed her longsword and knelt on one knee, saying, “This subordinate was unaware of Your Highness's arrival and offers apologies for the offenses just committed!”

“Haha, it's nothing! It was I who entered Mother Consort's chambers without prior notice.” Soren very politely helped the head maid to her feet.

As the head maid stood up, stepping out of the shadows of the corner, it was the first time Soren had observed her from such close range.

Clad in armor with a red lining, she stood at least 1.75 meters tall by initial estimation, with tanned skin, brown curly hair, and exuded an aura of sunny health from head to toe.

Her appearance couldn't be called beautiful, but she was very pleasing to the eye, the kind of woman who grew more attractive the longer you looked. Perhaps due to years of training, her figure was curvaceous, especially those long legs, truly embodying the saying, 'All legs below the neck.'

“Head Maid, it's embarrassing to admit, but I still don't know your name.” Soren said somewhat awkwardly.

The head maid didn't suspect anything, because having followed Maria for so many years, she had personally witnessed the attitude of Imperial Consort Maria towards Soren and Yasso.

“This subordinate is called Jessica Morrell.” The head maid was clearly a very rigid and meticulous person, doing everything by the book.

“Then I'll call you Jessica from now on. The purpose of my visit is you.” Soren said seriously, “I want to learn swordsmanship, and I hope you, Jessica, can teach me swordsmanship.”

A gift box containing Cloud Dream Incense was immediately presented to Jessica.

Jessica looked at Soren with a blank expression. She clearly remembered being amazed by Soren's talent when she first saw him practicing swordsmanship, and even trained him for a period of time. However, because it was too arduous, Soren directly abandoned swordsmanship and became a mage instead.

Jessica subconsciously accepted the gift box and casually asked, “Seventh Prince Soren, have you considered this carefully?”

“This is a decision I've made after careful consideration.”

Jessica nodded and said, “Let me state in advance that training with me will be very hard, so be mentally prepared.”

Soren nodded firmly.

“Alright, then we'll start training in a couple of days, once the funeral is completely over.” Jessica didn't look at the contents of the gift box, and the reason she accepted it so readily was because it was an imperial custom that whenever one apprenticed to learn something, regardless of status, a gift of apprenticeship must be presented.

At this moment, a guard came in and happened to see Soren, and quickly said, “This subordinate greets Seventh Prince Your Highness. His Majesty has ordered that Your Highness attend dinner.”

Soren nodded and said, “Understood.”

Then he turned to Jessica and said, “Then I'll leave first, teacher!”

After Soren left, Jessica casually opened the gift box, because she was well aware of the situation of Imperial Consort Maria's other two princes, who, despite their status, actually lived worse lives than some princes.

Therefore, she didn't pay much attention to Soren's apprenticeship gift, but as soon as she opened a crack in the gift box, the fragrance emanating from it made Jessica's spirits lift.

She quickly closed it and hurried back to her room.

“It's actually…” When she saw the Cloud Dream Incense inside the gift box, she was so shocked that she couldn't speak.

While Soren was trying to uncover the subtle relationship between Yasso and Aichi Millie, his thoughts couldn't help but drift back to the past, recalling another woman by Mother Consort's side—the ambitious head maid, Jessica.

She deeply resented Maria Imperial Consort's indifferent attitude, but knowing the current situation, she could only choose to lurk by the Imperial Consort's side, waiting for the opportunity to arise.

With the rise of Prince Williams, this head maid decisively chose to betray and become the prince's mole.

In the game, due to the advantage of having a God's-eye view, Soren clearly saw that Nicholas's many plans were always easily seen through by Prince Williams, and Jessica's contribution was indispensable.

Imperial Consort Maria and Nicholas were completely unaware, and their blindness and negligence indirectly led to Yasso's death and even threatened Soren's safety.

Soren knew that this woman was both ambitious and skilled at disguise and lurking, and such a talent was exactly what he needed.

Since she would eventually choose to rely on one side, then why not bring her under his command in advance?

As long as he demonstrated sufficient strength and means, Soren believed that Jessica would definitely make a wise decision.

Prince Williams, as the little son of his cheap father the Emperor, had only just been born last year, but his existence undoubtedly added more variables to the succession of the throne.

In the next few decades, he would gradually grow into the most powerful competitor for the throne.

Therefore, for Soren, it was particularly important to plan ahead and win over potential allies.

At this time, the Northwest provinces were experiencing the worst locust plague in history.

This time, with the passing of the Empress Dowager, the dukes and nobles of the Northwest provinces, in addition to offering condolences, also wanted to request the imperial court to allocate grain for disaster relief.

In the past few years, the central provinces had experienced severe droughts unseen for centuries, leaving the local people with no harvest and living in poverty.

Faced with this disaster, Gustav felt very distressed, as the capital's grain was not enough to support the disaster relief efforts in the Northwest provinces.

In fact, even if Gustav had grain in hand, he would not use it for disaster relief.

The reason was that many noble lords were only concerned with expanding their own territories' granaries and never considered using their own reserves to help the victims, instead hoping to obtain more benefits from the royal family.

The dukes and nobles of the Northwest provinces expressed strong dissatisfaction with this, believing that Gustav's move was a deliberate disregard for the lives and deaths of the people in the disaster area, attempting to weaken the overall strength of the Northwest provinces.

This dispute exacerbated the tense relationship between the central provinces and the Northwest provinces and highlighted the selfish attitude of the noble class in the face of national crises.

On this point, one must mention the current situation of the Holy Prague Empire.

The entire empire is divided into five major regions, namely the four major regions of the southeast, northwest, which are mainly used to enfeoff royal family members.

The provinces in the central region have always been directly under the emperor's jurisdiction and have never been enfeoffed to nobles. Even Prince Otriff, the current emperor's own younger brother, was only enfeoffed to a province closest to the central provinces.

The founding emperor, Holy Prague I, had a very good idea at first: the world was jointly ruled by the royal family, the central provinces were personally ruled by the emperor, and the nobles of the other four regions defended against enemies outside the gates.