Almighty Father System

Leo and Snow woke up in the morning and they found Lily sleeping between them. Sometime in the late hours, she came over and moved to sleep between the two of them. Leo didn't get up fearing that he would wake his treasure up. However, Snow had mastered this trick early on and she slipped out of the quilt.

The lady saw her husband and daughter sleeping in a funny position and she picked up the phone from the side, and clicked a few pictures.

Lily's left leg was laying across Leo's chest and her right foot was stuck to his cheek. The young man had a dazed and sleepy expression on his face. She smiled after clicking the pictures, before she said, "I will make you some coffee."

Leo hummed and stayed inside the bed. He didn't want to do anything today as he was recovering from the exhaustion of yesterday. After a few minutes, Snow came into the room with some fruits on a plate.

Leo wanted to get up but Snow shook her head and said, "Rest, I know what is happening to you. It is good to rest."

The young man caught the hint in her voice, and he smiled as he asked, "You hid it from me so well."

The implications were that Snow has killed in the past as well. The lady fed grapes to him while she smiled and said, "They made me hunt a deer back when I was twelve. It is a tradition of the family. The cruel fact is that the deer was raised by me. The royalty of the stag nation is a twisted bunch."

Leo raised his brow and asked, "I thought that deers and antler-ed animals were protected there."

Snow nodded and replied, "Yes, they are as long as you haven't raised one, or you are not from the noble class. The founding queen loved Jade Doves, so they are protected, but the fact is that she loved roasted jade doves. The ones with power twist the facts as they want.

Funny thing though, the founding queen passed away from a skin infection. The bugs in the Jade Dove's body survived the high temperatures and when the queen ate it, you can figure the rest."

Leo sighed and said, "Love, you could have just kissed me and I would wake up, you know?"

Snow chuckled and then she left the room again, while Leo sat up and gently scooped Lily in his embrace as he leaned against the headboard.

The little girl woke up but she was still drowsy, and snuggled in his chest. Snow came over with a cup of coffee and passed it to Leo. Who carefully blew on it and took a sip.

Lily peeked at the cup and asked, "I also want hot chocolate."

Snow smiled and said, "Okay, in the evening. I will make it for you."

The little girl asked, "Why can Baba have it then?"

Leo was just about to have his second sip, and hearing her, he stopped. Snow was about to reply, when Leo suddenly said, "Yes, I will also have it in the evening. Too much coffee is bad."

Snow was surprised, because hardly ever had she seen Leo give up his morning coffee. The young man put the cup on the side table and hugged Lily a bit more before he said, "Lily, come let us get ready, you have school, and Baba has office."

The little girl nodded and then the two went to the washroom and they stood before the mirror, brushing their teeth.

Earlier, the system had pinged, 'Ping: Host, toddlers are often imitating what their parents or close ones do. Thus, it is better if you avoid doing things that you wouldn't want her to do as well. As a reward, the system will detoxify your bowel and cure the dependency you have on coffee.'

This was the reason why Leo didn't think much and gave up the coffee. Over the years, he had developed the dependency on Coffee to initiate a bowel movement in the morning. After he recovered from the ailments, he again found himself itching for the bitter taste of coffee every morning.

The system was aimed for him to make him a good father, an over powered almighty one. So how could it let Lily copy the stupid habit of her father.

After the brush, Leo took a dump and when he came out of the shower, he seemed to have rejuvenated and was humming a song. He put on a coral blue shirt, gray pants, with a black belt, and shoes. He also found a coral blue blazer.

Snow looked at him and asked, "What's up, Mister Cardinal? Trying to impress the hotties at work?"

Leo chuckled and walked over to her. He pinned her to the wall gently and held her chin as he looked in her eyes and said, "The biggest hottie is already head over heels for me. What do I need those green tea bitches for?"

Snow opened her eyes wide and Leo kissed her lips hard. The young lady was just about to respond when Leo broke the kiss and said, "Ma, what are you doing? Lily will get late for school."

He winked at his wife and left to pick Lily who had finished her breakfast and just when he was about to step out of the house, he turned and said, "See you at night, beauty."

Snow snorted and said, "He has become such a hooligan."

Then she touched her lips and a silly grin appeared as she began to humm a song too. The two of them knew that the Marlin Family had suffered a big blow and they won't be coming back soon.

…

Leo dropped Lily to the school gates, kissed her before watching her vanish in the building with Miss Verse beside her. Then he and Jock left the place, with one guard stationed in a commercial sedan.

As they were heading to the office, Percie Hibiscal called and asked, "Sir, did you get into any trouble with the military?"

Leo shook his head and said, "No, what happened?"

The lady replied, "A captain is here, waiting for you in the lobby."

Leo said, "Okay, attend to him properly and I will be over there…"

Jock replied, "Eight minutes."

Leo passed the ETA to her, and disconnected the call. As soon as he finished that, he received the call from Mark, who said, "Hello Sir, good morning, just now we received a confirmation from the government of the Clover Nation. You have been granted a firearm licence. However, they have asked for a high payment."

Leo frowned and asked, "What is that?"

Mark said, "They will be sending over an officer to verify the needs that we have stated."

Leo nodded and after some small talks the call was disconnected. The young man took a deep breath and calmed down. After exactly eight minutes, they reached the office, and Leo headed to the lobby with big strides.

He spotted an officer sitting in the lobby silently. He approached the guy and said, "Hello, Sir. I am Leo Cardinal, I assume that you are looking for me?"

The man stood up from his seat and nodded as he asked, "May we talk in private?"

Leo nodded and said, "Please, follow me."

He respected soldiers, and so he was very patient and servile as long as they didn't act overboard. The young man led the officer directly to his office, and had him sit down before he locked the door, and took a seat as well.

The young man asked, "Would you like to have anything? Tea or Coffee?"

The officer shook his head and said, "I will get straight to business, we found that you are the new owner of the Pristine Security Company based in the Regal Nation."

Leo nodded, and the officer continued, "They have asked the government to provide you with the permission to carry firearms in the boundaries of the Clover nation. They stated that you have been targeted by the Marlin family and other big forces for the sake of your new technology."

Leo nodded and said, "Yes, that is true…"

After that he narrated how Spring Marlin threatened him, and his wife was hurt. He also clarified that his wife was formerly a recognized member of the Marlin family.

Finally the captain nodded and said, "Well, if it is that much trouble, why not hand that technology over to the military?"

Leo smiled and replied, "I have addressed this issue to Colonel Yu already. I won't be explaining anything to you Captain. If you are done with the verification, I would like to get back to my work."

He was politely showing the door to this guy who was calling him incompetent in an indirect manner. The captain narrowed his eyes, and thought, 'Using street smarts makes you nothing but a bum.'

Then the captain stood up, took out a small black book from his pocket and placed it on the table as he said, "The amount of weapons, and the models that you can use are listed in there, please use it responsibly. This license is given just for safety empowerment and is not a license to kill."

Leo stood up and said, "I will keep that in mind, Captain, wish you a good day too."

The episode came to a close, but what Leo didn't know was that another wave of trouble was heading his way, and it wasn't small.