(Y/N: Sorry for late chapter, had Easter and stuff.)
"Do I even have a choice?" Marina sighed after a couple of minutes of silence.
"You don't want to?" Marcus replied with a raised eyebrow.
"..." The Princess looked away; there was a thin blush on her cheeks.
"Thought so." He smirked for a bit.
"We are going to release a statement to confirm this. Your people will be quite pleased with this development."
His statement caused the Princess to look at him with a bit of surprise. After all, he was an outsider to her people.
"...Are you sure?"
"You will see." Marcus smiled with a bit of confidence. He has already pacified her population to a considerable degree. There is a reason why his empire is considered a perfect place to live for normal people.
Bad elements are removed; it's as simple as that. When you have a rot, you remove it.
"...If you think it will work, then it's fine by me." Marina nodded at the end. The black-haired Princess in the end accepted what was coming her way. She, after all, did it with him, so she needs to accept the consequences of her actions.
"Hah. Like always, so self-sacrificing, aren't you afraid I will do things to you, because of it?" Marcus moved over and sat down between her and Shirin. He immediately pulled her onto his lap and hugged her from behind.
The Princess's eyes widened as she felt like a 'maiden' who would be 'attacked' by a big 'bad wolf'.
"...Do things? The things have already been done!" She exclaimed with a flushed expression.
"Hmm… true… But I can keep on doing things to you for years~." He chuckled, trying to get more reaction from her.
"..."
Marina had no idea how to reply to that. It's like he is messing with her on purpose.
Though all he did was hug her, then make her face him, then kiss her in a slow but passionate motion. The Princess responded with a kiss. It was telling him that she had some built-up desires.
It made sense, after all, he made her experience something she won't forget, ever.
After a short kissing session, she pulled back and then looked away. A bit ashamed that she was like that… in a car… thankfully, the limo's back only had three of them.
"...Satisfied?" She asked him after she had collected her thoughts.
"Far from it." He replied while hugging her tighter. His reply made her roll her eyes at him.
"Typical. I have somewhat realised that you made this on purpose." She said while turning her head to the side and looking at him.
"Oh? Maybe I was. I am an opportunist when I want to be." He said with a shrug.
"Most men are. We see what we like, and we try to acquire it." The disguised Emperor explained to her. His explanation was not rocket science or MS science. It was men's nature.
"I see… then it explains quite a bit." She sighed, feeling a bit annoyed that Shirin realised that early on and said nothing. No, she was made to fall into this trap.
Well, her assistant, who was supposed to help Marina, helped the man she was sitting on the lap of.
"It does? Do explain more, what my future wife thinks." He chuckled, trying to understand the situation from a woman's point of view.
"...well… I tried to get assistance for my nation, and then you agreed, and… Shirin suggested that… I…we… try…"
At that moment Marina stopped as she realised that if she tried to explain it like that, it would be her who did the whole thing!
"Ummm…"
"What? Go on, I am listening." Marcus motioned for her to continue; he was listening to her very patiently.
"Forget about it, everything is fine." The Princess looked away, it's becoming even harder to look away.
"In the end of the day, my Marina needs to be a big girl and accept the fact that I am taking the responsibility of your naughty actions." He said with a heavy teasing voice as his finger was poking her cheek.
"...Yes… yes… I accept…" She sighed, finally giving up. There is no escape from the big bad wolf.
Shirin, next to them, shook her head; Marina and her naivete finally caught up to her. Thankfully, she was able to get a good man for the Princess, not some scum who would abuse the situation.
'But the Emperor of the World? How is this even possible? Union? Wasn't it the pillar of liberty and freedom? Now they are accepting an Emperor?
It makes no sense whatsoever.'
The glasses-wearing assistant was perplexed by this information.
~~~~~~Next Day~~~~~~
Marcus crawled out of the bed; he tried not to wake up the gorgeous ladies who were sharing the bed with him.
'What is going on?' The Emperor stumbled, feeling extremely weak. He activated his code to regenerate his health, but it did not work.
Something was off. He walked to the bathroom, where he washed his face and looked at his eyes.
For a second, he saw flashes of lightning around his pupils.
"..."
'Is that the fault? Innovator transitioning?'
He frowned for a second before washing his face. After recovering somewhat, he walked into the shower and got himself some cool water.
Minutes later, he dressed a bit and walked to the living room.
"Can you bring me my bodyguard? I need to talk to him."
"Yes, sir." The guard nodded as he left the room and went to fetch Lockon. As this was happening, some of the maids brought him a cup of tea and some fresh snacks.
A couple of moments later, the Ex-Gundam Meister arrived to see him.
"You wanted to see me?" The brown-haired man walked over.
"Yeah, I need you to return to the plane and bring me an Anaheim First Aid Kit."
"...First Aid? Did something happen?" The man looked somewhat concerned.
