Marcus took his children to one of the living rooms. He then instructed his maids to follow Jeanne, who only now arrived at the Palace with the gifts.
The knight girl barely had time to take a breather. Regardless, as the excited kids were waiting for their stuff, Trojan showed his father what he was drawing.
"Papa, look!"
The Inventor Emperor looked at the drawing.
"Oh, what is that?" Marcus asked curiously what he was looking at.
"It's a Gundam!" He pointed at the humanoid drawing. What caught Marcus' attention was the machine's forehead in this drawing.
"Indeed. How do you call it?" The Emperor of the World asked his son.
"It's Unicorn Gundam!"
"...Oh…" There was a realisation look on his face after he heard that from his son.
"It's white, and it can… puff." Trojan did a exeggerated motion, something like tranformation.
"Is that so?" He smirked at his son. This was a wonderful development.
"Yes! It can change!" Trojan explained with an excited look.
"I see. This is impressive. Do you want to see my drawings?" Marcus asked his son. "The ones I drew when I was around your age?" He asked him curiously if he wanted to see what he used draw.
Instead of replying, the kid nodded several times.
"M-Maybe we can draw together?" Trojan suggested to his father.
"Sure."
"Agh! Papa, I want to draw with you as well!!!" All of a sudden, his two girls manifested next to the Emperor; it's like they have supernatural hearing.
"Of course, my Princesses." Marcus rolled his eyes. He would play along with them.
"I want to see it as well. I haven't seen your early drawings. I am a bit interested." Kallen commented as she wanted to see how crazy her husband was from an early age.
She can already see how their children are going to be. Trojan is already doing early sketches of literal mobile suits. If he continues to develop that talent, he could be making literal killer robots in his early teenage years.
"Sure, let's go to my workshop."
"Yeah! Papa's workshop!" Claudia got even more excited.
"Just don't touch anything." He sharply replied, causing their excitment take a bump.
"...O-Okay."
With that said, the group walked to his workshop. He then went to a corner of his workshop where a bookshelf of sketches was. Sometimes, Marcus loves to simply draw on paper before going digital with early designs; these paper drawings have their place in his creations.
Among them were his early designs for his Mobile Suits.
"Here, look at this." He showed early sketches to Tiranis.
"Ohhh"
"You drew this when you were 10 or something?" Kallen was impressed to see details in his early sketches.
She could see drawings of the machine from all angles.
Marcus nodded at her question as he looked at his son.
"Do you want me to make copies of this?" He asked him as he saw his son's reaction to the drawings.
Instead of saying anything, the little Prince nodded a couple of times.
"Alright."
He went to the other side of the workshop and used Assembly Line functions to make copies of his early sketches.
After getting them, his Little Conqueror was gone, forget the gifts, the boy disappeared as he rushed to his room, he was motivated!
Only the two girls were left as they wanted to draw with their father.
"Shall we?" He smiled at them, and the girls pumped their fists. They had a new drawing set that Marcus created with Assembly Lines.
Kallen shook her head, seeing him make another drawing set. Though each time they get a new set, they do keep it like collectables…
As each of them looks different from the previous one.
Midway through, Marcus was instructing his daughters how to do it, Anna and Leila joined them as they watched the Emperor playing with his baby girls.
"...And where is Trojan?" Leila asked as she had this feeling her son was dissapeared on her again.
"He got a copy of Marcus's sketch book. He literally ran away to draw in peace." Kallen explained with an amused tone.
"...I see. Well, as long as he is happy. I can't do much when he is his father's son." The blonde sighed, a bit worried that her son might have inherited that obsession with machines. But part of it is Marcus pushing his hobbies on his kid.
"Oh, he is. That much I am certain." Kallen smirked as she recalled how the pair of them were smirking like little children at the sight of mobile suit pictures.
"Hmm. Anyway, I am a bit jealous." Leila puffed a bit as she watched how he was playing with them like that. Even she can't do that. It's a bit embarrassing…
"Come now. At least we can help with something else." Anna chipped in.
"We can prepare snacks and join them for a bit." The pinkette Empress suggested.
"Good suggestion."
"I am more interested to know where C.C.?" Kallen asked the two.
"She was in Imperial Hospital." Leila dropped the bombshell.
"...She is a Code Bearer. Why would she be in the hospital?" Kallen was confused.
"What else? That witch has been trying for the past five years." Leila rolled her eyes as she reminded them of THAT!
"...oh? Did she succeed?" Kallen asked, ever so curious.
"From facial expression, most likely," Leila smirked as she felt pity for the witch.
"Oh… well, well… we shouldn't fall behind." Anna smiled while saying that.
Leila looked at her as if she had another head.
"What? I want another one." The Science Empress dropped the news on what she desired.
"Same." Kallen joined her midway.
"...You two…" Leila shook her head. This was wild to her, just recalling how she would throw up daily and even randomly because her nose would pick up a strange smell.
However, seeing how these girls are… who knows.
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After spending most of his day with kids, Marcus rested, enjoying a bit of downtime. Everyone has their jobs, instructions and tasks; all that is left for them is relax.
