Chapter 261: The Village Of Gua.
Leo and Snow discussed the terms of the agreement in the evening, before they came back home. Lily did her homework with Leo, and then played the piano with Symphony for a bit before the dinner and then she decided to raid her parents.
The young man was reading a book, when Lily climbed the bed, and dug between them. She asked, "Baba, what are you reading?"
Her voice as sweet as honey. Leo replied softly, "Hmmm, its a new novel. I found it on Ma's account."
Lily leaned over to his shoulder and asked, "What is it about?"
Leo smiled and replied, "It is about a Young prince from heavens who was reincarnated back in the mortal world."
Lily became curious and asked, "What is reincarnation?"
Leo thought on how to tell her, and said, "When someone dies and goes away, their soul will be reborn in the world in some other form and other place with no memories of the past so that they could learn things neutrally and be honest to their present.
Reincarnation is when the people pass away but their soul doesn't go through all these things, but it merges with someone who is already alive."
Lily sat up straight and said, "Layla was telling me that ghosts also do this. They enter your body and take control of it."
Leo chuckled and said, "It is different, baby."
Lily narrowed her eyes and raised her tiny claws to scare the young man, Leo took the queue and acted scared as he cried, "Snow! Help me. Lily is going to eat me!"
Snow chuckled and played along with the two as they frolicked in the bed before falling asleep. In the morning after breakfast, Leo received a call from Mikhail Yuri. Turned out the middle-aged man was looking for a village the entire night and finally he found a suitable location and it happened to be located in the north eastern part of the country.
The village was so remote that it even lacked an airport. The only way to get their was to travel light and travel on road. Leo frowned and said, "Professor, can you give me a few minutes, I would like to discuss this situation with my associates."
The man agreed and Leo looked at Fragrance, as he asked, "Ever heard of the north-eastern village of Gua?"
Fragrance shook her head but Anastasia replied, "Yes, I have. What do you need there?"
Leo told her about the discussion he had with the Professor, and the lady said, "Well, yes, we do intend to create a road to connect that village to the main city but it is not easy. We have no geological survey data available yet. So if anyone wants to go, they have to follow the trail."
Leo frowned and then he asked, "Do we have the permission from the government?"
Anastasia nodded and replied, "Yes, we do, we have been looking for an engineer who would help us with the surveys and in a couple of months the roads will be constructed."
Leo leaned back in the chair and after a few minutes he said, "I can take a flight to the nearest city, then take a touring bike on the trail and ride to the village."
Snow replied, "That does work."
Leo nodded slightly and Lily said, "Baba, are you going out again?"
Leo shrugged and replied, "It looks like it, Love. If the project we are trying out there works, then the village will never have to worry about running out of power and also live free from the bills."
Lily nodded and said, "That is good, I shall send some candies for the children there. Hmmm, Grandma, can you call them?"
Anastasia replied, "Yes, anything for you, my dear."
Leo and Snow looked at her, and Anastasia said, "Well, I am the unofficial proxy, if it is for charity I can take out a stock and have it delivered along with food supplies."
Leo nodded with a smile, "I see that our little goblin has the charms to delegate work to people."
Lily narrowed her gaze at him and spoke in a spooky tone, "You summon the goblin, raarrrr!"
She raised her claws and chased after Leo who ran around the house acting scared. Anastasia and Fragrance chuckled, as they saw the young man lay down on the ground and Lily sitting on his chest as she laughed like a villain but looked utterly adorable.
After playing with Lily for a few minutes, the young man sat up and called the various people in the company and held a quick meeting to check if they could follow the Professor's commands and manufacture the Magna-Gens. Percie assured that they can start production within five days.
The reason they could do all this was because she was coordinating her actions with Professor Mikhail Yuri. Thinking about this, Leo said, "Then it is decided, I will be going over to that place tomorrow, and coordinate with the villagers and ask for them to sign the NOC."
Percie nodded, and Leo looked at Jock and a couple of other guys as he told them to saddle up as they would be going with him. It was not that he needed their protection, but these men were experts in trekking and with them beside him. The journey would be easier and not monotonous.
Snow held Lily's hand and said, "I will take Lily to school. Shall we drop you to the airport?"
Leo shook his head and said, "I need to shop a little and pack up stuff, the plane will also take some time to clear the tests before it is cleared for flight. You shouldn't delay."
Leo looked at Zeenat as he said, "Stay extra alert when I am gone. Okay?"
Zeenat nodded and Leo crouched before Lily, who sensibly came forward and before Leo could say anything, she ran her small fingers through his hair that had scattered earlier, and said, "You should call us twice a day, and eat on time. Don't fall ill, and if you miss home, come back soon."
Leo smiled and he couldn't help but hug the little girl and said, "Yes, I will be back in a few days."
Lily pecked his cheek hard and said, "Bye bye, Baba. See you soon."
With that the mother and daughter left the home, and Leo went out for a quick round of shopping where he bought himself some riding gear. He didn't want to use the one Lily had gotten him because that was special to him and it hurt his heart to see it getting stained.
After the shopping completed the young man boarded the plane and after four hours, he landed in the north eastern city of Kusha. They came out of the airport on foot, and Jock and two others went to the nearest showroom where they purchased four touring bikes fully equipped with top boxes and side boxes and extra strong lights to illuminate the trail.
They changed into their gear, packed up the trekking supplies they had gotten earlier, and then they powered them up to take a ride. The ride was still seven hundred kilometers away from the city but they had no other way, after all, if they didn't go, how would they get the work done.
Jock said, "Sir, I suggest that we camp in the wilderness at night."
Leo replied, "Good, you will cook."
The man groaned but he accepted because he shot himself in the foot. Leo looked at the terrain and said, "All of you, the sun is about to set and we will loss speed. Let's go, cover as much distance as we can. The only thing that I am grateful for at the moment is the fact that this place is a plane."
Jock chuckled and said, "Riding at eighty kmph in the mountains, forget it, Sir, even the military doesn't dare to do that."
They all rode their bikes to the best of their abilities.
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While Leo was heading to the destination. Someone was sneaking around his family. This person was not his enemy, or someone from the Luger or the Primal family. But someone who was so depraved that it could be labeled as the stain of humanity.
In the Primal School, a janitor was mopping the floor outside the class where Lily studied. This man didn't appear to be a threat, and just nodded to Zeenat before moving on. The lady didn't suspect him for anything because this guy had been a regular, he worked around like a clockwork.
However, all this was a plan that would cause Zeenat to regret her decision of avoiding something that looked too ordinary.
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Leo camped in the wilderness and they had covered the distance of three hundred kilometer. He was laying on the bike seat itself when Jock asked while stoking the fire, "Sir, are you missing home?"
Leo smiled and admitted, "Yes, you can say that I am a house cat. I don't like it outside Jock. Get some sleep we are riding at first light."