The Seven Founding Fathers Revitalize the Kingdom

Discoveries

“So, who will be the pilot and co-pilot?” George asked the two, “When I became the president, I have the secret service flying it for me. I can’t even drive my own car also, but I do have a pilot license, and since this is another world. I might give it a try.”

“Okay, you’ll be the main pilot and I’ll be the co-pilot,” Jay said and immediately entered the helicopter.”

The quad entered the helicopter and take their respective seats. George is on the right-side seat while Jay is on the left side. Meanwhile, Jay was on his computer typing quickly as if he were coding a program and minding his own business. The Sikorsky/Lockheed Martin VH-92a is a medium-lift helicopter, it has a capacity of 19 passengers, with the dimension of 6 meters in the cabin and 2 meters tall, it has a total weight of 12,020 kilograms or 12 tons.

*Phone rings.

Benjamin stopped typing on his keyboard as he fished his phone in his pocket. He looked at the caller ID and it was James. He swiped the screen to receive his call.

“What is it, James? We are on the warehouse creating helicopter or should I say we are done creating it.”

“Huh? Out of thousands of technologies that you can create to help the populace. You chose the helicopter?” He shouted on the phone.

“Hey, calm down James is not like we are delaying the infrastructure project to create a helicopter.” He sighed, “Why did you call is there something that you want to say?”

“Yes, the truth is George has a sister in this world.”

“He has a sister!” He said incredulously and continued, “What about his sister?”

James paused in a moment as he breathes solemnly through the phone, “She’s dying, it looks like she is suffering from a disease. I don’t know what kind of disease it is since I’m not a doctor, but I can tell that her condition is very bad.”

Hearing the condition of George’s Ametus, Benjamin immediately went to the cockpit where the two are recalling how to drive the helicopter.

“What is it, Jay?” George looked at Jay’s gloomy face. It tells him that something is wrong, and he is holding it in to say it.

“Do you have a sister in this world?” He asked dumbfoundedly and continued, “I mean the George Ametus, not you.”

‘Sister?” Then George proceeds to recall his memories of Ametus’ past and the answer abruptly appeared, “I do have a sister. She has an incurable disease according to the royal doctor, but I haven’t seen her since then.”

Recalling George’s memories while answering Jay, he saw a lovely girl who is always with him, protecting him whenever their parents scolded or beat him. To George, her sister is the only one who considered her as his family. He promised to protect her no matter what, but he failed when her sister caught a disease. The doctor said that it was an incurable disease that killed 100,000 people in the past like some sort of epidemic.

Whenever he has free time, he always stood by her side holding her hands and praying to the gods to cure her. Recalling such a memory made George tears suddenly cascade on his face. Jay and Benjamin noticed his tears cascading like a waterfall.

“Huh? Why am I crying?”

After he recalled all the memories containing his sister, it felt like his heart was pierced a thousand times. He hasn’t felt this kind of heavy emotion before. Losing on the feelings of George’s Ametus, he can’t contain it much longer. The relationship between them is inseparable like the real George is hiding within himself.

“George, are you okay?” Jay said softly and placed his hand on his shoulder.

“Jay, we need…to go back to the castle. I must see her!” He said keenly, his voice is breaking partly, “John!” He shouted at the cabin where John was.

“What is it?” Confused, he went to the cabin and saw his devastating face like a parent losing their kids, “What happened to you?”

“John, I need your help! I need you to save my sister!” He really did say his sister. Like he is taking responsibility for George’s life.

“Okay,” Benjamin relayed what was happening to George but there are some more devastating words that James wants to say to George.

“Mr. President, the royal doctor said that he only has one day or maybe two if she’s lucky” Benjamin sadly delivered the news, “Huh? George?”

“Give it to me!” He sniffled as he snatched the smartphone on Benjamin, “Look James, I want you to stay by her side until we get there.” And he hung up.

John was confused since he doesn’t know what was happening that lead to this situation.

“Why do you need my help, George?” He asked.

“You’re the only doctor that I can trust in this world. I will not believe those quacks saying that my sister is dying just because they don’t know what they are up against. I want you to hear it from yourself. If my sister is treatable or not.”

Now he has a gist of the information, he returned to his seat.

“Then we must hurry!”

“All systems go your Majesty” Jay reported.

They returned back to their seats as the helicopter will now take its first flight. George immediately pulled the collective lever; one of the main controls of the helicopter responsible for hovering up and down.

“Just you wait my sister” He muttered, “I will save you!”

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The helicopter rotor blade began to spin at high speed as grass in the ground dances elegantly. They are in the helicopter with a cruise speed of 151 kilonewton or 280 kilometers per hour. They will arrive at the Palace backyard quickly.

