We successfully integrated a relatively disciplined information guild into our ranks.

However, they are still from the slums, and trusting these would-be criminals without caution is challenging.

People’s perspectives and mindsets can change based on their environment. Now that they’re in stable positions as my family’s vassals, some of their criminal tendencies should have lessened.

“But it’s still not enough.”

Ideas, mindsets, and habits, once ingrained, aren’t easily uprooted. There’s a reason people say you can’t “fix” a person.

“So, after setting up the guild, I made sure they each became heads of their own families by arranging marriages for …