So he watched a bit of TV, checking out how his world is. This is like a window into how regular people live their lives.
What he saw surprised him a bit.
[On Mars, our Glorious Empire has found ruins of an alien building. Initial scans revealed that this was a 50,000-year-old construct used as an observation post to watch us from Mars.
Such discovery has accelerated the Empire's plans for colonisation efforts.]
The news showed pictures of Mars ruins. Then pictures of scientists working.
[The Emperor has dedicated a huge amount of resources to the military, among them fortifications ring that will be built outside the asteroid belt. The resources of the asteroid will be used to build fortresses to protect the inner solar system worlds.]
The image changed to show pictures of the solar system and where the defences shall be built.
[Among other things, First Contact protocols are in effect. The Imperial Senate is suggesting attacking first, asking questions later in accordance with our Destiny to rule the Cosmos.]
'Sounds about right… Our closest neighbours are Batarians, and those are slavers. It's good PR to use for invasion.'
Marcus pondered as he recalled the Galaxy map from Mass Effect. Most of the Aliens living in Southern Western side of the Galaxy. That means he can easily expand eastward and claim all that space as his own. Though the issue is that his 'Core' provinces will be close to other species, and that is not something he likes.
It's like having noisy neighbours next door.
As the Emperor was having a good time lazing around and watching television for the first time in 3 weeks. His peace was interrupted when someone sneaked into his relaxation room. A slender beauty ended up lying on top of him, her long green hair cascading down around him.
"...I have some good news~." The witch purred her words as she lifted her head and looked at him.
"Oh? Do tell."
"I am expecting your child~." The woman said with glee.
"About time. We have been working for five years." He smirked while saying that.
"...Hmph, it's not my fault this whole Code and Geass thing can be so annoying!" She pouted at him for a second before she leaned forward and was ready to kiss him.
"Shall we celebrate it with a bit of—"
"No, you won't." Leila's voice interrupted her.
The pair looked to the side; it was Leila and Anna, dressed casually. These two looked like they were ready to retire for the day.
C.C. frowned when she saw these two.
"You just became pregnant. This is the critical time for you, for the first few months. So no 'strenuous' activities.
Or you want to lose the child?" The blonde said, crossing her arms as she spoke with confidence.
"Hmph, fine. You have a good point." C.C. quite easily caved in as she slowly got up from her husband. But then she moved in, kissing him hungrily before getting up and leaving the room, leaving the trio behind.
"Well, now she is gone, you can come with us~. We need to catch up." Anna strolled over as she motioned for her husband to come with them.
Marcus rolled his eyes.
He was certain that Anna wanted another child, but Leila? That woman began to swear with the amount of throwing up she had…
"Really, Leila wants to join?" The Emperor looked at his blonde wife.
"Don't worry, it is a safe day." The blonde blushed a bit as she looked away.
"Oh, is that a challenge?" The Emperor turned off the Holographic TV as he got from his comfy couch and took Anna's hand.
"No, of course not." Leila puffed her cheeks in annoyance. She recalled the last 'challenge' five years ago. It was the most embarrassing time in her life to date!
Marcus made sure she was pregnant in a matter of a few short weeks. That is something that she never wants to experience ever again!
"I see, well, since you two are here, we should retreat to the bedroom." He walked over to Leila with Anna in one hand, and he took Leila's hand with his free hand.
"Yes~" Anna replied with a seductive look. The Pinkette decided to start 'working' on her second child.
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A couple of days later, Marcus was back in the Research Station complex in Lagrange 3. Over the years, this place became not a simple research facility but a literal colony; there are three SWORD Type II colonies. Each has its own purpose,
One is used for people to live, another for food production, and the third for manufacturing. In total, there are around 300 thousand people who live here.
This place has the highest rating of 'nerds' in the Empire. Experimental tech is quite common in this place. Not only that, because this is space separate research facilities exist and if something happens… something like a bio weapon that gets loose, the research facility can be disabled or separated from the network and then blown up.
Because of that, certain rules are extremely loose for the sake of advancements.
Though… It's not a 'wild west'.
The empire's presence here is 2nd only to Earth's. Warships, Mobile suits, A.S.P has tight grip on the population. People can go wild in these colonies with their tech, but not wild enough to cause a breakdown in law and order.
The closest place Marcus can compare this place to is the college and the Academy grounds. There is a considerable amount of those in the core colony. That is why it has two support colonies, as Empress Milly wanted 'Ashford Academy on steroids'.
And this is what they got.
As Marcus Tiranis landed in the mobile suit hangar, he was greeted by some unexpected people.
"Uncle!!!" A black-haired teenage girl with purple eyes greeted him. She was dressed as a scientist, wearing a white lab coat.
Behind her was an almost exact copy of her; the only difference between them was the disposition.
"...Sakuya? What are you doing here?" Marcus asked after getting out of his mobile suit.
"I have graduated and been working on mobile suit projects for the past two weeks now!" The girl proudly puffed her chest.
"Graduated… aren't you like… fifteen?" The Emperor was a bit confused. Did this girl fly through academic years? She didn't just graduate high school, but… 'graduate' meaning she finished University as well…
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