When the helicopter took its flight the locals who are doing their daily lives were interrupted by the banging noise above when they say the source of it. They were dumbfounded when flying steel with a spinning metal on top cruise their way to the palace. They have never seen anything like this before so they thought it was another attack made by the Principality, but the principality was officially defeated by the Kingdom so who might that be?

Some of them gaze at the flying steel in awe while others fear it. Its mighty sounds are enough to make a man trembled on its feet.

“George we are making quite an introduction here. You can see their surprised faces on here” Jay said jokingly trying to lighten his emotional load, but he was ignored.

…

“We are arriving now arriving at the palace,” George shouted.

The grounds are full of royal guards encircling the helicopter that is hovering in the air. It was falling slowly to the ground. After that the speed of the spinning metals on top decreases. They aimed their swords and spear towards the flying steel. It was making a lot of win enough to flutter their loose uniforms. Lumi Neileigh, Emmanuel Bechard, and Tuka Eilven are in the backyard as well.

“I have never seen such design before; it was made out of steel. How can it fly?” Emmanuel's eyes widened at the helicopter.

“A monster?” Tuka immediately stands guarded ready to attack.

Meanwhile, Lumi looks at the window through it and saw a familiar figure, “Your Majesty?”

The door opened, for a moment of truth, they saw four-man leaving on the flying steel. It was the three ministers of the king and the king itself.

The royal guards were dumfounded and bewildered at their sights.

“Did your Majesty, tamed that metal beast?”

But George immediately ran towards the palace, ignoring Lumi and the guards. The three ministers followed as well.

“Where are they going?” Lumi asked, “And how did they tame that metal beast.”

“It's not a beast!” Emmanuel interjected with a loud voice, “It was his new invention stated on the modernization act of the military. As I recall it was called a helicopter. It has a spinning rotor blade and is powered by a turboshaft engine.”

“Huh? What is that?” Tuka and Lumi said incredulously.

“I don’t know. I just read it. I don’t even know the concept behind those engines but seeing this flying technology makes me want to serve his Majesty more!” He kneeled in front of the helicopter.

“What are you doing?”

“Your Majesty said that it can fly without magic and powered by fuel which is the black river. I don’t know where his Majesty gained that knowledge, but I hunger for knowledge!”

The royal guards didn’t leave at their post after seeing that their King left. They still think that it was a beast, ready to ravage or run amok when its tamer is not in the area.

Emmanuel saw the interior of the helicopter filled with exquisites’ seats and walls. He tried to enter it but was stopped by Lumi.

“You will agitate the beast!” She warned,

“Look, it's not a beast!” He said, “It's not even moving and breathing. If it was a beast then it must have attacked us by now!” He let go of Lumi's grasp to satiate his curiosity.

…

In the Palace. The king and his ministers are running quickly towards his sister’s quarters. There they saw James standing in front of the door.

“Good thing you are here now,” He said, “Here follow me” He opened the door.

When the door opened, their eyes were met by a big room filled with exquisite designs. It was her sister's room. George approached slowly and pulling John towards the bed.

There they saw a young beautiful woman despite her condition. She was having difficulty breathing and powerless. Her eyes are slowly turning towards them, it was keenly obvious that she was using all her strength. She then saw a familiar figure standing beside her bed. Her tears flow in her eyes, “Brother”

“Felicia!” He hurriedly grabs her hands, “I’m sorry…” *Sobs “For not being able with you when I become a king. I’m truly sorry!” It was the first of them to see George cried like that. The room atmosphere turned gloomy. It was a sad reunion for the two of them and his co-founders can’t help but sympathize with George.

“Its…okay…I’m…. fine…you…. have…a…the…hardest…job*coughs…” Felicia tried to speak with him, but it was hard for her.

“Don’t push yourself, Felicia.” He rubs her tears flowing on her face, “look we have the best doctor here!” He looked at John.

“Tuberculosis,” John said, ‘Her disease is tuberculosis, how clueless of I not to notice that this disease is prominent in this era.” He placed his hands to his face covering it.

“Can it be cured!” George said hoping for an answer, as an engineer in his former world. He doesn’t know how to diagnose a person. But seeing John who immediately named her disease gave him hope.

“Yes, but the disease is now worst than I imagined,” He said, “I figured she got that three months or so…”

George immediately grab his collars, “What are you saying? Are you saying that my sister is going to die!” He shouted at John who was surprised at his behavior.

“Calm down George, I didn’t say that she will die. I am saying that she has hope, but I need to synthesize simple streptomycin now.” He assured.

“Its…okay…. brother…its…not…your…fault…that…. I…have…. this…disease”

He let go of his hands to John's collar and immediately turned to Felicia.

“Shit... Why am I acting like this?” He said to him, “I’m a f*****g stupid. I’m a former president, I shouldn’t act like this and yet…”

Felicia placed her hands atop of George's hand enveloping it, “I…love…you…brother…even…our…parents…don, t…”

“Please Felicia don’t push yourselves, look the doctor said he has a cure! So, hang in there.” He tried to cheer for her sister but instead of being happy another tear falls again.”

