Southern Crescent Moon Convention, 1,028 (5)

  SHC, after-meeting party. Early night.

  “Is that true?” A cabinet member from Zyckevele asked, with some others from other countries in a circle with Luis as the center of attention, even if not at the center. Luis lifted his eyebrows, excited to answer. “Yes! It is the result that came after numerous tries.”

  “Didn’t Lymoca give temporary rights to the Snowfall Enterprise for this matter? Was it… ‘Fox’ who researched it?” Another cabinet member said, interested and curious. Luis gave them a look and answered with a small smile, “Not only did he had people investigate it, bringing the Lypro Trees to another invent, I brought some with me.”

  “Do you…” The cabinet member from Zyckevele asked again, but by the time he was, Luis had taken a small, thin bag with some contents in it. He looked at the man and passed the bag to him, “You don’t really have to put up appearances. Even if someone wants to eavesdrop, that wouldn’t matter. We’re between warm acquaintances, alright?”

  “Oh!” The Zyck nodded, reassured, grabbing and inspecting the bag. He read its contents, and they were all about the alcoholic properties and its flavor. It was made with Lymoca’s Lypro Tree. The bag felt a little cold-fresh, a combination that relaxed anyone who’d touch it.

  It gave further thoughts when one considered it was drinkable, and more so if the person holding it was a known drinker. The Zyck salivated a little, but he wouldn’t lose decorum, and even less when attending such an important event with crucial people from all over the world, almost.

  The Zyck brought a small but fancy dropper glass before taking in the contents from the bag. Then, requesting a few waitresses and waiters for everyone to have a small cup of water, he distributed them. Everyone drank up, immediately surprised and satisfied with the sensation.

  Their throats felt burning for a second before everything became cold, like their cavity turned into an ancient ice cave. That’s when their breath moved around, and in and out, further describing the marvelous taste and smell from that one single droplet.

  It wasn’t too delicious, but that was only because they got the sample of a single droplet. It wasn’t too high a concentration of alcohol, at least for the current researched product. One could only imagine what the original would taste like.

  They looked at Luis after recuperating their senses, and from the looks of it, and on Luis’s face, they wondered now more than ever how it tasted like. Luis only smiled, not wanting to spoil their excitement and was going to speak some other things, when someone came from behind him.

  “I hope I’m not seen too badly. I just became interested in knowing what the unreal reactions were for.” Laen Worfield was still a few meters behind Luis when he spoke. Immediately, he received drastic glares from the KAA and Zyck cabinet members, but only for a few seconds.

  They also looked at the ANS senator spokesperson who ‘sneaked’ up on Luis’s back. Regardless, Laen walked with a rather handsome smile towards the group. Luis turned and looked at the fella, welcoming him with a slightly polite smile.

  “I hope I am not intruding also.” Laen walked forth still. Luis leaned his head a bit before saying, “No, you are not. But you don’t have to keep repeating your words so much.”

  “Ahahaha. It’s an honor meeting the President of Lymoca.” Laen nodded in agreement a bit with a welcoming smile. Luis nodded in return. Laen then said, “Forgive me for being too blunt, but what did you drink just a moment ago? It seemed quite amazing.”

  “It’s a special secret Lymoca has been developing for some time now. It has a very natural property. Would you like a taste?” Luis calmly elaborated, gesturing to Zyckevele in a slightly questioning manner. Laen looked at this as everyone faced him.

  “Yes, I would like to, if you don’t mind.” Laen blinked profusely as he nodded. The Zyck cabinet member nodded with a blink before walking to Laen with a used glass from one of the female cabinet members in the group.

  It still had some water in it. Laen grabbed the cup and gave the Zyck a silent, thankful glance before watching him put a droplet from the dropper to the cup. It was less than a droplet.

  Tasting it, Laen was taken aback so much that he widened his eyes and turned his head to Luis, “President, this is spectacular! What are these made from?”

  “It’s Lypro Trees. A tiny bit is used, although the process is far too complicated.” Luis calmly spoke. Laen frowned a bit, intrigued, “Courusel machinery?”

  “Hmph,” Luis smirked in good humor. “Trying to find out? No, is more complicated than sophisticated machinery or intricate, bion-level complexity. There is much to this source of immense nature that cannot be handled by machines alone. Culture is something that is important, and when they lack, it’s so noticeable.”

  “President Luis is just what the Lys need, that is also seeable anywhere, anytime.” Laen smiled thinly, apologetically, and politely still.

  “Well, enough with the chesswords. Wouldn’t you like to know more about this liquor? It can get anyone drunk, even those with special faculties in their bodies.” Luis added, actually bumping shoulders with Laen, playfully.

