Fernando goes to the capital part 3
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Fernando and Felícia arrived home, as soon as they arrived, Fernando took a shower and headed to the new city round with Ceto, he wanted to leave everything up to date for his trip, he didn't want to worry about the functioning of the territory.
Fernando spent the rest of the day in meetings in Novo Redondo, when he returned home it was already dark. Since Felícia returned home with Fernando, she spent the rest of the day irritated, people didn't want to be around her, Catarina was radiant with Felícia's pitiful appearance.
John didn't know his aunt very well, so he couldn't say why his aunt, who always seemed cheerful and mischievous, would be in this state. He thought it must be something related to his parents. He wanted to ask, but refrained. Poking an angry woman wasn't a good idea, and anyway, it had nothing to do with him.
Dinner was served, the family was having a family moment as usual at dinner time, however Felícia's pale complexion created a strange atmosphere, as if she was mourning someone dead in the family.
Lately John noticed that the quality of his meals has been decreasing, but as the weather is bad, Felicia regretted her money while Catarina continued her joy and laughter, Fernando seemed worried about something, John was the only one who seemed normal at the table.
After eating, Fernando said.
" As you already know, in two days, I will be going to the capital."
John looked at his father in surprise, he only knew that Fernando would go to the capital at some point, but he didn't know it would be so soon, he asked.
" Dad , did something happen? Why did the capital leave so suddenly?
Fernando replied.
" Well, actually, I already had plans to go to the capital, now that I've been summoned it's also a good opportunity to resolve some pending matters."
" han , I see, father, how long will you stay? "
Fernando smiled and said.
" It's not long, don't worry, I'll only stay for two years."
" Two years? Is that a short time?"
John was surprised, for him who came from the earth, even 6 months was a long time for a father to be away from his family, what to speak of two years?
" Hahaha , you can't stand being away from your father, right ? "
" It's not that, I was just surprised."
" Junior , you're surprised by so little. Even 10 years is considered short to me, let alone a measly 2 years. Don't worry, Junior , when you evolve and go to college, you'll change your concept of time. Look at your aunt, she was gone for a decade and no one even noticed her absence."
Felicia and Catarina nodded, for a primitive being the years are seen differently than evolved beings, with evolution the body's cells are restructured and strengthened this delays the period of decay,
why the body of an evolved being has its old age delayed so they can live longer, for an evolved being they count decades to tell the difference between ages, for those born in the same decade are all the same age.
" Father, and how does the territory work?
When John spoke, Fernando smiled and took out three medals that flew towards the three , John, Catarina and Felícia, John had never seen this before, the medal was made of a rare metal, it was gold in color, and had a symbol similar to the letter v in the current language, the three took their medals respectively.
When John felt the heat radiating from the medal he felt very comfortable, he looked at Fernando confused and asked.
" What is it, father?"
Catarina was quick to answer.
" It is a command medal, when you possess it you will have the political and administrative powers of the one who conferred it, using the command medal, you can represent your father as well as use your power in the territory, except for delicate matters you can do whatever you want with this medal.
John was surprised, the government system of this world was interesting, in the government of the countries of Earth, it did not work like that, he did not know much about monarchical governments, but he believes that this did not exist on Earth,
The powers conferred on someone cannot be used just by possessing a medal, that would be chaotic and undemocratic, he imagined himself wearing a command medal representing the president of the United States, that would be good.
Fernando complemented Catarina's words.
" Your mother is right, these three medals represent my will, you need the approval of your mother or your aunt for your decision to be approved, the same goes for them, in short, two coins are needed to make a decision."
John thought his father was smart, after all, that way there would be no conflict of orders, at the same time it would prevent someone from taking all the power for themselves, John continued to ask questions.
" To what extent do the medals represent your will?
Fernando spoke without even thinking about it.
" Everything, all the infrastructure of the Venhorst territory, my entire government, but to use military power you will need the three medals and Ceto's approval, otherwise you can do whatever you want."
John was even more curious and excited, it's like suddenly becoming a third of a president, the Venhorst territory was vast, it was compared to the small countries on earth.
" Dad, why are you giving this to me? Aren't you afraid I'll make a complete mess of the territory?
Fernando and Catarina rolled their eyes at the same time, Felícia had the same questions, she didn't understand why, Fernando gave the power of a lord to John who was only 7 years old, even though it was only a third of the power of a lord, but that was also good, that way it would be easier for her to stay in control of the territory later.
" You can see this as my birthday present for the two years I'll be gone, okay?"
John had to admit that this would be the best gift he had received in years, Felicia had a sparkling sparkle in her eyes,
she was planning to attract John to her side in order to control the other's power, John also had the same glow in his eyes, he was pondering who he should attract to his side in order to gain more power.
A beautiful and delicate voice sounded and took the two out of their thoughts.
"Honey, why don't you give the third medal to Ceto? I think he'd be more suitable than a certain greedy and irresponsible sister-in-law of mine."
Boom
Felicia 's head , Catarina's words were like a bucket of cold water on Felicia's burning plans, she looked at Catarina, the two stared at each other, their eyes seemed to spark with electricity.
When John saw this scene, his heart jumped with joy, he almost stood up and started humming, in his analysis, it would be one less thing in the fight for power, somehow his mother had a certain hostility towards his aunt, he didn't know if it was something from the past or because he had come back almost dead the other day.