“Brother…please…don’t…give…me…hope…the…doctors…. said*cough…I…have…one…day…to…live…Its…not…your…fault”

“Don’t believe those quacks! They don’t know what your condition in the first place. Here behind me is a real doctor…”

“Then…can…I…ask…a…favor?”

“Anything you’d like I’ll give it to you!”

Felicia smiled at him.

“Please…stay…by…my…side…until…I…am…cured”

“You don’t have to ask that Felicia. I’ll stay here with you, and I’ll eat with you and I’ll sing you a lullaby…I’ll eat dinner with you…” He gently stroked her hair saying those words, “Can you tell me your biggest dream, Felicia? No matter how hard or implausible it is. I will give it to you.”

“Brother…my…dream…is…to…see…you…happy.”

“If that’s your dream… if you want me to be happy…then prove to us that you are willing to fight…willing to fight your illness…and with that, your brother will be extremely happy…”

“Brother…hug…me” She extended her hands and George without hesitation did her heed, “Brother…do…you…still…remember…your…promise…to…me?”

“What promise?” He said softly

“That…you’ll…show…me…the…view…in…the…sky” She said weakly, “I…know…you…are…just…saying…it...to…make…me…happy…but…I…know…that…its…impossible…for…humans…like…us…to…fly”

George's eyes widened he actually remembered his promise to her.

“Hold on there Felicia. I will show the sky to you when you are completely healed.”

…

“Your Majesty. I’ll start procuring the cure now, I’ll take my leave.” He bowed and left the room James followed him.

Outside of Felicia's quarters, the two of them talked while walking.

“Are we seriously going to introduce modern medicine?” James said.

“As a doctor, I can’t just watch my patient die. Especially when it's part of the family of George’s even though she’s not her real relative in real life. Our real-life is here and they have to accept it. I’ll just synthesize simple streptomycin to cure her tuberculosis. She will be okay in a month.”

Streptomycin is a type of antibiotic medication used to treat a number of bacterial infections. Those include the bacteria Mycobacterium. A bacterium that caused Tuberculosis.

“That’s good to hear”

“Where are the other two?” John asked.

“Adams is visiting the paddy fields to use his ability. He hopes that he can make the crops grow instantly, while Alexander is prospecting ores in the mountains.”

…

In one of the agricultural fields of the Kingdom of Ametus. Adams was standing in front of the rice fields.

“Sir, what are you going to do?” One of his guards asked.

“I’m going to test my abilities here and now!”

He immediately placed his hands to the ground and a dazzling magic circle appeared on the very place of the rice fields.

‘Oh, heavenly mother of earth. Please grant me the power to instantly grow these very crops in front of me to feed my populace” He chanted nonsensically to add spices to the duration of his magic.

“I can feel it! They are growing at fast-paced!” He rejoiced and after a moment the rice fields that were recently sowed were growing instantaneously. The process of his magic bends his scientific understanding, “If we have these in our former world, then there will be no food crisis’

A minute later, the rice fields which are sowed recently turned into full-blown ready-to-harvest crops. The guards and the farmers are dumbfounded by what have they witness.

“Now my fellow citizens! Applaud my supreme power!” He said jokingly, “I mean it's time to harvest the crops!” And then the farmers cheered loudly and immediately grabbed their harvesting tools.

“Now then, there are many arable lands in this kingdom but sadly they are contaminants on those soils that inhibit the growth of the crops.” He thought to himself, “Then I should just apply phytoremediation on those soils by planting Helianthus annuus and Pteris vittata for removing arsenic, and Salix viminalis as a phytoextractor of cadmium, zinc, and copper. Thank goodness that I appraised those lands”

Meanwhile, Alexander was prospecting ores in the nearest mountain on the kingdom of Ametus situated on the east side of the territory. He noticed one of his guards trembling on his feet while walking to the dark cave, but they have flashlights thanks to Benjamin and Jay. When those two are together they are unstoppable in technology.

“Why are you whining about? You’re making the rest of the guards feels uncomfortable”

“Sorry sir Alexander, it's just that there is a tale going around on the town about this mountain.” The guard said.

“A tale? He let his hands out in confusion, “What tale?”

“Uhm, this mountain is a home for the elder dwarf where it will kill people when you trespassed on this mountain.”

“Elder dwarf?” He shrugged, “Who is that some kind of old man whose stature is small?” He mockingly said, “They are just small, why are you so scared about it?”

“They may be a small person sire, but their physical strength is stronger than the humans, they can punch you and sent you tens of meters away.”

“Ohh, Interesting, but we are going to obtain those buried treasures in these mountains, they are crucial development for industrialization.”

“Industiyalleesaysion?”

