For Li Wei, raising a small child was a genuine headache.
After all, he had never raised a child, either before coming to this world or since. His relatives had children, but experience raising children in modern society clearly could not be applied here.
The first thing to resolve was Alice's identity, which was easy enough. Li Wei contacted Military Intelligence Section Seven and told the old butler that he had met Alice while investigating a case. She had no family left, so he intended to adopt her.
Although the old butler offered to help him send her to an orphanage, Li Wei decided to keep her by his side, considering the strange issue with her soul. It would be easier to monitor her at close range.
After all, he really could not figure out exactly "what" Alice was. Keeping her close was the safer option, just in case.
Food, clothing, and daily necessities were nothing to worry about. Erin was a maid, after all, and a girl herself, so taking care of Alice would naturally be no problem. Besides, Li Wei had plenty of money. Given his current financial situation, any problem money could solve was no problem at all.
Next came the question of schooling.
Since the Queen's reforms, the Empire had established thousands of public schools specifically to educate children from poor families who could not afford it.
The nobles, however, would never let their children mingle with poor children at school. They generally hired governesses instead.
Of course, a governess in this era was not the same thing as a tutor in modern times. To explain that, one had to start with the Empire's steam-powered mechanization reforms. Those reforms had certainly elevated the Empire's standing and created considerable wealth, but they had also crushed many traditional