"Where's Donnie? Where did this guy go?"
"My lord, Master Donny went to have a private meeting with some female companions today." The butler told Giovanni what Donny had done in a rather obscure way.
Hearing that his son was so useless and was still fooling around at this time, Giovanni almost couldn't breathe.
"Butler, please find Donny for me. I want to see him within an hour."
"Okay." The butler agreed, then hurried out of the Duke's mansion and headed to the place that Tony often visited.
Half an hour later, looking at Donny in front of him with his clothes not properly put on and some kiss marks on his face and neck, the first thing Giovanni did was to walk up to Donny and slap him.
Seeing this, Tang Ni naturally did not dare to resist, but lowered his head and asked timidly: "Father, you are back, but I did not greet you. It is my fault. You are right to hit me."
"That's not the question." Giovanni shook his head. "Donny, you are my son, my only son. Although I told you that I would be back today, look at you, what are you doing?!"
"I don't ask you to be as good as Orson, but can't you be as honest, stable and manage the household as Leete?!" Giovanni's tone was full of disappointment.
"How can I trust you with the family affairs in the future if you are like this?" Giovanni said this, and then said angrily: "If it really doesn't work, I will follow Giovanni's example and adopt a capable child and give him the power."
"I'm sorry, father, it's my fault, please don't be angry!" When Donny heard Giovanni say this, he was shocked and quickly lowered his head to apologize.
He could tell that his father was really angry, otherwise, as he valued blood ties so much, he would never have said such words.
"I hope you won't let me down again." Giovanni said this, and his anger subsided a little. Then he asked, "Is there anything important happening in the Dukedom these days?"
"In reply to father, the Duke has led everything to go according to plan, and there have been no accidents."
"That's fine." Giovanni nodded with satisfaction. "But the lack of accidents is no reason for you to be so self-indulgent. When you come back this time, I will punish you by not allowing you to go to such places for a month. During this month, you will stay by my side and learn how to rule such a large territory."
"Okay." Although Donny was unhappy inside when he heard that he wouldn't be able to have fun for a month, he could only agree with his father on the surface.
……
On the other side, in Saint Laurent City, the headquarters of the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce.
"Lawrence, is this the result you gave me?" Louis, the president of the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce, sat in his office, looking at his second son Lawrence, with a hint of dissatisfaction in his tone.
"I'm sorry, father." Lawrence only had three words left to say at this moment. He lowered his head and could only pray that the blood relationship between father and son would allow him to suffer less punishment.
"I trained you as my heir, but look at you..." Louis said, sighing. "Although I can understand that, after all, the Duke of Aragon personally intervened, and you couldn't have predicted such a thing, but after all, this situation occurred during your term of office. Even if I wanted to protect you, I couldn't."
"Father, you wouldn't be..." Lawrence was stunned for a moment when he heard Louis' words, and then he had a bad premonition in his heart.
"Lawrence, from now on, the position of the president of the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce should be given to your brother. He can at least run the chamber of commerce steadily and will not let any problems arise." As Louis finished his words, Lawrence's eldest brother Mark walked out from the compartment in the room.
"Lawrence, you should not be the president of the Aragon branch of the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce. After such a big incident, you no longer have any credibility in the chamber of commerce." Louis said, pointing at Mark.
“From today on, you will be your brother Mark’s consultant. At least it’s an easy job. You two brothers must work together and cooperate with each other. Only in this way can the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce grow stronger.”
Then, Mark walked up to Lawrence, and his face was full of fat, forcing out a not-so-good-looking smile.
"Second brother, it's okay. You don't need to do anything when you come to my place.
The job is easy and the pay is good." As he said this, he put his hand on Lawrence's shoulder.
"Leave the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce to me, big brother."
Lawrence looked at Mark's smug look. Although he wanted to punch him at this moment, he could only suppress his inner frustration and dissatisfaction and just accepted his fate.