  Laen smirked, now more interested and intrigued, while Garalf behind him to his side rolled his narrowed eyes. Laen nodded, forming a strong smile without intending to. “I would really like to know more. When do you plan to bring this spectacular news to the world, President?”

  “About next year. We’re planning…” Luis commenced. The rest of the circle closed in, not caring about the ANS people. Once Garalf was given some of it, too, he stayed quiet and didn’t bother with any faces or thoughts anymore, for now. Laen saw Luis’s ‘status’ on other governments.

  ***

  The capital of the Knight Assembly Association. In a hall where the meeting was being held.

  Fox stepped into the hall and was immediately met with dozens upon dozens of eyes, but only 8 pairs of eyes were the rather crucial ones from the lot.

  “Come on in, we’re glad to receive this support, and from you more specifically.” The person with cinnamon skin and eagle-ish, brown, honeyed eyes spoke to him. His bearing was elegant, just like anyone else, but he was somehow more in the limelight than the rest.

  Fox looked at him and noncommittally walked forth with Nala and Esmeralda. The gates closed after they walked in, with everyone’s eyes still on them. Kurosaki Yasashi sat on a spot beside a middle-aged man who was just about to turn into the old age.

  They walked to a spot where they could sit. Fox looked at the chair designed for him, with another 2 standard type brought for Nala and Esmeralda. It had a tall backrest and was of a metallic black color. Fox tilted his head before kicking one of the standard chairs away.

  “…” The group of 8 most important people in KAA looked at him with mild change on their expressions. Fox then helped his wives sit on ‘his’ chair before sitting on the other one. Esmeralda contentedly sat on Nala’s thigh and crossed her legs, blushing a bit.

  This wasn’t just anywhere, but they were slightly showing their loveliness. Esmeralda looked around a bit before lowering her chin a little. Fox blinked before opening his lips at last, “I come from the northeastern Radical Wars, so I assure you I and my agents are prepared to bring our abilities to your people’s aid.”

  “That brings us a little more at ease, but we should first go with the formalities, Mr. Raging Blood,” the same person smiled a little at the end of his words. He then stood up and elegantly gestured to the middle-aged man beside Kurosaki Yasashi before setting back down again.

  That middle-aged man, the oldest from the four well-known Sovereigns of KAA, stood up with ease and sternness. “Welcome to KAA and its capital, Fox. I’m sure you know everything about us already. Let’s instead skip these formalities and proceed with the urgent matters.”

  “I have studied your land as well, but I should require a lot from you and your people to form more concrete plans of actions.” Fox nodded in return before saying those words. This middle-aged man is the East Sovereign Noble, Kurosaki Hamane.

  He is black with short, obscure gray hair and practically 1 mm of the black hair that remained. He had regular height, but he seemed plenty powerful for an ordinary person, and very disciplined, just as much as strict. Hamane has black eyes, but he was indeed someone powerful, the 2nd most powerful individual and noble state in the Knight Assembly Association.

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  The young man at his side, Kurosaki Yasashi, was the young man who led them here with his moon white-skinned fiancée. His porcelain, delicate features only showed he took those aspects from his mother. His soon-to-be-wife was a lookalike to him, but she was a great-looking beauty anyone would feel amazed to just observe from the first time.

  They were sat around a narrow table in a circle, almost fully complete, with spaces between the 4 groups of 2 people sitting together, and a large one in the middle. They were all from the ‘noble’ states in KAA known to the world. One of the facets that made this political entity unique.

  Fox nodded at them before turning to the Central East Sovereign Noble. This sovereign was Kato Kyoki, a middle-aged man with light brown skin and sharp, wise eyes. His complexion is thin and short, with short brown hair.

  Kato Kyoki looked at Fox for a while before nodding a little. Fox returned the gesture with a lackadaisical touch. If Kurosaki Yasashi was the son, young noble of the East noble state, then Kato Kyoki’s daughter, Kato Kanulta, is the young miss of the Central East noble state.

  She also took after the east’s trend, her features were also partly the most from her mother, most likely. She had spotless white skin and her father’s hair and eyes. Kanulta is a tender beauty, whose mother was known to be the same. As an addition, she is gentle, caring, loving, and truly considerate, fondly taking after her mother.

  “I won’t ask for much, but I also need information of what your forces are capable of. You already don’t have enough air forces, not like Zyckevele, but you’ve always excelled on land battling and forces. I want to know everything that can happen.” Fox elaborated a little before looking elsewhere. There, he saw the Central West Sovereign Noble, who had a title besides her own.