"Yes. It would seem playing with GN drives has caused me to start evolving into an Innovator. I need to record this and find out more." Marcus explained to the Gundam pilot.
The reply left Lockon speechless! Innovator? now?
"...Understood. You want me to pick it up?"
"Yes. The pilots will know what I mean." The Emperor took a seat as he took a deep breath. He is feeling like an old man.
"Very well, I will return as soon as I can."
With that said, his new bodyguard left the room and rushed towards the exit.
Marcus leaned into the seat as he closed his eyes. At that moment, he activated his geass, trying to dig for more information, but his eyes showed the same thing… those eyes with lightning around his pupils.
Innovator…
'But why am I this weak? I suppose I need to stick around a GN reactor until the process ends.'
Around forty minutes later, there was a considerable-sized briefcase on the table.
There were the usual bandages in the set, but what Marcus needed was the computer gear that came with it.
He pulled a strand of his hair and a drop of his blood before placing them in a specific console in the briefcase.
"You have a damn science kit in this thing," Lockon commented with a baffled look.
"Indeed. This way, you can figure out what is wrong with you. Especially with the internet in every corner of the world, thanks to the orbital system.
I can access Legion anywhere now."
Marcus commented as he checked the laptop; there were a couple of loading screens. He then saw two DNA strands being compared.
His AI highlighted the new strand, several…very obvious changes.
"Holy…a third sequence is emerging… no wonder I am feeling like shit. My sensory abilities are mutating." He said while massaging his forehead.
'No wonder Setsuna was fine… he evolved mid-war while piloting Double 00. The guy had a bath of GN particles daily.'
"Is that good? Or bad, I am not good at this." Lockon looked confused.
"My body is literally at 50% or so because the rest of the energy is working on evolving the body." Marcus turned off the laptop and put it away, then he cleaned up the kit and put the samples away. He will check in more detail later.
"...So we will be going home soon?" Lockon asked, a bit hopeful; he is not built for the Middle East heat.
"Not today. I still need to do a couple of things. Like, check the infrastructure and announce engagement with Marina." Marcus said while sighing.
"...damn… does heat work the same way to you? I mean, you have last civilisation powers, and now you have Innovator stuff."
To his question, Marcus simply shrugged; he had no idea.
"No idea. This is new stuff to me, just like it's to you."
After checking and doing his tests, he waited for the females to wake up.
He made sure they caught up last night.
So they didn't leave the bedroom until past midday.
By that point, Marcus had had breakfast and been briefed by his employees on the state of the assets in this Kingdom.
"Good morning, ladies, take your seats, your breakfast will be here shortly."
The disguised Emperor commented as he checked the paperwork he got from the staff.
He didn't care about income or net loss; he could get here. In fact, he was willing to have this nation in red. But turns out people only needed a chance, and he gave them one. Now he is getting a considerable amount of money back.
"...It's not morning. There is no need to say that." Marina sighed as he sat down opposite him.
But Marcus patted next to him and looked at her with a raised eyebrow.
*Sigh*
She got up, walked over and sat down next to him.
"It is morning for you, so treat it like that." He rolled his eyes as he offered her some pastries he got from his favourite bakery.
He made Lockon bring some for him.
"Beyond that. I have some good news." He showed her the income statements.
"I earned a considerable amount of money in the second month," Marcus said to the Princess.
"... that is good news." The Black-haired girl slowly nodded, she was happy to hear that he was earning back from his investments.
"Indeed. I will be reinvesting all of this money in your nation by the way."
Her eyes widened.
"I never cared if it would be income or loss. This was more or less to get you." He chuckled with a smirk, making her blush.
"Not even trying to hide your intentions." She commented with embarrassment.
"You should be happy that the money your people generated will be staying in your Kingdom. I already have some ideas where it will go.
As someone who got a… decent pull on UN, your country will get fast-tracked into the Solar energy scheme.
"Do we even need that anymore?" She asked, a bit confused, they are self-reliant with power now. Why do they need solar energy from the orbital system?
"Yes, you do. We can use the extra energy for factories and manufacturing. To keep power cheap, we need extra power." Marcus explained to the princess.
"Manufacturing is essential for your country to become prosperous. Apart from that, we need water. So I will be investing in desanitation plants and manufacturing all of that money we have earned."
"...I see…" She was a bit baffled by how much he is investing in her nation. He was doing far more than she is…
"What do you think, Marina, do I fit to be the King of your Nation?" He winked at her after seeing the multitude of expressions on her face.
The black-haired beauty was a bit taken aback.
"...Do you even need to? Soon you will rule everything." She sighed. What was the point of all of this teasing?
"You are not fun." The disguised Emperor sighed as he then moved to the next subject.
"Regardless, there is one thing that we will have to do." He pulled her closer to himself.
"...What?"
"We will go on a date~" Marcus whispered into her ear.
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