“...I heard that, even until now…there is a lot of rats from the empire still haven’t give up to try to enter our border…”.(Elijah)“Yeah…there were a few of them everyday….tried to masked themselves at every facets….but we detected them every single time….at this point, it is a wonder to me as to why they haven’t given up yet…”.(Mina)Ever since the empire spies has failed on their first attempt to enter Aeternum, and their failure of a robbery attempt at the first ever auction in Aeternum. The Battle Star Empire Spies activities seems to ramp up, instead of them taking a smart decision and back off a little bit. What had happened was, the Spies has now getting even more eager to enter Aeternum, and this attempt, each and every time it happened has been failed by Mina own Ministry. Naturally this type of attempted break in were kept secret from the public, as each spies that were captured were all sent to the A.C.I.A detention centre, where the A.C.I.A will take the prisoners and do
“Well….the clueless and idiotic type….but I am sure that at these point, the one that were that level of clueless and idiots…is not the Spies…but rather the one behind it…”.(Elijah)“The one behind them?….”.(Mina)“Yes…..the Emperor of Battle Star Empire….That man, was an Emperor…and to be honest…their Spies were actually one of the best in the Central Continent…so when we actually stopped them the first time….I supposed…that did not do well for his ego, I guess….”.(Elijah)“So instead of acknowledging and backing off…he got furious and just ignored his people advice and kept coming up with pointless order?…”.(Mina)“..yeah…”.(Elijah)Although it might sounded rather absurd for such thing to be the cause of the Empire kept sending their Spies to infiltrate a nation, that already proved to be beyond their capability. The truth of the matter was, this is truly the reason, for the many people in the position of power in Fantasma, they tend to not react logically to denial and reje
“All thanks to that egoistic Emperor, throwing his people on us….A.C.I.A has managed to get a lot of new trainee agents…with their constant reminder from their own boss that clearly stated to them the entire time that they were more than expandable piece to the Empire….we managed to swayed almost 90% of the agents we detained…”.(Elijah)“Well….aren’t that backfired at the Empire a bit too big..right?..”.(Mina)“Correct…with a little bit of probing and persuasion…my agents able to opened their eyes…and made them accept that they were nothing but a mere tool…for the empire and the emperor…then after we showed how we treated our agents and our people here in Aeternum….they flipped instantly…”.(Elijah)Whilst Elijah were smiling at the moment, clearly enjoying her small victory in these messed up situation, Mina contemplated for a moment, and have a deep thought about the issues. There are a lot of reason as to why those empire agents was easily converted into Aeternum agents, it is becau
“I am glad..it’s all worked out for you, Sister Elijah…gaining the service of those veteran agents…surely will boost, the A.C.I.A strength even more….”.(Mina)Mina is genuinely happy for Elijah, after all, everyone knows just how hard it is to gain a competent intelligence agents, and the one that is usable at that.“Thank You, Mina…though those agents still have to go through a lot of training to get used to our ways….but sure enough compared to training a blank slate agents…training them were much faster and we can use them much earlier…so despite the insufferable Emperor attitude and actions…at the very least…in some part he made our job much more easier…I am very thankful for that…”.(Elijah)“hahaha…if the Emperor heard what you just said…I am sure that his mouth would be frothing in anger and high blood pressure….he just unknowingly empowered the enemy that he wanted to suppress….Hahaha…”.(Mina)Mina and Elijah chuckled at the irony, lambasting the idiotic, Battle Star Empire and
“hahaha…if the Emperor heard what you just said…I am sure that his mouth would be frothing in anger and high blood pressure….he just unknowingly empowered the enemy that he wanted to suppress….Hahaha…”.(Mina)Mina and Elijah chuckled at the irony, lambasting the idiotic, Battle Star Empire and Emperor, for their reckless action that actually had helped Aeternum a lot these days. Even till this moments, the Immigration and Police has still been working hard to captured all kinds of agents that tried to enter Aeternum, and most of those agents are already on their way to be converted into becoming Aeternum agents and servants.Which is a perfectly ideal situation, all the spies knew that they were already basically dead, when the have already failed the first tasked that the Emperor has assigned them to do. If they come back to their home, they would be hunted down and executed to the fullest, this is not something that can turned the other way at all, from the early time, the spies age
“...Oh…Sis…look, Master has arrived….hmmm?…there’s only one Airship?….Sis…why did master did not bring any entourage with him?…that is dangerous…”.(Mina)As both of them were talking whilst overlooking out at the Aero Pod and the airport tarmac, they say the famous Air Force Dragon 1, of which belonged to the President and only the President, landing on an empty Aero Pod, and there were just a single Airship that is landed, which made Mina and Elijah frown. As per procedure and for the safety reason, the Presidential Airship should have never flew alone. But seeing that the Airship were without escort, this made them both really frown. Surely this might be the President own request and whim, but still it should never happened.“…this is dangerous and unacceptable….we will talked about it later….just not now…we talked about it later…or just do it ourselves…for now we can just welcome him home and eased him up….the war and the travel surely has tire him enough…”.(Elijah)“I guess
“Everything has been going well, Sir…including all of our plans…”.(Elijah)Elijah and the President casually talked with each others as they alight the Presidential SUV, on their way to leave the Aero port.“Also..Mina…is rare to see you here welcoming me back at the airport…”.(President Mies)“Well, I just happened to have so work in the Airport so I thought…hmm…why not I just tag along…so here I was..is everything okay back in Sunders City?..”.(Mina)“Hmm?…oh, it’s just fine…I just came back to speak a little bit with everyone before I go back there for the war…again…”.(President Mies)The tone of his talks seems a little bit down on the low, almost saying it like it was a hassle. Then again, no one can blame him for acting like this, after all he was in a war and in the middle of one. The motion in regards of treating the problematic prisoners of war, clearly a topic of distress to many, after all, these problematic people will be sold to the other nation as a way to punished them
“Master…does the method, seems a bit bitter to you?..”.(Mina)Being the wisest in emotional connection and matter, Mina carefully approach the subject, as Elijah sit at the side and stayed silence. She also knows when it comes to speaking of a sensitive matter, it best to leave it to Mina as she were the most suitable person to soothe anyone distress or pain.“It is….it weigh on me a little…but, at the end of the day…this method were the only way we can take…in these war…I wanted to spill less blood as possible..as we will have to rebuild that land to be apart of us….the people had to see our kindness and consideration in the time of harshness…where the usual people wouldn’t even show such things….I wanted from this very incident the people of Alemia can see us in a very positive light….I sure hope they would see it….as…those problematic bunch are just really the scummiest people I have ever seen…”.(President Mies)“...I am sure that they would realized that everything that you were d
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