The Chaebol Who Flies From Space - Chapter 2
Only Noblemtl
2. Funeral (1)
I usually just laugh off and ignore the calls from the President of the Federation, but I absolutely could not ignore this call.
No, the fact that I got a call from there meant that I had to prepare myself mentally.
My heart ached and my eyes went dark.
In the distance, I could see Loftnan, orbiting the Nanan star with its atmosphere swirling wildly. The reason I settled here and made it the headquarters of my company was because Loftnan in the Nanan star system has a huge reserve of gerenium.
I could clearly see the sight of countless mining spaceships moving busily, refining gerenium from Loftnan and returning to the space colony with their storage warehouses full.
Scenes that I would normally have just ignored suddenly felt very unfamiliar.
My biological parents died in an unexpected spaceship accident when I was ten years old, and my mother’s older sister, my great aunt Catrienne Levuere-Cordagion, adopted me as an orphan.
My biological father’s bloodline, whose name I don’t even remember because it was so long ago, was from Korea, so half of my body has Korean blood flowing through it.
As we entered the space age, there were so many mixed race people that it became meaningless to distinguish race based on appearance alone, but my father was proud of his Korean blood, and he would hold me when I was young and tell me stories about Korean history.
Even though so many years have passed, whenever I think of my father, I remember those days when he would hold me as a child and tell me stories in a soft voice.
It’s been over 170 years since my biological parents passed away. As I’ve gotten older, my memories have become a bit hazy, but sometimes I dream of my mother, who resembles my adoptive mother.
And Aunt Katrienne looked after me like her own child at Rose Garden, the family estate that had been passed down through generations, on the banks of the Mississippi River.
The Codazziones were descendants of a Viscount family that immigrated to America to escape the guillotine during the French Revolution.
It is said that his ancestor, Viscount Émilien, who settled in America, settled here on the banks of the Mississippi River, similar to the Rhone River that flows through his hometown, but in my opinion, it is 100% false.
What do these two rivers have in common?
The only thing they had in common was that there was a large river running next to the manor where they lived. I have been there many times, but the Rhone and the Mississippi are so different that it is hard to compare them.
Even in the midst of my busy schedule, my heart was extremely heavy as I rushed across space at the call of my mother.
There wasn’t much time left now. We had to hurry and prepare to go to Earth.
It is not common for me to move once. I must have accumulated a lot of resentment while gaining enormous wealth. That is why I always have one or two escort squadrons when I move between stars.
The path to Earth was a safe one, so a single space carrier battle group of 52 spacecraft followed.
The only way to travel quickly over a distance of more than 700 light years is through warp travel. As we passed through the warp gate in the Kuiper Belt, we could see the sun faintly in the distance. And the warp gate on a grand scale.
Ahead came into view a space fortress built as a garrison for the Federation Army.
The Space Federation Forces residing at the Kuiper Belt Warp Gate are a military force directly under the Federation President, with no special units attached.
They are stationed in the Kuiper Belt and serve as a guardian force to protect the solar system, although their actual mission is different.
“This is a communication from the Federation Forces.”
“Connect.”
The face of Captain Romulus, the commander of the garrison, was visible on a giant hologram connected to the bridge. He looked to be about forty years old, but he was already over two hundred years old.
“Master, it’s been a while.”
“Yes, Captain Romulus. It’s been a while. How have you been? I should have met you and let you know what I’ve been up to, but I don’t have the time right now.”
“I heard the news. Take care on your trip.”
“Okay, let’s talk next time.”
“As is customary, the security detail will remain here. The spaceship you will be taking, Master, is already on standby.”
“I know.”
No escort ships are allowed into the solar system. No attack ships of any kind are allowed into the solar system. The primary mission of the Federation Starfleet stationed within the Kuiper Belt is to monitor attack ships.
This is impossible even for my country.
There were some who attempted to enter the solar system on attack ships, but they were reduced to space dust.
My heart was heavy as I headed to Earth aboard the solar system-specific spacecraft that had been prepared in advance at the space station.
As I arrived at the Rose Garden, my heart ached as I saw my mother’s face welcoming me.
My mother’s face, which was always full of life, became as pale as an old tree.
And as always, I received a meal prepared by my mother.
Anyway, I grew up receiving endless love from my aunt and adoptive mother, but as time passed and I became over 180 years old, I still found it difficult to treat myself like a child as my mother did.
“Why do I have to eat gumbo made by my mother at my age? I’m not a child anymore. And it’s hard to digest! In the past, I would have been treated as an old man and would have been put in a coffin!”
As I was about to grumble and get angry, a warm hand touched my head, now as old as a tree branch.
“Hey Andre, I don’t think I have much time left now.”
My heart sank at my mother’s words. I felt that my mother’s body had lost a lot of energy since the year before last, but now her words made my blood run cold. I forced myself to calm my trembling body and raised my voice.
“Don’t say that. Maman will easily live to be three hundred. She only has seventy years left. Who dies before reaching three hundred these days? An artificial organ transplant is simple. The procedure is simple, so if you close your eyes for a moment and open them, you’ll be fine in no time.”
Despite my longing eyes, my mother smiled quietly and silently.
This means I won’t do it.
“No, these days, who would refuse an artificial organ like that? I will change my mother’s mind and perform the surgery. Yes! Let’s do it!”
