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Aria had reached Givv district in one piece, no flight attacks or anything. He's plane was taxing towards the hanger. The children were running around playing tag and he was seated on the chair that was in the huge cabin that was designated to being a huge space for nothing. When Aria had the plane's interior designed he made it almost the replica of a house.The cargo bay as huge as it was could hold up to three vehicles, food and military weaponry. One luxury car, one heavily bulletproofed and one military army car. The two decks above the cargo bay were as the previous Airbus he possessed design, the middle deck was for the servants and the upper deck was for Aria and his children. The empress was a very resourceful person, a man who didn't want to be found in the wilderness without a way out, he liked to be prepared all the time. But Aria was human, he couldn't have everything perfect to the tiniest detail.At the hanger the waiting crew for the empress and his entourage were nicely aligned along the red carpet that was laid on the ground for the monarch. Givv district residents were citizens who were notoriously know for farming and hydro electric power production because of the many dams that were in their area."Come on children, let's go see our new house." Aria said as soon as the captain gave the signal to board off the huge plane as it had stopped taxiing.The family of five settled their stuff into the huge mansion that Aria had purchased for their stay in the district, and by settling their stuff, by all means it was the helpers and servants who did the job for them. Honestly does the empress seem like a normal house wife to you? No cause the man's a prince, empress and military general who has a very high rank in Allira. Was a military general until now he has succumbed to being Tyler's breeding machine apparently and ticket to safety since Aria's army will now be protecting the stupid emperor."So here's the rundown your highness, the minister of infrastructure procedure with the fixing of all the leaking and damaged dam because as he said 'there's not enough money' and thus why he has requested the minister of finance to release a reasonable amount of money so that he can authorize the building and repairing of the dams." Eunice said as she read the report or rather minutes from the meeting the minister of infrastructure and procedural construction and the minister of finance and financial stability that the empress had asked for a few hours after arriving in the district.The matter seemed like a simple solution of money deposition into the construction and repairing of the dams would fix it, but the underline meaning was that the minister of finance and financial stability was being stingy with governmental money and Aria was able to pick that up from the simple report."So you're saying Minister Gion is refusing to release the money suitable for Minister Milton to utilize?" Aria as he stroked his small belly as if doing so will make him think straighter or some what clearer."Yes your highness, according to this report they've been at it for the past year, having the minister of finance and financial stability refusing to authorize the deposition of money on the basis that the prime minister hasn't approved of this." Eunice said as she recalled further deeper context that were not actually from the report she had in hand but from her side digging into the matter. Aria had told her to compile one report in total transparency and the other in opacity and as he has suspected there was something going."We have a prime minister?" Aria asked and the way the did ask was both confusing and amazing given he has been the empress of Atlia for at most fifteen years, but then again after being the empress he was refrained from certain political matters. The times may not be of the past where women weren't allowed to join in on politics, not that Aria is a woman, but since he has the title that's most taken by female, it's not but he will have to do with being a 'woman'. Long story short, he stopped partaking in politics since it wasn't 'ladylike', something he had and still has trouble with, given he is a male with a very well working male reproductive system."Yes your highness, Prime minister Lock has been on the chair for at least ten years now, your majesty is supposed to vote a new prime minister into court by the end of this year." Eunice replied."Oh, I have to vote in a new prime minister? That's nice but I feel like there's a condition?" Aria asked. Let's be honest here Aria is well versed in politics, but every country has it's own unique political system and Aria knows Allira's by heart and as for Atlia, he was still learning. He only did learn the important political regiment and those were of being an empress and it's task and other irrelevant stuff."Yes your highness, there is indeed a condition. You and your majesty will have to choose between four candidates from the assembly but the remaining two qualifiers you choose are voted in by the citizens and if they're not satisfied with your two candidates they can choose from the two who have lost." Eunice explained."Such an ugly but perfect system, I'm going to assume that my lazy world traveling father in-law wrote and passed that bill, right?" Aria asked in somewhat disbelief and amazement at the grand emperor's gesture for not wanting to work. The man was the epitome of work smart and not hard and Aria lived for his ideas at being an idle emperor. No wonder Tyler was such a sore loser emperor, the grand emperor made his job easy before he took the throne."So then that means I need a deeper more secret investigation on what's actually happening in this district. The Pool district also needs through investigations and cleansing. Eunice after we're done with Givv district I need you to plan a trip to Pool district and after that we're going to the capital, alright?" Aria said as he stood up from the lounge chair and stalked towards the kitchen to get something to snack on whilst he waited for the chef and cooks to make dinner.A thought popped up and he made his way to his children's bedrooms, he had suddenly came to the conclusion to tell the children of their pending little sibling. The quad were five, not the most suitable age to tell children 'adult' stuff, but he could lie and say he was baking the baby so that it would be beautiful and gorgeous when it was 'ripe'. That is a definition that will backfire one day, but only time will tell, so mission in mind Aria reached Ariel and Anna's bedroom and heard giggling on the other side.It seems the children were playing, they never seemed to be alone, they were always together either playing or just in each other's company and Aria lived and loved to see that everytime."Babies. Mommy's here." Aria said as he opened the door with his arms spread open for the children to embrace him and which they did. Almost toppling the empress over in the process, but quick reflexes and muscle memory made the empress balance himself."Mommy mommy, come see what I made." Arial said as she dragged her mother who still had three other toddlers practically glued to his body.What was on the paper Ariel had dragged Aria to, was a funny looking but no doubt lovely family picture of the five of them."Aww. Ari, is that us?" Aria asked as he held in his laughed at the horrible artistic display of his family. But then again toddlers don't have rigid hands and they scrambled most of the time, because they're hand joints are still fusing together. Regardless of his shapeless self in the picture, the whole drawing was cute and adorable."Yes. Mommy. That's you, me, big sister Anna, big brothers Alex and Aaron." She said pointing at each disfigured pictorial of themselves. Aaron wasn't having it."No way are those ugly thing is us." Aaron said as he 'maturely' folded his arms over his chest debunking whatever idea Ariel had about him being a hooligan looking drawing.They went at it, but Aria roped their attention quickly and they settled down and listened to their mother."I want to tell you a story, my lovies and I think you'll be happy with it. I hope." Aria stated.And he did tell the quad about the baby and he was surprised by their reaction for they were ok with it and the definition he so as much threw in when Anna got too curious for her own good.