Remote Control

Seeing Claire smile so happily, someone gathered the courage to ask, "Wasn't this done by your family?"

"No." Claire shook her head and pointed up at the sky. "There are drones. We never even left the house."

Someone else received fresh news and shouted loudly.

"That C-rank city guard said he was taken away in his sleep, and he insisted it was connected to yesterday's incident. Too bad no one listened to him."

"Yeah, those people are planning to head back now. They definitely won't dare come again today!"

Cheerful laughter rang out. Everyone had long been fed up with the land acquisition news.

Everyone knew this probably would not end so easily, but even a temporary victory was enough to make them happy.

As for what came later, they could deal with it later. Maybe there would be more good news.

After laughing for a while, someone spoke with concern. "But City Hall can be pretty heavy-handed..."

At those words, more than half the excitement vanished. Some people even frowned.

Someone asked Claire, "City Hall's First One has quite the temper. You should be careful."

"Heh." Claire smiled dismissively. What did it matter if it was City Hall's First One? Even Homestead Star's First One would be no different. So she merely said lightly, "No matter how heavy-handed they are, they still have to be reasonable, right?"

In fact, City Hall's First One was currently in a towering rage. "What are you all good for? You still haven't found him?"

The previous night, his most beloved eldest grandson had vanished. Before disappearing, the boy had been sleeping in his own bedroom.

Imperials generally had many children; ten or so was perfectly normal. But he was rather exceptional.

It was not that he did not have enough children, but that