  Those were Sovereign Noble Lu Shenhua, whose title is ‘Feathered’. Then, there was her daughter, young miss Lu Ningjing, who is betrothed to the West Sovereign Noble’s daughter.

  Lu Shenhua has moon white skin, with fox, large pitch-black eyes and hair of the same tone color, which is very long and is slightly held at the corners of her forehead. She is also tall. Lu Shenhua looked just majestic. Her husband was someone outside the government, Mo Lijie.

  Her daughter, Lu Ningjing, is a young woman with rosy moon white skin, pearl black eyes, and a wild style, jet-black hair. She is also tall with a sweet nose. Additionally, her body is fit, always an eyeful and thought for beauty appreciation and healthiness. Lu Ningjing is also very clever, but it doesn’t match how well she takes care of her body.

  Lu Shenhua elegantly and gracefully looked at Fox until he slightly nodded. He received the same gesture with a slow blink while drinking what looked like tea. Fox looked down at his cup and wondered for a moment before sipping some of it.

  After spreading Sargonde’s renown pizzeria across the world to the entirety of Lymoca, Fox became a little experienced in tasting tea, even if not an expert. He had to admit it was good, really good. Fox dropped his tea and looked at the remaining group of people.

  Those were from the West noble state. Sovereign Noble Yu Yutian also had a title, and a more attractive one for that matter, ‘Dragon’. As tyrannical as that sounded, his voice was welcome everywhere in KAA and was practically the one the other Sovereign Nobles look up to more.

  He has light cinnamon skin, with small eyes that look like an eagle’s, brown and honeyed. Yu Yutian has short, black hair, is tall, and is the most powerful noble state and individual in KAA.

  His daughter, young miss Yu Fanlan, has been betrothed to Lu Ningjing. She is the Ziaca people’s little treasure. She might not be one of the geniuses comparable to Lemyonova or Clara Metelti, but Yu Fanlan is quite something indeed.

  She has pearly white, bright skin, honey-brown, small and innocent eyes, and very long, powerful chestnut hair with small fringes at the side of her forehead. Her lower lip is thick, and they are all red. As a person, she is known to be determined and brutal yet intelligent, cunning, clever, and very sweet deep inside.

  Being betrothed to Lu Ningjing wasn’t only to form alliances, but to ensure the great cooperation in the times to come. Anyone aware could tell the importance of space pioneering; thus. Once these 2 young ladies became old, they might very well see the world begin that era with a more than satisfactory prediction.

  Of course, with wars breaking off everywhere, the future couldn’t be any more uncertain. But now, there was a ‘dealer’ or ‘fixer’ here to attend the most important matters at hand. Now, they had a lot of help to keep on planning those instruments that KAA has been for some time.

  “I have a few things I must speak, but I want to answer any question you have for me before that. Go ahead,” Fox looked at everyone again before casually saying those words. This perked attention to himself. The Central West Sovereign Noble opened her mouth, “How long will you take planning before taking action?”

  “With everything I’ve asked, and more, as well as your trust, it won’t take longer than 5 days.” Fox looked at her and answered. His response brought silence, but they were visibly more attentive now, and gladdened.

  “What is important?” Yu Yutian, the West Sovereign Noble, gestured towards Fox. The latter stood up with ease and looked at everyone as he spoke, “I recommend you to send more manpower and resources to the western frontline.”

  “…” They continued to stare at him in silence, but they were notably unconvinced. Fox went on, “The imaginary frontline in the east won’t arrive until much later on. It is only in your heads that it is near, but it might come sooner if you continue the slaughter on the west.”

  “Pielsart won’t come after you, not with Merula still standing. If they were to, Merula would immediately strike, but only if they commit, and nobody at this point would try for a facade. It’s too late into the game for it.” Fox garnered their intrigue.

  “The western coalition won’t underestimate you any further, and neither are you. Once you’re on equal grounds, and the fighting and wits commence, you can lose anytime, anything.” Fox’s words were reacted this time with a question by Yu Yutian, “How would you expect us to trust Vevuesta and Queorian’s lateness? Marcoplix is an example of the north’s west.”

  “They might love their sea and coasts, but they would love KAA’s tough, well-kept land more. They have been for centuries— it hasn’t changed today.” He said, pausing to let Fox continue.

  “Because I have confirmation that, as allies, if you were to be struck by any county in the north of Dawn, they will help… with Merula, if possible.” Fox finally revealed it. He didn’t waste more time on this, “Merula is watchful towards everyone, except Xeoxia and Iztos.”