“You’ll see in the future, where factories puffing out smoke into the air and carriage without the need of the horse. It's exhilarating.”

Walking on the mountains for about one-hour, the guards are now dragging their feet in boredom, “Sire, aren’t we near at you called iskarn deposit?”

“Skarn deposits” He corrected, “According to my clairvoyance, it's only 50 paces away. We’re near so stop dawdling.”

“Yes sir!”

Five minutes later after crossing a treacherous path, they finally arrived at their destination. A skarn deposit that was hanging upside down covered with a variety of colors. Each color represents each mineral. It was really a treasure for him. The first thing he noticed is a rock on the ground it’s white in characteristics.

“We are in the dungeon of treasures,” He said proudly and picked the stone. “This is scheelite, a mineral that contains tungsten, a material with the highest melting point and most refractory elements in the periodic table. When UV rays hit this rock, it will glow brightly.”

“What are talking about?” They said incredulously.

Meanwhile, one guard is wandering in the cave, thanks to their flashlight embedded on their helmet, they can see where they are going instead of holding a torch that can be blown away by the wind. He noticed something peculiar.

“A glowing rock?” He muttered, “It might be best to bring this to Sir Alexander, he’s the master of rock after all.”

He holds it firmly and began to pull it out, “Strong huh? Then I will use the iron pickaxe made by Sir Jay.” He pulled out a pickaxe on his back and smash it with great force. The rock shattered in an instant.

“This equipment is convenient!” While praising the pickaxe, they heard a rumbling sound that agitates all of them.

“Earthquake!”

“The tale is becoming true! I shouldn’t have come on this expedition.”

“We are going to die!”

“Shut up all of you!” Alexander shouted stroking his white hair to the back.

…

“Trespassers huh? Now feel the wrath of the elder dwarf” A childish voice sounded in the dim cave.

“Elder dwarf?” Jay muttered, “Well as I expect from another world” He was clearly unfazed while the rest of his guards are shivering in fear, “why are they so scared of that dwarf?”

“You’re the one who is not fazed on my presence human.” A childish voice sounded behind him, he pulled out his M9 Beretta and aimed at it, “A child?”

“How dare you call me a child human?”

The girl said intimidatingly her appearance was of a beautiful girl’s. She had silver hair, a height that didn’t even reach 140cm which suited her rather a flat figure and her voice. However, Alexander sensed from her icy blue eyes’ unmistakable intelligence.

“I am Elder Dwarf. The pinnacle of the dwarves. One which possesses stellar wisdom has mastery over all things, and a creator of supreme arms.”

She is being haughty in Alexander's eyes but her voice and way of talking didn’t discourage her cool appearance.

“A stellar wisdom?” He smirked, “What kind of wisdom are you talking about?” Still aiming his M9 Beretta.

“I can produce swords of the highest quality in accordance with my role as an expert blacksmith.”

“A blacksmith? A young blacksmith girl?” He said dubiously, “How can a thin body of yours be able to hold a hammer? And oh, you are flat-chested hahaha”

“How dare you mock me? You stupid human” She said angrily, she was clearly infuriated and notice something on his hand, “A small tube? What does it suppose to do…? No, wait. That. Interesting.”

The Elder dwarf eyes color changed.

In the blink of an eye, she swiped off the M9 Beretta.

“What?” Alexander was dumbfounded, “Hey, that’s not a toy…”

“I know, this weapon is interesting.” Her eyes turned golden like she was scanning it.

She then pointed the M9 Beretta towards the sky and afterward fired it.

“This weapon, it's interesting. It will be worthwhile to research it.”

And then, an exceedingly great smile floated on her face, “How did you humans come up with it?” She asked with a sternly looked.

“I thought you love swords so much, why do you look fond of ‘small tube’?”

“…” She didn’t reply, she looked like a child who was eager to find the answer.

“Fine, it's just a prototype to completely replace the swords and spears, we have a variety of model that our engineers are working on right now. That gun is just a test drive. There is something stronger than it.”

“You’re saying that you have many kinds of guns like this?”

“Exactly”

Knowing that she immediately kneeled towards him.

“Eh? The Elder dwarf kneeled on Sir Alexander?”

“What are you doing?” He asked.

“Sir Alexander, please take me to where you are making those guns” She continued, “If I discovered that there are many things like this, then I will see you as my master and I will swear my undying fidelity to you.”

“Hehehe… you will be one of our labor forces if you saw those.” He said, “By just looking at the gun you instantly understood its mechanism. As expected for the pinnacle of all dwarves. Then before that I need to obtain those minerals”, He looked at the skarn deposits, the elder dwarf noticed it.

Her eye color changed to red and the skarn deposits immediately crumbled. More importantly, it was sorted into different minerals.

“How the heck did you do that?” He exclaimed.

“That’s one of my abilities”

“Interesting.”