Stay for a few more days

You spend the next few days at the estate, teaching Muller how to manage the territory better, and solving his problem; albeit not the way he had expected. Every opportunity that you have, you will visit Ilse to seed her fertile garden, day or night. You keep telling her that making a child together with you would be the best solution for the problem that she was facing, that Ilse stops resisting and instead takes part enthusiastically.

At the same time, since you already know Suzanne's plan to pass off her next bastard with the gardener as yours, it was easy to spurn her advances. After all, your royal penis wouldn't stand for an attempt to cuckold it. In order to prevent her from becoming suspicious, you spend more time with Ursula, as if you're revisiting your opinion about her mother instead of flat out rejecting Suzanne's attempt to seduce you.

You have tea times with Ursula, learning about the family and the territory that it governs. While Ursula and Dobra share many similarities, they have their differences as well. Dobra taught you a lot about knowing the people; Ursula is more well-versed with the land and how to cultivate it.

The more you talk to Ursula, the more you learn about nobles's obligation. Even though the nobles demand the people's submission, they weren't entitled to all the privileges without taking on the responsibilities. Even though they ruled over the people who lived on their lands, they have to treat them decently.

Despite the grandiose words used, you concluded that being a noble, just like a king, is a matter of being pragmatic. If you treat people decently, they're less likely to revolt. A noble can claim the right of the first night or exercising his power to forcefully exploit women for sex, but why would he unnecessarily increase the risk of being killed by their lovers or husbands? Letting people die of starvation during famine is a legitimate decision, but who would work the land afterwards?

From your conversation with her as well as your own observation, despite deeply flawed personality of the current heiress, the family is doing well managing its land.