A God Killed Me By Accident, But I Reincarnated As The 4th Son Of The Marquis

Volume 13 Chapter 3: Saying Vs Doing It

Volume 13 Chapter 3: Saying Vs Doing It

"..."

"...Where does this confidence come from?" Cockiness? That would be what some people say if they heard the child's words. But the boy actually surpassed expectations and brought his class to first place! That couldn't be called cockiness. 

"..." Chelan had nothing to refute. 

"And I take it that you still don't understand why you lost against me?"

"It's because I decided to go at it my way and not listen to the other's input?" Throughout the entire process, Chelan used this one-man approach, not listening to the other's input. Because of this, others were annoyed and less productive. It got to the point where Carolyn and the others did something else on their own accord.

"This is true. But that's only half right. There's something fundamentally wrong with you." Keith sipped calmly. Chelan screwing up was only scratching the surface. Carolyn and the others tilted their heads. 

"What?" "There's something wrong with Chelan?" 

"I asked you this question before, and I'll ask you again, what is your goal?" 

“Goal?”

“Yes. When you made this bet against me, why did you do it? What would defeating me lead to?"

"..." Chelan paused when he heard that. Why did I do it? To defeat Keith? But what would it lead to?

“...You simply don’t have a goal to strive for.” Keith rubbed his forehead, “You’re essentially walking around aimlessly without any goal or thought as to what to have or do. That was why you set your sights on me as I was the representative." 

"..." Chelan's eyes widened. 

"This is the bad part about getting everything from the get-go; you don't have anything to strive for or understand what to do."

"That's the worst part about having everything in your hands; you don't have anything to strive for or understand what you want to be." In this regard, Herrick was slightly better than Chelan. The man had a confused goal, but he had something he wanted to strive for. Chelan was just wandering around, lost. 

“Personally, I feel like you should drop out from the academy.”

“Eh?”

“Why so?” 

"Hey!" Cadmus wanted to say something, but that was when he got a side-eyed glare from the boy, "Shut it and sit in the corner." He caused more problems for him.

"..." Cadmus did just that as he drew circles on the floor. Long Yueying and Yukiko couldn't help but comfort him while the rest's eyes widened.

"I swear, your child is the only person who could talk to him like that." Everyone else would be blown to bits! 

"Why so?" Chelan ignored it and focused on Keith's words.

“Because the academy is not the only way to grow.” Keith calmly stated, “The academy is a place where talents come together and build off one another." It's an excellent place for talents to be nurtured and guided. However,

"That is not the only way to grow.” That was one way of growing. 

“...”

“That’s my personal take if you came here to ask me.” Keith took a deep sigh as he glanced at Chelan’s expression. His eyes widened as he never thought Keith would say this.

“What? Do you think I wouldn’t realize the doubts you have?” Saying and feeling were two different entities. Chelan could say he would drop out, but what would he feel as he did it?

Doubt? Anxiousness? Anyone would feel these emotions when there's a significant change. This feeling of wanting to back out.

“...Can I do it?” Even Chelan had doubts about this. Hearing Keith's words, going out is one way to grow. However, could he grow from this?

Keith scoffed, “I don’t know; why are you asking me?”

“...” Dude, do you have to act like this? Keith added, “You’re the only one who decides whether or not you can do so. I'm not psychic.” 

“...”

“Well, that’s all I have to say about what I find wrong about you.” A small smirk formed as he questioned, “How about it?”

“Hmm?”

“Want to work for me?” 

“WHAT?!”

"Keith, are you seriously asking this question after what you said?!" 

“Hmm? What about it?” Keith tilted his head, “Why wouldn’t I ask? When you see a talent in front of you, the best thing is to headhunt.” That was a no-brainer on his part. But that only caused the others to tilt his head. 

"But-"

"That was student Keith; now I'm talking as the owner of the white owl merchant group." 

"..." It's the damn same thing! 

Othniel muttered to William, "Your kid is so calculating."

“Either way, everything decides on you.” Keith sighed as he ate his breakfast. He just needed to say what he wanted, and that was it.

....

The mer-family returned to the island after breakfast. Virel and Arolina watched their son wander slightly. But what Keith said was true. What does he have to strive for? 

About everything was handed over to him without question. It caused him to be unable to aim for something. 

“...” Chelan was thinking about it as well. My goal? What is the goal? Now that he had time to think about it, there was no goal in what he was doing. Most of the time, as he fought against all of these people, why did he do it? To surpass them. But to surpass them for what? 

I’ve been doing it all without a thought. Chelan couldn’t help but realize his predicament.

Keith was right about him.

Keith and the rest relaxed in the living room.

Scarlet muttered, “Weren’t you harsh with him?” That was something they had all realized. They thought Keith was tough on them before, but this man used a butter knife. He used a hatchet against Chelan! Everything about the prince was destroyed.

“Chelan was the one who asked. Besides, guys like that need a direct answer.” A few needed this directness instead of giving them hints.

“But we need to talk about you trying to get yourself dropped out!” That was something Carolyn and the others were taking issue with! And so were the others.

Carolyn and the others had an issue with this! The adults were the same except for William and Sophia. They were calm and composed.

“Like I said, it really didn’t matter to me since I can live a happy life without needing to do much."

“...” Carolyn and the others were speechless. He was just unbreakable. That will of his is something that no one could mess with.

"...You better prepare yourself." Julius nudged Cadmus. 

"...I know." For all he knew, Keith might jump ship any time he pleased!