When the scholar was proudly speaking of the superiority of his own race, Little Jason, who was listening on the side, spaced out for a moment, then put forward a statement.

“Humans were not created by gods, that's just mythology. Humans evolved from apes, that's what evolution says.”

The scholar no longer cared what evolution was; he was simply shocked by Little Jason's statement, as it was a kind of doubt toward the gods. So he immediately began to correct him.

But as he was correcting him, saying that one must not question the existence of gods, Little Jason raised another question: Why can't we question it? Have you seen the gods? Are you sure gods really exist?

This made the scholar immediately pack up and leave. He was afraid that if he stayed any longer, he would get himself into trouble.

The next few scholars encountered similar situations. For example, Little Jason said the earth is not flat, but a sphere—it's just so big that you can't feel it.

He also said the sun is a huge fireball called a star, and we all revolve around the sun, not the other way around.

There were many, many more. For the people of this world, these ideas completely overturned the existence of gods. If the church found out, they would immediately come to hold someone accountable. Even if it was just childish talk, there would still be consequences.

So, after learning about this, those scholars quickly made their exit. They didn't want to get into trouble.

After Ethan York and his wife found out, their expressions changed as well. They unanimously decided not to invite any more scholars. If Little Jason came up with any more shocking theories, it would be a disaster.

However, they were puzzled about one thing—“Chengtian, where do you think he learned all this nonsense? He’s never set foot outside the house since he was born.” Angela Long was very confused. Her youngest son, due to his special circumstances, had never left The York Residence even once, so it was impossible for him to have come into contact with all this nonsense.

“Exactly. Since he was little, besides us, only a few maids have taken care of him, and then there’s…” Ethan York was also puzzled, and as he spoke, he suddenly thought of a possibility.

“Brian York!!”

“What?” Little Brian looked at her parents in confusion. She noticed they seemed a bit angry, so she started wondering what she might have done wrong today.

“You little troublemaker, it’s one thing to be mischievous, but why did you tell your brother all that nonsense? You know he can’t tell what’s true or false—he’ll believe whatever you say.”

“What?” Little Brian didn’t understand, and what she didn’t understand was—which thing are you talking about?

Clearly, she had tricked her little brother more than once.

However, after she learned the whole story, she said with certainty—

“Dad, Mom, this time I really didn’t!!”

This incident made Ethan York and his wife temporarily give up on the scholar training plan. From then on, they just let Little Jason read books by himself, to avoid any more shocking public opinions.

Because of this, they specially collected a lot of books for him, all kinds of books, but of course, none of them contained any “subversive ideas.”

Since the scholar plan didn’t work, they decided to try something else—let him try being a lord of the empire, which was something he would have to do sooner or later anyway. Even if he didn’t take the position himself, someone from the The York Family would help oversee things.

Chapter 6: Missing

With the experience from last time, they were more cautious this time, watching from the side—and they were very glad they made this decision.

To learn how to be a lord, one had to study some imperial laws and understand the current state of the empire. After seeing these, Little Jason straightforwardly came up with several ideas that made the The York Family anxious.

“These laws are unfair. Why is there such a big difference between the rules for nobles and commoners? Laws should be equal for everyone. Even if the emperor breaks the law, he should be convicted and have his head chopped off!”

“This slave system should be abolished…”

“The country’s leader should be elected by the people…”

…

After countless efforts and failures in the matter of Little Jason's honorary career training, Ethan York and his wife were at their wits’ end. They even got so flustered that they directly asked Little Jason what kind of person he wanted to become and what he wanted to do in the future.

Little Jason thought for a moment, then smiled and said, “I want to become a prodigal son!”

“…” Ethan York and his wife looked at each other. After a long while, they asked, “What? Say that again?”

“I want to become a prodigal son.” Little Jason repeated, and even added—

“A prodigal son with power, influence, money, and beauties. Hmm, and it’d be best to have some lackeys too!!”

“Why do you want to become that?” At that moment, Ethan York and his wife didn’t even know what to say, and asked dumbly.

“I want to squander, I want to waste the family fortune!!”

“…”

“Brian York!!!” Ethan York and his wife roared, rushing toward a certain place—or more accurately, toward a certain person: Little Jason's older sister, Brian York.