Chapter 36: Inviting Lena
Orson and Lucius returned home. They chatted for a while and then went back to their own business.
It was not until noon that Litt took Lena home.
As soon as Lena got home, she went straight to Orson's room.
"Big brother! Today, I went to Antica City with Brother Litt and saw a lot of interesting things!" Lena said this and came to Orson.
At this moment, Orson was sitting at the desk thinking about something. When he saw Lena come in, he turned around and smiled back.
"Really? Isn't that great?"
At this time, Litt also walked in from outside.
"Yeah!" Lena nodded.
"I went to a human school and I thought it was pretty good..."
"Don't worry, Lena, you will have a school like this in the future." Orson said this, and subconsciously wanted to reach out and touch Lena's head like he did to Leete, but he thought of something and retracted his hand.
"Also, there are so many delicious foods here, many of which I have never seen before. But everyone is very nice to me and is willing to tell me what those foods are."
Hearing this, Orson was surprised.
He originally thought that humans would have some prejudice against half-orcs like Lena, but then he thought that Lena would most likely go out wearing a cloak and a hood, and coupled with her naturally outgoing personality, it would be hard not to like her.
"That's because it's Lena." Orson smiled.
"Also, I met Sister Chelinina! Big brother, you mentioned her name to me in the desert before. She is really beautiful and rich."
"And that sister Olivia, big brother, when will you take me to meet her?"
"Uh..." At this time, Orson clearly noticed that Litt's face behind Lena turned dark.
It seemed as if she was complaining about why Lena was only told about Olivia and Celinina, but not about her.
However, after hearing Lena's words, Orson had an idea.
"By the way, Lena, do you want to go to school?"
"go to school?"
"Well, Lena, you are now of school age. Do you want to be classmates with me and Lit? The Imperial Academy is in Saint Laurent City, which is the largest city of mankind. By the way, you can meet Olivia in the Imperial Academy."
Although it is not yet the enrollment season for the Imperial Academy, considering Lena's identity and potential, it is not impossible to ask the Imperial Academy to open a "back door" just for her.
Even if we put aside Lena's status as being infinitely close to a demigod, the fact that she has strength comparable to that of an eighth-level person at this age is enough to make the Imperial Academy very jealous of this student.
"Eh, the biggest city?!"
"Well, Lena, didn't you say you wanted to see more places? If you study at the Imperial Academy, you can travel to many places every year."
"Sure." Lena nodded. "But, I am a half-orc after all, and the Imperial Academy is a school for humans..."
"Lena, where do you think the biggest difference between orcs and humans is?"
"Sure, it should be the appearance, right? Orcs have ears and tails, but humans don't..."
"Lena, do you know elves?"
"Elves? I think I heard about them from Grandpa Arati..."
"Well, the so-called elves also have differences in appearance from humans. Elves have pointy ears, which are different from human ears. However, elves are not discriminated against by humans. On the contrary, many humans respect elves."
"Really?" Lena perked up when she heard Orson say that.
"But, if that's the case, why do you, Orson, ask me to hide my tail and ears when I go out..." Lena immediately discovered another problem.
"Because of the racial name." Orson pointed to his head.
"In the minds of humans, orcs are enemies. Therefore, when most humans hear the term half-orc, they think that half-orcs are the same as or similar to orcs."
"Actually, compared to beasts, orcs are closer to humans, aren't they?" Orson said, pointing at Litt and himself.
He pointed at Lena again.
"Putting aside those racial characteristics, Lena, do you think your facial features and body structure are very different from those of humans?"
Lena shook her head.
"That's it. The reason I asked you to do this, Lena, is because most people don't know that orcs are friendly beings. So I did this to protect you. But later, when the orc city is established, orcs are no longer a mysterious species. Humans can get along well with orcs."
Allowing Lena to enter the Imperial Academy was not only to help the academy recruit talents, but also to improve the status of orcs in the empire.
