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The old pink-haired guys in the room all had thoughtful expressions on their faces.

While mages with precognitive innate magic are extremely rare, they do exist, and the Federation has some understanding of them.

Perhaps because the ability to foresee the future is too powerful, almost all the recorded precognitive magic talents have various harsh restrictions or costs. For example, the strongest mage in the Federation's history with a precognitive magic talent had to give up her life to activate her ability, but her ability was enough to save the Federation from a catastrophic disaster.

The inability to tell others is perhaps the most common limitation of precognitive talent magic.

Emerald's ambiguous answer only reinforces the longtime fans' belief that her innate magical talent is precognitive.

Emerald, of course, didn't explain much, but just smiled sweetly and remained silent. Objectively speaking, her past life memories, which were familiar with the original game's plot, could be considered a kind of precognitive ability.

People in this world have a greater belief in precognitive abilities, which is completely different from the view held by many people on Earth that fortune telling and divination are fraudulent.

Moreover, look at Amelie's illustrious career so far, her precise grasp of various opportunities—especially her ability to accurately discover talent like Yulia in a small third-tier city. It's normal that she can foresee the future to some extent; otherwise, it would be somewhat frightening.

Now that Emerald has said that the Ise Retsu Group will definitely go under next year, the old fans in the audience are starting to get excited. After all, Emerald is not the only member of the Melson family who owes the Ise Retsu Group a huge debt. If this debt can be cleared up smoothly, it will be a huge income for both the family and the individual!

As long as this matter does not destroy the federal government's financial credibility or disrupt order, it can be done, and the Merson family can even take the initiative in secret!

After exchanging quick glances, the group of longtime fans of Mao Zedong made a decision.

Emery keenly noticed the exchange of glances between the old pink-haired girls. She remained outwardly calm, but inwardly she was quite satisfied.

She actually made these remarks intentionally and guided her longtime fans to think that way.

After all, dealing with the Ise Group is a bit more complicated than dealing with the Art Association. If the old fans of the family secretly cooperate when the plan starts next year, it will definitely go more smoothly.

After an awkward silence and a few people exchanging glances, the pink-haired girls in the room tacitly stopped mentioning the topic, and the meeting moved on to the next step.

The year-end summary and next year's plan have been discussed, and all the necessary coordination and cooperation have been preliminarily agreed upon. Most of the procedures for this family year-end meeting have been completed.

The next step is the final process, which is somewhat similar to the morning court session in ancient China, where officials would present their cases if necessary and then leave the court if not.

Simply put, if any other important issues arise in the room, including the head of the household, the long-time pink-haired members can raise them for discussion during this stage, and there are no restrictions on the order of speaking.

Of course, the idea that there was no restriction on the order of speaking was just talk. In reality, when the proceedings began, everyone's eyes were on the head of the family, Baphomet, waiting for him to speak first.

As it turned out, Baphomet did bring something up, and it was a major matter concerning the future of the family.

"I think... the matter of the next head of the family can be settled now, and I have also completed the final revision of my will."

In a very nonchalant tone, Baphomet stated directly:

“Originally, I was wavering between Pias and Milain as the next head of the family, even leaning more towards Milain... After all, Pias could continue to serve as president of Melson even if he didn't become the head of the family, but Milain was very likely to be out there and never come back.”

The two who were called out reacted differently. Pias simply smiled calmly and elegantly, while Milain scratched his head rather childishly and even made a face at Baphomet.

"I'm not as carefree as you say, Dad... I do go home every year, don't I?"

"Shut up! You know perfectly well whether you're a slut or not!"

Baphomet glared at Milaine angrily, then cleared his throat and continued:

"Of course, that was just my original plan. Now I have completely changed my mind—I have decided to officially announce Pias as the first in line to succeed me in the family, and starting today, I will elevate his intelligence privileges to the same level as mine. Does anyone have any objections?"

The veteran fans didn't say anything, but they all looked at Emerald with complicated expressions, knowing that Pias was able to win this round entirely because his daughter was so capable.

Milaine, the loser, not only showed no anger but burst into laughter:

"Good, good, good! Old man, you should have made this decision a long time ago! I've told you so many times that I have no intention of inheriting the family business... Managing the family business should be done by my eldest brother. I am more suited to and prefer to roam around outside all year round, hehe."

"...Hmph, you got off easy, kid."

Baphomet seemed a little unwilling, after all, Milaine was a very charismatic person, and if she could inherit the family headship, she would definitely be stronger than Pias in terms of pioneering... It's just a pity that Pias gave birth to a good daughter, Emery, who was too outstanding, which led Baphomet to make the decision he made.

"hey-hey……"

Milain scratched his head and chuckled for a while before his eyes suddenly lit up, as if he had just thought of something particularly exciting, and he almost jumped up from his seat:

"Wait! Since I don't have to inherit the position of family head anymore, does that mean I can officially marry Xiaoxue and become a prince in Shangying Kingdom? You know, Xiaoxue and I have a daughter who is 18 years old this year. We can't let her remain fatherless in public, can we?"

