Xiu'er
[Aether River], [Ether Star].
Disguised as an ordinary spaceship, [Wolfried] slowly descended toward the planet's administrative center. All around it were the official guide ships and escort frigates from [Ether Star] that had come to provide an escort.
It was an unprecedented spectacle.
The area around the administrative center was already packed with residents from the capital of [Ether Star].
They held flowers in their hands and cheered enthusiastically.
Today, the true master of [Ether Star] had finally arrived.
"To arrange such a grand welcoming ceremony in such a short time, this Governor seems fairly capable."
On the spaceship's platform, A Nan smiled as she surveyed the beings below.
"Lord Nan, you flatter me. This is only what we ought to do." Behind her, a well-dressed young man smiled. "After all, [Aether River] has finally welcomed its master! We have been waiting for this moment for a long time!"
The young man's name was Ham Hank. He was the son of the Governor of [Ether Star]—the Governor's only son, though not his only child.
The Governor of [Ether Star] was rather enthusiastic about having children, but apart from Ham Hank, they were all daughters. Ham Hank had twenty-eight older sisters and fifteen younger sisters.
[Abriel] did not prohibit genetic editing for newborns, but this Governor of [Ether Star] seemed to favor the primitive, old-fashioned method of having children. He was almost blindly convinced that his genes were among the finest in existence aside from the royal family's, and saw no reason to change them!
Therefore, as long as the mother's genes were good enough, the naturally born offspring would surely be outstanding... That was why the Governor had married his ninety-ninth wife just the year before last.
Rumor had it that the Governor's goal was to collect... that