Klein did not care only about Melissa while neglecting his brother Benson.
The main reason was that while Klein was still in Tingen City, he had told Benson several months in advance that the government would soon select clerks through examinations. This made Benson the first person in the Loen Kingdom to prepare for the civil service examination.
With such a tremendous head start, there was no reason Benson would fail the exam.
Other great nobles and high-ranking officials could also learn the news ahead of time, but they looked down on low-level clerk positions and had no need to make their children take the examination.
After obtaining the ingredients for the Savant Potion, Klein hesitated for a moment before asking quietly, "Noah, do you know anything about the Prisoner Pathway?"
"Prisoner?" Qin Sheng nodded and said modestly.
"A little. It is an extremely dangerous Pathway, both to oneself and to others."
The starting Sequence of this Pathway was Prisoner. Sequence 8 was Madman, Sequence 7 was Werewolf, and Sequence 6 was Living Corpse.
One could tell what sort of Pathway it was just from the names of its Sequences. It leaned toward evil and negativity because it belonged to the Old One, the Mother Tree of Desire.
Among this Old One's honorific names was a description such as "Father of Devils." That made its nature quite clear.
After becoming a Sequence 9 Prisoner, one would naturally master many criminal skills. How could that possibly be a good Pathway?
Furthermore, beginning from Sequence 8 Madman, Beyonders of this Pathway would bear a curse with every advancement.
A "Madman" was more likely to lose control. A "Werewolf" would truly transform into a werewolf during a full moon, ruled by the desires for slaughter and blood. A "Living Corpse" would crave human