Alexander continued his speech, "Recently I went to Drachma. It was not an official trip as I went on my own. I wanted to ease the load on the shoulders of our Northern soldiers. So, I talked with the President of Drachma.
"Here, I have the Peace deal in my hand." Alexander showed everyone a paper in his hand. Most of the people had already heard the gossip about this happening.
There were also giant projectors with screens set up for people to see everything going on the stage. This was also going to start the age of information.
"It's not just the president who signed this deal, but their Government Party as well. So, now I can officially say, Amestris has no enemies anymore. There is no war now. I have brought permanent peace." Alexander announced with a raised fist.
With that, the crowd ushered in cheers. People often get excited about such talks about peace.
Alexander then continued, but with a grim expression. "But, when I returned here, I found something saddening. There was corruption in the Central Command of our country. So much corruption that many wars and conflicts arose due to them. I will let King Bradley explain everything as he was at the centre of all this."
Bradley's face was normal and there were no expressions. But internally, he was trying to fight this foreign control over his body.
He went to the podium and stood behind the mic. Then, without his permission, his mouth started to speak.
"I am ashamed to be telling you all this but this is indeed the truth. Corruption had taken place in the Central Command. A man that goes by the name Father was controlling me and my men. Father had created 7 Homonculus, out of which, 4 are already dead, killed by the hands of General Universe.
"Father wanted to use these Homonculus to create a country-wide transmutation circle and sacrifice all the people, just like he did with Xerxes more than 400 years ago. I am one of the Homunculus as well." As he announced that, he took off his eyepatch.
~Why am I saying all this?~ Bradley internally questioned himself.
The camera zoomed onto Bradley's eye and the projectors showed it to the people. Widespread panic ensued in the minds of everyone present there. But what Bradley then said, calmed them down a little.
"Today, I want to apologise to all the remaining Ishvalans, as I was the one who orchestrated the whole genocide. The soldier who killed the first Ishvalan child was none other than a shape-shifting Homunculus. I deliberately created a reason to exterminate them".
~How did he find this out?~ He questioned.
"All of this is for Father. He is the Sage from the East. Alchemy was brought to Amestris by Father who taught people that the energy is taken from the movement of tectonic plates. While that source does exist, all alchemy uses Father's Philosopher's Stone, which he circulates throughout the country through his underground tunnels. That way, he can turn his power off and block the earthen source as well.
"Yes, all of the Amestrisian Alchemists were using the energy of a Philosopher's stone, which in itself is made by sacrificing humans. Yes, Xerxes was sacrificed to make Philosopher's stone, that was also supposed to be the fate of Amesteris."
~Forgive me, Father.~
Leonidas quickly denied, "No, son. I don't want to sleep on the couch."
Ajax's face lit up as if he remembered something, "Hah, I wanted to ask you, something dad. I heard you once telling mom that we should give Ajax a sibling. Where do babies come from, dad? Grandpa Raggy said they come from a cave. But who smuggles the baby into the cave? Are there bad guys in the cave?"
*Cough Cough*
Iroh choked on his tea and Leonidas was left speechless. Alexander, who also heard him, chuckled. But, they forgot that the mic was also on and the whole audience heard it.
Thousands of adults started madly laughing and thousands of kids looked at their parents to ask the same question and some grown-up kids were just smirking and looking down on kids for not knowing the secret.
"Ah, Ajax, your Grandma wanted to meet you. Haha, you may also go and play with that little kid. Go go." Leonidas tried to deflect the question.
"AJAX, COME HERE." Edward and Alphonse who were standing at the said of the stage called him. They couldn't let Ajax ruin the image of the new Fuhrer.
"What is it, guys? Do you know where the smuggler lives?" Ajax asked, making the two brothers frown.
"No, Ajax, the smuggler is very secretive." They said and dragged him away.
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While the whole crowd was laughing, there were two people in the crowd who were not. One was Hohenheim and the other was Scar.
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