Chapter 103
"What do you have to say for yourself? I was worried! You were in Paris! In the capital of an enemy! All they needed was to recognise you, and you would be in trouble!" Leila began to rant about his recklessness.
The Prince looked at Anna, who was standing next to Marcus. Behind them was Ayano, who was looking at the blonde.
This blonde was a beauty, dressed in Marcus' retinue uniform. It was one of his girls and that accent. She was from the EU.
'Is she the girl he kidnapped from Eastern Frontline?'
The sword girl pondered; her gaze went to the mech kneeling on one knee. It would seem the blonde was the pilot of the angel machine.
She saw some scary things this machine can do on television.
"Sorry, but Anna wanted to see Paris so…" Marcus shrugged, making Leila look at Anna.
"Can you not make him do crazy things?" Leila complained to her friend.
"...Sorry… I thought… if we do some disguising, it would be fine. Besides, the mobile suits are on a different level." Anna tried to wiggle herself from this.
"It doesn't change the simple fact that the machines can't be with him the whole time." The blonde massaged her forehead from frustration.
"...Regardless, you are back." She sighed in relief before looking at them.
"What did you even do for two days?" She looked at her friend and Marcus.
Anna blushed as she looked at Marcus.
This was enough for Leila as she looked at her with a deadpan look.
"Seriously? For two days?"
Her response made Anna blush even more.
"...Umm… we could have taken a week, but Marcus booked for two days only."
Leila sighed again as she then looked at the girl behind them.
"And this girl?"
"Ayano Kosaka, she comes from a martial arts-based family and has great reaction speed. She, alongside her two friends, will be joining Anaheim." Marcus introduced the girl.
"...Are you from Japan?" Leila asked; she had heard about Japanese refugees getting enlisted in the army and used as cannon fodder.
"Yes, I was a refugee. That was until I was… moved to Anaheim." She looked at Marcus, making Leila realise that he had kidnapped another girl.
This is…totally like him!
"Good, then we can start your training."
"I already spent several hours in the simulation sphere." Ayano clarified that she was not a complete newbie.
"I see. Well, then." Leila looked back at Marcus.
"When you were away, I already started working to fix the mess you made." She turned around and looked at the city in the distance.
"We installed two 2nd-generation reactors to bring back the power to the city. It will be enough for several expansions of the city.
The resources you ordered are already being used to rebuild destroyed buildings and infrastructure." The blonde explained to him.
"I know. I did set things in motion. I even asked Euphemia to come here to assist in management." Marcus explained to his girlfriend.
"...Good, with her here, we can move whatever plans you have for this city." Leila was pleased that she wouldn't be the one who would manage the small things. She prefers larger logistics, unlike Euphemia, who just wants to make everyone happy.
"I want to help! It has been ages since I did anything on the planet's surface." Anna chipped in; she wants to help as well.
"Sure." Marcus smiled at her as his hand moved on her waist.
Leila saw that, and she immediately realised that she should do something similar! Take several days off with him!
This way, they could get as close as when they were together back then, when Anaheim was a secret faction, and they shared a small bed.
Now that she is recalling that it was the most unique time in her life.
The group then proceeded to walk towards the limo that was waiting for them.
The car was heavily armoured, and there were escort cars and even motorbikes as support.
Marcus realised that he was getting motorcade treatment.
'It has been a while since someone drove me instead of flying.'
"So what did you do in Paris?" Leila asked Anna, making her blush heavily.
"...You know… we saw the sights! I showed our Prince all the places." The girl tried to recall what they DID see.
"...places…huh…" Leila leaned towards her friend and whispered.
"YOUR…places?"
Anna blushed even harder when she heard that.
"Ummm…"
"Don't worry… I understand." The blonde commented as she leaned back into her seat and looked through the tinted window.
Ayano, sitting next to Anna's other side and opposite to Marcus, realised that the pinkette with the glasses was with the Prince in Paris, like some sort of getaway and… do lewd things for two days?
'This… is crazy to say the least. He is raging a war around the world but still finds time to take a girl away for two days and then got lucky and found us and even Gene Smilas to plot against the EU even between.'
The black haired girl can't wrap her head around how this had evolved.
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Once in the Palace, Marcus continued with his renovations and installations of modern technology.
Euro Britannia had already done some of the work, but it was still a work in progress, as they focused only on the essentials for their war effort against the EU.
Marcus, on the other hand, dropped several capsules of Legion Bots who began installing a Fusion Reactor under his Palace.
As well as Assembly lines. The excess energy will be stored in liquid sakuradite batteries, and the extra storage floor below will keep a squad of Setanta units.
He even decided to add a KK-Unit Pedestal, where they could undergo Maintenance work.
Apart from this, he installed a huge hologram display and a workshop where he could tinker.
One could say that he was slowly moving in from his Solomon Base to Constantinople.
Eventually, a few days later, the invasion of Africa began.
The fleet with mobile suits entered through several areas into the North and the lower Eastern side.
