The Mech Touch novel Chapter 4561

There were many acceptable virtual schools available to Ves and Gloriana.

Even though they might not have the sheer amount of cash on hand to pay the exorbitant tuition fees for most of them, it was not as if the Larkinson Clan was financially strapped.

The clan's finances were hardly leveraged as the LMC already generated a lot of revenue.

There was not much point in borrowing lots of money to accelerate the expansion of the LMC when there were many hard limitations to growth.

The limited access to scarce raw materials, the shortage of reliable and trustworthy trading partners, the entrenchment of competing mech designers at many locations and the increasingly more congested transportation channels all made it useless for the LMC to expand its production capacity and build more branches in different regions.

As such, the LMC and by extension the clan still had lots of room to borrow money if necessary.

Ves was sure he could squeeze at least 1 million MTA credits from the Yem-Tar Trade and Commerce Bank, especially considering that he maintained good relations with the mechers.

"Tuition fees won't be an obstacle as long as they aren't too excessive." He told his wife. "The more expensive virtual schools might not always be better, but by putting higher barriers of entry, the quality and status of its student body will most certainly be higher."

This granted Marvaine greater opportunities to befriend classmates who would likely become bigshots in the future.

Of course, the intimacy between friends who had never met each other in reality was limited, so Ves did not put too much stock in this dynamic.

"We still have time to send an application for Marvaine." Gloriana said as she ceased her search. "It is better for us to wait for the outcome of your search for the missing Yorul-Tavik scion before we commit to a choice. The Black Cats can also use this time to dig into the backgrounds of all of these school chains. There should be much more information and secrets around them that can't be found through a quick search on the galactic net. Having attended similar schools in the past, each one that caters to the upper echelon of a society are heavily entangled into existing alliances, factions, ideologies and so on. A single choice can literally determine Marvaine's future."

That sounded even more serious than Ves thought. His wife was right. As far as the rich and powerful were concerned, people were never too young to pursue their ambitions. A lot of children had already been taught to network, scheme and plot their way to success by their parents!

Ves should know, as Gloriana had taken a similar approach to Aurelia!

Though Marvaine was not as genetically predisposed to excel at social manipulation, Witshaw & Seneca still made sure to brush up his general competences as part of an all-round boost in performance.

Besides, it shouldn't really matter if Marvaine couldn't keep up with all of the scheming. Being good at making friends certainly helped a mech designer out, but at the end of the day their value was solely measured by their ability to design mechs.

So long as Marvaine was able to stand out in his capacity to learn complicated scientific subjects as well as his ability to design excellent Mekanos, he would definitely become a popular fellow while attending school!

Just as how Ves attracted a succession of allies who valued him for his work, Marvaine should also be able to build a network around himself.

The premise was that Marvaine could not only keep up with his demanding study load, but become one of the top students of his class!

No matter how talented and intelligent Marvaine might be, his peers would definitely give him a run for his money. Their rich parents might be just as crazy if not crazier than Ves when it came to boosting the performance of their heirs!

Gloriana had full confidence in her son. "Marvaine will rank at the top of his class. Do you know why? He has inherited your spark of divinity. He is already leagues ahead in this aspect. The power of a god is expressed in miracles and turning impossibilities into reality. Whereas other children will have to surrender to the constraints of their designer genes, our son can break them and grow past his limits over and over again. We just have to push him forward when he is being challenged."

That did not entirely sit well with Ves. While Gloriana's argument sounded nice, this fit exactly with the high-pressure childrearing methodology that was typical of the Hexer people!

He recalled Calabast's story and learned that while it was an excellent way to produce high performers, the chances that children would break from all of the pressure and expectations was not light!

"I understand you want our child to excel, but don't go too far. He should still have enough free time to play with his friends and siblings. He only has one childhood, and I will not deprive him of this fantastic experience just because of our desire to enter the first-class mech industry sooner."

His wife didn't entirely agree with him, but they could settle this in the future.

Life went on for the Larkinsons.

Though Ves and Gloriana spent a bit more time tutoring and instructing their son, they largely went back to designing their mechs again.

In the meantime, the expeditionary fleet was slowly navigating through numerous star systems, some of which had seen battle in the past.

It was not strange for the Golden Skull Alliance to enter a star system that contained a sprawling debris field. There was usually one or more pioneering fleets in the vicinity that eagerly salvaged as much valuable remnants as possible in order to earn easy profits. _{fɾēewebnσveℓ.com}

The expeditionary fleet decided to stay far away from this activity. Many of the cargo hulls of the Golden Skull Alliance were already full with the alien plunder they had accrued after the conclusion of the Battle of the Boryan Belt.

There was no reason to be greedy and compete against threatening pioneering groups for redundant loot.

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