My older sister is a villainous rich girl.

Wait a minute, isn't this sentence a bit off?

Wayne could understand falling for someone because of their looks, money, power, or even that damn kindness.

But because I want to become "perfect," I want to be with another "perfect" person...

This was the first time I had ever heard of such an emotional motivation in my more than twenty years of life.

"Is that all there is to it?" Wayne asked.

"What kind of tone is that?" Ge Li frowned. "Are you looking down on my love?"

"No..." Wayne said softly, "You're the one belittling your own love."

"You!" Goethe, carrying his flute, stormed to the door as if he were about to use the instrument as a weapon to give Wayne a good whack.

That face, tinged with anger and reproach, was trying its best to make a fierce expression.

"What if Richard isn't perfect?" he said.

Ge Li stopped what he was doing.

The sliding door track acts like a dividing line, separating two people standing inside and outside the activity room into different worlds.

"If someone better than Richard comes along, will you fall for someone else?"

"I would never do that, stop slandering me!"

Seeing her glaring at him, Wayne sighed.

"You're too young. You don't understand what love is at all, so don't keep talking about it."

"You talk like you know everything..." Ge Li once again revealed that arrogant, disdainful look.

"I don't understand."

He does not deny this.

"However, the love in my heart is the feeling of wanting to be with the other person for a lifetime, whether in poverty or wealth, in sickness or in health... even if you know the other person is not perfect."

Wayne said seriously.

Such an idea might seem ridiculous in today's fast-food-filled society, but that's really what he thought.

So, he sadly remained single for the rest of his life.

I've never met anyone who truly wanted to be with their partner forever.

I've never experienced that feeling of falling in love the moment I meet someone.

But it doesn't matter, at least he still has his own anime waifus.

I really wanted to be with them, but unfortunately, that's a story from another world.

Goodbye, my wives...

Thinking of those unbearable past events, Wayne looked melancholy.

"A truly perfect person does not exist."

He said, "Unless, you just want to watch from afar and fall in love with that perfect image you've created in your mind."

Ge Li paused for a moment, then glanced at Wayne with a slightly strange expression.

The orchestra room was quiet for a while.

"Whatever the reason, I want to be with His Highness."

Ge Li's tone remained stubborn.

Although she had to admit that she actually thought Wayne made a good point.

"I will absolutely not lose to Chris!"

Rather than making threats, she seemed more like trying to convince herself.

"Chris doesn't like Prince Richard," Wayne said. "You want to use the prince as leverage against Chris, but that's a flawed premise from the start."

This is the second time he has stated this fact.

Ge Li was somewhat shaken.

Actually, she also sensed that Chris seemed to have changed. She was no longer enthusiastic towards the prince, and she no longer talked about becoming a princess like before.

However, His Highness still harbors the hope of a marriage alliance with the Winchester family.

This is something that cannot be ignored in any way.

"What I said at the beginning still holds true?"

Seeing her frowning, Wayne chuckled and said, "I can be your strategist, as long as your reward is sufficient."

Yes, he did say that.

But Geli did not trust him.

At his suggestion, the only attempt to "change his image" also completely failed.

Are you short of money?

She was a little puzzled.

The Wincher family's wealth is absolutely no less than that of the Edgeworth family, and may even be more profound.

After all, the Winchester family has had powerful magicians in every generation, and over the years, their strength has become unfathomable.

"It's lacking."

"Moreover, I desperately need a secret stash of money that can't be traced back to its purpose."

"Besides money, connections or important information are also acceptable."

While it's convenient to cling to Chris's coattails, it's inconvenient to do anything else underhanded.

In the eyes of everyone in the Duke of Winchester's mansion, Chris was definitely a higher priority than themselves.

If we don't find another way, to establish a route of action that doesn't overlap with Chris's, we might be betrayed without even realizing it.

Hearing him say this, Ge Li fell into thought.

"I always feel like I can't tell whether you're telling the truth or lying."

She tried hard to think it over and over, but she couldn't figure out why Wayne did it.

"Then just treat it all as a lie," Wayne said nonchalantly. "As long as you treat the truth as a lie, no one can fool you."

That makes a lot of sense.

Let's listen to his opinion for now, and then decide whether to adopt it based on the situation.

"So what do you think I should do next?"

She calmly returned to her seat, wiped the flute, and put it back in its case.

"If it's still that lousy idea of ​​'changing your image,' I think you'd earn more by begging on the street."

Wayne scoffed.

"The reason it didn't work that time was because you didn't find the right direction."

Then he added, "And you don't have enough self-control either."

Wayne went into the orchestra department's office and sat in the empty seat next to her.

"Let me tell you a wise saying: In love, the one who falls in love first is the loser."

He's about to start using his refined theories of love to... no, no, to save lost girls again.

"When you see Prince Richard, does your heart start pounding?" he asked.

Ge Li thought for a moment.

"Won't."

"Don't lie, it's pointless to hide basic information from me because you're shy."

"When I met Prince Richard, all I could think was, what would it take for him to agree to marry me?"

Marriage... You're thinking way too far ahead.

Wayne was somewhat taken aback by the nonchalant tone with which she brought it up.

When I was in my twenties, I still felt like a baby, but this person was already thinking about marriage at such a young age. Look at their awareness!

If all modern women learned from you, how could the country's marriage rate not increase?

What does marriage mean to you?

"It is a marriage alliance between two families, in which both parties enter into a contract to share certain disposable resources."

Ge Li answered without hesitation.

"No, marriage is a promise to be with the other person for life," Wayne retorted, frowning.

Goethe said seriously, "If a marriage is to be taken, it must be a choice that benefits both families. Just as the Edgeworth family needs the support of the royal family, the royal family also needs the assistance of the Edgeworth family."

Yes, that's a very mature idea.

The issue is.

"This...this isn't out of love at all!"