Chapter 342

James had received an elite education since he was young, along with many other heirs. He needed to acquire various kinds of knowledge and abilities.

But for a truly outstanding person, knowledge and abilities were merely tools. Knowing how to use them wasn't enough. What was more important was to cultivate his own strength.

So, one year before James had become the successor, which was when he was 17 years old, Norman had him banished to a deserted island.

It had been a small, remote, and uninhabited island in the southern part of the country. He'd had to learn how to survive on his own, relying on his own strength without help from anyone else.

It had been the same as living like a primitive man. On that lonely island, James had had to figure out ways to obtain food, hide from wild beasts, and cope with natural disasters. His goal that year had been to survive by any means necessary.

However, things hadn't been that simple. Apart from natural disasters, wild beasts, and other