Back at Seoul, Choi Han Na, Lee Hon Kil and Kim Hyun Nee just arrived at their office after staying 2 days at the Virtue Island. For some reason, when they entered their office they felt more tired than they have been, working for a one week straight has never been these exhausting than meeting the Virtue Financial top echelon. But thankfully their meeting has brought them some closure to their sponsor. And that is, Virtue Financial isn’t just some rich everyday company that were filled with endless greed. Rather it was a scary powerhouse that had enormous force that can bend anything to their will, and what they were after, Is not something that Lee Hon Kil and Kim Hyun Nee could understand.“FUAH!!…ah finally comfort of a sofa….geez…I never felt these comfortable sitting on a cheap sofa like the ever before….”. (Lee Hon Kil)Lee Hon Kil clearly looking lively than he was when they were on the island. The second he sat down it was as if he felt like he can fall asleep safely like it
When presented with an opportunity, every opportunist will always takes it. When the questions were asked to Choi Han Na, naturally her answer would be an absolute yes. That night marked the moment, where The Unified Youth Party started their campaign in the Elections, and they have started with a loud bang and vocal opinions. For 3 days straight they news of Minister Choi Han Na, Minister Lee Hon Kil and Minister Kim Hyun Nee forming a new political party were out, they name their party the Unified Youth Party, the name was appropriate as all 3 of them were considered very young in the political world.Oddly, unbeknownst to many, even to the left and right wing party they cannot figured out as to why, these Unified Youth Party become so well known in a short spans of time. Everything that they do, no matter where they go, the medias and the internet will follow them, releasing every single statement that they made. Every single moment that they were outside campaigning, moving about
In a matter of seconds, Candidate Man Bong Sun campaign were thrown into disarray, the seconds they tries to attack the Unified Youth Party leader, Choi Han Na campaign. With slanders, they were getting repercussion that seemingly coming out of nowhere, which paralyzes everything they had. From their contact list that they can call to explained their story, the reporters that used to worked with his campaign all suddenly back away from them. Their social networks account got freeze, every single one of them, from Candidate Man Bong Sun account down to his last staff members. On top of that they entire internet and the entire Korea also now witnessing his embarrassing moments, perhaps a criminalize moments of his life.The very hidden secrets that he has that he was sure no one would ever founds out about it, not even his closes aide or even his family would know about, Is now out in the air. The seconds he saw the news articles and the videos of his humiliating actions were plastered
One thing that President Mies has reminded Choi Jin Su, is about Kim Hyun Nee secret lover boy that she kept on her side. President Mies Sai, didn’t really say much about what she had to do about it, but rather to make sure, no matter what, these little secret cannot be used as a weapons by anyone. Hence the brightest thing to do is simple, which is make sure that it would not become a problem at all, Choi Jin Su are willing to go as far as making these particular lover boy disappears entirely should he become a problems. The only issues now, is that Kim Hyun Nee has been rather avoiding these particular discussion.“About that, Director…me and my team could not do much of anything…Minister Kim Hyun Nee still hasn’t acknowledge a single thing about him…nor makes any decisions…but for now, we have been keeping eye on the Idol boy…he seems to be obedience at the moment…keeping his mouth shuts..”. (Park Min Su)Park Min Su and the entire enforcement squads of Risk Management Department,
“…Sir,..”. (Butler Bang)“Come in...”.“Sir, Your Coffee…And here’s the document sent by Director Choi Jin Su…it arrived just now…”. (Butler Bang)“Ah…thank you…nowadays…even though just sending a documents through online is easier…it seems that our Director Choi Jin Su…still having a hard time to do it the easy way…”.It has been a week after the official campaigning weeks have been going on, all over the country the politician has been rapidly doing their campaign, spreading their promises to wins their voters votes. Meanwhile for me, I just mostly spend my time in my mansion, and in my study doing every single plannings, decisions and works plans for Virtue Financial for an entire year. Naturally at times, when ever I got my breaks I spend all of them with Hwang Hwa Young, as a bubbly girl that she is, it was never a dull moment with her. These afternoon, the same as every other day before, Director Choi Jin Su, would send her department progress report on our Presi
What Butler Bang were saying were true, the reason as to why Kim Hyun Nee seems to be very reluctant to make decision about her lover boy is because she is actually love the boy, well, in all honesty, the boy isn’t really a boy, he is a man, named Park Kyung Tae, an obscure Idol and also an aspiring actor. Park Kyung Tae is actually a very good looking person, although he wasn’t really popular, he still have his own fans and his career is actually quite stable, despite his pays wasn’t high, he’s always have works to support himself. Come from a middle income family with both parent’s still alive and 2 younger sisters.Park Kyung Tae and Kim Hyun Nee meet at an event 5 years ago at an event, since then they have been together in secret. At that time Kim Hyun Nee were already married with a husband that constantly and openly cheating on her, she cannot abandoned her husband as her in law family were funding her campaign from the start of her career. So in another words the relationship
