Almighty Father System-Chapter 186: Unexpected Boom.

Leo stood before the television, with Snow beside him and they saw the news presenter speak, "Tonight in the studio, we have a bunch of special guests."

The camera panned and there appeared the group of kindergarteners from the Primal School. The presenter said, "Among these little ones, stands the daughter of an unsung hero, and a man whose character can be used to define the high standards in the male gender of the Homo Sapiens."

She paused and said, "Ladies and Gentleman, I am talking about the rising business tycoon, and the hero, who saved the lives of an unknown number of people today in the Angkor City court, Mister Leo Cardinal.

For those who are unaware of his identity, Mister Leo Cardinal is the heir of the Cardinal Family legacy, and is carrying on the tradition of touching lives and changing them for better, just like his late parents. Although we wanted to invite him in the studio for a small meeting, but he has other obligations at the moment.

I have always believed that fate is real, and the example of that is the visit of these little children who came over to visit the studio and understand how the news world functioned. Among these adorable scholars we have Young Miss Cardinal. With your applause I would like to call her over, and sit beside me."

An applause sounded and Leo picked up his phone as he called Markus and as soon as the call was picked up, Leo said, "Send over a team of guards who can operate in shadows and can take down five people with a knife. I want them over within two days."

Markus was shocked but he nodded in agreement. Snow knew that Leo was worried about their enemies coming after Lily now that she has made an appearance on the television.

The news presenter helped Lily sit on the high chair beside her, and she asked with a smile, "Young Miss Cardinal, did you like the studio?"

Lily smiled and replied, "Ma’am, please call me Lily. Yes, the studio is very nice, I like the big button room."

The presenter smiled and said, "That is the director’s room."

Lily nodded in understanding as she sat there with her back straight and a faint smile on her face. The news presenter asked, "Did you hear that your father saved a lot of people today?"

Lily nodded, and the presenter asked, "What do you think of that?"

Lily thought for a bit and said, "My Baba is strong, and I am glad that he saved lives of the people. I hope he is alright as well."

The presenter smiled and asked, "Don’t you think that your Baba faced unnecessary danger?"

Lily replied with a shake of her head and said, "My Baba never does anything he is not confident about. I am sure he calculated everything before he acted."

The presenter was shocked and asked, "You seem very confident in your Baba."

Lily nodded and said, "He is my Hero, I am confident in him."

The presenter continued to ask questions and Lily kept answering them. It was about how Leo treated her, or the things that she learned from Leo. Lily answered everything with great fluidity and highlighted the things she learned from Leo. Though it sounded a bit too much, but her innocence was enough to convince the people, that Leo really taught her piano, pottery, and painting.

How the millionaire took time out for combing her hair every morning, and cooking her favorite food, from taking her to see the stars in the dessert. Everything highlighted, Leo’s caring nature and when the people heard that amount of money he donates on a monthly basis they were shocked.

The mastermind behind this boom in reputation was eating a spring roll with great relish. The interview lasted for half an hour, and as soon as it finished, Leo looked at Kyle, Axel, and Zeenat before he said, "Take them home, I will go to the hospital to pick up Fragrance. Her discharge has been completed."

Snow nodded, she knew that Leo was very anxious at the moment because just like them. Carole will soon catch the news of Lily’s interview, and they both didn’t want to take a chance against that crazy man. Little Cherry and Elvin were surprised, they were planning to congratulate Leo but looking at his serious face, they couldn’t bring themselves to stop them.

As the family left, Little Cherry said, "To think they are still so worried about Carole."

Elvin sighed and replied in a sombre tone, "Little Cherry, you have no idea what Leo and Snow have suffered against that man. We should never underestimate the enemy and they are right in doing so. Do you know how deeply this web of power and corruption runs in the Angkor City?"

Little Cherry was surprised to see Elvin like this, and the latter said, "Amongst the fifty big or medium powerful people in the Angkor City, Carole Primal holds the balls of twenty. He is running things from the background. You people used to say that Leo was a monster businessman, but do you really think that he stood a chance against Carole Primal? No.

He was too soft and that was why he lost everything, almost died. When I saw him handling Jimmy at your place, I was shocked because I realized that in order to defeat the demon, he has become the devil. I hope you realize the gravity of the situation Little Cherry, because if you want to draw a line and stay away from future trouble, now is the time."

That said he suddenly smiled and said, "Tonight’s dinner is on you, I spent all my money to buy the ice cream for Lily."

Little Cherry looked at him baffled, and she said, "You change your face too quickly, freeloader."

Elvin chuckled as he dashed out of the restaurant.

...

Leo drove through the traffic alone and while doing so, he was asking Markus to plant as many people as they could to shadow Carole and his mother Matilda. However, the taskmaster suggested, "Sir, it would be better if we attack on double fronts. We need to cut of Carole’s arms while strengthening ourselves."

Leo said, "I will talk about this in the morning, for now, just mobilize the people, and track the online movement of the two people. I know that none of them would sit back and take it kindly."

Markus understood the task and he got to work.

...

Meanwhile, Snow was sitting with Lily inside the car, and she said calmly, "Lily, next time don’t act like this, Love."

Lily was confused and she asked, "Why Ma?"

Snow sighed and said, "Baby, the bad guys who harmed Baba in the past can now come after you and try to blackmail your Baba."

Lily was surprised and then she smiled, as she said, "Ma, you think too much. If they want to come after me, then do you know what will happen?"

Snow was surprised and asked, "What will happen?"

Lily replied while gazing out of the moving car, "They will lose everything. Baba will never let them come near me."

The three adults were shocked and then Lily looked over at Snow as she said, "Ma, Uncle Kyle and the rest have weapons and if someone tries to harm me, they will definitely not watch in silence. Also, if the enemy has to target me, then it means they are just hollow warriors behind their shiny armors.

I knew all these things, but I still went on for the interview because I wanted the world to know how strong my Baba is. I am not afraid, I completely trust my Baba, let the enemy come to attack me if they wish to suffer defeat."

Her trust in Leo was unshakeable, and it would stay like this.

...

Leo reached the hospital, he came to find Fragrance and found that the doctors were gathered outside the room. He pushed the crowd and found that the case doctors were talking to Fragrance and asking her a lot of questions. He asked, "What is going on here?"

Turned out the staff was shocked by how flawlessly Fragrance had recovered from the wounds. Leo had no intention of discussing how groundbreaking it would be to give out the medicine, and just said they needed to get home as it was quite late. Fragrance also found a backbone as soon as Leo walked in with a cold face.

The two of them came out of the hospital, Leo drove the car, and Fragrance said, "Brother, what’s going on?"

Leo said, "Get on the net and look for ten big news in the city."

Fragrance did as she was told and she was shocked to see that Lily’s interview and Leo’s action of dissolving the hostage situation was now trending. She said, "In the evening, Percie had released the webpage of the Cardinal Foundation. I had the legal department finalize the formalities."

Leo nodded as he turned the car and said, "That is not a big deal. I am just worried about the people coming after Lily."

Fragrance turned to look at him and said softly, "If you let anyone come after her, what kind of a Guardian are you?"

Leo shivered and opened his eyes wide. The system said, ’Ping: Protect Lily from the dangers. This is a lifetime task, if you fail once, the system will disintegrate.’

Leo took a deep breath and then he calmed down, as he nodded. They reached the Cardinal Mansion and Lily welcomed Fragrance with a smile. After a minute, Snow said, "Love, the company website has crashed, the business suddenly got a boom. We are going to go out of stock in a week at this pace."

Leo sighed as he sat down on the couch and said, "I will handle this, don’t worry."

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