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"Teachers, students, and parents of Bridge Public School, as the Kingdom's fifty-third Prime Minister, I am truly honored to be invited by my alma mater to stand here and share some thoughts on education."

A middle-aged man, similar in stature to a class teacher, appearing somewhat portly, stood at the podium in the center of the grand hall and greeted the teachers and parents below,

"As someone who spent my entire adolescence at Bridge Public School and completed my education at Bridge University, it might be a bit offensive to my former teachers, but I must admit that Bridge Public School is not the top school in the Capital City.

However, the significance of education to a person is not just about acquiring knowledge in school; what truly accompanies each person throughout their life often goes beyond knowledge, such as..."

At this point, the Prime Minister of the Kingdom smiled at the audience. Just as he was about to mention his wife, whom he met at Bridge Public School, to show off his wit and humor, he saw her sitting next to their daughter Charlotte, chatting animatedly with a handsome young man with black hair and his face darkened. He immediately skipped this mood-lightening part and continued his speech,

"Such as understanding and awareness of our society.

The teaching quality of the Royal Academy and Central Public School may be slightly superior to Bridge's, but education is not just for individual success; it also aims for social progress and the common welfare of the people. In terms of cultivating such qualities in students, Bridge Public School, rooted in the Old Town, is undoubtedly the best..."

...

"What a splendid speech."

Feeling the slightly malicious gazes, Leon instinctively glanced at the middle-aged man speaking confidently on stage, then turned back and complimented the Prime Minister's wife next to him,

"Despite being usually busy with state affairs, to have such unique insights on education truly befits someone of the Prime Minister's stature."

"Your Grace, you flatter me."

Appearing around thirty-six or thirty-seven, although she had a few crow's feet, the Prime Minister's wife still exuded charm and laughed,

"Stephen's ability in state affairs is naturally excellent, but it does take away too much of his energy, so he doesn't get involved much with the children's matters. He speaks about the big picture because the details are not his forte."

"That is already sufficient."

Holding Melanie, Leon shook his head and said,

"As the saying goes, 'The Prime Minister is the rudder, the King is the anchor.' As long as the Prime Minister controls the big direction and determines where this ship of the Kingdom sails, the rest, like setting sail and keeping watch, can naturally be done by those more skilled. The Prime Minister only needs to hold the rudder steadily... By the way."

After the customary polite exchange, Leon extended his hand to touch his shiny cufflink and pressed the reflection of Yang Jiao on the cufflink with his fingertip, casually asking,

"Lady Marsha, you mentioned before that you wanted to consult me about some matters related to my 'work'?"

"Yes."

The Prime Minister's wife hesitated, then glanced at Melanie in Leon's arms.

Noticing the gaze from the Prime Minister's wife, Leon smiled, and then to Melanie's horror, handed her over to Anna beside him.

"Wait! Wait a minute! Brother! I haven't..."

"Melanie!"

Swiftly twisting Melanie's ear, then lifting her by the collar while she futilely kicked her little legs, Anna, who had endured long enough, gritted her teeth and said,

"Brother has work to attend to, don't disturb him!"

"I... ump!"

Sorry, little sister, I'd like for you to get into less trouble, but things related to 'abnormal' are too dangerous, really not suitable for you to hear.

Giving Melanie a helpless look, Leon leaned slightly towards the Prime Minister's wife and whispered,

"Lady Marsha, what matter do you wish to discuss now?"

"Alright, I mainly have two things I want to ask. The first thing is... I want to inquire about someone in your office..."

Biting her lower lip with some embarrassment, the Prime Minister's wife leaned towards Leon's ear, blushing, and said,

"Your Grace, do you happen to know someone named Pioni?"

Pioni?

Hearing this name, Leon pondered for a moment, then recalled that he seemed to have seen this name on the office nameplate diagonally across from Senior Jerry's office.

However, this Senior Pioni seemed to be on some notoriously troublesome long-term mission, and up until now, Leon hadn't seen him at the office, and the office had always been empty, with dust on the doorknob.

"I suppose you could say so; Senior Pioni is a Level Two crisis handler in the office, not far from mine..."

Giving a somewhat vague answer, looking at the seemingly embarrassed Prime Minister's wife, Leon couldn't help but blink and asked softly in surprise,

"Lady Marsha, might you and Senior Pioni be..."

"We... are considered friends."

The Prime Minister's wife's face instantly turned redder, and she stammered,

"That kind of... um... very good, very close friends, much closer than ordinary friends, the kind to whom we tell everything."

"..."

Understood, the kind the Prime Minister can't know about, right?

Seeing a hint of understanding in Leon's eyes, the Prime Minister's wife really couldn't bear this topic anymore. She bent her head to rummage through her handbag and handed over a letter that seemed to have been written for some time.

"Your Grace, if possible, could you please deliver this letter to Pioni and... and pass a message for me?"

Seeing Leon's somewhat speechless expression, the graceful Prime Minister's wife turned her head, embarrassedly whispering,

"Just say... just say I'll be waiting for him at the usual place every Monday noon..."

"Alright..."

Taking the letter wordlessly and putting it away, Leon, a bit stiffly, said,

"And the second thing?"

"The second thing..."

The Prime Minister's wife hesitated slightly, then whispered,

"May I ask if there is something in this world that can make someone impersonate another's relative, yet the concerned person not notice at all, something very special like that?"

?!

Hearing the Prime Minister's wife's words, Leon's pupils couldn't help but contract sharply, immediately recalling the photograph placed in the Mirror World.

Such an anomalous object indeed existed, and currently, the most well-known example of the highest hierarchy of this category was created by the Aquarius Director using the blood and flesh of the God of Enlightenment, with Anna's longing for family as the introduction, resulting in the anomalous object "What If," which just happened to be in his possession!

"Lady Marsha, why do you ask?"

Putting himself on high alert, Leon rubbed his cufflink polished like a mirror, signaling Young Ha inside to prepare, while maintaining a calm demeanor to ask,

"Could it be... you suspect someone related to you has been 'replaced'?"

"Rather than 'replaced,' it seems more like there's suddenly an additional relative out of thin air..."

The Prime Minister's wife reached into her embrace, took out a silver kite-shaped bird pendant, and softly explained,

"This is something Pioni gave me, saying it could release me from the effects of those 'things' in your 'work content' once. And when my niece visited a while back, it suddenly activated once."

Leon squinted slightly upon hearing.

"So you suspect this niece of yours isn't actually your real niece, but used some special 'thing' to affect the memory of you and possibly your entire family?"

"Yes."

The Prime Minister's wife nodded and then said worriedly,

"I've tried to probe verbally, but both my husband Stephen and the children's memories include this person named Nicole, and even recollections of her visiting annually, yet I have no such memory at all..."

"Wait!"

Hearing this, Leon's eyebrows couldn't help but raise slightly.

"You just said... what is your niece's name?"

"Nicole, she said her name is Nicole."