After laying Euphemia in her bed, Marcus went to do the same with the rest of the females.
'Damn you, Euphie, you unleashed a beast.' Once Milly got wasted, she was able to persuade Jeanne and Oldrin to get drunk as well!
His two Knights, who are prim and proper soldiers, even Feldt and Christina, who most likely had no choice.
Thankfully, this was a living room with cameras installed, so he could check what happened later.
"Sebastian, send the cleaning bots," Marcus instructed his Butler AI.
[Certainly, sir. Starting cleaning protocols]
Before long, vacuuming drones left their posts, and the same went for human-sized bots that could clean up in an emergency.
'Even Kinue got wasted.'
He found her drunk and asleep in the corner.
Marcus groaned as he massaged his forehead.
'I do need to get a maid for myself, this is getting ridiculous, Milly wasted my knight and family maid.'
'Hmm…'
After sorting out the messy living room, the Emperor returned to his tinkering room.
He checked the consoles for something.
'Let's see…'
'Innovades… data bases… memories…'
The Emperor's eyes skimmed through some internal files of Veda. This stuff is not open to anyone. In fact, only Veda should have access to these functions.
Now these options are off, and Marcus is the only one who can access Innovade creation.
'It would be hilarious if I made a female version of Ribbons and kept her as a Maid.'
For a second, Marcus chuckled with amusement. But then again Innovades can be a bit dangerous. That is why he decided to patch this system a bit.
The Emperor's eyes began to glow as he activated his Geass and began patching the Innovade system. The issue with this system is memory: while synthetic Veda installs only essentials and assumes that a biological being will be fine with it, there is a need for nurturing, especially for biological life.
'Hmm… let's make one for myself.' The Emperor decided that he needed an Innovade assistant.
A biological Terminal to Veda, eventually a computer of his own.
Marcus smiled a bit as he decided on a model. A lavender-haired, chestnut-eyed girl. Though he might have selected what to make, he is a bit sceptical.
He needs to fine-tune the systems first before he can start producing Innovades.
'I need test grounds.'
The Emperor tapped his finger on the table, looking at his new Tiranis getting rendered on a hologram.
His eyes went to the wings.
'Freedom.. huh… oh, that could work. Entire reality dedicated for me to play around in.'
He could fine-tune genetic modifications, cloning, and biological research. These things, while relaxed in his world, are still tightly controlled in Lagrange 3 Academy City.
But the same can't be said in a world like Gundam Seed.
'I could infiltrate and make that place an experiment grounds for me.'
Marcus pondered this a bit. His fingers moved to his console, and he went through the project options, creating a new file.
Named Project S.E.E.D., he needs to stick with the name coding of that universe after all.
With that in mind, for the rest of the night, he prepared things he wanted to do there.
He needs a colony, a company, and manpower.
Nothing new, he already has experience in running undercover operations. This is nothing special for him. Not to mention… this time he doesn't care.
It's a lesson learned, one universe is enough for him. He won't be conquering again, no, this time around, he only needs data for his Empire; what happens in this 'sandbox', he won't give a damn. Only a single Empire is enough.
'Yes… looks good… initial preparations done, now to lay foundations and allocate resources.'
Marcus leaned back into his chair and noticed that it was getting bright outside.
"Hah, morning already, then I guess I start making breakfast." The Emperor commented as he got up. Some distraction would be useful; he needed to think a bit more and consider what to add to his growing list of stuff he needs for his next project.
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Around a couple of hours later, one of the Princesses crawled from her room, and the smell of food attracted her attention.
Marrybell ended up in the kitchen. Her eyes brightened for a second when she saw Marcus, and she sat in the closest chair to the door.
"Ugh… What happened last night?" She asked him after putting her head on the table. The cool surface made her feel a bit better.
"From what I saw, Euphemia spiked the fizzy drinks with alcohol." The Emperor replied without looking away from the stove.
"...UGH… I knew the taste was strange! But I had no idea why…" she complained for a second.
"..You should already marry her, at least she would stop these silly antics," Marrybell said without even looking his way. The table is just too cool, too good to be moved.
Marcus turned his gaze and looked at her. As if knowing that he was looking, she continued to speak.
"...I know that we are supposed to be siblings, but you are well aware that such things could only be achieved when people spend time together while growing up."
"..."
Marrybell is not wrong. Marcus's first crush was Euphemia. He met her before he was told she was his sister, but when they said, 'Oh, she is your sister,' there wasn't much that changed.
"...Let me guess, you want me to marry you as well?" The Emperor rolled his eyes at her. The Princess, sitting at the table, blushed as she didn't show her face.
"I-I-I wouldn't mind! B-B-Besides, I could add Oldrin as a bonus!"
"Gah!!! Princess, don't offer me like a gift package!" Oldrin appeared from somewhere, but she didn't stick around for long as she left the kitchen and rushed towards the bathroom, holding her mouth.
"...I think she mixed her drinks last night." The Brown-Haired Princess commented, trying to change the conversation's direction.
"Yeah, anyway. If you feel that strongly about it, then you should have said it." Marcus sighed.