  “They aren’t allied to Zyckevele, but for the sake of aiding you and not letting you become forgotten in a decade by the world, that is your gate to the salvation you will want in a year or more.” Fox spouted, no longer just garnering but absorbing all their attention.

  “For now, Merula is busy checking on the southwestern regions of the north, who have always had hidden hostilities. Yet, Zyckevele is there at Marcoplix. With Orxa and Pexa just about to be defeated, there is nothing stopping them from aiding you against an offensive from the east.”

  “It won’t be easy, and they won’t be able to easily protect you, but they will do all they can to aid you. As for ANS taking that chance to hit them, the EPA Commonwealth isn’t a pretty vase. They can work together to face them off the east. ANS hasn’t been able to befriend the commonwealth, and they have failed before— that is within reason.”

  “If the west continues, it will go on for years. Whatever you gain might be lost, and vice versa for them.” Fox ended with that sentence feeling heavy in the sovereigns’ and their children’s chests.

  Kurosaki Hamane, the East Sovereign Noble, questioned, “And how do you think we should deal with the western front then? Aren’t Gupi and Gracia there? They will prove better allies than Merula, and they will most likely help us with the situation against this western coalition.”

  “How long would it take to get that going? It won’t be months. You are being pushed back again and again by 3 ‘nobody’ countries with top-notch technology, which they showed they owned from nowhere— from nothing. You even show you’re scared of the east. Why would they help this much worse off side? Will you wait until Zyckevele responds to an enemy invasion? Won’t the ‘better option’ for facing off the west then have had enough time to be approached?”

  “You would be truly surrounded then, and the others in Dawn too preoccupied with what you are now suffering to bother with your history and relevance.” Fox placed his palms on the table. At this very moment, Yu Fanlan blurted out softly, “Like what happened with the Lylaco Empire.”

  “Mhm,” Fox gave her a look before staring at each Sovereign Noble’s face. He was fearless, and what decorum he had was left behind with the courtesies and formalities. They knew it, too. What mattered was their nation, not some discipline.

  “So you’re saying we should-” Yu Yutian spoke again, until he was interrupted by Fox, “Not yet. We haven’t gone through anything, and I haven’t even met your Heart Lake’s people. Whatever I recommend, besides sending more resources to the west, needs to be discussed at least.”

  “Then… you should meet them,” Kato Kyoki looked up at Fox and looked at the young man with his wise eyes, forming a thin smile soon after.

  … After greeting the Sovereigns more accordingly this time, Fox and Nala and Esmeralda were led to the Heart Lake’s section. The noble building had underground facilities, but it wasn’t where Heart Lake was solely located.

  Unlike anyone else in the world, their hoog secret organization was well-known in KAA. Their people were aware that there was this ‘agency’ force since dozens and dozens of years. They only recently discovered it wasn’t a mere agency, and that they were good for ample reasons.

  “Hmm, that Fanlan looked at me all the time, I think-” Nearing HL’s section, Esmeralda tilted her head side to side and commented, but she was interrupted by Nala. “No. She was looking at me. You have large bosom. It’s natural she’d want to look at that, even if she thinks she’s being sneaky. She wouldn’t glimpse at my face and eyes. It was so obvious…”

  “Tch,” Esmeralda complained, but her face became a little lewd right after. “Who says she isn’t planning eating our baby hubby up? We might be getting everything wrong. After all, he sat us there on his seat without uttering a word. That’s dominance. Some women-loving-only women only show signs of loving more after…”

  Slap! “Ah!” Fox smacked that small but delectable butt before getting in the middle of their walking and hugging their waists, squeezing them good. “We are not here to play. All the time. Esme will resume intensive training from tonight to until we begin moving, mm?”

  “I am in accordance,” Nala nodded, thinking it was well. Fox nodded and turned to Esme, who instead of complaining anymore rubbed her poor butt a little and erased her scrunched up face, so beautiful, to ogle Fox lewdly. “I want you to do that nonstop when we play next.”

  Fox rolled his eyes but still let her kiss his cheek, and rubbed his face on hers, slightly and softly. Nala leaned her ear on his shoulder and held his fingers with both her hands’ fingers, frolicking with them a little.

  They soon went to a double door with brown-goldish wood, opened by the guards standing at the sides, which were special agents at the level of a 3rd Grade in Piya Sanctum District. The doors were opened, so they went into what looked like a war room, a serene one with light ambiance.

  There were quite a few people here, including the footsteps from the incoming PR folk outside that came with them suddenly approaching, led by another special agent. Fox gave them a look at the side before entering with Nala and Esmeralda. He was intrigued by what he saw.

  …