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nSitting in the hall, Landon, Timothy, Artemis, and Lucius sat at a long table facing over 50 people seated in the opposite direction on chairs.

nSome crossed their feet, others leaned forward, and some leaned to the side while holding the documents before them.

nFlip. Flip. Flip~

nPages turned, as everyone silently listened to Lucius's secretary, Emilia speak.

nAmazing!

nThey, Omanians were not like the rest of the world who looked down on women so much.

nYes. It's TRUE that women didn't go to war and whatnot, but that was because women were men with naturally less strength than men.

nThose were just simple facts.

nWhat's more, the conditions in this ear were so bad, with women seeing their periods or menstrual blood once or twice a year.

nThis meant the body was already taking too much in these harsh times, making childbirth very hard.

nAny little accident might permanently damage their wombs.

nWhat's more, menopause came to them before they were 30.

nIn some cases, by the time they were 22, their bodies refused to get pregnant.

nƥαṇdαsηθνε| A man's lineage rides on this.

nThis was why most women were in a hurry to give birth before the dreadful 20.

nAt 20, both men and women are already considered adults, very old.

n20 to them was like 40 back in modern times.

nPeople expect you to have more wisdom and so on.

nAt least for the Omanians, this was why they held their women like eggs, afraid they would break.

nToday's harsh society has beaten the human body to what it is now.

nAccording to Landon's statistics, almost 35% of women are 'pronounced' barren.

nEven When Baymard Started medical care years back, many Baymardian women were shocked to find themselves pregnant for the first time in their 'old age' of 31 or even 37.

nThroughout their existence, they never once got pregnant!

nDo you know how many sleepless nights they had praying and crying for a child to come?

nIt was thanks to Baymard's education, more and more women were opening their eyes realizing that it's okay to do other jobs meant for men, so long as they ate well, and treated their bodies with utmost care.

nWomen can work without issues for so long among men?

nEven the Omanians were shocked to see female warriors, doctors and so on working alongside women so easily within the Baymardians squad. And just take a look at that discipline.

nHow did they get the women to become as obedient as their men when doing assignments?

nAnyone who has been with a woman would know how complicated their thinking patterns were.

nWomen placed emotion in every little thing.

nThis was why it was harder to tell them to obey a command.

nMany were talking from experience.

nMen would do it and charge on the battlefield silently

nBut women would always question it all.

nWhy this? Why that? Why, why, why, why!

nIt wasn't a bad thing to be curious. However, excessive curiosity can put dangerous thoughts into one's head.

nAll in all, they were shocked to see women among the Baymardians.

nWhen asking Lucius if the job didn't affect their wombs, Lucius gave them a brief lesson on why most women experience menopause earlier and childlessness.

nListening to Lucius's stories, many widened their eyes in disbelief, swearing to visit Baymard's hospital once they got there.

nF***!

nDidn't you hear what he said?

nBaymard had a way of making deaf people hear.

nThe list of surgery procedures they could do was alarming and unheard of.

nJust exactly what sort of place was this Baymard?

nEveryone looked at Secretary Emilia and was pleased with her work ethic.

nHey, if they too had a female secretary who did such efficient work, they wouldn't care whether she was a man or not.

nIf most Baymardian women worked like this, then it was no doubt the men didn't care what gender they were.

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nConcerning how these Byamardians had their meetings, everyone was secretly pleased with how organized it was.

nLook.

nEverything they were supposed to talk about was already printed on the Agenda.

nTime allocations were also made, and periods for Q&As also added.

nEvery day, the last segment of their meeting was left for Q&As.

nThere were also water bottles and a set of pens and pencils placed on small stools to their left.

nPeople who felt parched drank the water and secretly in marvel at how refreshing it tasted.

nEven stream water has an outdoor taste to it, even if it was drinkable. But the water they drank now was truly tasteless.

nAlright.

nBriefly looking at her watch, Emilia flipped to the last page of all, which was a general outline of everything they spoke of over these 3 days.

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"To conclude, Baymard will honor its promise with the great Empire of Soma, ensuring everything written is strictly followed… Moving on to the next segment, it's time for questions and answers. Please, you may raise your wooden plaques in an orderly fashion as we've done enduring these past 3 days.

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nWith that Emilia left the stage, joining Landon's secretary who was focused on taking meeting minutes.

nThe duo sat on the side as quietly as possible almost as though trying to make themselves invisible.

nAlmost immediately, everyone failed their wooden plaques like students in a classroom except their plagues had their first names, as well as their titles written on them.

nThis way, everyone would know who they were.

nIt was also very convenient for the Baymardians too.

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"Minister Cletus, the floor is yours.

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"Thank you, your majesties.

" The long, golden beard man expressed, before coughing to clear his throat.

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"Although it's been explained, I would like to confirm the matter again. In Section, blah blah, Article blah blah... the speaker spoke of Education. Now, from what you said, there is free education for those before the ages of 6 (0~5)... But from what I've gathered, this is the case only for UN empires, correct?

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nLandon nodded.

"That is true. Baymardians and UN empires get free Preschool education… But for non-treaty signed empires, Preschool costs 2500 Bays for an entire year. That's 2 semesters.

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"I see.

" Minister Cletus replied, thinking of his sister's family in another Omanian empire.

nListening to the benefits they had over non-treaty signed empires, everyone was also pleased with such special treatment.

nAfter all, it wouldn't be fair to put them in the same position as non-treaty signed empires.

nTheir perks didn't stop there.

nEven with library access, they could go to higher floors in the public and libraries compared to non-treaty signed empires.

nTheir Visas

/passports were different, their credibility in Baymard was higher and so on.

nThis made them know that no matter whether they were there or not their people won't suffer in the slightest.

nGood. Good. Good. Good.

nTimothy smiled broadly.

"Okay! Let's sign this treaty!

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nBoom!

nThe words were like fireworks in everyone's hearts.

nIt wasn't a loss to have such powerful backers.

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"Nephew, you said you are heading back tomorrow?

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nLandon nodded.

"Yes, Uncle. But don't you think it should be heading back?

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"Of course, I know this!

" Timothy happily retorted, looking at his eager ministers. After Landon leaves, he will finalize his list of those going and those staying.

nThose going will have to pack up fast. Landon has said each person can bring at most 10 family members. He didn't mind.

nSo if they wanted to leave with their family, they had to hastily prepare for departure tonight.

nOn this trip, the chosen Oma teachers will also be taken, as well as the newly appointed Soma Ambassador alongside his wives and children.

nHis family will only be visiting for a while because when Timothy and the rest return, they will follow back too.

nSomeone has to keep the ambassador's home running in order.

nMost chosen ambassadors who had many wives, did rotational ships, with some wives coming for 4~6 months and leaving before another wife came over.

nThose with only a single wife, had their wives visit as many times as they liked. The only thing is that the visits must not be long as their home needs tending after.

nFor others with grown children, they quickly left the home to them and stayed in Baymard with their wives.

nAll in all, Timothy had everything planned.

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"Nephew, I can't wait to see this Baymard of yours!

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nLandon grinned harder too.

"Don't worry, you won't be disappointed. That, I can assure you! And while we're away, my people will stastay back and help you all secure Soma, until the Baymardian Seaport structure is marked as satisfactory.

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nYes. Soon, they too will have the privilege of taking ship cruises as they liked.

nHowever, that wasn't the only thing making Landon Smile… or should he say cry.

nDing!

nCongratulations host, for repelling Adonis forces and signing the Soma treaty.

nFor your reward, you have escaped death again.

nClap for yourself

n'T^T'

nFor once, can his system be nice?

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