"The Duke requires your presence"

"Why?"

"He didn't tell me the reason, but he's requiring your presence."

Does he want to know the result or am I being changed? or simply both.

"Okay."

°°°

"You've called? Your grace"

When I entered the Duke's office. Duke Bronte was sorting some documents and the Duchess was sipping her tea at the sofa

"Yes" he said as he continued his work without taking a glimpse at me. "what do you think of my son?."

After that, he stopped working and looked at me.

"Indeed, as you say, your grace. He was able to answer most of my questions efficiently."

Certainly, what the duke said is true, not a normal child. No normal child would be able to learn a month's worth of topics in a month and be more or less able to answer questions precisely.

"Even in the etiquette lessons, he's able to do well," said the duchess.

Because there is a distinction between men's and women's etiquette. I thought

"So how is his progress in his studies, Ludwig?" asked the duke.

"He learned a month's worth of material in the span of a week, but he seems bored with arithmetic and economics, with the exception of history classes."

"".. excuse me? what ""

"At the current pace, we could finish his education in the span of a year."