Where the Inventor Prince expected some sort of conflict, any sort of conflict, what he got was surrender after surrender.
The local resistance groups were still recovering after the abrupt Britannian retreat. So when Anaheim moved in, the sheer sight of floating carriers caused them to raise white flags throughout the continent that had just experienced war.
Whatever EU forces there were on the continent, they swiftly retreated to Spain and Italy.
Leaving Marcus to take the oldest continent in the world.
While he was happy that this was like walking in the park, he hoped for something, but nonetheless he ordered a large chunk to position for the Euro Britannian invasion. It was time for him to secure the Black Sea.
With disappointment that he won't be able to flex his mobile suits, the Prince returned to his new seat of power.
He continued to develop the City, improve his Palace and work on the next generation of mobile suits.
But then, around two weeks later, close to the day when the Invasion of the EU will happen, Leila called the Prince to one of the huge living rooms in the Palace.
There was Euphemia, his Knight Jeanne, Leila and Anna waiting for him.
"What is with the serious faces?" The Inventor asked the girls, who were all looking at the Pinkette with glasses.
"This morning Anna threw up," Leila said with a sigh and crossed arms.
"...Oh?" Marcus looked at the girl who was all shy all of a sudden.
"Is that right? I see."
"...I see? Is that all you can say at this moment?" Leila replied, looking at him with narrowed eyes.
"Well, I know that my child will be a genius, so I am not worried." The Prince replied with a shrug.
"...You…are really father." Euphemia was speechless.
"Well, what do you want me to do? I could cuddle her more often now. And space travel is off limits. I can hire maids to assist." He began to speak up about what else he could do.
*Stare*
Jeanne, Leila and Euphemia were staring at him.
"You impregnated Anna." Euphemia pointed, for a second, he swore he sensed… jealousy!
"Well, that's what happens when a man does—" he showed her, a finger entering a 'hole'. He made it graphic.
"Ugh… don't embarrass me like that! You know what I mean!" Euphemia blushed even more.
"I know exactly what I do. When I take a new girl under my wing, I know what it could lead to. It's not some random idea.
I think the only ones who still think it's surface-level relationships need to realise what I mean when I say mine finally." Marcus rolled his eyes. To him, it would seem that only these girls are clueless about how far he considered his relationships.
"It would seem I have underestimated you," Leila replied. She looked at Anna for a bit. The girl plotted this; the blonde is certain.
A naughty plan. But it made sense, since the crush she had on him was intense.
"Maybe. For now, we need to confirm it." He stood up from the couch and looked at his pinkette.
"Let's go, we are going to see a doctor." He offered her his hand. The green-eyed beauty smiled as she offered her hand.
Just like that, the pair walked out.
Leila frowned. Now she is feeling that she was in 2nd place.
Since the very start, she felt that she held that position, but now it could change.
'I am starting to feel that something is brewing. Thankfully, Kallen is not here.' Jeanne thought to herself as she looked at Leila's expression.
It would seem something is going to happen soon.
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Marcus looked at the test result. He could see the 'life-changing' red line, which usually appears in the test.
"Well, it would seem it is positive."
"You are not mad with me?" Anna asked as she fiddled with her skirt. She was looking a bit 'guilty'.
"Hmm? Why would I be mad? You girls are so confusing. Do you assume my 'relocating' you and keeping you close is some sort of game?
There is a reason why I collect beauty and talent. I intend to keep you all." He sighed while explaining to her.
"...When you put it like that…" She blushed with a bit of embarrassment.
"Indeed. But since we are now in phase two." He looked intensely at her. "Your life is no longer yours. So I suggest you start studying what it means to be a mother."
*Gulp*
"I-I understand. Don't worry… I am good at such a thing."
Her decision to do IT and get knocked up was a bit spontaneous, as she wanted her Prince's attention, but now it would seem she is getting a bit overwhelmed, as Marcus is pedantic with such things.
"I see. You will be staying in the Palace from now on. You can overview your projects through the holograms.
I would say we could work on the space elevators instead." He pondered. He could relegate the construction work on the remaining four colonies to one of the assistants. The schematics are already there, and the work is already underway.
"Oh! Of course, I would love to work on that!" Anna perked up at the chance to work on something as grand as the space elevator!
"Good, then we agree on that." He smiled, he would love with lovely Anna on this, just like they did with Setanta.
"This is like back with the Setanta project." The girl grinned at him.
"Ahem. It would seem you two are getting all lovely dovely." Leila's voice got them back as they looked at the blonde standing at the doors.
"We are." Marcus nodded as he wrapped his hands around Anna.
"We are going to focus on the Space Elevator." He explained to the blonde.
"Is that so? Well, I am thinking of taking a holiday soon and taking my boyfriend with me." The girl said while narrowing her eyes.
"That's great! I was thinking the same thing. Now that I know that I have contract days off." Anna nodded in agreement.
Leila grimaced when she realised that the pinkette nerd didn't care that the blonde wanted one-on-one holidays!
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