"You know that I am busy, Aliens, extinct aliens, possible war with them, other world, and all that stuff, plus running the Empire and day-to-day stuff.
And of course, I still have my hobbies." He said with a sigh.
"And you think we can just say something like that? Especially… not knowing what you will say." Marrybell finally lifted her head and looked at him.
"Hmm, I suppose, anyway, if you want, we can do what you want. Because I know… that you and Euphemia won't stop." Marcus rolled his eyes at her. He is well aware that these two are getting politically strong here and in his world. Removing them, or their rebelling because their crush is ignoring them, could destabilise the Empire.
"Y-You would accept it!?" The brown-haired girl scrambled to her feet. She was about to rush to his side, but he stopped.
"First shower, brush your teeth, fix yourself up." He sharply pointed out that she was basically smelling of booze.
"R-Right!"
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Not long after, the rest of them finally woke, among them was the Pinkette Princess, who had just heard the news from the fresh-looking Brown-Haired Princess.
"N-No way!" Euphemia was speechless! Marcus accepted!? And Marrybell was the one who persuaded him!?
"Yep!"
The girl scrambled, wanting to speak with him.
"...first wash up, freshen up, he doesn't like… this." Marrybell motioned towards how Euphemia looked.
"R-Right."
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"You mean… You are thinking of marrying your half-sisters?" Wang Liu Mei was speechless as she massaged her head and took aspirin. She got tricked into drinking; thankfully, she didn't jump on Marcus, and he was not even in the room.
The Heiress didn't want her first time to be when she is drunk.
"Calling us… Siblings is a bit of a stretch, I do have someone I consider my sister, but these two… as someone who has over a hundred siblings.
Well, we never had a chance to develop actual sibling bonds."
"More like a stranger who actually developed different types of feelings." He said with a shrug before offering her some soup.
"...As long as I get my chance, I don't care." She raised her eyebrow at him.
"Heh, quite the selfish one, aren't you?" He chuckled as she saw her scoop closer and accept the offered spoon.
"What do you expect? I basically gave my world to you for my selfish ambitions." Wang Liu Mei ended up on his lap as she opened her mouth.
Marcus smiled as he began to feed her.
A couple of minutes later, a happy Euphemia appeared as she looked at Marcus, ignoring the Heiress in his hands.
"Lulu! I heard from Marrybell! You said that you don't mind marrying me!" The pinkette was almost jumping up and down from that happiness.
"Yeah, though, we should do it here. It could be a bit complex in our world."
"Of course! I don't care where." Euphemia declared without thinking.
"You could do so in HRL, traditional style, with red clothes; you could marry all of us at once." Wang Liu Mei, with a small grin, suggested, making Euphemia smirk even more. She liked that!
Sure, she would love one-on-one, but she will take any victory in this situation!
"That is interesting, I did traditional and Middle Eastern ones before."
Marcus replied with a pondering expression, making Wang Liu Mei speechless. The guy sounded like a marriage expert.
"Oh, and Japanese as well."
"...I-I see." The Heiress could only nod at this situation. But then she realised that he made sense, the guy has a harem and each time he marries someone.
"Yep! Then let's do it!" Euphemia ended up hugging him from behind.
"Euphie, we can cuddle later, let me finish this first." The Emperor sighed as he was surrounded from the front and the back.
"O-Oh… okay…" She pulled back, but her eyes were telling something else. Since she got a green light, as in he accepted her, there is no need to play games anymore. The Pinkette will do what needs to be done!
Moments later, Marrybell walked as well. Followed by Milly, who was the worst of them.
"Oh, my naughty wife is back~."
"Please don't… your voice is digging into my skull, please… quiet…" The blonde begged; at that time, the Emperor noticed that the CIC girls were not there, nor was the maid.
"Sure… but do remember we have standards, Milly. I might conquer the world, but I don't make minors drink."
"Ugh…shut up… and it was your Wife-to-be! Not me." The blonde groaned as she waved her hand to get some water.
"Which one? Today I got two more." Marcus teased her as he cuddled with Wang Liu Mei.
"...Ugh…that's what I mean…" Milly complained as she took the mineral water and slipped out of the kitchen.
"...That's that," Euphemia commented on Milly. As the most guilty one, she completely ignored the accusations.
"...We should rest for today… my head is killing me," Marrybell commented. She was in no position to work or anything like that.
"Sure, then… I will grill the barbecue alone, in a corner." Marcus sighed, pretending to be alone, and sad, forgotten.
"...I-In the evening! Okay?" All of a sudden, Marrybell felt guilty for getting wasted last night; the same with Euphemia, who panicked after seeing Marcus' expression. The pair swiftly left the kitchen to rest and recover.
"...That's quite evil of you…" Wang Liu Mei saw through his acting; it was gaslighting…
"Is it? Well, they need to learn, when they mess up, I will be there to make sure they know that they messed up." He hugged his wife-to-be. "Now let's continue with the part that I'm feeding you~."
"Fufufu, it's a bit unfair that you are having fun alone, let me do this as well!" The heiress's eyes gleamed with a bit of desire to do something similar.
"Of course~~ you can join me." Marcus took another spoon that he had prepared beforehand; he was one of the best tacticians from his world after all.
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