Chapter 268 Presidential Gift

"If I were an alien and I wanted to settle in a different world, first I would have to settle in a symbolic and easy to conquer place" Interlacing his fingers, Christian rested his chin on them and looked at Nikita with solemnity "Jerusalem is one of the most conquered cities and something very symbolic for most of the world, I'm sure the aliens are hiding in that place".

"..." Rubbing her chin with a slight frown, Nikita nodded "That's a pretty realistic thought, I would do the same if I were an alien."

"Great minds think the same" Sighing with resignation, Christian looked up at the flag and muttered bitterly "May the goddess spare us and forgive us our sins..."

Rolling her eyes, Nikita laughed lightly and spoke "You don't look bad in that chair."

Regaining his smile, Christian rested his arms on the armrest and smiled "You think so?"

"Yes, you have a look worthy of a president, and you certainly don't lack intelligence" Walking over to a piece of wooden furniture, Nikita opened it and took out a wooden box, then sat down across from Christian and set the box on the desk "Fancy a game of chess?"

"You know I've only lost once in this game? It will be a one-sided defeat for you."

"Big words" Widening her smile, Nikita opened the box and assembled the board, then began to position each piece in its place.

Shaking his head, Christian looked at the white pieces in front of him and smiled "Don't say I didn't warn you."

"Just play."

Taking the 2E pawn, Christian advanced it to 4E and smiled.

"..." Staring at the board for a few seconds, Nikita looked up and stared at Christian's smiling face, then took her pawn and moved it in front of Christian's.

Taking the knight, Christian moved it and waited in silence.

"..."

"..."

"Checkmate."

Opening her eyes a little wider, Nikita looked at the board in front of her and opened her mouth slightly "Mate pastor... how did I fall for that?"

"It's the most common chess tactic, isn't it?"

"It's usually used to finish off rookies quickly..." Shaking her head as her smile turned bitter, Nikita continued, "How humiliating."

"You thought long and hard."

"..."

Taking the king from Nikita, Christian holds it up in front of the woman's eyes and smiles "You thought a lot about my capabilities and focused on what I'm capable of doing. At no point did you come to think that someone with so much intelligence and someone who claims to have great skills in this game would do such a foolish trick... that rational thinking led you to lose focus."

"I was too careful with a future bomb and ended up dying from a careless sniffle" Chuckling, Nikita went back to arranging the chart and spoke "Let's play again."

"Okay" With an innocent smile, Christian nodded.

Time passed quickly, but nothing changed.

"Checkmate."

"Checkmate."

"Checkmate"

"Checkmate."

"Checkmate"

"*Sigh* No more" Smiling bitterly, Nikita leaned back in the chair and looked at the board in front of her "You're a real pain in the ass"

"I warned you~"

"When I think I predict your moves, you end up with something totally different, when I think you fell into my trap, I see that my trap was a trap you had set up... I just can't seem to find an opening, I give up and acknowledge that I'm no match for you" Shaking her head, Nikita looked sideways and stood up "Shall we continue our tour?"

"With pleasure" Rising from the presidential chair, Christian walked to Nikita's side and continued on his way.

After about 15 minutes with Nikita's guidance, Christian came to a small room with several musical instruments and a beautiful dark piano standing out next to the window.

"I didn't know the Kremlin was so interested in music."

"We are always prepared for anything."

"..." Looking at the instruments, Christian noticed the beautiful violin on the piano and smiled "Nikita, during these days I traveled through this beautiful city and I had a musical inspiration, I would like to dedicate it to this beautiful country".

"We will welcome you with a smile"

Best

"With your permission" Looking at the woman who entered through the back door, Christian nodded with a smile and approached the piano, then approached the violin and took off his suit jacket.

Laying it carefully aside, Christian picked up the violin professionally and stroked the strings gently "It's in tune, we shouldn't have any problems."

Turning his gaze to the woman at the piano, Christian receives confirmation and nods, then turns to Nikita and smiles "This tune will be called Winter, and it's inspired by the great Russian winter."

[URL of the song here]

[URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfvJLGiuBfo&ab_channel=YouthsinChamberMusic]

Closing his eyes as he felt the pianist start, Christian remembered perfectly a melody that he cherished so much in his old life 'Vivaldi-Winter... here we go'.

Vilvadi-Winter, an excerpt from Vivaldi's famous sonata, the 4 Seasons.

Music is undoubtedly a magical thing, especially something as classical as this composition.

Everyone can have different interpretations for each melody and everyone will feel different emotions in each fragment, but this particular sonata always gave Christian a complex feeling.

The melody somehow conveys despair, as if just by playing it, he manages to see a warm home that is slowly being swallowed by coldness.

As if all the colors in his sight were being lost and a pale blue began to cover everything.

No matter how much he runs and tries to avoid that coldness touches him, no matter if he runs at full speed or tries to hide, the coldness always chases him and little by little it consumes him.

The flight becomes desperate, but there comes a point where his resistance is over and he reaches an inevitable conclusion.

Winter will always come.

But...

That solo is the first movement of this particular sonata.