"...Tsk, so you're still thinking about that Queen Kagura."

Baphomet's face darkened further, looking quite unpleasant.

"hey-hey……"

Milain grinned foolishly again, her expression sweet.

"That's right, I just love Xiaoxue... If it weren't for you, old man, constantly telling me that as the family heir I can't marry into another family, I would have been a prince of Shangying Kingdom long ago!"

Within the Melson family, this was merely gossip and rumors. However, after becoming the owner of the Melson Ring, Amelie's enhanced intelligence privileges revealed that it was true.

When Milley was very young, she went to sea to do business on behalf of the Melson family. Her main trading partner was Shangying Kingdom. Because Tianyun Kingdom adopted a closed-door policy, even if the powerful and wealthy merchants in the country wanted to do business with the Federation, they did not dare to do so openly and could only pass through Shangying.

Back then, Milain was strong, handsome, spirited, and charming—the dream lover of countless straight women… At least, Tian Gongxue, who had just succeeded to the throne, fell in love with Milain at first sight and slept with him on the very night of the palace banquet.

At first, Milain wasn't very serious about Tian Gongxue. It was only because Tian Gongxue was the queen of Shangying Kingdom and had a lot of power, and was of great help to Milain's business, that he acted like a responsible and good man, coaxing her every day and taking meticulous care of her.

However, Milaine underestimated the charm of Tian Gongxue. Tian Gongxue was a great beauty, and as a queen, she was also very shrewd and resourceful.

So, in their subsequent interactions, Milain quickly fell for her, becoming infatuated with her gentle charms. If it weren't for Baphomet's constant intervention, he would have already married into the Shangying Kingdom and become a prince of a different surname.

Even so, Milain spends more than 300 days a year in Shangying Kingdom, expanding her family's overseas business while enjoying a sweet and loving relationship with Tengu Yuki.

With Queen Tian Gongxue of Shangying Kingdom as her backer, Milain's business with the Melson family in Shangying Kingdom was naturally very successful, which also allowed him to accumulate a lot of achievements within the family.

The current princess of Shangying Kingdom, Tiangong Lin, is the daughter of Milian and Tiangong Yuki. She was born three years after they met and is now 18 years old, only two years younger than Ameliete.

Although those who need to know know who Amamiya Rin's biological father is, Miriam and Amamiya Yuki were not officially married, so the official story is that Amamiya Rin has no father and was born by Queen Amamiya Yuki using a secret method.

Now that Milain no longer has to bear the responsibility of inheriting the family, she can naturally marry into the Shangying Kingdom and become a prince.

"I must go home immediately and marry Xiaoxue! I'm off right now!"

Milain became more and more excited as she thought about it, and even wanted to go back to Shangying Kingdom right now.

"Sit down!"

Baphomet finally lost his patience with him and shouted at him:

"Is that woman so infatuated with you? If you weren't so determined to marry her and had simply chosen a wealthy heiress from the Federation, you would have been the heir to the family long ago! Can't you be a little more ambitious?"

"I don't care about any of that, I'm going to marry Xiaoxue!"

Milain, however, wasn't afraid at all, and even curled her lip:

"Old man, you should be content... It's precisely because I still have family and responsibilities in my heart that I haven't married Xiaoxue all these years. Otherwise, I would have stayed in Shangying Kingdom as a prince and never come back. Could you have come and dragged me back?"

"you……!"

Baphomet wanted to continue lecturing, but was stopped by another longtime fanboy next to him:

"Alright, brother, everyone knows about Milaine and Queen Shangying... The Queen has been very supportive of our family's business all these years, so it's time for them to get married... But there's no need to go back and get married now. Let's wait until after the New Year. Then the family can send another representative to present a substantial gift."

"Let me represent the family at my uncle's wedding then."

Emery also chimed in at this moment:

“My mother-in-law is also going to take me to the east side of Baihai next spring to run some business, so I can take care of both things at the same time.”

"Mother-in-law?"

More than half of the pink-haired people in the room looked puzzled. Who was that? Even Emery had to listen to her?

The few who knew the truth immediately became serious. Even Baphomet instantly suppressed his anger towards Milaine and nodded earnestly at Emery:

"You must handle that person's matter well, Ellie... Well, since it's on your way there, Ellie, you can represent the family at your uncle's wedding. With your current strength, status, and achievements, you should be more than capable."

"As for substantial congratulatory gifts..."

Baphomet paused for a moment, then looked at Milion again, his expression complex:

"I was prepared to let you be a scumbag at any time, so I didn't develop any further relationship with the Shangying royal family, only your personal relationship with the Shangying Queen... Now that you've decided to get married, we should also show our sincerity and strength... Hmm, no one here knows Shangying better than you. What do you think Shangying needs most right now?"

"Old man, don't deliberately change the subject!"