“...About K Group Holdings…I can’t do much about them…nut about Park Kyung Tae and Kim Hyun Nee…sure…I’m not going to harm them….Sure…we can makes thing better for both of them…I’ll tell Choi Jin Su to do just that…”.Butler Bang were relief to hear that I am willing to hear and accept his opinion. But for some reason, he is still hasn’t moved from standing right in front of me, and still serving the cakes in a very depressing way.“…sure, I do it myself…”.“Oh~ thank lord~…I knew you were a good man, Sir…as always…Hohoho…”. (Butler Bang)“Sure..sure…Prepare the car and the Helicopter…I going there now…oh, as usual…there will be more shipments coming…make sure to put everything at the warehouse as always…there will also be cars and possibly a tank coming as well…do the same to it…”.“I understood, Sir…I will make sure everything went as always…don’t worry about everything here…just go out there and make the love story comes true!…”. (Butler Bang)I waved him goodbye as I left m
Back at the Virtue Financial Asia Headquarters in Seoul, currently the floors where the Risk Management Department were one were in constant move, everyone were busy handling every single matters to make all the plans regarding the Elections proceeds smoothly, there were a number of crucial things they have to maintained and take care off. Also since the Risk Management Department has been recently promoted from just a small secret team, and now to an official one of the main department essentials to all Virtue Financial foundations. They have gotten themselves more budgets and priorities and their office has been expand from occupying a single floor all the way to now having 5 floor for themselves.From the employee of just 50 peoples, now having almost 1000 people and in these branch of headquarter alone, they have 300 people working on it, 200 of which are the specialist on their own fields. One of the largest team in the Department is the Observation and Monitoring Team, their tas
I took another sip of tea, letting the warmth spread through me.Because here’s the delicious irony: by copying our education system, they didn’t just adopt our books and schedules.They were adopting our mindset.Every child who learned using our curriculum. Every teacher trained by our methods. Every official who quoted Aeternum textbooks. They were all little seeds planted deep within foreign soil.In ten years?Those nations would think like us.In twenty?They would be like us. All without a single sword being drawn. I leaned back in my chair, utterly content.Without armies, without bloodshed, we were gaining soft political power over thirty-one nations.Real power.The kind that shaped futures. Mina clinked her cup lightly against mine in a silent toast, her green eyes sparkling.“To the future?” she teased.I smiled, lifting my cup.“To the future we’re writing,” I said.And out there, beneath the quiet, darkening sky, the seeds of a new world had already begun to bloom.The n
In New City, the public watched it all unfold on massive news screens and digital displays.A young woman in a coffee shop blinked back tears.“My mother couldn’t even sign her name,” she said. “Now, she’s going to school at sixty. Can you imagine?”A factory worker on break raised his can of iced tea. “They used to mock us for thinking machines would replace us. Now? My kid’s learning to design them.”Later that evening, President Mies stood at his office window in the Black House, overlooking a city glowing with lights and ambition.Minister Myers entered, holding the finalized signed charter.“It’s done,” he said quietly. “They all agreed. The future begins today.”Mies nodded. “We’ve unified their borders, their defense, and their markets,” he said. “Now, we unify their minds.”A long silence followed. Then, just a single line: “History will remember this moment.” And across the continent, it already had.The evening air was soft, almost languid, as I sat back in my chair, savorin
As the documents were sealed, cameras flashed and live broadcasts streamed the images of rulers shaking hands with President Mies—smiles genuine, eyes alight with purpose.The message to the world was unmistakable:Aeternum does not just lead with power—it leads with knowledge.Later, in a private conversation, Jonathan Myers turned to Mies.“This is more than we hoped.”Mies looked out the window of his office, where the UNA flags fluttered in a perfect row.“No,” he said. “This is exactly what I planned.”Jonathan raised a brow. “And what next?”Mies smiled faintly. “We teach the world… to think like us.”The central assembly hall of New Concordia UNA Headquarters—a gleaming white dome adorned with banners of thirty-one nations—had never been so full.Delegates filled every seat. National flags stood in perfect rows. The giant LED display behind the stage glowed with the symbol of the United Nation Alliance, now framed by a new banner in golden letters:"Education for All – A Future