After 3 minutes the melody changes and although the cold tone is everywhere, he manages to find peace in it.

He manages to find the beautiful in the winter.

But...

Everything changes in the third melody.

The cold tone begins to disappear, the coldness he learned to appreciate is threatened by the old colors.

His flight is instantaneous, the young man does not want to lose this, does not want to lose this peace.

But just as the coldness consumed his old self, the warmth swallowed him without problems.

The color came back to him and his former warm home returned to the way it was.

At that moment the young man realized an absolute truth, life is fleeting.

No matter how much you cherish something, change is inevitable and although it may seem frightening at first glance, if you immerse yourself in it you will realize that it holds great beauty.

"..." Opening his eyes, Christian sighs with satisfaction and looks up at Nikita, finding the woman and the staff with the cameras watching him with absolute silence.

"..."

Noticing that after so long there is no reaction, Christian smiles quizzically and asks "Is something wrong?"

Blinking as she regains her composure, Nikita smiled slightly and sighed "It was a beautiful melody, I got lost for a moment, I'm sorry."

"It's okay, I'm glad you could dive into it" Laughing softly, Christian looks down at the violin in his hand and smiled "You liked my piece?"

"Nothing less than great" Looking at Christian with a twinkle in her eye, Nikita nods, then looks at the piano next to her and asks "Could I ask you a small favor?"

"Obviously."

"Can you play your piano piece called 'Nocturne'? Ever since I first heard it a few years ago I was fascinated, and although many masters on the piano played it after you, I always find it to be inferior."

Raising his eyebrows, Christian turned his gaze to the piano and nodded, as the woman playing it left the room.

Walking over to the piano, Christian sat down and stretched his fingers, while in his mind he thought 'Piano masters played my melody... I didn't know it, but it feels good.'

Taking a deep breath, Christian closed his eyes again and started to play Nocturne, while in his mind he sighed knowing that this event is about to end.

After 6 minutes, Christian stopped and took his hands off the piano, then turned to Nikita and smiled "How's it going?"

"This is the kind of sound I wanted to hear, simply unique" Sighing with satisfaction, Nikita smiled at Christian and spoke "I enjoyed your company today and I appreciate the detail of the new sonata on the violin."

*Pa* *Pa*

Clapping her hands towards the door, Nikita spoke "As my guest today, I prepared a gift for you so that you will always keep our nation in your mind".

Raising his eyebrows, Christian looked at the women entering with two tempered glass boxes and smiled as he saw their contents 'Tsarevich egg, created in 1912, a king blue egg with exquisite gold designs, the interior must contain a silver mirror, it contains the Russian coat of arms in the center, without a doubt a great treasure and one of the best in the collection'.

[Photo here]

Turning his gaze to the second gift, Christian smiled with satisfaction 'The unique amber chamber chandelier with 4 regular lamps next to it, this will look great in my Malibu home'.'.

Approaching the glass boxes, Nikita rested her hand on the two and smiled "These are recently recovered national treasures, very emblematic treasures for us Russians."

"They are beautiful" Murmuring softly, Christian approaches the boxes and looks at them with mock curiosity.

"Today for the first time in our history, we will give this as a gift to one person" She smiled towards Christian, Nikita turned her gaze towards the boxes and spoke "From exposing pedophile rings, to donating hundreds of millions of dollars around the world to support hundreds of orphanages and shelters."

With a solemn face, Nikita spoke earnestly "Everyone may overlook what you had to suffer trying to help children and exposing corruption in your country, but let me tell you that we Russians appreciate the selfless effort you made and still make to help children."

"These treasures will be given to you as a symbolic award for all you have done and we deeply regret what you had to suffer as a child because of the darkness of adults."

'The time has come to act' Blinking dazedly looking at the boxes, Christian sighed softly and smiled painfully "The past is past, but I appreciate your gesture, I will be sure to take care of the gift as my most precious treasure"

Nodding with a smile, Nikita spoke "We are glad."

'With that, it's just goodbye and all over' Sighing inside his mind, Christian continued his act for several minutes, while in his mind he simulated the turbulent waves that will cause these words to ripple through the world.

Practically Nikita's words are like sticking his fingers into an open wound.

It would not be an exaggeration to say that the corruption case that Christian suffered is one of the weakest points of the United States, the biggest embarrassment of recent times.

'Sigh, what a troublemaker'

...

"What's on your mind kid?" looking at the young man beside him, Dimitri asked.

"On nothing."

Rolling his eyes, Dimitri pressed a button next to him and rolled up the window separating the driver and passenger seats "I see in your face that you're up to something and I doubt it's anything good."

Chuckling slightly, Christian turned his gaze to Dimitri and asked "What do you think I'm up to?"

"You just finished talking to that Nikita, don't tell me you're thinking about having sex with her?"

Rolling his eyes, Christian snorted "Maybe I am, but I wasn't thinking about it."

"You really want to sleep with that woman?"

"I have a thought or two, after all she's my type, but I wasn't really thinking about it."

"What attracted you so much?"

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Edited By: YASH_MATHUR and EgO_Unknown

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