My mother smiled gently at my rambling.
“You know, André? You know what I think. It’s natural for people to return to nature when the time comes.”
I understand the thoughts of my mother, an earth naturalist who rejects artificial organs and accepts only medicine and surgery, but it was heartbreaking for her son to accept it.
In this cosmic century, when science is so advanced that it is exploding, Mother’s Manor still insists on naturalism, a remnant of the old days.
Maybe that’s why my mother didn’t visit the space colony where I lived very often.
The universe is too inconvenient for him.
“mother······.”
The corners of my eyes became moist on their own.
“Hey, Andre, can you promise me?”
My mother was afraid that I would perform artificial organ surgery without her consent.
“Mother, I···.”
I couldn’t help but shed tears as I thought about how old I had become.
Instead of speaking, my mother gently stroked my hair, just like she did when I was a child.
“Andre, listen to me carefully. Even if I am wrong, don’t forget that I loved you.”
I tried to forcefully wipe away my tears, but my mother’s sharp, low tone of voice made me feel like crying again.
When I couldn’t sleep as a child, my mother would always sing me a soft lullaby in her characteristically clear voice.
To be honest, it was a bit odd to hear.
I tried hard to hide my tears and bravely ate the thick gumbo that my mother had lovingly prepared for me. I didn’t complain at all about it not suiting my taste like when I was a child.
I kind of expected it.
The company was busy compiling financial reports from branches sent to pioneer planets, but when they heard that their mother had suddenly called them, they dropped everything and came running.
The executives at the company would probably be shocked if they found out I suddenly disappeared, but what do they know?
Work is something that the lower class people do.
All the guy above has to do is stamp it and that’s it.
Long live capitalism!
If things go well, it’s my fault, but if things go wrong, it’s your fault, my subordinates.
I wondered if my mother had lost all her energy. I was going to have a cup of tea with her after finishing my meal, but she was so tired that she dozed off. I carefully held her in my arms and laid her down on the bed.
My heart ached at the feeling of my mother’s weight, so light in my hand.
The person who greeted me when I returned to the dining room after putting my mother to bed was Georges, the son of my mother’s faithful friend and the head of the household for generations.
To put it simply, he was my testicle buddy.
We used to roll around naked together on the banks of the Mississippi River next to my house when I was a child. And we were also business partners before he ran away from me.
Laurent Moreau, his father and mother’s lifelong friend, died peacefully in his bed the year before last. It was a good death, as he died in his sleep without much pain.
“Welcome, Your Majesty.”
“How old am I and still call me master!”
Georges would laugh in front of me whenever he saw me frowning while saying things like that.
How many years have passed since we were kids, naked and rolling around on the banks of the Mississippi River, and yet this guy, even though his blond hair has turned white, still can’t tease me and I’m still upset.
He was the first friend I became close with in Jangwon after losing my parents and following my adoptive mother, and he was also my business partner.
He was also a bad guy who ran away from me as soon as my father Laurent retired from his position as chamberlain thirty-five years ago due to old age.
“I ran away and your son Michelle is in trouble. She had a meeting with the President of the Federation tomorrow. I wonder how Michelle will handle it.”
“What do you know? That bastard.”
Michel Moreau, the vice president of the company I own, was Georges’ second son. His eldest son, Jean, a member of the House of Representatives for the New Orleans District of the Earth Autonomous Region, and Georges were not on bad terms, but the one he was pushing as the successor was his second son, Michel.
But I heard that the little one doesn’t listen to Georges, and that they haven’t been on good terms lately.
“Are you still in love with Michelle? You have a youngest child, don’t you?”
“The youngest one···.”
Georges seemed to have a lot to say, but he sighed and closed his mouth. Looking at his hair that had turned white, a sigh escaped him.
“You or I, it seems like children really can’t be controlled.”
I have three children, but they all lived differently from what I had planned. They were budding since childhood, but as they got older, they really went against the grain.
Now that I’m older, it seems like I’m trying to covet the inheritance that I’m supposed to pass on, but it’s no use.
1 I didn’t want to hand over even a single penny to those guys because they were so pitiful.
My weak-hearted mother had already squandered the fortune she had left to her grandchildren, and now she was after my fortune.
That’s no wonder, my wealth is the greatest in the universe.
“Are you really not going to leave even a single penny to the children?”
Georges, who had stepped down from his role as a loyal attendant and transformed into my balls buddy mode, asked me.
“Yeah, but that’s not really possible. I’ll just give them 100 million and put the rest into the foundation. Those bastards are going to go crazy when they see the will.”
Georges looked at me with a look of utter indifference and shook his head.
“Once you made that decision with that look on your face, it’s never going to change.”
As expected, it was Georges who knew me well.
“I saw my doctor yesterday. He said my heart isn’t in good condition.”
“you! ”
He raised his hand to stop the surprised Georges.
“Lower your voice and wake up your mother. Yes, I don’t have much longer to live. I’m paying the price for living too wildly in my youth.”
That’s what they say, but in reality, it’s a side effect of a 0.01% body strengthening procedure. No medicine is effective.
Even if there was a 0.01% chance of side effects occurring, it was 100% if it happened to me.
Georges’ face turned pale, as if he was greatly shocked.