"Do you know who is currently controlling Russia?" Leon asked.

"Yes, his name is Alexei, and he was an influential politician before the monsters appeared," Makoto explained. " He survived and used his knowledge to secure certain Russian facilities; the organization that controlled their satellites was one of them. With so much knowledge and power, he quickly became the most influential Russian figure. Then he built an army and started to conquer the North-Europe. If the Chinese and the Indians hadn"t caused him so much trouble, he could have conquered the whole Europe one year ago."

If he was a politician, then he knew how to work behind the scenes while making that none of his citizens discovers his dirty work. However, by the look of things, he didn"t seem to be a mighty soldier. He had a powerful army, but he wasn"t all that powerful. Still, Leon couldn"t underestimate him. He was a man who decided to store the Angelic Bow in a chapel in the City of Vatican, after all. If he had the leisure to store such powerful weapons and make it work as a symbol to the people of Italy, he surely has a few cards hidden up his sleeve.

"I also think that Alexei himself pretends to back Seiji." Makoto clenched his fists.

"Why do you think that?" Leon asked.

"I heard that Alexei likes Asian women quite a lot..." Makoto showed a face as if he was chewing something very unpleasant. "Seiji intends to gain favor directly from him. By offering Yuki to him, he won"t just damage our country"s pride and also will seal our future, since I don"t intend to have any more kids."

"I see…" Leon said.

It was. .h.i.tting two birds with a single stone, with that in mind, it wasn"t a good idea to let Yuki stay with that guy for long. If they don"t think of a way to rescue Yuki sooner, Makoto was bound to do something reckless. He was a powerful, hot-blooded parent, so it wouldn"t surprise Leon if, at some moment, Makoto decides to attack Moscow head-on.

"Hah… your father is really a fool, princess Yuki." Seiji said. "I left a few men in Tokyo, and I heard some crazy things."

Before Leon could make any plan, they heard Seiji striking a conversation.

"What is it?" Yuki showed a bored expression. "Did the citizens of j.a.pan already declared you the new emperor?"

"No, but it is only a matter of time before that happens," Seiji said. "I heard that Makoto didn"t mobilize a single soldier to rescue. Instead, he called that kid, and the next day, both of them disappeared. It looks like your father is coming to rescue you, and that kid is helping."

"Is that so?" Yuki asked. "Are you ready to have your a.s.s kicked? You can"t defeat my father, and that guy can easily defeat your lackeys."

"Well, yeah, but they will never catch you and me," Seiji smirked. "The moment they approach, I will use this, and then we will appear in Moscow."

"Why don"t you use it now?" Yuki asked.

"Because I have to see with my own eyes they are destroying the train," Seiji answered. "Once I report that and they confirm my report, they will hunt down Makoto and the kid. They won"t have an easy time defeating the soldiers here in their own territory."

"Is that so?" Yuki asked. "Your foolishness has no limits… if you think you know that guy"s full power, you are dead wrong. Like I said, he is not greedy, but he is not a fool either. He has a few cards hidden up his sleeve, and he is always trying to obtain more cards."

Leon feels itchy when he heard that, it was quite uncomfortable spying someone and get praised like that. It looked like Makoto thought he had a good idea of how strong Leon was, but he changed his mind when Yuki said that because she was quite skillful in a.n.a.lyzing someone"s strength. Makoto looked at Leon, hoping that he would confirm his daughter"s words, but Leon just shrugged.

"Well, even if that is the case, it doesn"t matter," Seiji said. "Do you think that kid is the only mage in the world? My new friends also found a talented mage, and they trained him accordingly to fight against that kid when they heard about him. Not only that, just like that kid is training the Americans to use magic, the Russians are also doing the same."

Leon looked at Makoto, and this time he was the one who shrugged. He didn"t receive that information… so Seiji has been choosing for a long time what Makoto would hear about Alexei"s actions. Still… Leon started to get a little nervous; the only mage he fought was Arthur. Although he was very good, it looked like he had learned earth magic when he obtained a tome. In the end, Leon had no idea how well he would fight against an equally powerful mage.

"If they started to teach magic, then they probably discovered how I learned how to use mana by observing that mage… Well, it"s not like this is a problem, but the problem is that they are planning to use their new mages to wage war and conquer the world. Still… to think that they trained a mage to fight against me… this is kind of exciting."

Leon couldn"t help but smile; the feeling of knowing that a big country was training mage just to defeat him made him feel thrilled. He finally found a new big challenge after leaving the island. That being said, he couldn"t forget his goal… to rescue Yuki and keep Makoto alive.