Outside the palace gates, the citizens of Hallerus City buzzed with excitement. News traveled fast: another king had come, and he, too, had seen the truth.And far beyond the city walls, whispers began in other UNA courts:“Perhaps we should ask Queen Helen for assistance.”“Maybe Aeternum’s model isn’t just for them.”“Could we build this future too?”In the Black House of New City, when President Mies received the report of King Leopold’s visit, he simply closed the folder and smiled slightly."One seed sows a thousand trees," he murmured.And in the fields of Fantasma, the seeds of knowledge had already begun to sprout.The towering skyline of New City shimmered beneath a clear morning sky. It was a perfect day for diplomacy—and a historic one.Within the great glass-paneled east wing of the Black House, Aeternum’s political nerve center, a long oval table had been prepared. Security was tight, the air dignified, yet the atmosphere was distinctly welcoming. For today, President Mie
That evening, Queen Helen hosted a quiet reception for the UNA visitors. Modest food, strong Hallerian tea, and conversation flowed freely.“We’re not pretending it’s perfect,” Helen told them. “But we’re not pretending it’s impossible, either.”One observer raised a hand, smiling. “Would you be open to helping other nations start similar programs?”Helen looked to Merrica, then back to them.“Of course,” she said. “We’ve taken help. It would be wrong not to offer it.”It was the kind of answer that made diplomats take notes. And so, Hallerus—once a fractured kingdom cast in shadow—began to shine in a new light. Not as a symbol of power. But as a model of transformation. And as the scholars walked the streets of Hallerus City, alongside teachers and curious children, they quietly realized: The future wasn’t just being forged in Aeternum anymore. It was spreading.The scent of blooming gardenias filled the royal courtyard of Hallerus Royal Palace. The sun hung high above the battlement
“It’s… beautiful,” she said.Jonathan smiled. “It’s sure is,.”The first major step was the immediate conversion of six major city libraries into public education centers. Then came the pilot schools—one for each major region of the kingdom. Each staffed with a blend of local teachers (newly trained) and educational experts from Aeternum who came to oversee implementation.Within a month, Hallerus Elementary Schools opened their doors for the first time. Children from farming villages and mining towns, who had never once held a book of their own, were now reading stories about space, science, and society. They learned arithmetic on digital chalkboards and watched recorded lectures from Aeternum instructors. Classrooms were modest, but organized. Desks were salvaged, but steady.The change was jarring. But it was real. Queen Helen visited one of these pilot schools in the outskirts of Archenport. There, she saw barefoot children reciting alphabet lines. She watched a young girl raise h
Outside in the streets of New City, a mural was already being painted on the wall of a youth center—depicting two children, one Aeternian and one Hallerian, sitting together at a shared desk beneath the words:"Wisdom Unites What War Divides."The mural was uncommission—but no one was taking it down. From within the homes, classrooms, and council chambers of Aeternum, the message was clear: the world was learning, and they were learning from Aeternum.And that made the people walk taller.Because every road rebuilt in Hallerus, every classroom opened, every young mind taught in their system—was a quiet victory for Aeternum’s vision. The age of empires was ending. The age of influence had begun.The great hall of Hallerus Royal Palace hadn’t hosted a summit like this in over a generation. Not for war. Not for taxation. But for education.Long tables stretched beneath arched stone windows, newly adorned with fresh flags representing each province of the Hallerus Kingdom. The air smelled
Contracts were awarded to the newly established Hallerus Road Commission, overseen by both local talent and advisory engineers from Aeternum. Bright orange marker flags began appearing all over the kingdom, outlining future road paths. Caravans brought in equipment, gravel, construction tools—and, notably, several transport trucks from Aeternum carrying the first batch of reinforced roadstone, a durable blend sourced from the Stone Ring mountains.Helen personally visited the first construction site just outside the capital—a winding, broken stretch leading to a key trade town in the east.She knelt beside the workers, running her fingers through the packed dirt and gravel. “This path,” she said to a nearby foreman, “will be the spine of our kingdom.”He blinked, surprised at her presence, then bowed. “Then we’ll make sure it’s strong, Your Majesty.”As roadwork began, the kingdom watched. Villages previously isolated by floods or rough terrain saw the first signs of inclusion. Mercha
The project would take time—perhaps years—but its impact would begin in weeks.“Once the roads are in place,” Merrica said, entering her chamber with a report in hand, “we’ll be able to move goods faster, respond to crises quicker, and prepare for the second phase: economic zone development.”Helen took the report with a tired, but satisfied smile. “This… this they will see. This they will believe.”“And when they do,” Merrica said, “they’ll follow.”Late that night, as the wind howled against the palace windows, Helen stood in her private study, gazing out at the flickering torches lining the city streets. In her hand was a smooth, curved stone from the first road pile—just a plain stone, but to her, it was the beginning of a foundation.Her fingers closed around it as she whispered to herself, “Let this road lead us to a better kingdom.” And with that, the first steps into a new Hallerus had begun.The throne room had seen war plans, council betrayals, and royal declarations. But on