Dyon had left his playboy ways behind after he met Madeleine. Well, for the most part. However, that didn’t mean that he couldn’t pull those ‘skills’ back up when he needed them.

For him, it only took a bit of effort to capture the heart of a woman. And, since he was scheming against Mimi and got to use the grace period to choose the perfect situation to meet her, it only took him a few weeks to gain her favor and a half a year to become her fiancé.

“I have no idea how you captured that daughter of mine, but it’s going to bring you more trouble than anything else. There were at least three dukedom level families that wanted her hand in marriage, but my standing is very low, so obviously this has nothing to do with me and everything to do with her.”

This was part of the reason that the old scrooge didn’t believe that Dyon was simply using his daughter to elevate his status.

For one, his daughter wasn’t a fool. Anyone who could gain her fancy was most definitely intelligent without compare.

Secondly, anyone so intelligent would be able to tell that jumping into this quagmire was simply seeking death. So, he was certain that Dyon’s feelings for his daughter were tried and true.

Of course, he had no idea that there was another possibility, and that was that Dyon didn’t fear death at the hands of these so-called dukedoms.

“You don’t have to worry about that. I will handle it.” Dyon said with a smile.

Of course, his normal personality would have him radiating out killing intent by now. Even if Mimi was just a puppet, she was his to-be wife in this fictitious world. Those who dared to have designs on his women could forget about continuing to live in this world.

Unfortunately, Dyon had no choice but to temper down his true feelings at this point. Though he could have made Mimi fall for him with his usual personality, his calculations made him certain that it would take about double the time. Mimi was partial to scholarly and calm men, and Dyon wasn’t either of these things. So, for the sake of his plans, he had to change himself a bit.

Of course, if those Clans still came to find trouble for him, he wouldn’t mind putting on a show of strength. When a person fell in love, it was very easy for them to overlook what they would have seen as a flaw in the past, all people were like this. So, even if he showed his more murderous side now, Mimi would be more accepting of it.

That said, Dyon also had to consider that Mimi was a puppet and not a true human. Humans might have contradictory feelings like this, but puppets didn’t have this layer of complexity. So, if he was reckless, she really might fall out of love with him.

The old scrooge sighed. “Fine, fine. You and my daughter are two stubborn peas in a pod. I can’t change the minds of either one of you.”

Dyon’s lip twitched. ‘We’re not the ones with a nickname like old scrooge.’ He thought to himself.

**

Just like this, Dyon found a place for himself in all four factions and the legend of four youths began to spread throughout Yin City.

There was Law, the intellectual junior prime minister who took the government faction by storm. It was said that under the joint pressure of three dukedoms, he used nothing but his schemes to cripple them and raise two marquisates to their level.

He exposed the Arte Dukedom’s connections with the underground world, using the laws of Yin City to bury them beneath sanctions and imprison some of their most senior members.

Taking advantage of their fall and through the use of accumulated merits, he ascended from the lower courts to the higher courts. However, the pressure he received there was many times greater, but his schemes somehow also became a level greater as well.

Grasping onto the weakness of the Jones Dukedom Patriarch’s bastard child, he forced them to stab the Fera Dukedom in the back. On that day, the Jones Dukedom executed a timely retreat, causing the Fera Dukedom’s flank to be vulnerable. That battle led to the Fera Dukedom’s three core talents, crippling their current generation.

The actions of the Jones Dukedom were exposed by the harsh words of a Devil Clan youth by the name of Surfer. His cackling laughter rained down like claps of thunder as he humiliated Yin City for actually backstabbing each other in the midst of a war.

Just like this, the Jones’ Dukedom fell under the combined assault of numerous noble clans who found their actions intolerable. If it wasn’t for the actions of the young junior prime minister, their Clan would have ceased to be entirely.

As a result, Dyon became known for his benevolence and the talks of how he might have colluded with the devils slowly faded…

However, this was just the story of Law the junior prime minister – a rank only inferior to the City Lord and the Prime Minister. There was still the story of Death, the underground world’s Reaper. Spear, the military faction’s youngest General. And Benevolence, the religious faction’s youngest Bishop.

The names of these four youths clapped like thunder, and it took just 5 years before they were practically unmatched in their respective factions.

But who knew that Law would so suddenly be thrown into jail when he was just about to ascend to heights yet unseen…