After I became a real young master, I became famous for my bad behavior

After young Eric was adopted as Impess's adopted son, he met Scott, the high and mighty heir to Impess.

He was deeply fascinated by Scott's appearance as a little adult. You have to know that Scott is one year younger than him, but he is capable of handling official business.

Every time Eric saw little Scott sitting alone at his desk and handling things with ease, he took Scott as a role model to learn from.

After studying under members of the Impes family for a period of time, Eric successfully settled down in the Duke of Impes's Palace and became the eldest master of Impes.

But not long after, Eric learned from the Duke that Scott was actually a girl.

I also know,

The real Scott, whose twin brother was killed by Lisa, made Nora very sensitive. She even denied the existence of Stella and treated her as her living son.

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Click, hiss.

The Duke and Eric stood behind the door, watching Nora, who was having a seizure, tearing up some papers.

"Those idiots were talking about my son!"

Nora was so angry that she slammed the table and yelled at Scott (Stella),

"How dare they call you Miss? I don't even know if my own child is a boy or a girl!

"You are my son, my son!"

Little Eric was just passing by, hiding behind the door, watching Mrs. Nora's furious expression. He almost rushed in.

Finally, a big hand grabbed Eric. It was the Duke's hand.

The people inside were still angry, and Mrs. Nora ordered:

"Send the wizards here. Cast a secrecy spell on them and send them out - or just kill them. I won't hear any more of this nonsense.

"Did you hear me?!"

Stella, who was dressed in men’s clothes, stood opposite Noila, she lowered her head and didn’t dare to refute at all.

Of course, no one would do what Nora said, after all, there was a sensible Duke in the family.

And they knew that Mrs. Nora became so twisted because of the death of the real Scott - she was also very painful.

The Duke winked at Stella and signaled her to steady Nora.

Then he took Eric's hand and left carefully.

The Duke took Eric to a small room.

Eric knew how to read people's expressions and closed the door as soon as he entered the room.

It was then that the Duke confessed to Eric that Scott was his twin sister, Stella, and that the real Scott had been killed by Lisa three years earlier.

Eric was certainly surprised:

"Imperts' successor is actually a girl...?"

This was a big blow to the entire aristocratic atmosphere.

Little Eric didn't know why Mrs. Nora was so obsessed with her "son", but he remembered that Jason (Eric's biological father, the Duke's younger brother) took him home just because he was a boy.

If he had been just an unremarkable girl among many illegitimate children, he would not have been - Jason once said to "Apu" that "those girls have no inheritance rights, but you do."

At that time, Jason still hoped that Eric could compete with his wife's children for the position of heir, but now it seems like a pipe dream.

Eric shuddered at the thought, and asked the Duke cautiously:

"But... there's nothing we can do about this. It's better to have one child alive than to have neither, right?"

The Duke shook his head helplessly and told Eric a fact that shocked him for a long time:

"Nora subconsciously feels that Scott's life is more meaningful than Stella's life."

Eric was confused: "Ah? But isn't Stella the number one in Impres..."

The Duke explains to Eric why Nora is so obsessed with the real Scott:

"Old Viscount Lange only has two daughters, Nora and Lisa. This is a big loss for the Lange family, which has always followed the bad custom of male inheritance.

"He often instilled in the two sisters the backward idea that 'only sons can inherit the title' - although he has passed away now, this idea cannot be changed."

Naturally, the two sisters subconsciously felt that "they must give birth to a son in order to carry on the family line."

Lisa also had to kill Nora's son because she felt that Nora had "cut off the family line" and was no longer a threat to her even if she was not dead.

"That would explain why Scott's death was such a big blow to Nora."

"That's it."

Eric nodded slightly.

"I guess the lady is a poor person too." At that time, Eric still called the Impes couple "Duke" and "Madam".

The Duke reached out and touched Eric's head:

"You and I are related by blood (uncle and nephew). I adopted you to give Nora the illusion that Impes has male blood. This way, she will feel less guilty."

Eric was silent.

Of course, he knew what he should do:

“But I can’t possibly inherit the title, don’t worry about that.

"If I can help Madam defeat her inner demons, I will also try my best to keep this secret."

"Good boy,"

The Duke let go of the hand that was touching his head, straightened up and continued,

"But the truth will always come out. This is what I think.

"If anyone doubts Stella's identity, just say she is my illegitimate daughter who has never been made public. It's better to be careful before Nora gets over her mental illness."

"Got it." Eric nodded.

From then on, Eric tried his best to care for Stella, play with her and study with her.

It was as if...he was really Stella's biological brother.

Stella was not alone. After Impess settled in the Duke's Mansion, Leo and Florine also came.

Of course, since Stella was raised as a boy, she is mature by nature.

She is good at fighting, good at battling, good at managing the family, and good at making money, but she is not good at scheming, not good at dressing up, and even less good at socializing.

Therefore, every time she goes to a social gathering, the ladies who know her true identity will say:

"Look at this dull guy, he can't do anything except fighting!"

"So what if she can inherit Impes? No man would like a man!"

"That's right, she's really stupid. She doesn't even dare to accept a boy's confession."

"If she continues to be so ignorant, how can she reproduce?"

"Maybe Impess will be discontinued, hahaha..."

Eric was also speechless by the sharp tongues of those ladies who only knew how to make sarcastic remarks, but these words became a sharp sword hitting Stella.

Stella is sentimental and hates social situations.

after all,

No matter how well she dressed up, no one was willing to be her dance partner.

Men approached her purely because they cared about her gilded identity as "the heir to Impes" and that her spouse would be an "Impes son-in-law".

After Lady Nora recovered from her illness, Stella was once again laughed at by those noble ladies. Impess undoubtedly punished them and the families behind them.

Stella has come of age, and at her coming-of-age ceremony she asked a soul-searching question:

"Am I unworthy of being loved?"