Among his peers at the Royal Academy, eleven-year-old Victor was already exceptionally outstanding—one could even say he stood out like a crane among chickens.
This surprised Franz somewhat. After all, historically, this Archduke seemed to have had no distinguishing traits beyond being particularly embarrassing.
But Franz felt it was still not enough. Only the more outstanding Victor became could he better prove Franz right—and prove the necessity of the Royal Academy.
The imperial children were the Royal Academy's calling card. The more exceptional their performance, the more popular the Academy would become.
In Franz's memory, Victor had not performed especially well at the royal school. Could he have suddenly awakened?
Out of curiosity, Franz pulled up the files on Victor and his playmates. He soon reached a conclusion: Victor had not suddenly awakened.
Victor was merely performing as he normally did. His playmates likewise ranked among the best at the Royal Academy. At its root, it was entirely a gap in educational standards between the two sides.
That was not to say the children of other great noble families had not received a good education. It was simply that different families held different educational philosophies, and thus emphasized different things.
Many of the teachers at the Royal Academy had been selected by the imperial family, and the curriculum had also been set by the imperial family. Victor naturally held an advantage, so it was no surprise that he ranked at the top.
The children of the other Habsburg branches performed far worse. After all, they did not have Victor's resources.
But fortunately, Franz was there. He still remembered that saying: "No matter how poor you are, you must never stint on education." So Franz decided to find the Austrian Empire's best teachers to provide these imperial children with one-on-one tutoring