Almighty Father System-Chapter 409: The King Visits.
Leo and Snow sat across the Duke Iron Fist. The latter was looking at the young couple and said calmly, "To think that you have are a board member and you don’t know the person who is heading the main school?"
Leo smiled faintly and replied, "Well, Sir, I am rather hands off when it comes to the management, I only hold the position in name."
The Duke nodded and said, "I heard that you came to the capital this time for another reason as well. When is the flight landing?"
The young man replied, "It would be coming down in the night when the lights of the runway are better visible."
The Duke frowned and questioned, "Is it not said that such landings were better to be done during the noon?"
Leo shook his head and replied, "Sir, we have confirmed a lot of things, and the airport runway has also been refurbished for this purpose, the weather tonight is the most optimal. The landing cannot be delayed because the samples that have been collected from the moon needs to be handed over to the researchers in the shortest time possible. We have no idea how the environmental parameters of the planet would affect the samples."
Duke Iron Fist raised his brows and Leo said, "Even if we prepare a proper vacuum, the gravity cannot be yet repelled, so even that factor can cause diversions."
Finally the old duke understood the meaning of the change and then Leo asked, "May I ask, what is the reason behind this sudden exchange program?"
The old man said, "For the past few years, the children in the capital have not gotten any exposure to the world outside. The reason being the political tension. Many of the ministers in the cabinet have been trying to take away the imperial position of the Throne. Reducing our statuses to commoners."
Leo frowned, he asked, "How can that happen? The royal family does not have much power these days because of the division in the constitution. If they make such moves now, it would become rather unstable and the west will get the chance they have been seeking all this while."
The Duke nodded and said, "This is actually a problem created by those people only."
The young man frowned and replied, "Sir, if what you said is true, it is going to be really troublesome."
The Duke sighed and after a prolonged silence he said, "Well, I am not going to lie to you, but the reason we asked, Lily to come over this time was because we needed your help."
Snow and Leo both raised their eyes, and the latter asked, "What do youmean by that, Your Grace?"
The old duke said, "This is not the right place to discuss this, how about tomorrow morning you come and visit the royal palace with me under the guise of being honored by his Majesty over the successful space mission and the inauguration of the space elevator is also close, so we can cover it all up as a discussion that his majesty was going to have with you for the development."
Leo thought for a moment and nodded, but he said, "Your Grace, with all due respect, if you could ask His Majesty to sign the commemoration and commendation certificates for the researchers, the engineers, and the pilots involved in this whole thing, I would be grateful."
The old duke chuckled and said, "I assure you, that would be done."
Leo sighed and nodded to the man along with the rest of the people before he took his leave, after Lily settled down in the class. Leo did give her a brief sign that some senior students might come over to befriend her and she has to play dumb.
Initially, Lily was not in favor of playing dumb but then she understood this way she would be fooling the mean people. So, she agreed.
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On their way back from the school, Snow asked, "What do you think he needs your help with?"
Leo leaned back in his seat and looked out toward the bustling city as he said, "The powers that the throne hold are not just military or the seal of authority, it is the power of a symbol. The symbol that can rally the entire nation together. If His Majesty makes a public appearance and asks the nation to give up on the western stuff that they or us have been unknowingly consume, the impact would be too drastic and the situation would become a geo-political issue."
The ministers who support the west are waiting for that to happen because if that happens they would gain a lot of power and moreover, wealth that would flow from the western coffers into their pockets. The Stag Nation is out of the loop at the moment, because King Avalon is openly targeting the Reptilians, while the war is slow, it is surely going on in the shadows.
I think it is better to wait for the Crown to speak himself. We don’t need to go out on a limb and if he dares to ask anything that endangers the family then..."
Leo didn’t say anything more than this, because it was not necessary. Snow held his hand slowly and gently before she took a deep breath and closed her eyes as she said, "Kyle, take us to the airport, the rest of the people are present their already."
Kyle replied, "Yes, Madam."
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The vehicle reached the airport and the people were already present to welcome the couple. Leo took a deep breath and replied as he saw the gathering, "Did you all try to pull off a mass neglect of work today in the name of the Landing?"
The people chuckled and June came up quickly to stand behind him. She then whispered a few words to introduce the man to the dignitaries of the political lobby who have come over to watch the landing.
Leo offered a few polite smiles to the people and then he caught the sight of the few people he knew better than these guys, and excused himself. He moved in to meet the members of the Sigil Council who have come over, and the only person who could be called a Friend of Leo was Harley.
The two greeted each other with an embrace, which cemented the rumors circulating around, that Leo was a good friend of Harley Aries and they had been working together. Harley Aries asked, "What caused to you come so late?"
Leo replied, "Well, I had to drop my daughter to the school here, she has come over for an exchange program to the capital, and then was meeting the principal."
Harley nodded and said, "Well, for a war veteran, Old Duke Iron Fist surely is very delicate with the children."
Leo narrated how Lily wanted to learn how to fold iron and the people erupted in laughter. They all began to share their own stories of how their children were and the event became very relaxed.
Time passed and soon it was night, just then a few people rushed in the gathering area, and one of them wore a uniform that caused everyone to stand up in attention. Then everyone saw an old man walking over with a cane in his hands. His hair and attire were perfectly arranged. His steps were slow and his eyes were calm but they carried a lot of depth as if they could suck your soul into the abyss.
Leo gulped, this was the first time he has seen this person this close, and he could understand what about him was so different. The man approached him, and none of the people dared to stop him. On the contrary, they all bowed their heads in greeting.
This person was the current King of the Clover Nation, Augustus Aura Clover. He took his grandmother’s middle name to start his rule.
As he stood before Leo, the latter bowed deeply and said, "I have seen, Your Majesty."
The King said, "Raise your head, I apologize that I have come over unannounced."
Leo quickly shook his head and replied, "No, Your Majesty, please do not embarrass me like this. It is our owner to have you come over in person."
King Augustus smiled and said, "I don’t have much time on my hand, but can you tell me when are they going to land?"
Leo replied, "The docking completed just a few minutes ago, so if we all go to the observation deck, we might be able to see them entering the atmosphere."
King Augustus nodded and said, "Then why don’t we all go to the observation deck?"
The people all nodded and agreed to move to the observation deck, which was just the balcony on the airport. They all turned to look at the sky. Just then a streak of flames appeared in the atmosphere. It was growing longer with every passing second and the space operations station on the ground had a feed relayed over. The mission director said, "Albus has entered the atmosphere."
