Chapter 36: Servant Cedric (2). Clear Eyes
When he said he’d create a clone to act as a servant, Lucidra raised a question.
“But this new clone you made—didn’t you say the memories from your time as the Crown Prince only feel like a vague dream to it, and that its personality differs from the original to suit the job?”
“That’s true. But is that a problem?”
“Your goal is to reform that vicious young lady and raise her into a capable ruler, right? But can you do that in the role of a ‘servant’ who has to obey their master’s every command—even the unreasonable ones?”
Lucidra suggested that if reformation was the goal, something like a tutor would be better. Alondre tilted his head.
“Why do you assume servants follow their master’s orders unconditionally?”
“Well, because... they’re servants?”
“The servants here in Golden Cloud Palace don’t, though?”
“What?”
Lucidra’s eyes went wide.
Surely he wasn’t talking about some worn-out attendants serving a fallen noble with no authority. These were the attendants of the Empire’s Crown Prince, and they refused his orders?
“I once ordered that their daily working hours be reduced because they were too long. I even said I’d bring in more help to make up for it if they were short-staffed. But then they all came to me together, begging me not to take away their work. After intense negotiation, I had to settle for a compromise—failing to implement my original goal of a 6-hour, 3-shift rotation, and barely managing a 9-hour, 2-shift schedule.”