Milaine didn't answer Baphomet's question, but instead looked at Emerald with curiosity:

"Who exactly is this 'grandmother' that Ellie is talking about? She seems really powerful... Old man, you obviously know, right? Tell me about her, will you?"

The remaining few pink-haired girls, though they didn't speak, all looked over expectantly, clearly very curious.

They are all core members of the Melson family, how could there be secrets they don't know?

"……Why."

Baphomet paused for a moment upon seeing this, then sighed and said:

“It’s not that I deliberately kept it from you, but that person’s identity is special… Even if you are all owners of the Ring of Melson, your intelligence clearance is still insufficient to know of her existence.”

"What I can tell you is..."

Baphomet took a deep breath, placed his hands on the table, and looked around at everyone with a serious expression:

“That was an elder of our family, and also our family’s last trump card… It can be said that as long as that person is alive, even if all of us here die, the family will still be able to survive and create glory once again! And little Ellie is that person’s only successor.”

"This……"

Milain and the others, unaware of the situation, exchanged bewildered glances, somewhat surprised that their family harbored such a formidable figure.

However, since Baphomet had already said that, it was unlikely that he would say anything more, and those who didn't know the situation wisely refrained from asking further.

Milain scratched his head a few times like an anxious monkey, but eventually gave up on getting to the bottom of the matter and instead answered Baphomet's question:

"If there is any gift that can demonstrate our sincerity and strength, and that the Kingdom of Shangying urgently needs... well, it should be the magic warship."

"Shangying Kingdom is located in the south of the Eastern Continent. Unlike Tianyun Kingdom, which is mainly land, more than one-third of Shangying Kingdom's territory is an archipelago."

"When the demonic tide appears on those relatively remote islands, it is difficult for the army and strongmen of Shangying Kingdom to arrive at the scene in time. The island residents also have very little time to evacuate. Every time this happens, there are heavy casualties."

"After all... although the top echelons of Shangying Kingdom are not much worse than ours, their civilian technology is really too backward, even worse than the Federation hundreds of years ago. They lack reliable transportation and communication, and even more so, they lack reliable and powerful mobile forces."

"If there were a magic warship patrolling the skies over the territory of Shangying Kingdom, constantly monitoring the power of the magic tide with a wide-range detection magic device, and immediately going to provide support when it discovers a magic tide that exceeds the local defense capacity limit... things would be much better, and Xiaoxue wouldn't lose her hair from anger every time she received those bad news."

"..."

Milain's answer silenced everyone.

Magical warships are one of the highest technological achievements of the Melson family; even the Allen Federation only has seven in service.

Not only are warships themselves very expensive to build, but the training of each qualified crew member on board is also very costly.

Sending a magical warship to Shangying Kingdom as a wedding gift for Milian would certainly demonstrate the sincerity and strength of the Melson family, but... wouldn't it be too extravagant?

After a moment of silence, although Baphomet remained silent, others brought it up.

"The magic warship is indeed very valuable, but even if it is given to Shangying Kingdom, I will definitely be the captain myself, and I will select and train the crew. In other words, it will still be in the hands of our family, which is no different from our family's current cooperation with the Federation Army."

Milion laughed again as he spoke, glancing first at Emerald before looking back at Baphomet, who remained deep in thought.

"Besides, for us men to marry into the family is really no different from for women to get married. If little Ellie gets married and wants a magic warship as her dowry, would you, old man, refuse?"

"I will not get married, Uncle!"

Emery immediately raised her voice in rebuttal:

"Which stinky man dares to make a move on me? Connor Holm is his example!"

"That's right. Since you're not getting married anyway, little Ellie, it's like saving the family a dowry. Why don't you just let me use it?"

Milain chuckled:

"Just consider it as me marrying Xiaoxue, and the magic warship is my dowry."

"……Well."

Amelie was speechless at her uncle's behavior.

Even though Milain had said that, Baphomet remained solemn and did not speak.

"Tsk."

Seeing this, Milain clicked her tongue again, frowned and thought for a while before saying helplessly:

“If you still think a magic warship is too expensive, old man, you can find a sucker to pay for it… Didn’t Little Ellie say before that the Ise Rei Group has a high probability of going out of business next year? We can make good use of that.”

"I'll have Xiaoxue sign a military purchase agreement with me, stating that this magic warship was bought from us by Shangying Kingdom at a high price, several times the normal cost. After that, we can use this agreement to apply for a loan from the Ise Regiment Group, offering them a slightly higher interest rate, but on the condition that we only repay the loan after Shangying Kingdom receives the goods and makes payment. Do you think the Ise Regiment Group will refuse?"

"They will definitely agree."

Pias chuckled coldly:

“National-level military procurement agreements are all sure-fire deals. If we approach the Ise Retsu Foundation with these kinds of projects for loans, it’s practically handing them money… Given their greed and pursuit of wealth over the years, I have no idea they would refuse.”

"That's right~~"

Milley nodded quickly, then shrugged and stared intently at Baphomet: