“Oh, and Felix?” Kit asked. Felix had let his eyes fall back to the report. “You have a meeting scheduled in an hour. It wasn’t originally on the books, but they wanted an interview with you. You just so happened to be listed as touring the campus since construction and refit is complete. So now you have an inspection, and an interview to give at the same time.”
“Ah. Well, that’s to be expected I suppose. Might be a good opportunity to announce my candidacy for the gubernatorial race,” Felix said, thinking on it. “Probably. It’d set the precedent that interviewing reporters have a chance to get information that isn’t released yet. Is it a female reporter they’re sending?”
“They are indeed sending a girl. I think she’s barely old enough to drink. Quite pretty, too,” Kit said. She couldn’t quite hide the annoyance in her voice.
Felix wasn’t sure why she’d be annoyed, except maybe that she took issue that the news team thought Legion could be so easily manipulated.
Then again, if I actually release the information about my run for governor, that’d only feed into that belief.
“Well, I hate to encourage their assumptions, but this’ll work out in our benefit. If they think sending reporters our way is to their benefit, all the better. We can scour their minds for information and find out what stories they’re working on and which way they’ll go with it,” Felix said.
Kit snorted and then sighed. “Alright. I’ll make sure one of my people is with you whenever I can.”
“I could always take Eva with me,” Felix said.
“She’s technically not old enough to work and doesn’t fall under any department. She’s still in Legion school,” Lily said.
Oh yeah. Still need to have that talk with her.
“Got it. Schedule a meeting with her for me later tonight as well. Probably should start talking to her about what she wants to do in the future. School won’t last forever. How’s her brother doing?” Felix asked suddenly. He hadn’t checked on Evan in a while.
He and Eva had bonded through their shared experiences. Evan and he really didn’t have much contact at all.
“Fine. He’ll never be a master magician, but he’s certainly above average. He doesn’t have the killing nature that one needs. To gain power, one must make sacrifices,” Lily said dryly. “He’ll be good for Legion and you. He’s lucky you can increase his power whenever you want, rather than being tempted down the road I went.”
Felix shrugged at that and then opened up his terminal.
“The road you walked led you straight to me. Forgive me if I don’t share your regret,” Felix said. He opened up the most recent sales report from the used car dealerships that Legion owned.
Between the pawnshop and the car lots, they were making money hand over fist. The number of super powers Felix had given out to simply fix or repair things was higher than both Telemedics and Fixers combined.
The business of fixing and selling was great.
We should start buying junkyards and clearing them out. I bet we could make a killing on it.
Looking across the school grounds, Felix had a sense of déjà vu. He’d actually visited the Legion school previously, the day after the Andreas had finished construction.
The Tilen campus was a near mirror of the Legion campus. There was more visible security here on the Tilen campus, especially since it wasn’t behind the same defenses the Legion campus was.
It was a sprawling complex. There were a number of multiple-story buildings littered throughout. The huge stadium in the far corner was gigantic.
“We can compare with any state college, at any level,” came a voice.
Felix glanced over to find an older man in his late forties walking up to him. He’d walked past Felix’s bodyguards as if he belonged, which meant this person wasn’t a threat. Even the Fixer who’d been assigned to Felix’s security unit only gave him a single cursory look
“My name is Sean. Dr. Sean Rithe. I’m the president of the Tilen university. I was hired by Kit,” said the man, holding out his hand to Felix.
“Ah. Good to meet you. I’m F—”
“I think everyone employed by Legion knows who you are, sir,” said Sean with a smile.
Felix snickered at that, shaking the man’s hand. “So I continue to find out.”
“I’m glad you were able to accept my invitation for a tour,” said Sean, releasing Felix’s hand.
“Of course. Though I must confess, we’re expecting a news reporter any minute. I’m afraid that, as limited as my time is, I have to combine meetings whenever I can,” Felix apologized.
“Not a problem, not a problem. I understand completely. Honestly though, I’m looking forward to it. It’ll be a chance to advertise the school. I have a fully staffed faculty, empty classrooms, and a budget one could only wish for. I’ll take any opportunity to bring in more students,” said Sean.
Felix could definitely understand that sentiment. The rule of thumb in Legion was to put everything at maximum capacity, and then fill it. If you needed more after that, you doubled the whole thing, and repeated the process.
“Ah, and here she comes. I can’t help but notice she looks young enough to be a student,” Sean said, looking over Felix’s shoulder.
Taking a steadying breath, Felix turned his head with a smile.
It was a young woman, a young man, and a cameraman.
Surprisingly to Felix, she was a Beastkin. A Fox breed. Or so he judged based on the brown coloring, the bushy tail, and the triangular ears. She was on the taller side of the scale for a small breed Beastkin, hitting right around five foot eight if he had to judge.
“Ah,” Felix said.
They’re trying to match Andrea? I didn’t realize it was public knowledge.
The reporter’s ears twitched at Felix’s voice, her sharp hazel colored eyes locking onto him.
And apparently her hearing is phenomenal.
She was pretty, with certainly more than a handful for chest and a waistline that gave her an hourglass frame.
He’d peg her at somewhere in her twenties.
Kit hadn’t been kidding. They really had picked something they thought would hit him in the strike zone.
She was dressed in the same type of women’s jacket and dress that you saw on most news reporters, which gave her a mature look as well.
Good thing Felix already had two women he was handling. That was already more than he wanted. Only a fool tried to take on more than one woman.
Even if she was amazing looking.
Truth be told, he still wasn’t sure what Andrea and Lily saw in him. He couldn’t even identify if it was infatuation simply due to the fact that he saved them.
“—ame’s Jessica! Jessica Perreira,” said the Beastkin. “It’s such a pleasure to meet you.”
Felix kept the smile on his face as he shook her hand. He’d missed whatever she’d said at the start but he didn’t think it mattered.
“Felix, Felix Campbell. The dignified presence next to me is Dr. Sean Rithe, president of the Tilen Legion college,” Felix said, releasing the reporter’s hand and then gesturing to Mr. Rithe.
“Dr. Rithe,” said Jessica, shaking his head. “I’ll be honest, the station wasn’t expecting you to agree to the interview. Let alone to give us a tour of the Legion campus at the same time. How did you gentlemen wish to proceed?”
“Yes, yes. I thought perhaps I could give you the tour as if you were a prospective student. It would give you a good amount of footage, I imagine,” Dr. Rithe said. “Unless you have a different idea, sir?”
“No. No, I’m only here to provide an interview while getting my own tour. You’re the man with the plan, Doc,” Felix said, clasping his hands behind his back.
Sean smiled at that and then turned and held a hand out to gesture to the campus. “Then let me show you our campus,” he said.