Chapter 294: 293 Luoqi Trying Hard to Persuade Chapter 294: 293 Luoqi Trying Hard to Persuade This day, Shane followed Luoqi’s previous instructions and left Lasha at home to take care of Ai Yi, who had not yet woken up, while he himself went alone to the Royal Palace and visited Luoqi’s room.
This time, there were noticeably fewer young Nobles outside Luoqi’s sleeping chamber. Whether it was because the events that led to the downfall of many Nobles in the Royal Capital had kept them busy at home or because they knew Shane was visiting today and didn’t dare to show up in front of this ruthless person who had tamed a Black Dragon and caused heavy losses to the Kingdom Knights.
Even the eyes of the Female Knights from the Holy Sword Knights looked different when they saw Shane, which told him that the rumors about him in the Kingdom had become much more impactful than before.
Of course, Shane didn’t care about this at all.
As long as other people didn’t trouble him, he was more than happy to enjoy his peace.
But he had not expected that when he entered Luoqi’s room, not only was Liyadella, the First Princess, sitting there smiling, with her usual Guard Knight, Shanai, by her side, but Luoqi also offered him to become a Noble.
This didn’t seem like something Luoqi would do.
At least in the past, Luoqi had never proactively sought to recruit him, only having a private connection with Shane in her own way.
But today, Luoqi had said just that.
After the surprise, Shane immediately looked toward Liya.
“Why are you looking at me like that?” Liya seemed to have sensed Shane’s thoughts and raised her eyebrows, saying, “You don’t think I told Luoqi to recruit you, do you?”
“Heh,” Shane didn’t respond and just laughed.
His laughter clearly conveyed to Liya that if it wasn’t for her request, Luoqi wouldn’t have recruited him so directly.
But this time, Liya was innocent.
“How unjust, I didn’t incite Luoqi this time,” Liya said with a sense of grievance. “Though the Royal Family really does want to recruit you, it was Luoqi who acted on her own this time. I didn’t even get the chance to speak yet.”
…So you still intended to do it, right?
The hearts of those in power are indeed dirty.
It was Luoqi, rather, who admitted quite openly.
“This time it truly has nothing to do with my elder sister, it’s my own decision,” Luoqi looked at Shane, saying, “Don’t you think this is a good opportunity?”
“Sorry, I really don’t think so,” Shane responded directly. “I really don’t want to become a Noble, forgive me for not seeing this as a good opportunity at all.”
Upon hearing this, Luoqi showed an expected expression, while only Liya stood there with a bitter smile.
“So many commoners dream of being granted a title, becoming Nobles. You, on the other hand, are not just uninterested; you actually dislike it. I’ve never before met someone like you.”
Indeed, Shane’s disdain was exceedingly obvious.
There were certainly people who had refused nobility for various reasons in the past, but someone who despised it as much as Shane was probably unprecedented.
But Shane couldn’t help but disdain it.
“What I hate most is trouble, and being a Noble is the biggest trouble of all. I would have to engage in constant power struggles with a bunch of people striving for power and profit, not to mention socializing, forming alliances, networking, following etiquette, and so on. Just thinking about it gives me a headache, how could I possibly become a Noble?”
Shane’s refusal was very straightforward.
Perhaps, for others, becoming a Noble really is an honor worth celebrating through generations, but Shane really didn’t see it as something desirable.
As they say, a barefooted person isn’t afraid of one wearing shoes. Having nothing, you have nothing to lose and can act without worries, daring to do anything. However, wealthy and powerful elites mostly don’t dare do anything out of the ordinary. There are too many considerations, and maintaining their status takes a great deal of effort, which is definitely not what Shane desires.
“But times are different now, aren’t they?” Luoqi said. “You are now someone who can even tame Dragons. If you don’t set up your own domain and become a Noble, then other Nobles will certainly try everything to make you one of them. That way, they can use your talents to gain higher positions and more benefits. Isn’t that what you want?”
Upon hearing this, Shane suddenly furrowed his brow.
This is indeed a nuisance.
If Shane spent his days idle and constantly wooed by those so-called nobles, having to face their nonsense and persuasion every day, he would find it quite annoying.
“Even if I were to become independent, wouldn’t it make much difference?” Shane rolled his eyes and said, “At most, it changes from ‘being wooed by nobles’ to ‘being wooed by the state.’ What’s the big difference?”
That’s exactly the point.
The nobles wanted to woo Shane, and naturally, the Kingdom did too.
Once Shane became a noble, elegantly speaking, he could be independent and not worry about being wooed by other nobles, but crudely put, he was just becoming a man of the Kingdom.
Being wooed by nobles meant Shane would work for those nobles.
Becoming a man of the Kingdom meant Shane would work for the Kingdom.
The outcome was the same–to work. What was the difference?
Whether it was the Kingdom or the nobles, they both wanted Shane to tame Dragon Species and cultivate high-level combat forces, something Shane had no intention of doing.
He didn’t want to become a corporate slave; having enough money when he was short and being able to handle matters unhindered when he desired was enough.
Becoming a noble of the Kingdom–did that help Shane in any way in his battles against the Demon King?
Therefore, Shane didn’t want to become any kind of noble.
“You’re overthinking this,” Luoqi laughed as she pointed out the crux of the matter, “If you’re worried the Kingdom will use your abilities to tame a large number of dragons, there’s really no need.”
“Do you think real dragons are found just anywhere?” Luoqi frankly said, “Even if you wanted to tame, you need dragons to do so, and even for the Kingdom, finding a single dragon is extremely difficult, let alone taming a lot.”
Shane was slightly stunned, then his thoughts began to deepen.
Dragons were rare to begin with; even if one had the ability to tame, finding a suitable target was still uncertain.
Therefore, the Kingdom, despite its covetousness, shouldn’t be blind to reality, thinking that with Shane’s “Taming” Skill, they could massively tame dragons and strengthen the Kingdom’s power.
“It’s really uninteresting to switch concepts ,” Shane quickly caught up and said, “It’s not just dragons that can be tamed. A high-level ‘Taming’ Skill could easily tame other demons–that must be what you really want, right?”
Luoqi was left speechless.
She hadn’t expected him to catch on so quickly.
Normally he wasn’t this shrewd; it was only in moments like these that he was exceptionally sharp, making Luoqi nearly unable to discern whether he was truly clever or a frustrating fool.
However, Luoqi wasn’t going to give up persuading.
Because if she didn’t, Shane might…
Thinking of something, Luoqi inadvertently bit her lip.