339: [Bonus chapter]270. Serves you right.

[Bonus chapter]270. Serves you right.

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There was calm for a few days after Plato returned to complete the minutes of the deal and investigate the Greenwood village massacre.

However, one particular sight filled the markets in Aelius's Imperial Capital which astonished Mayor Andrew Greenwald. Andrew asked his secretary who was beside him, "Looks like trade is taking place at a rather fast rate. What do you think prompted the changes?"

Andrew's Secretary knew that Mayor was only testing him so he spoke without any reservations, "A lot of noble houses have imported a lot of luxury goods from Sky after the North-South Peace deal concluded. From what I know, a lot of nobles were fascinated by the wares, culture, and a lot of new technologies of Sky. Currently, since they can't import the technology which lighted North Frontier City, Golden Spring City, and Aurora city during the Radiant Churchs raid they are currently only importing Wares, clothes and other accessories. Currently, Glasswork imports are the most famous among the nobles."

Secretary Williams made a meaningful smile as he continued, "I have heard that all the Dukes are going to import Printing machines and are going to create regional newspaper publishing houses to keep a hold on regional propaganda and politics. The same is being proposed by Prime Minister Hasse who wants to create a national newspaper agency despite the high costs to keep the prestige of the Royal family and the Imperial court. He also cited the previous rebellion's example when it came to the use of propaganda. The only faction that is sad seems to be the Warhawks who lost miserably but they too are divided as Sky has a high number of Prisoners i.e. 100,000 POWs which includes their relatives. And yes it seems that Plato has created a stir by introducing a bill that will tax all the institutions which work on donations and he also proposed a tax subsidy for Aelius Royal Pharma Group and unexpectedly most of the nobles supported this bill while his majesty Lionheart is in a dilemma since trends are already set for future course of Aelius, I guess he has already consulted regarding this bill."

Andrew smiled as he nodded and spoke, "Looks like you are up to date when it comes to internal news related to nobles and also the international news. Next, you would need to pay attention to Border news and His Majesty John's ceremony along with his marriage to Princess Sally. No news from the Border is good news as it means the soldiers have accepted the status quo and stopped deserting the imperial army."

Andrew murmured as he looked at the bustling markets which were filled with goods from Sky, 'It looks like Sky will be making a killing just in terms of Luxury goods imported by Aelius nobles who would stop at nothing to show their superiority over other nobles. The weapons of Lord John were just the tip of the iceberg. We should have resisted our greed when we made our move against him. Well, it was logical as we thought that he would buckle and surrender some of his interests. Anyways, what is done cannot be reversed so can only cope and avoid mistakes in the future. Currently, it looks like his Majesty Lionheart will follow the policy of Lord Plato and avoid conflicts with Sky lest we give them a reason for them to invade us in the future with legitimate reasons.' 

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Meanwhile at Sky,

Melanie had a headache as she heard that Dwight really dared to fulfill her orders. She thought as she looked at the loyal Grandson who was thinking about his cousin.

Melanie thought, 'I never thought he would dare to do this when I met him first. If the scheme is successful then I would have to bear the burnt but it would be worth it. Very well, I should go and view it myself.' 

John meanwhile prepared for his meeting as he looked at the timetable that got rescheduled due to an emergency at Eva's end. 

John looked at Taylor and asked, "Eva's meeting is rescheduled?"

Taylor nodded and spoke, "Yes, it seems that she has solved the supply issue which was worrying her folks at the Ministry of Magic for a long time and she said that the meeting would be unnecessary since the problem is solved by a replaceable product. It looks her department in the Ministry of Magic made some groundbreaking discoveries and hence the result."

John nodded and spoke as looked at the report, "Ok, we will go as per the rescheduled meetings."

Taylor nodded as he briefed John and prepared to leave for parliament as a Prime Minister.

John sighed as he looked at the Horizon from his window, "It looks like everything is moving at a fast pace. I better hurry up and make all the preparations for the crowning ceremony so that corners aren't cut."

John entered the Private Quarters which were reserved for important classified information, He spoke as he looked quite surprised when he looked at both of them, "I am quite surprised to see both of you together this time around."

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Meanwhile, Dwight followed Melanie and saw that Eva was within the Ministry of Magic as she ordered supplies for making Magic Staff as a lot of Magicians from others countries migrated here via various means. Looking at her, he was shocked and spoke, "Cousin, why are you here? Didn't you have a meeting with his Majesty currently?"

Eva looked annoyed as she spoke crudely to Dwight, "What is with that reaction of yours? And Yes, I did have a meeting with John but I canceled it since the root of the problem was solved by our department just recently."

Eva looked at Dwight's reaction and then at Melanie as she continued, "Why does it look like you guys did something?"

After looking at Dwight who was sweating bullets and then at Melanie who was feigning ignorance with a little bit of worry she understood as she narrowed her eyes and spoke, "Don't tell me you actually did it? Damn, I hate your duo."

She murmured as she looked at them, "If you are going to do it, at least tell me first."

Melanie huffed and murmured as well, "As if you would have agreed. I anyway told everyone my plans quite early. They shouldn't blame me or should have stopped me earlier. And if you can give me an heir early then all the problems would have been solved."

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When the talks were going on between John and the other party, Sarah silently switched off the notification bar as well as the intoxicant resistance. Sarah murmured silently, "Serves you right for calling me a loan shark when I haven't even loaned you anything."

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