"Status report!" my grandfather shouted loudly at the man who is standing beside the central throne in the middle of four ones.
He is busy flicking up and down his tablet and the moment he looked up, I realized I remembered him.
Smiling the way his brothers does he grinned and nodded at my grandfather who is walking as if he owns the place towards him, "Great news. All the ships we sent to Maharlika has returned. Aside from the President and her cabinet members, no civilians have lost their lives. Operation Hestia is a resounding success."
"At a terrible cost. We have to lose the greatest woman Gearth has produced in order to save the lives of more than a hundred million," my grandfather said sadly as he stopped in front of the throne and shook his head, "She told me that if her life an