After all, in this world, strength is respected. The reason why the relationship between humans and elves is so harmonious is not only because there are no conflicts of interest, but also because of the strength of the elves.
Although the elves are not numerous, they are individually powerful.
The orcs do not have such conditions, so they need a strong person to protect them. This strong person, without a doubt, can only be Lena, who is also an orc.
But for now, Orson doesn't want Lena to realize that she has this responsibility.
It would be more beneficial for Lena to gradually realize her responsibilities as she grows up rather than directly telling her the slightly cruel reality.
The Dukedom of Antica can still protect the orcs for a while. After Lena has grown up, it will not be too late to let her become the leader of the orcs.
"Besides, there is another reason." Orson continued, "School is about to start. When school starts, Litt and I will return to the Imperial College. If Lena still wants to stay with me, you will have to go to the Imperial College together."
"Hmm..." After hearing what Orson said, Lena hesitated for a long time and finally nodded.
"So, Orson, what are the requirements for entering the Imperial Academy?"
……
After finalizing the matter of entering the Imperial Academy with Lena, Orson and Litt were the only ones left in the room.
"Speaking of which, Orson, during the time you were away from the Dukedom, I prepared a surprise for you."
As Litt said this, he put his hands behind his back as if to be mysterious and only spoke half of the words, as if he was intentionally whetting Orson's appetite.
"Girl, you still prepare surprises for people?" Orson said this, smiled helplessly, and then asked: "Tell me, what is it?"
"Hehe..." Litt chuckled twice, then walked to Orson, stood on tiptoe and said a few words in his ear.
When Orson heard what Litt said, he was stunned for a moment.
Then he turned around and looked at Litt in disbelief.
"Is what you said true?"
"Yes." Litte nodded. "I found this information in my mother...Mary's letter. I did some research and found this result unexpectedly."
"Good." Orson was very happy when he heard the news.
"With this information, we have the means to restrain the other party."
Chapter 37: Am I wrong?
A few days passed like this, and soon it was time to return to school.
Orson still went to Chelinina.
"It's really rare that Young Master Orson would come to my humble home. Have you finally figured it out and want to apply for the position of my consultant?" Chelinina sat in the office, looking at Orson and smiled.
"That's not the case. Besides, Chelinina, you're getting better and better at joking with me." Orson said with a smile.
"It feels much better than before when you were so meticulous and only talked about work."
"..." When Chelinina heard Orson say this, her face turned red.
Then he turned his head away.
"It's all because of you." She whispered.
"Well, I came here this time to ask about the recent developments of the Lison Chamber of Commerce."
"Oh, you're talking about that." Celinina said this with a charming smile. "Thank you, Orson. If it weren't for you, my textile business in the Dukedom of Aragon might have been blocked."
"You've helped me so much, I really don't know how to repay you~"
As she said this, Chelinina's eyes wandered wantonly over Orson.
"Okay, okay, I give up. I admit that I can't resist your charm. Let's talk about business." Orson said this and quickly clasped his hands together to admit defeat.
Seeing Orson's deflated look, Chelinina felt relieved.
"Well, to put it simply, the Aragon branch of the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce has been broken. My useless second brother has resigned. He should be serving as an advisor to my eldest brother now."
"Pfft, that really is a gathering of the Dragon and the Phoenix." Orson couldn't help but say.
"But in this case, after the change of the president of the Aragon branch, it will still not be able to compete with the Lison Chamber of Commerce, right?"
"Yes." Chelinina nodded. "Right now, the strength of the Lison Chamber of Commerce in Antica and Aragon has surpassed that of the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce, but it will obviously take more than a few months to catch up with this behemoth."
"That's true." Orson nodded after hearing this.
Business war is a protracted war. To be honest, it is amazing that Lison Chamber of Commerce has been able to develop in a short period of time.
Even the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce went through three generations of accumulation before finally becoming the number one chamber of commerce in the empire during Grandpa Cherylina's generation.
"Chelina, where do you think the ultimate of a businessman is?"
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